2022 Gold Coast Open Premier

Gold Coast Open Premier
 Cross Table at round 9 sorted by score

Pos NAME                           Rtg   T  Fed  Pts |   1     2     3     4     5     6     7     8     9    |  DirE    BucM    Buc1    BucT  
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  1 Kuybokarov, Temur              2582  GM AUS  7.0 | +W23  +B18  +W5   =B2   +W3   -B4   +W10  +B9   =W6    |    0.0    38.5    45.0    48.5 
  2 Cheng, Bobby                   2546  GM AUS  6.5 | +B14  +W10  +B4   =W1   -B9   +W8   =B5   =W3   +B13   |    0.5    39.0    46.0    50.5 
  3 Sardana, Rishi                 2464  IM AUS  6.5 | +B22  =W17  +B8   +W9   -B1   +W11  +W4   =B2   =W5    |    0.5    38.5    45.5    49.0 
  4 Liu, Yi                        2267  FM AUS  6.0 | +W13  +B19  -W2   +B12  +W7   +W1   -B3   =W5   =B8    |    0.0    41.0    48.0    52.5 
  5 Puccini, Jack                  2321  FM AUS  6.0 | +B15  +W25  -B1   =W10  +B14  +W9   =W2   =B4   =B3    |    0.0    38.5    45.5    49.5 
  6 Zhao, Zong-Yuan                2532  GM AUS  6.0 | +W31  =B8   =W12  -B13  +W23  =B7   +W11  +B10  =B1    |    0.0    35.0    42.0    45.0 
  7 Solomon, Stephen J             2276  IM AUS  6.0 | =B11  +W24  =B17  +W21  -B4   =W6   =B8   +W19  +W9    |    0.0    34.5    40.5    44.5 
  8 Kethro, Michael                2124  FM AUS  5.5 | +B21  =W6   -W3   +B22  +W33  -B2   =W7   +B18  =W4    |    0.0    36.5    43.0    46.5 
  9 McClymont, Brodie              2424  IM AUS  5.0 | +W28  +B16  +W27  -B3   +W2   -B5   +W13  -W1   -B7    |    0.0    40.5    47.5    51.0 
 10 Renjith, Sravan                2168  FM NZL  5.0 | +W29  -B2   +W23  =B5   +W13  +F27  -B1   -W6   =B12   |    0.0    37.5    44.5    48.0 
 11 Qi, Zhe                        1845     CHN  5.0 | =W7   =B12  +W16  +B18  =W27  -B3   -B6   +W23  =W14   |    0.0    37.5    44.0    47.5 
 12 Brady, Aiden                   1866     AUS  5.0 | +B24  =W11  =B6   -W4   +B17  +W26  =BYE   --   =W10   |    0.0    35.5    41.5    45.0 
 13 Ooi, Jayden                    1845     AUS  5.0 | -B4   +W36  +B26  +W6   -B10  +W21  -B9   +W17  -W2    |    0.0    33.5    40.0    41.5 
 14 Bukreyev, Andriy               1989     AUS  5.0 | -W2   +B29  =W18  +B15  -W5   =B33  =BYE  +W26  =B11   |    0.0    32.0    38.5    42.0 
 15 Leong, Benjamin                1869     AUS  5.0 | -W5   +B30  =B25  -W14  +B31  =W19  =B26  +W29  =B17   |    0.0    28.5    34.5    37.5 
 16 Rodgers, Jack                  2075     AUS  5.0 | +B35  -W9   -B11  =W28  -B21  =W24  +B22  +W34  +B26   |    0.0    26.5    31.5    34.5 
 17 Nakauchi, Gene                 2124  FM AUS  4.5 | +W33  =B3   =W7   -B27  -W12  +B28  +W23  -B13  =W15   |    0.0    34.0    40.5    44.0 
 18 Litchfield, Frederick          2129     AUS  4.5 | +B34  -W1   =B14  -W11  =B28  +W22  +B21  -W8   =B19   |    0.0    31.0    38.0    41.0 
 19 Grigg, Samuel                  2027     AUS  4.5 | +B36  -W4   -B21  +W34  =BYE  =B15  +W33  -B7   =W18   |    0.0    30.5    36.5    38.0 
 20 Can, Ryan                      1598     AUS  4.5 | -B26  =W32  -B22  =W24  +B34  =W25  =B30  =W21  +B29   |    0.0    25.0    29.0    31.5 
 21 Poberezovsky, Daniel           1761     AUS  4.0 | -W8   +B31  +W19  -B7   +W16  -B13  -W18  =B20  =B24   |    0.0    33.0    39.0    42.0 
 22 Finke, Kelvin                  1904     AUS  4.0 | -W3   =B33  +W20  -W8   =B25  -B18  -W16  +BYE  +B34   |    0.0    30.0    36.5    39.0 
 23 Charles, Gareth                2012  CM AUS  4.0 | -B1   +W34  -B10  +W32  -B6   +W30  -B17  -B11  +BYE   |    0.0    29.5    36.5    39.0 
 24 Froehlich, Peter               2313  IM GER  4.0 | -W12  -B7   -W30  =B20  +W36  =B16  =W28  +B33  =W21   |    0.0    29.5    35.5    37.0 
 25 Li, Jackie                     2077     AUS  4.0 | +W30  -B5   =W15  -B33  =W22  =B20  -W29  =B28  +B36   |    0.0    27.0    33.0    34.5 
 26 Datar, Tejas                   2033     AUS  3.5 | +W20  -B27  -W13  +B29  +W30  -B12  =W15  -B14  -W16   |    0.0    33.5    39.0    42.5 
 27 Stojic, Dusan              (W) 2182  FM AUS  3.5 | +B32  +W26  -B9   +W17  =B11  -F10   --    --    --    |    0.0    33.0    39.0    41.5 
 28 Badrinarayan, Sankeertan       1901     AUS  3.5 | -B9   =W35  =B32  =B16  =W18  -W17  =B24  =W25  =B31   |    0.0    28.0    33.0    35.5 
 29 Lu, Lillian                    1795     AUS  3.5 | -B10  -W14  +B36  -W26  +B32  =W35  +B25  -B15  -W20   |    0.0    27.0    32.0    33.5 
 30 Young, Micah                   1745     AUS  3.5 | -B25  -W15  +B24  +W35  -B26  -B23  =W20  =W31  =B32   |    0.0    25.5    30.5    33.0 
 31 Brown, Joshua                  1915     AUS  3.5 | -B6   -W21  -B34  +BYE  -W15  +W32  =B35  =B30  =W28   |    0.0    24.5    30.5    33.0 
 32 Davis, Tony J                  1818  CM AUS  3.5 | -W27  =B20  =W28  -B23  -W29  -B31  +BYE  +F36  =W30   |    0.0    24.0    29.5    31.5 
 33 Morris, Byron              (W) 1771     AUS  3.0 | -B17  =W22  +B35  +W25  -B8   =W14  -B19  -W24   --    |    0.0    29.5    35.0    38.0 
 34 Christensen, Joshua            1774     AUS  3.0 | -W18  -B23  +W31  -B19  -W20  +B37  +W36  -B16  -W22   |    0.0    27.5    32.5    34.0 
 35 Kumar, Viney               (W) 1735     AUS  2.5 | -W16  =B28  -W33  -B30  +BYE  =B29  =W31   --    --    |    0.0    24.5    29.5    32.0 
 36 Vagg, Adam                     1366     AUS  1.5 | -W19  -B13  -W29  =BYE  -B24  +BYE  -B34  -F32  -W25   |    0.0    25.0    30.0    32.0 
 37 Xing, Zerui                (W) 1720     AUS  1.0 | =BYE  =BYE   --    --    --   -W34   --    --    --    |    0.0    26.0    31.0    33.0 

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2022 Darling Downs Open Results

2022-Darling-Downs-Open
 Cross Table at round 6 sorted by score

Pos NAME                           Rtg   T  Fed  Pts |   1     2     3     4     5     6    |  Buc1    BucM    DirE  
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  1 McClymont,Brodie               2411  IM QLD  6.0 | +B46  +W16  +B10  +W3   +B6   +W5    |   22.5    17.5     0.0 
  2 Brady,Aiden                    2001     QLD  5.5 | +B49  +W38  +B12  +W28  =B5   +W9    |   20.5    16.0     0.0 
  3 Leong,Benjamin                 1687     QLD  5.0 | +B65  +W53  +B27  -B1   +W8   +W20   |   21.0    15.0     0.0 
  4 Grigg,Samuel                   1774     QLD  5.0 | +B94  +W15  -B28  +W31  +B38  +W17   |   18.5    14.5     0.0 
  5 Solomon,Stephen J              2326  IM QLD  4.5 | +W50  +B29  +W14  +B11  =W2   -B1    |   24.0    18.0     0.0 
  6 Morris,Byron                   1786     QLD  4.5 | +W66  +B30  +W21  +B7   -W1   =B13   |   22.5    16.5     0.0 
  7 Lucas,Bradley                     0     NSW  4.5 | +B37  +W25  +B19  -W6   +B16  =B11   |   21.0    16.5     0.0 
  8 Aanan,Shafiuddin               1750     QLD  4.5 | +W45  +B62  =W9   +B18  -B3   +W28   |   20.0    15.0     0.0 
  9 Rose,Noah                      1248     QLD  4.5 | +B72  +W61  =B8   +W33  +B19  -B2    |   19.5    14.0     0.0 
 10 Young,Micah                    1537     QLD  4.5 | +W63  +B24  -W1   =B43  +W56  +B29   |   19.0    13.0     0.0 
 11 Leong,Joel                     1576     QLD  4.5 | +B48  +W41  +B52  -W5   +B34  =W7    |   18.5    14.0     0.0 
 12 Solomon,Anthony                1468     QLD  4.5 | +W60  +B40  -W2   +B42  =W29  +B30   |   18.5    13.0     0.0 
 13 Baneshi,Kiamehr                1520     QLD  4.5 | +B64  -W27  +B44  +W41  +B15  =W6    |   18.0    13.5     0.0 
 14 Jones,Jonathan                 1436     QLD  4.5 | +B51  +W57  -B5   =W27  +B31  +W35   |   18.0    13.5     0.0 
 15 Eriksson,Caleb                 1018     QLD  4.0 | +W32  -B4   +W67  +B23  -W13  +B47   |   20.0    15.0     0.0 
 16 Van Der Byl,Orsen              1236     QLD  4.0 | +W93  -B1   +W50  +B40  -W7   +B39   |   19.5    13.5     0.0 
 17 Hamilton,Don                   1338     QLD  4.0 | +W81  +B39  =BYE  =BYE  +W37  -B4    |   19.0    14.0     0.0 
 18 Weller,Tony                    1350     QLD  4.0 | +B69  +W54  =BYE  -W8   =B27  +W33   |   18.5    14.0     0.0 
 19 Pomerenke,Zachary              1584     QLD  4.0 | +W67  +B43  -W7   +B53  -W9   +B37   |   18.0    13.5     0.0 
 20 Stokes,Mark C                  1336     QLD  4.0 | +B70  =W44  =BYE  +W57  +B22  -B3    |   18.0    13.0     0.0 
 21 Phillips,Max                   1284     QLD  4.0 | +B79  +W35  -B6   -W37  +B49  +W45   |   17.0    12.5     0.0 
 22 Knight,Will                       0     NSW  4.0 | -W42  +B81  +W24  +B62  -W20  +B40   |   16.5    12.5     0.0 
 23 Diep,Tony                         0     QLD  4.0 | -B27  +W51  +B90  -W15  +B44  +W59   |   16.0    12.0     0.0 
 24 Seeto,Sebastian                 844     QLD  4.0 | +B85  -W10  -B22  +W70  +B64  +W48   |   15.5    11.0     0.0 
 25 Lapthorne,Alex                 1272     QLD  4.0 | +W77  -B7   -W39  +B74  +W66  +B46   |   15.0    10.5     0.0 
 26 Moriarty,David                    0     QLD  4.0 | -W39  +B78  -W40  +B63  +W50  +B42   |   14.0    11.0     0.0 
 27 Rawlley,Aarav                   911     QLD  3.5 | +W23  +B13  -W3   =B14  =W18  =B32   |   22.0    17.0     0.0 
 28 Turner,Jai                     1419     QLD  3.5 | +W80  +B42  +W4   -B2   =W30  -B8    |   21.5    16.0     0.0 
 29 Sermonia,Jesus Jr              1215     QLD  3.5 | +B84  -W5   +B49  +W52  =B12  -W10   |   19.5    15.0     0.0 
 30 Webster,Andrew L               1201     QLD  3.5 | +B86  -W6   +B48  +W68  =B28  -W12   |   17.5    13.0     0.0 
 31 Hamawand,Allan                 1299     QLD  3.5 | +W74  =B47  +W58  -B4   -W14  +B56   |   17.5    12.5     0.0 
 32  Love-Hickson,David               0     AUS  3.5 | -B15  +W65  +B54  -W34  +B41  =W27   |   17.0    13.0     0.0 
 33 Salahuddin,Mohammad            1333     QLD  3.5 | +W78  =B58  +W47  -B9   +W43  -B18   |   17.0    12.5     0.0 
 34 Leitch,Jason                   1121     QLD  3.5 | -W58  +B87  +W45  +B32  -W11  =B36   |   17.0    12.5     0.0 
 35 Doran,Kaiden                      0     AUS  3.5 | +W55  -B21  =W56  +B59  +W62  -B14   |   16.5    12.0     0.0 
 36 Cranney,Mark G                    0     AUS  3.5 | -B41  +W64  -B37  +W65  +B57  =W34   |   14.0    10.5     0.0 
 37 Kodituwakku,Binuka              786     AUS  3.0 | -W7   +B74  +W36  +B21  -B17  -W19   |   20.0    15.5     0.0 
 38 Cervenjak,Mark             (W) 1203     QLD  3.0 | +W76  -B2   +W66  +B39  -W4    --    |   20.0    14.5     0.0 
 39 Nelbin,Aaron                    749     QLD  3.0 | +B26  -W17  +B25  -W38  +B52  -W16   |   19.5    15.5     0.0 
 40 Love,Raphael                    831     QLD  3.0 | +B68  -W12  +B26  -W16  +B71  -W22   |   19.0    14.5     0.0 
 41 Ong,Joshua                      918     QLD  3.0 | +W36  -B11  +W60  -B13  -W32  +B63   |   18.5    14.0     0.0 
 42 Vanzella,Alex                   797     QLD  3.0 | +B22  -W28  +B61  -W12  +B73  -W26   |   18.5    14.0     0.0 
 43 Pai,Avaneesh                    972     QLD  3.0 | +B73  -W19  +B70  =W10  -B33  =W51   |   17.5    13.0     0.0 
 44 Gyawali,Iskcon                  743     QLD  3.0 | +W90  =B20  -W13  =B47  -W23  +B69   |   17.5    13.0     0.0 
 45 Kodituwakku,Damhiru             675     AUS  3.0 | -B8   +W71  -B34  +W86  +W53  -B21   |   17.5    13.0     0.0 
 46 Wang,Chloe                      740     QLD  3.0 | -W1   +B77  =W59  =BYE  +B68  -W25   |   17.5    11.5     0.0 
 47 Eddington,James                   0     AUS  3.0 | +B71  =W31  -B33  =W44  +B54  -W15   |   17.0    13.0     0.0 
 48 Lapthorne,Jonathan              643     AUS  3.0 | -W11  +B75  -W30  +B85  +W55  -B24   |   17.0    12.5     0.0 
 49 Wanasingh,Hiresh                719     QLD  3.0 | -W2   +B93  -W29  +B76  -W21  +B75   |   17.0    11.5     0.0 
 50 Ooi,Jonathan                    733     QLD  3.0 | -B5   +W84  -B16  +W79  -B26  +W70   |   16.5    12.0     0.0 
 51 Lamble,Oliver                   621     QLD  3.0 | -W14  -B23  +W82  =BYE  +B58  =B43   |   16.5    12.0     0.0 
 52 Dewage,Senudi                     0     QLD  3.0 | +W56  +B59  -W11  -B29  -W39  +W65   |   16.0    11.5     0.0 
 53 Kuypers,Ron                     999     QLD  3.0 | +W75  -B3   +W63  -W19  -B45  +B67   |   16.0    11.0     0.0 
 54 Williams,Elizabeth              823     QLD  3.0 | +W88  -B18  -W32  +B72  -W47  +B80   |   14.5    10.5     0.0 
 55 Smith,Mathew                    889     QLD  3.0 | -B35  +W72  -B68  +W69  -B48  +W64   |   12.5     9.0     0.0 
 56 Carter,Martin                   915     QLD  2.5 | -B52  +W79  =B35  +W58  -B10  -W31   |   17.0    12.5     0.0 
 57 Dhakal,AAryan                   836     AUS  2.5 | +W82  -B14  +W76  -B20  -W36  =B60   |   16.5    12.0     0.0 
 58 Dodampahala,Wageesha            319     QLD  2.5 | +B34  =W33  -B31  -B56  -W51  +W68   |   16.0    12.5     0.0 
 59 Anderson,Neville D             1331     AUS  2.5 | +B87  -W52  =B46  -W35  +B81  -B23   |   15.0    11.0     0.0 
 60 Wen,Lucas                       630     AUS  2.5 | -B12  +W85  -B41  -W73  +B84  =W57   |   13.5     9.0     0.0 
 61 Sachin,Shivam                     0     AUS  2.5 | +BYE  -B9   -W42  -W64  =B87  +W81   |   13.5     9.0     0.0 
 62 Tsai,Dario                 (W) 1003     QLD  2.0 | +B89  -W8   +B69  -W22  -B35   --    |   17.0    12.5     0.0 
 63  Lapthorne,Joanna               640     AUS  2.0 | -B10  +W73  -B53  -W26  +B72  -W41   |   17.0    12.5     0.0 
 64 Bulchandani,Ruhan               633     AUS  2.0 | -W13  -B36  +W75  +B61  -W24  -B55   |   17.0    12.5     0.0 
 65 Lapthorne,Joseph                672     AUS  2.0 | -W3   -B32  +W93  -B36  +W77  -B52   |   17.0    12.0     0.0 
 66 Cranney,Joash              (W)  705     QLD  2.0 | -B6   +W86  -B38  +W84  -B25   --    |   16.0    11.5     0.0 
 67 Tang,Thomas                     672     AUS  2.0 | -B19  +W89  -B15  -W71  +B79  -W53   |   15.5    11.5     0.0 
 68 Kansagara,Nigam                   0     AUS  2.0 | -W40  +B80  +W55  -B30  -W46  -B58   |   15.0    11.5     0.0 
 69 Wong,Chayton                    613     AUS  2.0 | -W18  +B82  -W62  -B55  +W76  -W44   |   14.5    10.5     0.0 
 70 Gardner,Ayden                   573     AUS  2.0 | -W20  +B88  -W43  -B24  +W85  -B50   |   14.5    10.5     0.0 
 71 Sheppard,Erik              (W)  249     QLD  2.0 | -W47  -B45  +W87  +B67  -W40   --    |   14.0    11.0     0.0 
 72 Lee,Mirabelle                   544     QLD  2.0 | -W9   -B55  +B94  -W54  -W63  +B88   |   14.0     9.5     0.0 
 73 Cranney,Hannah             (W)    0     AUS  2.0 | -W43  -B63  +W77  +B60  -W42   --    |   13.5    10.5     0.0 
 74 Clewett,Curtis                  559     QLD  2.0 | -B31  -W37  +B89  -W25  -B75  +W84   |   13.5     9.5     0.0 
 75 Bradshaw,Charlie                  0     AUS  2.0 | -B53  -W48  -B64  +B78  +W74  -W49   |   13.0    10.0     0.0 
 76 Tebbutt,Isaac                   511     AUS  2.0 | -B38  +W94  -B57  -W49  -B69  +W87   |   12.5     9.0     0.0 
 77 Pu,Dylan                        551     AUS  2.0 | -B25  -W46  -B73  +W88  -B65  +W86   |   12.5     8.5     0.0 
 78 Yong,Jaymers                    566     QLD  2.0 | -B33  -W26  -B86  -W75  +B89  +W82   |   12.0     8.0     0.0 
 79 Lee,Elisabelle                  551     QLD  2.0 | -W21  -B56  +W88  -B50  -W67  +B85   |   12.0     8.0     0.0 
 80 Lapthorne,Jacob                 618     AUS  2.0 | -B28  -W68  -B84  +W89  +B86  -W54   |   10.5     7.0     0.0 
 81 Walker,Darcy                    602     AUS  1.5 | -B17  -W22  =BYE  +B90  -W59  -B61   |   14.5    10.5     0.0 
 82 Kansagara,Aarav                   0     AUS  1.5 | -B57  -W69  -B51  =W87  +W90  -B78   |   10.5     7.5     0.0 
 83 Cooper,Joshua              (W) 1206     QLD  1.0 | =BYE  =BYE   --    --    --    --    |   15.0    11.5     0.0 
 84 Wanasinghe,Senaya               521     AUS  1.0 | -W29  -B50  +W80  -B66  -W60  -B74   |   13.5    10.0     0.0 
 85 Hall,Kevin                        0     QLD  1.0 | -W24  -B60  +BYE  -W48  -B70  -W79   |   13.5     9.5     0.0 
 86 Srinivas,Raakesh                500     QLD  1.0 | -W30  -B66  +W78  -B45  -W80  -B77   |   13.0     9.5     0.0 
 87 Zheng,Ruoqing (Grace)           566     QLD  1.0 | -W59  -W34  -B71  =B82  =W61  -B76   |   12.5     9.0     0.0 
 88 Khatri,Orion                      0     AUS  1.0 | -B54  -W70  -B79  -B77  +BYE  -W72   |   11.0     8.0     0.0 
 89 Barot,Ansh                        0     AUS  1.0 | -W62  -B67  -W74  -B80  -W78  +B90   |   10.5     8.0     0.0 
 90 Pai,Ashni                         0     QLD  0.5 | -B44  =BYE  -W23  -W81  -B82  -W89   |   12.5     8.5     0.0 
 91 Tapia-Vergara,Luis Fernando(W) 1111     QLD  0.0 |  --    --    --    --    --    --    |   12.5     9.0     0.0 
 92 Brdaric,Nikolaj            (W)  868     QLD  0.0 |  --    --    --    --    --    --    |   12.5     9.0     0.0 
 93 Ooi,Daniel                 (W)  539     QLD  0.0 | -B16  -W49  -B65  -F94  -F94   --    |   12.5     8.5     0.0 
 94 Gupte,Praj                 (W)  682     QLD  0.0 | -W4   -B76  -W72  -F93  -F93   --    |   12.5     7.5     0.0 

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2022 Mackay Open

Mackay Open 2022
Mackay - 14/05/2022, 15/05/2022

 Cross Table at round 6

 ID NAME                 Rtg   T  Fed  Pts |   1     2     3     4     5     6  
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  1 McClymont,Brodie     2411  IM QLD  6.0 | +W15  +B8   +W5   +B9   +W3   +B6   
  2 Vucak,Mark           1902     QLD  4.0 | +B16  -W9   +B20  -W3   +B21  +W14  
  3 Whalley,Lee          1609     QLD  3.5 | +W17  +B11  =W6   +B2   -B1   -W7   
  4 Wang,Lachlan         1450     QLD  4.5 | +B18  +W14  -B7   +W21  +W9   =B5   
  5 Buciu,Aurel-John     1387  CM QLD  4.5 | +W19  +B26  -B1   +W27  +B7   =W4   
  6 Weller,Tony          1350     QLD  4.0 | +B20  +W27  =B3   =W7   +B14  -W1   
  7 Stokes,Mark C        1336     QLD  4.5 | +W21  +B29  +W4   =B6   -W5   +B3   
  8 Locke,Dylan          1171     QLD  3.0 | +B23  -W1   -B9   +W19  -B20  +W16  
  9 Joseph,Siju          1136     QLD  4.0 | +W24  +B2   +W8   -W1   -B4   +B15  
 10 De Thomasis,Lincoln  1134     QLD  4.0 |  --   =BYE  =BYE  +B24  +W17  +B27  
 11 Vartis,Arthur         789     QLD  2.0 | +B25  -W3   -B21  -W20  -B18  +W28  
 12 Avramovic,John        684     QLD  2.0 | -W26  -B19  +W18  +B25  -W27  -B29  
 13 Sadhu,Advaita         269     QLD  3.0 | -B27  -W20  +B23  +BYE  +W26  -B17  
 14 Ariyapperuma,Yasinda    0     QLD  3.0 | +W28  -B4   +W24  +B26  -W6   -B2   
 15 Chohan,Hunsveer         0     QLD  3.0 | -B1   +W23  -B27  +W28  +B29  -W9   
 16 Comerford,Kai-Yi        0     QLD  2.0 | -W2   -B21  -W26  +B18  +W24  -B8   
 17 Cross,Ethan             0     QLD  4.0 | -B3   +W25  +B28  +W29  -B10  +W13  
 18 Franettovich,Owen       0     QLD  1.5 | -W4   -B24  -B12  -W16  +W11  =B25  
 19 Gilmour,Tristan         0     QLD  2.0 | -B5   +W12  -W29  -B8   +W25  -B26  
 20 Healy,Liam              0     AUS  4.0 | -W6   +B13  -W2   +B11  +W8   +B23  
 21 Knight,Will             0     NSW  3.0 | -B7   +W16  +W11  -B4   -W2   +B24  
 22 Macdonald,Mitchel(W)    0     QLD  1.0 |  --   =BYE  =BYE  -BYE   --    --   
 23 Marshall,Chase          0     QLD  2.0 | -W8   -B15  -W13  +BYE  +B28  -W20  
 24 McGrath,Dallas          0     QLD  1.0 | -B9   +W18  -B14  -W10  -B16  -W21  
 25 Patroni,Cruz            0     QLD  1.5 | -W11  -B17  +BYE  -W12  -B19  =W18  
 26 Price,Owen              0     QLD  3.0 | +B12  -W5   +B16  -W14  -B13  +W19  
 27 Reed,Andrew             0     QLD  3.0 | +W13  -B6   +W15  -B5   +B12  -W10  
 28 Sandral,Jonty           0     QLD  1.0 | -B14  +BYE  -W17  -B15  -W23  -B11  
 29 Whelan,John             0     AUS  3.0 | +BYE  -W7   +B19  -B17  -W15  +W12

2022 Gold Cup Results

Prizes

1st Sam Grigg 6.5/7 $1500
2nd FM Gene Nakauchi 6/7 $1000
=3rd FM Sravan Renjith 5.5/7 $300
IM Stephen Solomon 5.5/7 $300
Kelvin Finke 5.5/7 $300
Ben Peach 5.5/7 $300
Christian Barkley 5.5/7 $300

Rating Groups

Group 1 1600-1401 1st Joshua Deverajh 5/7 $200
=2nd Kiamehr Baneshi 4.5/7 $45
Ekaterina Gratchev 4.5/7 $45
Jeeva Praveen 4.5/7 $45
Lachlan Wang 4,5.7 $45

Group 2 1400-1201 =1st Tony Weller 4.5/7 $190
Rian Liaw 4.5/7 $190
Group 3 1200-1101 =1st Austin Chen 4.5/7 $125
Brian La 4.5/7 $125
Andrew Lin 4.5/7 $125

Group 4 1100-901 1st Charles Fu 4.5/7 $200
=2nd Jared Consiglio-Cockle 3.5/7 $35
Leo Guo 3.5/7 $35
Caleb Eriksson 3.5/7 $35
Maximilian Windsor 3.5/7 $35
Isaac Liu 3.5/7 $35
Group 5 900 & Under 1st Matthew Smith 4/7 $200
2nd Rentaro Inukai 3/7 $175

Unrated
Free Entry to Peninsula Open
Adult 1st David Moriarty 3/7
Junior 1st Jude Jones 3/7
Cadet 1st Valery Yafremau 2/7
Youngest 1st Rossi Barnes 1.5/7
Cross Table at round 7 sorted by score

Pos NAME                           Rtg   T  Fed  Pts |   1     2     3     4     5     6     7    |  Buc1    BucT  
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  1 Grigg,Samuel                   1989     QLD  6.5 | +B39  =W42  +B68  +W22  +B4   +B13  +W3    |   27.0    30.0 
  2 Nakauchi,Gene                  2112  FM QLD  6.0 | +W50  =B58  +B90  +W16  +B15  =W3   +W8    |   26.5    29.5 
  3 Renjith,Sravan                 2127  FM NZL  5.5 | +B59  +W11  +B41  +B38  +W8   =B2   -B1    |   29.5    32.5 
  4 Solomon,Stephen J              2285  IM QLD  5.5 | +W44  +B81  +W5   =B13  -W1   +B40  +W9    |   28.5    31.5 
  5 Finke,Kelvin                   1880     QLD  5.5 | +B18  +W45  -B4   =W30  +B33  +W20  +W13   |   27.0    30.5 
  6 Peach,Ben                      1733     QLD  5.5 | =BYE  +B49  +W83  +B14  -W13  +F38  +B17   |   24.5    26.5 
  7 Barkley,Christian              1260     QLD  5.5 | -W13  +B74  +W81  +B58  =B17  +W15  +W14   |   24.0    26.5 
  8 Liu,Yi                         2285  FM QLD  5.0 | +B56  +W69  +B27  +W9   -B3   +W10  -B2    |   29.5    32.0 
  9 Ooi,Jayden                     1784     QLD  5.0 | +B71  +W35  +B10  -B8   +W39  +W12  -B4    |   28.0    30.5 
 10 Stojic,Dusan                   2240  FM QLD  5.0 | +W91  +B32  -W9   +B28  +W11  -B8   +W34   |   26.5    29.0 
 11 Devarajh,Joshua                1591     QLD  5.0 | +W79  -B3   +W73  +F25  -B10  +W30  +B31   |   24.5    27.0 
 12 Morris,Byron                   1775     QLD  5.0 | +W72  +B34  -W38  +B44  +W57  -B9   +W28   |   24.0    26.5 
 13 Rodgers,Jack                   2083     QLD  4.5 | +B7   +W20  +B30  =W4   +B6   -W1   -B5    |   32.5    36.5 
 14 Cilia Vincenti, David          2031  CM MLT  4.5 | =W63  +B25  +B42  -W6   +B22  +W29  -B7    |   27.5    30.5 
 15 Aanan,Shafiuddin               1762     QLD  4.5 | =BYE  +B23  +W48  +B19  -W2   -B7   +W41   |   27.5    30.5 
 16 Lovejoy,David                  1756     QLD  4.5 | =BYE  +W24  +B33  -B2   =W28  +B53  =W23   |   26.5    30.0 
 17 Patterson,Miles                1934     ACT  4.5 | +W67  =B28  =W43  +B41  =W7   +B47  -W6    |   24.5    27.5 
 18 Praveen,Jeeva                  1171     QLD  4.5 | -W5   +B88  +W34  +B43  =W40  -B19  +W46   |   24.5    26.5 
 19 Weller,Tony                    1671     QLD  4.5 | =BYE  +W55  +B47  -W15  =B30  +W18  =B21   |   24.0    27.5 
 20 Baneshi,Kiamehr                1565     IRI  4.5 | +W74  -B13  +W72  +B51  =W38  -B5   +W47   |   24.0    26.5 
 21 Fu,Charles                      995     QLD  4.5 | -B29  +W92  -B26  +W56  +B54  +F60  =W19   |   23.5    25.5 
 22 Gratchev,Ekaterina             1499     QLD  4.5 | =W83  +B85  +W61  -B1   -W14  +B51  +W48   |   23.0    25.0 
 23 La,Brian                       1324     QLD  4.5 | =BYE  -W15  +B89  +W60  +B70  =W31  =B16   |   23.0    25.0 
 24 Chen,Austin                    1320     QLD  4.5 | =BYE  -B16  +W76  -W29  +B71  +B42  +W40   |   21.5    24.0 
 25 Lin,Andrew                     1150     QLD  4.5 | +B87  -W14  +B69  -F11  =BYE  +W68  +B43   |   21.5    23.5 
 26 Liaw,Ryan                      1495     QLD  4.5 | =B95  =BYE  +W21  -W39  +B59  +B57  =W29   |   21.0    22.0 
 27 Wang,Lachlan                   1462     QLD  4.5 | +W88  +B61  -W8   -B57  +W82  =B32  +W39   |   20.5    22.5 
 28 Young,Micah                    1544     QLD  4.0 | +B94  =W17  +B31  -W10  =B16  +W49  -B12   |   26.5    27.5 
 29 Kitikov,Oleg                   1675     KGZ  4.0 | +W21  -B38  =W50  +B24  +W48  -B14  =B26   |   25.5    29.0 
 30 Hazell,William                 1360     QLD  4.0 | +W66  +B70  -W13  =B5   =W19  -B11  +W57   |   25.0    27.5 
 31 Korenevski,Oleg                1830  CM QLD  4.0 | =W36  +B53  -W28  +B35  +W46  =B23  -W11   |   24.5    28.0 
 32 Buciu,Aurel-John               1646  CM QLD  4.0 | +B86  -W10  -B39  +W64  +B37  =W27  =B33   |   24.0    26.0 
 33 Van Der Byl,Orsen              1423     QLD  4.0 | =BYE  +B84  -W16  +B50  -W5   +B78  =W32   |   23.5    25.5 
 34 Clarkson,Zayne                 1332     QLD  4.0 | +B92  -W12  -B18  +W87  +B69  +W45  -B10   |   22.5    24.5 
 35 Bender,Peter G                 1392     QLD  4.0 | +B75  -B9   =W82  -W31  +B62  =W52  +B59   |   21.0    23.0 
 36 Smith,Mathew                   1164     QLD  4.0 | =B31  -W90  +W97  =BYE  -B45  +W70  +B58   |   20.0    20.5 
 37 Yevdokimov,Theo                1301     QLD  4.0 | -W38  +W95  -B52  +B72  -W32  +B82  +W61   |   19.5    20.5 
 38 Fernandez,Daniel Howard    (W) 2492  GM ENG  3.5 | +B37  +W29  +B12  -W3   =B20  -F6    --    |   28.5    32.5 
 39 Hart,Luka                      1199     QLD  3.5 | -W1   +B93  +W32  +B26  -B9   =W43  -B27   |   28.0    29.0 
 40 Stokes,Mark C                  1616     QLD  3.5 | =BYE  +B63  =BYE  +W59  =B18  -W4   -B24   |   25.0    28.0 
 41 Jiang,Benjamin Wise            1442     NSW  3.5 | +B64  +F60  -W3   -W17  =B52  +W55  -B15   |   25.0    28.0 
 42 Turner,Jai                     1565     QLD  3.5 | +B80  =B1   -W14  +W52  -B47  -W24  +B75   |   25.0    27.5 
 43 Reddy,Ashok                    1480     NSW  3.5 | =BYE  +W77  =B17  -W18  +B63  =B39  -W25   |   24.0    26.5 
 44 Consiglio-Cockle,Jared         1279     QLD  3.5 | -B4   +W86  +B65  -W12  =BYE  -B46  +W76   |   23.0    25.0 
 45 Harris,Bruce                   1558     QLD  3.5 | +W93  -B5   -W57  +B73  +W36  -B34  =B49   |   22.5    23.5 
 46 Warta,George                   1534     QLD  3.5 | =BYE  -W51  +B94  +W55  -B31  +W44  -B18   |   22.5    23.5 
 47 Strong,Oliver                  1416     QLD  3.5 | =BYE  +B97  -W19  +B83  +W42  -W17  -B20   |   22.5    23.0 
 48 Gratchev,Elizaveta             1413     QLD  3.5 | +W78  =BYE  -B15  +W91  -B29  +W75  -B22   |   22.0    24.5 
 49 Liu,Isaac                      1297     QLD  3.5 | =BYE  -W6   +B77  =W68  +B58  -B28  =W45   |   22.0    24.5 
 50 Jain,Shaurya                   1226     QLD  3.5 | -B2   +W80  =B29  -W33  -B75  +W64  +B71   |   22.0    24.5 
 51 Guo,Leo                        1048     QLD  3.5 | =BYE  +B46  =W58  -W20  =B68  -W22  +B69   |   22.0    24.5 
 52 Eriksson,Caleb                 1018     QLD  3.5 | -W70  +B66  +W37  -B42  =W41  =B35  =W53   |   21.0    23.5 
 53 Lam,Colin                      1373     QLD  3.5 | =BYE  -W31  =B71  +W92  +B81  -W16  =B52   |   21.0    23.0 
 54 Windsor, Maximilian            1422     QLD  3.5 | =BYE  -B83  +W62  =B82  -W21  +W65  =B56   |   19.0    21.0 
 55 Rose,Noah                      1291     QLD  3.5 | =BYE  -B19  +W85  -B46  +W83  -B41  +W73   |   19.0    21.0 
 56 Leitch,Jason                   1275     QLD  3.5 | -W8   -B82  +W78  -B21  +W84  +B86  =W54   |   19.0    21.0 
 57 Zou,Xuyuan                     1043     QLD  3.0 | =BYE  =BYE  +B45  +W27  -B12  -W26  -B30   |   25.0    28.5 
 58 Hamilton,Don                   1583     QLD  3.0 | +B89  =W2   =B51  -W7   -W49  +B72  -W36   |   25.0    27.0 
 59 Fu,Neil                        1265     QLD  3.0 | -W3   +B79  +W70  -B40  -W26  +B77  -W35   |   22.5    25.0 
 60 Vagg,Adam                      1799     QLD  3.0 | +W73  -F41  =BYE  -B23  +W74  -F21  =B62   |   22.0    24.5 
 61 Djachenko,V (Wally)            1802     QLD  3.0 | +B62  -W27  -B22  =W71  =B77  +W63  -B37   |   21.5    24.0 
 62 Inukai,Rentaro                 1146     JPN  3.0 | -W61  =BYE  -B54  +B66  -W35  +B74  =W60   |   20.5    23.0 
 63 Smith,Tristan K                1260     QLD  3.0 | =B14  -W40  +B95  =BYE  -W43  -B61  +W78   |   20.5    21.5 
 64 Jones,Jude                        0     QLD  3.0 | -W41  -B73  +W79  -B32  +W67  -B50  +W86   |   18.5    20.5 
 65 Ong,Joshua                      918     QLD  3.0 | -W81  +B87  -W44  -B70  +W66  -B54  +W84   |   17.5    19.5 
 66 Moriarty,David                    0     QLD  3.0 | -B30  -W52  +B86  -W62  -B65  +W94  +W82   |   17.5    18.5 
 67 Xing,Zeqi                      1190     QLD  3.0 | -B17  -W94  +B88  -W69  -B64  +W89  +W85   |   16.0    17.0 
 68 Sakran,Bernard             (W) 1527     QLD  2.5 | =BYE  +B76  -W1   =B49  =W51  -B25   --    |   25.5    28.0 
 69 Butler,Geoffrey T              1648     QLD  2.5 | +W82  -B8   -W25  +B67  -W34  =B73  -W51   |   23.0    25.0 
 70 Cohen,Scott                    1731     TAS  2.5 | +B52  -W30  -B59  +W65  -W23  -B36  =W79   |   22.0    24.5 
 71 Feldblyum,Alexander            1112     QLD  2.5 | -W9   =B78  =W53  =B61  -W24  +B83  -W50   |   22.0    24.0 
 72 Williams,Elizabeth             1112     QLD  2.5 | -B12  +W75  -B20  -W37  +B92  -W58  =W77   |   21.5    23.5 
 73 Inukai,Kotaro                  1122     JPN  2.5 | -B60  +W64  -B11  -W45  +B94  =W69  -B55   |   21.0    22.0 
 74 Ni,Marcus                       717     NSW  2.5 | -B20  -W7   =B75  +W95  -B60  -W62  +B93   |   20.5    21.5 
 75 Milner,Anthony                    0      WA  2.5 | -W35  -B72  =W74  +B85  +W50  -B48  -W42   |   19.5    21.5 
 76 Jayasundara,Methul             1040     QLD  2.5 | =BYE  -W68  -B24  -W77  +B80  +W93  -B44   |   19.5    20.5 
 77 Hadikusumo,Elijah               578     QLD  2.5 | =BYE  -B43  -W49  +B76  =W61  -W59  =B72   |   19.0    21.5 
 78 McDonald,Aidan                    0     AUS  2.5 | -B48  =W71  -B56  +W89  +B91  -W33  -B63   |   19.0    21.0 
 79 Perera,Ometh                    807     QLD  2.5 | -B11  -W59  -B64  =W88  =B95  +W87  =B70   |   17.0    18.0 
 80 Qu,Harrison                     538     QLD  2.5 | -W42  -B50  -W87  =B93  -W76  +B97  +W94   |   13.5    14.0 
 81 Ni,Lucas                   (W) 1669     NSW  2.0 | +B65  -W4   -B7   +W94  -W53   --    --    |   24.0    25.0 
 82 Rawlley,Aarav                   911     QLD  2.0 | -B69  +W56  =B35  =W54  -B27  -W37  -B66   |   22.5    25.0 
 83 Djachenko,Oscar                   0     QLD  2.0 | =B22  +W54  -B6   -W47  -B55  -W71  =B89   |   22.5    24.5 
 84 Blanchard,Brendan                 0     QLD  2.0 | =BYE  -W33  -B91  =BYE  -B56  +W88  -B65   |   19.0    21.0 
 85 Sem,Shi Ke                      807     QLD  2.0 | =BYE  -W22  -B55  -W75  =B88  +W95  -B67   |   19.0    20.0 
 86 Arthur,Leonard                  900     QLD  2.0 | -W32  -B44  -W66  +B97  +B87  -W56  -B64   |   19.0    19.5 
 87 Yafremau,Valery                   0     BLR  2.0 | -W25  -W65  +B80  -B34  -W86  -B79  +W97   |   19.0    19.5 
 88 Ji,Jayden                         0     QLD  2.0 | -B27  -W18  -W67  =B79  =W85  -B84  +B95   |   18.5    19.5 
 89 Tong,Justin                     742     QLD  2.0 | -W58  =B91  -W23  -B78  +W97  -B67  =W83   |   17.5    18.0 
 90 Wang,Eason                 (W) 1568     QLD  1.5 | =BYE  +B36  -W2    --    --    --    --    |   24.0    26.5 
 91 Wang,Kingston              (W) 1271     QLD  1.5 | -B10  =W89  +W84  -B48  -W78   --    --    |   18.5    20.5 
 92 Oneill,Connor              (W)    0     AUS  1.5 | -W34  -B21  +W93  -B53  -W72  =BYE   --    |   18.5    19.5 
 93 Barnes,Rossi                      0     QLD  1.5 | -B45  -W39  -B92  =W80  +BYE  -B76  -W74   |   16.5    18.0 
 94 Curtis,Brad                       0     QLD  1.0 | -W28  +B67  -W46  -B81  -W73  -B66  -B80   |   19.0    21.5 
 95 Horsfield,Lachlan                 0     AUS  1.0 | =W26  -B37  -W63  -B74  =W79  -B85  -W88   |   18.5    20.5 
 96 Aidaros Ahmed Abdulghafor  (W) 1354     YEM  0.5 | =BYE   --    --    --    --    --    --    |   18.5    20.0 
 97 Lou,Thomas Heng                   0     QLD  0.5 | =BYE  -W47  -B36  -W86  -B89  -W80  -B87   |   17.5    19.5

2022 Darling Downs Open

The Toowoomba Chess Club invites you to participate in the 2022 Darling Downs Open!

Meet up with like minded chess players and compete to win part of a prize pool over $4000!

21 and 22 May 2022  |  Toowoomba, QLD

Date:                         21 and 22 May 2022

Venue:                     Toowoomba Grammar School Junior Hall,

Herries Street, Toowoomba

Time Control:     60 minutes + 20 seconds per move

Ratings:                  ACF & QJ Rated

Full details and online entry at the Toowoomba Chess Club website

2022 BBC Painting Gold Cup Open

The 2022 BBC Painting Gold Cup Open is being held over the long weekend from 29th April to 2nd May 2022

The venue is the Lone Star Tavern, cnr Sunshine Blvd & Markeri St Mermaid Waters 4218

The event is a 7 Round FIDE rated 90 minute plus 30 second from move 1 and is limited to 100 players.

Covid-19 mandates have now been eased. From 1am AEST Thursday 14 April 2022, the requirement to check-in and to be fully vaccinated in a range of venues and events will end. There is now NO requirement to be vaccinated to be able to play in this event.

 

2022 Queensland Reserves and Tin Cup

2022 Queensland Reserves/ Tin Cup
 Cross Table at round 6 sorted by score

Pos NAME                           Rtg   T  Fed  Pts |   1     2     3     4     5     6    |  Buc1    BucT    BucM    Cmlt    Mwns  
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  1 Qi, Zhe                        1696     CHN  6.0 | +W43  +B5   +W16  +B12  +W2   +B7    |   22.5    25.5    17.5    21.0      6  
  2 Leong, Benjamin                1687     AUS  5.0 | +B44  +W26  +B30  +W11  -B1   +W15   |   21.0    24.0    15.0    19.0      5  
  3 Lovejoy, David                 1678     AUS  5.0 | +W31  =B29  +W42  +W15  +B9   =W4    |   20.5    23.5    15.5    18.0      4  
  4 Leitch, Jason                  1121     AUS  5.0 | +W82  +B6   =W24  +B36  +W37  =B3    |   20.0    21.0    15.0    18.5      4  
  5 Howard-Mowat, Oliver           1167     AUS  5.0 | +B41  -W1   +B75  +W32  +B33  +W22   |   19.5    21.0    13.5    16.0      5  
  6 Devarajh, Joshua               1578     AUS  5.0 | +B69  -W4   +B40  +W38  +B19  +W11   |   19.0    21.0    14.0    16.0      5  
  7 Barkley, Christian             1361     AUS  4.5 | +B54  =W38  +B25  +W17  +B22  -W1    |   20.0    22.5    14.0    17.5      4  
  8 Kitikov, Oleg                  1466     KGZ  4.5 | +B48  =W20  =B17  +W21  =B14  +W25   |   19.5    22.5    15.5    15.5      3  
  9 Gratchev, Ekaterina            1502     AUS  4.5 | +W56  +B27  =W13  +B24  -W3   +B28   |   19.5    22.0    14.5    17.0      4  
 10 Jigando, Neo                    686     AUS  4.5 | -B14  +W76  +B34  =W26  +B45  +W23   |   17.5    19.0    13.5    13.5      4  
 11 Young, Micah                   1537     AUS  4.0 | +W67  +B28  +W23  -B2   +W16  -B6    |   21.0    23.0    16.0    17.0      4  
 12 Baneshi, Kiamehr               1520     IRI  4.0 | +B40  +W45  +B14  -W1   =B23  =W17   |   20.5    23.5    14.5    16.5      3  
 13 Kuypers, Ron                    999     AUS  4.0 | +B83  +W39  =B9   -W22  +B26  =W14   |   19.0    20.0    14.5    15.5      3  
 14 Gratchev, Elizaveta            1169     AUS  4.0 | +W10  +B81  -W12  +B64  =W8   =B13   |   19.0    19.5    14.5    15.5      3  
 15 Turner, Jai                    1419     AUS  4.0 | +W71  +B58  +W52  -B3   +W27  -B2    |   18.5    20.5    13.5    17.0      4  
 16 Rose, Noah                     1248     AUS  4.0 | +W64  +B57  -B1   +W50  -B11  +W49   |   18.5    20.5    12.5    15.0      4  
 17 Yang, Bojun                    1074     CHN  4.0 | +W78  +B37  =W8   -B7   +W52  =B12   |   18.5    20.0    14.0    15.5      3  
 18 Guo, Leo                       1048     AUS  4.0 | +B47  =W22  -B39  +W53  =W36  +B44   |   16.5    19.0    13.0    13.5      3  
 19 Weller, Tony                   1350     AUS  4.0 | +W63  -B52  +W68  +B31  -W6   +B38   |   16.0    18.0    11.0    14.0      4  
 20 Fu, Neil                       1012     AUS  4.0 | +W60  =B8   -W36  =B65  +W63  +B37   |   15.5    17.5    11.0    13.0      3  
 21 Jigando, Mia                   1017     AUS  4.0 | -W66  +B80  +W63  -B8   +W46  +B40   |   15.5    16.5    11.0    12.0      4  
 22 Leong, Joel                    1576     AUS  3.5 | +W68  =B18  +W29  +B13  -W7   -B5    |   21.0    23.0    16.0    15.5      3  
 23 Clarkson, Zayne                1176     AUS  3.5 | +B32  +W34  -B11  +W41  =W12  -B10   |   19.5    22.5    15.0    15.0      3  
 24 Phillips, Max                  1284     AUS  3.5 | +B55  +W49  =B4   -W9   =B38  =W34   |   19.0    21.5    14.0    14.5      2  
 25 Marsh, Sam                      922     AUS  3.5 | +W59  =B65  -W7   +B42  +W29  -B8    |   18.0    20.0    13.5    13.5      3  
 26 La, Brian                      1165     AUS  3.5 | +W73  -B2   +W67  =B10  -W13  +B59   |   18.0    20.0    13.0    12.5      3  
 27 Windsor, Maximilian            1013     AUS  3.5 | +B79  -W9   +B55  +W39  -B15  =W33   |   18.0    19.5    13.5    13.5      3  
 28 Feldblyum, Alexander           1017     RUS  3.5 | +B51  -W11  =B54  +W58  +B30  -W9    |   17.5    20.0    13.0    13.0      3  
 29 Consiglio-Cockle, Jared        1078     AUS  3.5 | +B62  =W3   -B22  +W54  -B25  +W55   |   17.0    19.5    12.0    12.5      3  
 30 Li, Ian                        1186     AUS  3.5 | +W72  +B66  -W2   =B52  -W28  +W41   |   17.0    19.0    12.0    13.5      3  
 31 Guan, Isabella                  886     AUS  3.5 | -B3   +W79  +B69  -W19  =B32  +W53   |   17.0    18.5    12.0    11.0      3  
 32 Li, Austin                      711     AUS  3.5 | -W23  +B84  +W57  -B5   =W31  +B52   |   17.0    18.0    12.0    11.0      3  
 33 Curtain, Joseph                1431     AUS  3.5 | -B75  +W47  +B70  +W44  -W5   =B27   |   16.5    18.0    11.5    12.5      3  
 34 Rawlley, Aarav                  911     AUS  3.5 | +W61  -B23  -W10  +B80  +W64  =B24   |   15.5    16.5    11.0    11.5      3  
 35 Pai, Avaneesh                   833     AUS  3.5 | -W37  -B46  +W61  =B56  +W75  +B65   |   12.5    14.0     9.5     8.5      3  
 36 Stewart, Craig A           (W) 1443     AUS  3.0 | =BYE  +W53  +B20  -W4   =B18   --    |   20.0    22.5    15.0    13.0      2  
 37 Ford, Daniel                   1547     AUS  3.0 | +B35  -W17  +B48  +W45  -B4   -W20   |   19.5    22.5    14.5    13.0      3  
 38 Fu, Charles                     995     AUS  3.0 | +W84  =B7   +W65  -B6   =W24  -W19   |   19.0    20.0    14.0    13.5      2  
 39 Jones, Jonathan            (W) 1436     AUS  3.0 | +W46  -B13  +W18  -B27  +W67   --    |   18.5    20.5    14.5    12.0      3  
 40 Inukai, Rentaro                 830     JPN  3.0 | -W12  +B71  -W6   +B60  +W65  -W21   |   17.5    19.5    12.5    10.0      3  
 41 Lin, Xianzhe                    681     AUS  3.0 | -W5   +B61  +W43  -B23  +W68  -B30   |   17.0    19.0    12.0    11.0      3  
 42 Nag, Suvan                     1162     AUS  3.0 | =B53  +W75  -B3   -W25  +B47  =W48   |   17.0    18.5    12.0    10.5      2  
 43 Credland-Ballantyne, Oscar      893     AUS  3.0 | -B1   +W51  -B41  -W47  +B83  +W64   |   17.0    18.0    11.0     8.0      3  
 44 Smith, Mathew                   889     AUS  3.0 | -W2   +B60  +W81  -B33  +W71  -W18   |   17.0    17.5    12.0    11.0      3  
 45 Zou,Xuyuan                     1043     AUS  3.0 | +W80  -B12  +W46  -B37  -W10  +B63   |   16.5    17.5    12.0    11.0      3  
 46 Zhang, Xintong                  778     AUS  3.0 | -B39  +W35  -B45  +W69  -B21  +W74   |   16.0    18.0    12.0     9.0      3  
 47 Hadikusumo, Elijah              578     AUS  3.0 | -W18  -B33  +W72  +B43  -W42  +B68   |   15.5    17.5    11.5     8.0      3  
 48 Wu, Vincent                     786     AUS  3.0 | -W8   +B72  -W37  =B59  +W77  =B42   |   15.0    16.5    10.5     9.0      2  
 49 Qiang, Elaina                   943     AUS  3.0 | +W77  -B24  -W64  +B78  +W50  -B16   |   14.0    15.5    10.0    11.0      3  
 50 Whitaker, Cooper                724     AUS  3.0 | -W65  +B77  +W58  -B16  -B49  +W70   |   13.5    15.0     9.5    10.0      3  
 51 Qiang, Ethen                    454     AUS  3.0 | -W28  -B43  +W73  -B68  +W72  +B67   |   12.5    14.5     9.0     7.0      3  
 52 Xing, Zeqi                      940     AUS  2.5 | +B85  +W19  -B15  =W30  -B17  -W32   |   19.0    19.0    15.0    12.5      2  
 53 Zheng, Zihang                   654     AUS  2.5 | =W42  -B36  +W78  -B18  +W57  -B31   |   16.5    18.0    12.5     9.0      2  
 54 Wu, Elvis                       748     AUS  2.5 | -W7   +B73  =W28  -B29  -W59  +B77   |   16.0    17.5    11.5     8.0      2  
 55 Tong, Justin                    742     AUS  2.5 | -W24  +B82  -W27  =B57  +W56  -B29   |   15.5    16.5    12.0     8.5      2  
 56 Bombardieri, Sam                825     AUS  2.5 | -B9   -W69  +B62  =W35  -B55  +W76   |   15.0    16.5    10.5     6.5      2  
 57 Ong, Joshua                     918     AUS  2.5 | +B74  -W16  -B32  =W55  -B53  +B71   |   14.5    16.5    10.5     8.5      2  
 58 Liu, Isaac                      969     AUS  2.5 | +B76  -W15  -B50  -B28  =W60  +B79   |   14.5    16.0    10.5     8.0      2  
 59 Samaraweera, Vineth             902     AUS  2.5 | -B25  -B67  +W84  =W48  +B54  -W26   |   14.5    15.5    11.0     7.5      2  
 60 Liu, Rocky                      262     AUS  2.5 | -B20  -W44  +B76  -W40  =B58  +W75   |   14.0    15.5    10.0     6.0      2  
 61 Tong, Di                          0     AUS  2.5 | -B34  -W41  -B35  +BYE  =W79  +B78   |   13.0    14.0     9.5     5.0      2  
 62 Ha, Alexander                   593     AUS  2.5 | -W29  -B63  -W56  =B77  +B81  +W80   |   10.5    11.0     7.0     4.5      2  
 63 Gyawali, Iskcon                 743     AUS  2.0 | -B19  +W62  -B21  +W81  -B20  -W45   |   17.5    18.0    13.5     8.0      2  
 64 Wang, Chloe                     740     AUS  2.0 | -B16  +W85  +B49  -W14  -B34  -B43   |   17.5    17.5    13.5     9.0      2  
 65 Cooper, Joshua                 1206     AUS  2.0 | +B50  =W25  -B38  =W20  -B40  -W35   |   17.0    20.0    13.0    10.0      1  
 66 Wang, Yuwei                (W)  417     AUS  2.0 | +B21  -W30  =BYE  =BYE   --    --    |   17.0    20.0    13.0     9.5      1  
 67 Inukai, Kotaro                  830     JPN  2.0 | -B11  +W59  -B26  +W79  -B39  -W51   |   16.5    18.0    12.5     8.0      2  
 68 Purohit, Dhairya                853     AUS  2.0 | -B22  +W83  -B19  +W51  -B41  -W47   |   16.5    17.5    12.5     8.0      2  
 69 Huang, David                    879     AUS  2.0 | -W6   +B56  -W31  -B46  -B70  +W82   |   16.0    17.0    11.0     6.0      2  
 70 Yuan, Stephanie                 765     AUS  2.0 | =BYE  =BYE  -W33  -B71  +W69  -B50   |   14.5    16.5    11.0     7.5      1  
 71 Xu, Sophia                      756     AUS  2.0 | -B15  -W40  +B74  +W70  -B44  -W57   |   14.5    16.5    10.5     7.0      2  
 72 Leslie, Hugo                    717     AUS  2.0 | -B30  -W48  -B47  +W85  -B51  +W81   |   13.0    13.0     9.5     4.0      2  
 73 Liu, Paris                      677     AUS  2.0 | -B26  -W54  -B51  -W76  +B85  +W83   |   11.5    11.5     8.0     3.0      2  
 74 Shanley, Luke                     0     AUS  2.0 | -W57  -B78  -W71  +B82  +W80  -B46   |   10.0    11.0     7.0     5.0      2  
 75 Cubilla, Ed                     770     AUS  1.5 | +W33  -B42  -W5   =BYE  -B35  -B60   |   17.5    20.0    12.5     7.5      1  
 76 Kang, Bryan                       0     NZL  1.5 | -W58  -B10  -W60  +B73  =W78  -B56   |   14.0    15.5     9.5     4.0      1  
 77 Lin, Mason                      571     AUS  1.5 | -B49  -W50  +B83  =W62  -B48  -W54   |   14.0    15.0    11.0     5.5      1  
 78 Karkhanis, Rishad               590     AUS  1.5 | -B17  +W74  -B53  -W49  =B76  -W61   |   13.5    15.0     9.5     6.0      1  
 79 Tong, Max                       278     AUS  1.5 | -W27  -B31  +W82  -B67  =B61  -W58   |   13.5    14.5    10.0     5.0      1  
 80 Bao, Muwei                      502     AUS  1.0 | -B45  -W21  +B85  -W34  -B74  -B62   |   15.0    15.0    11.0     4.0      1  
 81 Zhang, Jeremy                     0     AUS  1.0 | +BYE  -W14  -B44  -B63  -W62  -B72   |   14.0    16.0    10.0     6.0      1  
 82 Ha, Oliver                      638     AUS  1.0 | -B4   -W55  -B79  -W74  +B84  -B69   |   13.0    14.0     8.0     2.0      1  
 83 Dudipalli, Hamsini              173     AUS  1.0 | -W13  -B68  -W77  +B84  -W43  -B73   |   12.5    13.5     8.5     3.0      1  
 84 Brittain, Koby                    0     AUS  1.0 | -B38  -W32  -B59  -W83  -W82  +B85   |   11.0    11.0     7.5     1.0      1  
 85 Ong, Caleb                      505     AUS  0.0 | -W52  -B64  -W80  -B72  -W73  -W84   |    9.5    10.5     7.0     0.0      0  

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Pos NAME                           Rtg   T  Fed  Pts
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1st ($600):
  1 Qi, Zhe                        1696     CHN  6.0

=2nd/3rd/1st Rating Group A ($140):
  2 Leong, Benjamin                1687     AUS  5.0  
  3 Lovejoy, David                 1678     AUS  5.0
  4 Leitch, Jason                  1121     AUS  5.0 
  5 Howard-Mowat, Oliver           1167     AUS  5.0 
  6 Devarajh, Joshua               1578     AUS  5.0

=1st Rating Group B ($25):
 13 Kuypers, Ron                    999     AUS  4.0
 18 Guo, Leo                       1048     AUS  4.0
 20 Fu, Neil                       1012     AUS  4.0
 21 Jigando, Mia                   1017     AUS  4.0 

1st Rating Group C ($100):
 10 Jigando, Neo                    686     AUS  4.5

1st Rating Group D ($100): 
 51 Qiang, Ethen                    454     AUS  3.0

2021 Bundaberg Open Results

Pos NAME                           Rtg   T  Fed  Pts |   1     2     3     4     5     6    |  Buc1    BucT  
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  1 Fernandez,Daniel Howard        2545  GM  OS  5.5 | +B22  +W14  +B7   +W2   +B3   =B4    |   20.5    23.0 
  2 Solomon,Stephen J              2395  IM QLD  4.5 | +B17  +W18  +B4   -B1   +W8   =B5    |   21.0    24.0 
  3 Mashamhanda,Ranga              1800     QLD  4.5 | +B29  +W11  =B6   +W7   -W1   +B8    |   21.0    24.0 
  4 Morris,Byron                   1655     QLD  4.5 | +B28  +W5   -W2   +B24  +B9   =W1    |   20.0    21.5 
  5 McClymont,Brodie               2446  IM QLD  4.5 | +W15  -B4   +B10  +W14  +B11  =W2    |   19.0    22.0 
  6 Leong,Benjamin                 1517     QLD  4.5 | +B25  +W9   =W3   -B8   +W19  +B10   |   17.5    19.5 
  7 Casey,Kevin                    1756     QLD  4.0 | +W26  +B19  -W1   -B3   +W24  +B15   |   17.5    19.5 
  8 Curtain,Joseph                 1200     QLD  3.5 | +W12  +B13  =BYE  +W6   -B2   -W3    |   21.0    24.5 
  9 Harris,Timothy                 1823     QLD  3.5 | +W23  -B6   +W16  +B19  -W4   =B11   |   18.0    20.5 
 10 Aanan,Shafiuddin               1712     QLD  3.5 | +W20  =B16  -W5   +B21  +W12  -W6    |   18.0    20.5 
 11 Hamilton,Don                   1334     QLD  3.5 | +W31  -B3   +W27  +B20  -W5   =W9    |   16.5    17.5 
 12 Summers,Paul G                 1729     QLD  3.5 | -B8   +W32  =BYE  +W25  -B10  +B20   |   14.5    15.5 
 13 Stokes,Mark C                  1324     QLD  3.5 | =B32  -W8   -B25  +W23  +B30  +W14   |   12.5    13.5 
 14 Leong,Joel                     1544     QLD  3.0 | +W24  -B1   +W15  -B5   +W16  -B13   |   19.5    21.5 
 15 Bennet,Phil                    1247     QLD  3.0 | -B5   +W28  -B14  +W26  +B17  -W7    |   16.5    18.0 
 16 McCorkell,Joshua               1282     QLD  3.0 | +W21  =W10  -B9   =BYE  -B14  +W25   |   15.5    17.5 
 17 Jain,Shaurya                   1226     AUS  3.0 | -W2   +B30  -W19  +B27  -W15  +B24   |   13.5    15.0 
 18 Stewart,Craig A                1516     QLD  3.0 | +W30  -B2   -W24  =BYE  =B25  +B26   |   13.0    14.5 
 19 Buciu,Aurel-John               1485  CM QLD  2.5 | +B27  -W7   +B17  -W9   -B6   =W22   |   17.5    19.0 
 20 Joseph,Siju                    1180     QLD  2.5 | -B10  =W21  +B32  -W11  +B31  -W12   |   14.0    15.0 
 21 Rawlley,Aarav                   778     QLD  2.5 | -B16  =B20  +W23  -W10  -B26  +W30   |   13.5    15.0 
 22 Macleod,Keith                  1280     QLD  2.5 | -W1   -B24  -W30  +B28  +W27  =B19   |   13.0    14.5 
 23 Bender,Peter G                 1221     QLD  2.5 | -B9   =W25  -B21  -B13  +W32  +W31   |   12.5    13.5 
 24 Hamawand,Allan                 1111     QLD  2.0 | -B14  +W22  +B18  -W4   -B7   -W17   |   17.5    20.0 
 25 Consiglio-Cockle,Jared          989     QLD  2.0 | -W6   =B23  +W13  -B12  =W18  -B16   |   17.5    20.0 
 26 Hart,Luka                      1213     QLD  2.0 | -B7   -W27  +B28  -B15  +W21  -W18   |   14.0    15.5 
 27 Howard,Joshua                   923     QLD  2.0 | -W19  +B26  -B11  -W17  -B22  +BYE   |   13.5    14.5 
 28 Mulholland,Philip              1178     QLD  2.0 | -W4   -B15  -W26  -W22  +BYE  +B32   |   13.0    13.5 
 29 Willemse,Louis             (W) 1220     QLD  1.5 | -W3   +B31  =BYE   --    --    --    |   16.5    17.5 
 30 Newbold,Riley                   947     QLD  1.5 | -B18  -W17  +B22  =W32  -W13  -B21   |   14.5    15.5 
 31 Richardt,Adam                   833     QLD  1.5 | -B11  -W29  +BYE  =BYE  -W20  -B23   |   14.0    15.5 
 32 Buciu,Alex                      819     QLD  1.0 | =W13  -B12  -W20  =B30  -B23  -W28   |   13.5    15.0 
 33 Bodwell Mamic,Tomislav     (W) 1313     QLD  0.5 | =BYE   --    --    --    --    --    |   14.0    15.5 
 34 Phillips,Max               (W) 1188     QLD  0.5 | =BYE   --    --    --    --    --    |   14.0    15.5 
 35 Sem,Shi Ke                 (W)  701     QLD  0.5 | =BYE   --    --    --    --    --    |   14.0    15.5 

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Study on Educational Benefits of Chess

Research Project involving matching Queensland Junior Chess ratings with NAPLAN scores.

Your assistance is requested to assist researchers Professor Luke van der Laan, GM Dr David Smerdon and doctoral candidate Graeme Gardiner with an important research project in the field of chess and education which we believe will have worldwide implications.

For a successful outcome, we need as many people as possible who had a Queensland Junior Chess rating at any stage during the 14-year period from January 2008 to December 2021 to provide consent for either their school or QCAA (Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority) to provide their NAPLAN literacy and numeracy scores data, date of birth, gender and school attended, for matching with their chess ratings data before de identifying prior to analysis.

Please click this link to complete your consent. It takes less than two minutes.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Y3NPCGK

Those providing consent will go into a random draw for a beautiful wooden Staunton chess set valued at $470.

Please forward this to any of your friends you believe may have had a Queensland Junior Chess rating at any time during the said period.

Arianne Caoili Memorial 2021

Brilliancy Prize – Arianne Caoili Memorial FIDE Rapid, Nov 27 2021

Round 2 GM David Smerdon Vs Rhys Rakauskas 1-0

The Brilliancy Prize – $100 has been awarded to GM David Smerdon for his game in Round 2 with Rhys Rakauskas.

Congratulations David on your beautiful creation, ideas and attack!

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.cxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Bg5 Bg7 7.e5 dxe5 8.dxe5 Nfd7 9.e6 fxe6 10.Nf3 O-O 11.Bc4 Qb6 12.Qe2 Nf6 13.O-O Kh8 14.Rfe1 Nd5 15.Bxd5 exd5 16.Bxe7 Rxf3 17.Qxf3 Qxb2 18.Ba3 Qxa3 19.Re8+ Bf8 20.Rxf8+ Kg7 21.Qf6+ Kh6 22.Rf7 Bg4 23.Qf4+ Kh5 24.Rxh7# 1-0

GM Smerdon has provided a personal account of this game at the following web address for all to enjoy :

https://lichess.org/study/noYhObaq/vyyVHU8K

Posted by Gold Coast Chess Club on Monday, 29 November 2021

2021 Arianne Caoili Memorial FIDE Rapid_REPORT

Churchie Chess Festival 2021

The Churchie Chess Festival 2021 features 3 events –

  • under 20 Blitz – on Friday the 10th December
  • under 20 Swiss – starts Monday  the 13th December
  • under 20 Rapid – starts Tuesday  the 14th December

Featured this year is the rollout of the Churchie ACE system – Advanced Chess Education

DGT e-boards are used to not only broadcast the games virtually live; but are linked into a players’ game storage area where their games are engine analysed. The player then has real-time feedback on the best lines and moves. Coaches can login and provide timely lessons to their students between tournament rounds!

More info on the Churchie DGT ACE System on the Churchie Chess Festival website

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QLD Seniors – 2021

 

2021 QLD SENIORS CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP  By Mark C Stokes

On Saturday October 23 and Sunday October 24 twenty-three keen chess players fifty years of age and older contested the 2021 Queensland Seniors Chess Championship at Saint Josephs’ Primary School in Bracken Ridge. Three games were played on each day at 60 minutes each plus 10 seconds a move. In each of the six rounds a number of games lasted more than two and half hours and many games went right down to the wire. There was no place for the faint-hearted in this Seniors Championship!

The upsets started in round 1 when George Warta, rated 1380, defeated former Queensland Chess Champion Bruce Holliday, rated 1760, on time – George, seconds earlier, had almost lost on time himself! The other top seeds, George Lester (1888), Tony Dowden (1831) and another former Queensland Chess Champion, John Myers (1753) all recorded hard fought victories. Tony Dowden complimented his opponent Jim Ritchie on his very good play, Jim only going astray late in the game in time trouble.

In round 2 Oleg Korenevski (1551) staged an incredible fightback to snatch a draw from the jaws of defeat against the top seed George Lester, with his three or four kingside pawns boldly marching up the board, even though he was a couple of pieces down. It was the game of the round!

With George Lester taking a half point bye in round 3, and Allan Fossey (1624) holding John Myers to a draw, it was just multiple Queensland Senior Champion Tony Dowden on a perfect 3/3 at the end of the first day’s play, after Tony tamed Bruce Littleboys’ (1653) eccentric but tricky opening play. With Myers, Fossey and Korenevski on 2.5/3 and five other contenders on 2, the Title race was still tense as round 4 began on Sunday morning with 20 of the 23 players – John Myers, George Warta and Donny Hamilton had all requested half point byes for the 9:30am Sunday morning game.

The highlight of round 4 was no doubt the top board clash between Allan Fossey on 2.5 and Tony Dowden on 3. In a memorable encounter, this time Allan emerged victorious and with Oleg Korenevski winning on board two over Bruce Littleboy, we had two new leaders at the end of R4, Allan and Oleg. Tony Dowden would now be forced to work very hard in round 5 to remain in contention, and some well rested players were about to join the party too. Tony Weller’s (1450) upset win over Bruce Holliday should not go unmentioned either. It was also rumoured by many in the playing hall that one Mark C Stokes missed a checkmate in one or two against Gympie’s unrated David Haylett and David went on to win in fine style!

In the key round 5 match ups, Oleg and Allan drew on board 1, Tony Dowden came back from a very shaky position to defeat a rather unlucky George Lester, and long time friends Tony Weller and John Myers split the point on board 3 in a well contested game. It was going to come down to final round to determine the 2021 Queensland Seniors Chess Champion.

At the beginning of round 6, there were three equal leaders, Allan , Tony and Oleg,  all on 4 out of 5, with two more players, John and Peter Cronin (1550) on 3.5, still hoping the other results might go their way.

The top board encounter between Oleg and Tony was tense but even throughout, but the other co-leader Allan Fossey was soon in trouble after making an opening error in one of his favourite systems against Tony Weller’s Sicilian. But Allan kept fighting and managed to save what turned out to be crucial half point. With John Myers hopes of all the other results going his way if he won coming true, we finished the tournament with not one, but four Queensland Seniors Chess Champions!

A hearty congratulations to Allan Fossey, John Myers, Tony Dowden and Oleg Korenevski for all finishing equal first on 4.5/6. They will share the first, second and third prize between themselves equally. The best score by players 65 years of age and older, (who had not already won a major prize),  was shared by Bruce Holliday and Tony Weller, both on 4/5. Tony Dowden sponsored this prize once again and he will do so until he reaches that age. Thank you very much Tony!

The 2021 Queensland Seniors Chess Championship was a fun event to be part of  and we hope to make the 2022 Seniors in October next year even bigger and better, as a great warm up the huge Oceania Seniors at Noosa in November. Peter Cronin kindly took some action shots of the players too – thanks very much Peter. Finally, a big thank you to Gail Young from the Queensland Womens Chess League for organizing this event for so many of us to enjoy so much, win, lose or draw.

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QLD Womens and Girls Championships

The Queensland Women’s and Girls Championships was held in the Croci Building of Loreto College, Coorparoo over the weekend of the 16th and 17th October 2021.

A 6 round Swiss ACF and QJ rated event with a time control of 60 minutes and 10 seconds per move incremented from move 1.

QLD Women’s Champion for 2021 is WIM Alexandra Jule

equal 2nd were Regina Edwards and Leteisha Simmonds

QLD Girls Championships was shared by Xintong Zhang and Mia Jigando Balan; and Stephanie Yuan was 3rd.

Best Cadet was Xintong Zhang

Best Junior was Mia Jigando Balan

Best Senior u 1200 was Aditi Sharan

Under 18 was Mia Jigando Balan

Under 16 was Xintong Zhang

Under 14 was Stephanie Yuan

Under 12 was tied between Chloe Wang and Sophia Xu

Under 10 was a three way tie between Ojal Khare, and Alex and Alice Yu

Under 8 a four way tie – Bella Liu, Hamsini Dudipalli, Grace Zheng and Taisiia Starykh

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2021 Leo Wilkinson Memorial Open

This prestigious annual tournament was held at the Grace Lutheran College Rothwell on the 25th and 26th September, 2021. The Leo has been on the Queensland chess tournament agenda for several decades and is played to recognise the significant contribution that the late Leo Wilkinson made to the Redcliffe Chess Club, as well as the wider Queensland chess scene. He was a former CAQ President and long term chess administrator who was champion in promoting chess, especially to the emerging younger generation of players.

The total prize pool on offer was $2,550 with the major sponsors being BBC Painting ( a much valued supporter of chess in Queensland); the Redcliffe Chess Club and the Grace Lutheran College.

The tournament attracted 100 (yes, 100!!!) participants with registrations from five different federations (AUS; NZL; ENG; FIJ and JPN). Organisers were very pleased to see such a strong field assembled, with the top seeds being GM Daniel Fernandez’ IM Brodie McClymont and FM Yi Liu.

In welcoming all to the tournament CAQ President Mark C. Stokes noted the strong contingent of junior players (youngest being just 6); 22 non rated players; 9 young ladies and the older brigade (the oldest being a sprightly 77 years young) making up the largest field that had every contested the Leo.

The tournament was run using Vega (version 8.3.8),with the top 4 boards being televised live at https://livechess.aunz.net. The event’s time control was 60 minutes each plus 20 seconds per move. and was ACF and QJ rated. As well as an Open section, there were five rating groups and a non rated section.

For the statistically minded: the top rated player was 2525 and the average rating (excluding non rated players) was 1151. 573 games were played, with 19 half point byes requested and only 3 players withdrew throughout the tournament. Remarkably, given the number of non rated and new tournament players there was only 1 game lost to two illegal moves.

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As indicated, the top boards were televised live and many are worth playing through. From round 1 the tournament was keenly contested with no easy games and many boards played right up to the commencement of the next round. The joint winners played extremely well and of note is the play of Aiden Brady who has acquitted himself extremely well during 2021 and is on the threshold of breaking the 2000 barrier. He could be the dark horse in the upcoming Queensland State Championships.

Byron Morris and Jayden Ooi continue to challenge the top players and will soon be pushing through to the top ranks. Many of the junior players continue to advance their chess playing skills and demonstrated a knowledge of the game well beyond their age. Such is a credit to their coaches and their enthusiasm for the game.

Overall the tournament went extremely well given the need for strict Covid-19 requirements coupled with the large number of participants.

Upcoming events for the next few months up until the end of 2021 are:

30/9 – 4/10 2021 Queensland Championships
1/10 – 4/10 2021 Queensland U1600 Championships
8/10 and 15/10 Marcus Porter Memorial
16/10 Burleigh FIDE rapid
16/ -17/10 Queensland Womens and Girls Championships
23/10 – 24/10 Queensland Seniors Championships
7/11 Chess People rapid
27/11 – 28/11 Bundaberg Championships

Specific details about each of these events is on the CAQ website.

FA Max Kershaw aka The Horace September, 2021.