2008 Freytag Checkmate Open

The 2008 Freytag Checkmate Open was held on the 5-6th of July. The venue was the Prince Alfred College, Adelaide, a 20-minute walk from the Adelaide centre. This year's tournament (I played in it last year) has shaped out to be a very strong tournament. The tournament was won by IM David Smerdon (2463) with 6.5/7. Equal 2nd-4th were GM Dejan Antic (2476), GM Darryl Johansen (2423) and IM Andras Toth (2401), all with 5.5/7.

You can find the final crosstable by clicking here.

2008 Gold Coast Open

The Gold Coast Open was held at the Gardiner Chess Centre in the Gold Coast, Mudgeeraba, QLD on the 28-29th of June. IM Stephen Solomon (2441) won the event with 6/7, remaining undefeated throughout the tournament. 2nd was Moulthun Ly (2345), who hasn't played this year due to Year 12 studies, with 5.5/7. Equal 3rd-6th with 5/7 were GM Dejan Antic (2476), FM Jesse Sales (2307), Benjamin Lazarus (2031) and Jason Hu (2141).

You can find the final standings and crosstable at http://www.gardinerchess.com/main%20events/2008/tournaments/gold%20coast%20open/2008%20Gold%20Coast%20Open.htm.

2008 Victorian Junior Chess Championship

The 2008 Victorian Junior Chess Championship was held at Box Hill Chess Club in Canterbury, Victoria. The championship was comprised of two tournaments. Tournament 1 was the Under 12 section and was held on the 28-29th of June. Tournament 2 was the larger Under 18 section and was held on the 30th of June - 3rd of July.

Tournament 1 was won by Bobby Cheng (1958) with 7/7.

Tournament 2 was won by both Cedric Antolis (1800) and Bobby Cheng with 7.5/9. Cedric won the Under 18 title on countback, while Bobby Cheng received the Under 16 title. 3rd place was Jason Tang (1647) with 7/9.

The final crosstable for the event will be available at http://chessvictoria.netfirms.com/08_vic_junior_results.htm.

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:+

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: