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Koshnitsky Cup Round 4

Posted on 26 August 2016 by Scott

Round 4 was all cut and dried – no draws! Dean leads, followed by Narelle, with plenty close behind.

No Name               Rtg  Loc  Total  Result   Name              Rtg  Loc  Total

 1 Davis, Tony        1910 1930 [3]      0:1    Hogg, Dean        2000 2036 [3]  
 2 Szuveges, Narelle  1765 1654 [2.5]    1:0    Gusain, Daniel              [2.5]
 3 Ramos, Antonio     1531 1487 [2]      0:1    Hibberd, Nathan   1838 1812 [2]  
 4 Cheema, Mohammad   1749 1728 [2]      0:1    Richards, Derek   1426 1512 [2]  
 5 Minichelli, Felice      1408 [2]      0:1    Wang, Kayson      1677 1705 [2]  
 6 Salanowski, Mark   1531 1574 [2]      1:0    Saric, Sergey          550  [2]  
 7 Hogan, Steven      1614 1610 [1.5]    0:1    Nowak, Ruben      1556 1435 [2]  
 8 Kostakakis, Angelo 1243 1157 [1]      0:1    Dogaris, George   1319 793  [1.5]
 9 O'Leary, Mike           449  [1]      0:1    McIntyre, Charlie 1352 1399 [1]  
10 Shelev, Petar                [1]      0:1    Hibberd, Aaron         832  [1]  
11 Schoenfisch, Mark            [1]      0:1    Bejjanki, Pranav            [1]  
12 BYE                                   -:-    BYE                              
13 Doust, Aidan                 [0]      1:0    Liu, William                [0]  
14 Liu, Tina                    [0]     .5:0    BYE

Koshnitsky Cup Round 3

Posted on 22 August 2016 by Scott

Round 3 had its moments, and still plenty of close encounters!

No Name              Rtg  Loc  Total  Result   Name               Rtg  Loc  Total

 1 Hogg, Dean        2000 2036 [2]      1:0    Cheema, Mohammad   1749 1728 [2]  
 2 Hibberd, Nathan   1838 1812 [2]      0:1    Davis, Tony        1910 1930 [2]  
 3 Wang, Kayson      1677 1705 [1.5]   .5:.5   Szuveges, Narelle  1765 1654 [2]  
 4 Gusain, Daniel              [1.5]    1:0    Hogan, Steven      1614 1610 [1.5]
 5 McIntyre, Charlie 1352 1399 [1]      0:1    Salanowski, Mark   1531 1574 [1]  
 6 Richards, Derek   1426 1512 [1]      1:0    Kostakakis, Angelo 1243 1157 [1]  
 7 Ramos, Antonio    1531 1487 [1]      1:0    O'Leary, Mike           449  [1]  
 8 Nowak, Ruben      1556 1435 [1]      1:0    Shelev, Petar                [1]  
 9 Hibberd, Aaron         832  [1]      0:1    Minichelli, Felice      1408 [1]  
10 Saric, Sergey          550  [1]      1:0    Batra, Vedant                [0]  
11 Liu, Tina                   [0]      0:1    Bejjanki, Pranav             [0]  
12 Doust, Aidan                [0]      0:1    Liu, Jim                     [0]  
13 Liu, William                [0]      0:1    Schoenfisch, Mark            [0]  
14 Dogaris, George   1319 793  [1]     .5:0    BYE                               
15 Withers, Jeremy             [.5]    .5:0    BYE

Koshnitsky Cup Round 2

Posted on 11 August 2016 by Scott

Round 2 results are below. Only 1 draw! Perhaps Daniel is a dark horse for this event?

No Name               Loc  Total  Result   Name              Loc  Total

 1 Salanowski, Mark   1574 [1]      0:1    Hogg, Dean        2036 [1]  
 2 Davis, Tony        1930 [1]      1:0    Ramos, Antonio    1487 [1]  
 3 Minichelli, Felice 1408 [1]      0:1    Hibberd, Nathan   1812 [1]  
 4 Cheema, Mohammad   1728 [1]      1:0    Nowak, Ruben      1435 [1]  
 5 Gusain, Daniel          [1]     .5:.5   Wang, Kayson      1705 [1]  
 6 Szuveges, Narelle  1654 [1]      1:0    McIntyre, Charlie 1399 [1]  
 7 Withers, Jeremy         [.5]     0:1    Richards, Derek   1512 [0]  
 8 Kostakakis, Angelo 1157 [0]      1:0    Doust, Aidan           [0]  
 9 Bejjanki, Pranav        [0]      0:1    Hibberd, Aaron    832  [0]  
10 Dogaris, George    793  [0]      1:0    Liu, William           [0]  
11 Liu, Jim                [0]      0:1    Saric, Sergey     550  [0]  
12 O'Leary, Mike      449  [0]      1:0    Liu, Tina              [0]  
13 Shelev, Petar           [0]      1:0    Batra, Vedant          [0]  
14 Hogan, Steven      1610 [1]     .5:0    BYE

Koshnitsky Cup 2016 underway

Posted on 8 August 2016 by Scott

Our final long time frame event started on Tuesday with 27 players, with games mostly going with rating, apart from Derek losing to an unrated Daniel. Results are below, with provisional round 2 pairings.

Round 1 results

No Name              Loc  Total  Result   Name               Loc  Total

 1 Hogg, Dean        2036 [0]      1:0    Kostakakis, Angelo 1157 [0]  
 2 Hibberd, Aaron    832  [0]      0:1    Davis, Tony        1930 [0]  
 3 Hibberd, Nathan   1812 [0]      1:0    Dogaris, George    793  [0]  
 4 Saric, Sergey     550  [0]      0:1    Cheema, Mohammad   1728 [0]  
 5 Wang, Kayson      1705 [0]      1:0    O'Leary, Mike      449  [0]  
 6 Batra, Vedant          [0]      0:1    Szuveges, Narelle  1654 [0]  
 7 Hogan, Steven     1610 [0]      1:0    Bejjanki, Pranav        [0]  
 8 Doust, Aidan           [0]      0:1    Salanowski, Mark   1574 [0]  
 9 Richards, Derek   1512 [0]      0:1    Gusain, Daniel          [0]  
10 Liu, William           [0]      0:1    Ramos, Antonio     1487 [0]  
11 Nowak, Ruben      1435 [0]      1:0    Liu, Jim                [0]  
12 Liu, Tina              [0]      0:1    Minichelli, Felice 1408 [0]  
13 McIntyre, Charlie 1399 [0]      1:0    Shelev, Petar           [0]  
14 Withers, Jeremy        [0]     .5:0    BYE

Grunfeld Allegro results

Posted on 3 August 2016 by Scott

BelowÂ are the results for the Grunfeld themed allegro night. Well done to Dean, closely followed by Nathan and Julio. There also seem to be some new names I have not seen before, so welcome to Julio, Alvin and Peter.

This Tuesday is the start of the Koshnitsky cup, which will decide qualification for the club championship, which is very tight after 3 tournaments.

Place Name                  Feder Rtg Loc  Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.

  1   Hogg, Dean                      2036 4.5       7.5  13.0   13.0
 2-3  Hibberd, Nathan                 1812 4        10.0  16.0   14.0
      Labrin, Julio                   1600 4         8.5  14.0   11.0
 4-5  Kissoon, Alvin                  1700 3.5       7.0  13.0   11.0
      Saric, Sergey                   550  3.5       6.5  10.5    8.0
 6-8  Ravichandren, Niruthi           1443 3         8.5  14.0   10.0
      Richards, Derek                 1512 3         8.0  13.5   12.0
      Wolf, Peter                     1850 3         6.5  11.5    7.0
9-11  Wang, Kayson                    1705 2.5       9.0  15.0    8.5
      Russo, Guy                      1450 2.5       8.0  14.0    7.5
      Gusain, Daniel                       2.5       7.5  13.0    6.0
 12   Bejjanki, Pranav                     2         5.5   9.0    5.0
13-18 Salanowski, Mark                1574 1.5      10.0  15.0    7.0
      Kostakakis, Angelo              1157 1.5       9.5  14.0    4.5
      Hogan, Steven                   1610 1.5       8.0  14.5    7.0
      O'Leary, Mike                   449  1.5       7.5  12.5    2.0
      Liu, Jim                             1.5       7.0  12.0    4.5
      Liu, William                         1.5       6.5  10.0    3.0
 19   Liu, Tina                            0.5       5.0   9.0    1.5

Hobsons Bay Rapid, final round.

Posted on 27 July 2016 by Scott

Due to some computer issues forÂ our Arbiter, I do not have the round 7-9 results. But round 10 is below. Congratulations to Mohammad on his tournament win with 8.5 / 10! Next Tuesday is an allegro evening, with the Grunfeld defence as the theme (starting moves 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5)

The following week will be the commencement of the 7 round Koshnitsky Cup. The event calendarÂ is here.

No Name               Loc  Total  Result   Name                  Loc  Total

 1 Cheema, Mohammad   1728 [7.5]    1:0    Russo, Guy            1450 [4.5]
 2 Hibberd, Nathan    1812 [6.5]    1:0    Hogan, Steven         1610 [6]  
 3 Enano, Ronald      1777 [6.5]    1:0    Ravichandren, Niruthi 1443 [5.5]
 4 Minichelli, Phil        [4.5]    0:1    Hibberd, Aaron        832  [4.5]
 5 Saric, Sergey      550  [4.5]   .5:.5   Liu, Jim                   [4.5]
 6 Kostakakis, Angelo 1157 [4]      0:1    Gusain, Daniel             [4.5]
 7 Salanowski, Mark   1574 [4]      1:0    O'Leary, Mike         449  [3.5]
 8 Richards, Derek    1512 [4]     .5:.5   Papac, Luka           1637 [3.5]
 9 Shelev, Petar           [2]      0:1    Bejjanki, Pranav           [2.5]
10 Liu, William            [2.5]   .5:0    BYE

Hobsons Bay Rapid, rounds 5 and 6

Posted on 27 July 2016 by Scott

Please see the results below for rounds 5 and 6. With Mohammad beating Dean in round 6, he is in the box seat for future rounds.

Round 5

No Name                  Loc  Total  Result   Name               Loc  Total

 1 Cheema, Mohammad      1728 [3.5]    1:0    Nowak, Ruben       1435 [3]  
 2 Hibberd, Nathan       1812 [3]      0:1    Hogg, Dean         2036 [3]  
 3 Russo, Guy            1450 [3]      0:1    Enano, Ronald      1777 [3]  
 4 Ravichandren, Niruthi 1443 [2.5]    1:0    Salanowski, Mark   1574 [2.5]
 5 Mullen, Chris         1382 [2]      0:1    Hogan, Steven      1610 [2.5]
 6 Gusain, Daniel             [2]      0:1    Richards, Derek    1512 [2]  
 7 O'Leary, Mike         449  [2]      0:1    Kostakakis, Angelo 1157 [2]  
 8 Hibberd, Aaron        832  [1.5]    0:1    Saric, Sergey      550  [1.5]
 9 Doust, Aidan               [1]      0:1    Ramos, Tony        1487 [1.5]
10 Liu, Jim                   [1]      0:1    Minichelli, Phil        [1]  
11 Liu, William               [.5]     1:0    Liu, Tina               [.5] 
12 Papac, Luka           1637 [0]      1:0    Bejjanki, Pranav        [.5] 
13 Shelev, Petar              [1]     .5:0    BYE

Round 6

No Name               Loc  Total  Result   Name                  Loc  Total

 1 Hogg, Dean         2036 [4]      0:1    Cheema, Mohammad      1728 [4.5]
 2 Hogan, Steven      1610 [3.5]    1:0    Ravichandren, Niruthi 1443 [3.5]
 3 Kostakakis, Angelo 1157 [3]      0:1    Hibberd, Nathan       1812 [3]  
 4 Richards, Derek    1512 [3]     .5:.5   Russo, Guy            1450 [3]  
 5 Nowak, Ruben       1435 [3]      1:0    Salanowski, Mark      1574 [2.5]
 6 Saric, Sergey      550  [2.5]    1:0    Ramos, Tony           1487 [2.5]
 7 Mullen, Chris      1382 [2]      0:1    Gusain, Daniel             [2]  
 8 Minichelli, Phil        [2]      1:0    O'Leary, Mike         449  [2]  
 9 Hibberd, Aaron     832  [1.5]    1:0    Liu, William               [1.5]
10 Doust, Aidan            [1]      0:1    Papac, Luka           1637 [1]  
11 Bejjanki, Pranav        [.5]    .5:.5   Liu, Jim                   [1]  
12 Enano, Ronald      1777 [4]     .5:0    BYE                             
13 Shelev, Petar           [1.5]   .5:0    BYE                             
14 Liu, Tina               [.5]    .5:0    BYE

Rapid Play rounds 3 and 4

Posted on 4 July 2016 by Scott

Two more rounds have been played (5 nights or 10 rounds in total). it is still a very tight event. Results are below, and a preliminary draw for round 5.
Round 3

No Name                  Loc  Total  Result   Name               Loc  Total

 1 Cheema, Mohammad      1728 [2]     .5:.5   Enano, Ronald      1777 [2]  
 2 Russo, Guy            1450 [2]     .5:.5   Hogg, Dean         2036 [1.5]
 3 Hibberd, Nathan       1812 [1.5]    1:0    Ramos, Tony        1487 [1.5]
 4 Ilic, Milan           1609 [1.5]    0:1    Nowak, Ruben       1435 [1.5]
 5 Gusain, Daniel             [1]     .5:.5   Hogan, Steven      1610 [1]  
 6 Liu, Jim                   [1]      0:1    Salanowski, Mark   1574 [1]  
 7 Richards, Derek       1512 [1]      +:-    Saric, Sergey      550  [1]  
 8 O'Leary, Mike         449  [1]      0:1    Mullen, Chris      1382 [1]  
 9 Ravichandren, Niruthi 1443 [.5]     1:0    Bejjanki, Pranav        [0]  
10 Hibberd, Aaron        832  [0]     .5:.5   Shelev, Petar           [0]  
11 Withers, Jeremy            [0]      0:1    Doust, Tim              [0]  
12 Doust, Aidan               [0]     .5:.5   Liu, William            [0]  
13 Minichelli, Phil           [0]      0:1    Kostakakis, Angelo 1157 [0]  
14 Liu, Tina                  [0]     .5:.5   BYE

Round 4

No Name               Loc  Total  Result   Name                  Loc  Total

 1 Enano, Ronald      1777 [2.5]   .5:.5   Hibberd, Nathan       1812 [2.5]
 2 Nowak, Ruben       1435 [2.5]   .5:.5   Russo, Guy            1450 [2.5]
 3 Richards, Derek    1512 [2]      0:1    Cheema, Mohammad      1728 [2.5]
 4 Hogg, Dean         2036 [2]      1:0    Mullen, Chris         1382 [2]  
 5 Salanowski, Mark   1574 [2]     .5:.5   Gusain, Daniel             [1.5]
 6 Hogan, Steven      1610 [1.5]    +:-    Ilic, Milan           1609 [1.5]
 7 Ramos, Tony        1487 [1.5]    0:1    Ravichandren, Niruthi 1443 [1.5]
 8 Doust, Tim              [1]      0:1    O'Leary, Mike         449  [1]  
 9 Kostakakis, Angelo 1157 [1]      1:0    Liu, Jim                   [1]  
10 Liu, Tina               [.5]     0:1    Hibberd, Aaron        832  [.5] 
11 Shelev, Petar           [.5]    .5:.5   Doust, Aidan               [.5] 
12 Liu, William            [.5]     0:1    Minichelli, Phil           [0]  
13 Bejjanki, Pranav        [0]     .5:.5   Withers, Jeremy            [0]  
14 Saric, Sergey      550  [1]     .5:0    BYE

Round 5 (preliminary draw)

No Name                  Loc  Total  Result   Name               Loc  Total

 1 Cheema, Mohammad      1728 [3.5]     :     Nowak, Ruben       1435 [3]  
 2 Hibberd, Nathan       1812 [3]       :     Hogg, Dean         2036 [3]  
 3 Russo, Guy            1450 [3]       :     Enano, Ronald      1777 [3]  
 4 Ravichandren, Niruthi 1443 [2.5]     :     Salanowski, Mark   1574 [2.5]
 5 Mullen, Chris         1382 [2]       :     Hogan, Steven      1610 [2.5]
 6 Gusain, Daniel             [2]       :     Richards, Derek    1512 [2]  
 7 O'Leary, Mike         449  [2]       :     Kostakakis, Angelo 1157 [2]  
 8 Hibberd, Aaron        832  [1.5]     :     Saric, Sergey      550  [1.5]
 9 Doust, Aidan               [1]       :     Ramos, Tony        1487 [1.5]
10 Minichelli, Phil           [1]       :     Doust, Tim              [1]  
11 Liu, Jim                   [1]       :     Shelev, Petar           [1]  
12 Bejjanki, Pranav           [.5]      :     Liu, Tina               [.5] 
13 Liu, William               [.5]    .5:0    BYE                          
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Club champion bound to Under 16s Olympiad

Posted on 24 June 2016 by Scott

Our reigning club champion (Vishal Bhat) is one of 5 players for Australia who will represent Australia at theÂ World Youth U16 Chess Olympiad, which will be held in Poprad-Tatry, Slovakia,Â fromÂ 21-30 July 2016. Best wishes for this tournament Vishal, from everyone at the Hobsons Bay Chess Club. Looking forward to hearing how it goes.

AÂ fundraising page has been setup for the entire team, see here.Â Please feel free to donate anything and support Vishal and also forward this link to anyone, who wish to support the chess passionate youngsters.

Rapid play rounds 1 and 2