Koshnitsky Cup Round 6

Well, round 6 saw Dean pulled back to the chasing field. Well done Nathan. 3 players now on 5 points, and 3 more within a point.
Round 6 results

No Name               Rtg  Loc  Total  Result   Name              Rtg  Loc  Total

 1 Hibberd, Nathan    1838 1812 [4]      1:0    Hogg, Dean        2000 2036 [5]  
 2 Davis, Tony        1910 1930 [4]      1:0    Wang, Kayson      1677 1705 [4]  
 3 Szuveges, Narelle  1765 1654 [3.5]    1:0    Cheema, Mohammad  1749 1728 [3]  
 4 Gusain, Daniel               [3.5]    0:1    Salanowski, Mark  1531 1574 [3]  
 5 Nowak, Ruben       1556 1435 [3]     .5:.5   Richards, Derek   1426 1512 [3]  
 6 Minichelli, Felice      1408 [3]     .5:.5   Ramos, Antonio    1531 1487 [3]  
 7 Dogaris, George    1319 793  [2.5]    1:0    Hogan, Steven     1614 1610 [2.5]
 8 Kostakakis, Angelo 1243 1157 [2]      0:1    McIntyre, Charlie 1352 1399 [2]  
 9 Hibberd, Aaron          832  [2]      1:0    Saric, Sergey          550  [2]  
10 O'Leary, Mike           449  [2]      0:1    Schoenfisch, Mark           [2]  
11 Liu, William                 [1]      0:1    Shelev, Petar               [1]  
12 Batra, Vedant                [0]      1:0    Liu, Jim                    [1]  
13 Liu, Tina                    [.5]     0:1    BYE

 

Well, there is the Best in the West!

It was again a very successful weekend, with over 90 participants, with 1st prize being shared between 4 players (James Morris, Domagoj Dragicevic, Carl Gorka and Kris Chan), each on 4.5 / 5. Also, Sergey was able to finish equal first in his rating group and score biggest upset by beating a 1500 player, which earned $200. Well done Sergey on a terrific tournament!!

Please join me in thanking Tony Davis for his work over the previous months to get the players together and run a terrific tournament, and Ved Bhat for taking these photos and making them available.

THE CUP!bitw-2016-4bitw-2016-3           Biggest upset winners

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Overall winners (joint)bitw-2016-1

Rating group winnersbitw-2016-2

Koshnitsky Cup Round 5

Dean continues to extend his lead. But 12 players have now scored at least 3 points from 5 games.

Round 5 results

No Name              Rtg  Loc  Total  Result   Name               Rtg  Loc  Total

 1 Hogg, Dean        2000 2036 [4]      1:0    Szuveges, Narelle  1765 1654 [3.5]
 2 Richards, Derek   1426 1512 [3]      0:1    Davis, Tony        1910 1930 [3]  
 3 Hibberd, Nathan   1838 1812 [3]      1:0    Salanowski, Mark   1531 1574 [3]  
 4 Wang, Kayson      1677 1705 [3]      1:0    Nowak, Ruben       1556 1435 [3]  
 5 Dogaris, George   1319 793  [2.5]    0:1    Gusain, Daniel               [2.5]
 6 McIntyre, Charlie 1352 1399 [2]      0:1    Cheema, Mohammad   1749 1728 [2]  
 7 Hibberd, Aaron         832  [2]      0:1    Ramos, Antonio     1531 1487 [2]  
 8 Saric, Sergey          550  [2]      0:1    Minichelli, Felice      1408 [2]  
 9 Bejjanki, Pranav            [2]      -:+    O'Leary, Mike           449  [1]  
10 Hogan, Steven     1614 1610 [1.5]    1:0    Doust, Aidan                 [1]  
11 Liu, Jim                    [1]      0:1    Kostakakis, Angelo 1243 1157 [1]  
12 Schoenfisch, Mark           [1]      1:0    Liu, Tina                    [.5] 
13 Batra, Vedant               [0]      0:1    Liu, William                 [0]

 

Koshnitsky Cup Round 4

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

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

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

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

Below 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