NSW
champion Andrew Bird has proved he is the man of the moment in NSW chess,
winning the
Australia Day Weekender with an undefeated score of 6.5/7. Some games from the
tournament are
below.
Kuan-Kuan Tian -- Slavko Trkulja
Australia Day Weekender Sydney
1-0 A45f
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 Bb4 4.Bd3 d5 5.e5 Ne4 6.Ne2 c5 7.f3 c4 8.Bxe4
dxe4 9.fxe4 Qh4+ 10.Ng3 Bd7 11.O-O O-O 12.Rf4 Qe7 13.a3 Ba5 14.Qe2 b5 15.
Nh5 Bb6 16.Be3 Nc6 17.Qg4 g6 18.Nf6+ Kg7 19.Qh3 Rh8 20.Qh6+!!
( 20.Qh6+ Kxh6 21.Rh4+ Kg7 22.Bh6# )
1-0
Rosario, Amiel -- Rej, Tomek
0-1 D45m
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.g4 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 Nd5 9.a3 Nxc3 10.Qxc3 Nf6 11.Bd2 b5 12.Bd3 Bb7 13.e4 a6 14.Qc2 c5 15.
dxc5 Bxc5 16.Bc3 Rc8 17.Rd1 Qe7 18.h3 h6 19.Rg1 Qc7! 20.g5 hxg5 21.Nxg5 Qh2
22.Kf1 Rh5 23.Qe2 Rxg5 24.Rxg5 Nxe4 25.Rg2 Qh1+ 26.Rg1 Ng3+!! 0-1
Illingworth, Max -- Bjelobrk, Igor
1-0 A43h
1.d4 e6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 d6 4.Nc3 Ne7 5.e4 exd5 6.cxd5 Ng6 7.Nf3 Be7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9.h3 Nd7 10.O-O a6 11.a4 Bf6 12.Nd2 Nf4 13.Nc4 Nxd3 14.Qxd3 Ne5
15.Nxe5 Bxe5 16.f4 Bf6 17.e5!? dxe5 18.f5! b6 19.Be3 Bb7 20.Rad1 Rc8 21.
Ne4 Kh8 22.g4 Be7 23.f6! gxf6 24.Rf5! Rg8 25.Ng3 c4 26.Qe4 c3 27.bxc3 Rxc3
28.Rh5 Rg6 29.Nf5 Bf8 30.g5! Qc8 31.Qh4 h6 32.Nxh6 Bxh6 33.Rxh6+ Rxh6 34.
Qxh6+ Kg8 35.gxf6 Qf8 36.Qg5+ Kh8 37.Qh5+ Kg8 38.d6! Rc2 39.Qg5+ Kh8 40.d7
! 1-0
Place Name Feder Loc Score
1 Bird, Andrew NSW 2105 6.5
2-4 Xie, George NSW 2324 6
Hu, Jason NSW 2024 6
O'chee, Kevin NSW 2035 6
5-12 Smirnov, Vladimir NSW 2237 5
Tian, Kuan-Kuan NSW 2069 5
Illingworth, Max NSW 1786 5
Wright, Neil NSW 1945 5
Dunn, Michael Gl NSW 1828 5
Atzmon-Simon, Barak NSW 2076 5
Bolens, Johny NSW 2095 5
Chek, Adrian NSW 1990 5
13-18 Charles, Gareth NSW 2105 4.5
Rej, Tomek NSW 2243 4.5
Bjelobrk, Igor VIC 2408 4.5
Hoving, Eliot NSW 1710 4.5
Morris, Michael NSW 1915 4.5
Harris, Benjamin NSW 1690 4.5
19-34 Rosario, Amiel NSW 1645 4
Twigg, Stephen NSW 2070 4
Mendes Da Costa, Alex NSW 1930 4
Tankel, Alan NSW 1756 4
Chernih, Nicholas NSW 1724 4
Roberts, Jamie NSW 1643 4
Pickering, Anthony NSW 1751 4
Van Der Kolff, Michael NSW 1439 4
Ramachandran, Raj NSW 1602 4
Bisson, Danny Wayne NSW 1507 4
Nabulsi, Derek NSW 1412 4
Dickson, Ian NSW 1546 4
Rachmadi, Herman NSW 1701 4
Tracey, Michael NSW 1470 4
Roach, Owen NSW 1482 4
Cheung, Benjamin NSW 741 4
35-42 Boyce, Jamie NSW 1665 3.5
Escribano, Jose NSW 1669 3.5
Wan, Dennis NSW 3.5
Webster, David NSW 1693 3.5
Harp, Joel NSW 1802 3.5
Mcparland, John NSW 1475 3.5
Wall, Terence NSW 1499 3.5
Ryan, Mark NSW 1376 3.5
43-59 Parravicini, Matthew NSW 1586 3
Lo, Anthony NSW 1558 3
Trkulja, Slavko NSW 1674 3
Reynolds, Paul NSW 1597 3
Phillips, Andrew NSW 1564 3
Stokes, Richard NSW 1461 3
Losh, Gary NSW 1456 3
Barker, Mitchell NSW 1343 3
Au, Dennis VIC 3
Christensen, Joshua NSW 1267 3
Ross, Bill NSW 1474 3
Parker, Trent NSW 1490 3
Wettstein, Carla NSW 1650 3
Burgess, Shane NSW 1351 3
Forace, Lee NSW 1539 3
Zekic, Peter NSW 1396 3
Mayo, Greg NSW 3
60-61 Tsui, Edison NSW 1002 2.5
Bedford, Joel NSW 2.5
62-70 Miranda, Adrian NSW 1611 2
Zhang, Charmian NSW 533 2
Wan, Kinto NSW 542 2
Greenwood, Norman NSW 1468 2
Frerer, Samantha NSW 1030 2
Mayo, Robin NSW 2
Baldwin, Tony NSW 1371 2
Huynh, Arthur NSW 1800 2
Harrison, Joe NSW 830 2
71-74 Rajendran, Prem NSW 679 1.5
Vidler, Peter NSW 1375 1.5
Swords, Chester NSW 1.5
Papantoniou, John NSW 557 1.5
75-76 Wang, Oscar NSW 941 1
Zhang, Raymond NSW 876 1
No Name Loc Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1. Bjelobrk, Igor 2408 4.5 38:W 20:L 41:W 17:D 33:W 15:W 11:L 2. Xie, George 2324 6 39:W 19:W 11:W 6:W 5:L 14:W 4:W 3. Rej, Tomek 2243 4.5 41:W 26:D 24:W 32:W 4:L 17:L 30:W 4. Smirnov, Vladimir 2237 5 59:W 21:W 14:W 20:W 3:W 5:L 2:L 5. Bird, Andrew 2105 6.5 71:W 29:W 18:W 10:W 2:W 4:W 12:D 6. Charles, Gareth 2105 4.5 43:W 23:W 15:W 2:L 12:L 35:D 76:W 7. Bolens, Johny 2095 5 44:W 32:L 42:W 28:W 16:W 12:L 24:W 8. Atzmon-Simon, Barak 2076 5 45:W 27:W 20:L 33:D 23:W 52:W 17:D 9. Twigg, Stephen 2070 4 46:W 34:W 32:L 29:W 17:D 24:L 35:D 10. Tian, Kuan-Kuan 2069 5 47:W 28:W 33:W 5:L 20:W 11:L 23:W 11. O'chee, Kevin 2035 6 48:W 76:W 2:L 34:W 21:W 10:W 1:W 12. Hu, Jason 2024 6 49:W 30:D 26:W 13:W 6:W 7:W 5:D 13. Chek, Adrian 1990 5 24:D 42:W 37:W 12:L 30:W 32:D 21:W 14. Wright, Neil 1945 5 50:W 31:W 4:L 36:W 22:W 2:L 32:W 15. Mendes Da Costa, Alex 1930 4 51:W 36:W 6:L 38:W 32:D 1:L 40:D 16. Morris, Michael 1915 4.5 53:W 33:L 40:W 35:W 7:L 39:W 27:D 17. Dunn, Michael Gl 1828 5 54:W 37:D 30:W 1:D 9:D 3:W 8:D 18. Harp, Joel 1802 3.5 55:W 40:W 5:L :D 24:L 37:W : 19. Huynh, Arthur 1800 2 56:W 2:L 71:L 54:W : : : 20. Illingworth, Max 1786 5 57:W 1:W 8:W 4:L 10:L 29:W 22:W 21. Tankel, Alan 1756 4 58:W 4:L 46:W 60:W 11:L 50:W 13:L 22. Pickering, Anthony 1751 4 31:L 55:W 47:W 39:W 14:L 46:W 20:L 23. Chernih, Nicholas 1724 4 60:W 6:L 48:W 71:W 8:L 42:W 10:L 24. Hoving, Eliot 1710 4.5 13:D 72:W 3:L 53:W 18:W 9:W 7:L 25. Rachmadi, Herman 1701 4 37:L 56:W 51:D 30:L 62:W 38:W 52:D 26. Webster, David 1693 3.5 61:W 3:D 12:L 52:L 72:W 40:L 62:W 27. Harris, Benjamin 1690 4.5 62:W 8:L 52:D 37:D 44:W 59:W 16:D 28. Trkulja, Slavko 1674 3 64:W 10:L 54:W 7:L 52:L 60:W 48:L 29. Escribano, Jose 1669 3.5 65:W 5:L 49:W 9:L 45:W 20:L 46:D 30. Boyce, Jamie 1665 3.5 66:W 12:D 17:L 25:W 13:L 47:W 3:L 31. Wettstein, Carla 1650 3 22:W 14:L 60:L 58:L 40:L 63:W 61:W 32. Rosario, Amiel 1645 4 67:W 7:W 9:W 3:L 15:D 13:D 14:L 33. Roberts, Jamie 1643 4 68:W 16:W 10:L 8:D 1:L 53:D 59:W 34. Miranda, Adrian 1611 2 69:W 9:L 50:W 11:L 46:L 55:L 58:L 35. Ramachandran, Raj 1602 4 72:D 52:D 62:W 16:L 48:W 6:D 9:D 36. Reynolds, Paul 1597 3 75:W 15:L 63:W 14:L 50:L 58:W 45:L 37. Parravicini, Matthew 1586 3 25:W 17:D 13:L 27:D 51:D 18:L 47:D 38. Phillips, Andrew 1564 3 1:L 57:W 70:W 15:L 53:D 25:L 51:D 39. Lo, Anthony 1558 3 2:L 58:W 69:W 22:L 60:W 16:L 53:L 40. Dickson, Ian 1546 4 74:W 18:L 16:L 62:D 31:W 26:W 15:D 41. Forace, Lee 1539 3 3:L 59:W 1:L 50:L 61:L 72:W 69:W 42. Bisson, Danny Wayne 1507 4 63:W 13:L 7:L 57:W 58:W 23:L 50:W 43. Wall, Terence 1499 3.5 6:L 60:L 72:W 59:L 63:W 61:W 55:D 44. Parker, Trent 1490 3 7:L 63:L 65:W 61:W 27:L 70:W 66:L 45. Roach, Owen 1482 4 8:L 62:L 64:W 66:W 29:L 69:W 36:W 46. Mcparland, John 1475 3.5 9:L 65:W 21:L 63:W 34:W 22:L 29:D 47. Ross, Bill 1474 3 10:L 64:W 22:L 69:W 76:D 30:L 37:D 48. Tracey, Michael 1470 4 11:L 67:W 23:L 70:W 35:L 73:W 28:W 49. Greenwood, Norman 1468 2 12:L 66:W 29:L 76:L 69:L 65:W 60:L 50. Stokes, Richard 1461 3 14:L 68:W 34:L 41:W 36:W 21:L 42:L 51. Losh, Gary 1456 3 15:L 73:W 25:D :D 37:D 76:L 38:D 52. Van Der Kolff, Michael 1439 4 :D 35:D 27:D 26:W 28:W 8:L 25:D 53. Nabulsi, Derek 1412 4 16:L 74:W 76:W 24:L 38:D 33:D 39:W 54. Zekic, Peter 1396 3 17:L 75:W 28:L 19:L 70:L 68:W 73:W 55. Ryan, Mark 1376 3.5 18:L 22:L 66:L 56:W 74:W 34:W 43:D 56. Vidler, Peter 1375 1.5 19:L 25:L 67:D 55:L 73:L 64:D 68:D 57. Baldwin, Tony 1371 2 20:L 38:L 68:W 42:L 66:L 74:L 64:W 58. Burgess, Shane 1351 3 21:L 39:L 73:W 31:W 42:L 36:L 34:W 59. Barker, Mitchell 1343 3 4:L 41:L 74:W 43:W 71:W 27:L 33:L 60. Christensen, Joshua 1267 3 23:L 43:W 31:W 21:L 39:L 28:L 49:W 61. Frerer, Samantha 1030 2 26:L 71:L 75:W 44:L 41:W 43:L 31:L 62. Tsui, Edison 1002 2.5 27:L 45:W 35:L 40:D 25:L 67:W 26:L 63. Wang, Oscar 941 1 42:L 44:W 36:L 46:L 43:L 31:L 65:L 64. Zhang, Raymond 876 1 28:L 47:L 45:L 73:L 68:D 56:D 57:L 65. Harrison, Joe 830 2 29:L 46:L 44:L 74:L :W 49:L 63:W 66. Cheung, Benjamin 741 4 30:L 49:L 55:W 45:L 57:W 71:W 44:W 67. Rajendran, Prem 679 1.5 32:L 48:L 56:D 72:L 75:W 62:L 74:L 68. Papantoniou, John 557 1.5 33:L 50:L 57:L 75:D 64:D 54:L 56:D 69. Wan, Kinto 542 2 34:L :W 39:L 47:L 49:W 45:L 41:L 70. Zhang, Charmian 533 2 :D :D 38:L 48:L 54:W 44:L 71:L 71. Au, Dennis 3 5:L 61:W 19:W 23:L 59:L 66:L 70:W 72. Bedford, Joel 2.5 35:D 24:L 43:L 67:W 26:L 41:L 75:W 73. Mayo, Robin 2 76:L 51:L 58:L 64:W 56:W 48:L 54:L 74. Mayo, Greg 3 40:L 53:L 59:L 65:W 55:L 57:W 67:W 75. Swords, Chester 1.5 36:L 54:L 61:L 68:D 67:L :W 72:L 76. Wan, Dennis 3.5 73:W 11:L 53:L 49:W 47:D 51:W 6:L