I have updated our ratings page with an update for the recent ACF rating changes for our members. Some up, some down!
ACF ratings update for Dec 2019
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Prize winners for 2019, and the AGM
The motions that were successful at the AGM were as follows:
1) Half point byes will now count towards club championship qualification
2) Lightning events will retain the same time control (5 mins + 3 seconds) but will increase from 7 rounds per evening to 9 rounds.
3) The Allegro theme nights remain, the first one will be standard chess, with opening themes to be decided for the subsequent events on the night of the 1st allegro.
In terms of presentation, please join with me in congratulating the award winners for 2019. They were:
Honourable Bob – Nathan Hibberd & David Beaumont
Purdy Cup – Daniel Gusain
Hobsons Bay Cup – Daniel Gusain
Koshnitsky Cup – David Beaumont
Western Masters – Daniel Gusain
Western Major – Julian McIntyre & Steve Hogan
Western Minor – Sergey Saric
Western Swiss – Cijo Paul & Shashi Mathew
Player of the Year – David Beaumont
Lightning Player of the Year – Daniel Gusain
Allegro Player of the Year – Daniel Gusain
Most improved – Felix Clerk
Most improved senior – Matthew Whitford
Reserves Champion – Mark Salanowski & Steve Hogan
Club Championship Runner-Up – Daniel Gusain
Club Champion – Nathan Hibberd
Steven wishes you and your families all the best for the Christmas and New Year break. Also, best wishes to the members who are competing in the Australian Championships and Australian Junior Championships over the coming weeks.
Club championship 2019 and Reserves final results
The final results from the Championship and Reserves events are in! Well done to Nathan on taking out the Club Championship! Steven and Mark tied for first in the Reserves.
Championship cross table
Hobsons Bay Club Championship Pos ID NAME Elo T Fed Pts | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 3 Hibberd,Nathan 1978 VIC 6.5 | * + 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 2 4 Gusain,Daniel 1976 VIC 5.0 | - * 1 1 0 1 1 1 3 2 Beaumont,David 1939 VIC 4.5 | 0 0 * ½ 1 1 1 1 4 6 Davis,Tony J 1828 CM VIC 4.5 | ½ 0 ½ * 1 1 1 ½ 5 7 Richards,Derek 1395 VIC 3.5 | 0 1 0 0 * 1 ½ 1 6 5 Whitford,Matthew 1438 VIC 2.0 | 0 0 0 0 0 * 1 1 7 1 Humphreys,Scott 1610 VIC 1.5 | 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 * 1 8 8 Saric,Sergey 1407 VIC 0.5 | 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 *
Reserves standings
Reserves 2019 Pos Pts ID NAME | Rtg PRtg Fed | Buc1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 5.5 2 Hogan,Steven | 1418 1277 VIC | 27.0 2 5.5 1 Salanowski,Mark | 1510 1277 VIC | 25.5 3 5.0 5 Johns,Brent | 934 1006 VIC | 27.5 4 5.0 21 Enano,Ronald | 1707 1312 VIC | 26.5 5 5.0 19 Waadhwa,Ehsaas | 600 757 VIC | 22.5 6 4.5 8 Matijas,Dejan | 850 1242 VIC | 28.0 7 4.0 6 Cauchi,John-Paul | 910 906 VIC | 25.5 8 3.5 4 McIntyre,Charlie | 1273 647 VIC | 23.0 9 3.5 17 Paul,Cijo | 0 873 VIC | 22.0 10 3.5 20 Waadhwa,Rakesh | 0 659 VIC | 19.5 11 3.0 11 Clerk,Felix| 727 1080 VIC | 26.0 12 3.0 3 McIntyre,Julian | 1366 802 VIC | 25.0 13 3.0 7 Clerk,Max | 851 558 VIC | 22.5 14 3.0 22 Pethe,Abi | 598 740 VIC | 19.0 15 2.5 14 Watson,Nicolas | 192 0 VIC | 22.5 16 2.5 15 Brockies,Alwyn | 0 358 AUS | 20.5 17 2.5 13 Bejjanki,Pranav Sai | 497 0 VIC | 19.0 18 2.5 18 Annapureddy,Dhruthin Redd | 574 454 VIC | 18.0 19 2.0 9 Trofimovs,Joel
Club Championship and Reserves update (after 4 rounds)
After now 4 of 7 rounds played, it is time for a catch-up to see how these 2 events are going.
Reserves Update
In the reserves, Steven is leading on 4/4, closely followed by Mark (3.5) and four other players on 3/4.
Round 5 pairing below
1 = Hogan,Steven ( 4.0) - Salanowski,Mark ( 3.5) = 2 - 1 = ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 = Enano,Ronald ( 3.0) - Matijas,Dejan ( 3.0) = 21 - 8 = ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 = Waadhwa,Ehsaas ( 3.0) - Johns,Brent ( 3.0) = 19 - 5 = ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 = McIntyre,Julian ( 2.0) - Trofimovs,Joel ( 2.0) = 3 - 9 = ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 = McIntyre,Charlie ( 2.0) - Clerk,Felix ( 2.0) = 4 - 11 = ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 = Clerk,Max ( 2.0) - Cauchi,John-Paul ( 2.0) = 7 - 6 = ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 = Annapureddy,Dhruthin ( 1.5) - Bejjanki,Pranav Sai ( 1.5) = 18 - 13 = ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 = Watson,Nicolas ( 1.5) - Waadhwa,Rakesh ( 1.5) = 14 - 20 = ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 = Kurian,Maksym ( 1.0) - Kostakakis,Angelo ( 1.5) = 10 - 23 = ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 = Paul,Cijo ( 1.0) - Pethe,Abi ( 1.0) = 17 - 22 = ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 = Nawar,Mena ( 1.0) - Deng,Tina ( 0.0) = 12 - 16 = ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 = Brockies,Alwyn ( 0.5) - ( not paired ) ( 0.0) = 15 - 0 = 0
Championship Update
It is a bit harder to see the outcome here, being a round robin. But some notable items: Derek had a win over Daniel in round 3; David is on 3/4, losing in a long tussle to Nathan in round 4; Nathan is on 2/2; Daniel and Derek are on 2/3.
Fischer Random results
Another set of strange starting positions for our last rapid play event for 2019. Daniel came out on top with 5/5, with commendations for Mark and Sergey!
Crosstable
1 Gusain,Daniel 1965 VIC 5.0 | +B8 +W5 +B4 +W2 +B6 | 13.0 15.0 2 Salanowski,Mark 1550 VIC 4.0 | +B13 +W6 +B14 -B1 +W5 | 12.5 14.0 3 Saric,Sergey 1238 VIC 4.0 | +B7 -W4 +B8 +W10 +B9 | 9.5 11.5 4 Humphreys,Scott 1598 VIC 3.0 | +W9 +B3 -W1 -B5 +W11 | 14.0 16.0 5 Hogan,Steven 1451 VIC 3.0 | +B11 -B1 +W12 +W4 -B2 | 14.0 15.5 6 Whitford,Matthew 1401 VIC 3.0 | +W15 -B2 +W7 +B14 -W1 | 13.0 13.5 7 Waadhwa,Ehsaas 0 AUS 3.0 | -W3 +BYE -B6 +W8 +B10 | 11.0 12.5 8 Clerk,Max 791 VIC 2.0 | -W1 +B15 -W3 -B7 +W14 | 13.0 13.5 9 Clerk,Felix 695 VIC 2.0 | -B4 +W11 -B10 +W15 -W3 | 11.0 11.5 10 Richards,Derek 1454 VIC 2.0 | -W12 +B13 +W9 -B3 -W7 | 10.0 11.5 11 Brockies,Alwyn 0 2.0 | -W5 -B9 +W13 +B12 -B4 | 9.5 11.0 12 Watson,Nicolas 311 VIC 2.0 | +B10 -W14 -B5 -W11 +BYE | 8.5 9.5 13 Nawar,Mena 460 VIC 2.0 | -W2 -W10 -B11 +BYE +B15 | 8.5 9.0 14 Paul,Cijo 1400 1.5 | =BYE +B12 -W2 -W6 -B8 | 11.5 13.0 15 Deng,Tina 0 AUS 1.0 | -B6 -W8 +BYE -B9 -W13 | 8.5 9.5
Lightning #3 results
Well, David and Daniel shared the top honours for this event. Full details below (note not in final score order).
ID NAME Rtg T Fed Pts | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Beaumont,David 1975 VIC 6.5 | +B10 +W6 +B5 =W2 +B8 +W3 +W9 2 Gusain,Daniel 1965 VIC 6.5 | +W11 +B7 +W13 =B1 +W3 +B10 +W8 3 Humphreys,Scott 1598 VIC 4.5 | +B12 =W8 +B4 +W5 -B2 -B1 +W11 4 Salanowski,Mark 1550 VIC 3.0 | -W13 +B14 -W3 +B16 -W9 -B17 +BYE 5 Ilic,Milan 1518 VIC 5.0 | +B14 +W9 -W1 -B3 +W11 +B19 +W10 6 Nowak,Ruben 1496 VIC 3.0 | +W15 -B1 +W11 -B13 +W17 -B9 -W18 7 Richards,Derek 1454 AUS 2.0 | +B16 -W2 -B8 -W12 -B18 +BYE -W19 8 Hogan,Steven 1451 VIC 4.5 | +W17 =B3 +W7 +B9 -W1 +B13 -B2 9 Whitford,Matthew 1401 VIC 4.0 | +B18 -B5 +W17 -W8 +B4 +W6 -B1 10 Saric,Sergey 1238 VIC 4.0 | -W1 +B15 +W18 +B19 +W13 -W2 -B5 11 Clerk,Max 791 VIC 3.0 | -B2 +W16 -B6 +W18 -B5 +W15 -B3 12 Clerk,Felix 695 VIC 2.5 | -W3 -B17 +W15 +B7 -W19 -B18 =B16 13 Kurian,Maksym 678 VIC 4.0 | +B4 +W19 -B2 +W6 -B10 -W8 +B17 14 Watson,Nicolas 311 VIC 2.0 | -W5 -W4 -B19 -B17 +BYE +W16 -B15 15 Brokies,Alwyn 0 AUS 3.0 | -B6 -W10 -B12 +BYE +W16 -B11 +W14 16 Deng,Tina 0 VIC 1.5 | -W7 -B11 +BYE -W4 -B15 -B14 =W12 17 Kalina,Leo 0 VIC 3.0 | -B8 +W12 -B9 +W14 -B6 +W4 -W13 18 Waadhwa,Ehsaas 1000 VIC 4.0 | -W9 +BYE -B10 -B11 +W7 +W12 +B6 19 Paul,Cijo 1400 AUS 3.5 | =BYE -B13 +W14 -W10 +B12 -W5 +B7
Koshnitsky Cup – final standings
Congrats to David in taking out this event. The next few weeks are as follows:
24 September – Lightning
1 October – Allegro (Fischer Random Theme)
8 October – Commencement of Club Championships and Reserves (7 rounds)
Final Standings
Pos Pts ID NAME | Rtg PRtg Fed | Buc1 BucT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 7.0 2 Beaumont,David | 1975 2146 VIC | 24.5 2 5.0 4 CM Davis,Tony J | 1808 1615 VIC | 28.5 3 5.0 3 Gusain,Daniel | 1965 1736 VIC | 26.5 4 5.0 5 Humphreys,Scott | 1598 1311 VIC | 23.0 5 4.0 9 Richards,Derek | 1454 1239 VIC | 28.0 6 4.0 12 Whitford,Matthew | 1401 1041 VIC | 26.5 27.5 7 4.0 22 Kamineni,Takshil | 634 1294 VIC | 26.5 27.5 8 4.0 7 Maunders,Myiesha | 1534 1379 VIC | 26.0 9 4.0 10 Hogan,Steven | 1451 1129 VIC | 21.0 10 4.0 16 Jing,Lang | 879 488 VIC | 19.5 11 3.5 11 McIntyre,Julian
Koshnitsky Cup – penultimate round
With just one round to go, the top two rated players (David and Daniel) square off to decide the winner.
Round 6 results
1 = Maunders,Myiesha ( 4.0) - Beaumont,David ( 5.0) = 7 - 2 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 = McIntyre,Julian ( 3.5) - Gusain,Daniel ( 4.0) = 11 - 3 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 = Davis,Tony J ( 3.0) - Whitford,Matthew ( 3.0) = 4 - 12 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 = Humphreys,Scott ( 3.0) - Saric,Sergey ( 3.0) = 5 - 14 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 = Kamineni,Takshil ( 3.0) - Nowak,Ruben ( 3.0) = 22 - 8 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 = Richards,Derek ( 3.0) - Hogan,Steven ( 3.0) = 9 - 10 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 = Salanowski,Mark ( 2.0) - Kurian,Maksym ( 2.0) = 6 - 20 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 = McIntyre,Charlie ( 2.0) - Paul,Cijo ( 2.0) = 13 - 29 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 = Johns,Brent ( 2.0) - Matijas,Dejan ( 2.0) = 15 - 28 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 = Nawar,Mena ( 2.0) - Jing,Lang ( 2.0) = 24 - 16 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 = Clerk,Felix ( 2.0) - Annapureddy,Dhruthin ( 2.0) = 19 - 21 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 = Bejjanki,Pranav Sai ( 1.5) - Deng,Tina ( 1.0) = 23 - 27 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 = Clerk,Max ( 1.0) - Brokies,Alwyn ( 1.0) = 18 - 26 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 = Zhang,Benjamin ( 1.0) - Zhang,Eric ( 1.0) = 32 - 33 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15 = Watson,Nicolas ( 0.0) - Kostakakis,Angelo ( 0.5) = 25 - 17 = 0 - 1
Koshnitsky Cup Round 5
This event is now at the pointy end, with just 2 rounds to go. David is undefeated, being chased by Daniel and Myiesha.
Round 5 results
1 = Beaumont,David ( 4.0) - Kamineni,Takshil ( 3.0) = 2 - 17 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 = Gusain,Daniel ( 3.0) - Davis,Tony J ( 3.0) = 30 - 3 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 = Maunders,Myiesha ( 3.0) - Richards,Derek ( 3.0) = 31 - 7 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 = Whitford,Matthew ( 2.5) - Humphreys,Scott ( 2.5) = 8 - 4 = ½ - ½ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 = McIntyre,Julian ( 2.5) - McIntyre,Charlie ( 2.0) = 27 - 9 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 = Nowak,Ruben ( 2.0) - Matijas,Dejan ( 2.0) = 6 - 22 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 = Hogan,Steven ( 2.0) - Johns,Brent ( 2.0) = 32 - 11 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 = Reddy Annapureddy,Dh ( 2.0) - Saric,Sergey ( 2.0) = 24 - 10 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 = Waadhwa,Rakesh ( 1.5) - Nawar,Mena ( 2.0) = 26 - 19 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 = Waadhwa,Ehsaas ( 1.0) - Clerk,Max ( 1.0) = 25 - 14 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 = Zhang,Benjamin ( 1.0) - Clerk,Felix ( 1.0) = 34 - 15 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 = Kurian,Maksym ( 1.0) - Deng,Tina ( 1.0) = 16 - 21 = 1F-0F ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 = Brockies,Alwyn ( 0.0) - Watson,Nicolas ( 0.0) = 33 - 20 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 = Zhang,Eric ( 0.0) - ( bye ) ( 0.0) = 35 - 0 = 1
Best in the West for 2019
Another successful ‘Best in the West’ 5-round event was held over the Father’s Day weekend (80 players). There was a 5-way tie for first (4.5/5) that included our club’s member and event organiser, Tony Davis, as well as Daniel Gusain. Also, Takshil Kamineni won the rating group 3 prize with a score of 3.0 (ahead of 20 players in his rating group). By my reckoning, there were 17 club members playing in the event.
