2013 News Archive
Summer Rapid Open – 7 December
The fourth and final tournament in the series resulted in yet another win for Bob Wansink, who takes the weekend rapid trophy for 2013. He scored 5/5 to head the field of 18 players from Christchurch to Invercargill. Second on 4 points was Shannon Davie, who lost to Wansink in round 2 and won all his other games. Third was shared by Quentin Johnson and Leighton Nicholls on 3½. The under 1200 grade was won by Sean Lau on 3 points, ahead of a 5-way tie for second on 2 between Joe McKee, Riley Jellyman, Max Lough, Ryan Lau and David Marshall. Charlie Li won the upset prize for his draw with Johnson in the third round.
Cross Table
No Name Loc Total 1 2 3 4 5
1 WANSINK, ROBERT 2194 5 8:W 2:W 7:W 3:W 6:W
2 DAVIE, SHANNON 1670 4 13:W 1:L 12:W 9:W 5:W
3 JOHNSON, QUENTIN 2008 3.5 15:W 5:W 9:D 1:L 10:W
4 NICHOLLS, LEIGHTON 1728 3.5 11:W 10:D 6:L 14:W 9:W
5 SADIK, AHMED 1700 3 14:W 3:L 10:W 7:W 2:L
6 GOLD, HAMISH R 1723 3 12:W 7:L 4:W 11:W 1:L
7 BLACK, ROSS 1603 3 17:W 6:W 1:L 5:L 11:W
8 LAU, SEAN 1089 3 1:L 9:L 16:W 13:W 12:W
9 LI, CHENG YANG (CHARLIE) 1260 2.5 18:W 8:W 3:D 2:L 4:L
10 CLAYTON, BEN 1483 2.5 16:W 4:D 5:L 15:W 3:L
11 MCKEE, JOE 1067 2 4:L 13:W 15:W 6:L 7:L
12 JELLYMAN, RILEY 1046 2 6:L 18:W 2:L 17:W 8:L
13 LOUGH, MAX 915 2 2:L 11:L 14:W 8:L 18:W
14 LAU, RYAN 996 2 5:L 16:W 13:L 4:L 17:W
15 MARSHALL, DAVID 1086 2 3:L 17:W 11:L 10:L 16:W
16 REYNOLDS, FRASER 600 1 10:L 14:L 8:L 18:W 15:L
17 LAU, ETHAN 909 1 7:L 15:L 18:W 12:L 14:L
18 THOMPSON, SAM 534 0 9:L 12:L 17:L 16:L 13:L
Perpetual Handicap championship – 4 December
At the end of the 2013 year the highest improvers on club ratings were:
Standard
1st Leighton Nicholls +92
2nd Shannon Davie +65
3rd Charlie Li +63
Rapid
1st Naser Tamimi +103
2nd Benedikt Hilmes +66
3rd Leighton Nicholls +53
Transfer tournament – 4 December
First place went to Team Adidas, consisting of Benedikt Hilmes and Charlie Li, who defeated all-comers, finishing on 5/5. Second equal were the teams of Leight Nicholls & Joe McKee and Quentin Johnson & Max Lough on 3 points. Geoff Aimers and John Armstrong 2 points, Shannon Davie & Bob Clarkson and Brent Southgate & Ben Clayton both 1 point.
Richard Sutton Trophy – 27 November
Bob Wansink finished two points clear in first place after accumulating the maximum 6 points. A large group tied for second on 4 points: Leighton Nicholls, John Sutherland, Benedikt Hilmes & Geoff Aimers. The final results were notable for the large number of rating points gained by junior players at the expense of players over 20. Only Wansink, Sutherland, David Reid and Bob Clarkson managed to resist this trend.
Cross Table
No Name Feder Rtg Total 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 WANSINK, ROBERT 6 20:W 4:W 7:W 6:W 2:W 3:W
2 NICHOLLS, LEIGHTON 4 17:W 8:W 3:L 9:W 1:L 10:W
3 SUTHERLAND, JOHN L 4 0:D 18:W 2:W 8:W 0:D 1:L
4 HILMES, BENEDIKT 4 12:W 1:L 13:W 7:W 6:W 5:L
5 AIMERS, GEOFFREY 4 18:L 12:W 16:D 0:D 11:W 4:W
6 GOLD, HAMISH R 3.5 15:W 9:W 0:D 1:L 4:L 13:W
7 DAVIE, SHANNON 3 10:W 13:W 1:L 4:L 16:W 0:L
8 JOHNSON, QUENTIN 3 16:W 2:L 18:W 3:L 13:W 0:L
9 REID, DAVID M 3 19:W 6:L 15:W 2:L 0:L 17:W
10 LI, CHENG YANG (CHARLIE) 3 7:L 0:D 11:W 14:D 15:W 2:L
11 CLARKSON, ROBERT D 2.5 0:D 19:L 10:L 12:W 5:L 16:W
12 MCKEE, JOE 2.5 4:L 5:L 17:D 11:L 0:W 15:W
13 LOUGH, MAX 2 0:W 7:L 4:L 16:W 8:L 6:L
14 DUFFIELD, TERENCE 2 0: 0: 0: 10:D 17:L 0:L
15 ARMSTRONG, JOHN F 1.5 6:L 0:D 9:L 17:W 10:L 12:L
16 SOUTHGATE, BRENT 1.5 8:L 17:W 5:D 13:L 7:L 11:L
17 CALDER, JOHN 1.5 2:L 16:L 12:D 15:L 14:W 9:L
18 TAMIMI, NASER 1 5:W 3:L 8:L 0:L 0:L 0:L
19 ABAECHERLI, SIMON 1 9:L 11:W 0:L 0:L 0:L 0:L
20 CLAYTON, BEN .5 1:L 0:D 0:L 0:L 0:L 0:L
Club Championship – 16 October
The second leg of the 2013 Club Championship was wrapped up on the same night as the transfer tournament. In the A grade top seed Bob Wansink scored a picket fence 5/5, ahead of John Sutherland 4 and the fast improving Leighton Nicholls on 2½. This easily earned Wansink his second Senior Championship title in a row, on the impressive aggregate score of 9½/10. Sutherland's strong showing the second leg hauled him up to second overall on 6 points, followed by Nicholls and Quentin Johnson tied for third on 5½ points – A great result for Leighton in his first year starting in the A Grade.
The B grade suffred from a pairing error in the sxith and final round, when leading contenders Charlie Li and Brent Southgate were paired against each other for the second time, as they had yet to finish their fifth round game. As a result, they couldn't play six rounds and the scores used for deciding the championhip are those after the fifth round, unless fewer than 6 rounds were played by the player in question: Li and Shannon Davie 4/5, Southgate 3½, John Armstrong, David Reid, Bob Clarkson & John Calder 2½ etc. The final result was the threeway tie for the Intermediate Championship title in the aggregate score of 6½/10 between Davie, Southgate and Li, followed by Armstrong in 4th on 6 points. The result was outstanding for 13 year old Charlie Li in his first championship, and clearly earned him the Junior Championship title as well, ahead of Naser Tamimi on 5 points and John Calder on 3½.
A-Grade crosstable 2nd leg
No
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Name
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Loc
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Total
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#1
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#2
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#3
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#4
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#5
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#6
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1
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WANSINK, ROBERT
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2282
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5
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*
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1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
2
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SUTHERLAND, JOHN L
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2239
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4
|
0
|
*
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
3
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NICHOLLS, LEIGHTON
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1854
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2.5
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0
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0
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*
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1
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1
|
½
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4
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JOHNSON, QUENTIN
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2144
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2
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0
|
0
|
0
|
*
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1
|
1
|
5
|
GOLD, HAMISH R
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1866
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
*
|
1
|
6
|
AIMERS, GEOFFREY
|
1900
|
.5
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0
|
0
|
½
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0
|
0
|
*
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**B Grade Cross Table 2nd leg**
No Name Feder Rtg Total 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 DAVIE, SHANNON 5 8:W 3:L 4:W 9:W 6:W 7:W
2 LI, CHENG YANG (CHARLIE) 4 4:D 9:W 10:W 5:W 3:D 0:L
3 SOUTHGATE, BRENT 3.5 11:W 1:W 5:L 4:W 2:D 0:L
4 REID, DAVID M 2.5 2:D 7:W 1:L 3:L 8:W 6:L
5 CALDER, JOHN 2.5 0:D 12:W 3:W 2:L 7:L 0:L
6 CLARKSON, ROBERT D 2.5 0:D 0:D 0:D 0: 1:L 4:W
7 ARMSTRONG, JOHN F 2.5 0:D 4:L 12:W 8:L 5:W 1:L
8 CLAYTON, BEN 2.5 1:L 0:D 11:D 7:W 4:L 9:D
9 TAMIMI, NASER 2 0:D 2:L 13:W 1:L 0:L 8:D
10 SMITH, JOEL 1.5 0:D 13:W 2:L 0:L 0:L 0:L
11 HILMES, BENEDIKT 1.5 3:L 0:W 8:D 0:L 0:L 0:L
12 MCKEE, JOE 1 0:D 5:L 7:L 13:D 0:L 0:L
13 LOUGH, MAX 1 0:D 10:L 9:L 12:D 0:L 0:L
Transfer tournament – 16 October
The evening was pretty social, starting with Quentin Johnson showing his upset prize earning win over IM Alex Wohl at the
South Island Championship in Nelson the previous week. The game:
[Event "South Island Championship 2013"]
[Site "Nelson"]
[Date "2013.10.12"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Johnson, Quentin"]
[Black "Wohl, Aleksandar IM"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. e4 Bb4 5. Bd3 f5 6. d5 fxe4 7. Bxe4 Nf6 8. Bg5 exd5 9. Bxd5 Qe7+ 10. Ne2 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 c6 12. Bf3 O-O 13. O-O Qc5 14.Qd2 Qxc4 15. Ng3 d5 16. Nf5 Qc5 17. Rfe1 Nbd7 18. Re7 Rf7 19. Rae1 Raf8 20. Bh6 Rxe7 21. Rxe7 gxh6 22. Qxh6 Rf7 23. Qg5+ Kf8 24. Rxd7 Rxd7 25. Qxf6+ Ke8 {Black resigns}
1-0
Then a transfer tournament was played, jointly won by the teams of Geoff Aimers & Joe McKee and Quentin Johnson & Max Lough on 4/5.
Spring Rapid Open – 31 August
Bob Wansink secured the defence of the weekend rapid trophy with a third win the Spring Rapid. In another healthy field of 20 woth players from Christchurch, Oamaru and Invercargill, Bob emerged first with 4½/5. He was only in difficulty in the fourth round aaginst third seed Quentin Johnson after an oversight, but the game ended in a repetition. In the final round Johnson could have joined Wansink in first place, but unaccountably blew a winning pawn ending against Leighton Nicholls, who held the draw. Johnson finished secing equal with Benedikt Hilmes on 4 points. Nicholls was fourth on 3½. The U1400 grade prize was a six-way tie on 2 points, as the field separated unusally into is two rating grades – all players about 1400 finishing on 2½ or more and those below on 2 or less. The winners were David Marshall from Invercargill, Liam Hartland, Gordon Lay and Chance Gibbons all from Oamaru, and locals Max Lough and Joe McKee.
Cross Table
No Name Loc Total 1 2 3 4 5
1 WANSINK, ROBERT 2180 4.5 9:W 4:W 10:W 2:D 5:W
2 JOHNSON, QUENTIN 2019 4 15:W 11:W 3:W 1:D 4:D
3 HILMES, BENEDIKT 1600 4 13:W 7:W 2:L 8:W 10:W
4 NICHOLLS, LEIGHTON 1632 3.5 12:W 1:L 6:W 11:W 2:D
5 DAVIE, SHANNON 1647 3 18:W 6:D 7:W 10:D 1:L
6 CLAYTON, BEN 1485 3 20:W 5:D 4:L 14:W 11:D
7 SUTHERLAND, JOHN L 2046 3 16:W 3:L 5:L 12:W 15:W
8 LOOS, RICK 1500 3 17:W 10:L 13:W 3:L 16:W
9 TAMIMI, NASER 1416 3 1:L 12:L 19:W 13:W 14:W
10 GOLD, HAMISH R 1718 2.5 19:W 8:W 1:L 5:D 3:L
11 BLACK, ROSS 1553 2.5 14:W 2:L 12:W 4:L 6:D
12 MARSHALL, DAVID 2 4:L 9:W 11:L 7:L 19:W
13 HARTLAND, LIAM 2 3:L 16:W 8:L 9:L 20:W
14 LAY, GORDON 2 11:L 15:W 18:W 6:L 9:L
15 LOUGH, MAX 822 2 2:L 14:L 20:W 17:W 7:L
16 MCKEE, JOE 957 2 7:L 13:L 17:W 18:W 8:L
17 GIBBONS, CHANCE 2 8:L 19:W 16:L 15:L 18:W
18 LAY, ZACHARY 1 5:L 20:W 14:L 16:L 17:L
19 MEDLICOTT, ANDREW .5 10:L 17:L 9:L 20:D 12:L
20 THOMPSON, SAM .5 6:L 18:L 15:L 19:D 13:L
Staunton Gambit tournament – 28 August
Bob Wansink was again the convincing winner of this 5-round swiss with 5/5. As with the Shuffle event, also played using the time limit of 5 mins plus 3 seconds Bronstein, no-one in particular emerged to challenge him – with four players finishing tied for 2nd on 3 points. Final scores: 1 Wansink 5/5; 2-5 Quentin Johnson, Leighton Nicholls, Shannon Davie & John Calder 3; 6 Joel Smith 2; 7 John Armstrong 1; 8 Bob Clarkson 0.
Rapid Championship – 21 August
Bob Wansink dropped only half a point to John Sutherland in the A Grade to win the Senior Rapid Championship for 2013 on 14½ (3 points are added to each successive grade). Sutherland finished second on 12½, followed by Quentin Johnson on 11½. The Intermediate Trophy went to Shannon Davie, whose score of 3½/6 in the B Grade translated to 9½ placing him ahead of Leighton Nicholls on 9 in second, and Terry Duffield & Naser Tamimi third equal on 7½. Naser's score of 4½/6 to win the C Grade easily made him the Junior Rapid Champion for 2013, folowed by John Calder second on 4½, and Joel Smith third on 3½.
Cross Table
No Name Feder Loc Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 WANSINK, ROBERT As 2180 14.5 5:W 5:W 3:W 3:W 2:D 2:W 0:- 0:-
2 SUTHERLAND, JOHN L As 2046 12.5 3:W 3:L 5:W 5:W 1:D 1:L 0:- 0:-
3 JOHNSON, QUENTIN As 2019 11.5 2:L 2:W 1:L 1:L 5:W 5:D 0:- 0:-
4 GOLD, HAMISH R Bs 1718 10 7:W 7:L 8:- 8:- 6:W 6:L 14:W 14:W
5 AIMERS, GEOFFREY As 1806 9.5 1:L 1:L 2:L 2:L 3:L 3:D 0:- 0:-
6 DAVIE, SHANNON Bi 1647 9.5 8:W 8:L 7:W 7:D 4:L 4:W 16:D 0:-
7 NICHOLLS, LEIGHTON Bi 1632 9 4:L 4:W 6:L 6:D 8:W 8:D 0:- 0:-
8 DUFFIELD, TERENCE Bi 1635 7.5 6:L 6:W 4:- 4:- 7:L 7:D 0:- 0:-
9 TAMIMI, NASER Cj 1416 7.5 11:W 11:W 10:L 10:W 14:D 14:W 0:- 0:-
10 SOUTHGATE, BRENT Ci 1479 7 14:W 14:W 9:W 9:L 11:W 11:L 0:- 0:-
11 CLAYTON, BEN Ci 1485 6 9:L 9:L 14:W 14:W 10:L 10:W 0:- 0:-
12 CALDER, JOHN Dj 1278 4.5 13:D 13:W 18:W 18:W 15:W 15:L 0:- 0:-
13 ARMSTRONG, JOHN F Dj 1410 4 12:D 12:L 15:L 15:W 18:D 18:W 17:L 17:W
14 REID, DAVID M Ci 1446 3.5 10:L 10:L 11:L 11:L 9:D 9:L 4:L 4:L
15 SMITH, JOEL Dj 1146 3.5 18:W 18:D 13:W 13:L 12:L 12:W 0:- 0:-
16 HILMES, BENEDIKT Dj 2 17:D 17:W 0:- 0:- 0:- 0:- 6:D 0:-
17 CLARKSON, ROBERT D Dj 1327 1.5 16:D 16:L 0:- 0:- 0:- 0:- 13:W 13:L
18 LI, CHENG YANG (CHARLIE) Dj 1339 1 15:L 15:D 12:L 12:L 13:D 13:L 0:- 0:-
Otago/Southland Junior Championship – 17 August
30 players turned out for the 2013 Otago/Southland Junior Championship, spanning from Christchurch in the North to Invercargill in the South, and Wanaka in the West. The top seed were the two Rains brothers Tim and Edward traveeling down from Christchurch, followed by locals Leight Nicholls and Ben Clayton, with Benedikt Hilmes, on exchange from Germany, something of an unknown quantity, as was David Marshall from Invercargill. When the top eeds benag to meet in round 3, Ed Rains downed Clayton while Tim Rains accounted for Hilmes, leaving on the Rains brother and Nicholls on 3/3, Marshall, having drawn with Primary/Interdiate Champion Charlie Li in round 2. Round 4 saw Edward defeat his brother Tim on board 1, while Nicholls stayed with him by beating Li in a pawn endgame. Meanwhile Hilmes had some luck to beat Marshall in a knight vs Rook ending after earlier miscalculating to lose a piece. In the game between the leaders in round 5, Edward Rains was pressing with Black on the queenside, while Nicholls held the position and maintained kingside counterplay. As time ran down for both players Edward sacced material trying to disorient his opponent, but Leighton hoovered it all up in a blitz finish. Both clocks went over the time limit within a split second with neither player able to claim a win, so a excting draw was the result. Tim Rains beat Joe McKee with a risky sacrifice that turned out well when McKee made an illegal move and the only legal move by the same pieces allowed mate in one. Clayton also stayed in the frame by defeating Hilmes after luring him into a cunning trap that won queen for rook and knight. Jessica Rains was the last player on 4 points, followed by Marshall and Li on 3½. In the final round, Ed Rains quickly beat his sister Jessica to ensure at least equal first. Claton and Li agreed a draw ensuring 3rd= for Ben and a share of the under 13 prize for Charlie. David Marshall won to join Clayton in third place on 4½. In the last game to finish, Leight Nicholls won against Tim Rains on board one to join Ed Rains in first place on 5½/6, and win JJ Marlow trophy and the title of Otago/Southland Junior Champion for the second time.
The prize winners were:
Leighton Nicholls: 1st= and Otago/Southland Junior Champion 2013 (winner of JJ Marlow Trophy)
Edward Rains 1st= (ineligible for title as from chch)
Ben Clayton 3rd= and under 15 prize
David Marshall 3rd=
Jessica Rains 1st= under 13 and Best Girl prize
Charlie Li 1st= under 13
Joe McKee 1st= under 13
Ethan Lau under 11 prize
Carlssen van Rooyen, Taine Box & Sean Lau (OBHS) Best team prize
Cross Table
No Name Sch Age Rtg Team Total 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 RAINS, EDWARD 18 1748 5.5 18:W 10:W 3:W 5:W 2:D 8:W
2 NICHOLLS, LEIGHTON Home 15 1632 5.5 22:W 8:W 14:W 6:W 1:D 5:W
3 CLAYTON, BEN LPHS 13 1485 4.5 13:W 9:W 1:L 14:W 7:W 6:D
4 Marshall, David Verd 17 4.5 25:W 6:D 12:W 7:L 21:W 17:W
5 RAINS, TIMOTHY CBHS 15 1871 4 15:W 21:W 7:W 1:L 9:W 2:L
6 LI, Charlie DNI 12 1339 4 19:W 4:D 17:W 2:L 15:W 3:D
7 Hilmes, Benedikt KHS 13 1600 4 16:W 11:W 5:L 4:W 3:L 13:W
8 RAINS, JESSICA Cobh 12 1027 4 23:W 2:L 22:W 15:W 11:W 1:L
9 MCKEE, JOE Balm 11 957 Balmacewen 4 29:W 3:L 16:W 13:W 5:L 18:W
10 VAN ROOYEN, CARLSSEN OBHS 14 987 OBHS 3.5 24:W 1:L 13:L 12:W 16:W 11:D
11 BOX, TAINE OBHS 14 923 OBHS 3.5 26:W 7:L 27:W 21:W 8:L 10:D
12 Bolger, Shaun NSC 14 3.5 30:W 20:D 4:L 10:L 24:W 22:W
13 Jellyman, Riley OBHS 12 3 3:L 28:W 10:W 9:L 14:W 7:L
14 LOUGH, MAX Balm 11 822 Balmacewen 3 28:W 17:W 2:L 3:L 13:L 20:W
15 Khattri, Shabhin Chattri NSC 14 Northern Southland College 3 5:L 23:W 19:W 8:L 6:L 26:W
16 Wilson, Alan Woodford NSC 13 Northern Southland College 3 7:L 26:W 9:L 25:W 10:L 23:W
17 Lau, Sean OBHS 13 1242 OBHS 3 27:W 14:L 6:L 23:W 22:W 4:L
18 Koroheke, Shae NSC 14 Northern Southland College 3 1:L 24:W 21:L 27:W 19:W 9:L
19 Medlicott, Andrew ArtS 12 3 6:L 25:W 15:L 26:W 18:L 21:W
20 Lau, Ethan MH 10 1128 2.5 21:L 12:D 23:L 29:W 27:W 14:L
21 Lau, Ryan Balm 12 1166 Balmacewen 2 20:W 5:L 18:W 11:L 4:L 19:L
22 Caroll, Tyler NSC 13 2 2:L 29:W 8:L 24:W 17:L 12:L
23 Luna, Eliot TNIS 11 Tahuna 2 8:L 15:L 20:W 17:L 28:W 16:L
24 Thompson, Sam Balm 11 2 10:L 18:L 28:W 22:L 12:L 0:W
25 Ruan, Helen Art 9 2 4:L 19:L 0:W 16:L 26:L 29:W
26 Fu, Zishen GSNS 9 2 11:L 16:L 29:W 19:L 25:W 15:L
27 Green, Ben TNIS 11 Tahuna 1.5 17:L 30:W 11:L 18:L 20:L 28:D
28 Klenner, Marshall StLe 9 1.5 14:L 13:L 24:L 0:W 23:L 27:D
29 Wong, Matthew TNIS 11 Tahuna 1 9:L 22:L 26:L 20:L 0:W 25:L
30 Gibson, Eden Wana 7 0 12:L 27:L 0: 0: 0: 0:
Team Standings
Place Name Score
1 OBHS 10
2-3 NORTHERN SOUTHLAND COLLEGE 9
BALMACEWEN 9
4 OT 8.5
5 TAHUNA 4.5
Otago/Southland Primary-Intermediate Individual Championship – 3 August
This year saw a healthy field of 26 players turn out at the Otago Chess Club. Last year's runner up and top seed Charlie Li (12, DNI) drew with his closest rival Joe Mckee (11, Balmacewen) in round 2, winning all his other games to finish first on 5½/6. Joe kept pace until the final round, when he drew with William Scharpf (10, DNI) to finish second on 5 points. William and Chance Gibbons (12, Oamaru Int) were the only players to win their first three games, and William won their clash in round four to reach 4/4. He then went down to DNI teammate Charlie Li in the round five, but finished tied for third with Max Lough (11, Balmacewen) on 4½. This also gave William the first prize in the under 10 grade. Second in the under 10 grade were Ethan Lu (10, Maori Hill) and Zishen Fu (9, George St Normal) on 4 points. The Best Girl was Renee Mullins (11, DNI) on 3. The Best Team prize went to Balmacewen: Joe McKee, Max Lough & Ryan Lau (12) on a combined score of 13½, just half a point ahead on the DNI team.
Cross Table
No Name Feder Rtg Loc Team Total 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 Li, Charlie DNI 12 792 DNI 5.5 10:W 2:D 9:W 14:W 3:W 6:W
2 McKee, Joe Balm 11 766 Balmacewen 5 24:W 1:D 21:W 4:W 5:W 3:D
3 Scharpf, William DNI 10 DNI 4.5 20:W 16:W 19:W 6:W 1:L 2:D
4 Lough, Max Balm 11 749 Balmacewen 4.5 9:D 7:W 17:W 2:L 16:W 10:W
5 Lau, Ethan MH 10 674 Maori Hill 4 7:W 12:W 6:L 8:W 2:L 15:W
6 Gibbons, Chance Oama 12 4 23:W 13:W 5:W 3:L 12:W 1:L
7 Lau, Ryan Balm 12 677 Balmacewen 4 5:L 4:L 24:W 13:W 14:W 12:W
8 Fu, Zishen GSNS 9 234 4 12:L 20:W 13:W 5:L 21:W 16:W
9 Ahmad, Ayoub MH 9 Maori Hill 3.5 4:D 11:W 1:L 16:L 18:W 17:W
10 Wong, Matthew TNIS 11 Tahuna B 3.5 1:L 24:W 22:D 21:W 11:W 4:L
11 Brook, Martin MH 7 3.5 16:D 9:L 20:W 17:W 10:L 19:W
12 Medlicott, Andrew ArtS 12 3 8:W 5:L 15:W 19:W 6:L 7:L
13 Mullins, Renee DNI 11 DNI 3 22:W 6:L 8:L 7:L 25:W 24:W
14 Acklin, Tom TNIS 12 Tahuna A 3 15:W 19:L 25:W 1:L 7:L 20:W
15 Baeumer, Albert Wait 10 Waitati 3 14:L 18:W 12:L 22:W 19:W 5:L
16 Luna, Eliot TNIS 11 Tahuna B 2.5 11:D 3:L 26:W 9:W 4:L 8:L
17 Corbett, Mason TNIS 12 Tahuna B 2.5 26:W 21:D 4:L 11:L 22:W 9:L
18 Ruan, Helen Art 9 2.5 19:L 15:L 23:D 25:W 9:L 26:W
19 Green, Ben TNIS 11 Tahuna A 2 18:W 14:W 3:L 12:L 15:L 11:L
20 McReath, James TNIS 12 Tahuna A 2 3:L 8:L 11:L 26:W 23:W 14:L
21 Hayward, Ben Wait 11 Waitati 2 25:W 17:D 2:L 10:L 8:L 22:D
22 Mullins, Harvey Home 7 2 13:L 23:W 10:D 15:L 17:L 21:D
23 Munro, Arlo Wait 10 Waitati 2 6:L 22:L 18:D 24:D 20:L 25:W
24 Farquhar, Thomas GSNS 9 133 1.5 2:L 10:L 7:L 23:D 26:W 13:L
25 Lau, Jared MH 7 118 Maori Hill 1 21:L 26:W 14:L 18:L 13:L 23:L
26 Brennan, Tobias St B 10 0 17:L 25:L 16:L 20:L 24:L 18:L
Team Standings
Place Name Score
1 BALMACEWEN 13.5
2 DNI 13
3-4 TAHUNA B 8.5
MAORI HILL 8.5
5-6 TAHUNA A 7
WAITATI 7
Club Championship – 24 July
The first leg of the 2013 Club Championship was wrapped up on the same night as the shuffle tournament. In the A grade top seed Bob Wansink dropped only half a point to Quentin Johnson in notiching up a score of 4½/5. So far so expected. The surprise of the event was the strong showing by the fast-improving Leighton Nicholls, who lost only to Wansink and beat Johnson and Gold to end up on a healthly score of 3 points, just behind Johnson on 3½, but well ahead of second seed John Sutherland on 2 points, Geoff Aimers on 1½ and Hamish Gold on ½.
The B grade was shortened to five rounds after a very low turnout on what woiuld have been the second round meant that it was easier to defer the round. John Armstrong set the pace throughout, and was only hauled back in the final round by a narrow loss to top seeded Terry Duffiled in an opposite bishop ending in the final round. This left Duffield and Armstrong tied on 3½/5. The experienced Brent Southgate and two promising juniors, Ben Clayton and Naser Tamimi followed on 3 points, with two club newcomers Charlie Li and Shannon Davie next on 2½.
A-Grade crosstable first leg
No
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Name
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Loc
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Total
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#1
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#2
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#3
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#4
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#5
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#6
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1
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WANSINK, ROBERT
|
2282
|
4.5
|
*
|
½
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
JOHNSON, QUENTIN
|
2144
|
3.5
|
½
|
*
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
NICHOLLS, LEIGHTON
|
1854
|
3
|
0
|
1
|
*
|
½
|
½
|
1
|
4
|
SUTHERLAND, JOHN L
|
2239
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
½
|
*
|
½
|
1
|
5
|
AIMERS, GEOFFREY
|
1900
|
1.5
|
0
|
0
|
½
|
½
|
*
|
½
|
6
|
GOLD, HAMISH R
|
1866
|
.5
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
½
|
*
|
**B Grade Cross Table first leg**
No Name Feder Rtg Total 1 2 3 4 5
1 DUFFIELD, TERENCE 3.5 5:W 0:D 0:D 3:D 2:W
2 ARMSTRONG, JOHN F 3.5 3:W 10:W 0:D 4:W 1:L
3 SOUTHGATE, BRENT 3 2:L 7:W 9:W 1:D 5:D
4 TAMIMI, NASER 3 11:W 9:W 0:D 2:L 6:D
5 CLAYTON, BEN 3 1:L 6:D 10:W 9:W 3:D
6 LI, CHENG YANG (CHARLIE) 2.5 9:L 5:D 7:W 10:D 4:D
7 DAVIE, SHANNON 2.5 10:D 3:L 6:L 12:W 9:W
8 CLARKSON, ROBERT D 1.5 0:D 0:D 0:D 0:L 0:L
9 REID, DAVID M 1 6:W 4:L 3:L 5:L 7:L
10 CALDER, JOHN 1 7:D 2:L 5:L 6:D 0:L
11 MCCAMMON, JED 0 4:L 0:L 0:L 0:L 0:L
12 SMITH, JOEL 0 0: 0: 0: 7:L 0:L
Shuffle tournament – 24 July
Bob Wansink was the convincing winner of this 5-round swiss with 5/5. He negotiated the minelfield of tactical possibilities provided by the unusual starting positions the best at the fast time limit of 5 mins plus 3 seconds Bronstein. It proved a great leveller for the rest – with four players finishing tied for 2nd on 3 points. Final scores: 1 Wansink 5/5; 2-5 Quentin Johnson, Leighton Nicholls, Shannon Davie & Naser Tamimi 3; 6 Ben Clayton 2½; 7-8 Brent Southgate & John Calder 2; 9 John Armstrong 1½; 10 Jed McCammon 0.
Otago/Southland Intermediate Interschool Teams Championship 2013 – 7 July
Twelve teams competed from the 2013 Intermediate Interschool teams Championship, held at the DNI school hall on Sunday 7 July. With the absence fo any Southland teams, including defending champions Southland BHS, the only teams from outside Dunedin were the welcome entries from Oamaru Intermediate School. It became apparent that Balmacewen 1 were the team to beat, after they won 3-1 over the DNI 1 team in round 2. The Balmacewen team dropped only one other point – to Oamaru B in round four, winning all their remaining matches 4-0. Their winning score of 26 points fom a possible 28 was one of the most dominant on record. The battle for the minor places was much closer, with DNI 1 on 21½ in second place just edging out Oamaru A on 20½ in third.
Top
board scorers were board one: Joe McKee of Balmacewen 1 and Charlie Li of DNI 1, both on 6½/7. Board two: Max Lough of Balmacewen 1 on the maximum 7/7. Board three: Ryan Lau of Balmacewen and Ethan Johnston of Oamaru A both on 6/7. Board four: Sam Thompson of Balmacewen 1 and Reuben Bosworth of DNI 1 both on 6½/7.
The event was great fun and thanks again to DNI school for providing a fantastic venue.
Cross Table
No Name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 Balmacewen 1, 26.0 9:4.0 2:3.0 3:4.0 8:3.0 7:4.0 4:4.0 10:4.0
2 DNI 1, 21.5 7:4.0 1:1.0 4:4.0 3:2.0 8:2.5 11:4.0 12:4.0
3 Oamaru Intermediate A, 20.5 5:4.0 4:3.0 1:0.0 2:2.0 9:3.5 8:4.0 7:4.0
4 John McGlashan, 14.0 10:3.0 3:1.0 2:0.0 5:3.0 12:4.0 1:0.0 8:3.0
5 Balmacewen 2, 13.5 3:0.0 9:2.5 7:2.0 4:1.0 6:2.0 12:3.0 11:3.0
6 Arthur Steet, 13.0 12:2.0 11:3.0 8:1.0 7:1.0 5:2.0 10:1.0 9:3.0
7 DNI 2, 12.5 2:0.0 10:4.0 5:2.0 6:3.0 1:0.0 9:3.5 3:0.0
8 Oamaru Intermediate B, 12.5 11:2.5 12:3.5 6:3.0 1:1.0 2:1.5 3:0.0 4:1.0
9 DNI 3, 10.0 1:0.0 5:1.5 10:3.0 11:4.0 3:.5 7:0.0 6:1.0
10 DNI 4, 10.0 4:1.0 7:0.0 9:1.0 12:3.0 11:2.0 6:3.0 1:0.0
11 Portobello A, 9.0 8:1.5 6:1.0 12:3.5 9:0.0 10:2.0 2:0.0 5:1.0
12 Portobello B, 5.0 6:2.0 8:.5 11:.5 10:1.0 4:0.0 5:1.0 2:0.0
Otago/Southland Primary Interschool Teams Championship 2013 – 6 July
Thirteen teams turned out for the 2013 Primary Interschool teams Championship, held at the DNI school hall on Saturday 6 July. Nine of these were from Invercargill, with a much diminished Dunedin turnout of four teams. After three very close rounds there was a tie for the lead between the Enrich @ ILT 1 team and the defending champions, Maori Hill. These two teams faced each other in round 4, with the Enrich team winning by the narrowest margin, 2½-1½, as they had done over the George St Normal team in the previous round. After this the Enrich 1 team pulled away with full points ffrom the remaining three rounds, to win comfortably on 23½ points out of a possible 28. Maori Hill kept in the hunt in round five with a 2½-1½ win over George St, but then suffered a catastrophic 3-1 loss in round six to the Enrich 3 team. This allowed George St to surge ahead with a 4-0 win over Enrich 6. In a tense final round, every point counted to determine who would secoond to Enrich 1, and thus qualify to represent the Otago/Southland in the national interschool finals in Mt Maunganui in September. George St's 1½ point lead proved just enough.: They drew 2-2 with Enrich 4, putting them second on 17½, out of range of all pursuers except Maori Hill, whose 3-1 win over Otatara A left them half a point short on 17 points in third place.
Key to Enrich 1's success was the high
scores on boards 1, 2 and 4: Luke Harvey's 6/7 on board one Clara Voogt's 5½/7 on board three and Thomas Walker's 7/7 on board four were the top scores on these boards. On board three, Zishen Fu of George St and Geoffrey Perriam of Enrich 7 both top-scored with 6/7.
The event was great fun and thanks to DNI school for providing a fantastic venue.
Cross Table
No Name Feder Rtg Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 Enrich 1, 23.5 13:4.0 9:2.5 2:2.5 3:2.5 8:4.0 10:4.0 7:4.0
2 George St Normal, 17.5 7:3.5 8:2.5 1:1.5 4:2.5 3:1.5 12:4.0 6:2.0
3 Maori Hill, 17.0 10:2.0 5:4.0 9:3.0 1:1.5 2:2.5 7:1.0 8:3.0
4 Arthur Street, 16.5 5:1.0 11:3.5 10:2.0 2:1.5 7:1.0 0:4.0 12:3.5
5 Enrich 5, 16.5 4:3.0 3:0.0 12:1.5 13:3.0 6:2.0 11:3.0 0:4.0
6 Enrich 4, 16.0 8:1.0 7:1.0 0:4.0 12:2.0 5:2.0 13:4.0 2:2.0
7 Enrich 3, 14.5 2:.5 6:3.0 11:3.0 9:2.0 4:3.0 3:3.0 1:0.0
8 Otatara A, 14.5 6:3.0 2:1.5 13:4.0 10:2.0 1:0.0 9:3.0 3:1.0
9 Enrich 7, 14.5 0:4.0 1:1.5 3:1.0 7:2.0 10:1.0 8:1.0 13:4.0
10 Enrich 2, 14.5 3:2.0 12:3.5 4:2.0 8:2.0 9:3.0 1:0.0 11:2.0
11 Portobello, 12.0 12:2.0 4:.5 7:1.0 0:4.0 13:1.5 5:1.0 10:2.0
12 Enrich 6, 11.5 11:2.0 10:.5 5:2.5 6:2.0 0:4.0 2:0.0 4:.5
13 Otatara B, 7.5 1:0.0 0:4.0 8:0.0 5:1.0 11:2.5 6:0.0 9:0.0
Otago/Southland Secondary Interschool Teams Championship 2013 – 22 June
Defending champions, Otago Boys High School A, were the out and out favorites in a reduced filed of five teams for the 2013 event. No other team could take a point off them, and so they emerged the wnners on 32 points out of a possible 32 in the double round-robin. The team of Tom Mottershead, Elliot Munro, Naser Tamimi and Joel Smith was substantially the same as the team that won last year, and should have good prospects in the national finals in Mt Maunganui in Sepetember. The runners up were The OBHS B team, again mostly the same as last year's, showing that OBHS chess has a strong future.
The cancellations of Logan Park High School due to illness and Wakatipu High School due to the weather, depleted the field substantially. But he event was fun and a good way to spend a very cold afternoon indoors.
Individual board scores
Cross Table
No Name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 Otago Boys HS A, 32.0 4:4.0 2:4.0 3:4.0 0:0.0 5:4.0 4:4.0 2:4.0 3:4.0 0:0.0 5:4.0
2 Otago Boys HS B, 21.0 3:2.5 1:0.0 5:4.0 4:3.5 0:0.0 3:4.0 1:0.0 5:3.0 4:4.0 0:0.0
3 John McGlashan College A, 12.0 2:1.5 0:0.0 1:0.0 5:3.5 4:1.5 2:0.0 0:0.0 1:0.0 5:4.0 4:1.5
4 Kings HS, 10.5 1:0.0 5:3.0 0:0.0 2:.5 3:2.5 1:0.0 5:2.0 0:0.0 2:0.0 3:2.5
5 John McGlashan College B, 4.5 0:0.0 4:1.0 2:0.0 3:.5 1:0.0 0:0.0 4:2.0 2:1.0 3:0.0 1:0.0
Winter Rapid Open – 8 June
Bob Wansink continued his defence of his weekend rapid trophy with a picket fence in the second event – the Winter Rapid. His 5/5 gave him a point lead over the 21 player field. Second was shared by fourth seed Hamish Gold and newcomer from Christchurch, Shannon Davie on 4 points. The U1500 grade was won by Ben Clayton on 3½, with second going to Naser Tamimi on 3 points. The U1000 grade was shared by Max Lough, Taine Box, Joe McKee and Liam Hartland, who travelled down from Oamaru and also won the upset prize with his round one draw with Ross Black from Christchurch. The next rapid open is the Spring Rapid on Saturday 31 August.
Cross Table
No Name Loc Total 1 2 3 4 5
1 WANSINK, ROBERT 2180 5 18:W 3:W 2:W 5:W 6:W
2 GOLD, HAMISH R 1752 4 13:W 15:W 1:L 9:W 7:W
3 DAVIE, SHANNON 1647 4 0:W 1:L 18:W 15:W 5:W
4 CLAYTON, BEN 1474 3.5 20:W 10:D 19:W 6:L 14:W
5 JOHNSON, QUENTIN 2003 3 8:W 9:W 6:W 1:L 3:L
6 SUTHERLAND, JOHN L 2051 3 16:W 7:W 5:L 4:W 1:L
7 NICHOLLS, LEIGHTON 1591 3 12:W 6:L 16:W 8:W 2:L
8 TAMIMI, NASER 1216 3 5:L 11:W 10:W 7:L 18:W
9 HILL, RYAN 1554 3 11:W 5:L 13:W 2:L 15:W
10 BLACK, ROSS 1553 3 14:D 4:D 8:L 20:W 16:W
11 LOUGH, MAX 822 2.5 9:L 8:L 12:D 0:W 19:W
12 BOX, TAINE 923 2.5 7:L 16:L 11:D 21:W 0:W
13 MCKEE, JOE 957 2.5 2:L 17:W 9:L 18:D 20:W
14 HARTLAND, LIAM 2.5 10:D 18:L 21:W 19:W 4:L
15 CLARKSON, ROBERT D 1368 2 17:W 2:L 20:W 3:L 9:L
16 LAU, SEAN 1242 2 6:L 12:W 7:L 17:W 10:L
17 LAY, GORDON 2 15:L 13:L 0:W 16:L 21:W
18 LI, CHENG YANG (CHARLIE) 1282 1.5 1:L 14:W 3:L 13:D 8:L
19 LAU, RYAN 1166 1.5 0:D 21:W 4:L 14:L 11:L
20 LITTLE, WILLIAM 1 4:L 0:W 15:L 10:L 13:L
21 LAU, ETHAN 1128 .5 0:D 19:L 14:L 12:L 17:L
Cleland Trophy – 5 June
Top seed John Sutherland won the 2013 Cleland Trophy fairly comfortably, despite taking a bye in round two. He won all his other games to finish on 5/6 a point ahead of Leighton Nicholls and Brent Southgate on 4 points, both gaining plenty of rating points. Newcomer Jed McCammon found the going tough, but managed to win one game against a strong field.
Cross Table
No Name Feder Rtg Total 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 SUTHERLAND, JOHN L 5 12:W 0:L 5:W 2:W 3:W 6:W
2 NICHOLLS, LEIGHTON 4 10:W 5:W 3:D 1:L 4:D 9:W
3 SOUTHGATE, BRENT 4 11:W 4:D 2:D 9:W 1:L 5:W
4 AIMERS, GEOFFREY 3.5 9:D 3:D 6:W 10:L 2:D 11:W
5 GOLD, HAMISH R 3 6:W 2:L 1:L 7:W 9:W 3:L
6 REID, DAVID M 3 5:L 7:W 4:L 12:W 10:W 1:L
7 ARMSTRONG, JOHN F 3 8:L 6:L 13:W 5:L 11:W 0:W
8 CLAYTON, BEN 2.5 7:W 0: 65:W 0: 13:D 0:
9 CLARKSON, ROBERT D 2 4:D 12:D 10:W 3:L 5:L 2:L
10 DUFFIELD, TERENCE 2 2:L 11:W 9:L 4:W 6:L 0:
11 McCammon, Jed 1 3:L 10:L 12:W 0:L 7:L 4:L
12 TAMIMI, NASER .5 1:L 9:D 11:L 6:L 0:L 0:
13 LI, CHENG YANG (CHARLIE) .5 0:L 0: 7:L 0: 8:D 0:
Swiss Rapid – 24 April
The top two seeds John Sutherland and Quentin Johnson took several byes each in this event, which kept the race for first wide open until the end. After the fifth round, after a string of 4 upset wins, bottom seeded Naser Tamimi held the lead with Johnson. Going into the final evening, Sutheland, Johnson and fourth-seeded Geoff Aimers shared the lead on 4½/6 ahead of Tamimi on 4. The game Sutherland-Johnson was decided in favour of Black in the time scramble, when Sutherland jettisoned a rook, while Aimers kept up by defeating Tamimi. In the final round, Aimers was held to a draw by Leighton Nicholls, while Johnson won against Tamimi to finish first on 6½/8. Aimers was second on 6, Sutherland third on 5½, while Nicholls' last round result earned him fourth place on 4½. Naser Tamimi's result of 4/8 was 3½ points higher than his expected score, so should result in a large jump in his rating.
Cross Table
No Name Feder Rtg Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 JOHNSON, QUENTIN 6.5 0:D 7:W 0:D 2:W 10:W 0:D 3:W 5:W
2 AIMERS, GEOFFREY 6 8:W 10:W 14:W 1:L 3:D 6:W 5:W 4:D
3 SUTHERLAND, JOHN L 5.5 9:W 4:W 0:D 0:D 2:D 5:W 1:L 6:W
4 NICHOLLS, LEIGHTON 4.5 12:W 3:L 5:L 13:L 9:W 11:W 10:W 2:D
5 TAMIMI, NASER 4 10:L 8:W 4:W 14:W 13:W 3:L 2:L 1:L
6 GOLD, HAMISH R 4 13:W 14:L 9:W 10:L 11:W 2:L 7:W 3:L
7 DUFFIELD, TERENCE 4 0: 1:L 8:D 9:D 15:W 10:W 6:L 13:D
8 ARMSTRONG, JOHN F 4 2:L 5:L 7:D 11:L 12:W 15:W 9:D 10:W
9 CLAYTON, BEN 3.5 3:L 12:W 6:L 7:D 4:L 13:W 8:D 11:D
10 SOUTHGATE, BRENT 3 5:W 2:L 13:W 6:W 1:L 7:L 4:L 8:L
11 LI, CHENG YANG (CHARLIE) 3 14:L 13:L 12:W 8:W 6:L 4:L 15:D 9:D
12 MORATTI, DAVID 3 4:L 9:L 11:L 0:D 8:L 0:D 13:W 15:W
13 REID, DAVID M 2.5 6:L 11:W 10:L 4:W 5:L 9:L 12:L 7:D
14 MUNRO, ELLIOT 2 11:W 6:W 2:L 5:L 0:L 0:L 0:L 0:L
15 CLARKSON, ROBERT D 1.5 0: 0: 0: 0: 7:L 8:L 11:D 12:L
Alan Chang Memorial – 27 March
Top seed John Sutherland won the Alan Change 10 minute hourglass tournament with a 5½/6. He very nearly ceded the trophy after messing up against Leighton Nicholls a nd losing the exchange, but Nicholls could not find the way to win the ending in the time control and offered a draw. This would have been the greatest upset in the tournament and thus won the Aland Chang Trophy. Instead that went to Geoff Aimers for his win over second seed Quentin Johnson. Aimers and Nicholls finished second equal on 4½.
Cross Table
No Name Feder Rtg Total 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 SUTHERLAND, JOHN L 5.5 5:W 4:W 6:W 2:W 3:D 7:W
2 AIMERS, GEOFFREY 4.5 8:D 3:W 10:W 1:L 13:W 5:W
3 NICHOLLS, LEIGHTON 4.5 13:W 2:L 5:W 4:W 1:D 12:W
4 SOUTHGATE, BRENT 3 15:W 1:L 12:W 3:L 9:L 13:W
5 REID, DAVID M 2.5 1:L 8:W 3:L 14:W 6:D 2:L
6 GOLD, HAMISH R 2.5 9:W 7:W 1:L 0:L 5:D 0:L
7 DUFFIELD, TERENCE 2.5 12:W 6:L 0:L 8:W 14:D 1:L
8 CLAYTON, BEN 2.5 2:D 5:L 9:W 7:L 0:L 14:W
9 ARMSTRONG, JOHN F 2.5 6:L 14:D 8:L 13:L 4:W 15:W
10 JOHNSON, QUENTIN 2 0: 0: 2:L 0:L 12:W 0:L
11 LYDIATE, CHRISTOPHER 2 0: 0: 15:W 0:L 0:L 0:L
12 MORATTI, DAVID 2 7:L 16:W 4:L 15:W 10:L 3:L
13 CALDER, JOHN 1.5 3:L 15:L 14:D 9:W 2:L 4:L
14 LI, CHENG YANG (CHARLIE) 1.5 0: 9:D 13:D 5:L 7:D 8:L
15 TAMIMI, NASER 1 4:L 13:W 11:L 12:L 0:L 9:L
16 DOWLAND, JAMIE 0 0: 12:L 0:L 0:L 0:L 0:L
Autumn Rapid Open – 2 March
Top seed Bob Wansink began his defence of his weekend rapid trophy with a victory in the first event – the Autumn Rapid. He scored 4½/5 to head the 17 player field. Second was shared by second and fourth seeds John Sutherland and tHamish Gold on 4 points. The U1300 grade was won by 11 year old Max Lough on 3 points, including a win over fifth seed Terry Duffield that earned the upset prize. Second in the grade was shared Sean Lau and Charlie Li on 2½, while the Lynnette Scott won the best female prize. The next rapid open is the Winter Rapid on Saturday 8 June.
Cross Table
No Name Loc Total 1 2 3 4 5
1 WANSINK, ROBERT 2172 4.5 10:W 5:W 3:W 2:W 4:D
2 SUTHERLAND, JOHN L 2079 4 11:W 6:W 7:W 1:L 8:W
3 GOLD, HAMISH R 1674 4 13:W 14:W 1:L 11:W 7:W
4 JOHNSON, QUENTIN 1988 3.5 9:W 12:W 6:L 5:W 1:D
5 MALLAPPA, SANTOSH 1600 3 8:W 1:L 13:W 4:L 11:W
6 DUFFIELD, TERENCE 1674 3 15:W 2:L 4:W 8:L 12:W
7 NICHOLLS, LEIGHTON 1586 3 17:W 10:W 2:L 12:W 3:L
8 LOUGH, MAX 822 3 5:L 9:W 15:W 6:W 2:L
9 LAU, SEAN 1242 2.5 4:L 8:L 10:D 16:W 0:W
10 LI, CHENG YANG (CHARLIE) 1282 2.5 1:L 7:L 9:D 17:W 13:W
11 TAMIMI, NASER 1259 2 2:L 15:W 16:W 3:L 5:L
12 CLAYTON, BEN 1432 2 16:W 4:L 14:W 7:L 6:L
13 LAU, RYAN 1166 2 3:L 17:W 5:L 14:W 10:L
14 SCOTT, LYNNETTE 500 2 0:W 3:L 12:L 13:L 17:W
15 LAU, ETHAN 1128 1.5 6:L 11:L 8:L 0:W 16:D
16 DENG, BOEN 600 1.5 12:L 0:W 11:L 9:L 15:D
17 THOMPSON, SAM 700 1 7:L 13:L 0:W 10:L 14:L
2013 Otago chess club AGM – 13 February
The 2013 committee is largely the same as 2012 and comprises:
President: Terry Duffield; Vice President: Geoff Aimers; Secretary: Bob Clarkson; Treasurer: John Sutherland; Director of Junior Play: Quentin Johnson; Past-President: Alistair Newbould; Junior Rep: Leighton Nicholls; Committee members: Hamish Gold, Brent Southgate.
Blitz tournament – 6 February
Waitangi Day saw again only seven players ready to compete, including Robin Templeton, a passing tourist from Glasgow, and newcomer Santosh Mallappa. As usual the clock proved the decisive factor in most games. Top seeds John Sutherland and Quentin Johnson only managed half a point between them from their first two games, leaving the filed wide open. It was Leighton Nicholls who managed to nurse his early lead through to the end. Final scores:
1 Nicholls 4½/6; 2 Templeton 4; 3 Johnson 3½; 4-5 Mallappa & Sutherland 3; 6 Ben Clayton 2; 7 John Armstrong 1.
2013 Opening night – 30 January
As only seven players turned up for the opening night, a new event was invented in place of the usual match between the President and VP's teams.
two teams were formed, one of three players and one of four, and these played a mutual simultaneous exhibition against the other over four boards, each team member taking turns to make a move at each board. Clocks were used to keep track of whose move it was. The team of John Sutherland, Geoff Aimers, Boba Clarkson and Geoff Adams prevailed over the other team of Quentin Johnson, David Reid and Ben Clayton by 3½ – ½. One blunder by each team member on a different board proved sufficient to lose the three games, with the last one drawn.