Our very own Club Champion for 2022, 8-year-old Rheyansh Annapureddy from Point Cook suburb, is featured in an article at THE AGE website!
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From our President, Steven Hogan, following the recent AGM.
Firstly thanks to the many who attended presentation night (and well done to award winners) and also for those who contributed to the AGM. Pictures from presentations will shortly be on the facebook page.
The senior calendar for 2023 has been drafted, with chess to start back on 31 January.
Significant outcomes from the AGM were as follows:
Commitee for 2023 is below. Great to see many people on board, and helping out with various aspects of an expanding club
Major AGM Decisions:
Wishing you each a merry Christmas, thank you for 2022 and looking forward to the year ahead. Regards Steve
Congratulations to the adult winners: Rheyansh Annapureddy (Championship), Anirudh Krishnan (Reserves), and to the junior winners: Anjana Reddy Arumalla (Championship), Sumay Kothari (Reserves).
The full junior standings can be found here.
The 2022 AGM will be held next Tuesday 6th Dec at 7pm (party and prize giving, and resolutions), with the club re-opening on the 17th January.
Adult Championship cross table
NAME Pts | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ---------------------------------------------------------- Paul,Cijo 4.0 | * 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 Annapureddy,Rheyansh 6.5 | 1 * 1 ½ 1 + 1 1 McIntyre,Julian 1.5 | 0 0 * 0 ½ 0 1 0 Hogan,Steven 4.5 | 1 ½ 1 * 1 ½ 0 ½ Matijas,Dejan 0.5 | 0 0 ½ 0 * 0 0 0 Saric,Sergey 2.5 | 0 - 1 ½ 1 * - 0 Davis,Tony J 5.0 | 1 0 0 1 1 + * 1 Whitford,Matthew 3.5 | 0 0 1 ½ 1 1 0 *
Adult Reserves standings
Pos Name Score TB1 TB2
1 Krishnan,Anirudh 7.0 26.5
2 Lacson,Joemar 6.0 29.0
3 Paul,Nikash 5.0 26.5
4 Davis,Sophie 5.0 25.5
5 Ilic,Milan 4.5 23.5
6 Kirk,Ian 4.0 20.0
7 De Rooy,Samuel 4.0 19.5
8 Palyam,Pranshiv 4.0 16.0
9 Pramod,Rishaan 3.5 28.0
10 Lingineni,Khushal 3.5 27.0
11 Richards,Derek 3.5 26.5
12 Nowak,Ruben 3.5 24.5
13 Picone,James 3.5 24.0 27.0
14 Hari,Dhruv 3.5 24.0 25.0
15 De Rooy,Jack 3.5 22.0
16 Condick,Peter 3.5 18.0
17 Wilkinson,Greg 3.0 23.0 26.0
18 Kostakakis,Angelo 3.0 23.0 24.0
19 Kothari,Sumay 3.0 21.0
20 Clerk,Max 2.0 23.5
21 Majety,Rohan 2.0 22.0
22 Sharma,Annika 2.0 18.0
23 Moreta,Simon 2.0 16.0
24 Liu,Tina 1.0 21.0
25 Gopalan,Pradyun 1.0 20.5 22.0
26 Nadella,Hitansh 1.0 20.5 20.5
Fresh from his win of the U/8 division of the Asian Youth Chess Championship in Bali, Rheyansh was also interviewed. See the link below. Thanks to Casey for the link.
A big congratulations to our own junior Rheyansh, who has continued his excellent overseas form, winning the U/8 division of the Asian Youth Chess Championship in Bali.
The tournament result page link is below. Well done Rheyansh, we’re all very proud of your achievements!! Keep aiming and flying high!
He previously played in our club’s juniors tournaments organized by Tony Davis and now has graduated to playing in the club’s open category. Rheyansh is on target for the Candidate Master title (which will be made permanent once he reaches 2000 rating).
Rheyansh is currently competing in the World Youth Chess Championships in Georgia, ranked as the 4th seed in the U8s. Rheyansh has won his first 2 games, below is a link to his 3rd match tonight (subsequent rounds can also be found in due course).
Go Rheyansh!! HBCC is very proud of how far your chess has come. All the best in this exciting opportunity!
Congratulations to the following players who have qualified:
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:
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 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
We are excited and pleased to announce that we will be running junior chess at our venue on Tuesday nights, starting on the 17 May from 630pm (finishing by 830pm). These events will be vital to cultivate long-term chess interest through the club, and to fill a need for the local junior chess players. Many thanks to Casey Goh for running with this idea and making it a reality!
Full details are still being worked through, but there will be a junior membership fee (proposed to be $50) per annum, as well as a $10 tournament fee (for each tournament entered). This is to cover costs, prizes, etc. These junior events will also be ACF rated.
There is a participation form to be completed by a guardian/parent, that will appear on the web site soon, but it is also attached to this post. Please print it and sign before we start.
As from midnight this Friday 22nd April, the rules around COVID are being relaxed. Vaccination status will no longer need to be shown to enter indoor venues, like our chess club.
Therefore, showing evidence of vaccine status will no longer be a requirement for entering the club from this coming Tuesday (26th April). The club will be open to all, regardless of vaccination status, just in time for the start of the Hobsons Bay Cup (7 rounds, 7 weeks).
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