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Purdy Cup round 3

Posted on 28 March 2022 by Scott

Please see attached the results for tuesday and pairings for next week.

Also, Hobsons Bay Chess Club has been approached by the Chess Academy (which runs Junior coaching in the Wyndham and Point Cook areas) to participate in a simultaneous exhibition at the Featherbrook Shopping Centre during the Easter Long Weekend. This involves playing several members of the public, and will be used to promote the activities of both Chess Academy and Hobsons Bay Chess Club.

If you are interested, please contact either Phil Minichelli at the Chess Academy (0478 604 601) or see Steven.

Regards

Steve

Round 3 results

 1 = Hogg,Dean          (2.0)-Nowak,Ruben          (2.0)= 1- 9= 1-0
 2 = Paul,Nikash        (2.0)-Paul,Cijo            (2.0)=30- 4= 0-1
 3 = Whitford,Matthew   (2.0)-McIntyre,Julian      (2.0)= 6-11= 0-1
 4 = Saric,Sergey       (2.0)-Annapureddy,Rheyansh (1.5)=10- 8= 0-1
 5 = Enano,Ronald       (1.5)-Matijas,Dejan        (1.0)= 5-12= 0-1
 6 = Hogan,Steven       (1.0)-Katyal,Rohit         (1.0)= 7-26= 1-0
 7 = De Rooy,Samuel     (1.0)-Galia,Aaryan         (1.0)=21-13= 1-0
 8 = Maure,Eric         (1.0)-Cajes,Conrado        (1.0)=14-22= 0-1
 9 = Kostakakis,Angelo  (1.0)-Krishnan,Anirudh     (1.0)=18-27= 0-1
10 = Davenport,John     (1.0)-Szuveges,Narelle S   (0.5)=34- 3= 0-1
11 = De Rooy,Jack       (1.0)-Wilkinson,Greg       (1.0)=20-33= 1-0
12 = Goh,Nicholas       (0.5)-Condick,Peter        (0.5)=24-15= 0-1
13 = Liu,Tina           (0.0)-Mahajan,Laksh        (0.0)=28-29= 0-1
14 = Kirk,Ian           (0.0)-Katyal,Krishiv       (0.0)=35-25= 1-0
15 = Cox,Aiden          (0.0)-Singh,Chanpreet      (0.0)=23-32= 0F-0F
16 = Davis,Tony J       (0.5)-( not paired )       (0.0)= 2- 0= 0
17 = Koci,Adem          (0.0)-( not paired )       (0.0)=16- 0= 0
18 = Clerk,Felix        (0.5)-( not paired )       (0.0)=17- 0= 0
19 = Clerk,Max          (1.0)-( not paired )       (0.0)=19- 0= 0
20 = Santoso,Crystin    (0.5)-( not paired )       (0.0)=31- 0= 0

Purdy Cup round 2

Posted on 17 March 2022 by Scott

A few game surprises on the night, including a doorbell noise that was going off during the evening!

Round 2 results

 1 = Galia,Aaryan        (1.0)-Hogg,Dean        (1.0)=13- 1=0-1
 2 = Paul,Cijo           (1.0)-Maure,Eric       (1.0)= 4-14=1-0
 3 = Krishnan,Anirudh    (1.0)-Whitford,Matthew (1.0)=27- 6=0-1
 4 = Nowak,Ruben         (1.0)-Kostakakis,Angelo(1.0)= 9-18=1-0
 5 = Wilkinson,Greg      (1.0)-Saric,Sergey     (1.0)=33-10=0-1
 6 = McIntyre,Julian     (1.0)-Cajes,Conrado    (1.0)=11-22=1-0
 7 = Szuveges,Narelle S  (0.5)-Paul,Nikash      (1.0)= 3-30=0-1
 8 = Condick,Peter       (0.5)-Enano,Ronald     (0.5)=15- 5=0-1
 9 = Hogan,Steven        (0.0)-Clerk,Felix      (0.5)= 7-17=1F-0F
10 = Kirk,Ian            (0.0)-Davenport,John   (0.0)=35-34=0-1
11 = Katyal,Krishiv      (0.0)-Matijas,Dejan    (0.0)=25-12=0-1
12 = Katyal,Rohit        (0.0)-Koci,Adem        (0.0)=26-16=1-0
13 = Clerk,Max           (0.0)-Liu,Tina         (0.0)=19-28=1-0
14 = Mahajan,Laksh       (0.0)-De Rooy,Jack     (0.0)=29-20=0-1
15 = De Rooy,Samuel      (0.0)-Singh,Chanpreet  (0.0)=21-32=1F-0F
16 = Annapureddy,Rheyansh(1.0)-( half point bye)(0.0)= 8- 0=½
17 = Goh,Nicholas        (0.0)-( half point bye)(0.0)=24- 0=½
18 = Davis,Tony J        (0.5)-( not paired)    (0.0)= 2- 0=0
19 = Cox,Aiden           (0.0)-( not paired)    (0.0)=23- 0=0
20 = Santoso,Crystin     (0.5)-( not paired)    (0.0)=31- 0=0

Purdy Cup 2022 has commenced

Posted on 10 March 2022 by Scott

Our 5 round long time frame (ACF and FIDE rated) event has commenced with over 30 players registered, a mixture of regular and a lot of new members.

Round 1 results

 1 = Hogg,Dean            (0.0)-Clerk,Max        (0.0)= 1-19=1-0
 2 = De Rooy,Jack         (0.0)-Paul,Cijo        (0.0)=20- 4=0-1
 3 = Whitford,Matthew     (0.0)-De Rooy,Samuel   (0.0)= 6-21=1-0
 4 = Cajes,Conrado        (0.0)-Hogan,Steven     (0.0)=22- 7=1-0
 5 = Annapureddy,Rheyansh (0.0)-Cox,Aiden        (0.0)= 8-23=1-0
 6 = Goh,Nicholas         (0.0)-Nowak,Ruben      (0.0)=24- 9=0-1
 7 = Saric,Sergey         (0.0)-Katyal,Krishiv   (0.0)=10-25=1-0
 8 = Katyal,Rohit         (0.0)-McIntyre,Julian  (0.0)=26-11=0-1
 9 = Matijas,Dejan        (0.0)-Krishnan,Anirudh (0.0)=12-27=0-1
10 = Liu,Tina             (0.0)-Galia,Aaryan     (0.0)=28-13=0-1
11 = Maure,Eric           (0.0)-Mahajan,Laksh    (0.0)=14-29=1-0
12 = Paul,Nikash          (0.0)-Koci,Adem        (0.0)=30-16=1-0
13 = Kostakakis,Angelo    (0.0)-Singh,Chanpreet  (0.0)=18-32=1-0
14 = Wilkinson,Greg       (0.0)-( bye )          (0.0)=33- 0=1
15 = Davis,Tony J         (0.0)-(half point bye) (0.0)= 2- 0=
16 = Szuveges,Narelle S   (0.0)-(half point bye) (0.0)= 3- 0=½
17 = Enano,Ronald         (0.0)-(half point bye) (0.0)= 5- 0=½
18 = Condick,Peter        (0.0)-(half point bye) (0.0)=15- 0=½
19 = Clerk,Felix          (0.0)-(half point bye) (0.0)=17- 0=½ 
20 = Santoso,Crystin      (0.0)-(half point bye) (0.0)=31- 0=½

Lightning #1 results

Posted on 7 March 2022 by Scott

Congrats to Cijo in a clean sweep on the night. Next Tuesday (8th) is the start of the next event – the 5 round Purdy Cup, FIDE rated at the 90+30 sec time control.

Lightning cross table (not in order)

Cross Table at round 7
 N NAME             Pts |   1     2     3     4     5     6     7  
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 1 Smith,Jack       5.0 | +B13  +W8   +B6   -W3   +B7   -B5   +W9   
 2 Enano,Ronald     4.5 | =W14  +B16  +W4   -B5   -W8   +B23  +W12  
 3 Whitford,Matthew 6.0 | +B15  +W10  +B7   +B1   -W5   +B9   +W4   
 4 Hogan,Steven     4.0 | +W16  -B9   -B2   +W21  +B19  +W11  -B3   
 5 Paul,Cijo        7.0 | +B17  +W12  +B9   +W2   +B3   +W1   +B8   
 6 Salanowski,Mark  3.0 | +W18  +B11  -W1   +B12  -W9   -B8   -W20  
 7 Nowak,Ruben      5.0 | +B19  +W25  -W3   +B11  -W1   +B20  +W14  
 8 Saric,Sergey     4.5 | +W20  -B1   +W22  =B14  +B2   +W6   -W5   
 9 Ilic,Milan       4.0 | +B21  +W4   -W5   +B20  +B6   -W3   -B1   
10 Condick,Peter    4.5 | +W22  -B3   -W20  +B13  +W23  =B12  +W16  
11 Davis,Sophie     3.5 | +B23  -W6   +B19  -W7   +W14  -B4   =W26  
12 De Rooy,Jack     3.5 | +W24  -B5   +W23  -W6   +B26  =W10  -B2   
13 De Rooy,Samuel   2.5 | -W1   =B14  +B21  -W10  -W20  -B26  +B17  
14 Cajes,Conrado    3.5 | =B2   =W13  +B25  =W8   -B11  +W17  -B7   
15 Chan,Abby        1.0 | -W3   -B20  -W18  -B16  -W24  -B22  +B25  
16 Cox,Aiden        3.0 | -B4   -W2   -B26  +W15  +B25  +W19  -B10  
17 Gill,Cyrus       2.0 | -W5   -B22  +W24  -B23  +W18  -B14  -W13  
18 Gill,Noah        2.0 | -B6   -W21  +B15  -W26  -B17  +W25  -B19  
19 Goh,Nicholas     3.0 | -W7   +B24  -W11  +B22  -W4   -B16  +W18  
20 Krishnan,Anirudh 4.0 | -B8   +W15  +B10  -W9   +B13  -W7   +B6   
21 Paul,Nikash      3.0 | -W9   +B18  -W13  -B4   +W22  +B24  -W23  
22 Santoso,Crystin  3.0 | -B10  +W17  -B8   -W19  -B21  +W15  +B24  
23 Singh,Chanpreet  3.0 | -W11  +BYE  -B12  +W17  -B10  -W2   +B21  
24 Syed,Habibah     2.0 | -B12  -W19  -B17  +W25  +B15  -W21  -W22  
25 Syed,Hafsa       1.0 | +BYE  -B7   -W14  -B24  -W16  -B18  -W15  
26 goh,casey        3.5 |  --    --   +W16  +B18  -W12  +W13  =B11

Junior Chess Coaching

Posted on 24 February 2022 by Scott

We realise that not all juniors can compete at our club, until they get better! To help with that, for any juniors who would like to enrol in chess classes, Chess Academy Australia operates around the Point Cook, Hoppers Crossing and Werribee areas. The contact for these classes is Phil Minichelli who can be contacted on the following details:

Mobile: 0478 604 601

Email: phil@chessacademy.com.au

Web: www.chessacademy.com.au

Adults who are interested in chess coaching positions are also welcome to contact Phil.

Honourable Bob final round, results

Posted on 24 February 2022 by Scott

Please see attached the results for Tuesday and the overall standings for the Honourable Bob. Congratulations to Cijo on taking out the tournament win outright with 4.5 out of 5.

Round 5 results

 1 = Hibberd,Nathan       (3.5)-Paul,Cijo       (4.0)= 1- 5=½ - ½
 2 = Whitford,Matthew     (3.0)-McIntyre,Julian (3.0)= 3- 8=1 - 0
 3 = Enano,Ronald         (2.5)-Paul,Nikash     (2.5)= 2-25=1 - 0
 4 = Annapureddy,Rheyansh (2.5)-Cajes,Conrado   (2.5)=10-19=0 - 1
 5 = Kostakakis,Angelo    (2.0)-Matijas,Dejan   (2.5)=14- 9=0 - 1
 6 = Santoso,Crystin      (2.0)-De Rooy,Jack    (2.0)=29-15=0 - 1
 7 = Sripada,Kaustubh     (2.0)-Pawlus,Malachy  (2.0)=28-26=0 - 1
 8 = Hogan,Steven         (1.5)-Nowak,Ruben     (2.0)= 4- 6=½ - ½
 9 = Tamilchelvan,Girish  (1.5)-Koci,Adem       (1.5)=27-21=1 - 0
10 = Clerk,Felix          (1.0)-Saric,Sergey    (1.5)=13- 7=0 - 1
11 = Shelev,Petar         (1.0)-Cox,Aiden       (1.0)=12-20=1 - 0
12 = Bonala,Sahith        (1.0)-Clerk,Max       (1.0)=18-16=0 - 1
13 = De Rooy,Samuel       (1.0)-Liu,Tina        (1.0)=17-23=1F-0F
14 = Krishnan, Anirudh    (1.0)-Mahajan,Laksh   (0.0)=22-24=1 - 0
15 = Cox,Tyler            (0.0)-Goh,Nicholas    (0.0)=11-30=0F-1F

Overall standings

Pos   N     NAME                      Pts    Buc1    BucT  
----------------------------------------------------------
  1   5     Paul,Cijo                 4.5    15.0 
  2   3     Whitford,Matthew          4.0    12.5 
  3   1     Hibberd,Nathan            4.0    12.0 
  4   2     Enano,Ronald              3.5    12.0    14.5 
  5  19     Cajes,Conrado             3.5    12.0    14.0 
  6   9     Matijas,Dejan             3.5    12.0    13.0 
  7   8     McIntyre,Julian           3.0    12.5    15.0 
  8  26     Pawlus,Malachy            3.0    12.5    14.5 
  9  15     De Rooy,Jack              3.0    12.5    13.5 
 10  10     Annapureddy,Rheyansh Redd 2.5    13.0 
 11   6     Nowak,Ruben               2.5    12.5 
 12  27     Tamilchelvan,Girish       2.5    11.0 
 13  25     Paul,Nikash               2.5    10.5 
 14   7     Saric,Sergey              2.5    10.0 
 15   4     Hogan,Steven              2.0    12.5 
 16  16     Clerk,Max                 2.0    11.0    12.0 
 17  22     Krishnan, Anirudh         2.0    11.0    12.0 
 18  28     Sripada,Kaustubh          2.0    11.0    12.0 
 19  12     Shelev,Petar              2.0    10.5    11.5 
 20  14     Kostakakis,Angelo         2.0    10.5    11.5 
 21  29     Santoso,Crystin           2.0     9.5 
 22  17     De Rooy,Samuel            2.0     8.5 
 23  21     Koci,Adem                 1.5    11.5 
 24  18     Bonala,Sahith             1.0    11.5    13.5 
 25  13     Clerk,Felix               1.0    11.5    13.0 
 26  20     Cox,Aiden                 1.0    11.0 
 27  23     Liu,Tina                  1.0    10.0 
 28  30     Goh,Nicholas              1.0     8.5 
 29  24     Mahajan,Laksh             0.0    10.0 
 30  11     Cox,Tyler                 0.0     8.5

The Bob result is coming to a conclusion

Posted on 17 February 2022 by Scott

… with just one round to go, Cijo and Nathan will do battle to take out the event on board 1. Best of luck to both players.

Round 4 results

 1 = Paul,Cijo      (3.0) - Whitford,Matthew     (3.0)= 5- 3=1 - 0
 2 = Nowak,Ruben    (2.0) - Hibberd,Nathan       (2.5)= 6- 1=0 - 1
 3 = McIntyre,Julian(2.0) - Kostakakis,Angelo    (2.0)= 8-14=1 - 0
 4 = De Rooy,Jack   (2.0) - Enano,Ronald         (1.5)=15- 2=0 - 1
 5 = Paul,Nikash    (1.5) - Hogan,Steven         (1.5)=25- 4=1 - 0
 6 = Saric,Sergey   (1.5) - Annapureddy,Rheyansh (1.5)= 7-10=0 - 1
 7 = Matijas,Dejan  (1.5) - Tamilchelvan,Girish  (1.5)= 9-27=1 - 0
 8 = Cajes,Conrado  (1.5) - Krishnan, Anirudh    (1.0)=19-22=1 - 0
 9 = Pawlus,Malachy (1.0) - Shelev,Petar         (1.0)=26-12=1 - 0
10 = Bonala,Sahith  (1.0) - Sripada,Kaustubh     (1.0)=18-28=0F-1F
11 = Liu,Tina       (1.0) - Santoso,Crystin      (1.0)=23-29=0 - 1
12 = Cox,Tyler      (0.0) - Koci,Adem            (0.5)=11-21=0F-1F
13 = De Rooy,Samuel (0.0) - Mahajan,Laksh        (0.0)=17-24=1F-0F
14 = Cox,Aiden      (0.0) - Goh,Nicholas         (0.0)=20-30=1F-0F
15 = Clerk,Felix    (1.0) - ( not paired )       (0.0)=13- 0=0    
16 = Clerk,Max      (1.0) - ( not paired )       (0.0)=16- 0=0

Honourable Bob round 3, done!

Posted on 10 February 2022 by Scott

Two players on 3/3, Matt and Cijo will do battle for the outright lead going into the final round, with Nathan closing fast ;-).

Round 3 results

 1 = Whitford,Matthew    (2.0)-Nowak,Ruben          (2.0)= 3- 6=1-0
 2 = Paul,Cijo           (2.0)-Matijas,Dejan        (1.5)= 5- 9=1-0
 3 = Hogan,Steven        (1.5)-Hibberd,Nathan       (1.5)= 4- 1=0-1
 4 = Enano,Ronald        (1.0)-Cajes,Conrado        (1.0)= 2-19=½-½
 5 = Krishnan, Anirudh   (1.0)-McIntyre,Julian      (1.0)=22- 8=0-1
 6 = Tamilchelvan,Girish (1.0)-Annapureddy,Rheyansh (1.0)=27-10=½-½
 7 = Kostakakis,Angelo   (1.0)-Liu,Tina             (1.0)=14-23=1-0
 8 = Sripada,Kaustubh    (1.0)-De Rooy,Jack         (1.0)=28-15=0-1
 9 = Shelev,Petar        (0.5)-Paul,Nikash          (1.0)=12-25=½-½
10 = Koci,Adem           (0.5)-Saric,Sergey         (0.5)=21- 7=0-1
11 = Cox,Aiden           (0.0)-Cox,Tyler            (0.0)=20-11=0F-0F
12 = Mahajan,Laksh       (0.0)-Clerk,Max            (0.0)=24-16=0F-1F
13 = Santoso,Crystin     (0.0)-De Rooy,Samuel       (0.0)=29-17=1-0
14 = Goh,Nicholas        (0.0)-Bonala,Sahith        (0.0)=30-18=0-1
15 = Clerk,Felix         (1.0)-Pawlus,Malachy       (1.0)=13-26=0F-0F

Bob round 2 completed

Posted on 4 February 2022 by Scott

From Steven: Great to see the number of entries rising significantly. See you next week.

Round 2 results

 1 = Annapureddy,Rheyansh (1.0)-Whitford,Matthew    (1.0)=10- 3=0-1
 2 = Pawlus,Malachy       (1.0)-Paul,Cijo           (1.0)=26- 5=0-1
 3 = Nowak,Ruben          (1.0)-Paul,Nikash         (1.0)= 6-25=1-0
 4 = Hibberd,Nathan       (0.5)-Tamilchelvan,Girish (1.0)= 1-27=1-0
 5 = Hogan,Steven         (0.5)-Shelev,Petar        (0.5)= 4-12=1-0
 6 = McIntyre,Julian      (0.5)-Cajes,Conrado       (0.5)= 8-19=½-½
 7 = Liu,Tina             (0.0)-( bye )             (0.0)=23- 0=1
 8 = Matijas,Dejan        (0.5)-Koci,Adem           (0.5)= 9-21=1-0
 9 = Clerk,Max            (0.0)-Enano,Ronald        (0.0)=16- 2=0-1
10 = De Rooy,Samuel       (0.0)-Sripada,Kaustubh    (0.0)=17-28=0-1
11 = Cox,Tyler            (0.0)-Krishnan, Anirudh   (0.0)=11-22=0-1
12 = Bonala,Sahith        (0.0)-Clerk,Felix         (0.0)=18-13=0-1
13 = Cox,Aiden            (0.0)-Kostakakis,Angelo   (0.0)=20-14=0-1
14 = Mahajan,Laksh        (0.0)-De Rooy,Jack        (0.0)=24-15=0-1
15 = Saric,Sergey         (0.0)-( not paired )      (0.0)= 7- 0=0

Honourable Bob underway for 2022!

Posted on 27 January 2022 by Scott

Serious chess has made a comeback, when round 1 happened this week. Results are below. Welcome to our new players, and there will be 27 players for round 2!