Report
38 keen chess players took part in the 2016 April Open at Grace Lutheran College in Rothwell on Saturday April 9 and Sunday April 10. The number one seed was IM Brodie McClymont, with an ACF rating of 2472. But with players like the talented Yi Liu, rated 2316, the tactical Gene Nakauchi, rated 2289 and the very consistent Tony Dowden, rated 2067 in the field, Brodie would have some work to do. The tournament had 13 players rated above 1700 as well.
But Brodie rose to every challenge and with 6 straight wins over Mark Stokes, Tony Weller, Tony Zhong, Yi Liu, Tony Dowden and Hughston Parle he convincingly won the event and the $700 first prize cheque was all his. Gene Nakauchi took outright second place with 5 points and Yi Liu and Edwin Onilongo shared third place with 4.5 points from their 6 games.
Games
Cross Table
No Name Feder Loc Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 1. McClymont, Brodie QLD 2472 6 20:W 12:W 9:W 2:W 4:W 10:W 2. Liu, Yi QLD 2316 4.5 21:W 11:W 15:W 1:L 3:D 9:W 3. Nakauchi, Gene QLD 2289 5 22:D 18:W 7:W 19:W 2:D 4:W 4. Dowden, Tony QLD 2067 4 23:W 13:W 17:W 5:W 1:L 3:L 5. Lam, Ross QLD 1911 4 24:W 14:W 19:D 4:L 22:D 18:W 6. Cashman, Michael QLD 1889 3.5 25:W 15:L 18:W 12:D 16:W 7:L 7. Onilongo, Edwin QLD 1801 4.5 26:D 22:W 3:L 21:W 12:W 6:W 8. Walker, Tyson QLD 1786 4 27:W 17:L 23:W 14:L 25:W 15:W 9. Zhong, Tony (Junhao) QLD 1785 4 28:W 16:W 1:L 15:W 11:W 2:L 10. Parle, Hughston QLD 1775 4 29:W 19:L 25:W 17:W 14:W 1:L 11. Ostapenko, Michael QLD 1757 4 30:W 2:L 20:W 24:W 9:L 19:W 12. Weller, Tony QLD 1734 3 31:W 1:L 27:W 6:D 7:L 23:D 13. Au, Alexander QLD 1722 3 32:W 4:L 24:L 29:W 19:L 34:W 14. Therakam, Clint QLD 1648 4 33:W 5:L 35:W 8:W 10:L 17:W 15. Seabrook, Roy QLD 1645 3 34:W 6:W 2:L 9:L 20:W 8:L 16. Cronin, Peter QLD 1636 3 35:W 9:L 29:W :D 6:L 22:D 17. Berthier, Grant 1607 3 36:W 8:W 4:L 10:L 24:W 14:L 18. Pomerenke, Zachary QLD 1580 3 37:W 3:L 6:L 30:W 27:W 5:L 19. Slater-Jones, Henry QLD 1570 3.5 38:W 10:W 5:D 3:L 13:W 11:L 20. Stokes, Mark C QLD 1539 2 1:L 31:W 11:L 33:W 15:L 27:L 21. Buciu, Aurel-John QLD 1500 3 2:L 26:W :D 7:L 34:D 32:W 22. Wang, Jason QLD 1476 3.5 3:D 7:L 31:W 26:W 5:D 16:D 23. Hamilton, Don QLD 1447 2.5 4:L 32:W 8:L 34:D 26:D 12:D 24. Brewster, Theodora QLD 1411 3 5:L 33:W 13:W 11:L 17:L 35:W 25. Mills, Ross QLD 1381 3 6:L 34:W 10:L 32:W 8:L 30:W 26. Oka, Hikaru QLD 1229 3 7:D 21:L 30:W 22:L 23:D 33:W 27. Sayinath, Vyshak QLD 1086 3 8:L 36:W 12:L 35:W 18:L 20:W 28. Harris, Stephen 918 1 9:L 35:L :D :D 32:L 36:L 29. Arthur, Leonard QLD 891 2 10:L 38:W 16:L 13:L 33:L 37:W 30. Young, Gail QLD 837 2 11:L 37:W 26:L 18:L 36:W 25:L 31. Rogers, Jim QLD 812 1 12:L 20:L 22:L 37:W 35:L 38:L 32. Morris, Byron QLD 700 2 13:L 23:L 36:W 25:L 28:W 21:L 33. Dong, Alexander QLD 670 2 14:L 24:L 38:W 20:L 29:W 26:L 34. Patel, Khush QLD 635 2 15:L 25:L 37:W 23:D 21:D 13:L 35. Zhuang, Raymond QLD 595 2 16:L 28:W 14:L 27:L 31:W 24:L 36. Anand, Aditya QLD 560 2 17:L 27:L 32:L 38:W 30:L 28:W 37. McKenzie, Melody ACT 498 1 18:L 30:L 34:L 31:L 38:W 29:L 38. Cooper, Samantha QLD 1 19:L 29:L 33:L 36:L 37:L 31:W 39. Sakran, Bernard 0 : : : : : :