Auckland Chess Centre

March Weekender – 27-29 March, 2009

The Tournaments:

An Open and an under 1700 tournament, each a six round Swiss with a time control of all moves in 70 minutes for the first 40 moves plus 20 minutes to finish the game, plus an increment of 30 seconds per move from move one.

The Open tournament will be a FIDE rated event. Both tournaments are nationally rated.

Prize Fund:

Open Tournament:

1^st $360, 2^nd $240, 3^rd $120,

Grade Prizes: totalling $80

Under 1700 Tournament:

1^st $250, 2^nd $150, 3^rd $100,

2 Grade Prizes: totalling $100

Open Tournament – Final Standings

Place Name                         NZ Rtg Score/6

  1   Bob Smith (1)                  2323 5
 2-3  John Mc Donald (4)             2077 4
      Michael Steadman (2)           2282 4
 4-7  Edward Lee (8)       G01       1931 3.5
      Bruce Wheeler (5)              1997 3.5
      Antonio Krstev (9)   G01       1959 3.5
      Richard Taylor (12)  G01       1784 3.5
 8-9  Richard Stuart (13)  G01       1808 3
      Edward Tanoi (11)    G01       1835 3
10-11 Jeremy Browne (7)              1960 2.5
      Bob Gibbons (10)     G01       1867 2.5
 12   Caleb Wright (14)    G01       1738 2
 13   Benji Lim (6)                  1968 1.5
 14   Don Eade (15)        G01       1725 1
 15   Gino Thornton (3)              2086 0    ( withdrawn )

Open – Cross Table

No  Name              Feder Loc  Total  1    2    3    4    5    6  

1.  Smith, Bob              2323 5     15:W  9:W  2:W 13:W  4:D  5:D
2.  Steadman, Michael       2282 4     10:W 11:W  1:L  8:L  6:W 13:W
3.  Thornton, Gino          2086 0     11:L   :    :    :    :    :
4.  Mc Donald, John         2077 4       :D 13:W  7:W   :D  1:D  8:D
5.  Wheeler, Bruce          1997 3.5   12:D  8:L  6:W   :D  9:W  1:D
6.  Lim, Benji              1968 1.5   13:L 14:D  5:L 15:W  2:L  9:L
7.  Browne, Jeremy          1960 2.5     :D 12:W  4:L  9:L 11:L 10:W
8.  Lee, Edward       G01   1931 3.5     :D  5:W  9:D  2:W 13:L  4:D
9.  Krstev, Antonio   G01   1959 3.5   14:W  1:L  8:D  7:W  5:L  6:W
10. Gibbons, Bob      G01   1867 2.5    2:L 15:W   :D 14:W 12:L  7:L
11. Tanoi, Edward     G01   1835 3      3:W  2:L 13:L 12:D  7:W 14:D
12. Taylor, Richard   G01   1784 3.5    5:D  7:L 14:D 11:D 10:W 15:W
13. Stuart, Richard   G01   1808 3      6:W  4:L 11:W  1:L  8:W  2:L
14. Wright, Caleb     G01   1738 2      9:L  6:D 12:D 10:L 15:D 11:D
15. Eade, Don         G01   1725 1      1:L 10:L   :D  6:L 14:D 12:L

Under-1700 Tournament – Final Standings

Place Name                        Grade   Loc  Score

  1   Hans Gao (15)                 G01   1268 5
 2-4  Bob Mitchell (3)                    1551 4.5
      Leo Zhu (18)                  G01   1249 4.5
      William ( Xiang Wei ) Li (19) G01   1164 4.5
 5-9  Mark Gilmour (2)                    1570 4
      Neil Cruden (1)                     1671 4
      Pat Young (6)                       1488 4
      Michael Budd (13)                   1300 4
      Nicole Tsoi (11)                    1343 4
10-16 Simon Lyall (14)              G01   1274 3.5
      Karl Zhu (10)                       1345 3.5
      Stefan Kolev (12)                   1309 3.5
      George Chen (20)              G01   1162 3.5
      Sean Tang (25)                G02   989  3.5
      Wayne Puepuemai (7)                 1453 3.5
      Weber Wang (27)               G02   884  3.5
17-20 Leonides Guico (5)                  1500 3
      George Sandeep (32)           G02   700  3
      Malo Puepuemai (9)                  1402 3
      Kevin Lu (23)                 G01   1013 3
21-27 Judy Zhu (31)                 G02   734  2.5
      David Taylor (17)             G01   1255 2.5
      Oliver Zhang (29)             G02   836  2.5
      Johnson Chen (35)             G02   560  2.5
      Ivan Lin (34)                 G02   631  2.5
      Ryan Lee (26)                 G02   920  2.5
      Cathy Fan (28)                G02   848  2.5
28-31 Andrew ( Geng ) Li (30)       G02   800  2
      Katy Qiu (22)                 G01   1030 2
      Philip Mukkattu (4)                 1532 2
      Hugh Mc Leod (8)                    1452 2
32-33 Gavin Holm (21)               G01   1039 1.5
      Olivia Dong (33)              G02   698  1.5
34-35 Simon Wu (37)                 G02   482  1
      Rodney ( Xiang Rei ) Li (36)  G02   500  1

U-1700 Cross Table

No  Name                      Feder Loc  Total  1    2    3    4    5    6  

1.  Cruden, Neil                    1671 4     19:W 13:W  2:L 14:L 17:W  5:W
2.  Gilmour, Mark                   1570 4     20:W 12:W  1:W 15:L 18:D  3:D
3.  Mitchell, Bob                   1551 4.5     :D 26:W 10:W 11:W 15:D  2:D
4.  Mukkattu, Philip                1532 2     21:L 29:L 28:W 17:W 10:L  9:L
5.  Guico, Leonides                 1500 3     23:W 14:D 11:D 18:L  9:W  1:L
6.  Young, Pat                      1488 4     37:W   :D 18:D 12:D 20:W 13:D
7.  Puepuemai, Wayne                1453 3.5   22:W 15:L  9:D   :D 31:D 29:W
8.  Mc Leod, Hugh                   1452 2       :D 25:W 14:D 19:L   :    :
9.  Puepuemai, Malo                 1402 3     27:W 17:L  7:D   :D  5:L  4:W
10. Zhu, Karl                       1345 3.5   28:W   :D  3:L 32:D  4:W 14:D
11. Tsoi, Nicole                    1343 4     30:W 21:W  5:D  3:L 25:D 32:W
12. Kolev, Stefan                   1309 3.5   33:W  2:L 21:W  6:D 35:W 18:L
13. Budd, Michael                   1300 4     31:W  1:L 20:D 23:W 29:W  6:D
14. Lyall, Simon              G01   1274 3.5   32:W  5:D  8:D  1:W 19:L 10:D
15. Gao, Hans                 G01   1268 5     34:W  7:W 17:W  2:W  3:D 19:D
16. Garland, Mana             G01   1261 .5      :D 24:-   :    :    :    :
17. Taylor, David             G01   1255 2.5   35:W  9:W 15:L  4:L  1:L 26:D
18. Zhu, Leo                  G01   1249 4.5   36:W   :D  6:D  5:W  2:D 12:W
19. Li, William ( Xiang Wei ) G01   1164 4.5    1:L 31:W 22:W  8:W 14:W 15:D
20. Chen, George              G01   1162 3.5    2:L 30:W 13:D 21:W  6:L 31:W
21. Holm, Gavin               G01   1039 1.5    4:W 11:L 12:L 20:L 28:D 34:L
22. Qiu, Katy                 G01   1030 2      7:L 36:W 19:L 34:D 32:L   :D
23. Lu, Kevin                 G01   1013 3      5:L 32:D 29:W 13:L 37:W 25:D
24. Martinito, Alvin C        G01   1000 .5      :D 16:-   :    :    :    :
25. Tang, Sean                G02   989  3.5     :D  8:L 33:W 28:W 11:D 23:D
26. Lee, Ryan                 G02   920  2.5     :D  3:L 34:D 35:L 36:W 17:D
27. Wang, Weber               G02   884  3.5    9:L   :D 32:L 30:W 34:W 35:W
28. Fan, Cathy                G02   848  2.5   10:L 37:W  4:L 25:L 21:D 36:W
29. Zhang, Oliver             G02   836  2.5     :D  4:W 23:L 33:W 13:L  7:L
30. Li, Andrew ( Geng )       G02   800  2     11:L 20:L 31:L 27:L 33:W   :W
31. Zhu, Judy                 G02   734  2.5   13:L 19:L 30:W 37:W  7:D 20:L
32. Sandeep, George           G02   700  3     14:L 23:D 27:W 10:D 22:W 11:L
33. Dong, Olivia              G02   698  1.5   12:L   :D 25:L 29:L 30:L 37:W
34. Lin, Ivan                 G02   631  2.5   15:L   :D 26:D 22:D 27:L 21:W
35. Chen, Johnson             G02   560  2.5   17:L   :D 36:W 26:W 12:L 27:L
36. Li, Rodney ( Xiang Rei )  G02   500  1     18:L 22:L 35:L   :W 26:L 28:L
37. Wu, Simon                 G02   482  1      6:L 28:L   :+ 31:L 23:L 33:L