Another successful ‘Best in the West’ 5-round event was held over the Father’s Day weekend (80 players). There was a 5-way tie for first (4.5/5) that included our club’s member and event organiser, Tony Davis, as well as Daniel Gusain. Also, Takshil Kamineni won the rating group 3 prize with a score of 3.0 (ahead of 20 players in his rating group). By my reckoning, there were 17 club members playing in the event.
The latest ACF ratings were published on 1 Sept. The list here gives our member’s rating movements.
This 7 round event has been running for 4 weeks now, so an update is in order. The round 4 results are below; Derek and David were undefeated to round 3, so they played each other in round 4. Sorry for the haphazard update for this event. The Round 5 draw is also below.
Round 4 Results
1 = Richards,Derek ( 3.0) - Beaumont,David ( 3.0) = 7 - 2 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 = Davis,Tony J ( 2.0) - McIntyre,Julian ( 2.5) = 3 - 27 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 = Gusain,Daniel ( 2.0) - Nowak,Ruben ( 2.0) = 30 - 6 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 = Salanowski,Mark ( 2.0) - Kamineni,Takshil ( 2.0) = 5 - 17 = 0F-1F ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 = McIntyre,Charlie ( 2.0) - Maunders,Myiesha ( 2.0) = 9 - 31 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 = Paul,Cijo ( 2.0) - Whitford,Matthew ( 1.5) = 23 - 8 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 = Humphreys,Scott ( 1.5) - Bejjanki,Pranav Sai ( 1.5) = 4 - 18 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 = Matijas,Dejan ( 1.5) - Jing,Lang ( 1.0) = 22 - 12 = ½ - ½ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 = Clerk,Felix ( 1.0) - Hogan,Steven ( 1.0) = 15 - 32 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 = Saric,Sergey ( 1.0) - Kurian,Maksym ( 1.0) = 10 - 16 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 = Johns,Brent ( 1.0) - Waadhwa,Ehsaas ( 1.0) = 11 - 25 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 = Nawar,Mena ( 1.0) - Clerk,Max ( 1.0) = 19 - 14 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 = Kostakakis,Angelo ( 0.5) - Reddy Annapureddy,Dh ( 1.0) = 13 - 24 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 = Deng,Tina ( 0.0) - ( bye ) ( 0.0) = 21 - 0 = 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15 = Zhang,Eric ( 0.0) - Waadhwa,Rakesh ( 0.5) = 35 - 26 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16 = Brockies,Alwyn ( 0.0) - Zhang,Benjamin ( 0.0) = 33 - 34 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17 = Hibberd,Nathan ( 3.0) - ( not paired ) ( 0.0) = 1 - 0 = 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18 = Watson,Nicolas ( 0.0) - ( not paired ) ( 0.0) = 20 - 0 = 0
With all 5 rounds now completed for the Western Masters, Major, Minor and Swiss events, it is a time to praise the winners! Well done to the following winners:
Masters
| Cross Table | Loc | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Score |
| Tony Davis | 1808 | X | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3.5 |
| Narelle Szuveges | 1703 | 0.5 | X | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3.5 |
| Daniel Gusain | 1965 | 1 | 1 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Ruben Nowak | 1496 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mohammad Cheema | 1591 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 1 | 2 |
| Anthony Mann | 1691 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 1 |
Major
| Cross Table | Loc | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Score |
| Phil Minichelli | 1279 | X | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2.5 |
| Matthew Whitford | 1401 | 0.5 | X | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 3 |
| Steven Hogan | 1451 | 1 | 1 | X | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 4 |
| Derek Richards | 1454 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | X | 0 | 1 | 1.5 |
| Julian McIntyre | 1408 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | X | 1 | 4 |
| Charlie McIntyre | 1330 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 0 |
Minor
| Cross Table | Loc | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Score |
| Angelo Kostakakis | 829 | X | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Sergey Saric | 1238 | 1 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Lang Jing | 879 | 1 | 0 | X | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Max Clerk | 791 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Brent Johns | 959 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 1 | 3 |
| Kevin Deraniyagala | 727 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 0 |
Swiss
Pos Pts ID NAME | Rtg PRtg Fed | Buc1 BucT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 4.0 11 Paul,Cijo | 0 577 | 13.5 2 4.0 9 Mathew,Shashi | 0 354 NSW | 12.5 3 3.5 10 Matijas,Dejan | 0 340 | 14.0 4 3.0 2 Kurian,Maksym | 678 125 VIC | 12.0 5 2.5 12 Waadhwa,Ehsaas | 0 315 AUS | 11.5 6 2.0 1 Clerk,Felix | 695 278 VIC | 11.5 13.0 7 2.0 6 De Rooy,Jack | 127 143 VIC | 11.5 13.0 8 2.0 4 Nawar,Mena | 460 67 VIC | 10.5 11.0 9 2.0 5 Watson,Nicolas | 311 0 VIC | 10.5 11.0 10 2.0 13 Waadhwa,Rakesh | 0 0 VIC | 10.5 11.0 11 1.5 3 Bejjanki,Pranav Sai| 572 42 AUS | 11.5 12 1.0 8 Deng,Tina | 0 0 VIC | 8.5 13 0.0 7 De Rooy,Samuel | 0 0 VIC | 9.5
With 3 of 5 rounds now completed for the Western Masters, Major, Minor and Swiss events, it is a time for a quick update to the results and the round 4 pairings for the Swiss event.
Masters
| Cross Table | Loc | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Score |
| Tony Davis | 1808 | X | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | |||
| Narelle Szuveges | 1703 | 0.5 | X | 1 | 1 | 2.5 | ||
| Daniel Gusain | 1965 | 1 | X | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Ruben Nowak | 1496 | 0 | X | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mohammad Cheema | 1591 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 1 | ||
| Anthony Mann | 1691 | 0 | 1 | X | 1 |
Major
| Cross Table | Loc | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Score |
| Phil Minichelli | 1279 | X | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 1.5 | ||
| Matthew Whitford | 1401 | 0.5 | X | 0.5 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Steven Hogan | 1451 | 1 | X | 0.5 | 0.5 | 2 | ||
| Derek Richards | 1454 | 0.5 | X | 0 | 1 | 1.5 | ||
| Julian McIntyre | 1408 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | X | 2 | ||
| Charlie McIntyre | 1330 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 0 |
Minor
| Cross Table | Loc | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Score |
| Angelo Kostakakis | 829 | X | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Sergey Saric | 1238 | X | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Lang Jing | 879 | X | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Max Clerk | 791 | 0 | 1 | X | 1 | 2 | ||
| Brent Johns | 959 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 1 | ||
| Kevin Deraniyagala | 727 | 0 | 0 | X | 0 |
Swiss
Round 4 pairings
1 = Matijas,Dejan ( 2.5) - Mathew,Shashi ( 3.0) = 10 - 9 = ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 = Paul,Cijo ( 2.0) - Kurian,Maksym ( 2.0) = 11 - 2 = ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 = Clerk,Felix ( 1.0) - De Rooy,Jack ( 1.5) = 1 - 6 = ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 = Watson,Nicolas ( 1.0) - Waadhwa,Ehsaas ( 1.5) = 5 - 12 = ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 = Waadhwa,Rakesh ( 1.0) - Bejjanki,Pranav Sai ( 1.0) = 13 - 3 = ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 = De Rooy,Samuel ( 0.0) - Nawar,Mena ( 1.0) = 7 - 4 = ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 = Deng,Tina ( 0.0) - ( bye ) ( 0.0) = 8 - 0 = 1
This week was a bit of fun chess, 7 rounds of 5-minute + 3 seconds chess. Daniel won with a picket fence score.
Standing at round 7 (last round) Pos Pts ID NAME | Rtg PRtg Fed | Buc1 BucT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 7.0 1 Gusain,Daniel | 1965 2169 VIC | 26.5 2 5.0 13 Davis,Sophie | 1108 1324 VIC | 29.0 3 5.0 5 Cheema,Mohammad | 1591 1335 VIC | 28.0 4 5.0 3 CM Davis,Tony J | 1808 1083 VIC | 27.0 5 5.0 4 Humphreys,Scott | 1598 931 VIC | 25.0 6 4.5 9 Hogan,Steven | 1451 1468 VIC | 28.5 7 4.5 11 Whitford,Matthew | 1401 917 VIC | 24.5 8 4.5 10 McIntyre,Julian | 1408 620 VIC | 18.5 9 4.0 16 Kurian,Maksym | 678 1000 VIC | 26.5 10 4.0 12 Saric,Sergey | 1238 973 VIC | 25.0 11 4.0 6 Salanowski,Mark | 1550 603 VIC | 21.5 12 4.0 29 Paul,Cijo | 0 912 AUS | 21.0 13 3.5 14 Clerk,Max | 791 527 AUS | 20.5 14 3.0 7 Nowak,Ruben | 1496 750 VIC | 26.0 28.0 15 3.0 18 Nawar,Mena
The latest club member ratings can be found here. The number of members has also increased from 51 to 63!
Pos Pts ID NAME | Rtg PRtg Fed | Buc1 BucT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 6.0 1 Gusain,Daniel | 2043 2247 VIC | 28.5 2 5.5 3 CM Davis,Tony J | 1822 1762 VIC | 24.5 3 5.0 33 Beaumont,David | 1998 1477 VIC | 25.5 4 5.0 12 Whitford,Matthew | 1321 1260 VIC | 25.0 5 4.5 5 Humphreys,Scott
Round 6 of this event went mostly according to rating. Daniel could not play his game against David so David got the point. But in a slightly unusual twist, they are now scheduled to play each other in round 7, since their round 6 game didn’t happen, and David, even with the extra point, was still the best pairing for the last round. Crazy stuff!
Round 6 results
1 = Gusain,Daniel ( 5.0) - Beaumont,David ( 4.0) = 1 - 33 = 0F-1F ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 = Saric,Sergey ( 3.5) - Hogg,Dean ( 3.5) = 13 - 2 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 = Davis,Tony J ( 3.5) - Hogan,Steven ( 3.5) = 3 - 8 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 = Salanowski,Mark ( 3.0) - Humphreys,Scott ( 3.5) = 6 - 5 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 = Whitford,Matthew ( 3.0) - Nowak,Ruben ( 3.0) = 12 - 7 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 = Richards,Derek ( 3.0) - McIntyre,Julian ( 3.0) = 10 - 11 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 = Johns,Brent ( 2.5) - Lim,Neiss ( 2.5) = 15 - 14 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 = Kostakakis,Angelo ( 2.5) - Kurian,Maksym ( 2.0) = 17 - 21 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 = Jing,Lang ( 2.0) - Bejjanki,Pranav Sai ( 2.0) = 16 - 30 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 = Annapureddy,Dhruthin ( 2.0) - Matijas,Dejan ( 2.0) = 26 - 34 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 = Waadhwa,Ehsaas ( 2.0) - McIntyre,Cameron ( 2.0) = 29 - 28 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 = Clerk,Max ( 1.5) - Clerk,Felix ( 1.5) = 20 - 19 = 1F-0F ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 = Nawar,Mena ( 1.0) - De Rooy,Samuel ( 1.5) = 22 - 24 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 = Deng,Tina ( 1.0) - Deraniyagala,Kevin ( 1.0) = 25 - 18 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15 = De Rooy,Jack ( 1.0) - Dissanayake,Pehansa ( 1.0) = 23 - 27 = 1F-0F ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16 = Watson,Nicolas ( 0.5) - Paul,Cijo ( 0.5) = 31 - 37 = 0 - 1
Just 2 more rounds to go… Daniel remains undefeated.
Round 5 results
1 = Hogan,Steven ( 3.5) - Gusain,Daniel ( 4.0) = 8 - 1 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 = Enano,Ronald ( 3.0) - Beaumont,David ( 3.0) = 4 - 33 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 = Davis,Tony J ( 3.0) - Saric,Sergey ( 3.0) = 3 - 13 = ½ - ½ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 = Hogg,Dean ( 2.5) - Salanowski,Mark ( 3.0) = 2 - 6 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 = Humphreys,Scott ( 2.5) - Johns,Brent ( 2.5) = 5 - 15 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 = Nowak,Ruben ( 2.0) - Jing,Lang ( 2.0) = 7 - 16 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 = Kurian,Maksym ( 2.0) - Richards,Derek ( 2.0) = 21 - 10 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 = McIntyre,Julian ( 2.0) - Annapureddy,Dhruthin ( 2.0) = 11 - 26 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 = De Rooy,Samuel ( 1.5) - Whitford,Matthew ( 2.0) = 24 - 12 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 = Pawlus,Malachy ( 2.0) - Clerk,Felix ( 1.5) = 36 - 19 = 0F-0F ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 = Clerk,Max ( 1.5) - Kostakakis,Angelo ( 1.5) = 20 - 17 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 = Deraniyagala,Kevin ( 1.0) - Waadhwa,Ehsaas ( 1.0) = 18 - 29 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 = Bejjanki,Pranav Sai ( 1.0) - De Rooy,Jack ( 1.0) = 30 - 23 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 = McIntyre,Cameron ( 1.0) - Nawar,Mena ( 1.0) = 28 - 22 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15 = Kirkpatrick,Oscar ( 1.0) - Dissanayake,Pehansa ( 1.0) = 35 - 27 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16 = Paul,Cijo ( 0.5) - Matijas,Dejan ( 1.0) = 37 - 34 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17 = Deng,Tina ( 0.0) - ( bye ) ( 0.0) = 25 - 0 = 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18 = Lim,Neiss ( 2.0) - ( half point bye ) ( 0.0) = 14 - 0 = ½ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19 = Watson,Nicolas ( 0.0) - ( half point bye ) ( 0.0) = 31 - 0 = ½
