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
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[Event “April Open 2016”]
[Site “Rothwell”]
[Date “2016.04.9”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Stokes, Mark”]
[Black “McClymont, Brodie”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “A45”]
[PlyCount “62”]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. d5 Ne4 4. h4 Qb6 5. Qc1 g6 6. Nd2 Nxg5 7. hxg5 Bg7 8. c3
d6 9. a4 e6 10. a5 Qd8 11. dxe6 fxe6 12. Ngf3 d5 13. Qc2 O-O 14. Ra4 c4 15. b3
Bd7 16. Rb4 Na6 17. Rxb7 cxb3 18. Qb2 Nc5 19. Rb4 Qxa5 20. Nd4 Rac8 21. e3 Na4
22. Qxb3 Rxc3 23. Qb1 Rfc8 24. Rb8 Rxb8 25. Qxb8+ Rc8 26. Qh2 Rc1+ 27. Ke2 e5
28. Qxh7+ Kf7 29. N4b3 Nc3+ 30. Kf3 e4+ 31. Kg3 Qc7+ 0-1
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[pgn]
[Event “April Open 2016”]
[Site “Rothwell”]
[Date “2016.04.10”]
[Round “4”]
[White “Lam, Ross”]
[Black “Dowden, Tony”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “C02”]
[PlyCount “56”]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 a5 7. Bd3 Bd7 8. O-O f6
9. Re1 cxd4 10. cxd4 fxe5 11. dxe5 Bc5 12. Qe2 Nge7 13. Nc3 Nd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4
15. Bf4 O-O 16. Bg3 Nf5 17. Bxf5 Rxf5 18. Rad1 Raf8 19. Rd2 Bc6 20. Nd1 h5 21.
Ne3 Bb5 22. Qd1 Bxe3 23. Rxe3 Qxe3 24. a4 Ba6 25. h4 Qxg3 26. fxg3 Rf1+ 27.
Qxf1 Rxf1+ 28. Kh2 Re1 0-1
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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 : : : : : :