GM Rogers 2004 NSW Open Champion
NSW Open: Held over the queen's birthday long weekend at Ryde Eastwood Leagues Club (the same venue as last year), this year's NSW Open was once again a good tournament, attracting 82 players. Holding it as an open event was a success, as 12 players showed up from Canberra, 2 from Queensland and 2 from overseas. FIDE rating the event was also a good idea, attracting 52 players to the Open event. For the first time this year the event was split into two divisions, with 30 people playing in the Under 1600 event. The NSW State Women's Championships was also held concurrently, attracting a small field in an 8 player round robin.OPEN: Top seed GM Ian Rogers won this one convincingly, scoring the same perfect (7/7) score he got last year! (Who wants to take out a book on when Ian will concede his first point, or even half point, in the NSW Open?). Most of his games he won fairly handily, but he was pushed on the second day, first by second placegetter Armen Ayvazyan (5.5/7), then by the rapidly improving George Xie (= 3rd on 5/7). After a long and tough struggle, Armen eventually allowed a 4 move combination ending in a knight fork winning his queen. George had a good position at one stage, but was very short of time and allowed Ian to sacrifice his queen for rook and knight very beneficially, then win with his passed e3 pawn as Black.
Apart from this game George was not quite in his best form this weekend, conceding draws with Camer and Bolens. Camer claimed he missed a win in the knight and bishop ending; while George's attempts to avoid a draw nearly ended up with him losing to Bolens, but he rescued himself in the end with a perpetual check. He then ended up sharing 3rd place with juniors Raymond Song and Michael Wei. The latter won his Round 6 game against Ed Agulto after Ed had resigned a drawn position when he thought he would end up a piece down as a result of Michael's combination, but missed that if Michael had recaptured his queen he would have had his rook trapped (and so he would have had to take a perpetual check instead!). Alex Mendes da Costa won a very exciting last game to finish against Vincent Suttor to claim the Under 1800 prize.
Prizes: 1st Ian Rogers 7/7; 2nd Armen Ayvazyan 5.5; 3rd = Raymond Song, Michael Wei, George Xie 5; 1800-1999 =1st Junta Ikeda, Bruce Murray 4.5; Under 1800 1st Alex Mendes da Costa 4.5, =2nd Mos Ali, Milan Grcic, Max Illingworth 4.
Place Name Feder Loc Score
1 Rogers, Ian NSW 2646 7
2 Ayvazyan, Armen NSW 2121 5.5
3-5 Xie, George NSW 2319 5
Wei, Michael ACT 1953 5
Song, Raymond NSW 1903 5
6-14 Camer, Angelito NSW 2077 4.5
Bolens, Johny NSW 2061 4.5
Kabir, Ruhul NSW 2244 4.5
Agulto, Edgardo NSW 2113 4.5
Goris, Robert NSW 2190 4.5
Compton, Alistair OS 2112 4.5
Ikeda, Junta ACT 1819 4.5
Mendes da Costa, Alex NSW 1782 4.5
Murray, Bruce D NSW 1877 4.5
15-22 Schultz-Pedersen, Jesper OS 2180 4
Illingworth, Max NSW 1761 4
Capilitan, Romeo NSW 2005 4
Peters, Duncan NSW 1911 4
Chan, Jason NSW 1978 4
Hu, Jason NSW 1885 4
Ali, Mosaddeque ACT 1746 4
Grcic, Milan ACT 1798 4
23-29 Rout, Ian C ACT 1885 3.5
Dick, David W NSW 1982 3.5
Tse, Jeffrey NSW 1500 3.5
Suttor, Vincent NSW 1884 3.5
Lovejoy, David QLD 1853 3.5
Descallar, Levi NSW 1724 3.5
Huang, Justin NSW 1727 3.5
30-39 Dickson, Ian C NSW 1649 3
Barisic, Frank NSW 1818 3
Keuning, Anthony V NSW 1610 3
Redgrave, John NSW 1811 3
Nicholson, Scott NSW 1603 3
Lau, Eddie ACT 1799 3
Sewell, Robert NSW 1524 3
Savelieff, Geoffrey NSW 1698 3
Tomas, Tom NSW 1774 3
Buza, Muhamed NSW 1672 3
40-43 Yum, Brenton NSW 1723 2.5
Grbin, Tereza NSW 1612 2.5
Escribano, Jose NSW 1640 2.5
Rachmadi, Herman NSW 1824 2.5
44-48 Urdanegui, Abel NSW 1622 2
Trkulja, Slavko NSW 1644 2
Miranda, Adrian NSW 1458 2
Xu, William NSW 1410 2
Ilic, Ilija NSW 1980 2
49-50 Korbe, Heinrich NSW 1546 1.5
McDonald, David NSW 1.5
51 Tomac, Jack NSW 1819 1
52 Cameron, Jole NSW 0
No Name Rtg Loc Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1. Rogers, Ian 2582 2646 7 29:W 16:W 22:W 6:W 2:W 4:W 3:W 2. Xie, George 2281 2319 5 30:W 17:W 9:D 8:W 1:L 10:D 18:W 3. Kabir, Ruhul 2228 2244 4.5 31:D 48:W 10:L 32:W 14:W 11:W 1:L 4. Goris, Robert 2191 2190 4.5 32:D 27:W 28:W 9:D 12:W 1:L 10:D 5. Schultz-Pedersen, Jesper 2220 2180 4 33:D 31:W 11:W 10:D 15:D 21:D 17:L 6. Ayvazyan, Armen 2219 2121 5.5 34:W 18:W 14:W 1:L 30:W 9:W 15:D 7. Agulto, Edgardo 2180 2113 4.5 35:W 22:L 33:W 24:W 10:D 15:L 19:W 8. Compton, Alistair 2112 2112 4.5 36:D 32:W 20:W 2:L 19:D 30:D 12:W 9. Camer, Angelito 2084 2077 4.5 37:W 24:W 2:D 4:D 48:W 6:L 21:D 10. Bolens, Johny 2211 2061 4.5 27:D 36:W 3:W 5:D 7:D 2:D 4:D 11. Capilitan, Romeo 2179 2005 4 38:W 19:D 5:L 41:W 20:W 3:L 24:D 12. Dick, David W 1982 3.5 15:L 50:W 35:W 22:W 4:L 19:D 8:L 13. Ilic, Ilija 2120 1980 2 39:W 21:W : : : : : 14. Chan, Jason 2183 1978 4 40:W 26:W 6:L 28:W 3:L 24:L 27:W 15. Wei, Michael 2111 1953 5 12:W 28:L 19:W 26:W 5:D 7:W 6:D 16. Peters, Duncan 1911 4 41:W 1:L 38:W 30:L 21:L 37:W 39:W 17. Song, Raymond 1944 1903 5 42:W 2:L 37:W 48:L 29:W 26:W 5:W 18. Hu, Jason 1885 4 43:W 6:L 40:L 38:W 33:W 45:W 2:L 19. Rout, Ian C 1885 3.5 44:W 11:D 15:L 40:W 8:D 12:D 7:L 20. Suttor, Vincent 2022 1884 3.5 45:W :D 8:L 44:W 11:L 48:W 30:L 21. Murray, Bruce D 1877 4.5 46:W 13:L 44:D 50:W 16:W 5:D 9:D 22. Lovejoy, David 1853 3.5 47:W 7:W 1:L 12:L 34:D 32:L 36:W 23. Rachmadi, Herman 1824 2.5 48:L 41:D 50:L 45:L 49:W 36:L 42:W 24. Ikeda, Junta 1819 4.5 49:W 9:L 39:W 7:L 35:W 14:W 11:D 25. Tomac, Jack 1819 1 50:D 33:D 48:L :L :L 42:- : 26. Barisic, Frank 1818 3 51:W 14:L 43:W 15:L 40:W 17:L 33:L 27. Redgrave, John 1811 3 10:D 4:L 41:L 52:W 37:W 34:D 14:L 28. Lau, Eddie 1799 3 52:W 15:W 4:L 14:L 45:L 39:L 41:W 29. Grcic, Milan 1798 4 1:L 43:L 36:W 39:W 17:L 40:W 45:W 30. Mendes da Costa, Alex 1782 4.5 2:L 42:W 49:W 16:W 6:L 8:D 20:W 31. Tomas, Tom 1774 3 3:D 5:L 32:L 36:D 42:W 41:D 44:D 32. Illingworth, Max 1761 4 4:D 8:L 31:W 3:L 44:W 22:W 34:D 33. Ali, Mosaddeque 2042 1746 4 5:D 25:D 7:L 42:W 18:L 47:W 26:W 34. Huang, Justin 2106 1727 3.5 6:L 44:L 46:W 47:W 22:D 27:D 32:D 35. Descallar, Levi 1724 3.5 7:L 45:W 12:L 43:W 24:L 50:W 48:D 36. Yum, Brenton 1723 2.5 8:D 10:L 29:L 31:D 43:D 23:W 22:L 37. Savelieff, Geoffrey 1698 3 9:L 47:W 17:L 49:W 27:L 16:L 50:W 38. Buza, Muhamed 1672 3 11:L 46:W 16:L 18:L 47:L 52:W 49:W 39. Dickson, Ian C 1649 3 13:L 51:W 24:L 29:L 46:W 28:W 16:L 40. Trkulja, Slavko 1644 2 14:L 52:W 18:W 19:L 26:L 29:L 47:L 41. Escribano, Jose 1640 2.5 16:L 23:D 27:W 11:L 50:D 31:D 28:L 42. Urdanegui, Abel 1622 2 17:L 30:L 52:W 33:L 31:L 25:+ 23:L 43. Grbin, Tereza 1612 2.5 18:L 29:W 26:L 35:L 36:D 44:L :W 44. Keuning, Anthony V 1610 3 19:L 34:W 21:D 20:L 32:L 43:W 31:D 45. Nicholson, Scott 1603 3 20:L 35:L 51:+ 23:W 28:W 18:L 29:L 46. Korbe, Heinrich 1546 1.5 21:L 38:L 34:L :W 39:L 49:L 52:D 47. Sewell, Robert 1524 3 22:L 37:L :W 34:L 38:W 33:L 40:W 48. Tse, Jeffrey 1500 3.5 23:W 3:L 25:W 17:W 9:L 20:L 35:D 49. Miranda, Adrian 1458 2 24:L :W 30:L 37:L 23:L 46:W 38:L 50. Xu, William 1410 2 25:D 12:L 23:W 21:L 41:D 35:L 37:L 51. Cameron, Jole 0 26:L 39:L 45:- : : : : 52. McDonald, David 1.5 28:L 40:L 42:L 27:L :W 38:L 46:D
The top seeds struggled in this one, with second seed Carl Art and fourth seed Sherab Guo-Yuthok losing in Round 1, third seed Eddy Katnic in Round 2 and top seed Gojko Trzin in Round 3. Of these, Sherab perpetrated the Swiss gambit best, as he then won his next six games to win the tournament outright on 6/7! But it was not only juniors doing well, as both Danny Bisson and veteran Norm Greenwood were on the top boards for the whole event, and came equal second on 5.5. Norm in particular did well, not losing a game (but drawing three). The field of 30 players was a little disappointing given the $600 first prize; perhaps more will play next year, when the aim is to make the first prize the biggest Under 1600 one in the country (bigger even than Doeberl)...
Prizes: 1st Sherab Guo-Yuthok 6/7; 2nd = Danny Bisson, Norm Greenwood 5.5; 1st 1350-1500 Adam Guzel 4.5; 1st = Under 1350 Matthew Beltrami, Andrew Brown, Lloyd R Fell 4.
Place Name Feder Loc Score
1 Guo-Yuthok, Sherab ACT 1560 6
2-3 Bisson, Danny Wayne NSW 1510 5.5
Greenwood, Norman NSW 1513 5.5
4 Cannings, Stephen NSW 5
5-7 Guzel, Adam NSW 1457 4.5
Kresinger, Frank NSW 1547 4.5
Nikolaou, Chris NSW 1540 4.5
8-15 Boyce, Jamie NSW 1395 4
Trzin, Gojko NSW 1595 4
Beltrami, Matthew ACT 1300 4
Dick, Graham NSW 1537 4
Pickering, Anthony NSW 1537 4
Evans, David A NSW 1510 4
Brown, Andrew ACT 1325 4
Fell, Lloyd R NSW 1253 4
16-17 Tracey, Michael J NSW 1401 3.5
Davies, Duncan NSW 1165 3.5
18-23 Katnic, Eddy NSW 1580 3
Jenkins, Michael NSW 3
Wilkie, Mary E NSW 1252 3
Gray, Garvin QLD 1133 3
Jeffreys, Roger W NSW 1490 3
Art, Carl NSW 1581 3
24 Sweeney, Matthew NSW 1257 2.5
25-29 Oliver, Anthony ACT 998 2
Tsui, Byron NSW 2
Hoang, Cimaine NSW 2
Guo, Emma ACT 808 2
Beltrami, Michael ACT 1077 2
30 Tsui, Edison NSW 377 1
No Name Feder Loc Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1. Trzin, Gojko NSW 1595 4 17:W 11:W 9:L 14:L 6:W 27:L 12:W 2. Art, Carl NSW 1581 3 18:L 8:L 25:L 28:W 23:W 24:W 16:L 3. Katnic, Eddy NSW 1580 3 19:W 13:L 15:D 16:W 5:L 12:D 11:L 4. Guo-Yuthok, Sherab ACT 1560 6 20:L 24:W 18:W 11:W 10:W 13:W 5:W 5. Kresinger, Frank NSW 1547 4.5 21:W 15:D 8:L 27:W 3:W 14:W 4:L 6. Nikolaou, Chris NSW 1540 4.5 22:W 18:W 10:L 15:D 1:L 21:W 14:W 7. Dick, Graham NSW 1537 4 23:W 16:W 13:L 17:L 24:W 11:W 9:L 8. Pickering, Anthony NSW 1537 4 24:D 2:W 5:W 13:L 15:L 18:W 17:D 9. Greenwood, Norman NSW 1513 5.5 29:W 20:W 1:W 10:D 13:D 15:D 7:W 10. Bisson, Danny Wayne NSW 1510 5.5 25:W 27:W 6:W 9:D 4:L 17:W 13:W 11. Evans, David A NSW 1510 4 26:W 1:L 20:W 4:L 30:W 7:L 3:W 12. Jeffreys, Roger W NSW 1490 3 27:L 22:D 28:W 24:D 18:D 3:D 1:L 13. Guzel, Adam NSW 1457 4.5 28:W 3:W 7:W 8:W 9:D 4:L 10:L 14. Tracey, Michael J NSW 1401 3.5 15:L 23:W 26:W 1:W 17:D 5:L 6:L 15. Boyce, Jamie NSW 1395 4 14:W 5:D 3:D 6:D 8:W 9:D 27:L 16. Brown, Andrew ACT 1325 4 30:W 7:L 27:L 3:L 26:W 29:W 2:W 17. Beltrami, Matthew ACT 1300 4 1:L 25:W 29:W 7:W 14:D 10:L 8:D 18. Sweeney, Matthew NSW 1257 2.5 2:W 6:L 4:L 25:W 12:D 8:L 19:L 19. Fell, Lloyd R NSW 1253 4 3:L 29:L 22:W 26:W 27:L 30:W 18:W 20. Wilkie, Mary E NSW 1252 3 4:W 9:L 11:L 30:L 21:L 26:W 25:W 21. Davies, Duncan NSW 1165 3.5 5:L 30:W 24:L 29:D 20:W 6:L 28:W 22. Gray, Garvin QLD 1133 3 6:L 12:D 19:L :D :D 25:D 30:W 23. Beltrami, Michael ACT 1077 2 7:L 14:L 30:L :W 2:L 28:L 26:W 24. Oliver, Anthony ACT 998 2 8:D 4:L 21:W 12:D 7:L 2:L 29:L 25. Guo, Emma ACT 808 2 10:L 17:L 2:W 18:L 29:D 22:D 20:L 26. Tsui, Edison NSW 377 1 11:L :W 14:L 19:L 16:L 20:L 23:L 27. Cannings, Stephen NSW 5 12:W 10:L 16:W 5:L 19:W 1:W 15:W 28. Hoang, Cimaine NSW 2 13:L :D 12:L 2:L :D 23:W 21:L 29. Jenkins, Michael NSW 3 9:L 19:W 17:L 21:D 25:D 16:L 24:W 30. Tsui, Byron NSW 2 16:L 21:L 23:W 20:W 11:L 19:L 22:L