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Hobsons Bay Cup – round 2

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The round 2 results are below, with the Round 3 draw.

Round 2 results

  1 = Galia,Aaryan     (0.0)- ( bye )            (0.0)= 25- 0=1    
  2 = Richards,Derek   (1.0)- Davis,Tony J       (1.0)=  9- 2=0 - 1
  3 = Enano,Ronald     (1.0)- Nowak,Ruben        (1.0)=  3-11=0 - 1
  4 = Kirk,Ian         (1.0)- Hogan,Steven       (1.0)= 10- 5=0 - 1
  5 = Maure,Eric       (1.0)- Salanowski,Mark    (1.0)= 26- 7=0 - 1
  6 = Paul,Cijo        (0.0)- Mullen,Chris       (1.0)= 15-13=1 - 0
  7 = Hogg,Dean        (0.5)- Kurian,Maksym      (1.0)=  1-18=1 - 0
  8 = McIntyre,Julian  (0.5)- Clerk,Felix        (0.5)= 12-17=1 - 0
  9 = Ilic,Milan       (0.0)- Cox,Tyler          (0.5)=  6-24=0 - 1
 10 = Saric,Sergey     (0.0)- Bejjanki,Pranav Sai(0.0)= 14-20=0F-0F
 11 = Matijas,Dejan    (0.0)- Condick,Peter      (0.0)= 16-22=0 - 1
 12 = Clerk,Max        (0.0)- Cox,Aiden          (0.0)= 19-23=1 - 0
 13 = Humphreys,Scott  (0.5)- ( half point bye ) (0.0)=  4- 0=½    
 14 = Whitford,Matthew (1.0)- ( not paired )     (0.0)=  8- 0=0    
 15 = Watson,Nicolas   (0.0)- ( not paired )     (0.0)= 21- 0=0

Hobsons Bay Cup – round 1

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The round 1 results are below, with a total of 26 players competing. This is a 7 round event.

Round 1 results

  1 = Davis,Tony J       (0.0) - Saric,Sergey       (0.0)= 2-14=1-0
  2 = Paul,Cijo          (0.0) - Enano,Ronald       (0.0)=15- 3=0-1
  3 = Hogan,Steven       (0.0) - Matijas,Dejan      (0.0)= 5-16=1-0
  4 = Kurian,Maksym      (0.0) - Ilic,Milan         (0.0)=18- 6=1-0
  5 = Salanowski,Mark    (0.0) - Clerk,Max          (0.0)= 7-19=1-0
  6 = Bejjanki,Pranav Sai(0.0) - Whitford,Matthew   (0.0)=20- 8=0-1
  7 = Richards,Derek     (0.0) - Watson,Nicolas     (0.0)= 9-21=1-0
  8 = Condick,Peter      (0.0) - Kirk,Ian           (0.0)=22-10=0-1
  9 = Nowak,Ruben        (0.0) - Cox,Aiden          (0.0)=11-23=1-0
 10 = Cox,Tyler          (0.0) - McIntyre,Julian    (0.0)=24-12=½-½
 11 = Mullen,Chris       (0.0) - Galia,Aaryan       (0.0)=13-25=1-0
 12 = Maure,Eric         (0.0) - ( bye )            (0.0)=26- 0=1    
 13 = Hogg,Dean          (0.0) - ( half point bye ) (0.0)= 1- 0=½    
 14 = Humphreys,Scott    (0.0) - ( half point bye ) (0.0)= 4- 0=½    
 15 = Clerk,Felix        (0.0) - ( half point bye ) (0.0)=17- 0=½

Purdy Cup – final standings

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Congratulations to Dean for winning all of his games. We start the 7 round (7 week) Hobsons Bay Cup event on the 4th May (may the fourth be with you!)

Purdy Cup final laddder

Pos   N  NAME                Rtg  PRtg Pts Buc1 BucT  
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  1   2  Hogg,Dean           1974 2326 5.0 13.0 
  2   4  Davis,Tony J        1797 1663 4.0 15.0 
  3   1  Beaumont,David      2017 1727 4.0 14.0 
  4  31  Maure,Eric             0 1253 4.0 10.5 
  5   7  Hogan,Steven        1518 1070 3.5 13.0 
  6  14  Saric,Sergey        1355 1111 3.5 12.5 
  7  20  McIntyre,Cameron     789 1162 3.5 11.0 13.0 
  8   5  Enano,Ronald        1602 1345 3.5 11.0 12.5 
  9  15  Paul,Cijo           1295 1041 3.0 14.0 
 10   9  Whitford,Matthew    1446 1174 3.0 13.0 
 11   6  Humphreys,Scott     1584  896 3.0 12.0 
 12  18  D'Souza,Nathan       975  702 3.0 11.5 
 13  10  Kirk,Ian            1410  746 3.0 11.0 
 14   8  Salanowski,Mark     1466  918 2.5 12.5 
 15  22  Beaumont,Archer      553 1527 2.5 11.0 
 16  28  Cox,Tyler              0  973 2.5 10.0 
 17  13  Mullen,Chris        1359  433 2.0 13.0 
 18  26  Condick,Peter          0 1174 2.0 11.5 
 19  12  McIntyre,Julian     1384  399 2.0 11.0 
 20  11  Nowak,Ruben         1408  570 2.0  9.5 11.0 
 21  21  Clerk,Max            695  768 2.0  9.5 10.5 
 22  29  Koci,Adem              0 1065 2.0  9.0 
 23  33  Kurian,Maksym        792  911 2.0  8.5 
 24  17  Matijas,Dejan       1011 1209 1.5 13.0 
 25  23  Bejjanki,Pranav Sai  533    0 1.5 10.0 
 26  32  Maure,Evangelino       0  587 1.0 10.5 
 27  19  Clerk,Felix          853  381 1.0  8.5 
 28  27  Cox,Aiden              0  337 0.5 11.5 
 29   3  Gusain,Daniel       1936    0 0.5 10.0 
 30  24  Watson,Nicolas       222  151 0.0 11.0 
 31  16  Lim,Neiss           1021 1217 0.0 10.0 11.0 
 32  25  Abraham,Robin          0    0 0.0 10.0 11.0 
 33  30  Mathew,Shashi          0  555 0.0  9.5 10.5 
 34  34  Gupta,Varun            0  175 0.0  9.5 10.5

Purdy Cup – round 4

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Tony and Dean remain undefeated, and they will decide the winner of the Purdy Cup next week.

Round 4 results

 1=Beaumont,David  (3.0)-Hogg,Dean          (3.0)= 1- 2=0-1
 2=Davis,Tony J    (3.0)-Hogan,Steven       (2.5)= 4- 7=1-0
 3=Salanowski,Mark (2.5)-Enano,Ronald       (2.0)= 8- 5=0-1
 4=Nowak,Ruben     (2.0)-Humphreys,Scott    (2.0)=11- 6=0-1
 5=Whitford,Matthew(2.0)-Paul,Cijo          (2.0)= 9-15=1-0
 6=Saric,Sergey    (2.0)-Kirk,Ian           (2.0)=14-10=1-0
 7=Beaumont,Archer (1.5)-Maure,Eric         (2.0)=22-31=0F-1F
 8=McIntyre,Cameron(1.5)-McIntyre,Julian    (1.5)=20-12=1-0
 9=Cox,Tyler       (1.5)-Clerk,Max          (1.0)=28-21=1-0
10=Mullen,Chris    (1.0)-Maure,Evangelino   (1.0)=13-32=1-0
11=Matijas,Dejan   (1.0)-Koci,Adem          (1.0)=17-29=0F-1F
12=Condick,Peter   (1.0)-Bejjanki,Pranav Sai(0.5)=26-23=1-0
13=Cox,Aiden       (0.5)-Clerk,Felix        (0.0)=27-19=0-1
14=Watson,Nicolas  (0.0)-D'Souza,Nathan     (1.0)=24-18=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=Abraham,Robin   (0.0)-(not paired )      (0.0)=25- 0=0    
18=Mathew,Shashi   (0.0)-(not paired )      (0.0)=30- 0=0    
19=Kurian,Maksym   (1.0)-(not paired )      (0.0)=33- 0=0    
20=Gupta,Varun     (0.0)-(not paired )      (0.0)=34- 0=0

Purdy Cup – round 3

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Round 3 results

  1=Humphreys,Scott  (2.0)-Beaumont,David   (2.0)=  6- 1=0- 1
  2=Hogg,Dean        (2.0)-Whitford,Matthew (2.0)=  2- 9=1- 0
  3=Paul,Cijo        (2.0)-Davis,Tony J     (2.0)= 15- 4=0- 1
  4=Hogan,Steven     (1.5)-McIntyre,Cameron (1.5)=  7-20=1- 0
  5=Salanowski,Mark  (1.5)-Beaumont,Archer  (1.5)=  8-22=1- 0
  6=Enano,Ronald     (1.0)-Matijas,Dejan    (1.0)=  5-17=1- 0
  7=Kirk,Ian         (1.0)-Condick,Peter    (1.0)= 10-26=1- 0
  8=Koci,Adem        (1.0)-Nowak,Ruben      (1.0)= 29-11=0- 1
  9=Maure,Eric       (1.0)-Mullen,Chris     (1.0)= 31-13=1- 0
 10=Maure,Evangelino (1.0)-Saric,Sergey     (1.0)= 32-14=0- 1
 11=McIntyre,Julian  (0.5)-Cox,Aiden        (0.5)= 12-27=1- 0
 12=Bejjanki,Pranav  (0.5)-Cox,Tyler        (0.5)= 23-28=0- 1
 13=D'Souza,Nathan   (0.0)-Gupta,Varun      (0.0)= 18-34=1- 0
 14=Watson,Nicolas   (0.0)-Kurian,Maksym    (0.0)= 24-33=0- 1
 15=Clerk,Max        (0.0)-Clerk,Felix      (0.0)= 21-19=1F-0F
 16=Gusain,Daniel    (0.5)-( not paired )   (0.0)=  3- 0=0    
 17=Lim,Neiss        (0.0)-( not paired )   (0.0)= 16- 0=0    
 18=Abraham,Robin    (0.0)-( not paired )   (0.0)= 25- 0=0    
 19=Mathew,Shashi    (0.0)-( not paired )   (0.0)= 30- 0=0

Allegro #1 – Fischer Random

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Congratulations to Daniel winning all his games! The Nakhmanson Gambit (1: e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Nxe4 6. Nc3) and English Opening (1. c4) we’re voted equal 2nd, and will be the two themes for later in the year.

Crosstable

  N NAME                 Rtg  Pts |   1     2     3     4     5  
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  1 Gusain,Daniel        1936 5.0 | +B7   +W9   +B4   +W8   +B5   
  2 Hogan,Steven         1518 3.0 | +W8   -B5   -W10  +B12  +W3   
  3 Salanowski,Mark      1466 2.0 | -B9   +W6   -B7   +W13  -B2   
  4 Whitford,Matthew     1446 3.0 | +W10  +B13  -W1   -B5   +B7   
  5 Kirk,Ian             1410 3.0 | +B11  +W2   -B8   +W4   -W1   
  6 Mullen,Chris         1359 1.5 | =W12  -B3   +BYE  -W9   -B14  
  7 Saric,Sergey         1355 2.5 | -W1   +B12  +W3   =B10  -W4   
  8 Paul,Cijo            1295 2.0 | -B2   +W11  +W5   -B1   -W12  
  9 Matijas,Dejan        1011 3.5 | +W3   -B1   +W13  +B6   =W10  
 10 Kurian,Maksym         792 3.0 | -B4   +W14  +B2   =W7   =B9   
 11 Abraham,Robin    (W)    0 0.0 | -W5   -B8    --    --    --   
 12 Mathew,Shashi           0 2.5 | =B6   -W7   +B14  -W2   +B8   
 13 Maure,Eric              0 2.0 | +W14  -W4   -B9   -B3   +BYE  
 14 Minichelli,Felice    1326 2.0 | -B13  -B10  -W12  +BYE  +W6

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.