- Today’s Government recommendation that people stay 1.5 metres apart. The chess club cannot operate in such conditions.
- The ban on indoor meetings of groups over 100 and even though we are well below this number, such a ban indicates that meeting indoors is not advisable.
- Similar suspensions for the majority of Victorian Chess Clubs.
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Chess still operating, for now…
- Players who experience flu-like symptoms stay away from chess until the matter is cleared with your doctor;
- If any player has contact with a person that is suspected to have Corona, stay away until either you complete a 14 day quarantine period OR the person who was suspected of infection receives a negative test result; and
- If returning from oversees, the now mandatory 14 day quarantine will include absence from chess during this period.
Lightning #1 for 2020
The first 9 round, 5-minute ‘skittles’ event was held on Tuesday. David Beaumont won on 7.5/9 from a close field, with 17 people scoring 50% or better! We start the 5 round Purdy Cup next week.
Final standings
Pos N NAME | Rtg PRtg Fed | Pts Buc1 BucT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 29 Beaumont,David | 0 273 VIC | 7.5 46.0 2 1 Gusain,Daniel | 0 220 VIC | 7.0 45.5 3 4 CM Davis,Tony J | 0 220 VIC | 7.0 44.5 4 31 Enano,Ronald | 0 95 VIC | 6.0 45.5 5 5 Humphreys,Scott | 0 125 VIC | 6.0 40.5 6 6 Ilic,Milan | 0 80 VIC | 5.5 45.0 49.0 7 2 Hogg,Dean | 0 80 VIC | 5.5 45.0 48.5 8 28 Zhang,Eric | 0 80 VIC | 5.5 40.5 9 9 Richards,Derek | 0 80 VIC | 5.5 36.0 10 12 Mullen,Chris | 0 43 VIC | 5.0 48.0 11 11 McIntyre,Julian | 0 43 VIC | 5.0 42.0 12 7 Hogan,Steven | 0 43 AUS | 5.0 38.5 13 10 Saric,Sergey | 0 43 VIC | 5.0 36.0 14 8 Whitford,Matthew | 0 0 VIC | 4.5 43.0 15 25 Annapureddy,Rheyansh | 0 0 AUS | 4.5 38.0 16 17 Clerk,Max | 0 0 VIC | 4.5 37.5 17 15 Kurian,Maksym | 0 0 VIC | 4.5 37.0 18 13 Paul,Cijo | 0 0 VIC | 4.0 44.0 19 20 Pethe,Abi | 0 0 VIC | 4.0 34.5 35.0 20 26 Condick,Peter | 0 0 | 4.0 34.5 35.0 21 19 Nawar,Mena | 0 0 AUS | 4.0 34.0 22 14 Jing,Lang | 0 0 VIC | 4.0 32.5 23 23 Minic,Branislav | 0 0 VIC | 3.0 36.0 24 16 Shelev,Petar | 0 0 VIC | 3.0 33.5 25 22 Zhang,Benjamin | 0 0 VIC | 3.0 32.5 26 18 Clerk,Felix| 0 0 VIC | 2.0 34.0 27 24 Watson,Nicolas
| 0 0 VIC | 2.0 28.5 28 21 Bejjanki,Pranav Sai
| 0 0 VIC | 1.5 29.5 29 27 Deng,Tina | 0 0 VIC | 1.0 26.5
March 2020 Ratings updated
The latest updated ACF ratings (and current FIDE rating) for our members are available, listed here.
It is also pleasing to see that Tina Deng has now achieved an ACF rating (160)! She has been coming to the club since April 2018, but only recently scored a result, allowing her to get an ACF (and presumably FIDE) rating. She played 34 rateable games between September 2018 rating period and the December 2019 rating period. This is a great example of perseverance and dedication to improve, even though she scored zero and (usually) had a bye in each event she entered.
Honourable Bob – final standings
Please see attached the final round and standings for the Honourable Bob. Congratulations to Tony for winning, and thus qualifying the end of year club championship. And also this event was a good result (4/5) for Cijo and Julian.
Pos N NAME | Rtg PRtg Fed | Pts Buc1 BucT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 2 CM Davis,Tony J | 0 800 VIC | 4.5 12.5 2 14 Paul,Cijo | 0 240 VIC | 4.0 14.5 3 12 McIntyre,Julian | 0 240 VIC | 4.0 13.0 4 1 Beaumont,David | 0 193 VIC | 3.5 14.0 5 6 Salanowski,Mark | 0 149 VIC | 3.5 12.5 6 11 Saric,Sergey | 0 193 VIC | 3.5 10.5 7 5 Humphreys,Scott | 0 149 VIC | 3.5 10.0 8 8 Whitford,Matthew | 0 72 VIC | 3.0 12.0 13.0 9 9 Richards,Derek | 0 72 VIC | 3.0 12.0 12.5 10 10 Nowak,Ruben | 0 72 VIC | 3.0 11.0 11 4 Enano,Ronald | 0 95 VIC | 3.0 10.5 12 15 Matijas,Dejan | 0 72 VIC | 3.0 9.5 13 3 WIM Szuveges,Narelle S | 0 0 VIC | 2.5 13.5 16.5 14 17 Shelev,Petar | 0 0 VIC | 2.5 13.5 14.5 15 7 Hogan,Steven | 0 0 VIC | 2.5 12.5 16 21 Clerk,Felix | 0 0 VIC | 2.5 10.5 17 31 Pethe,Abi | 0 125 VIC | 2.5 10.0 18 13 McIntyre,Charlie | 0 0 VIC | 2.0 11.5 19 20 Waadhwa,Ehsaas | 0 0 VIC | 2.0 11.0 20 30 Zhang,Eric | 0 0 VIC | 2.0 10.5 21 22 Nawar,Mena | 0 0 VIC | 2.0 9.5 22 27 Deng,Tina | 0 0 VIC | 2.0 7.0 23 18 Annapureddy,Dhruthin Redd | 0 0 VIC | 1.5 12.0 24 25 Watson,Nicolas | 0 0 VIC | 1.5 11.5 25 23 Bejjanki,Pranav Sai | 0 0 VIC | 1.5 11.0 26 32 Brokies,Alwyn | 0 0 VIC | 1.5 10.0 27 26 Condick,Peter | 0 0 VIC | 1.5 9.5 28 19 Clerk,Max | 0 0 VIC | 1.0 11.0 29 29 Zhang,Benjamin | 0 0 VIC | 1.0 10.0 30 24 Minic,Branislav | 0 0 VIC | 1.0 8.5 31 28 Waadhwa,Rakesh | 0 0 VIC | 0.5 10.5 32 16 McIntyre,Cameron| 0 0 VIC | 0.5 10.0 33 33 Kurian,Maksym | 0 0 VIC | 0.5 9.0
Juniors participation agreement
We are asking parents/guardians of junior players to sign the Junior Participation Agreement regarding junior players participating at the club. We would like you to sign to acknowledge the recommendation of the Committee that juniors have supervision during club events and also agree that juniors should not leave the playing venue until such time as they are picked up.
Honourable Bob, after 3 rounds
The Honourable Bob event got away to a good start with 32 contestants. Unfortunately Steven’s computer fell at the first hurdle, so Steven had to use high order calculus and other magic to determine the pairing for 2 weeks. But all has been restored to working order (apart from Steven’s mental capacity), and Julian and Cijo are on the maximum score after 3 rounds, with 2 rounds to play.
Round 3 results
1 = McIntyre,Julian ( 2.0) - Szuveges,Narelle S ( 2.0) = 12 - 3 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 = Richards,Derek ( 2.0) - Paul,Cijo ( 2.0) = 9 - 14 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 = Humphreys,Scott ( 1.5) - Beaumont,David ( 1.5) = 5 - 1 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 = Davis,Tony J ( 1.5) - Hogan,Steven ( 1.5) = 2 - 7 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 = Enano,Ronald ( 1.0) - Matijas,Dejan ( 1.0) = 4 - 15 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 = Waadhwa,Ehsaas ( 1.0) - Salanowski,Mark ( 1.0) = 20 - 6 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 = Clerk,Max ( 1.0) - Whitford,Matthew ( 1.0) = 19 - 8 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 = Nowak,Ruben ( 1.0) - Annapureddy,Dhruthin ( 1.0) = 10 - 18 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 = Nawar,Mena ( 1.0) - McIntyre,Charlie ( 1.0) = 22 - 13 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 = Zhang,Eric ( 1.0) - Pethe,Abi ( 0.5) = 30 - 31 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 = Saric,Sergey ( 0.5) - Bejjanki,Pranav Sai ( 0.5) = 11 - 23 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 = Waadhwa,Rakesh ( 0.5) - Shelev,Petar ( 0.5) = 28 - 17 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 = Brokies,Alwyn ( 0.5) - Clerk,Felix ( 0.5) = 32 - 21 = 0F-1F ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 = Zhang,Ben ( 0.0) - Minic,Branislav ( 0.0) = 29 - 24 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15 = Deng,Tina ( 0.0) - Watson,Nicolas ( 0.5) = 27 - 25 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16 = Condick,Peter ( 0.0) - ( half point bye ) ( 0.0) = 26 - 0 = ½ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17 = McIntyre,Cameron ( 0.5) - ( not paired ) ( 0.0) = 16 - 0 = 0
ACF ratings update for Dec 2019
I have updated our ratings page with an update for the recent ACF rating changes for our members. Some up, some down!
Prize winners for 2019, and the AGM
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
| 847 757 VIC | 23.0 20 2.0 12 Nawar,Mena | 560 471 VIC | 21.0 21 1.5 23 Kostakakis,Angelo
| 853 1360 VIC | 19.0 22 1.0 10 Kurian,Maksym
| 753 441 VIC | 22.0 23 1.0 24 Condick,Peter | 0 800 VIC | 16.5 24 0.0 16 Deng,Tina | 0 0 VIC | 20.0