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Koshnitsky cup Junior results

Posted on 19 September 2022 by Scott

Congratulations to all the winners for Koshnitsky Cup Junior 2022. Prize presentation will be scheduled end of the year.

Under 1000

1^st: Lingineni, Khushal (medal)
2^nd: Arumalla, Anjana Reddy (certificate)
3^rd: Ma, Yat Alfred (certificate)

Best Girls

1^st: Shenbagakumar, Srishakthi (medal)
2^nd: Chan, Abby (certificate)
3^rd: Syed, Habibah (certificate)

Under 500**

1^st: Bodke, Krishna (medal)
2^nd: Gill, Noah (certificate)
3^rd: Venkatesh, Arvind (certificate)

Arbiter Award for Most Improved: Schreiber, Kenny (certificate)

**Tie Breaker is based on Buchholz Cut 1 and Buchholz

Warmest Regards, Casey Goh

Club Championship Qualification and next few weeks

Posted on 15 September 2022 by Scott

Congratulations to the following players who have qualified:

Cijo
Dean
Rheyansh
Steve
Matthew
Sergey
Dejan
Tony

The remaining players will play the Reserves Championship (Swiss). This will be a very strong event, the winner achieving qualification into the 2023 club championship (if achieved outright).

The next 3 weeks will be as follows:

20 September – Lightning (7 rounds)
27 September – Allegro (5 round) – Fischer Random Theme
4 October – Club Championship + Reserves Round 1.

Koshnitsky Cup, final round results and standings

Posted on 15 September 2022 by Scott

Please see attached the results for yesterday and overall standings for the Koshnitsky Cup. Congratulations to Hamish, Rheyansh and Joe for jointly taking out the event.

Round 7 results

 1=Bassig,Hamish     (5.0)-Krishnan,Anirudh     (4.5)=1 - 0
 2=Davis,Tony J      (4.0)-Lacson,Joemar        (5.0)=0 - 1
 3=Saric,Sergey      (4.0)-Annapureddy,Rheyansh (5.0)=0 - 1
 4=Paul,Cijo         (4.0)-Paul,Nikash          (3.5)=1 - 0
 5=Hogan,Steven      (3.5)-Nowak,Ruben          (3.5)=1 - 0
 6=Hari,Dhruv        (3.5)-Wilkinson,Greg       (3.0)=1 - 0
 7=Matijas,Dejan     (3.0)-McIntyre,Julian      (3.0)=1 - 0
 8=Picone,James      (3.0)-Kirk,Ian             (2.5)=0 - 1
 9=Whitford,Matthew  (2.5)-Clerk,Max            (2.5)=1F-0F
10=Lingineni,Khushal (2.5)-De Rooy,Samuel       (2.5)=½ - ½
11=De Rooy,Jack      (2.0)-Szuveges,Narelle S   (2.5)=0 - 1
12=Palyam,Pranshiv   (2.0)-Maure,Eric           (2.0)=0 - 1
13=Gopalan,Pradyun   (1.5)-Kostakakis,Angelo    (2.0)=0 - 1
14=Bodke,Krishna     (1.0)-Liu,Tina             (2.0)=0F-1F
15=Bodke,Sahasra     (0.0)-( bye )
16=Hogg,Dean         (2.5)-( not paired )
17=Shenouda,Rafik    (0.0)-( not paired )
18=Adapa,Rakshan     (0.0)-( not paired )

Overall Standings

Pos   N     NAME                      Rtg  PRtg Pts Buc1 BucT  
--------------------------------------------------------------
 1   2     Lacson,Joemar             1912 1883  6.0 28.5 32.0
 2   6     Annapureddy,Rheyansh Redd 1636 1638  6.0 28.5 31.0 
 3   4     Bassig,Hamish             1806 1739  6.0 27.5 
 4   5     Paul,Cijo                 1686 1702  5.0 27.0 
 5  24     Krishnan,Anirudh             0 1255  4.5 27.0 
 6  23     Hari,Dhruv                   0 1114  4.5 21.5 24.5 
 7  10     Hogan,Steven              1545 1055  4.5 21.5 24.0 
 8   3  CM Davis,Tony J              1818 1684  4.0 28.0 
 9  11     Saric,Sergey              1410 1124  4.0 26.0 
10  15     Matijas,Dejan             1291  910  4.0 18.5 
11  13     Paul,Nikash               1366 1194  3.5 27.5 
12   7     Whitford,Matthew          1633 1108  3.5 24.5 
13  12     Nowak,Ruben               1407  992  3.5 23.5 
14  14     Kirk,Ian                  1294  821  3.5 22.5 
15   9 WIM Szuveges,Narelle S        1551  894  3.5 19.0 
16  16     Maure,Eric                1270  892  3.0 23.0 
17   8     McIntyre,Julian           1556 1077  3.0 22.5 
18  21     Picone,James               675 1081  3.0 21.5 
19  25     Lingineni,Khushal            0 1172  3.0 21.0 
20  18     Kostakakis,Angelo          855  405  3.0 20.5 22.0 
21  19     De Rooy,Samuel             793  569  3.0 20.5 22.0 
22  28     Wilkinson,Greg               0  731  3.0 19.5 
23  26     Liu,Tina                     0  524  3.0 16.0 
24   1     Hogg,Dean              2005  903  2.5 25.5 
25  20     Clerk,Max                  736  641  2.5 20.5 
26  17     De Rooy,Jack              1121  506  2.0 21.0 23.0 
27  27     Palyam,Pranshiv              0  693  2.0 21.0 23.0 
28  22     Gopalan,Pradyun              0  599  1.5 20.0 
29  31     Bodke,Krishna                0  424  1.0 18.0 
30  30     Bodke,Sahasra                0    0  1.0 17.0 
31  32     Adapa,Rakshan             0    0  0.0 17.0 
32  29     Shenouda,Rafik            0    0  0.0 16.5

Koshnitsky cup, results and ratings

Posted on 13 September 2022 by Scott

Please see attached the results for round 6 and pairings for round 7. We have a 3 way tie for the lead between Joemar, Rheyansh and Hamish going into a big final round.

The September ACF ratings also came out this week, with several members likely to have achieved their first national rating. The ratings lists can be viewed on the Australian Chess Federation website (Link below). The “Classic Active” is the file to view.

There were some highlights for HBCC members including:

Sam De Rooy and Hamish Bassig were in the top 30 most improved players over the quarter, with Sam gaining over 300 points!
Sam and Jack De Rooy played the most rated games of any player in Australia over the past 3 months, both passing 50!

Well done guys!

Ratings | Australian Chess Federation Inc. (auschess.org.au)

Round 6 results

 1=Lacson,Joemar        (4.0)-Bassig,Hamish     (5.0)=1-0
 2=Annapureddy,Rheyansh (4.0)-Paul,Cijo         (4.0)=1-0
 3=Krishnan,Anirudh     (3.5)-Hari,Dhruv        (3.5)=1-0
 4=Paul,Nikash          (3.0)-Hogan,Steven      (3.0)=½-½
 5=Saric,Sergey         (3.0)-Matijas,Dejan     (3.0)=1-0
 6=Davis,Tony J         (3.0)-Whitford,Matthew  (2.5)=1-0
 7=Szuveges,Narelle S   (2.5)-Nowak,Ruben       (2.5)=0-1
 8=McIntyre,Julian      (2.0)-Lingineni,Khushal (2.5)=1-0
 9=Picone,James         (2.0)-Maure,Eric        (2.0)=1F-0F
10=Wilkinson,Greg       (2.0)-Kostakakis,Angelo (2.0)=1-0
11=Clerk,Max            (1.5)-Palyam,Pranshiv   (2.0)=1-0
12=Kirk,Ian             (1.5)-Gopalan,Pradyun   (1.5)=1-0
13=De Rooy,Samuel       (1.5)-Bodke,Krishna     (1.0)=1-0
14=Bodke,Sahasra        (0.0)-De Rooy,Jack      (1.0)=0-1
15=Liu,Tina             (1.0)-Adapa,Rakshan     (0.0)=1-0
16=Hogg,Dean            (2.5)-( not paired )
17=Shenouda,Rafik       (0.0)-( not paired )

Koshnitsky cup round 5

Posted on 1 September 2022 by Scott

Latest results and provisional pairings for the next round. Interestingly, white won 9 of the 13 games played.

Round 5 results

 1 = Bassig,Hamish      (4.0) - Annapureddy,Rheyansh (4.0)= 1 - 0
 2 = Lacson,Joemar      (3.0) - Paul,Nikash          (3.0)= 1 - 0
 3 = Paul,Cijo          (3.0) - Davis,Tony J         (3.0)= 1 - 0
 4 = Hari,Dhruv         (2.5) - Saric,Sergey         (3.0)= 1 - 0
 5 = McIntyre,Julian    (2.0) - Krishnan,Anirudh     (2.5)= 0F-1F
 6 = Szuveges,Narelle S (2.0) - Lingineni,Khushal    (2.0)= ½ - ½
 7 = Hogan,Steven       (2.0) - Picone,James         (2.0)= 1 - 0
 8 = Palyam,Pranshiv    (2.0) - Matijas,Dejan        (2.0)= 0 - 1
 9 = Whitford,Matthew   (1.5) - Kirk,Ian             (1.5)= 1 - 0
10 = Nowak,Ruben        (1.5) - De Rooy,Samuel       (1.5)= 1 - 0
11 = Maure,Eric         (1.0) - Clerk,Max            (1.5)= 1 - 0
12 = De Rooy,Jack       (1.0) - Wilkinson,Greg       (1.0)= 0 - 1
13 = Kostakakis,Angelo  (1.0) - Bodre,Krishna        (1.0)= 1 - 0
14 = Bodre,Sahasra      (0.0) - Gopalan,Pradyun      (0.5)= 0 - 1
15 = Liu,Tina           (0.0) - ( bye )              (0.0)
16 = Hogg,Dean          (2.5) - ( not paired )       (0.0)
17 = Shenouda,Rafik     (0.0) - ( not paired )

Koshnitsky cup round 4 results

Posted on 25 August 2022 by Scott

This event rolls on, 4 out of 7 rounds completed, with Rheyansh and Hamish still undefeated.

Round 4 results

  1=Annapureddy,Rheyansh (3.0)-Lacson,Joemar       (3.0)= 6- 2=1-0
  2=Hogg,Dean            (2.5)-Bassig,Hamish       (3.0)= 1- 4=0-1
  3=Davis,Tony J         (2.0)-Szuveges,Narelle S  (2.0)= 3- 9=1-0
  4=Paul,Cijo            (2.0)-Hogan,Steven        (2.0)= 5-10=1-0
  5=Saric,Sergey         (2.0)-McIntyre,Julian     (2.0)=11- 8=1-0
  6=Paul,Nikash          (2.0)-Nowak,Ruben         (1.5)=13-12=1-0
  7=Kirk,Ian             (1.5)-Hari,Dhruv          (1.5)=14-23=0-1
  8=Krishnan,Anirudh     (1.5)-De Rooy,Samuel      (1.5)=24-19=1-0
  9=Whitford,Matthew     (1.5)-Matijas,Dejan       (1.0)= 7-15=0F-1F
 10=Liu,Tina             (0.0)-Palyam,Pranshiv     (1.0)=26-27=0-1
 11=Lingineni,Khushal    (1.0)-De Rooy,Jack        (1.0)=25-17=1-0
 12=Picone,James         (1.0)-Wilkinson,Greg      (1.0)=21-28=1-0
 13=Gopalan,Pradyun      (0.5)-Clerk,Max           (0.5)=22-20=0-1
 14=Kostakakis,Angelo    (0.0)-Shenouda,Rafik      (0.0)=18-29=1F-0F
 15=Bodre,Krishna        (0.0)-Bodre,Sahasra       (0.0)=30-31=1-0
 16=Maure,Eric           (1.0)-( not paired )

Koshnitsky cup update – round 3 results

Posted on 18 August 2022 by Scott

Juniors information and ratings re Koshnitsky Cup

Posted on 11 August 2022 by Scott

Please find a summary of the announcement which will affect junior competitions organised under Hobson Bay Chess Club banner.

Australian Chess Federation (ACF) has advised that our upcoming and past junior tournaments shall not be registered for ACF rating due to a lack of rated juniors (to circulate the ratings around).

As a result of our discussion, HBCC has decided to rate junior competitions via Tornelo instead
The $5 ACF rating fees for the past tournaments (Hobson Bay Juniors and Western Juniors) will be refunded to the players. Please see Steve Hogan for your refund.
HBCC will be exploring alternative plans to get juniors rated in ACF
For recently concluded Hobson Bay Cup Juniors 2022 tournament, please register your child in Tornelo so we can get your child rated:(https://tornelo.com/chess/orgs/hobsonbaychessclub/events/koshnitsky-juniors-cup-2022/summary). See the attached guide on how to register for the event.
Please ensure that you complete your child’s registration latest by Monday 15/08/2022.

As part of club’s tradition, Matthew Whitford has volunteered to provide free ½ hour coaching session prior to the kickoff of each round (from 6:00 PM- 6:30 PM)

No need to register for this free coaching session, just show up earlier with your notebook and writing materials.

Round 1 results

 1 = Arumalla,Anjana Redd - Gopalan,Pradyun      =   2 -  10 = 1 - 0
 2 = Jha,Aadvik           - Bo,Jeremy            =  11 -   3 = 1 - 0
 3 = Chan,Abby            - Kothari,Sumay        =   4 -  12 = 0 - 1
 4 = Lingineni,Khushal    - Christian,Gavin      =  13 -   5 = 1 - 0
 5 = Das,Ayush            - Ma,Yat Alfred        =   6 -  14 = 0 - 1
 6 = Santoso,Crystin      - Gill,Cyrus           =  15 -   7 = 1 - 0
 7 = Gill,Noah            - Venkatesh,Arvind     =   8 -  18 = 0 - 1
 8 = Zhao,Frank           - Bodke,Krishna        =  19 -  21 = 0 - 1
 9 = Bodke,Sahasra        - Samuel,Jrue          =  22 -  20 = ½ - ½
10 = Schreiber,Kenny      - ( half point bye )   =   1 -   0 = ½
11 = Goh,Nicholas         - ( half point bye )   =   9 -   0 = ½
12 = Syed,Habibah         - ( half point bye )   =  16 -   0 = ½
13 = Syed,Hafsa           - ( half point bye )   =  17 -   0 = ½

Tornelo Guide Download

Koshnitsky Cup (seniors) underway

Posted on 11 August 2022 by Scott

Sorry, I have been away, so this is a catch up post about the first two rounds of this 7 round event, that started on 2 Aug (28 players). There is a new web link for the live boards. This is provided below, with boards 1 and 2 live streamed each week and able to be viewed live or replayed.

https://view.livechesscloud.com/?fbclid=IwAR1bsF0gY7Me2_LQzMZNau-FQGilejGtX9v0TLJ3HmkZXtoHYEO11kx4JWE#69d035b6-3f3f-4c35-ae11-898efec4860f

Round 1 results

 1 = Lacson,Joemar        -Kirk,Ian           =   2 -  14 = 1 - 0
 2 = Matijas,Dejan        -Davis,Tony J       =  15 -   3 = 0 - 1
 3 = Bassig,Hamish        -Maure,Eric         =   4 -  16 = 1 - 0
 4 = De Rooy,Jack         -Paul,Cijo          =  17 -   5 = 0 - 1
 5 = Annapureddy,Rheyansh -Kostakakis,Angelo  =   6 -  18 = 1 - 0
 6 = De Rooy,Samuel       -Whitford,Matthew   =  19 -   7 = 0 - 1
 7 = McIntyre,Julian      -Picone,James       =   8 -  21 = 1 - 0
 8 = Hari,Dhruv           -Szuveges,Narelle S =  23 -   9 = 1F-0F
 9 = Hogan,Steven         -Krishnan,Anirudh   =  10 -  24 = 0 - 1
10 = Lingineni,Khushal    -Saric,Sergey       =  25 -  11 = 0 - 1
11 = Nowak,Ruben          -Liu,Tina           =  12 -  26 = 1 - 0
12 = Palyam,Pranshiv      -Paul,Nikash        =  27 -  13 = 0 - 1
13 = Hogg,Dean            -( half point bye ) =   1 -   0 = ½
14 = Clerk,Max            -( half point bye ) =  20 -   0 = ½
15 = Gopalan,Pradyun      -( half point bye ) =  22 -   0 = ½
16 = Wilkinson,Greg       -( half point bye ) =  28 -   0 = ½

Round 2 Results

 1 = Saric,Sergey      (1.0)-Lacson,Joemar        (1.0)=11- 2=0 - 1
 2 = Davis,Tony J      (1.0)-McIntyre,Julian      (1.0)= 3- 8=1 - 0
 3 = Paul,Nikash       (1.0)-Bassig,Hamish        (1.0)=13- 4=0 - 1
 4 = Paul,Cijo         (1.0)-Nowak,Ruben          (1.0)= 5-12=1 - 0
 5 = Krishnan,Anirudh  (1.0)-Annapureddy,Rheyansh (1.0)=24- 6=0 - 1
 6 = Whitford,Matthew  (1.0)-Hari,Dhruv           (1.0)= 7-23=½ - ½
 7 = Clerk,Max         (0.5)-Hogg,Dean            (0.5)=20- 1=0F-1F
 8 = Gopalan,Pradyun   (0.5)-Szuveges,Narelle S   (0.0)=22- 9=0 - 1
 9 = Kostakakis,Angelo (0.0)-Hogan,Steven         (0.0)=18-10=0 - 1
10 = Kirk,Ian          (0.0)-De Rooy,Samuel       (0.0)=14-19=½ - ½
11 = Picone,James      (0.0)-Matijas,Dejan        (0.0)=21-15=1 - 0
12 = Maure,Eric        (0.0)-Lingineni,Khushal    (0.0)=16-25=1 - 0
13 = Liu,Tina          (0.0)-De Rooy,Jack         (0.0)=26-17=0 - 1
14 = Palyam,Pranshiv   (0.0)-( bye )              (0.0)=27- 0=1
15 = Wilkinson,Greg    (0.5)-( half point bye )   (0.0)=28- 0=½

Western Junior results

Posted on 3 August 2022 by Scott

The list of prize winners for the Junior western event can be found here. Congrats to all that participated, and to the winners. Many thanks to Casey for running this event.

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