Please note that the chess club will move back to our usual location from next Tuesday 21 June (the start of our rapid play event). The location is 108 Queen St Altona, the Salvation Army building on the corner of Queen and Bent St. The door is on the Bent St side of the building.
Well 23 eager players turned up for the recent lightning event, and it was pleasing to see that everyone won at least one game. Dean came out on top, followed closely by Nathan and Niruthi. Nathan was looking like the winner until the final round when he was upset by Niruthi.
Place Name Feder Rtg Loc Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.
1 Hogg, Dean 2036 6 20.5 29.5 24.0
2 Hibberd, Nathan 1812 5.5 21.0 30.0 24.5
3 Ravichandren, Niruthi 1443 5 19.0 27.0 20.0
4-7 Hogan, Steven 1610 4.5 23.0 30.5 22.5
Ilic, Milan 1609 4.5 22.5 31.0 18.0
Wang, Kayson 1705 4.5 18.5 26.5 18.0
Papac, Luka 1637 4.5 17.0 24.0 15.5
8-9 Mullen, Chris 1382 4 15.5 21.5 13.0
Russo, Guy 1450 4 15.0 21.0 14.0
10-13 Saric, Sergey 550 3.5 20.0 28.0 15.5
McIntyre, Charlie 1399 3.5 18.5 26.0 13.5
Gusain, Daniel 3.5 17.5 24.5 15.5
Nowak, Ruben 1435 3.5 13.5 21.0 9.5
14 Salanowski, Mark 1574 3 21.5 29.5 14.0
15-17 Bejjanki, Pranav 2.5 18.5 25.0 12.5
Doust, Tim 2.5 15.5 21.5 9.5
Liu, William 2.5 14.5 21.0 10.0
18 Richards, Derek 1512 2 18.5 24.5 10.5
19-21 O'Leary, Mike 449 1.5 16.0 22.0 4.0
Liu, Jim 1.5 15.0 20.5 6.5
Doust, Aidan 1.5 14.0 19.5 3.5
Congratulations to Dean Hogg on winning this event undefeated. The final standings are below. Our next event will be a lightning night. I have also updated the current progress scores.
Place Name Feder Rtg Loc Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.
1 Hogg, Dean VIC 2001 2018 7 23.0 31.0 28.0
2-4 Ravichandren, Niruruthi VIC 1484 1150 5 22.0 28.5 17.0
Hibberd, Nathan VIC 1806 1769 5 21.0 31.5 21.0
Cheema, Mohammad VIC 1733 1780 5 20.0 29.5 21.0
5-7 Davis, Tony J VIC 1949 1873 4.5 21.0 30.0 19.5
Salanowski, Mark VIC 1491 1624 4.5 19.0 28.5 20.0
Szuveges, Narelle S VIC 1761 1675 4.5 16.0 24.5 15.5
8-12 Wang, Kayson VIC 1702 1730 4 18.5 28.5 19.0
Richards, Derek VIC 1420 1523 4 17.0 23.0 17.0
Ramos, Antonio VIC 1531 1459 4 17.0 23.0 15.5
Ilic, Milan VIC 1647 1622 4 16.0 22.5 15.5
Hogan, Steven VIC 1623 1641 4 15.5 21.5 15.0
13-15 McIntyre, Charlie VIC 1306 1437 3.5 19.5 27.0 18.0
Humphreys, Scott VIC 1728 1801 3.5 19.5 26.5 17.5
Russo, Guy VIC 1524 3.5 16.5 23.5 13.5
16-19 Nowak, Ruben VIC 1556 1320 3 18.5 27.0 11.5
Saric, Sergey VIC 551 3 16.5 24.0 12.0
Papac, Luka VIC 1794 3 13.5 19.0 12.0
Liu, Jim 3 12.5 17.5 8.0
20-22 Mullen, Chris VIC 1613 1382 2.5 20.0 28.0 13.5
Wootten, Rory VIC 1448 1236 2.5 18.5 26.0 12.0
Liu, William 2.5 11.0 17.5 5.5
23-26 Bejjanki, Pranav Sai VIC 2 16.0 22.5 7.0
O'Leary, Mike VIC 2 14.0 19.0 7.0
Doust, Jordan 2 11.0 17.5 4.0
Hibberd, Aaron VIC 666 2 5.5 12.0 5.5
27-28 Gusain, Daniel VIC 1.5 16.5 22.5 5.5
Doust, Aidan 1.5 14.0 19.0 5.0
29-30 Kostakakis, Angelo VIC 1249 1233 1 17.0 22.5 6.0
Downs, Andrew 1 9.0 15.5 4.0
31 Harris, Anthony VIC 1762 1591 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
32 Sheen, Daniel 0 4.0 4.0 0.0
The Australian Chess Federation publishes new ratings every quarter. The June ratings and the change in our club ratings can be found here. Congratulations to the following members who have increased their rating by more than 80! And a special cheer for Niruruthi, for an excellent improvement, who had the best improvement (293) in Australia.
| Club member | Jun-16 | Change |
| Buzdar, Rashid | 1551 | 87 |
| Harris, Anthony | 1683 | 92 |
| Hibberd, Aaron | 832 | 166 |
| Nowak, Ruben | 1435 | 115 |
| Ravichandren, Niruruthi | 1443 | 293 |
| Wootten, Rory | 1329 | 93 |
The draw for next week’s final round is below.
No Name Rtg Loc Total Result Name Rtg Loc Total 1 Salanowski, Mark 1491 1624 [4.5] : Hogg, Dean 2001 2018 [6] 2 Hibberd, Nathan 1806 1769 [4.5] : Cheema, Mohammad 1733 1780 [4.5] 3 Wang, Kayson 1702 1730 [4] : Davis, Tony J 1949 1873 [3.5] 4 McIntyre, Charlie 1306 1437 [3.5] : Ravichandren, Niruruthi 1484 1150 [4] 5 Szuveges, Narelle S 1761 1675 [3.5] : Humphreys, Scott 1728 1801 [3.5] 6 Hogan, Steven 1623 1641 [3] : Nowak, Ruben 1556 1320 [3] 7 Papac, Luka 1794 [3] : Richards, Derek 1420 1523 [3] 8 Ramos, Antonio 1531 1459 [3] : Saric, Sergey 551 [3] 9 Ilic, Milan 1647 1622 [3] : Mullen, Chris 1613 1382 [2.5] 10 Wootten, Rory 1448 1236 [2.5] : Russo, Guy 1524 [2.5] 11 Liu, Jim [2] : Doust, Aidan [1.5] 12 Liu, William [2] : O'Leary, Mike [1.5] 13 Kostakakis, Angelo 1249 1233 [1] : Bejjanki, Pranav Sai [1] 14 Gusain, Daniel [1] .5:0 BYE
Dean is streaking ahead – who can catch him? The round 6 results are below. The battle is for the minor places now.
No Name Rtg Loc Total Result Name Rtg Loc Total 1 Wang, Kayson 1702 1730 [4] 0:1 Hogg, Dean 2001 2018 [5] 2 Davis, Tony J 1949 1873 [3.5] 0:1 Hibberd, Nathan 1806 1769 [3.5] 3 Cheema, Mohammad 1733 1780 [3.5] 1:0 McIntyre, Charlie 1306 1437 [3.5] 4 Richards, Derek 1420 1523 [3] 0:1 Salanowski, Mark 1491 1624 [3.5] 5 Ravichandren, Niruruthi 1484 1150 [3] 1:0 Hogan, Steven 1623 1641 [3] 6 Humphreys, Scott 1728 1801 [2.5] 1:0 Wootten, Rory 1448 1236 [2.5] 7 Mullen, Chris 1613 1382 [2.5] 0:1 Szuveges, Narelle S 1761 1675 [2.5] 8 Nowak, Ruben 1556 1320 [2.5] .5:.5 Ilic, Milan 1647 1622 [2.5] 9 Russo, Guy 1524 [2.5] 0:1 Ramos, Antonio 1531 1459 [2] 10 Saric, Sergey 551 [2] 1:0 Liu, Jim [2] 11 Gusain, Daniel [1] 0:1 Papac, Luka 1794 [2] 12 Liu, William [1] +:- O'Leary, Mike [1.5] 13 Bejjanki, Pranav Sai [1] 0:1 Doust, Aidan [.5] 14 Kostakakis, Angelo 1249 1233 [1] 0:0 BYE
It is interesting as we move through the rounds, as to who is located on the various board positions. The results from round 5 are below.
No Name Rtg Loc Total Result Name Rtg Loc Total 1 Hogg, Dean 2001 2018 [4] 1:0 Cheema, Mohammad 1733 1780 [3.5] 2 Richards, Derek 1420 1523 [3] 0:1 Wang, Kayson 1702 1730 [3] 3 Ilic, Milan 1647 1622 [2.5] 0:1 Davis, Tony J 1949 1873 [2.5] 4 McIntyre, Charlie 1306 1437 [2.5] 1:0 Humphreys, Scott 1728 1801 [2.5] 5 Salanowski, Mark 1491 1624 [2.5] 1:0 Mullen, Chris 1613 1382 [2.5] 6 Wootten, Rory 1448 1236 [2.5] 0:1 Hogan, Steven 1623 1641 [2] 7 Szuveges, Narelle S 1761 1675 [2] .5:.5 Nowak, Ruben 1556 1320 [2] 8 Ravichandren, Niruruthi 1484 1150 [2] +:- Ramos, Antonio 1531 1459 [2] 9 Papac, Luka 1794 [1.5] .5:.5 Saric, Sergey 551 [1.5] 10 O'Leary, Mike [1.5] 0:1 Russo, Guy 1524 [1.5] 11 Kostakakis, Angelo 1249 1233 [1] -:- Downs, Andrew [1] 12 Bejjanki, Pranav Sai [1] 0:1 Liu, Jim [1] 13 Gusain, Daniel [1] 0:1 Doust, Jordan [1] 14 Doust, Aiden [.5] 0:1 Liu, William [0] 15 Hibberd, Nathan 1806 1769 [3] .5:0 BYE
A few interesting games results for round 4. Dean maintained his winning run, and Rory scored a few rating points with his win over Luka.
No Name Rtg Loc Total Result Name Rtg Loc Total 1 Davis, Tony J 1949 1873 [2.5] 0:1 Hogg, Dean 2001 2018 [3] 2 Cheema, Mohammad 1733 1780 [2.5] 1:0 Salanowski, Mark 1491 1624 [2.5] 3 Hibberd, Nathan 1806 1769 [2] 1:0 Humphreys, Scott 1728 1801 [2.5] 4 Ravichandren, Niruruthi 1484 1150 [2] 0:1 Wang, Kayson 1702 1730 [2] 5 Richards, Derek 1420 1523 [2] +:- Hibberd, Aaron 666 [2] 6 Saric, Sergey 551 [1.5] 0:1 Ilic, Milan 1647 1622 [1.5] 7 Russo, Guy 1524 [1.5] 0:1 Mullen, Chris 1613 1382 [1.5] 8 Papac, Luka 1794 [1.5] 0:1 Wootten, Rory 1448 1236 [1.5] 9 Doust, Jordan [1] 0:1 Szuveges, Narelle S 1761 1675 [1] 10 Hogan, Steven 1623 1641 [1] 1:0 Bejjanki, Pranav Sai [1] 11 Nowak, Ruben 1556 1320 [1] 1:0 Gusain, Daniel [1] 12 Kostakakis, Angelo 1249 1233 [1] -:- Downs, Andrew [1] 13 O'Leary, Mike [.5] 1:0 Doust, Aiden [.5] 14 Liu, Jim [0] 1:0 Liu, William [0] 15 Ramos, Antonio 1531 1459 [2] 0:0 BYE 16 McIntyre, Charlie 1306 1437 [2] .5:0 BYE
After 2 rounds, only 5 players have a perfect score, and 4 of them they played each other this week. The results are below. Nathan’s position against Dean looked like swiss cheese after only a few moves, and it went downhill after that. My game against Tony did see-saw a bit, but I was a piece ahead but then carelessly lost my pawns under time pressure, and it was then R+B vs R and 2Ps and so a draw was a fitting result.
No Name Rtg Loc Total Result Name Rtg Loc Total 1 Hogg, Dean 2001 2018 [2] 1:0 Hibberd, Nathan 1806 1769 [2] 2 Humphreys, Scott 1728 1801 [2] .5:.5 Davis, Tony J 1949 1873 [2] 3 Salanowski, Mark 1491 1624 [1.5] 1:0 McIntyre, Charlie 1306 1437 [2] 4 Russo, Guy 1524 [1.5] 0:1 Cheema, Mohammad 1733 1780 [1.5] 5 Wang, Kayson 1702 1730 [1] 1:0 Kostakakis, Angelo 1249 1233 [1] 6 Ravichandren, Niruruthi 1484 1150 [1] +:- Szuveges, Narelle S 1761 1675 [1] 7 Hogan, Steven 1623 1641 [1] -:+ Hibberd, Aaron 666 [1] 8 Ilic, Milan 1647 1622 [1] .5:.5 Papac, Luka 1794 [1] 9 Bejjanki, Pranav Sai [1] 0:1 Richards, Derek 1420 1523 [1] 10 Mullen, Chris 1613 1382 [1] .5:.5 Saric, Sergey 551 [1] 11 Downs, Andrew [1] -:+ Wootten, Rory 1448 1236 [.5] 12 Doust, Aiden [.5] 0:1 Nowak, Ruben 1556 1320 [0] 13 Liu, Jim [0] 0:1 Doust, Jordan [0] 14 Liu, William [0] 0:1 Gusain, Daniel [0] 15 O'Leary, Mike [0] .5:0 BYE 16 Ramos, Antonio 1531 1459 [1.5] .5:0 BYE
Another interesting night of games. Results are below. A few byes were taken, so the number of games were less.
No Name Rtg Loc Total Result Name Rtg Loc Total 1 Szuveges, Narelle S 1761 1675 [1] 0:1 Hogg, Dean 2001 2018 [1] 2 Davis, Tony J 1949 1873 [1] 1:0 Hogan, Steven 1623 1641 [1] 3 Richards, Derek 1420 1523 [1] 0:1 Humphreys, Scott 1728 1801 [1] 4 Hibberd, Nathan 1806 1769 [1] 1:0 Ilic, Milan 1647 1622 [1] 5 McIntyre, Charlie 1306 1437 [1] 1:0 Wang, Kayson 1702 1730 [1] 6 Cheema, Mohammad 1733 1780 [.5] 1:0 Mullen, Chris 1613 1382 [1] 7 Doust, Jordan [0] 0:1 Russo, Guy 1524 [.5] 8 Kostakakis, Angelo 1249 1233 [0] 1:0 Liu, Jim [0] 9 Gusain, Daniel [0] 0:1 Ravichandren, Niruruthi 1484 1150 [0] 10 Saric, Sergey 551 [0] 1:0 O'Leary, Mike [0] 11 Liu, William [0] 0:1 Bejjanki, Pranav Sai [0] 12 Papac, Luka 1794 [0] 1:0 Sheen, Daniel [0] 13 Nowak, Ruben 1556 1320 [0] 0:1 Downs, Andrew [0] 14 Salanowski, Mark 1491 1624 [1] .5:0 BYE 15 Ramos, Antonio 1531 1459 [1] .5:0 BYE 16 Wootten, Rory 1448 1236 [0] .5:0 BYE 17 Hibberd, Aaron 666 [.5] .5:0 BYE 18 Doust, Aiden [0] .5:0 BYE