July 2010 NZCF Ratings
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Ratings for Club Members from the NZCF ratings published in July 2010. The full list is available from the New Zealand Chess website.
Ranking Name Standard (Change) Rapid (Change)
Rating Rating
93 Mark Brimble 1945 ( -31 ) -
322 Grant Burrows 1466 ( 59 ) -
233 Scott Butland 1646 ( 2 ) -
70 Eachen Chen 2001 ( 114 ) 1785 ( -3 )
286 George Chen 1540 ( -65 ) 1529 ( 167 )
530 Jennifer Chen 829 ( new ) 650 ( 69 )
462 Johnson Chen 1113 ( 74 ) 1250 ( 87 )
125 Don Eade 1871 ( -12 ) 1592 ( -21 )
519 Allen Fan 874 ( new ) 898 ( 59 )
430 Cathy Fan 1205 ( -45 ) 1234 ( 159 )
108 Hans Gao 1916 ( 0 ) 1793 ( 39 )
85 Judy Gao 1953 ( -13 ) 1619 ( -7 )
65 Nathan Goodhue 2013 ( -17 ) 1979 ( -2 )
431 Paul Heaslip 1205 ( -9 ) -
243 Karl Holdo 1627 ( -60 ) -
488 Gavin Holm 1018 ( 29 ) -
107 Xhevdet Jashari 1917 ( new ) -
384 Lawrence Leow 1312 ( 53 ) 964 ( -19 )
74 Bryan Latimer 1992 ( -21 ) -
420 Andrew Li 1231 ( -31 ) 1225 ( 24 )
357 Jiapeng Li 1383 ( -17 ) 1337 ( 43 )
75 Luke Li 1988 ( 212 ) 1577 ( -41 )
154 William Li 1790 ( 202 ) 1621 ( 31 )
514 Ivan Lin 895 ( -19 ) 853 ( -6 )
441 Kevin Lu 1189 ( 9 ) 1261 ( -4 )
178 Simon Lyall 1731 ( 102 ) 1435 ( 9 )
208 Hugh McLeod 1698 ( -9 ) 1555 ( -7 )
102 Ian McNally 1924 ( -10 ) -
268 Alan Merry 1578 ( new ) -
356 David Merry 1389 ( new ) -
463 Mike Merry 1113 ( new ) -
169 Andrew Michael 1747 ( -49 ) 1666 ( -3 )
204 Philip Mukkattu 1705 ( -37 ) 1583 ( 39 )
312 Ng Adrian 1489 ( new ) -
297 Ajit Pendharkar 1513 ( new ) 1418 ( new )
73 Roger Perry 1997 ( new ) -
396 Brogan Powlesland 1284 ( 187 ) -
450 Tom Powlesland 1161 ( -23 ) -
15 Daniel Shen 2253 ( 9 ) 1803 ( -155 )
675 Neil Sonnekus - 1094 ( new )
8 Mike Steadman 2348 ( 13 ) 2228 ( 5 )
276 Mike Steiner 1562 ( -69 ) 1419 ( -2 )
378 Sean Tang 1324 ( -30 ) 1340 ( 21 )
69 Edward Tanoi 2006 ( -1 ) 1953 ( 73 )
113 Richard Taylor 1905 ( 4 ) 1910 ( 16 )
269 John Tseung 1575 ( 19 ) -
94 Keith Ward 1943 ( 38 ) -
11 Bruce Watson 2306 ( -5 ) 2251 ( -1 )
27 Bruce Wheeler 2152 ( -35 ) 2070 ( -3 )
866 Bill Wu 1838 ( -3 ) 1478 ( -10 )
191 Sharon Wu 1717 ( -5 ) 1653 ( 5 )
127 Shirley Wu 1862 ( -9 ) 1549 ( -49 )
288 Pat Young 1533 ( -5 ) -
457 Leo Zhang 1135 ( new ) 868 ( 237 )
245 Paul Zhang 1624 ( 247 ) 1458 ( -10 )
Interclub: 4-2 vs Waitakere
Monday, June 14th, 2010 | News | Comments Off
On Sunday we played Waitakere in the 2nd Round of the Auckland Interclub Championship. Due to Illness, Exams and other circumstances we had problems getting a full team but in the end we got the full 6 players.
Results were:
Nathan Goodhue vs Bob Smith – Draw
Edward Tanoi vs Leo Guico – Win
Mark Brimble vs Brett Rider – Win
Hugh McLeod vs Jim Cater – Lose
Simon Lyall vs Viv Smith – Draw
Scott Butland vs Bruce Pollard – Win
Good results for several players on short notice and/or against higher ranked opponents.
After our victory against Papatoetoe a couple of weeks ago we are now on 2 wins from 2 rounds. If you are interested in participating in the Interclub (current grade or Future B Grade competition) plus talk to Edward Tanoi.
Waitakere Open – Rd 5 Draw
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Draw for Round 5 of the Waitakere Licensing Trust Open on Monday morning.
A Grade No Name Result Name 1 Russell Dive : Gawain Jones 2 Robert Smith : Daniel Han 3 Sue Maroroa : Michael Steadman 4 Ralph Hart : Daniel Runcan 5 Daniel Shen : Leonard McLaren 6 Helen Milligan : Gino Thornton 7 Alex Huang : Noel Pinic 8 John Duneas : Judy Gao 9 Roger Perry : Peter Stuart 10 Jeremy Browne : Eachen Chen 11 Ben Lim : Paul Garbett 12 Antonio Krstev : Edward Tanoi 13 Robert Gibbons : Hilton Bennett 14 Hans Gao : Caleb Wright 15 Don Eade : Ross Jackson 16 Paul Macdonald : Andrew Michael 17 Dean Zhao : Helmut Marko 18 Luke Li : Johari Halim 19 Wayne Power : Vivian Smith 20 Leo Guico : Philip Mukkattu 21 William Lynn : Xhuedet Jashari 22 Richard Taylor : Philip Hair 23 Chris Benson : Bill Wu 24 James Cater : Brian Liu B Grade No Name Result Name 1 Harry Cui : William (Xiang Wei) Li 2 Karl Zhu : Barry Hooton 3 Winston (Yow-Jen) Yao : Henry Jiang 4 Simon Lyall : Gary Judkins 5 Leo Zhu : Ron Collingwood 6 Scott Yang : John Francis 7 Michael Budd : Thomas Chen 8 Jayaa Jayachanthiian : Stefan Kolev C Grade No Name Result Name 1 Ajit Pendharkar : Paul Zhang 2 Hao Jia : William Zhang 3 Andrew (Geng) Li : David Rong 4 Charles Law : Hristo Kolev 5 Johnson Chen : Cathy Fan 6 Brian Qi : Oliver Li 7 George Wang 1:0 BYE Junior No Name Result Name 1 Olivia Dong : Kelvin Jin 2 Crystal Zhu : Cedric Guico 3 Richard Jiang : Alphaeus Ang 4 Joy Qin : Rocky Jiang 5 Nicholas Huang : Leo Zhang 6 Ryan Lee : Izzah Halim 7 Farhana Halim : Luke (Jintao) Wang 8 Rodney (Xiang Rei) Li : Martin Zhu 9 Arvin Lim : Kevin Yi 10 Jennifer Chen : Allen Fan 11 Jason Zhang : Jack Sun 12 Campbell Wang : Spencer Sutton 13 Aiman Halim : David (Hua Ming) Li 14 Quynn Stead-Hill : Simon Wu 15 Kumaa Jayachanthiian : Leo Li 16 Daniel Gong 1:0 BYE
Waitakere Open – Rd 3 Draw
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Draw for Round 3 of the Waitakere Licensing Trust Open on Sunday Morning.
A Grade
No Name Result Name
1 Michael Steadman : Gawain Jones 2 Russell Dive : Daniel Han 3 Antonio Krstev : Robert Smith 4 Ralph Hart : Peter Stuart 5 Sue Maroroa : Leonard McLaren 6 Daniel Shen : Ross Jackson 7 Roger Perry : Noel Pinic 8 John Duneas : Eachen Chen 9 Paul Macdonald : Paul Garbett 10 Gino Thornton : Xhuedet Jashari 11 Helen Milligan : Johari Halim 12 Leo Guico : Hilton Bennett 13 Ben Lim : Daniel Runcan 14 Robert Gibbons : Bill Wu 15 Luke Li : Jeremy Browne 16 Vivian Smith : Judy Gao 17 Alex Huang : Caleb Wright 18 Hans Gao : Philip Hair 19 Andrew Michael : Wayne Power 20 Don Eade : Dean Zhao 21 Chris Benson : Philip Mukkattu 22 William Lynn : Edward Tanoi 23 James Cater : Helmut Marko 24 Brian Liu : Richard Taylor
B Grade
No Name Result Name
1 William (Xiang Wei) Li : Winston (Yow-Jen) Yao 2 Barry Hooton : Harry Cui 3 Scott Yang : Ron Collingwood 4 Leo Zhu : John Francis 5 Karl Zhu : Michael Budd 6 Stefan Kolev : Simon Lyall 7 Henry Jiang : Thomas Chen 8 Gary Judkins : Jayaa Jayachanthiian
C Grade
No Name Result Name
1 Paul Zhang : Hristo Kolev 2 Ajit Pendharkar : David Rong 3 Andrew (Geng) Li : George Wang 4 Hao Jia : Charles Law 5 Brian Qi : William Zhang 6 Oliver Li : Cathy Fan 7 Johnson Chen 1:0 BYE
Junior
No Name Result Name
1 Kelvin Jin : Ryan Lee 2 Richard Jiang : Leo Zhang 3 Alphaeus Ang : Martin Zhu 4 Jennifer Chen : Olivia Dong 5 Allen Fan : Farhana Halim 6 Jason Zhang : Izzah Halim 7 Crystal Zhu : Luke (Jintao) Wang 8 Kevin Yi : Campbell Wang 9 Kumaa Jayachanthiian : Rocky Jiang 10 Cedric Guico : Rodney (Xiang Rei) Li 11 Arvin Lim : Joy Qin 12 Nicholas Huang : Jack Sun 13 Daniel Gong : David (Hua Ming) Li 14 Aiman Halim : Simon Wu 15 Leo Li : Spencer Sutton 16 Quynn Stead-Hill 1:0 BYE
3 ACC Players to represent NZ at Olympiad
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3 Auckland Chess Centre players have been named in the teams to represent New Zealand at the 2010 Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia during September/October.
The players are FM Mike Steadmann in the Open team and WCMs Eachen Chen and Shirley Wu in the Women’s team.
For more details see the Olympiad page on the New Zealand Chess website.
Report from the 2010 Wellington Open
Monday, May 17th, 2010 | News | Comments Off
Report by Simon Lyall
Over the weekend of 14th-6th of May the Wellington Open was held. The event was a 6 rounds ( 1 Friday night, 3 Saturday, 2 Sunday ) of 90 minutes plus 30 seconds with a single draw. Mike Steadman and myself from the ACC competed.
The field of 32 was very strong with GM Gawain Jones at the top, another dozen over 2000 rating and only 8 players under 1700 (and one of those was a provisional rating who played to 2000 ).
At a 1629 rating I was ranked 26th in the field so I wasn’t expecting to finish near the top but I got off to a good start with a draw and a win against players rated just over 2000 (although neither had much recent experience). However the next 2 rounds against similar strength players were both loses which bought me back to earth.
Meanwhile after 3 rounds Mike was on 3.5 after 4 rounds quickly chewing through a couple of lower rated players in around an hour and drawing with Russell Dive.
My two Sunday games were against players closer to my strength (only 200 points above and 32 below) both of which I managed to convert slight advantages into wins.
Mike’s games on Sunday were another win against a similar rated opponent (Mark Noble) and a Draw against GM Jones.
In the end I finished with 3.5 points from 6 games ( performance around 1950 ) and first prize in C grade ( 10th= overall ).
Mike ended up with 5 points ( 4 wins, 2 draws ) to get second equal overall with a performance around 90 points above his ranking.
The tournament was run quite well with a very nice venue of Turnbull House directly opposite The Beehive. Two games were lost due to cellphones ringing (after some confusion as to the rule) while a 3rd very strange game saw:
- Whites cellphone rings. Black ignores this and play continues. The arbiter is out of the room and was not made aware of this at any point.
- Play reaches an endgame with both players short on time.
- Black is in a winning position with a queen, bishop and 4 pawns vs Queen and 4 pawns but decides not to swap queens
- Play continues with black chasing white’s king. White’s flag falls but Black doesn’t notice
- Both players are warned by the arbiter for not keeping their spreadsheets up-to-date
- Black runs out of checks and White starts checking, he gets a passed pawn and takes whites bishop. White’s flag fell around 20 minutes previously (Black has around 5 minutes on his clock)
- Black resigns in a lost position (on the board)
- The arbiter (after consultation) declares Black the winner since he (the arbiter) was aware of White’s Flag falling before the score-sheets were signed.
- Note that neither player was from Auckland.
I noticed that compared to Auckland tournaments, there were very few junior players (only around 4)
Auckland Open – Final Placings
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Final placings for the 2010 Auckland Open held at the Auckland Chess Centre over Easter weekend. Further details and photographs will be published on the tournament’s webpage.
Prizes were as follows
Overall
1st= Mario Krustev and Gino Thornton on 5.5 points
3rd= Leonard McLaren, Bruce Wheeler and Xhevdet Jashair on 5 points
6th= Daniel-loan Runcan, Hans Gao and Edward Tanoi on 4.5 points
Grade 1 ( rating 1700 – 1850 )
1st= Jim Cater and Bob Mitchell on 4 points
Grade 2 ( rating 1400 – 1700 )
1st Simon Lyall on 4 points
2nd William Li on 3.5 points
Grade 3 ( rating under 1400 )
1st David Rong on 4 points
2nd Hristo Kolev on 2.5 points
Final Placings
Place Name Grade Rtg Score
1-2 Krstev, Mario (4) 2123 5.5
Thornton, Gino (2) 2230 5.5
3-5 Mc Laren, Leonard (1) 2258 5
Wheeler, Bruce (3) 2187 5
Jashari, Xhevdet (7) 1907 5
6-8 Runcan, Daniel-Ioan (10) 1870 4.5
Gao, Hans (6) 1916 4.5
Tanoi, Edward (5) 2007 4.5
9-13 Cater, Jim (11) G01 1815 4
Rong, David (24) G03 1272 4
Eade, Don (9) 1883 4
Mitchell, Bob (14) G01 1770 4
Lyall, Simon (18) G02 1629 4
14-18 Tsoi, Nicole (17) G01 1730 3.5
Taylor, Richard (8) 1901 3.5
Li, Luke (13) G01 1776 3.5
Charamova, Evginia (15) G01 1762 3.5
Li, William (19) G02 1588 3.5
19-23 Kolev, Stefan (22) G02 1436 3
Ng, Adrian (20) G02 1500 3
Burrows, Grant (23) G02 1404 3
Michael, Andrew (12) G01 1796 3
Mukkattu, Philip (16) G01 1742 3
24 Kolev, Hristo (26) G03 1148 2.5
25-29 Pendharkar, Ajit (21) G02 1500 2
Qiu, Katy (25) G03 1183 2
Chen, Johnson (28) G03 1039 2
Zhang, Leo (27) G03 1100 2
Ang, Alphaeus (30) G03 700 2
30 Li, Rodney (29) G03 750 1
Auckland Open – Draw for Round 7
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Draw for Round 7 at 10am on Monday the 5th of April.
1 Leonard Mc Laren (1) : Gino Thornton (2) 2 Bruce Wheeler (3) : Mario Krstev (4) 3 Xhevdet Jashari (7) : Don Eade (9) 4 Jim Cater (11) : Hans Gao (6) 5 Edward Tanoi (5) : Nicole Tsoi (17) 6 Richard Taylor (8) : Daniel-Ioan Runcan (10) 7 Luke Li (13) : Bob Mitchell (14) 8 Philip Mukkattu (16) : Simon Lyall (18) 9 Adrian Ng (20) : David Rong (24) 10 Evginia Charamova (15) : Hristo Kolev (26) 11 William Li (19) : Ajit Pendharkar (21) 12 Johnson Chen (28) : Andrew Michael (12) 13 Grant Burrows (23) : Leo Zhang (27) 14 Alphaeus Ang (30) : Katy Qiu (25) 15 Rodney Li (29) 1:0 BYE 16 Stefan Kolev (22) 0:0 BYE
Auckland Open – Standings after Round 6
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Standings in the 2010 Auckland Open after the 6 of 7 rounds.
Place Name Grade Rating Score
1-2 Thornton, Gino (2) 2230 5
Krstev, Mario (4) 2123 5
3-4 Mc Laren, Leonard (1) 2258 4.5
Wheeler, Bruce (3) 2187 4.5
5-7 Jashari, Xhevdet (7) 1907 4
Cater, Jim (11) G01 1815 4
Eade, Don (9) 1883 4
8-13 Runcan, Daniel-Ioan (10) 1870 3.5
Gao, Hans (6) 1916 3.5
Tanoi, Edward (5) 2007 3.5
Tsoi, Nicole (17) G01 1730 3.5
Taylor, Richard (8) 1901 3.5
Li, Luke (13) G01 1776 3.5
14-18 Rong, David (24) G03 1272 3
Mukkattu, Philip (16) G01 1742 3
Lyall, Simon (18) G02 1629 3
Ng, Adrian (20) G02 1500 3
Mitchell, Bob (14) G01 1770 3
19-22 Li, William (19) G02 1588 2.5
Kolev, Stefan (22) G02 1436 2.5
Charamova, Evginia (15) G01 1762 2.5
Kolev, Hristo (26) G03 1148 2.5
23-28 Burrows, Grant (23) G02 1404 2
Qiu, Katy (25) G03 1183 2
Pendharkar, Ajit (21) G02 1500 2
Michael, Andrew (12) G01 1796 2
Chen, Johnson (28) G03 1039 2
Zhang, Leo (27) G03 1100 2
29 Ang, Alphaeus (30) G03 700 1
30 Li, Rodney (29) G03 750 0
Auckland Open – Draw for round 5
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Draw for Round 5 at 10am on Sunday the 4th of April.
1 Gino Thornton (2) : Mario Krstev (4) 2 Xhevdet Jashari (7) : Leonard Mc Laren (1) 3 Daniel-Ioan Runcan (10) : Bruce Wheeler (3) 4 Hans Gao (6) : Edward Tanoi (5) 5 Richard Taylor (8) : Jim Cater (11) 6 Ajit Pendharkar (21) : Don Eade (9) 7 Andrew Michael (12) : Simon Lyall (18) 8 Luke Li (13) : William ( Xiang Wei ) Li (19) 9 Stefan Kolev (22) : Bob Mitchell (14) 10 Philip Mukkattu (16) : Adrian Ng (20) 11 David Rong (24) : Nicole Tsoi (17) 12 Grant Burrows (23) : Evginia Charamova (15) 13 Katy Qiu (25) : Leo Zhang (27) 14 Hristo Kolev (26) : Alphaeus Ang (30) 15 Johnson Chen (28) : Rodney Li (29)
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