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Congrats to Daniel in winning this fun event, scoring 7/7, followed by Bruce (6) and Dean and Tony(5). Many juniors attended, making it a challenging event, in more ways than one.
Next Few Weeks – Schedule is as follows
Tues 3 October – Allegro (Kings Gambit Accepted)
Tues 10 October – Commencement of Club Championships and reserves.
Final Results
1 Gusain, Daniel VIC 1771 7 21.5 30.5 28.0
2 Williams, Bruce VIC 2180 6 20.5 30.0 23.0
3-4 Hogg, Dean VIC 2029 5 22.5 32.5 23.0
Davis, Tony J VIC 1907 5 19.0 28.5 19.0
5-9 Humphreys, Scott VIC 1749 4 22.0 32.0 21.0
Salanowski, Mark VIC 1630 4 20.0 27.0 17.0
Hogan, Steven VIC 1578 4 18.5 25.5 17.0
Davis, Sophie VIC 569 4 18.5 25.0 15.0
Nowak, Ruben VIC 1435 4 16.5 22.5 16.0
10-12 Saric, Sergey VIC 1123 3.5 18.0 25.0 14.0
McIntyre, Julian VIC 951 3.5 16.0 25.5 11.5
Edwards, Regina VIC 1308 3.5 15.0 21.0 11.0
13-16 Hu, Timothy Tianmeng VIC 986 3 18.0 24.5 13.0
Vijayakumar, Aadav VIC 698 3 17.0 22.5 12.0
Richards, Derek VIC 1428 3 14.5 23.0 11.0
Kostakakis, Angelo VIC 1017 3 14.5 19.5 9.0
17-19 Mullen, Chris VIC 1309 2.5 20.0 28.0 13.5
Deraniyagala, Kevin 2.5 13.5 17.0 8.0
Hibberd, Nathan VIC 2033 2.5 5.0 11.0 4.5
20-22 Jing, Lang VIC 410 2 14.0 18.0 6.0
Dharmakeerthi, Dasula 2 13.0 18.5 9.0
Hibberd, Aaron VIC 895 2 7.0 13.0 5.5
23 Royston, Zac VIC 1.5 14.5 18.0 6.0
24 O'Leary, Mike VIC 320 0 15.0 20.5 0.0
Congrats to Bruce in winning this event, scoring 6.5/7, followed by Nathan (6) and Tony(5).
For the Next Few Weeks – Schedule is as follows
Tues 26 September – Lightning
Tues 3 October – Allegro (Kings Gambit Accepted)
Tues 10 October – Commencement of Club Championships and reserves.
Round 7 (Final Round) Results
No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total 1 Williams, Bruce 2128 [5.5] 1:0 Humphreys, Scott 1771 [4] 2 Davis, Tony J 1869 [5] 0:1 Hibberd, Nathan 2033 [5] 3 Edwards, Regina 1364 [4] 0:1 Watson, James 1839 [3.5] 4 Gusain, Daniel 1654 [3.5] 1:0 Salanowski, Mark 1663 [3.5] 5 Richards, Derek 1446 [3.5] 1:0 Whitford, Matthew 775 [3] 6 Minichelli, Felice 1264 [3] -:+ Szuveges, Narelle S 1767 [3] 7 McIntyre, Charlie 1421 [3] 1:0 Hu, Timothy Tianmeng 870 [3] 8 Dogaris, George 1033 [3] .5:.5 Hogan, Steven 1591 [2.5] 9 Maunders, Myiesha 1137 [2.5] 1:0 Ramos, Antonio 1496 [2.5] 10 Mullen, Chris 1370 [2] 1:0 Deraniyagala, Kevin 903 [2] 11 Dharmakeerthi, Dasula [1] 1:0 Kostakakis, Angelo 1044 [2] 12 Jing, Lang [1] 1:0 O'Leary, Mike 395 [0]
Congrats to Matthew for his good result against his higher rated opponent in round 6. Bruce continues to lead from the front.
Round 6 Results
No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total 1 Hibberd, Nathan 2033 [5] 0:1 Williams, Bruce 2128 [4.5] 2 Watson, James 1839 [3.5] 0:1 Davis, Tony J 1869 [4] 3 Humphreys, Scott 1771 [3] 1:0 Gusain, Daniel 1654 [3.5] 4 Dogaris, George 1033 [3] -:- Szuveges, Narelle S 1767 [3] 5 Ramos, Antonio 1496 [2] .5:.5 Richards, Derek 1446 [3] 6 Maunders, Myiesha 1137 [2.5] 0:1 Edwards, Regina 1364 [3] 7 Hogan, Steven 1591 [2.5] -:+ Salanowski, Mark 1663 [2.5] 8 Kostakakis, Angelo 1044 [2] -:- McIntyre, Charlie 1421 [3] 9 Whitford, Matthew 775 [2] 1:0 Mullen, Chris 1370 [2] 10 BYE -:- BYE 11 Hu, Timothy Tianmeng 870 [2] 1:0 Dharmakeerthi, Dasula [1] 12 Jing, Lang [1] 0:1 Minichelli, Felice 1264 [2]
The results are in, along with a short commentary here.
Over $3,200 in prizes were claimed over the weekend, with Hobsons Bay players Bruce Williams, Myiesha Maunders and Vishal Bhat among the prizes. Hobsons Bay Junior Players Max Clerk and Julian McIntyre were also among the prize winners.
Thanks to all who participated, but most of all to Tony Davis who organised and ran yet another very successful event. I’d encourage all Tuesday night regulars to give Best in the West a shot next year, it is always a thoroughly enjoyable weekend.
Congrats to Timothy and Myiesha for their good results against higher rated opponents in round 5.
Round 5 Results
No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total 1 Gusain, Daniel 1654 [3.5] 0:1 Hibberd, Nathan 2033 [4] 2 Szuveges, Narelle S 1767 [3] 0:1 Williams, Bruce 2128 [3.5] 3 Davis, Tony J 1869 [3] 1:0 Dogaris, George 1033 [3] 4 Hogan, Steven 1591 [2.5] 0:1 Watson, James 1839 [2.5] 5 Hogg, Dean 2038 [2] -:+ Edwards, Regina 1364 [2] 6 Mullen, Chris 1370 [2] 0:1 Humphreys, Scott 1771 [2] 7 Salanowski, Mark 1663 [2] .5:.5 Maunders, Myiesha 1137 [2] 8 Kostakakis, Angelo 1044 [2] 0:1 Richards, Derek 1446 [2] 9 Deraniyagala, Kevin 903 [2] 0:1 McIntyre, Charlie 1421 [2] 10 Minichelli, Felice 1264 [1.5] .5:.5 Hu, Timothy Tianmeng 870 [1.5] 11 Ramos, Antonio 1496 [1] 1:0 Dharmakeerthi, Dasula [1] 12 Jing, Lang [1] 0:1 Whitford, Matthew 775 [1] 13 Liu, Jim 461 [1] -:+ Castles, Tommy [1] 14 O'Leary, Mike 395 [0] -:- Liu, William 311 [0]
Congrats to Daniel, George and Myiesha for their good results against higher rated opponents in round 4. On a personal note, I have never had 4 draws in a row before!
Round 4 Results
No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total 1 Williams, Bruce 2128 [3] .5:.5 Gusain, Daniel 1654 [3] 2 Hibberd, Nathan 2033 [3] 1:0 Hogg, Dean 2038 [2] 3 Richards, Derek 1446 [2] 0:1 Davis, Tony J 1869 [2] 4 McIntyre, Charlie 1421 [2] 0:1 Szuveges, Narelle S 1767 [2] 5 Dogaris, George 1033 [2] 1:0 Salanowski, Mark 1663 [2] 6 Watson, James 1839 [1.5] 1:0 Minichelli, Felice 1264 [1.5] 7 Maunders, Myiesha 1137 [1.5] .5:.5 Humphreys, Scott 1771 [1.5] 8 Hu, Timothy Tianmeng 870 [1.5] 0:1 Hogan, Steven 1591 [1.5] 9 Deraniyagala, Kevin 903 [1] +:- Ramos, Antonio 1496 [1] 10 Mullen, Chris 1370 [1] +:- Whitford, Matthew 775 [1] 11 Edwards, Regina 1364 [1] 1:0 Jing, Lang [1] 12 Castles, Tommy [1] 0:1 Kostakakis, Angelo 1044 [1] 13 Liu, Jim 461 [1] -:- Liu, William 311 [0] 14 O'Leary, Mike 395 [0] -:+ Dharmakeerthi, Dasula [0]
The first rated Junior tournament for 2017 has been completed, a 5-round event. Well done to all that played, I am sure you have all learned a lot from the experience. Full story and detailed results are here.
Congrats to George for his win over Antonio in round 3, a higher rated opponent. But Steven gets the big OOPS for the round, with a stalemate pawn move (K+2P vs K).
Round 3 Results
No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total 1 Davis, Tony J 1869 [2] 0:1 Williams, Bruce 2128 [2] 2 Szuveges, Narelle S 1767 [2] 0:1 Hibberd, Nathan 2033 [2] 3 Watson, James 1839 [1.5] -:+ Gusain, Daniel 1654 [2] 4 Hogg, Dean 2038 [1] 1:0 Mullen, Chris 1370 [1] 5 Humphreys, Scott 1771 [1] .5:.5 Minichelli, Felice 1264 [1] 6 Salanowski, Mark 1663 [1] 1:0 Edwards, Regina 1364 [1] 7 Hogan, Steven 1591 [1] .5:.5 Maunders, Myiesha 1137 [1] 8 Dogaris, George 1033 [1] 1:0 Ramos, Antonio 1496 [1] 9 Richards, Derek 1446 [1] 1:0 Deraniyagala, Kevin 903 [1] 10 Whitford, Matthew 775 [1] 0:1 McIntyre, Charlie 1421 [1] 11 Jing, Lang [1] 0:1 Hu, Timothy Tianmeng 870 [.5] 12 Liu, William 311 [0] 0:1 Kostakakis, Angelo 1044 [0] 13 Dharmakeerthi, Dasula [0] 0:1 Liu, Jim 461 [0] 14 O'Leary, Mike 395 [0] 0:1 Castles, Tommy [0]
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
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
