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
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