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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
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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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Generated by Vega - www.vegachess.com (copy licensed to: Gardiner Chess - AUS)
Pos NAME Rtg T Fed Pts ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Generated by Vega - www.vegachess.com (copy licensed to: Bundaberg Chess Club - AUS)
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
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
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.
Final-standings
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
standing-final
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.
2021 under 1600 Championships Results
Terrence Tang is the under 1600 Champion for 2021
QLD-U1600-Champs-2021-final-standings
2021 Championships Results
Queensland Championships and u-1600 players and officials – Grace Lutheran College Rothwell 2021 Photo – Claire Liu
Yi Liu is Queensland State champion for 2021. Well played Yi!
final-standings
2021 Queensland Championships
2021 Queensland Championships
Queensland Juniors Under 14s 16s and 18s Championship
Micah Young, Zerui Xing and Alexavier Ly-Liu – photo Claire Liu
The Under 18 completed with a clear 2021 Queensland Junior (U18) Champion Shafiuddin Aanan with 7/8.
Congratulations also to 2021 Queensland Under 16 Champions: Alexavier Ly-Liu and Kiamehr Baneshi.
And congratulations to Under 14 Champions: Micah Young, Harvey Zhu and Benjamin Leong.
Thanks to major sponsor Midea!
Queensland Juniors Under 12s Championship
Calen Tang, Zerui Xing, Noah Rose and Elaina Quiang
Another close finish: Under 12s came down to the wire in the last round, with four co-champions emerging: Xing Zerui, Noah Rose, Calen Tang and Elaina Qiang. Congratulations to all!
Thanks to major sponsor Midea!