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Hobsons Bay Cup round 1

Posted on 1 May 2016 by Scott

Our 7-round (7 night) event started last Tuesday and most games went according to rating. The last game to finish was Rory vs Tony and this did not disappoint. When I caught up with it, each player had R+3P that were locked in the middle of the board. It did look drawish at that stage. Tony went on to win! Perhaps someone can comment on how? The round 1 results are below.

Round 1 results

No Name                    Loc  Total  Result   Name                Loc  Total

 1 Hogg, Dean              2018 [0]      1:0    Nowak, Ruben        1320 [0]  
 2 Wootten, Rory           1236 [0]      0:1    Davis, Tony J       1873 [0]  
 3 Humphreys, Scott        1801 [0]      1:0    Kostakakis, Angelo  1233 [0]  
 4 Ravichandren, Niruruthi 1150 [0]      0:1    Hibberd, Nathan     1769 [0]  
 5 Wang, Kayson            1730 [0]      1:0    Saric, Sergey       551  [0]  
 6 Bejjanki, Pranav Sai         [0]      0:1    Szuveges, Narelle S 1675 [0]  
 7 Hogan, Steven           1641 [0]      1:0    Doust, Jordan            [0]  
 8 Downs, Andrew                [0]      0:1    Salanowski, Mark    1624 [0]  
 9 Ilic, Milan             1622 [0]      1:0    Gusain, Daniel           [0]  
10 Liu, Jim                     [0]      0:1    Richards, Derek     1523 [0]  
11 Ramos, Antonio          1459 [0]      1:0    Liu, William             [0]  
12 O'Leary, Mike                [0]      0:1    McIntyre, Charlie   1437 [0]  
13 Mullen, Chris           1382 [0]      1:0    Papac, Luka              [0]  
14 Russo, Guy                   [0]     .5:0    BYE                           
15 Cheema, Mohammad        1780 [0]     .5:0    BYE                           
16 Harris, Anthony         1591 [0]     .5:0    BYE                           
17 Hibberd, Aaron          666  [0]     .5:0    BYE

Allegro 1 – results

Posted on 26 April 2016 by Scott

The first allegro event for 2016 was well attended (26 players). Congratulations to Dean Hogg for winning it in fine style. The score table is below. Our next event will be the 7-round (7 week) Hobsons Bay Cup.

Place	Name	Rating	Score	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Hogg, Dean	2018	5	10.5	16.5	15
2-May	Buzdar, Rashid	1464	4	8.5	15.5	12
	Hibberd, Nathan	1769	4	8	14.5	13
	Cheema, Mohammad	1780	4	8	12.5	13
	Ravichandren, Niruruthi	1150	4	7	12	10
6	Saric, Sergey	551	3.5	8.5	15	12
7-Dec	Wang, Kayson	1730	3	10.5	16.5	10
	Gusain, Daniel		3	9	15	10
	Salanowski, Mark	1624	3	9	14	11
	Ilic, Milan	1622	3	8	14.5	10
	Bennett, Calvin	1526	3	7	12	8
	Mullen, Chris	1382	3	5	8.5	6
13	Hogan, Steven	1641	2.5	8.5	13.5	8
14-20	Humphreys, Scott	1801	2	9	14	7
	Richards, Derek	1523	2	9	13.5	8
	Potulic, Vic	1445	2	8	15	6
	Russo, Guy		2	8	13	4
	Simon, Endre	1469	2	7	11.5	8
	Downs, Andrew		2	5.5	10	3
	Bejjanki, Pranav Sai		2	5.5	9	5
21	Kostakakis, Angelo	1233	1.5	7	11.5	4.5
22-23	Wootten, Rory	1236	1	7.5	12	4
	Doust, Jordan		1	7	10.5	3
24-25	Liu, Jim		0.5	6.5	11	0.5
	Liu, William		0.5	5	8.5	1
26	Saric, Zivko		0	5.5	5.5	0

Purdy Cup – final results

Posted on 15 April 2016 by Scott

Below are theÂ round 5 results and final standings for the Purdy Cup.

Well done to Tony Davis for taking out the event with a perfect score, and in doing so, has qualified directly for the club championship. I have also updatedÂ the Progress scores as well. My apologises for missing the last 2 rounds of this event, but family matters trumpedÂ chess (who would have thought!), so I did not get to post the round 4 results. Also, well done to Rory Wootten for coming equal second – his ACF rating should zoom up a few notches.

Next week will be the first of our Allegro tournaments (5 games of 10 minutes + 10 seconds a move), using the Najdorf Sicilian as our starting position. I did not choose this opening, but I have to admit that I have a long-forgotten pre-algebraic notation book on this opening – all hail to Bobby Fischer!Â So if you are curious about the club, next Tuesday will be a good time to come along and check us out.

Purdy Cup: Round 5 (final round) results

No|Name              |Total| Result  |Name                   |Total

 1|Hogg, Dean        |[4]  |   0:1   |Davis, Tony J          |[4]  
 2|Enano, Ronald     |[3]  |   0:1   |Wootten, Rory          |[3]  
 3|Harris, Anthony   |[3]  |   -:+   |Hibberd, Nathan        |[3]  
 4|Wang, Kayson      |[2.5]|   1:0   |Russo, Guy             |[2.5]
 5|Ramos, Antonio    |[2]  |   0:1   |Cheema, Mohammad       |[2]  
 6|Scott, Clem       |[2]  |  .5:.5  |Szuveges, Narelle S    |[2]  
 7|Bennett, Calvin   |[2]  |   1:0   |Buzdar, Rashid         |[2]  
 8|Richards, Derek   |[2]  |   0:1   |Ravichandren, Niruruthi|[2]  
 9|Nowak, Ruben      |[1.5]|   1:0   |Hogan, Steven          |[1.5]
10|Kostakakis, Angelo|[1.5]|   0:1   |Salanowski, Mark       |[1.5]
11|McIntyre, Charlie |[1]  |   1:0   |Downs, Andrew          |[1.5]
12|Saric, Sergey     |[1]  |   1:0   |Bejjanki, Pranav Sai   |[.5] 
13|Hibberd, Aaron    |[.5] |   1:0   |O'Leary, Mike          |[.5] 
14|Downs, Andrew     |[1.5]|   -:-   |BYE                    |     
15|Humphreys, Scott  |[2]  |   0:0   |BYE                    |

Purdy Cup: Final standings

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

  1  |Davis, Tony J          |VIC  |1875|1873|5    |   10.0| 15.5|  15.0
 2-4 |Hibberd, Nathan        |VIC  |1784|1769|4    |   10.0| 15.5|  13.0
     |Hogg, Dean             |VIC  |1981|2018|4    |    9.0| 15.5|  14.0
     |Wootten, Rory          |VIC  |    |1236|4    |    8.5| 12.0|  11.0
  5  |Wang, Kayson           |VIC  |1741|1730|3.5  |    8.0| 15.0|   9.5
6-10 |Enano, Ronald          |VIC  |1664|1798|3    |    8.5| 14.0|  11.0
     |Bennett, Calvin        |VIC  |1735|1526|3    |    7.5| 14.0|   9.0
     |Cheema, Mohammad       |VIC  |1759|1780|3    |    7.5| 12.5|   8.5
     |Ravichandren, Niruruthi|VIC  |1384|1150|3    |    7.0| 12.0|   7.5
     |Harris, Anthony        |VIC  |1718|1591|3    |    6.0| 11.0|   9.0
11-15|Szuveges, Narelle S    |VIC  |1777|1675|2.5  |    8.5| 14.0|   8.0
     |Salanowski, Mark       |VIC  |1549|1624|2.5  |    8.0| 12.5|   7.5
     |Nowak, Ruben           |VIC  |1558|1320|2.5  |    7.0| 12.0|   6.0
     |Russo, Guy             |     |    |    |2.5  |    6.5| 11.5|   7.0
     |Scott, Clem            |     |    |    |2.5  |    6.5| 11.0|   6.5
16-22|Buzdar, Rashid         |VIC  |    |1464|2    |    9.0| 13.5|   6.0
     |Humphreys, Scott       |VIC  |1727|1801|2    |    8.5| 15.0|   9.0
     |Ramos, Antonio         |VIC  |    |1459|2    |    8.0| 13.5|   6.0
     |Richards, Derek        |VIC  |1430|1523|2    |    8.0| 12.5|   8.0
     |McIntyre, Charlie      |VIC  |1324|1437|2    |    6.5| 11.5|   3.0
     |Saric, Sergey          |VIC  |    |551 |2    |    6.5| 11.0|   4.0
     |Papac, Luka            |VIC  |1833|    |2    |    3.5|  7.5|   3.0
23-26|Hogan, Steven          |VIC  |1639|1641|1.5  |    8.0| 12.0|   6.5
     |Kostakakis, Angelo     |VIC  |    |1233|1.5  |    6.5| 11.5|   5.0
     |Downs, Andrew          |     |    |    |1.5  |    6.5| 10.5|   4.0
     |Hibberd, Aaron         |VIC  |    |666 |1.5  |    6.0|  9.0|   3.0
 27  |Doust, Jordan          |     |    |    |1    |    4.0|  7.5|   3.0
28-29|O'Leary, Mike          |VIC  |    |    |0.5  |    6.5| 12.0|   2.5
     |Bejjanki, Pranav Sai   |VIC  |    |    |0.5  |    5.5|  9.5|   1.0
30-31|Liu, Jim               |     |    |    |0    |    1.5|  4.0|   0.0
     |Liu, Tina              |     |    |    |0    |    0.0|  0.0|   0.0

Purdy cup round 3

Posted on 1 April 2016 by Scott

The results from round 3 are below. Some games from this round, and an earlier round can be found in the Games section.

No|Name                   |Total| Result  |Name               |Total

 1|Enano, Ronald          |[2]  |   0:1   |Hogg, Dean         |[2]  
 2|Davis, Tony J          |[2]  |   1:0   |Humphreys, Scott   |[2]  
 3|Hibberd, Nathan        |[2]  |   1:0   |Cheema, Mohammad   |[1.5]
 4|Wootten, Rory          |[1.5]|  .5:.5  |Szuveges, Narelle S|[1]  
 5|Ravichandren, Niruruthi|[1]  |  .5:.5  |Hogan, Steven      |[1]  
 6|Scott, Clem            |[1]  |   0:1   |Bennett, Calvin    |[1]  
 7|Richards, Derek        |[1]  |   1:0   |Doust, Jordan      |[1]  
 8|Ramos, Antonio         |[1]  |   0:1   |Harris, Anthony    |[1]  
 9|Buzdar, Rashid         |[.5] |   1:0   |O'Leary, Mike      |[.5] 
10|Hibberd, Aaron         |[.5] |   0:1   |Nowak, Ruben       |[.5] 
11|Downs, Andrew          |[.5] |   0:1   |Kostakakis, Angelo |[.5] 
12|Russo, Guy             |[.5] |   1:0   |McIntyre, Charlie  |[0]  
13|Liu, Jim               |[0]  |   -:+   |Saric, Sergey      |[0]  
14|Bejjanki, Pranav Sai   |[0]  |   0:1   |Papac, Luka        |[0]  
15|Wang, Kayson           |[1]  |  .5:0   |BYE                |     
16|Salanowski, Mark       |[1]  |  .5:0   |BYE                |

Junior 2015 championship and reserve results

Posted on 31 March 2016 by Scott

As part of catching up with club events on here, the Junior 2015 championship and reserve results have been included here. They can also be found my navigating to the Junior pages. cup winner

Congratulations toÂ Timothy Hu andÂ George Dogaris, equal winners of the 2015 Championship, andÂ congratulations to Julian McIntyreÂ who won the Reserves section.

Tournament 2 progress scores

Posted on 30 March 2016 by Scott

The Junior Tournament 2 is in progress, with 6 rounds so far of an 8 round event. It will be completed on the first Saturday back after school holidays, 16^th April.Â Totals after round 6 is below. The Junior calendar can be found here.

Place Name               Feder Rtg Loc Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.
 
1-2   Hu, Timothy                    5/6        17.0  23.5   23.0
      Gusain, Daniel                   5        16.5  23.5   22.5
  3   Dogaris, George                  4.5      18.5  25.5   21.5
4-6   Vijaykumar, Aadav                4        17.0  24.0   20.0
      Whitford, Matthew                4        17.0  24.0   17.5
      Wang, Steven                     4        16.0  23.0   16.0
7-13  Clerk, Max                       3        18.0  25.0   17.0
      Bhat, Anika                      3        17.0  24.0   14.5
      Bejjanki, Pranav                 3        16.0  23.0   15.5
      Davis, Sophie                    3        15.5  21.5    9.5
      Whitford, Cameron                3        15.0  20.5   13.5
      Soler, Renoir                    3        13.5  20.5   14.0
      Soler, Russell                   3        13.5  20.0   11.0
14-15 Saric, Sergey                    2.5      16.0  23.0    8.0
      Pollard, Elizabeth               2.5      13.0  18.0   10.0
16-19 Siviour, James                   2        14.0  20.5   11.0
      Clerk, Felix                     2        13.5  19.5   11.0
      Sood, Pranay                     2        13.5  19.0    6.5
      Schlechta, Edith                 2        11.0  16.5    8.0
20-22 Kamath, Gauri                    1.5      12.5  17.5    5.5
      Kamath, Pooja                    1.5      12.0  17.0    7.0
      Hu, Lydia                        1.5      11.0  17.5    7.0

Games, Games, Games…and Facebook!

Posted on 30 March 2016 by Scott

I have started a games section, so any game that you think is instructive/brilliant/shocking, then please submit it via theÂ GamesÂ page. Especially when/if you lose – firstly it is character building, and second, you learn more from your mistakes!

Also, there is now a HBCC facebook page, so please check it out and LIKE it.

Purdy cup round 2

Posted on 25 March 2016 by Scott

The second round of the Purdy cup had some hard fought gamesÂ (more in the comments to this post). The results are below.

No|Name              |Total| Result  |Name                   |Total

 1|Hogg, Dean        |[1]  |   1:0   |Szuveges, Narelle S    |[1]  
 2|Wang, Kayson      |[1]  |   0:1   |Davis, Tony J          |[1]  
 3|Humphreys, Scott  |[1]  |   1:0   |Salanowski, Mark       |[1]  
 4|Hogan, Steven     |[1]  |   0:1   |Enano, Ronald          |[1]  
 5|Bennett, Calvin   |[1]  |   0:1   |Hibberd, Nathan        |[1]  
 6|Cheema, Mohammad  |[.5] |   1:0   |Richards, Derek        |[1]  
 7|O'Leary, Mike     |[.5] |   0:1   |Wootten, Rory          |[.5] 
 8|Russo, Guy        |[0]  |  .5:.5  |Buzdar, Rashid         |[0]  
 9|Ramos, Antonio    |[0]  |   +:-   |Bejjanki, Pranav Sai   |[0]  
10|Scott, Clem       |[0]  |   +:-   |McIntyre, Charlie      |[0]  
11|Nowak, Ruben      |[0]  |  .5:.5  |Downs, Andrew          |[0]  
12|Kostakakis, Angelo|[0]  |  .5:.5  |Hibberd, Aaron         |[0]  
13|Papac, Luka       |[0]  |   0:1   |Ravichandren, Niruruthi|[0]  
14|Saric, Sergey     |[0]  |   0:1   |Harris, Anthony        |[0]  
15|Doust, Jordan     |[0]  |   1:0   |Liu, Jim               |[0]

Purdy Cup – a good start…

Posted on 19 March 2016 by Scott

CJS Purdy

It was great to see 25 starters for round 1, with a few new faces.Â There was only 1 draw in round 1 (a good result for Rory). Results are below.

No|Name                   |Total| Result  |Name              |Total

 1|Buzdar, Rashid         |[0]  |   0:1   |Hogg, Dean        |[0]  
 2|Davis, Tony J          |[0]  |   1:0   |Ramos, Antonio    |[0]  
 3|McIntyre, Charlie      |[0]  |   0:1   |Humphreys, Scott  |[0]  
 4|Enano, Ronald          |[0]  |   1:0   |Nowak, Ruben      |[0]  
 5|Wootten, Rory          |[0]  |  .5:.5  |Cheema, Mohammad  |[0]  
 6|Hibberd, Nathan        |[0]  |   1:0   |Kostakakis, Angelo|[0]  
 7|Ravichandren, Niruruthi|[0]  |   0:1   |Wang, Kayson      |[0]  
 8|Szuveges, Narelle S    |[0]  |   1:0   |Saric, Sergey     |[0]  
 9|Bejjanki, Pranav Sai   |[0]  |   0:1   |Hogan, Steven     |[0]  
10|Salanowski, Mark       |[0]  |   1:0   |Russo, Guy        |[0]  
11|Downs, Andrew          |[0]  |   0:1   |Bennett, Calvin   |[0]  
12|Richards, Derek        |[0]  |   1:0   |Scott, Clem       |[0]  
13|O'Leary, Mike          |[0]  |  .5:0   |BYE               |

And now it seems that (from Steven):

There have been 4 new entries for the tournament, so a revised pairing is attached. This brings total number of players to 29, great to see the number of players growing significantly.

A full lightning night!