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Purdy Cup – round 2

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Round 2 results

  1= Beaumont,David   (1.0)-Kirk,Ian         (1.0) =  1-10 = 1 - 0
  2= Mullen,Chris     (1.0)-Hogg,Dean        (1.0) = 13- 2 = 0 - 1
  3= Davis,Tony J     (1.0)-Saric,Sergey     (1.0) =  4-14 = 1 - 0
  4= Paul,Cijo        (1.0)-Enano,Ronald     (1.0) = 15- 5 = 1 - 0
  5= Humphreys,Scott  (1.0)-Condick,Peter    (1.0) =  6-26 = 1 - 0
  6= Whitford,Matthew (1.0)-Maure,Evangelino (1.0) =  9-32 = 1 - 0
  7= Cox,Aiden        (0.5)-Hogan,Steven     (0.5) = 27- 7 = 0 - 1
  8= Cox,Tyler        (0.5)-Salanowski,Mark  (0.5) = 28- 8 = 0 - 1
  9= Beaumont,Archer  (0.5)-McIntyre,Julian  (0.5) = 22-12 = 1 - 0
 10= McIntyre,Cameron (0.5)-D'Souza,Nathan   (0.0) = 20-18 = 1 - 0
 11= Nowak,Ruben      (0.0)-Clerk,Max        (0.0) = 11-21 = 1 - 0
 12= Abraham,Robin    (0.0)-Maure,Eric       (0.0) = 25-31 = 0 - 1
 13= Matijas,Dejan    (0.0)-Watson,Nicolas   (0.0) = 17-24 = 1 - 0
 14= Clerk,Felix      (0.0)-Koci,Adem        (0.0) = 19-29 = 0 - 1
 15= Gusain,Daniel    (0.5)-( not paired )   (0.0) =  3- 0 = 0    
 16= Lim,Neiss        (0.0)-( not paired )   (0.0) = 16- 0 = 0    
 17= Bejjanki,Pranav S(0.5)-( not paired )   (0.0) = 23- 0 = 0    
 18= Mathew,Shashi    (0.0)-( not paired )   (0.0) = 30- 0 = 0

Purdy Cup – round 1

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The round 1 results are below, with a total of 32 players competing, with a message from Steven:

Next week will be round 2, however with Easter the following week we will play a short time control event on the following week (6 April) to allow people who may be going away over Easter to not have to miss a round of the rated event.
This short time control event is 5 rounds played under a time control of 10 minutes + 10 secs per move (called an Allegro event). The club runs 3 of these per year, and traditionally has a specific opening theme for each one, meaning that all games are played starting from a position in the same opening. These themes are selected via vote.
Up until next week, players can submit opening themes you would like to play, and from next Tuesday we’ll conduct the vote via email. When submitting an opening, please include the starting moves that lead to the position games will be played from (i.e. If submitting the Advance French, the moves 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 might be the position you’d like to submit as a theme.
Feel free to submit more than 1 opening you’d like to try, as there are 3 allegro evenings, players will be able tom vote for 3 of the theme’s that I’ll advise next week. These can be standard openings, however aggressive gambits have also been played as themes in previous years.

Round 1 results

 1 = Lim,Neiss            - Beaumont,David    =  16- 1 = 0 - 1
 2 = Hogg,Dean            - Matijas,Dejan     =   2-17 = 1 - 0
 3 = D'Souza,Nathan       - Davis,Tony J      =  18- 4 = 0 - 1
 4 = Enano,Ronald         - Clerk,Felix       =   5-19 = 1 - 0
 5 = Clerk,Max            - Humphreys,Scott   =  21- 6 = 0 - 1
 6 = Hogan,Steven         - Beaumont,Archer   =   7-22 = ½ - ½
 7 = Watson,Nicolas       - Whitford,Matthew  =  24- 9 = 0 - 1
 8 = Kirk,Ian             - Abraham,Robin     =  10-25 = 1 - 0
 9 = Condick,Peter        - Nowak,Ruben       =  26-11 = 1 - 0
10 = McIntyre,Julian      - Cox,Tyler         =  12-28 = ½ - ½
11 = Koci,Adem            - Mullen,Chris      =  29-13 = 0 - 1
12 = Saric,Sergey         - Mathew,Shashi     =  14-30 = 1 - 0
13 = Maure,Eric           - Paul,Cijo         =  31-15 = 0 - 1
14 = Maure,Evangelino     - ( bye )           =  32- 0 = 1

Lightning results

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We had a crowd of 33 players for this. The final standings are below, with a message from Steven:

Well done to David for taking out the event with 6.5 / 7.
Next week we will start the 5 round Purdy Cup, returning to the long time format.

Lightning #1 results

Pos   N     NAME                      | Rtg  PRtg Pts  
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  1   3     Beaumont,David            | 1927 1595 6.5 
  2   2     Gusain,Daniel             | 1936 1129 5.5 
  3   4  CM Davis,Tony J              | 1780 1156 5.0 
  4   1     Hogg,Dean                 | 1974 1548 5.0 
  5  24     Galia,Aaryan              |    0 1615 5.0 
  6   8     Whitford,Matthew          | 1446 1016 5.0 
  7   7     Hogan,Steven              | 1518  752 5.0
  8   5     Enano,Ronald              | 1602 1185 5.0
  9  32     Wee,Nicholas              |    0 1122 4.0
 10  14     Davis,Sophie              | 1147  997 4.0
 11  13     Paul,Cijo                 | 1295  880 4.0
 12  33     Nowak,Ruben               | 1408 1024 4.0
 13  11     Mullen,Chris              | 1359  817 4.0
 14   9     Kirk,Ian                  | 1410  358 4.0 
 15  12     Saric,Sergey              | 1355  415 4.0 
 16   6     Humphreys,Scott           | 1584  705 3.5 
 17  23     Cox,Tyler                 |    0 1115 3.5
 18  17     Beaumont,Archer           |  553  777 3.5
 19  10     McIntyre,Julian           | 1384  229 3.5
 20  28     Rempis,Rron               |    0 1022 3.0
 21  21     Belfall,Mitchell          |    0  782 3.0
 22  16     Clerk,Max                 |  695  512 3.0
 23  26     Koci,Adem                 |    0 1076 3.0
 24  31     Ve,Nan                    |    0  550 3.0
 25  15     Clerk,Felix               |  853  431 3.0
 26  27     Maure,Eric                |    0  595 2.5
 27  29     Rivero,Adam               |    0  609 2.5
 28  25     Jennings,Jude             |    0  613 2.5
 29  22     Cox,Aiden                 |    0  391 2.5
 30  19     Watson,Nicolas        (W) |  222  520 2.0
 31  20     Abraham,Robin             |    0    0 1.0
 32  30     Setiawan,William          |    0    0 1.0
 33  18     Bejjanki,Pranav Sai   (W) |  533   66 0.5

A good night to visit the club…

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Tomorrow night (16th March), 730pm, would be a good time to visit for those of you looking for some speed chess and also a chance to se what we do. We will play a stand-alone evening of lightning chess. Each player will play 7 games, with a 5 second plus 3 second increment time control. The following week (23rd March) we will commence our next rated event, the 5 round Purdy Cup.

Honourable Bob – final standings

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The final round results are below, with a message from Steven:

Well done to Nathan for taking out the tournament with the score of 4.5 / 5, and in doing so becoming the 2nd player to automatically qualify for this year’s club championship alongside Tony as the winner of the only completed event from last year.
Next week we will play a stand-alone evening of lightning chess. Each player will play 7 games, with a 5 second plus 3 second increment time control. The following week we will commence our next rated event, the 5 round Purdy Cup.

Round 5 results

 1 = Hogg,Dean          (4.0)- Hibberd,Nathan    (3.5) =  2- 1=0-1
 2 = Whitford,Matthew   (3.5)- Beaumont,David    (3.0) =  8- 3=0-1
 3 = Kirk,Ian           (3.0)- Mullen,Chris      (3.0) = 24-11=0-1
 4 = Matijas,Dejan      (3.0)- Humphreys,Scott   (2.5) = 13- 5=0F-1F
 5 = Davis,Tony J       (2.0)- Saric,Sergey      (2.0) =  4-12=1-0
 6 = Hogan,Steven       (2.0)- Hibberd,Aaron     (2.0) =  6-14=1-0
 7 = Koci,Adem          (2.0)- Salanowski,Mark   (2.0) = 19- 7=1-0
 8 = Maure,Eric         (2.0)- Nowak,Ruben       (2.0) = 25- 9=1-0
 9 = Park,Jun           (2.0)- McIntyre,Julian   (2.0) = 27-10=0-1
10 = Galia,Aaryan       (1.5)- Paul,Cijo         (1.5) = 32-29=0F-1F
11 = Clerk,Felix        (1.5)- Clerk,Max         (1.0) = 15-16=0F-1F
12 = Bejjanki,Pranav Sai(1.0)- Jovanovic,Stephan (1.0) = 17-23=½-½
13 = Dellmann,Thomas    (1.0)- Belfall, Mitchell (1.0) = 22-18=0-1
14 = Cox,Tyler          (1.0)- Ve,Nan            (0.0) = 21-33=0-1
15 = Cox,Aiden          (0.0)- (not paired )     (0.0) = 20- 0=0   
16 = McFarlane,Hasini   (1.0)- (not paired )     (0.0) = 26- 0=0   
17 = Watson,Tyson       (0.0)- (not paired )     (0.0) = 28- 0=0   
18 = Abraham,Robin      (1.0)- (not paired )     (0.0) = 30- 0=0   
19 = Hubble,Jarod       (1.0)- (not paired )     (0.0) = 31- 0=0

Final Standings

Pos   N     NAME                    Rtg  PRtg   Pts    Buc1  BucT  
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  1   1     Hibberd,Nathan          2078 1795   4.5    12.5 
  2   2     Hogg,Dean               1974 1675   4.0    14.0 
  3   3     Beaumont,David          1927 1573   4.0    13.5 
  4  11     Mullen,Chris            1359  625   4.0    12.0 
  5   8     Whitford,Matthew        1446 1243   3.5    13.5 
  6   5     Humphreys,Scott         1584  754   3.5     9.5 
  7  24     Kirk,Ian                   0 1213   3.0    13.5 
  8  13     Matijas,Dejan           1011 1033   3.0    13.0 
  9   6     Hogan,Steven            1518  671   3.0    11.0 
 10   4  CM Davis,Tony J            1780 1194   3.0    10.5  12.5 
 11  25     Maure,Eric                 0  764   3.0    10.5  12.0 
 12  10     McIntyre,Julian         1384  533   3.0    10.5  11.5 
 13  19     Koci,Adem                  0  763   3.0    10.0 
 14  29     Paul,Cijo               1295  621   2.5     9.0 
 15  12     Saric,Sergey            1355 1402   2.0    15.0 
 16  27     Park,Jun                   0  785   2.0    13.5 
 17   9     Nowak,Ruben             1408  593   2.0    12.5  14.5 
 18   7     Salanowski,Mark         1466  795   2.0    12.5  13.5 
 19  18     Belfall, Mitchell          0  284   2.0    10.0 
 20  14     Hibberd,Aaron            917  746   2.0     9.0  10.0 
 21  16     Clerk,Max                695  301   2.0     9.0  10.0 
 22  15     Clerk,Felix              853  756   1.5    12.0 
 23  17     Bejjanki,Pranav Sai      533  553   1.5    11.0 
 24  23     Jovanovic,Stephan          0  651   1.5    10.5 
 25  32     Galia,Aaryan               0  620   1.5    10.0 
 26  22     Dellmann,Thomas            0  795   1.0    12.5 
 27  21     Cox,Tyler                  0  652   1.0    10.5  12.0 
 28  31     Hubble,Jarod          (W)  0  800   1.0    10.5  12.0 
 29  30     Abraham,Robin         (W)  0    0   1.0    10.0 
 30  33     Ve,Nan                     0  800   1.0     9.0 
 31  26     McFarlane,Hasini      (W)  0  144   1.0     8.0 
 32  20     Cox,Aiden             (W)  0  138   0.0    10.5 
 33  28     Watson,Tyson          (W)  0    0   0.0     8.5

Honourable Bob – round 4

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The round 4 results are below, with a message from Steven:

Following the completion of the Honourable Bob next week, we will have our first lightning evening of the year on the 16th. That involves playing 7 matches over the evening, with a 5 minute + 3 seconds per move time control.

Round 4 results

 1 = Beaumont,David   (3.0)-Hogg,Dean          (3.0) =  3- 2 = 0 - 1
 2 = Hibberd,Nathan   (2.5)-Saric,Sergey       (2.0) =  1-12 = 1 - 0
 3 = Salanowski,Mark  (2.0)-Whitford,Matthew   (2.5) =  7- 8 = 0 - 1
 4 = Matijas,Dejan    (2.0)-McIntyre,Julian    (2.0) = 13-10 = 1 - 0
 5 = Mullen,Chris     (2.0)-Park,Jun           (2.0) = 11-27 = 1 - 0
 6 = Kirk,Ian         (2.0)-Koci,Adem          (2.0) = 24-19 = 1 - 0
 7 = Nowak,Ruben      (1.5)-Davis,Tony J       (1.5) =  9- 4 = ½ - ½
 8 = Abraham,Robin    (0.0)-( bye )            (0.0) = 30- 0 = 1    
 9 = Dellmann,Thomas  (1.0)-Hogan,Steven       (1.0) = 22- 6 = 0 - 1
10 = Hibberd,Aaron    (1.0)-Cox,Tyler          (1.0) = 14-21 = 1 - 0
11 = Humphreys,Scott  (1.5)-Bejjanki,Pranav Sai(1.0) =  5-17 = 1 - 0
12 = Galia,Aaryan     (1.0)-Clerk,Felix        (1.0) = 32-15 = ½ - ½
13 = Belfall, Mitchell(1.0)-Maure,Eric         (1.0) = 18-25 = 0 - 1
14 = Paul,Cijo        (0.5)-Cox,Aiden          (0.0) = 29-20 = 1 - 0
15 = Clerk,Max        (0.0)-Watson,Tyson       (0.0) = 16-28 = 1 - 0
16 = Jovanovic,Stephan(1.0)-( not paired )     (0.0) = 23- 0 = 0    
17 = McFarlane,Hasini (1.0)-( not paired )     (0.0) = 26- 0 = 0    
18 = Hubble,Jarod     (1.0)-( not paired )     (0.0) = 31- 0 = 0

Honourable Bob – round 3

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The round 3 results are below, with a message from Steven:

Thanks to the players who let me know if they were unable to make last night or would be running late. Could I please ask each player to save my number (0413 941 467) and let me know if you’re unable to make a round. This allows a re-pairing to be done or for me to notify the opponent.
If you know you are unavailable a week in advance, I can give 1/2 point byes in any round except the final 2 of a tournament if you request a bye at latest the Tuesday before being away.

Round 3 results

  1 = Hogg,Dean           (2.0)-Salanowski,Mark   (2.0)= 2- 7= 1 - 0
  2 = Saric,Sergey        (2.0)-Beaumont,David    (2.0)=12- 3= 0 - 1
  3 = Whitford,Matthew    (1.5)-Kirk,Ian          (2.0)= 8-24= 1 - 0
  4 = Hogan,Steven        (1.0)-Hibberd,Nathan    (1.5)= 6- 1= 0 - 1
  5 = McIntyre,Julian     (1.0)-Cox,Tyler         (1.0)=10-21= 1 - 0
  6 = Mullen,Chris        (1.0)-Dellmann,Thomas   (1.0)=11-22= 1 - 0
  7 = Jovanovic,Stephan   (1.0)-Matijas,Dejan     (1.0)=23-13= 0 - 1
  8 = Bejjanki,Pranav Sai (1.0)-Park,Jun          (1.0)=17-27= 0 - 1
  9 = Koci,Adem           (1.0)-Hubble,Jarod      (1.0)=19-31= 1F-0F
 10 = Clerk,Felix         (0.0)-Paul,Cijo         (0.5)=15-29= 1 - 0
 11 = Maure,Eric          (0.0)-Clerk,Max         (0.0)=25-16= 1 - 0
 12 = Abraham,Robin       (0.0)-Belfall, Mitchell (0.0)=30-18= 0 - 1
 13 = Cox,Aiden           (0.0)-Galia,Aaryan      (0.0)=20-32= 0 - 1
 14 = McFarlane,Hasini    (0.0)-(bye )            (0.0)=26- 0= 1    
 15 = Davis,Tony J        (1.0)-(half point bye ) (0.0)= 4- 0= ½        
 16 = Humphreys,Scott      (1.0)-(half point bye )(0.0)= 5- 0= ½    
 17 = Nowak,Ruben         (1.0)-(half point bye ) (0.0)= 9- 0= ½    
 18 = Hibberd,Aaron       (1.0)-(not paired )     (0.0)=14- 0= 0    
 19 = Watson,Tyson        (0.0)-(not paired )     (0.0)=28- 0= 0

Budapest Chess Club news

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In other chess news, the Budapest chess club (760 Boronia Rd, Wantirna) is running two types of events this year:

  • junior chess lessons, held the first 3 Sunday afternoons of the month, for beginners (2 hours), intermediate (3 hours) and advanced (3 hours) students. Monthly fees are $50 (beginners) or $60 (intermediate and advanced). Parents are encouraged to also enrol, at $15/session.
  • a 4-player inter-club team rapid (7 rounds, 15min/0 time limit) competition, held each last Sunday of the month (Feb to Nov), starting at 2pm. Entry fee $25/player/monthly competition. Prize money is per month as well as for the overall year’s winning teams. All players in a team should be members of the same club.

All expressions of interest should use the form below