2006 George Trundle NZ Masters

The Auckland Chess Centre is sponsoring what is expected to be a yearly event, a 10 player IM Norm tournament, the George Trundle NZ Masters.  Confirmed entries for the 2006 field are:

IM Stephen Solomon (2409)
IM Peter Froehlich (2365)
IM Guy West (2359)
FM Tim Reilly (2293)
FM Stephen Lukey (2282)
Mike Steadman (2262)
FM Robert Smith (2254)
Nic Croad (2243)
FM Bruce Watson (2240)
Graeme Spain (2228)

Average Rating: 2296

These ratings are as per the April 2006 FIDE list, the average will change as the July list is what will be used for the event.  The average rating will mean a 6.5 from 9 score is required for a player to achieve an IM norm.  The average rating of players is important, as soon as the average rating drops below 2285, an additional half point is required.  A very tough field has been put together for this event, and some good chess will be required to achieve the score required.

The IMs invited to the event are on win bonus incentives, so there will not be any easy points going.  The rules for holding an IM norm event require only 6 local players, this is the reason for the four Australian players.

Coinciding with this event, the Auckland Chess Centre has agreed to run a Qualifying tournament for next years IM norm tournament.  A second tier of 2200 FIDE down to high 2000 players are being invited to compete in a ten player field, the winner will receive prize money, plus a place in next years IM field, under the priviso that their FIDE rating is over 2200 on the April 2007 rating list.  As explained above, the importance of keeping the average rating high has implications, 2200 is a minimum.

Currently, the Auckland Chess Centre has five entrants for this Qualifying tournament; the organisers are currently canvassing other players to complete the field.  If you are interested in playing in this event, please contact Micke Steadman, steadmanm [at] hotmail [dot] com.

The dates and times for these two events are as follows:

23 Sept      Saturday        Meeting       1.30pm
23 Sept      Saturday        Round 1       2.00pm
24 Sept      Sunday          Round 2       2.00pm
25 Sept      Monday         Round 3       2.00pm
26 Sept      Tuesday         Round 4       2.00pm
27 Sept      Wednesday    Round 5       2.00pm
28 Sept      Thursday        Round 6       2.00pm
29 Sept      Friday            Round 7       2.00pm
30 Sept      Saturday        Round 8       2.00pm
01 Oct       Sunday           Round 9       2.00pm

Following on from the successful Queenstown Classic, the 1 round per day format and extended incremental time is being used.  The venue will be the Auckland Chess Centre, 17 Cromwell St, Mt Eden.  All visitors welcome to come and watch the action.

Any donations that any NZ players feel they can provide to this event would be gratefully accepted, NZ needs to have an annual IM norm event, and hopefully with some help the Auckland Chess Centre will be able to make this an annual event.

Live broadcast of the games here at  www.aucklandchesscentre.co.nz/dgt/tfd.htm

For the PGN of games so far, download them here.
For the crosstable (round 4), download it here.

George Trundle NZ Masters Crosstable

2006 George Trundle NZ Masters ( Round 9 )

Scores

No.

Player

ELO

Smith

Solomon

Reilly

Croad

Lukey

Spain

Watson

Steadman

Froehlich

West

Total

1

Robert Smith

2251

XXX

0

0

½

1

½

½

1

1

0

4½

2

Stephen Solomon

2409

1

XXX

½

½

1

1

½

1

1

½

7

3

Tim Reilly

2273

1

½

XXX

1

1

½

1

1

0

½

6½

4

Nicholas Croad

2250

½

½

0

XXX

0

1

1

1

0

0

4

5

Stephen Lukey

2282

0

0

0

1

XXX

1

0

1

0

½

3½

6

Graeme Spain

2228

½

0

½

0

0

XXX

0

½

½

0

2

7

Bruce Watson

2240

½

½

0

0

1

1

XXX

0

½

½

4

8

Mike Steadman

2261

0

0

0

0

0

½

1

XXX

½

0

2

9

Peter Froehlich

2365

0

0

1

1

1

½

½

½

XXX

0

4½

10

Guy West

2361

1

½

½

1

½

1

½

1

1

XXX

7

Lukey, Stephen ½ – ½ West, Guy

Spain, Graeme 0 – 1 Croad, Nicholas

Watson, Bruce 0 – 1 Reilly, Tim

Steadman, Mike 0 – 1 Solomon, Stephen

Froehlich, Peter 0 – 1 Smith, Robert

Pairings

Rnd Pairings Rnd Pairings

1 1:10 2:9 3:8 4:7 5:6 2 10:6 7:5 8:4 9:3 1:2

3 2:10 3:1 4:9 5:8 6:7 4 10:7 8:6 9:5 1:4 2:3

5 3:10 4:2 5:1 6:9 7:8 6 10:8 9:7 1:6 2:5 3:4

7 4:10 5:3 6:2 7:1 8:9 8 10:9 1:8 2:7 3:6 4:5

9 5:10 6:4 7:3 8:2 9:1

Result

1st= place: Guy West, Stephen Solomon
3rd: Tim Reilly
4th=:  Peter Froehlich, Robert Smith

Robert Smith is the winner of the George Trundle NZ Masters trophy.

2006 George Trundle NZ Qualifiers ( Round 9 )

Scores

No.

Player

ELO

Donald-son

Perry

Bennett

Wheeler

Goodhue

Gibbons

Latimer

Wu

Cheng

Krstev

Total

1

Bruce Donaldson

2062

XXX

1

0

0

0

1

0

½

-

1

3½

2

Roger Perry

2102

0

XXX

0

1

0

0

1

½

1

1

4½

3

Hilton Bennett

2111

1

1

XXX

½

½

½

½

1

½

1

6½

4

Bruce Wheeler

2076

1

0

½

XXX

1

½

1

½

1

½

6

5

Nathan Goodhue

2030

1

1

½

0

XXX

½

½

1

0

1

5½

6

Robert Gibbons

2087

0

1

½

½

½

XXX

0

0

0

1

3½

7

Bryan Latimer

2067

1

0

½

0

½

1

XXX

½

½

0

4

8

Michael Wu

½

½

0

½

0

1

½

XXX

0

0

3

9

Bobby Cheng

+

0

½

0

1

1

½

1

XXX

1

6

10

Antonio Krstev

2113

0

0

0

½

0

0

1

1

0

XXX

2½

Goodhue, Nathan 1 – 0 Krstev, Antonio

Gibbons, Robert ½ – ½ Wheeler, Bruce

Latimer, Bryan ½ – ½ Bennett, Hilton

Wu, Michael ½ – ½ Perry, Roger

Cheng, Bobby + – - Donaldson, Bruce

Pairings

Rnd Pairings Rnd Pairings

1 1:10 2:9 3:8 4:7 5:6 2 10:6 7:5 8:4 9:3 1:2

3 2:10 3:1 4:9 5:8 6:7 4 10:7 8:6 9:5 1:4 2:3

5 3:10 4:2 5:1 6:9 7:8 6 10:8 9:7 1:6 2:5 3:4

7 4:10 5:3 6:2 7:1 8:9 8 10:9 1:8 2:7 3:6 4:5

9 5:10 6:4 7:3 8:2 9:1

Result

1st place: Hilton Bennett
2nd=: Bruce Wheeler, Bobby Cheng

Hilton Bennett wins entry to next years George Trundle NZ Masters tournament.

Notices

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