Players from the following countries that want to play in the 2025 Oceania Zonal, please contact the Organiser via email directly (chess@t-s-a-i.com) as a number of places have been reserved:

• Papua New Guinea
• Solomon Islands
• Palau
• Guam
• Nauru
• New Caledonia
• Tonga
• Fiji 

Schedule: 24^th January – 29^th January, 2025

Tournaments:
Separate Open and Women’s Tournament.
9 round Swiss
Rate of Play: 90 min. / player / game plus 30 sec. per move from move one
Forfeiture time: 30 minutes from start of round.

Registration Fee (all players must pay this fee):

Open: $60

Women: $50

Entry Fee: (free for GM, WGM, IM, WIM)

Open: $130

Women: $120

Entries close on 20th January 2025, 5 pm

Entry Requirements:
Players must be members of the participating federation and have a FIDE ID.
Due to the limitation of the venue, the rating requirement for AUS Open players (must be above FIDE 1900). AUS Players below this rating (email to Organiser) will be placed on a waitlist (in rating ranking) and may be allowed to enter based on entry numbers. There is no rating requirement for Women entries.
Players from other federations must have a FIDE ID.

Accommodation: Player endorsed by the Federation (1 Open & 1 Woman) will receive accommodation (Twin Share basis).  You must contact the Organiser – Peter Tsai  chess@t-s-a-i.com before 31 December 2024 to receive the accommodation.

Organiser:

IA Dr Peter Tsai (AUS)

Email: chess@t-s-a-i.com

Location

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Huntingdale Golf Club
Windsor Ave, Oakleigh South VIC 3167