Sunday, June 29, 2008

2008 Box Hill Club Championship

The 2008 Box Hill Club Championship was held between the 25th of April - 27th of June. It was a nine round Swiss tournament played on Friday nights at the Box Hill Chess Club (3 Rochester Road, Canterbury, Victoria). Top seeds included Geoffrey Saw (2289), Christopher Wallis (2148), Leon Kempen (2062), Douglas Lindberg (1998) and Bobby Cheng (1977).

The tournament was won by FM Geoffrey Saw with 8.5/9. You can find a crosstable at http://www.boxhillchess.org.au/e2008/e0804fcc/crosstable.htm.

No  Name                 Rtg  Total   1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9

1. Saw, Geoffrey 2289 8.5 33:W 17:W 15:W 4:W 12:D 2:W 5:W 10:W 3:W
2. Wallis, Christopher 2148 6 34:W 18:W 12:D 5:W 22:W 1:L 14:D 7:W :L
3. Kempen, Leon 2062 6 36:W 19:L 37:W 29:W 7:D :D 16:W 4:W 1:L
4. Lindberg, Douglas 1998 6.5 37:W 20:W 13:W 1:L 15:W 5:D 12:W 3:L 17:W
5. Cheng, Bobby 1977 6.5 38:W 21:W 19:W 2:L 17:W 4:D 1:L 12:W 10:W
6. Muthusamy, Reubban 1895 4 39:W 22:D :D :L 32:W 30:W :- :L 40:L
7. Schon, Eugene 1878 6 :D 30:W 16:D 24:W 3:D 12:D 25:W 2:L 13:W
8. Yu, Derek 1806 5 :D 28:W 22:L 41:W :D 19:L 36:W :L 32:W
9. Narenthran, Tom 1801 5.5 28:D 41:W 23:L 26:W 29:W :L 17:D 49:W 19:D
10. Liston, Howard 1792 5.5 40:W 23:D 26:W 22:L 25:W 21:W 19:W 1:L 5:L
11. Lacey, David 1740 1 : 60:W : : : : : : :
12. Antolis, Cedric 1738 4.5 42:+ 25:W 2:D 23:W 1:D 7:D 4:L 5:L 20:L
13. Tionko, Efrain 1738 5.5 44:W 27:W 4:L 20:D 19:L 29:W 32:W 14:W 7:L
14. Frost, Peter 1708 5.5 :D 57:W 29:L 28:W 23:W 22:W 2:D 13:L 18:D
15. Sharman, Scot A 1708 6 45:W 24:W 1:L 30:W 4:L 25:L 43:W 40:W 21:W
16. Matheson, Laurence 1699 5.5 48:W 29:D 7:D 21:D 20:D 39:W 3:L 19:D 22:W
17. Flude, David A 1695 5.5 49:W 1:L 39:W 51:W 5:L 36:W 9:D 22:W 4:L
18. Lawson, Shane 1690 5.5 50:W 2:L 36:W 25:L 21:L 48:W 47:W 26:W 14:D
19. Chmiel, Rad 1684 5.5 51:W 3:W 5:L 32:D 13:W 8:W 10:L 16:D 9:D
20. Vijayakumar, Rengan 1669 5.5 52:W 4:L 42:W 13:D 16:D 40:D 26:D 23:D 12:W
21. Cook, Geoff L 1668 5 53:W 5:L 43:W 16:D 18:W 10:L 40:D 25:W 15:L
22. Schulzer, Peter 1637 4.5 54:W 6:D 8:W 10:W 2:L 14:L 51:W 17:L 16:L
23. Schneider, David 1634 4.5 56:W 10:D 9:W 12:L 14:L :D 57:W 20:D :L
24. Croft, Roger 1622 4 55:W 15:L 52:W 7:L 39:L 51:- 42:W 43:L 41:W
25. Podvorac, Zeljko 1617 5 59:W 12:L 46:W 18:W 10:L 15:W 7:L 21:L 36:W
26. Yu, Sally 1557 4 :D 58:W 10:L 9:L 41:W 34:W 20:D 18:L :L
27. Sannidhanam, Anurag 1520 2 32:W 13:L 51:L 58:W 40:- 47:- : : :L
28. Whittick, Andrew 1443 4 9:D 8:L 33:W 14:L 50:D 53:D 48:W 37:D 49:L
29. Liu, Nicholas 1426 4.5 46:W 16:D 14:W 3:L 9:L 13:L 50:+ 39:D 43:D
30. Renzies, Elliott 1422 4 47:W 7:L 48:W 15:L 53:W 6:L 49:L 55:W 37:L
31. Hartland, Gerrit 1407 1 : : : : 60:W : : : :
32. Lai, Gene 1401 4.5 27:L 47:W 53:W 19:D 6:L 37:W 13:L 51:W 8:L
33. Stewart, Steven 1401 1 1:L 46:L 28:L 59:W 49:L 57:L 54:L 42:- 60:-
34. Elbrish, Sam 1383 4 2:L 48:L 50:D 54:W 58:W 26:L :D 44:W 39:L
35. MacFarlan, Rodney 1350 1 : : : : : : : 53:W :L
36. Feng, Thomas 1347 4 3:L 49:W 18:L 45:W 43:W 17:L 8:L 47:W 25:L
37. Dalton, Laurie 1320 5 4:L 50:W 3:L 46:W 51:D 32:L 58:W 28:D 30:W
38. Neymanis, Eric 1314 1 5:L 51:L : :L : : : 52:W :
39. Rozenblat, Vanja 1282 5 6:L 52:W 17:L 48:W 24:W 16:L :D 29:D 34:W
40. Ng, Isaac 1257 5 10:L 53:L 54:W 47:W 27:+ 20:D 21:D 15:L 6:W
41. Feng, Tim 1254 3.5 :D 9:L 56:W 8:L 26:L 49:L 52:W 57:W 24:L
42. Fielder, Shaun 1213 4 12:- 54:W 20:L 53:L 48:L 56:W 24:L 33:+ 55:W
43. Cannon, Jim 1201 4.5 : 59:W 21:L 56:W 36:L 55:W 15:L 24:W 29:D
44. Lyons, Linden 1166 4 13:L 56:L 55:W 49:W :L 50:D 53:W 34:L 51:D
45. Gurevich, Andrew 1116 3.5 15:L 55:W :D 36:L :L :L 46:W : 57:W
46. Brennan, James 1101 2 29:L 33:W 25:L 37:L 55:L 54:W 45:L 56:L 52:L
47. Yu, Allen 1001 4 30:L 32:L 60:W 40:L 56:W 27:+ 18:L 36:L 54:W
48. Lemmel, Oliver 953 3 16:L 34:W 30:L 39:L 42:W 18:L 28:L 59:W 58:L
49. Ang, Stephanie 905 5 17:L 36:L 59:W 44:L 33:W 41:W 30:W 9:L 28:W
50. Fan, Kevin (1997) 901 4 18:L 37:L 34:D 57:W 28:D 44:D 29:- 58:D 53:W
51. Ng, Joshua 812 4 19:L 38:W 27:W 17:L 37:D 24:+ 22:L 32:L 44:D
52. Hamilton, Liam 712 2.5 20:L 39:L 24:L :D 57:L 60:W 41:L 38:L 46:W
53. Loh, Zachary 651 2.5 21:L 40:W 32:L 42:W 30:L 28:D 44:L 35:L 50:L
54. Narenthran, Savithri 632 3 22:L 42:L 40:L 34:L 59:W 46:L 33:W 60:W 47:L
55. Ni, John 601 3 24:L 45:L 44:L 60:W 46:W 43:L 56:W 30:L 42:L
56. Tanner, Michael 601 3 23:L 44:W 41:L 43:L 47:L 42:L 55:L 46:W 59:W
57. Ng, Ben 564 2.5 :D 14:L 58:L 50:L 52:W 33:W 23:L 41:L 45:L
58. Yu, Alec 501 4 :D 26:L 57:W 27:L 34:L 59:W 37:L 50:D 48:W
59. Narenthran, Janaki 255 .5 25:L 43:L 49:L 33:L 54:L :L 60:D 48:L 56:L
60. Cannon, David 201 1.5 : 11:L 47:L 55:L 31:L 52:L 59:D 54:L 33:+

Friday, June 13, 2008

2008 NSW Open

Who: Chess players, mainly from NSW

What:
The 2008 NSW Open

When:
June 7th-9th

Where:
Parramatta, NSW

Why: To aid the intellectual development (according to a number of research studies) and possibly to increase the net worth of a number of people. Tournaments also create public awareness of this wonderful game and also comes up with new sponsors.

The event was won by Dejan Antic (2486, highest countback), Stephen Solomon (2472), Tomek Rej (2289), Jesse Sales (2312), Jason Hu (2120) and Andrew Brown (2035) all with 5.5/7. Click here to go to the final crosstable.

No Name                  Feder Rtg  Total  1    2    3    4    5    6    7 

1 Antic, Dejan OS 2486 5.5 10:W 17:W 3:W 4:W 2:L 5:D 8:W
2 Solomon, Stephen J QLD 2472 5.5 49:W 13:W 24:W 8:D 1:W 3:L 9:W
3 Rej, Tomek NSW 2289 5.5 45:W 15:W 1:L 12:W 31:W 2:W 6:D
4 Sales, Jesse Noel NSW 2312 5.5 18:W 25:W 14:W 1:L 9:W 8:D 10:W
5 Hu, Jason NSW 2120 5.5 37:W 41:W 9:D 23:W 8:D 1:D 14:W
6 Brown, Andrew ACT 2035 5.5 44:W 8:L 18:W 28:W 30:W 16:W 3:D
7 Redgrave, John NSW 1841 5 8:L 37:D 34:W 25:W 0:D 15:W 17:W
8 Kizov, Atanas OS 2418 4.5 7:W 6:W 11:W 2:D 5:D 4:D 1:L
9 Bjelobrk, Igor NSW 2354 4.5 20:W 12:W 5:D 16:W 4:L 11:W 2:L
10 Furst, Andrew NSW 1860 4.5 1:L 46:W 47:W 14:W 11:D 22:W 4:L
11 Ayvazyan, Armen NSW 2245 4.5 38:W 29:W 8:L 15:W 10:D 9:L 24:W
12 Dunn, Michael Gl NSW 1974 4.5 34:W 9:L 38:W 3:L 20:W 30:W 16:D
13 Chernih, Nicholas NSW 2037 4.5 35:W 2:L 0:D 37:L 46:W 27:W 23:W
14 McNamara, Gary NSW 2084 4 32:W 28:W 4:L 10:L 41:W 31:W 5:L
15 Ali, Mosaddeque ACT 1963 4 30:W 3:L 42:W 11:L 18:W 7:L 33:W
16 Xie, George NSW 2417 4 46:D 48:W 19:W 9:L 23:W 6:L 12:D
17 Chan, Jason NSW 2062 4 39:W 1:L 20:W 30:L 38:W 21:W 7:L
18 Guo, Emma ACT 1719 4 4:L 35:W 6:L 42:W 15:L 32:W 31:W
19 Christensen, Joshua NSW 1937 4 50:W 23:D 16:L 27:D 36:W 26:D 22:D
20 Abbott, Peter NSW 1781 4 9:L 44:W 17:L 35:W 12:L 37:W 30:W
21 Tomas, Tom NSW 1879 4 43:W 24:L 30:L 33:W 28:W 17:L 26:W
22 Bolens, Johny NSW 2196 4 33:W 31:D 23:L 39:W 37:W 10:L 19:D
23 Illingworth, Max NSW 2212 3.5 26:W 19:D 22:W 5:L 16:L 29:W 13:L
24 Broekhuyse, Paul NSW 2129 3.5 27:W 21:W 2:L 31:L 26:D 39:W 11:L
25 Rout, Ian C ACT 1990 3.5 40:W 4:L 26:D 7:L 32:D 36:W 28:D
26 Davies, Richard NSW 1653 3.5 23:L 50:W 25:D 29:W 24:D 19:D 21:L
27 Eccles, Richard NSW 1642 3.5 24:L 43:W 29:D 19:D 0:D 13:L 39:W
28 Ng, Kiang Fei NSW 3.5 48:W 14:L 41:W 6:L 21:L 38:W 25:D
29 Huynh, Arthur NSW 1970 3.5 42:W 11:L 27:D 26:L 34:W 23:L 37:W
30 Magalona, Fluen NSW 3 15:L 36:W 21:W 17:W 6:L 12:L 20:L
31 Lau, Joshua NSW 1879 3 47:W 22:D 0:D 24:W 3:L 14:L 18:L
32 Mejzini, Jack NSW 1616 3 14:L 39:D 46:W 41:L 25:D 18:L 44:W
33 Papantoniou, John NSW 1643 3 22:L 42:L 40:W 21:L 43:W 41:W 15:L
34 Booth, William ACT 1212 3 12:L 45:D 7:L 44:W 29:L 42:W 38:D
35 Baterowicz, Mark NSW 1544 3 13:L 18:L 48:W 20:L 42:L 45:W 41:W
36 Myers, Stephen P NSW 1674 3 41:L 30:L 44:W 47:W 19:L 25:L 42:W
37 Torbarac, Vedran NSW 1639 2.5 5:L 7:D 49:W 13:W 22:L 20:L 29:L
38 Antoniazzi, Francesco VIC 1684 2.5 11:L 40:W 12:L 43:W 17:L 28:L 34:D
39 Encel, Benjamin NSW 1772 2.5 17:L 32:D 45:W 22:L 48:W 24:L 27:L
40 Gu, Sean NSW 1422 2.5 25:L 38:L 33:L 48:L 44:D 43:W 45:W
41 Rachmadi, Herman NSW 1827 2 36:W 5:L 28:L 32:W 14:L 33:L 35:L
42 Kicic, Admir NSW 2 29:L 33:W 15:L 18:L 35:W 34:L 36:L
43 Vezzu, Rama NSW 2 21:L 27:L 0:W 38:L 33:L 40:L 47:W
44 Ren, Jonathan NSW 1429 1.5 6:L 20:L 36:L 34:L 40:D 47:W 32:L
45 Zielinski, Konrad NSW 1693 1.5 3:L 34:D 39:L 46:L 47:W 35:L 40:L
46 Sanders, Peter J SA 1802 1.5 16:D 10:L 32:L 45:W 13:L 0: 0:
47 Tatam, Mark NSW 1 31:L 0:W 10:L 36:L 45:L 44:L 43:L
48 Fell, Lloyd S NSW 1960 1 28:L 16:L 35:L 40:W 39:L 0: 0:
49 Russell, Luthien ACT 1849 .5 2:L 0:D 37:L 0: 0: 0: 0:
50 Palmer, David OS 0 19:L 26:L 0: 0: 0: 0: 0:

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Coming Australian Grand Prix Events

We recently had the Victorian Open as well as the NSW Open. The following are events that are coming soon. These events are part of the 2008 Myer Tan Australian Chess Grand Prix, a large chess competition with prizes (all strong events are normally part of the grand prix).

Event

Place

Class

Start

Finish

Contact

Gardiner Gold Coast Open

Carrara, Qld

5

28/6/08

29/6/08

outreachchess@bigpond.com ; Entry Form

Freytag Checkmate Open

Adelaide, SA

5

5/7/08

6/7/08

Website

Geelong Open

Geelong, Vic

3

19/7/08

20/7/08

Website

Coffs Harbour Open

Coffs Harbour, NSW

3

19/7/08

20/7/08

www.nswca.org.au/

ANU Open

Canberra, ACT

4

26/7/08

27/7/08

New website!

Mackay Open

Mackay, Qld

1

2/8/08

3/8/08

www.caq.org.au

North Queensland Open

Townsville, Qld

1

9/8/08

10/8/08

www.caq.org.au

Bundaberg Open

Bundaberg, Qld

2

16/8/08

17/8/08

Website

Hobart Weekender

Hobart, Tas

1

16/8/08

17/8/08

www.chesstasmania.org.au/

Surfers Paradise Open

Surfers Paradise, Qld

5

30/8/08

31/8/08

www.kingsofchess.biz/

Blayney Open

Blayney, NSW

1

6/9/08

7/9/08

www.nswca.org.au/index.shtml

Nell van de Graaf Classic

gold Coast, Qld

1

20/9/08

21/9/08

www.caq.org.au/

2008 Victorian Open

The 2008 Victorian Open Championship was held on the Queens Birthday weekend June 7th-9th. The 2008 Championship was organised by the Box Hill Chess Club on behalf of Chess Victoria. This tournament has been registered as a Class 3 Grand Prix tournament.

The tournament was won by FM Igor Goldenberg (2362) and Domagoj Dragicevic (2125). Here is the final crosstable:

If the crosstable is difficult to view, click here to go to the official crosstable page.
No Name                    Feder Rtg  Loc  Total  1    2    3    4    5    6    7 

1 Goldenberg, Igor VIC 2362 6 31:W 14:W 15:D 9:W 8:W 2:D 7:W
2 Dragicevic, Domagoj VIC 2125 6 52:W 40:W 17:W 7:D 5:W 1:D 4:W
3 Lojanica, Milenko rg1 2016 5.5 19:D 18:W 28:W 6:D 14:D 17:W 16:W
4 Cheng, Bobby rg1 1958 5 46:W 26:W 6:D 15:W 7:D 11:W 2:L
5 Rujevic, Mirko VIC 2191 5 22:W 32:W 11:W 8:D 2:L 14:W 6:D
6 Sandler, Leonid VIC 2282 5 38:W 10:W 4:D 3:D 36:W 16:D 5:D
7 Wallis, Christopher VIC 2153 5 47:W 25:W 36:W 2:D 4:D 23:W 1:L
8 Hacche, David J VIC 2127 5 33:W 29:W 54:W 5:D 1:L 10:D 23:W
9 Morris, James rg1 2036 5 30:W 24:W 21:W 1:L 10:D 20:D 25:W
10 Kildisas, Victor E rg2 1830 5 50:W 6:L 47:W 22:W 9:D 8:D 19:W
11 Dizdarevic, Mehmedalija rg1 1929 5 43:W 34:W 5:L 24:W 31:W 4:L 20:W
12 Schon, Eugene rg1 1960 5 49:W 20:D 16:D 19:D 27:D 21:W 24:W
13 Stojic, Svetozar rg2 1836 5 57:W 54:L 22:L 46:W 38:W 48:W 26:W
14 Davis, Tony J rg2 1828 4.5 60:W 1:L 42:W 64:W 3:D 5:L 33:W
15 Kempen, Leon rg1 1969 4.5 41:W 27:W 1:D 4:L 21:D 31:D 32:W
16 Bashar, Omar Khaled rg1 2088 1901 4.5 58:W 28:D 12:D 40:W 37:W 6:D 3:L
17 Mijatovic, Bosko rg3 1777 4.5 65:W 63:W 2:L 21:D 34:W 3:L 36:W
18 Zoppi, Mario rg2 1832 4.5 56:L 3:L 68:W 45:W 42:W 33:D 31:W
19 Podbury, Brendan rg6 1426 4 3:D 42:W 20:W 12:D 23:L 29:W 10:L
20 Chmiel, Rad rg4 1654 4 35:W 12:D 19:L 39:W 32:W 9:D 11:L
21 Tang, Jason rg4 1660 4 67:W 23:W 9:L 17:D 15:D 12:L 37:W
22 Brockman, Roland rg5 1562 4 5:L 65:W 13:W 10:L 25:L 51:+ 40:W
23 Yu, Derek rg2 1886 4 39:W 21:L 38:W 26:W 19:W 7:L 8:L
24 Bearup, Paul rg3 1708 4 61:W 9:L 49:W 11:L 52:W 37:W 12:L
25 Tsagarakis, Angelo rg3 1788 4 53:W 7:L 37:L 43:W 22:W 27:W 9:L
26 Frost, Peter rg3 1708 4 45:W 4:L 43:W 23:L 41:W 36:W 13:L
27 Flude, David A rg4 1665 4 59:W 15:L 44:W 32:D 12:D 25:L 39:W
28 Chan, Michael rg4 1616 4 69:W 16:D 3:L 34:L 30:W 39:D 41:W
29 Wyss, Felix rg3 1764 4 62:W 8:L 30:W 37:L 47:W 19:L 46:W
30 Ivanov, Nikola rg6 1459 4 9:L 62:W 29:L 55:W 28:L 58:W 48:W
31 Cook, Geoff L rg5 1599 3.5 1:L 55:W 63:W 54:W 11:L 15:D 18:L
32 Tionko, Efrain rg3 1794 3.5 55:W 5:L 33:W 27:D 20:L 34:W 15:L
33 Stokie, William rg5 1491 3.5 8:L 53:W 32:L 44:W 40:W 18:D 14:L
34 Yu, Sally rg4 1609 3.5 44:W 11:L 39:D 28:W 17:L 32:L 52:W
35 Loh, Zachary unr 1301 3.5 20:L 43:L 55:L 67:W 66:W 42:W 45:D
36 Voon, Richard rg2 1861 3 51:W 56:W 7:L 48:W 6:L 26:L 17:L
37 Lee, Kam rg5 1518 3 63:L 68:W 25:W 29:W 16:L 24:L 21:L
38 Podvorac, Zeljko rg5 1580 3 6:L 50:W 23:L 51:W 13:L 41:L 59:W
39 Feng, Thomas rg7 1314 3 23:L 69:W 34:D 20:L 53:W 28:D 27:L
40 Szuveges, Narelle S rg3 1711 3 68:W 2:L 41:W 16:L 33:L 43:W 22:L
41 Davies, Stephen P rg6 1403 3 15:L 61:W 40:L 50:W 26:L 38:W 28:L
42 Forster, Tim unr 1501 3 48:W 19:L 14:L 59:W 18:L 35:L 57:W
43 Dalton, Laurie rg7 1316 3 11:L 35:W 26:L 25:L 60:W 40:L 58:W
44 Tuncer, Deniz unr 1301 3 34:L 51:W 27:L 33:L 49:W 52:D 50:D
45 Cannon, Jim unr 1351 3 26:L 52:W 48:L 18:L 50:D 62:W 35:D
46 Kostrzewa, Jake rg6 1383 3 4:L 67:W 64:L 13:L 57:W 54:W 29:L
47 Sannidhanam, Anurag rg5 1532 3 7:L 58:W 10:L 56:L 29:L 59:W 55:W
48 Lawson, Shane rg4 1690 3 42:L 60:W 45:W 36:L 54:W 13:L 30:L
49 Zivkovic, Sam rg6 1393 3 12:L 59:W 24:L 63:L 44:L 65:W 56:W
50 Toper, David rg7 1160 3 10:L 38:L 65:W 41:L 45:D 53:W 44:D
51 Renzies, Elliott rg7 1312 3 36:L 44:L 58:W 38:L 61:W 22:- 54:W
52 Ng, Isaac rg6 1474 2.5 2:L 45:L 56:W 60:W 24:L 44:D 34:L
53 Hamilton, Liam rg8 866 2.5 25:L 33:L 57:W 61:D 39:L 50:L 60:W
54 Cerina, Igor unr 1851 2 64:W 13:W 8:L 31:L 48:L 46:L 51:L
55 Gibson, Kyle rg8 936 2 32:L 31:L 35:W 30:L 59:L 67:W 47:L
56 Lyons, Linden rg7 1168 2 18:W 36:L 52:L 47:W 0:L 60:L 49:L
57 Froiland, Gunnar rg7 1191 2 13:L 64:L 53:L 65:W 46:L 61:+ 42:L
58 Ng, Joshua rg8 998 2 16:L 47:L 51:L 68:W 69:W 30:L 43:L
59 Hayman, Adam unr 1301 2 27:L 49:L 69:W 42:L 55:W 47:L 38:L
60 Lemmel, Oliver rg8 1056 2 14:L 48:L 62:W 52:L 43:L 56:W 53:L
61 Brennan, James unr 1101 2 24:L 41:L 67:D 53:D 51:L 57:- 68:W
62 Anguswamy, Nivedita unr 501 2 29:L 30:L 60:L 69:D 67:W 45:L 65:D
63 Gorka, Carl VIC 2139 2 37:W 17:L 31:L 49:W 0: 0: 0:
64 Escribano, Jose rg4 1700 2 54:L 57:W 46:W 14:L 0: 0: 0:
65 Ng, Ben rg8 564 1.5 17:L 22:L 50:L 57:L 68:W 49:L 62:D
66 Sankaran, Angus cas 601 1 0: 0: 0: 0: 35:L 0:L 0:L
67 Leyzerman, Almog unr 501 1 21:L 46:L 61:D 35:L 62:L 55:L 69:D
68 Anguswamy, Manoj unr 1001 1 40:L 37:L 18:L 58:L 65:L 69:W 61:L
69 Mills, Terence unr 1001 1 28:L 39:L 59:L 62:D 58:L 68:L 67:D