Originally Posted by mowcop
The Pheonix tournaments for 2010 are taking on a new dimension. While the intention is to eventually have these tournaments FIDE rated round robins, initially they will not be FIDE-rated.
A new event starts next Thursday 18th February. The change to the advertised schedule has been caused by an attempt to play some games in the tournament online with players interstate. So far there are 7 players signed up to what is scheduled to be an 8-player round robin event, and hopefully the Pheonix tournaments will expand in time.
Sorry for any changes to the calendar, we at the MCC hope that this new initiative will prove useful for Australian chess in the future and seek expressions of interest from clubs around Australia who would like to participate in this sort of event in the future.
Thanks
Carl Gorka
You already know that I'm playing, but my brother will also be playing in the next one.