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Club member results in the Australian Open

Posted on 3 January 2019 by Scott

The chess open, not the tennis, silly 😉 Report from Steven Hogan:

Hoping you each had a terrific Christmas and new year period. Some club members took on the challenge of the Australian Open tournament between 27 – 31 December. Below are the results for the club members. The event was split into two tournaments, the Australian Open and Australian Minor (which is limited to players below 1600 FIDE), and each were 9 round events.

Australian Open

Daniel Gusain – 5.5

David Beaumont – 5.5

Dean Hogg – 4/7

Myiesha Maunders – 4

Tony Davis – 4

Steven Hogan – 2.5

Matthew Whitford – 2.5

Australian Minor

Milan Ilic – 6

Sophie Davis – 6

Ruben Nowak – 5.5

Sergey Saric – 5.5

Lang Jing – 4

Well done to all the club members who took on the event.

Chess will start back on 22 January with an informal evening (where different variants of chess will be available). First tournament evening is the following week on 29 January. See the calendar for the full year event timings.

AGM 2018, new rules for 2019

Posted on 21 December 2018 by Scott

A few words from our illustrious President, Steven Hogan, following the AGM held on 11 Dec (my edits below). I will update the various rules and calendar items on the site, in preparation for 2019. Merry Christmas – Scott

The club’s presentation night and AGM was held last night. Well done to all the winners, both in the seniors and juniors. The calendar for 2019 ~~is attached, 2019~~ starts with an informal night on 22 January followed by the first tournament starting on 29 January.

The summary of motions past at the AGM are below:

1) The club will move to 90 minutes + 30 seconds per move time control. This is to ensure that players rated over 2200 are able to play at the club, as this time control is required by FIDE for any tournament with at least 1 players over 2200.

2) If a player wins the reserve championship outright, they will automatically qualify for the next years club championship, so long as they have completed at least 2 rated tournaments in both the year of their win in the reserves and the following year in which they have qualified for the club championship.

3) The calendar remains substantially the same. We have ensured that the Tuesday after Easter is a night of short chess so not to penalise anyone who may be away for Easter. Also, we have selected the theme for the first allegro, and will select the other 2 themes from the list voted on at the AGM.

Thank you each for your participation in 2018, and hoping to see you each in 2019. Lastly, good luck to all club players who are playing the Australian open later this month. Regards Steve

Awards night, AGM and club in recess

Posted on 10 December 2018 by Scott

Tomorrow night, from 7pm, is our end of year function for awards presentation, festive fun and food followed by our Annual General Meeting. Please come along for some cheer and at the AGM we will be deciding on our event schedule and the time controls for our events.

The club will then be in recess until the end of January 2019. To all my readers, have a safe and happy break, and may your chess rating losses be little ones.

Club Championship and Reserves – final results

Posted on 7 December 2018 by Scott

Below are the cross tables for the completed club championship and reserves. Congratulations to the winners:

Championship – Daniel Gusain (6.5/7)

Reserves – Chris Mullen (6/7)

– Charlie McIntyre (6/7)

– Ruben Nowak (6/7)

Championship cross table (final)

 Pos ID  NAME                 Elo   T  Fed   Pts  |  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8 
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  1   4  Gusain,Daniel        2011     VIC   6.5  |  *   1   1   1   1   1   ½   1  
  2   1  Beaumont,David       2020     VIC   5.5  |  0   *   1   1   1   ½   1   1  
  3   7  Humphreys,Scott      1645     VIC   3.5  |  0   0   *   +   -   1   ½   1  
  4   6  Hogg,Dean            2083     VIC   3.0  |  0   0   -   *   1   1   1   -  
  5   2  Salanowski,Mark      1520     VIC   3.0  |  0   0   +   0   *   1   0   1  
  6   8  Davis,Tony J         1908  CM VIC   2.5  |  0   ½   0   0   0   *   1   1  
  7   3  Hogan,Steven         1460     VIC   2.0  |  ½   0   ½   0   1   0   *   0  
  8   5  Szuveges,Narelle S   1803 WIM VIC   2.0  |  0   0   0   +   0   0   1   *

Reserves cross table (final, in rating order)

 ID NAME                 Rtg   T  Fed  Pts |   1     2     3     4     5     6     7  
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  1 Cheema,Mohammad      1728     VIC  4.0 | +B10  -W7   +B11  +W8   +B4   -W5   -BYE  
  2 Ryan,Isaac        1646     VIC  1.0 | +W11  -BYE   --    --    --    --    --   
  3 Nowak,Ruben          1534     VIC  6.0 | +B12  +W9   +B5   -B7   +W6   +BYE  +BYE  
  4 Richards,Derek       1448     VIC  4.0 | +W13  +B21  -W7   +B6   -W1   -B24  +W16  
  5 McIntyre,Charlie     1325     VIC  6.0 | +B15  +BYE  -W3   +W9   +B7   +B1   +BYE  
  6 Minichelli,Felice    1298     VIC  2.5 | =BYE  +B8   +W16  -W4   -B3    --   -BYE  
  7 Mullen,Chris         1287     VIC  6.0 | +W17  +B1   +B4   +W3   -W5   +B9   +BYE  
  8 McIntyre,Julian      1134     VIC  3.0 | +B18  -W6   +W12  -B1   +W13  -BYE  -BYE  
  9 Johns,Brent          1107     VIC  3.0 | +W20  -B3   +W21  -B5   +W12  -W7   -B17  
 10 Kostakakis,Angelo     865     VIC  2.0 | -W1   +BYE  +B22   --   -W24  -B29  -B15  
 11 Jing,Lang             761     VIC  4.0 | -B2   +BYE  -W1   -B16  +W18  +B12  +W13  
 12 Clerk,Max             714     VIC  2.5 | -W3   +BYE  -B8   +W23  -B9   -W11  =B21  
 13 Deraniyagala,Kevin    695     VIC  3.0 | -B4   +W18  +W19   --   -B8   +W15  -B11  
 14 Deraniyagala,Kevi(W)  695     VIC  0.0 |  --    --    --    --    --    --    --   
 15 Kurian,Maksym         584     VIC  2.5 | -W5   -BYE  =BYE  +B21   --   -B13  +W10  
 16 Clerk,Felix           452     VIC  2.5 | =BYE  +B19  -B6   +W11   --   -W17  -B4   
 17 Bejjanki,Pranav Sai   424     VIC  4.0 | -B7   -BYE  +W23  -B24  +W22  +B16  +W9   
 18 Nawar,Mena              0     VIC  1.0 | -W8   -B13  -W24  +B19  -B11  -W21  -B26  
 19 Sood,Pranay             0     VIC  2.5 | =BYE  -W16  -B13  -W18  +B23  +B22  -BYE  
 20 Tizzani,Alex         0     VIC  0.0 | -B9   -BYE  -BYE   --    --    --    --   
 21 Watson,Nicolas          0     VIC  2.5 | +BYE  -W4   -B9   -W15   --   +B18  =W12  
 22 Liu,William           328     VIC  2.0 |  --   +B23  -W10   --   -B17  -W19  +BYE  
 23 Deng,Tina               0     VIC  2.0 |  --   -W22  -B17  -B12  -W19  +B27  +BYE  
 24 Downs,Andrew         1316     VIC  4.0 |  --    --   +B18  +W17  +B10  +W4   -BYE  
 25 Sb,Dali              0     AUS  1.0 |  --    --   +BYE   --    --    --    --   
 26 Mohammad,Mubashir       0     AUS  2.0 |  --    --    --    --    --   +B28  +W18  
 27 Nobis,Martin            0     AUS  0.0 |  --    --    --    --    --   -W23  -BYE  
 28 Ivanov,Ivan             0     AUS  1.0 |  --    --    --    --    --   -W26  +BYE  
 29 Saric,Sergey         1194     VIC  1.0 |  --    --    --    --    --   +W10  -BYE

ACF Ratings updated for December

Posted on 4 December 2018 by Scott

I have updated the member ratings page with the latest (quarterly) update from the ACF (Australian Chess Federation). Congratulations to Takshil, Branislav, Mena and Alex, as they now have an ACF rating.

If you want to check on your FIDE rating, then please go here and enter your details.

Club Championship and Reserves after 5 rounds

Posted on 15 November 2018 by Scott

After 5 rounds (of 7), the club championship is very clear with Daniel undefeated, but the Reserves event has a 4-way tie for first between Chris, Ruben, Charlie and Mohammad all on 4 out of 5.

The Championship cross table and latest pairings from the Reserves are below.

Championship Table

Cross Table	Loc	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Score
Dean Hogg	2083	X	1	1	1	0			0	3
Steven Hogan	1460	0	X	1				0	0	1
Mark Salanowski	1520	0	0	X				1	0	1
Tony Davis	1908	0			X	0	0	1		1
Daniel Gusain	2011	1			1	X	1	1	1	5
Scott Humphreys	1645				1	0	X	1		2
Narelle Szuveges	1803		1	0	0	0	0	X		1
David Beaumont	2020	1	1	1		0			X	3

Reserves Round 6 pairing

  1 = Cheema,Mohammad      ( 4.0) - McIntyre,Charlie     ( 4.0) =   1 -   5 =  ... 
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  2 = Nowak,Ruben          ( 4.0) - McIntyre,Julian      ( 3.0) =   3 -   8 =  ... 
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  3 = Johns,Brent          ( 3.0) - Mullen,Chris         ( 4.0) =   9 -   7 =  ... 
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  4 = Downs,Andrew         ( 3.0) - Richards,Derek       ( 3.0) =  24 -   4 =  ... 
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  5 = Minichelli,Felice    ( 2.5) - Kostakakis,Angelo    ( 2.0) =   6 -  10 =  ... 
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  6 = Clerk,Felix          ( 2.5) - Bejjanki,Pranav Sai  ( 2.0) =  16 -  17 =  ... 
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  7 = Clerk,Max            ( 2.0) - Jing,Lang            ( 2.0) =  12 -  11 =  ... 
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  8 = Deraniyagala,Kevin   ( 2.0) - Kurian,Maksym        ( 1.5) =  13 -  15 =  ... 
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  9 = Liu,William          ( 1.0) - Sood,Pranay          ( 1.5) =  22 -  19 =  ... 
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 10 = Nawar,Mena           ( 1.0) - Watson,Nicolas       ( 1.0) =  18 -  21 =  ... 
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 11 = Deng,Tina            ( 0.0) - ( bye )              ( 0.0) =  23 -   0 = 1    
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 12 = Ryan,Isaac           ( 1.0) - ( not paired )       ( 0.0) =   2 -   0 = 0    
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 13 = Sb,Dali              ( 1.0) - ( not paired )       ( 0.0) =  25 -   0 = 0    
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 14 = Deraniyagala,Kevin   ( 0.0) - ( not paired )       ( 0.0) =  14 -   0 = 0    
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 15 = Tizzani,Alex         ( 0.0) - ( not paired )       ( 0.0) =  20 -   0 = 0

Club Championship and Reserves after 2 rounds

Posted on 23 October 2018 by Scott

These two events have completed 2 rounds now, so an update is in order.

Championship

Daniel has 2 from 2. Cross table below.

Cross Table									Total
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Dean Hogg	X	1						0	1
Steven Hogan	0	X					0		0
Mark Salanowski			X				1		1
Tony Davis				X	0	0			0
Daniel Gusain				1	X			1	2
Scott Humphreys				1		X			1
Narelle Szuveges		1	0				X		1
David Beaumont	1				0			X	1

Reserves

After 2 rounds, Charlie, Ruben and Chris are undefeated. The Round 3 draw is below.

  1 = McIntyre,Charlie     ( 2.0) - Nowak,Ruben          ( 2.0) =   5 -   3 =  ... 
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  2 = Richards,Derek       ( 2.0) - Mullen,Chris         ( 2.0) =   4 -   7 =  ... 
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  3 = Minichelli,Felice    ( 1.5) - Clerk,Felix          ( 1.5) =   6 -  16 =  ... 
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  4 = Jing,Lang            ( 1.0) - Cheema,Mohammad      ( 1.0) =  11 -   1 =  ... 
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  5 = McIntyre,Julian      ( 1.0) - Clerk,Max            ( 1.0) =   8 -  12 =  ... 
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  6 = Johns,Brent          ( 1.0) - Watson,Nicolas       ( 1.0) =   9 -  21 =  ... 
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  7 = Liu,William          ( 1.0) - Kostakakis,Angelo    ( 1.0) =  22 -  10 =  ... 
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  8 = Deraniyagala,Kevin   ( 1.0) - Sood,Pranay          ( 0.5) =  13 -  19 =  ... 
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  9 = Nawar,Mena           ( 0.0) - Downs,Andrew         ( 0.0) =  18 -  24 =  ... 
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 10 = Bejjanki,Pranav Sai  ( 0.0) - Deng,Tina            ( 0.0) =  17 -  23 =  ... 
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 11 = Kurian,Maksym        ( 0.0) - ( half point bye )   ( 0.0) =  15 -   0 = ½    
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 12 = Ryan,Isaac           ( 1.0) - ( not paired )       ( 0.0) =   2 -   0 = 0    
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 13 = Deraniyagala,Kevin   ( 0.0) - ( not paired )       ( 0.0) =  14 -   0 = 0    
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 14 = Tizzani,Alex         ( 0.0) - ( not paired )       ( 0.0) =  20 -   0 = 0

The wonderful world of the Grob

Posted on 4 October 2018 by Scott

A small but crazy group of club players experienced the full beauty of the Grob opening (1.g4) in an Allegro setting last Tuesday. Some players thrived, some floundered, but they each came across positions that they otherwise would never encounter.

Next week is the start of the club championship and reserves.

Standing at round 5 (last round)

Pos  Pts  ID  NAME                         | Rtg  PRtg Fed |   Buc1    BucT  
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  1  5.0   1     Gusain,Daniel             | 2011 2321 VIC |    12.0 
  2  4.0   3     Ilic,Milan                | 1530 1397 VIC |    11.5 
  3  3.0   5     Richards,Derek            | 1448 1038 VIC |    12.5 
  4  3.0   6     Whitford,Matthew          | 1260 1148 VIC |    10.5 
  5  2.5   8     Bejjanki,Pranav Sai       |  424  755 VIC |     7.5 
  6  2.0   4     Hogan,Steven              | 1460 1355 VIC |    14.5 
  7  2.0   9     Deng,Tina                 |    0 1088 VIC |    11.5    13.5 
  8  2.0   2  CM Davis,Tony J              | 1908 1047 VIC |    11.5    12.5 
  9  1.0   7     Kostakakis,Angelo         |  865  822 VIC |    11.5 
 10  0.5  10     Sood,Pranay               |    0  677 VIC |    11.5

Lightning results

Posted on 2 October 2018 by Scott

A small but quick witted group of players competed for the lightning bragging rights. Daniel, Steven and Milan shared the top 3 spots. Well played all!

Final score table

Pos  Pts  ID  NAME                         | Rtg  PRtg Fed |   Buc1    BucT  
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  1  7.0   1     Gusain,Daniel             | 1938 2091 VIC |    26.0 
  2  5.0   4     Hogan,Steven              | 1493 1480 VIC |    27.0 
  3  5.0   2     Ilic,Milan                | 1599 1226 VIC |    26.0 
  4  4.0   5     Richards,Derek            | 1440 1174 AUS |    28.0 
  5  4.0   6     Dogaris,George            | 1296 1256 VIC |    27.0 
  6  4.0   7     McIntyre,Julian           | 1009  822 VIC |    23.0 
  7  4.0   9     Jing,Lang                 |  639  884 VIC |    22.0 
  8  3.0   3     Salanowski,Mark           | 1560  861 VIC |    25.0 
  9  3.0  10     Bejjanki,Pranav Sai       |  410  721 VIC |    23.0 
 10  3.0   8     Kostakakis,Angelo         |  902  475 VIC |    19.0    20.0 
 11  3.0  12     Kurian,Max                |    0  558 VIC |    19.0    20.0 
 12  2.0  13     Tizzani,Alex              |    0  493 VIC |    20.0 
 13  1.0  11     Deng,Tina                 |    0  340     |    19.0 
 14  1.0  14     Sood,Pranay               |    0  245 VIC |    18.0

Best in the West results and more!

Posted on 27 September 2018 by Scott

A very successful event was run by Tony Davis, with 97 competitors – is this a record? Full results and photos can be found here.

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