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Congrats to Daniel for his win over Dean in round 2, and to Regina and George for their draws against higher rated opponents.
Round 2 Results
No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total 1 Williams, Bruce 2128 [1] 1:0 Salanowski, Mark 1663 [1] 2 Gusain, Daniel 1654 [1] 1:0 Hogg, Dean 2038 [1] 3 Hibberd, Nathan 2033 [1] 1:0 Hogan, Steven 1591 [1] 4 Ramos, Antonio 1496 [1] 0:1 Davis, Tony J 1869 [1] 5 Szuveges, Narelle S 1767 [1] 1:0 Richards, Derek 1446 [1] 6 Edwards, Regina 1364 [.5] .5:.5 Humphreys, Scott 1771 [.5] 7 McIntyre, Charlie 1421 [.5] .5:.5 Dogaris, George 1033 [.5] 8 Hu, Timothy Tianmeng 870 [.5] 0:1 Mullen, Chris 1370 [0] 9 Minichelli, Felice 1264 [0] 1:0 O'Leary, Mike 395 [0] 10 Liu, Jim 461 [0] 0:1 Maunders, Myiesha 1137 [0] 11 Kostakakis, Angelo 1044 [0] 0:1 Jing, Lang [0] 12 Liu, William 311 [0] 0:1 Deraniyagala, Kevin 903 [0] 13 Castles, Tommy [0] 0:1 Whitford, Matthew 775 [0] 14 Watson, James 1839 [1] .5:0 BYE
Round 3 Draw (provisional)
No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total 1 Davis, Tony J 1869 [2] : Williams, Bruce 2128 [2] 2 Szuveges, Narelle S 1767 [2] : Hibberd, Nathan 2033 [2] 3 Watson, James 1839 [1.5] : Gusain, Daniel 1654 [2] 4 Hogg, Dean 2038 [1] : Mullen, Chris 1370 [1] 5 Humphreys, Scott 1771 [1] : Minichelli, Felice 1264 [1] 6 Salanowski, Mark 1663 [1] : Edwards, Regina 1364 [1] 7 Hogan, Steven 1591 [1] : Maunders, Myiesha 1137 [1] 8 Dogaris, George 1033 [1] : Ramos, Antonio 1496 [1] 9 Richards, Derek 1446 [1] : Deraniyagala, Kevin 903 [1] 10 Whitford, Matthew 775 [1] : McIntyre, Charlie 1421 [1] 11 Jing, Lang [1] : Hu, Timothy Tianmeng 870 [.5] 12 O'Leary, Mike 395 [0] : Kostakakis, Angelo 1044 [0] 13 Liu, William 311 [0] : Liu, Jim 461 [0] 14 Castles, Tommy [0] .5:0 BYE
The Koshnitsky Cup started (the 1st of 7 rounds), with games mostly going with rating. Looks like a large field overall (29), but a number of players took a first round bye. I had a few puzzled faces over the name of the event, so please see below for some info.
Gregory (Gary) Koshnitsky (6 October 1907, Kishinev – 17 September 1999, Australia) was an Australian chess master. Born in Kishinev, Bessarabia (then Russia, now Moldova), he emigrated in his youth to Australia.
He was Australian Champion in 1933 and 1939 (with Lajos Steiner), and won three Queensland titles, seven New South Wales titles, and one South Australian title (1966). His last win was something of an anniversary, as he won his first tournament in Australia, the Queensland championship in 1926.
Koshnitsky was awarded the IMC title (International Master of Correspondence Chess) in 1972. He was appointed Honorary Member of FIDE in 1993.
He was the author of the book Chess Made Easy (with Cecil Purdy).
Round 1 Results
No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total 1 Mullen, Chris 1370 [0] 0:1 Williams, Bruce 2128 [0] 2 Hogg, Dean 2038 [0] 1:0 Minichelli, Felice 1264 [0] 3 Maunders, Myiesha 1137 [0] 0:1 Hibberd, Nathan 2033 [0] 4 Davis, Tony J 1869 [0] 1:0 Kostakakis, Angelo 1044 [0] 5 Deraniyagala, Kevin 903 [0] 0:1 Watson, James 1839 [0] 6 Humphreys, Scott 1771 [0] .5:.5 Hu, Timothy Tianmeng 870 [0] 7 Whitford, Matthew 775 [0] 0:1 Szuveges, Narelle S 1767 [0] 8 Salanowski, Mark 1663 [0] 1:0 Liu, Jim 461 [0] 9 O'Leary, Mike 395 [0] 0:1 Gusain, Daniel 1654 [0] 10 Hogan, Steven 1591 [0] 1:0 Liu, William 311 [0] 11 Jing, Lang [0] 0:1 Ramos, Antonio 1496 [0] 12 Richards, Derek 1446 [0] 1:0 Castles, Tommy [0] 13 Cajes, Conrado [0] .5:0 BYE 14 Nowak, Ruben 1512 [0] .5:0 BYE 15 McIntyre, Charlie 1421 [0] .5:0 BYE 16 Edwards, Regina 1364 [0] .5:0 BYE 17 Dogaris, George 1033 [0] .5:0 BYE
Round 2 Draw (provisional)
No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total 1 Williams, Bruce 2128 [1] : Salanowski, Mark 1663 [1] 2 Szuveges, Narelle S 1767 [1] : Hogg, Dean 2038 [1] 3 Hibberd, Nathan 2033 [1] : Hogan, Steven 1591 [1] 4 Gusain, Daniel 1654 [1] : Davis, Tony J 1869 [1] 5 Watson, James 1839 [1] : Richards, Derek 1446 [1] 6 Ramos, Antonio 1496 [1] : Humphreys, Scott 1771 [.5] 7 Nowak, Ruben 1512 [.5] : Dogaris, George 1033 [.5] 8 Hu, Timothy Tianmeng 870 [.5] : McIntyre, Charlie 1421 [.5] 9 Edwards, Regina 1364 [.5] : Cajes, Conrado [.5] 10 Whitford, Matthew 775 [0] : Mullen, Chris 1370 [0] 11 Minichelli, Felice 1264 [0] : O'Leary, Mike 395 [0] 12 Liu, Jim 461 [0] : Maunders, Myiesha 1137 [0] 13 Kostakakis, Angelo 1044 [0] : Jing, Lang [0] 14 Liu, William 311 [0] : Deraniyagala, Kevin 903 [0] 15 Castles, Tommy [0] .5:0 BYE
This event was the 5th round of the Allegro events we hold each year, each with a different opening start position. Results are below. Congrats to Bruce (again!). The images are from Erwin Blumenfeld (1897 – 1969) was a famous American photographer of German origin (nothing to do with chess, as far as I know).
No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total
1 Williams, Bruce QLD 2128 5 9.5 16.5 15.0
2 Salanowski, Mark VIC 1663 4 7.0 14.0 12.0
3 Hogg, Dean VIC 2038 3.5 7.0 13.5 10.5
4-8 Hogan, Steven VIC 1591 3 9.0 14.5 10.0
Edwards, Regina QLD 1364 3 7.0 11.5 8.0
Jing, Lang VIC 3 6.5 10.0 8.0
Davis, Tony J VIC 1869 3 6.0 12.5 10.0
Deraniyagala, Kevin VIC 903 3 5.5 12.0 6.0
9-12 Whitford, Matthew VIC 775 2 9.5 15.0 7.0
Richards, Derek VIC 1446 2 9.5 14.5 9.0
Mullen, Chris VIC 1370 2 7.5 13.0 7.0
Kostakakis, Angelo VIC 1044 2 7.0 10.5 5.0
13-14 Hu, Timothy Tianmeng VIC 870 1.5 9.0 14.5 6.5
Castles, Tommy 1.5 5.0 8.5 2.0
15 Liu, William VIC 311 1 5.5 9.0 3.0
16 Liu, Jim VIC 461 0.5 6.5 10.5 1.0
A self-portrait and …
The western masters series of 5-round tournaments have been completed.
Congratulations to the following winners:
Western Masters – Bruce Williams (4/5)
Western Major – Daniel Gusain (4.5/5)
Western Minor – Regina Edwards (4/5)
Western Swiss – Matthew Whitford (5/5)
The swiss event round 3 results are below (10 players). Matthew has won all 3 of his games so far:
No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total 1 Dogaris, George 1033 [2] 0:1 Whitford, Matthew 775 [2] 2 Castles, Tommy [1] 1:0 Liu, Jim 461 [1] 3 O'Leary, Mike 395 [1] 0:1 Hu, Timothy Tianmeng 870 [1] 4 Shelev, Petar 521 [0] 1:0 Doust, Aidan 451 [1] 5 Trofimovs, Joel [.5] 1:0 Liu, William 311 [0]
The swiss event round 4 pairings are below:
No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total 1 Whitford, Matthew 775 [3] : Castles, Tommy [2] 2 Hu, Timothy Tianmeng 870 [2] : Dogaris, George 1033 [2] 3 Liu, Jim 461 [1] : Trofimovs, Joel [1.5] 4 Doust, Aidan 451 [1] : O'Leary, Mike 395 [1] 5 Liu, William 311 [0] .5:0 BYE 6 Shelev, Petar 521 [1] 0:0 BYE
The Western Minor event has Chris and Regina on equal first after 3 rounds:
| Cross Table | Loc | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Total |
| Phil Minichelli | 1264 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.5 | |||
| Chris Mullen | 1370 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Guy Russo | 1370 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 1.5 | |||
| Myesha Maunders | 1137 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 1.5 | |||
| Regina Edwards | 1364 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Angelo Kostakakis | 1044 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 |
The Western Major event has Steven on 3 out of 3:
| Cross Table | Loc | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Total |
| Daniel Gusain | 1654 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 2.5 | |||
| Derek Richards | 1446 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Charlie McIntyre | 1421 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ruben Nowak | 1512 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Steven Hogan | 1591 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Tony Ramos | 1496 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 |
The Western Masters events has Dean and Bruce on 3 out of 3:
| Cross Table | Loc | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Total |
| Dean Hogg | 2038 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Mark Salanowski | 1663 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Narelle Szuveges | 1767 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tony Davis | 1869 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Bruce Williams | 2128 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Nathan Hibberd | 2033 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
The western masters, major, minor and swiss events (4 events!) have started. The first 3 events are round robin of 6 players each, the swiss has started with 9 players. The starting lineups for the round robins are:
| Masters | Major | Minor |
| Dean Hogg | Daniel Gusain | Phil Minichelli |
| Mark Salanowski | Derek Richards | Chris Mullen |
| Narelle Szuveges | Charlie McIntyre | Guy Russo |
| Tony Davis | Ruben Nowak | Myesha Maunders |
| Bruce Williams | Steven Hogan | Regina Edwards |
| Nathan Hibberd | Tony Ramos | Angelo Kostakakis |
The swiss event round 1 results are below:
No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total 1 O'Leary, Mike 395 [0] 0:1 Dogaris, George 1033 [0] 2 Whitford, Matthew 775 [0] 1:0 Liu, William 311 [0] 3 Shelev, Petar 521 [0] 0:1 Liu, Jim 461 [0] 4 Doust, Aidan 451 [0] 1:0 Trofimovs, Joel [0] 5 Castles, Tommy [0] .5:0 BYE
Back by popular demand, Hobsons Bay Chess Club and our major sponsors
Bendigo Bank and Barry Plant present: Best in the West 2017
A Category 3 Australian Chess Grand Prix Tournament
NEW VENUE (Just up the street from the old one):
Altona RSL, 31 Sargood Street, Altona, (Melways ref 54H11)
DATES: Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd September
5 Rounds over the 2 days. For full details, and past winners, see here.
Congratulations to Sophie, Max, Russell and Lang for their podium finishes. Full results are here.
Congratulations to Dean for winning this fun event (well, not fun for all of us, but certainly not serious!). Placings below.
Next week is the start of the Western Masters. If you are unable to make Round 1 and would like to play, please advise Steven as the tournaments are round robins, so games can be caught up.
Also, welcome to Andrew Fletcher, a new player visiting the club.
Placings
Place Name Feder Rtg Loc Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.
1 Hogg, Dean 2038 6.5 22.5 32.0 27.0
2 Humphreys, Scott 1771 5.5 21.5 31.0 22.0
3-4 Williams, Bruce 2128 5 21.0 30.5 21.0
Gusain, Daniel 1654 5 17.5 26.0 19.0
5 Davis, Tony 1869 4.5 19.0 28.5 19.0
6-8 Fletcher, Andrew 1696 4 19.5 28.0 18.0
Nowak, Ruben 1512 4 18.5 25.5 16.0
Mullen, Chris 1370 4 15.0 23.5 14.0
9-11 Salanowski, Mark 1663 3.5 21.5 29.5 17.0
Richards, Derek 1446 3.5 18.5 25.5 12.0
Jing, Lang 3.5 14.0 18.5 10.5
12-14 Hogan, Steven 1600 3 20.0 26.5 16.0
Edwards, Regina 1364 3 16.0 22.5 10.0
Kostakakis, Angelo 1044 3 13.5 19.5 8.0
15-16 Whitford, Matthew 775 2.5 17.0 24.5 12.0
Hu, Timothy 870 2.5 14.0 19.5 6.0
17-18 Liu, Jim 461 2 17.0 22.5 11.0
Minichelli, Phil 1264 2 14.0 18.5 7.0
19 Liu, William 311 1.5 13.5 17.5 5.0
20 Castles, Tommy 0.5 14.0 19.5 3.0
We have updated the club championship qualification status after 3 tournaments. The Koshnitsky Cup to follow later in the year is the final qualification event. The top 8 players at year end will earn the right to contest the club championship, while remaining players will contest the reserve championship.
