We have updated the club championship qualification status after 3 tournaments. The Koshnitsky Cup to follow later in the year is the final qualification event. The top 8 players at year end will earn the right to contest the club championship, while remaining players will contest the reserve championship.
Congratulations to Bruce for another event win, half a point ahead of Dean and Tony.
Coming up is a lightning night next week. Then the following Tuesday, the Western Masters. The Western Masters is a new tournament for this year, which will run over 5 weeks. The players will be split into groups of 6 based on current ACF rating, with the top 6 playing a round robin, players 7-12 playing another round robin and so on. The final group will be a swiss given it unlikely that the field will split into even groups of 6.
Round 7 (final round) results
No Name Rtg Loc Result Name Rtg Loc 1 Williams, Bruce 2051 2060 [5] 1:0 Gusain, Daniel 1743 1562 [5] 2 Russo, Guy 1470 1370 [4] 0:1 Hogg, Dean 2005 1999 [4.5] 3 Davis, Tony 1833 1892 [4.5] 1:0 Humphreys, Scott 1720 1724 [4] 4 Hogan, Steven 1600 1532 [3.5] .5:.5 Szuveges, Narelle 1779 1724 [3.5] 5 Salanowski, Mark 1563 1668 [3.5] 1:0 Dogaris, George 1359 1004 [3.5] 6 Whitford, Matthew 1367 708 [3] -:+ Ramos, Antonio 1520 1496 [3] 7 Mullen, Chris 1556 1390 [3] .5:.5 Maunders, Myiesha 1362 964 [3] 8 Hu, Timothy 1221 870 [2.5] 1:0 Nowak, Ruben 1572 1476 [2.5] 9 Richards, Derek 1445 1483 [2] +:- Wootten, Rory 1372 1255 [2] 10 Kostakakis, Angelo 1172 1016 [2] 1:0 Liu, Jim 528 [1.5] 11 Liu, William 257 [1] 0:1 Trofimovs, Joel [1.5] 12 BYE 0:0 BYE 13 O'Leary, Mike 271 [.5] 0:1 Edwards, Regina 1508 1363 [1.5]
Placings
Place Name Feder Rtg Loc Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.
1 Williams, Bruce 2051 2060 6 21.0 28.5 26.0
2-3 Hogg, Dean 2005 1999 5.5 20.5 28.5 21.5
Davis, Tony 1833 1892 5.5 19.5 28.5 22.5
4 Gusain, Daniel 1743 1562 5 23.0 33.0 22.0
5 Salanowski, Mark 1563 1668 4.5 18.0 26.0 17.0
6-10 Humphreys, Scott 1720 1724 4 20.0 28.5 16.0
Russo, Guy 1470 1370 4 19.5 26.0 18.0
Szuveges, Narelle 1779 1724 4 19.0 28.0 20.0
Hogan, Steven 1600 1532 4 17.0 21.5 16.0
Ramos, Antonio 1520 1496 4 16.5 24.0 15.0
11-14 Hu, Timothy 1221 870 3.5 18.5 25.5 12.5
Dogaris, George 1359 1004 3.5 17.0 24.0 15.0
Maunders, Myiesha 1362 964 3.5 16.0 20.5 11.5
Mullen, Chris 1556 1390 3.5 13.5 18.5 11.5
15-19 Richards, Derek 1445 1483 3 17.5 23.5 12.0
Whitford, Matthew 1367 708 3 16.0 22.0 10.5
McIntyre, Charlie 1370 1444 3 15.0 23.0 9.5
Kostakakis, Angelo 1172 1016 3 14.0 19.5 8.0
Hibberd, Nathan 1977 1977 3 10.0 19.0 10.5
20-23 Nowak, Ruben 1572 1476 2.5 17.5 25.5 10.0
Edwards, Regina 1508 1363 2.5 15.0 20.5 8.0
Trofimovs, Joel 2.5 14.5 19.5 6.0
Enano, Ronald 1677 1741 2.5 9.0 16.5 9.0
24-26 Wootten, Rory 1372 1255 2 18.0 25.0 11.0
Castles, Tommy 2 11.0 16.0 5.0
Saric, Sergey 1451 875 2 5.5 11.5 4.5
27-28 Liu, Jim 528 1.5 13.0 17.0 5.0
Doust, Aidan 503 1.5 12.0 15.5 4.0
29-30 Liu, William 257 1 13.5 17.5 4.5
Lubberink, Olly 1 2.0 2.0 1.0
31-32 O'Leary, Mike 271 0.5 13.0 18.0 2.5
Bejjanki, Pranav 409 0.5 7.5 13.0 0.5
The Australian Chess Federation (ACF) updates its ratings quarterly from tournaments completed over the previous 3 months. The club member ACF rating have been revised (showing the previous rating) here: ratings page.
Well, Bruce stopped himself in this round – he was sick, so Daniel won on forfeit! But, due to a quirk, within the pairing rules, Bruce and Daniel get to play in round 7! Sort of like groundhog day – even the same colours for them.
Please let Steven know if you cannot play on game night, preferably the day before or earlier, so your opponent does not have a wasted trip. We understand when your non-attendance is unavoidable, but show respect for your opponent, and assist when you can.
Round 6 results
No Name Rtg Loc Result Name Rtg Loc 1 Williams, Bruce 2060 [5] -:+ Gusain, Daniel 1562 [4] 2 Russo, Guy 1370 [4] 0:1 Davis, Tony 1892 [3.5] 3 Hogg, Dean 1999 [3.5] 1:0 Szuveges, Narelle 1724 [3.5] 4 Ramos, Antonio 1496 [3] 0:1 Humphreys, Scott 1724 [3] 5 Dogaris, George 1004 [3] .5:.5 Hogan, Steven 1532 [3] 6 Hu, Timothy 870 [2.5] 0:1 Salanowski, Mark 1668 [2.5] 7 Richards, Derek 1483 [2] 0:1 Maunders, Myiesha 964 [2] 8 McIntyre, Charlie 1444 [2] +:- Kostakakis, Angelo 1016 [2] 9 Wootten, Rory 1255 [2] 0:1 Mullen, Chris 1390 [2] 10 Whitford, Matthew 708 [2] +:- Edwards, Regina 1363 [1.5] 11 Nowak, Ruben 1476 [1.5] 1:0 Liu, Jim 528 [1.5] 12 Castles, Tommy [1] 1:0 Liu, William 257 [1] 13 Doust, Aidan 503 [.5] 1:0 O'Leary, Mike 271 [.5] 14 Trofimovs, Joel [1.5] 0:0 BYE
Well done Bruce on 5 wins in a row – can Daniel stop him, or at least slow him down ;-). Please let Steven know if you cannot play on game night, preferably the day before or earlier, so your opponent does not have a wasted trip.
Round 5 results
No Name Rtg Loc Result Name Rtg Loc 1 Davis, Tony 1892 [3.5] 0:1 Williams, Bruce 2060 [4] 2 Szuveges, Narelle 1724 [3] .5:.5 Gusain, Daniel 1562 [3.5] 3 Salanowski, Mark 1668 [2.5] 0:1 Russo, Guy 1370 [3] 4 Hogg, Dean 1999 [2.5] +:- Enano, Ronald 1741 [2] 5 Humphreys, Scott 1724 [2] 1:0 Richards, Derek 1483 [2] 6 Hogan, Steven 1532 [2] 1:0 Wootten, Rory 1255 [2] 7 Ramos, Antonio 1496 [2] 1:0 McIntyre, Charlie 1444 [2] 8 Dogaris, George 1004 [2] 1:0 Nowak, Ruben 1476 [1.5] 9 Edwards, Regina 1363 [1.5] 0:1 Hu, Timothy 870 [1.5] 10 Maunders, Myiesha 964 [1.5] .5:.5 Whitford, Matthew 708 [1.5] 11 Liu, William 257 [1] 0:1 Mullen, Chris 1390 [1] 12 Kostakakis, Angelo 1016 [1] 1:0 Castles, Tommy [1] 13 Trofimovs, Joel [.5] 1:0 Doust, Aidan 503 [.5] 14 O'Leary, Mike 271 [.5] 0:1 Liu, Jim 528 [.5] 15 Bejjanki, Pranav 409 [0] .5:0 BYE 16 Hibberd, Nathan 1977 [2.5] .5:0 BYE
Quite a few interesting games, Narelle and Bruce was interesting, Bruce’s Q and pawn winning over Narelle’s R and N. Daniel’s win over Dean, and Sergey drawing with Steven will certainly improve their rating next time they are updated. My game against Tommy was lost by me from about move 25, but I kept moving stuff around and avoided exchanges. Even on his last move of the game, I would have lost if Tommy had played any other move than the one he made, and I checkmated him – the only way I was going to win! Chess can be cruel sometimes!
It was unfortunate that there were 2 no-shows on Tuesday! Please let Steven know if you cannot play on game night, preferably the day before or earlier, so your opponent does not have a wasted trip.
Round 4 results
No Name Rtg Loc Result Name Rtg Loc 1 Williams, Bruce 2060 [3] 1:0 Szuveges, Narelle 1724 [3] 2 Gusain, Daniel 1562 [2.5] 1:0 Hogg, Dean 1999 [2.5] 3 Wootten, Rory 1255 [2] 0:1 Davis, Tony 1892 [2.5] 4 Dogaris, George 1004 [2] -:+ Russo, Guy 1370 [2] 5 McIntyre, Charlie 1444 [1.5] .5:.5 Enano, Ronald 1741 [1.5] 6 Saric, Sergey 875 [1.5] .5:.5 Hogan, Steven 1532 [1.5] 7 Hu, Timothy 870 [1.5] 0:1 Ramos, Antonio 1496 [1] 8 Castles, Tommy [1] 0:1 Humphreys, Scott 1724 [1] 9 Mullen, Chris 1390 [1] 0:1 Richards, Derek 1483 [1] 10 Nowak, Ruben 1476 [1] .5:.5 Whitford, Matthew 708 [1] 11 Doust, Aidan 503 [.5] 0:1 Edwards, Regina 1363 [.5] 12 O'Leary, Mike 271 [.5] 0:1 Maunders, Myiesha 964 [.5] 13 Liu, Jim 528 [0] .5:.5 Liu, William 257 [.5] 14 Kostakakis, Angelo 1016 [0] +:- Bejjanki, Pranav 409 [0] 15 Trofimovs, Joel [0] .5:0 BYE 16 Hibberd, Nathan 1977 [2] .5:0 BYE 17 Salanowski, Mark 1668 [2] .5:0 BYE
The final results are in (see here for full details) for this 7 round Saturday junior event. Thanks to Tony Davis for running this. Congratulations to Daniel Gusain for a clean sweep score, and Sophie Davis won the Queens Cup.
This coming Saturday 13th May is the start of Tournament 3.
Quite a few interesting games, but I did not get to watch many. Bruce and Narelle are undefeated, and they meet in round 4. Ten people on 2 or more points. Please let Steven know if you cannot play on game night, preferably the day before game time.
Round 3 results
No Name Rtg Loc Result Name Rtg Loc 1 Hibberd, Nathan 1977 [2] 0:1 Williams, Bruce 2060 [2] 2 Hogg, Dean 1999 [2] .5:.5 Davis, Tony 1892 [2] 3 Szuveges, Narelle 1724 [2] 1:0 Kostakakis, Angelo 1016 [0] 4 Humphreys, Scott 1724 [1] 0:1 Gusain, Daniel 1562 [1.5] 5 Mullen, Chris 1390 [1] 0:1 Salanowski, Mark 1668 [1] 6 Hogan, Steven 1532 [1] .5:.5 McIntyre, Charlie 1444 [1] 7 Ramos, Antonio 1496 [1] 0:1 Wootten, Rory 1255 [1] 8 Richards, Derek 1483 [1] 0:1 Dogaris, George 1004 [1] 9 Russo, Guy 1370 [1] 1:0 Nowak, Ruben 1476 [1] 10 Edwards, Regina 1363 [.5] 0:1 Saric, Sergey 875 [.5] 11 Maunders, Myiesha 964 [.5] 0:1 Hu, Timothy 870 [.5] 12 Whitford, Matthew 708 [0] 1:0 Liu, Jim 528 [0] 13 Liu, William 257 [0] .5:.5 O'Leary, Mike 271 [0] 14 Trofimovs, Joel [0] 0:1 Castles, Tommy [0] 15 Enano, Ronald 1741 [1.5] -:- BYE
More games have so far gone with rating, sigh from me at least (Scott). Mark threw the boots and all at Dean, to no avail in the end, but quite an interesting game to watch while I was losing.
Round 2 results
No Name Rtg Loc Result Name Rtg Loc 1 Williams, Bruce 2060 [1] 1:0 Humphreys, Scott 1724 [1] 2 Salanowski, Mark 1668 [1] 0:1 Hogg, Dean 1999 [1] 3 Hibberd, Nathan 1977 [1] 1:0 Hogan, Steven 1532 [1] 4 Ramos, Antonio 1496 [1] -:+ Davis, Tony 1892 [1] 5 Szuveges, Narelle 1724 [1] 1:0 Richards, Derek 1483 [1] 6 Enano, Ronald 1741 [.5] 1:0 Maunders, Myiesha 964 [.5] 7 Gusain, Daniel 1562 [.5] 1:0 Hu, Timothy 870 [.5] 8 Saric, Sergey 875 [.5] 0:1 Nowak, Ruben 1476 [0] 9 McIntyre, Charlie 1444 [0] 1:0 Whitford, Matthew 708 [0] 10 O'Leary, Mike 271 [0] 0:1 Mullen, Chris 1390 [0] 11 Castles, Tommy [0] 0:1 Wootten, Rory 1255 [0] 12 Dogaris, George 1004 [0] 1:0 Trofimovs, Joel [0] 13 Liu, Jim 528 [0] 0:1 Russo, Guy 1370 [0] 14 Lubberink, Olly [0] 1:0 Liu, William 257 [0] 15 Edwards, Regina 1363 [0] .5:0 BYE
So we have started the 7 round Hobsons Bay cup, with 25 entrants, and games have so far gone with rating, but we have had a few people taking a bye due to other (chess?) commitments on Anzac Day.
Round 1 results
No Name Rtg Loc Result Name Rtg Loc 1 Nowak, Ruben 1476 [0] 0:1 Williams, Bruce 2060 [0] 2 Hogg, Dean 1999 [0] 1:0 McIntyre, Charlie 1444 [0] 3 Mullen, Chris 1390 [0] 0:1 Hibberd, Nathan 1977 [0] 4 Davis, Tony 1892 [0] 1:0 Edwards, Regina 1363 [0] 5 Wootten, Rory 1255 [0] 0:1 Szuveges, Narelle 1724 [0] 6 Humphreys, Scott 1724 [0] 1:0 Dogaris, George 1004 [0] 7 Whitford, Matthew 708 [0] 0:1 Salanowski, Mark 1668 [0] 8 Hogan, Steven 1532 [0] 1:0 O'Leary, Mike 271 [0] 9 Trofimovs, Joel [0] 0:1 Ramos, Antonio 1496 [0] 10 Richards, Derek 1483 [0] 1:0 Castles, Tommy [0] 11 Enano, Ronald 1741 [0] .5:0 BYE 12 Gusain, Daniel 1562 [0] .5:0 BYE 13 BYE 0:0 BYE 14 Maunders, Myiesha 964 [0] .5:0 BYE 15 BYE 0:0 BYE 16 Hu, Timothy 870 [0] .5:0 BYE 17 Doust, Aidan 503 [0] .5:0 BYE