2009 George Trundle NZ Masters Tournament

Sponsored by the Auckland Chess Centre and avid local enthusiast George Trundle.

Two invitation-only tournaments. 10 players play in 9-round all-play-all tournament. The Masters tournament offers the opportunity for several NZ players to achieve FIDE (World Chess Federation) master norms.

Venue: Auckland Chess Centre, 17 Cromwell, St, Mount Eden (spectators welcome).

Schedule: Sept 26 – Oct 4. Rounds start at 1pm each day except for last round which starts at 10am.

Time control: this event will use the same time control as the Olympiad, ie 40 moves in 90 minutes followed by 30 minutes to complete the game, with an increment of 30 seconds per move from move 1.

George Trundle Masters

Players:

GM Gawain Jones ENG 2550 IM Stephen Solomon AUS 2455
GM Darryl Johansen AUS 2452 FM Nic Croad NZL 2293
FM Tim Reilly AUS 2280 FM Bob Smith NZL 2274
Mike Steadman NZL 2262 Ralph Hart NZL 2256
FM Bruce Watson NZL 2256 FM Stephen Lukey NZL 2241

Draw

Results

Gawain Jones 7½
Darrly Johansen and Stephen Solomon 6
Mike Steadman 5 (Best New Zealander trophy)
Bruce Watson 4½
Stephen Lukey 4
Bob Smith and Tim Reilly 3½
Nic Croad 3
Ralph Hart 2

Saturday 26th: Rd 1	Sunday 27th: Rd 2	Monday 28th: Rd 3
Mike Steadman 1-0 Tim Reilly Gawain Jones 1-0 Darryl Johansen Nic Croad 0-1 Stephen Solomon Ralph Hart ½-½ Bruce Watson Stephen Lukey 1-0 Bob Smith	Tim Reilly 1-0 Bob Smith Bruce Watson ½-½ Stephen Lukey Stephen Solomon 1-0 Ralph Hart Darryl Johansen 1-0 Nic Croad Mike Steadman 1-0 Gawain Jones	Gawain Jones 1-0 Tim Reilly Nic Croad 1-0 Mike Steadman Ralph Hart 0-1 Darryl Johansen Stephen Lukey 0-1 Stephen Solomon Bob Smith ½-½ Bruce Watson
Tuesday 29th: Rd 4	Wednesday 30th: Rd 5	Thursday 1st: Rd 6
Tim Reilly ½-½ Bruce Watson Stephen Solomon ½-½ Bob Smith Darryl Johansen 1-0 Stephen Lukey Mike Steadman 1-0 Ralph Hart Gawain Jones ½-½ Nic Croad	Nic Croad ½-½ Tim Reilly Ralph Hart 0-1 Gawain Jones Stephen Lukey ½-½ Mike Steadman Bob Smith ½-½ Darryl Johansen Bruce Watson ½-½ Stephen Solomon	Tim Reilly 0-1 Stephen Solomon Darryl Johansen ½-½ Bruce Watson Mike Steadman 1-0 Bob Smith Gawain Jones 1-0 Stephen Lukey Nic Croad 0-1 Ralph Hart
Friday 2nd: Rd 7	Saturday 3rd: Rd 8	Sunday 4th: 10 am Rd 9
Ralph Hart 0-1 Tim Reilly Stephen Lukey ½-½ Nic Croad Bob Smith 0-1 Gawain Jones Bruce Watson 1-0 Mike Steadman Stephen Solomon ½-½ Darryl Johansen	Tim Reilly ½-½ Darryl Johansen Mike Steadman ½-½ Stephen Solomon Gawain Jones 1-0 Bruce Watson Nic Croad 0-1 Bob Smith Ralph Hart ½-½ Stephen Lukey	Stephen Lukey 1-0 Tim Reilly Bob Smith 1-0 Ralph Hart Bruce Watson ½-½ Nic Croad Stephen Solomon 0-1 Gawain Jones Darryl Johansen 1-0 Mike Steadman

George Trundle Qualifiers

Players:

Richard Taylor 1942 Daniel Shen 2125
Bruce Wheeler 2077 Peter Stuart 2074
Hilton Bennett 2050 Nathan Goodhue 2018
Bob Gibbons 1987 Helen Milligan 1976
Edward Tanoi 1971 Bill Forster 1955

Draw

Results

Danial Shen 6½
Bruce Wheeler 6
Hilton Bennett 5½
Helen Milligan 5
Bob Gibbons 4½
Bill Forster, Natchan Goodhue and Edward Tanoi 4
Peter Stuart 3½
Richard Taylor 2

Saturday 26th: Rd 1	Sunday 27th: Rd 2	Monday 28th: Rd 3
Helen Milligan ½-½ Hilton Bennett Bill Forster ½-½ Bob Gibbons Richard Taylor ½-½ Peter Stuart Nathan Goodhue 1-0 Edward Tanoi Daniel Shen 1-0 Bruce Wheeler	Hilton Bennett ½-½ Bruce Wheeler Edward Tanoi 0-1 Daniel Shen Peter Stuart ½-½ Nathan Goodhue Bob Gibbons 1-0 Richard Taylor Helen Milligan ½-½ Bill Forster	Bill Forster ½-½ Hilton Bennett Richard Taylor 0-1 Helen Milligan Nathan Goodhue ½-½ Bob Gibbons Daniel Shen 1-0 Peter Stuart Bruce Wheeler 0-1 Edward Tanoi
Tuesday 29th: Rd 4	Wednesday 30th: Rd 5	Thursday 1st: Rd 6
Hilton Bennett 1-0 Edward Tanoi Peter Stuart 0-1 Bruce Wheeler Bob Gibbons 1-0 Daniel Shen Helen Milligan ½-½ Nathan Goodhue Bill Forster 0-1 Richard Taylor	Richard Taylor 0-1 Hilton Bennett Nathan Goodhue 0-1 Bill Forster Daniel Shen 1-0 Helen Milligan Bruce Wheeler 1-0 Bob Gibbons Edward Tanoi 1-0 Peter Stuart	Hilton Bennett ½-½ Peter Stuart Bob Gibbons ½-½ Edward Tanoi Helen Milligan ½-½ Bruce Wheeler Bill Forster ½-½ Daniel Shen Richard Taylor ½-½ Nathan Goodhue
Friday 2nd: Rd 7	Saturday 3rd: Rd 8	Sunday 4th: 10 am Rd 9
Nathan Goodhue ½-½ Hilton Bennett Daniel Shen 1-0 Richard Taylor Bruce Wheeler 1-0 Bill Forster Edward Tanoi ½-½ Helen Milligan Peter Stuart ½-½ Bob Gibbons	Hilton Bennett ½-½ Bob Gibbons Helen Milligan ½-½ Peter Stuart Bill Forster 1-0 Edward Tanoi Richard Taylor 0-1 Bruce Wheeler Nathan Goodhue ½-½ Daniel Shen	Daniel Shen ½-½ Hilton Bennett Bruce Wheeler 1-0 Nathan Goodhue Edward Tanoi 1-0 Richard Taylor Peter Stuart 1-0 Bill Forster Bob Gibbons 0-1 Helen Milligan