Nauru Constitution 2017 Chess Tournament

Nauru Constitution Chess Tournament - May 2017

Believe it! The Nauru Chess Federation has hosted its first National Tournament using the Swiss Pairing System to determine who the Champions would be out of 23 hardened national players.

The tournament rules of play was a standard 9 round swiss pairing, an official FIDE rapid chess ratings draw (That was a mouthful).  Each game was clocked at 25min per-side with no increment. Mr Ricko Depaune was placed as the Tournament Arbiter to oversee each/every game.

Our gratitude goes to Capelle and Partners for putting up their hand to have the event venue sponsored by the Bay Restaurant, a very pleasant battle ground, that included subsidized costs for refreshments and cold drinks.

Scotty vs Jeremiah

Top Players were paired off in 9 Round Swiss Pairing

The games started off with ease as the pairing system automatically generated opponents of each player and subsequently paired them off according to their performance in each round.  This means that the winners played against other winners.

It was vital that every player must have a FIDE number to enter the tournament. The NCF had to ensure that every known player was notified, even those who had somewhat left their chess-awesomeness dormant.

Invites and promotions were processed to any and all interested  wannabe chess champion.  Calls, text and even home visits to each player was carried out to get their details for prior registration into the online FIDE rated list.
You can find the final Nauru registered May 2017 list here on the FIDE site.

Linkbelt was one of the top five in the tournament 

David Receives his Digicel top ups and Cash Prizes

Runner up champion Andrew Gadeanang proves that old-age ain't gonna break his stride.

Yarsir Mohamed takes the Championship title and the 1st prize. 

NCF President Ricko Depaune in game with a strong player.

David and 

Arbiter Nustro observes the carnage between Rene and Alexai

Kingston, Andrew, Dubal'kane discusses chess strategies

Near forty players were registered online, but as life on Nauru would have it, not all of the registered turned up for the tournament event. The tournament draw was finalized with 23 players. This is a good turnout considering past tournaments.

There are more players out there, and be assured that they will be registered with a FIDE number in the days ahead. You included dear interested reader.

NCF announced at the tournment that they have finally received the 50 chess sets, and 25 clocks with the assistance of the Direct Aid Program (DAP) granted by the Australian High Comm in late 2016.

NCF announced that these chess sets will be distributed to members of the Nauru Chess Federation who have paid their annual membership, for safe keeping as symbol of membership.

The sets will also be used in local district/community tournaments and schools as part of NCF's DAP proposal to productively mould the minds of kids, youths and women to become analytical and decisive thinkers. Chess can help develop rational thinking and discipline impulsive characters! Believe it!  Gone are the days of Stone/Paper/Scissors to find out who will be white, and opponent probability of random pairings.

The FIDE endorsed Swiss Manager software generates pairings by ratings and performances of players each round, providing a complete and fair pairing list for the next round, each round. 

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