A very successful event was run by Tony Davis, with 97 competitors – is this a record? Full results and photos can be found here.
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Best in the West, coming this weekend
Yes, your favourite annual 5 round weekender is starting this Saturday at 10:30am at the Louis Joel Community Centre. 5 Sargood St Altona. You can enter on the day, preferably by 10am.
It is an ACF category 3 tournament.
Koshnitsky Cup – Final round
Daniel looks unbeatable – Tony?
Round 7
1 = Gusain,Daniel ( 6.0) - Davis,Tony J ( 5.0) = 2 - 3 = ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 = Beaumont,David ( 4.0) - Hogg,Dean ( 4.5) = 1 - 32 = ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 = Enano,Ronald ( 4.0) - Whitford,Matthew ( 4.0) = 5 - 17 = ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 = Hogan,Steven ( 4.0) - Humphreys,Scott ( 4.0) = 8 - 6 = ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 = Salanowski,Mark ( 3.5) - Richards,Derek ( 4.0) = 7 - 10 = ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 = McIntyre,Julian ( 3.5) - Mullen,Chris ( 3.5) = 18 - 13 = ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 = Maunders,Myiesha ( 3.5) - Clerk,Max ( 3.0) = 9 - 21 = ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 = McIntyre,Charlie ( 3.0) - Clerk,Felix ( 3.0) = 11 - 24 = ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 = Johns,Brent ( 3.0) - Tizzani,Alex ( 2.5) = 19 - 30 = ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 = Dogaris,George ( 2.5) - Ramos,Antonio ( 2.5) = 15 - 12 = ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 = Jing,Lang ( 2.0) - Kostakakis,Angelo ( 2.5) = 22 - 20 = ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 = Minic,Branislav ( 2.0) - Minichelli,Felice ( 2.0) = 28 - 14 = ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 = Deraniyagala,Kevin ( 2.0) - Kurian,Max ( 2.0) = 23 - 27 = ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 = Watson,Nicolas ( 2.0) - Kamineni,Takshil ( 2.0) = 31 - 26 = ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15 = Liu,William ( 1.0) - Bejjanki,Pranav Sai ( 1.0) = 33 - 25 = ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16 = Nawar,Mena ( 1.0) - Deng,Tina ( 1.0) = 29 - 34 = ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17 = Carlile,Tanya ( 0.0) - ( bye ) ( 0.0) = 35 - 0 = 1
Koshnitsky Cup – round 6
Daniel keeps on winning.
Round 6
1 = Gusain,Daniel ( 5.0) - Richards,Derek ( 4.0) = 2 - 10 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 = Davis,Tony J ( 4.0) - Beaumont,David ( 4.0) = 3 - 1 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 = Hogg,Dean ( 3.5) - Salanowski,Mark ( 3.5) = 32 - 7 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 = Szuveges,Narelle S ( 3.0) - Enano,Ronald ( 3.5) = 4 - 5 = ½ - ½ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 = Humphreys,Scott ( 3.0) - McIntyre,Charlie ( 3.0) = 6 - 11 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 = Saric,Sergey ( 3.0) - Hogan,Steven ( 3.0) = 16 - 8 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 = Mullen,Chris ( 3.0) - Maunders,Myiesha ( 3.0) = 13 - 9 = ½ - ½ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 = Ramos,Antonio ( 2.5) - Whitford,Matthew ( 3.0) = 12 - 17 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 = Dogaris,George ( 2.5) - McIntyre,Julian ( 2.5) = 15 - 18 = 0F-1F ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 = Deraniyagala,Kevin ( 2.0) - Minichelli,Felice ( 2.0) = 23 - 14 = 0F-0F ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 = Kurian,Max ( 2.0) - Johns,Brent ( 2.0) = 27 - 19 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 = Clerk,Max ( 2.0) - Watson,Nicolas ( 2.0) = 21 - 31 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 = Clerk,Felix ( 2.0) - Jing,Lang ( 2.0) = 24 - 22 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 = Bejjanki,Pranav Sai ( 1.0) - Kostakakis,Angelo ( 1.5) = 25 - 20 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15 = Nawar,Mena ( 1.0) - Tizzani,Alex ( 1.5) = 29 - 30 = 0F-1F ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16 = Kamineni,Takshil ( 1.0) - Liu,William ( 1.0) = 26 - 33 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17 = Carlile,Tanya ( 0.0) - Minic,Branislav ( 1.0) = 35 - 28 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18 = Deng,Tina ( 0.0) - ( bye ) ( 0.0) = 34 - 0 = 1
Koshnitsky Cup – round 5 and 4
Daniel continues on his winning way, chased by David, Tony and Derek.
Round 5 results
1 = Enano,Ronald ( 3.5) - Gusain,Daniel ( 4.0) = 5 - 2 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 = Beaumont,David ( 3.0) - Mullen,Chris ( 3.0) = 1 - 13 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 = Maunders,Myiesha ( 3.0) - Davis,Tony J ( 3.0) = 9 - 3 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 = Richards,Derek ( 3.0) - Szuveges,Narelle S ( 3.0) = 10 - 4 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 = Hogg,Dean ( 2.5) - Dogaris,George ( 2.5) = 32 - 15 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 = Salanowski,Mark ( 2.5) - McIntyre,Julian ( 2.5) = 7 - 18 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 = Jing,Lang ( 2.0) - Humphreys,Scott ( 2.0) = 22 - 6 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 = Hogan,Steven ( 2.0) - Clerk,Max ( 2.0) = 8 - 21 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 = McIntyre,Charlie ( 2.0) - Deraniyagala,Kevin ( 2.0) = 11 - 23 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 = Whitford,Matthew ( 2.0) - Minichelli,Felice ( 2.0) = 17 - 14 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 = Kostakakis,Angelo ( 1.5) - Saric,Sergey ( 2.0) = 20 - 16 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 = Tizzani,Alex ( 1.5) - Ramos,Antonio ( 1.5) = 30 - 12 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 = Johns,Brent ( 1.0) - Nawar,Mena ( 1.0) = 19 - 29 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 = Minic,Branislav ( 1.0) - Clerk,Felix ( 1.0) = 28 - 24 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15 = Bejjanki,Pranav Sai ( 1.0) - Watson,Nicolas ( 1.0) = 25 - 31 = 0F-1F ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16 = Liu,William ( 1.0) - Kurian,Max ( 1.0) = 33 - 27 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17 = Deng,Tina ( 0.0) - Kamineni,Takshil ( 0.0) = 34 - 26 = 0 - 1
Round 4 results
1 = Gusain,Daniel ( 3.0) - Beaumont,David ( 3.0) = 2 - 1 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 = McIntyre,Julian ( 2.5) - Enano,Ronald ( 2.5) = 18 - 5 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 = Davis,Tony J ( 2.0) - Salanowski,Mark ( 2.5) = 3 - 7 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 = Szuveges,Narelle S ( 2.0) - McIntyre,Charlie ( 2.0) = 4 - 11 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 = Mullen,Chris ( 2.0) - Hogan,Steven ( 2.0) = 13 - 8 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 = Minichelli,Felice ( 2.0) - Maunders,Myiesha ( 2.0) = 14 - 9 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 = Richards,Derek ( 2.0) - Whitford,Matthew ( 2.0) = 10 - 17 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 = Ramos,Antonio ( 1.5) - Hogg,Dean ( 1.5) = 12 - 32 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 = Dogaris,George ( 1.5) - Johns,Brent ( 1.0) = 15 - 19 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 = Humphreys,Scott ( 1.0) - Clerk,Felix ( 1.0) = 6 - 24 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 = Saric,Sergey ( 1.0) - Minic,Branislav ( 1.0) = 16 - 28 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 = Kostakakis,Angelo ( 1.0) - Tizzani,Alex ( 1.0) = 20 - 30 = ½ - ½ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 = Bejjanki,Pranav Sai ( 1.0) - Clerk,Max ( 1.0) = 25 - 21 = 0F-1F ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 = Kurian,Max ( 1.0) - Jing,Lang ( 1.0) = 27 - 22 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15 = Liu,William ( 1.0) - Deraniyagala,Kevin ( 1.0) = 33 - 23 = 0F-1F ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16 = Watson,Nicolas ( 0.0) - Kamineni,Takshil ( 0.0) = 31 - 26 = 1F-0F ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17 = Deng,Tina ( 0.0) - Nawar,Mena ( 0.0) = 34 - 29 = 0F-1F
Koshnitsky Cup round 3
The round 3 results are below. David and Daniel are undefeated.
Round 3 results
1 = Beaumont,David ( 2.0) - Szuveges,Narelle S ( 2.0) = 1 - 4 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 = Hogan,Steven ( 2.0) - Gusain,Daniel ( 2.0) = 8 - 2 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 = Enano,Ronald ( 1.5) - Dogaris,George ( 1.5) = 5 - 15 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 = Salanowski,Mark ( 1.5) - Ramos,Antonio ( 1.5) = 7 - 12 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 = Davis,Tony J ( 1.0) - Saric,Sergey ( 1.0) = 3 - 16 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 = Whitford,Matthew ( 1.0) - Humphreys,Scott ( 1.0) = 17 - 6 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 = Maunders,Myiesha ( 1.0) - Johns,Brent ( 1.0) = 9 - 19 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 = Clerk,Max ( 1.0) - Richards,Derek ( 1.0) = 21 - 10 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 = McIntyre,Charlie ( 1.0) - Kostakakis,Angelo ( 1.0) = 11 - 20 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 = Deraniyagala,Kevin ( 1.0) - Mullen,Chris ( 1.0) = 23 - 13 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 = Minichelli,Felice ( 1.0) - Liu,William ( 1.0) = 14 - 33 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 = Clerk,Felix ( 1.0) - Hogg,Dean ( 0.5) = 24 - 32 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 = Nawar,Mena ( 0.0) - Bejjanki,Pranav Sai ( 0.0) = 29 - 25 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 = Kamineni,Takshil ( 0.0) - Tizzani,Alex ( 0.0) = 26 - 30 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15 = Deng,Tina ( 0.0) - Kurian,Max ( 0.0) = 34 - 27 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16 = Minic,Branislav ( 0.0) - Watson,Nicolas ( 0.0) = 28 - 31 = 1F-0F ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17 = McIntyre,Julian ( 2.0) - ( half point bye ) ( 0.0) = 18 - 0 = ½ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18 = Jing,Lang ( 1.0) - ( not paired ) ( 0.0) = 22 - 0 = 0
Koshnitsky Cup Round 2
Round 2 saw a number of close games. Mark and George finished last, with Mark trying to convert a Q+P vs Q ending, without success.
Round 2 results
1 = Richards,Derek ( 1.0) - Beaumont,David ( 1.0) = 10 - 1 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 = Gusain,Daniel ( 1.0) - McIntyre,Charlie ( 1.0) = 2 - 11 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 = Szuveges,Narelle S ( 1.0) - Mullen,Chris ( 1.0) = 4 - 13 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 = Ramos,Antonio ( 1.0) - Enano,Ronald ( 1.0) = 12 - 5 = ½ - ½ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 = Dogaris,George ( 1.0) - Salanowski,Mark ( 1.0) = 15 - 7 = ½ - ½ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 = Hogan,Steven ( 1.0) - Minichelli,Felice ( 1.0) = 8 - 14 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 = McIntyre,Julian ( 1.0) - Maunders,Myiesha ( 1.0) = 18 - 9 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 = Saric,Sergey ( 0.0) - Clerk,Max ( 1.0) = 16 - 21 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 = Bejjanki,Pranav Sai ( 0.0) - Davis,Tony J ( 0.0) = 25 - 3 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 = Humphreys,Scott ( 0.0) - Kamineni,Takshil ( 0.0) = 6 - 26 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 = Kurian,Max ( 0.0) - Whitford,Matthew ( 0.0) = 27 - 17 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 = Nawar,Mena ( 0.0) - Johns,Brent ( 0.0) = 29 - 19 = 0F-1F ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 = Kostakakis,Angelo ( 0.0) - Minic,Branislav ( 0.0) = 20 - 28 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 = Deraniyagala,Kevin ( 0.0) - Tizzani,Alex ( 0.0) = 23 - 30 = 1F-0F ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15 = Watson,Nicolas ( 0.0) - Clerk,Felix ( 0.0) = 31 - 24 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16 = Liu,William ( 0.0) - Deng,Tina ( 0.0) = 33 - 34 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17 = Jing,Lang ( 0.5) - ( half point bye ) ( 0.0) = 22 - 0 = ½ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18 = Hogg,Dean ( 0.0) - ( half point bye ) ( 0.0) = 32 - 0 = ½
Koshnitsky Cup Round 1
Our next long time frame event has kicked off, with a few juniors playing so well to score the full point against their senior opponents (aint it the way?!).
Round 1 Results
1 = Beaumont,David ( 0.0) - Saric,Sergey ( 0.0) = 1 - 16 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 = Whitford,Matthew ( 0.0) - Gusain,Daniel ( 0.0) = 17 - 2 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 = Davis,Tony J ( 0.0) - McIntyre,Julian ( 0.0) = 3 - 18 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 = Johns,Brent ( 0.0) - Szuveges,Narelle S ( 0.0) = 19 - 4 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 = Enano,Ronald ( 0.0) - Kostakakis,Angelo ( 0.0) = 5 - 20 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 = Clerk,Max ( 0.0) - Humphreys,Scott ( 0.0) = 21 - 6 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 = Salanowski,Mark ( 0.0) - Deraniyagala,Kevin ( 0.0) = 7 - 23 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 = Clerk,Felix ( 0.0) - Hogan,Steven ( 0.0) = 24 - 8 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 = Maunders,Myiesha ( 0.0) - Bejjanki,Pranav Sai ( 0.0) = 9 - 25 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 = Kamineni,Takshil ( 0.0) - Richards,Derek ( 0.0) = 26 - 10 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 = McIntyre,Charlie ( 0.0) - Kurian,Max ( 0.0) = 11 - 27 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 = Minic,Branislav ( 0.0) - Ramos,Antonio ( 0.0) = 28 - 12 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 = Mullen,Chris ( 0.0) - Nawar,Mena ( 0.0) = 13 - 29 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 = Tizzani,Alex ( 0.0) - Dogaris,George ( 0.0) = 30 - 15 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15 = Minichelli,Felice ( 0.0) - Watson,Nicolas ( 0.0) = 14 - 31 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16 = Jing,Lang ( 0.0) - ( half point bye ) ( 0.0) = 22 - 0 = ½
Musio Gambit results
Below are the results for the Musio Gambit allegro. Well done to Daniel for taking out the night with a perfect 5/5. A number of juniors also relished the aggressive and tactical opening and performed well, namely George, Sergey and Kevin.
Next week (7 Aug) is the start of the 7 round Koshnitsky Cup. Its the final club championship qualification tournament, with a number of players in the running.
Pos Pts ID NAME | Rtg PRtg Fed | Buc1 BucT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 5.0 1 Gusain,Daniel | 1938 1916 VIC | 12.0 2 3.5 7 Mullen,Chris | 1328 1515 VIC | 14.0 3 3.5 3 Humphreys,Scott | 1699 1371 VIC | 13.5 4 3.5 9 Dogaris,George | 1296 1041 VIC | 13.0 5 3.5 2 Jothibabu,Anandaram | 1751 1284 VIC | 12.5 6 3.5 10 Saric,Sergey | 1208 979 VIC | 10.5 7 3.0 13 Deraniyagala,Kevin | 505 1190 VIC | 13.0 8 3.0 4 Salanowski,Mark | 1560 1072 AUS | 11.5 9 3.0 8 Thandhi,Mohan | 1318 918 VIC | 9.0 10 2.5 12 Clerk,Max | 680 1115 VIC | 13.5 11 2.5 16 Liu,William | 280 991 VIC | 11.0 12 2.5 14 Clerk,Felix | 461 697 VIC | 9.0 13 2.0 6 Richards,Derek | 1440 1103 VIC | 14.0 14 2.0 11 McIntyre,Julian | 1009 752 VIC | 12.0 15 2.0 5 Hogan,Steven | 1493 665 VIC | 10.5 16 1.0 15 Bejjanki,Pranav Sai | 410 765 VIC | 11.0 12.5 17 1.0 18 Kurian,Max | 0 735 VIC | 11.0 11.0 18 1.0 20 Watson,Nicolas (W) | 0 0 VIC | 9.0 19 0.0 17 Deng,Tina | 0 0 AUS | 10.5 20 0.0 19 Nawar,Mena (W) | 0 0 VIC | 9.5
Upcoming events – Musio followed by Koshnitsky
Tonight we will be playing allegro, using the same starting opening position for each game. Tonight it is the Musio Counter Gambit. The starting moves are 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4. Its real aggressive and sharp, a fun and challenging night awaits.
The following week will be the start of the Koshnitsky Cup, our next rated event, over 7 weeks, one game per night.