Details
Tournaments and Titles
The 2009 Lidums Australian Chess Championships will be conducted as four separate main tournaments, from which twelve titles will be awarded.
| Under 18 Open Tournament (for male and female players born in 1991 or later) | |
| Titles: | Australian Junior Open Champion |
| Australian Under 16 Open Champion | |
| Australian Under 14 Open Champion | |
| Under 18 Girls Tournament (for female players born in 1991 or later) | |
| Titles: | Australian Girls Champion |
| Australian Under 16 Girls Champion | |
| Australian Under 14 Girls Champion | |
| Under 12 Open Tournament (for male and female players born in 1997 or later) | |
| Titles: | Australian Under 12 Open Champion |
| Australian Under 10 Open Champion | |
| Australian Under 8 Open Champion | |
| Under 12 Girls Tournament (for female players born in 1997 or later) | |
| Titles: | Australian Under 12 Girls Champion |
| Australian Under 10 Girls Champion | |
| Australian Under 8 Girls Champion | |
The Under 18 Open division will be FIDE rated.
Subsidiary events (held on main tournament rest days) include LIGHTNING, RAPID PLAY and PROBLEM SOLVING tournaments.
The tournaments are open to all players (subject to age and gender), but eligibility for titles is restricted to Australian citizens and permanent residents of Australia.
Rules
The FIDE laws of chess and the Australian Chess Federation's by-laws for Australian Junior Championships will apply. Note that the FIDE laws include the requirement that all players record their games in the main tournaments (but not in the Lightning and Rapid Play tournaments).
Play-Offs
In the event of a tie prize money will be shared. Play-offs for titles, if necessary, will be held immediately after the last round (with reduced time limits).
Entries
| Entry fees (including GST) | Under 18 | Under 12 | U18 Novice | U12 Novice |
| If received by Tuesday 25 Novmber | $70 | $60 | ||
| If received by Tuesday 23rd December | $80 | $70 | $35 |
$30 |
| If received after Tuesday 23rd December | $95 | $85 | ||
| (Note the ‘early bird’ discount and the late entry penalty) | ||||
Entries should be made on the attached entry form, which should be endorsed by an official of the entrant’s state association or Junior League* and sent with payment to:
| Australian Junior Chess Championships |
| SA Junior Chess League |
| PO Box 3059 |
| Unley SA 5061 |
| (Cheques should be made payable to SA Junior Chess League) |
If you wish to pay by direct bank deposit, here are the details: BSB number is 105-011 and the account number is 104273540 but please make sure you put your Last name as a Reference otherwise we will not know you have paid. The Account Name is Aust Junior Chess Championships 09 but you should probably be able to abbtreviate that.
* Endorsement is not required for entrants who have played in previous Australian Junior Championships – such entrants should indicate this by writing in the endorsement section of the entry form: "Previous AJC participant " followed by the city and year (e.g. "Canberra 2007").
Note: Entry fees for the optional Lightning, Rapid Play and Problem Solving tournaments ($10, $20 and $15 respectively) are payable when entries are taken at the venue just prior to these events.
Venue
| The Dennett Centre |
| Saint Ignatius' College |
| 2 Manresa Court |
| Athelstone SA 5076 |
A canteen will be available for lunch and light refreshments.
Time Limits
| Under 18 Tournaments: | 90 minutes + 60 seconds per move (from the beginning) | |
| Under 12 Tournaments: | 60 minutes + 60 seconds per move (from the beginning) | |
| Lightning Tournaments: | 5 minutes (for the entire game) | |
| Rapid-Play Tournaments: | 20 minutes + 10 seconds per move (from the beginning) | |
| Novice Tournaments | 30 minutes per player |