Note that the Membership and Calendar pages have been updated, following the changes agreed at the recent AGM.
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Best in the West returns!
The Best in the West will return in 2024, being held on the weekend of 31 Aug and 1 Sept.
For those new to the club in the last few years, this is the Hobsons Bay Chess Club’s Flagship annual weekend event and has a long, rich history in the Melbourne chess community.
Entries are now open, and are limited to 90 places.
The details are on Chess Chat.
Looking forward to 2024!
Just a short note about the changes coming in 2024, following our recent Annual General Meeting.
Cheaper: Membership fees are reduced by $20 for adult and $25 for Juniors. Revised fees can be found on the membership page. Event entry fee is cheapest when paying online to Tornelo.
Names/rates: Blitz replaces Lightning (9 rounds of 5 minutes + 2 seconds per move); Rapid replaces Allegro (5 rounds of 15 minutes + 10 seconds per move).
Dates: The regular calendar has been updated here. Stay tuned for a revised junior calendar.
Chat: Results of our events and promotional material will be posted on chesschat.org so that a much wider audience can see what we are up to and participate.
Best: The Best in West will be returning on 31 Aug – 1 Sep: Our premier weekender event!
Honourable Bob standings after 3 rounds
With 3 rounds played, 3 players are still undefeated.Round 4 pairing are below.
Round 4 pairings, provisional
1 = Lacson,Joemar 3.0 Davis,Tony J 3.0 = 2- 4 2 = Hari,Dhruv 2.5 Hibberd,Nathan 3.0 =13- 1 3 = Matijas,Dejan 2.0 Beaumont,David 2.0 =17- 3 4 = Katsouranis, George 2.0 Paul,Cijo 2.0 =33- 5 5 = Enano,Ronald 2.0 Nowak,Ruben 2.0 = 7-14 6 = Krishnan,Anirudh 2.0 Salanowski,Mark 2.0 = 9-12 7 = McIntyre,Julian 2.0 Kirk,Ian 2.0 =11-15 8 = Lingineni,Khushal 2.0 Yendru,Srikrishna 1.5 =18-39 9 = Goh,Nicholas 1.0 Whitford,Matthew 1.0 =31- 8 10 = Sharma,Annika 1.0 Paul,Nikash 1.0 =37-10 11 = Richards,Derek 1.0 Clerk,Max 1.0 =43-27 12 = Davis,Sophie 1.0 Campbell, Lachie 1.0 =16-28 13 = Picone,James 1.0 Gupta,Nitish 1.0 =20-32 14 = Vandenberg, Anders 1.0 Wilkinson,Greg 1.0 =38-22 15 = Hogan,Steven 0.5 Kostakakis,Angelo 1.0 = 6-41 16 = Pramod,Rishaan 0.5 Clerk,Felix 0.5 =24-26 17 = Hibberd,Aaron 0.0 Di Pasquale, Tom 0.0 =23-30 18 = Liu,Tina 0.0 ( bye ) 0.0 =35 19 = De Rooy,Jack 2.0 ( not paired ) 0.0 =19 20 = De Rooy,Samuel 1.0 ( not paired ) 0.0 =21 21 = Li, Nicholas 0.5 ( not paired ) 0.0 =34 22 = Hogg,Dean 0.0 ( not paired ) 0.0 =42 23 = Cox,Tyler 0.0 ( not paired ) 0.0 =25 24 = Cox,Aiden 0.0 ( not paired ) 0.0 =29 25 = Shah, Vihaan 0.0 ( not paired ) 0.0 =36 26 = Turner-Summerton,Ang 0.0 ( not paired ) 0.0 =40
2022 wrap up and looking forward to 2023
From our President, Steven Hogan, following the recent AGM.
Firstly thanks to the many who attended presentation night (and well done to award winners) and also for those who contributed to the AGM. Pictures from presentations will shortly be on the facebook page.
The senior calendar for 2023 has been drafted, with chess to start back on 31 January.
Significant outcomes from the AGM were as follows:
Commitee for 2023 is below. Great to see many people on board, and helping out with various aspects of an expanding club
- Steve Hogan – President
- Casey Goh – Vice President
- Mark Salanowski – Secretary
- Steve Hogan – Treasurer
- Chris Ruaya – Juniors Treasurer
- Casey Goh – Junior Director
- Matthew Whitford – General Committee
- Tony Davis – General Committee
- Dejan Matijas – General Committee
- Joemar Lacson – General Committee
- Ashok Reddy Arumalla – General Committee (juniors)
- Srikrishna Majeti – General Committee (juniors)
- Brendan Chan – General Committee (juniors)
- Grace Yong – General Committee (juniors)
Major AGM Decisions:
- The club will incorporate itself as an incorporated association.
- Best in the West likely for 2023. Tentative dates 2-3 September
- If there are two joint winners in any qualification event, both will automatically qualify
- Hobsons Bay Cup and Western Masters to swap places in the calendar.
Wishing you each a merry Christmas, thank you for 2022 and looking forward to the year ahead. Regards Steve
Ratings movement to the end of 2022…
As we wind down for 2022, here is something for those that track or are concerned about such matters, I have updated the page of member’s ACF ratings here. You can also see the full and detailed June lists on the ACF web site.
Championship and Reserves finalised (adults and juniors)
Congratulations to the adult winners: Rheyansh Annapureddy (Championship), Anirudh Krishnan (Reserves), and to the junior winners: Anjana Reddy Arumalla (Championship), Sumay Kothari (Reserves).
The full junior standings can be found here.
The 2022 AGM will be held next Tuesday 6th Dec at 7pm (party and prize giving, and resolutions), with the club re-opening on the 17th January.
Adult Championship cross table
NAME Pts | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ---------------------------------------------------------- Paul,Cijo 4.0 | * 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 Annapureddy,Rheyansh 6.5 | 1 * 1 ½ 1 + 1 1 McIntyre,Julian 1.5 | 0 0 * 0 ½ 0 1 0 Hogan,Steven 4.5 | 1 ½ 1 * 1 ½ 0 ½ Matijas,Dejan 0.5 | 0 0 ½ 0 * 0 0 0 Saric,Sergey 2.5 | 0 - 1 ½ 1 * - 0 Davis,Tony J 5.0 | 1 0 0 1 1 + * 1 Whitford,Matthew 3.5 | 0 0 1 ½ 1 1 0 *
Adult Reserves standings
Pos Name Score TB1 TB2
1 Krishnan,Anirudh 7.0 26.5
2 Lacson,Joemar 6.0 29.0
3 Paul,Nikash 5.0 26.5
4 Davis,Sophie 5.0 25.5
5 Ilic,Milan 4.5 23.5
6 Kirk,Ian 4.0 20.0
7 De Rooy,Samuel 4.0 19.5
8 Palyam,Pranshiv 4.0 16.0
9 Pramod,Rishaan 3.5 28.0
10 Lingineni,Khushal 3.5 27.0
11 Richards,Derek 3.5 26.5
12 Nowak,Ruben 3.5 24.5
13 Picone,James 3.5 24.0 27.0
14 Hari,Dhruv 3.5 24.0 25.0
15 De Rooy,Jack 3.5 22.0
16 Condick,Peter 3.5 18.0
17 Wilkinson,Greg 3.0 23.0 26.0
18 Kostakakis,Angelo 3.0 23.0 24.0
19 Kothari,Sumay 3.0 21.0
20 Clerk,Max 2.0 23.5
21 Majety,Rohan 2.0 22.0
22 Sharma,Annika 2.0 18.0
23 Moreta,Simon 2.0 16.0
24 Liu,Tina 1.0 21.0
25 Gopalan,Pradyun 1.0 20.5 22.0
26 Nadella,Hitansh 1.0 20.5 20.5
Penultimate Club Championship and Reserves
With only 1 round to go, the leaders are becoming clearer in both of these events. Reyansh is half a point ahead of Tony and Cijo, while Anirudh is a full point ahead of Joemar. Please see attached the pairings for the final round of both tournaments.
Please note that the final round will be played on Tuesday 29 November (in a fortnight). Next week there is NO CHESS apart from the following catch up games in the club championship.
- Cijo vs Rheyansh
- Sergey vs Steve.
Championship round 7 pairing
1 = Hogan,Steven (3.5) - Whitford,Matthew (3.0)=4-8 2 = Matijas,Dejan (0.0) - McIntyre,Julian (1.0)=5-3 3 = Saric,Sergey (2.0) - Annapureddy,Rheyansh (4.5)=6-2 4 = Davis,Tony J (4.0) - Paul,Cijo (4.0)=7-1
Reserves round 7 pairings
1 = Krishnan,Anirudh (6.0) - De Rooy,Jack (3.5)= 5-24 2 = Davis,Sophie (4.0) - Lacson,Joemar (5.0)=23- 1 3 = Nowak,Ruben (3.5) - Paul,Nikash (4.0)= 3- 4 4 = Richards,Derek (3.5) - Ilic,Milan (3.5)= 7- 2 5 = Lingineni,Khushal(3.5) - Kirk,Ian (3.0)=16- 6 6 = Picone,James (3.0) - Hari,Dhruv (3.0)=13- 8 7 = De Rooy,Samuel (3.0) - Kostakakis,Angelo (3.0)=25-12 8 = Palyam,Pranshiv (3.0) - Wilkinson,Greg (3.0)=20-22 9 = Condick,Peter (2.5) - Sharma,Annika (2.0)= 9-21 10 = Kothari,Sumay (2.0) - Clerk,Max (2.0)=15-11 11 = Gopalan,Pradyun (1.0) - Moreta,Simon (1.0)=14-26 12 = Nadella,Hitansh (0.0) - ( bye ) (0.0)=19- 0 13 = Pramod,Rishaan (3.5) - ( not paired ) 14 = Majety,Rohan (2.0) - ( not paired ) 15 = Liu,Tina (1.0) - ( not paired )
Rheyansh the star ;-)
Fresh from his win of the U/8 division of the Asian Youth Chess Championship in Bali, Rheyansh was also interviewed. See the link below. Thanks to Casey for the link.
Club C’ship and Reserves update
Now we are 4 rounds into the 7 round events, it’s time for an update!
Club championship
Six of the eight players are on a score of 2 after 4 rounds. So it is still too early to see any front runners. Round 4 results are below.
1 = Whitford,Matthew (1.0)-Saric,Sergey (2.0)= 8- 6 = 1-0 2 = Davis,Tony J (1.0)-Matijas,Dejan (0.0)= 7- 5 = 1-0 3 = Paul,Cijo (2.0)-Hogan,Steven (1.0)= 1- 4 = 0-1 4 = Annapureddy,Rheyansh (1.0)-McIntyre,Julian (1.0)= 2- 3 = 1-0
Club reserves
Anirudh is a point ahead of his nearest rival, but still 3 rounds to go. Round 4 results:
1= Krishnan,Anirudh (3.0)-Lacson,Joemar (3.0)= 5- 1=1-0 2= Ilic,Milan (2.0)-Pramod,Rishaan (2.0)= 2-10=½-½ 3= Wilkinson,Greg (2.0)-Nowak,Ruben (2.0)=22- 3=0-1 4= Paul,Nikash (2.0)-Picone,James (2.0)= 4-13=1-0 5= Hari,Dhruv (2.0)-Davis,Sophie (2.0)= 8-23=0-1 6= De Rooy,Jack (2.0)-Richards,Derek (1.5)=24- 7=0-1 7= Kirk,Ian (1.5)-Clerk,Max (1.0)= 6-11=1-0 8= Lingineni,Khushal (1.0)-De Rooy,Samuel (1.0)=16-25=½-½ 9= Kostakakis,Angelo (1.0)-Sharma,Annika (1.0)=12-21=1-0 10= Palyam,Pranshiv (1.0)-Gopalan,Pradyun(1.0)=20-14=1-0 11= Majety,Rohan (1.0)-Kothari,Sumay (1.0)=18-15=1-0 12= Nadella,Hitansh (0.0)-Condick,Peter (0.5)=19- 9=0-1 13= Liu,Tina (0.0)-( bye )
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