Metropolitan Secondary Schools Competition
Draw and Results 2019

Further information:

Submission of Results

Submit your results by clicking on the link below (a userid and password are required – these have been sent to each school's chess coordinator).

The online scoring system has been developed for us by the Sydney Academy of Chess.

Draw and Results

Two formats are available:

• Draw only in pdf format designed for printing on a single two-sided sheet which may then be folded to A5 size as an insert for the competition booklets distributed to schools.

• Draw and Results in spreadsheet format showing one division at a time.

IMPORTANT MESSAGES

Please check these messages regularly during the course of the competition. (The most recent messages are at the top.)

[27 May]:  A change has been made to the draw for Met North Region Intermediate Division IN4.

[22 May]:  Changes have been made to the draws for Met West Region Senior Division SW2, Intermediate Division IW3 and Junior Division JW5.

[15 May]:  A change has been made to the draw for Met West Region Intermediate Division IW3.

[10 May]:  A change has been made to the draw for Met East Region Junior Division SE2.

[7 May]:  A change has been made to the draw for Met North Region Senior Division SN3.

[6 May]:  Changes have been made to the draws for Met East Region Senior Division SE3 and Met West Region Intermediate Division IW3.

[1 May]:  The draw for Met South-West Region is now available. The competition material (booklets, etc.) for Met South-West Region has been posted to the schools.

[31 April]:  The competition material (booklets, etc.) has been posted to all schools (except Central Coast schools and those in Met South-West Region – theirs will be posted soon).

[29 April]:  The draw for Met North Region's Senior Division SN5 has been updated.

[22 April]:  The draws for Met East, Met North and Met West Regions are now available. (The draw for Met South-West Region should be available soon.)

Rationale Behind the Draw

Within each grade, teams have been allocated to divisions based on:

•  school location (to minimise travel);

•  separation of teams from the same school into different divisions (unless travel would be excessive);

•  balancing into parallel divisions of approximately equal strength (assuming that most schools with multiple teams rank them with A as their strongest team, etc.);

•  other factors to help satisfy schools' requests and preferences, where possible.