NEW SOUTH WALES CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP
By Nicholas Kordahi
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Is this the 100th anniversary of the NSW Championships?The answer varies depending on who one talks to. Whatever the truth of the matter, it’s a good excuse for chocolate mud cake!
Greg Canfell won the 2001 NSW Championship for the fourth time with a round to spare scoring 8/9. I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Greg on an outstanding achievement.
With the welcome return of the Filipino contingent this year’s championship promised to be a tightly contested affair. The first round went according to plan on the top boards with the lower rated players putting up little resistance. The sombre ritual in the main event was a stark contrast to the arbiting nightmare in the reserves. My initiation to top-level directing was dealing with the unlucky pairing of Lloyd Fell and Jose Escribano. I thought to myself If I can get through this one I would be ready for anything. As it was my patience was tested when Mr Fell fired a barrage of racial slurs at his opponent and all in sundry. Under these sensitive circumstances I felt that the only reasonable solution was to expel Mr Fell from the tournament. I was born and raised in Sydney and have lived and worked in Sydney my whole life. It is time we put an end to this pre-historic tolerance of racism and stamp it out completely from our chess community.
The early surprise was the meteoric rise of Kerry Stead. By the end of round 5 Stead was on 4/5 surprising himself and his unsuspecting opponents. Kerry ended up having a distinguished tournament and almost completed the Filipino triple by beating Agulto and Camer only to come unstuck against Samar. Kerry shared equal 4th with another surprise package in the form of Simon Quick. Unlike his partner in crime, Simon started off slowly, but came home like steam train to shock Samar in the final round with a mature handling of a tricky position.
Kerry Stead and Simon Quick had to wait with vatted breath on the result of the final round clash between Bolens and Camer. A draw or loss by Johny Bolens would present these two upstarts with a prized place in this year’s championships. Johnny eventually triumphed in a dramatic game losing his queen for two bishops to win a nail biting end game. With this victory Johnny finished equal 2nd with Raul Samar. Both Bolens and Samar had consistent tournaments with Johnny being aided by an early win on forfeit against Tim Reilly
The reserves tournaments were marred by habitual forfeits. In round 9 alone there were 8 forfeits with one such forfeit deciding a place. The winner of the U2000 section was Romeo Capilitan. Romeo raced to an early lead and was in cruise mode for the much of the second half of the tournament taking strategic draws, The winner of the U1600 was Sarwat Rewias. Sarwat had a great tournament scoring 8/9 and at times seemed too strong for the event.
Place Getters
OPEN
1st Gregory Canfell
=2nd Johnny Bolens
=2nd Raul Samar
U2000
1st Romeo Capilitan
= 2nd Jason Chan
= 2nd Lachlan Benson
= 2nd Tom Tomas
U1600
1st Sarwat Rewais
2nd Rusdianto Sayfei
3rd Danny Bisson
Round 9 Results Open Division
No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total
1 Canfell, Gregory J 2240 [7.5] .5:.5 Van Renen, Mike 1940 [4.5]
2 Quick, Simon 2000 [4.5] 1:0 Samar, Raul 2314 [6]
3 Reilly, Tim 2254 [4.5] .5:.5 Stead, Kerry 1982 [5]
4 Bolens, Johny 2096 [5] 1:0 Camer, Angelito 2051 [4]
5 Agulto, Edgardo 2170 [4.5] .5:.5 Harp, Joel 1919 [3.5]
6 Xie, George 2055 [4] .5:.5 Muljadi, Haris 2009 [4]
7 Chambers, Matthew 2066 [4] 1:0 Dozsa, Paul 2055 [3.5]
8 Rippis, Theos 1951 [3] 1:0 Nutter, John 1953 [3]
9 Safarian, Alek 1972 [3] 1:0 BYE
Cross Table
No Name Loc Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1. Samar, Raul 2314 6 11:W 6:L 8:W 10:W 3:D 13:W 2:W 4:D 12:L
2. Reilly, Tim 2254 5 12:W :D 6:- 9:W 14:W 3:L 1:L 19:W 13:D
3. Canfell, Gregory J 2240 8 13:W 8:W 4:W 6:W 1:D 2:W 10:W 12:W 18:D
4. Agulto, Edgardo 2170 5 14:W 5:W 3:L 13:L 10:D 11:W 6:D 1:D 19:D
5. Jakirlic, Nermin 2108 1 15:W 4:L 14:L : : : : : :
6. Bolens, Johny 2096 6 16:W 1:W 2:+ 3:L 13:L 12:D 4:D 11:W 10:W
7. Chambers, Matthew 2066 5 17:D 11:W 10:L 14:L 9:W 15:D 19:D 18:D 8:W
8. Dozsa, Paul 2055 3.5 18:W 3:L 1:L 16:W 12:L 19:L 9:D 17:W 7:L
9. Xie, George 2055 4.5 19:W 10:L 17:D 2:L 7:L 16:W 8:D 14:+ 11:D
10. Camer, Angelito 2051 4 20:D 9:W 7:W 1:L 4:D 14:W 3:L 13:L 6:L
11. Muljadi, Haris 2009 4.5 1:L 7:L 16:W 20:W 19:W 4:L 14:+ 6:L 9:D
12. Quick, Simon 2000 5.5 2:L 15:D 18:W 17:D 8:W 6:D 13:W 3:L 1:W
13. Stead, Kerry 1982 5.5 3:L 16:W 19:W 4:W 6:W 1:L 12:L 10:W 2:D
14. Vandan, Ergene Huyag 1974 3 4:L 18:W 5:W 7:W 2:L 10:L 11:- 9:- :
15. Safarian, Alek 1972 4 5:L 12:D 20:W 19:L 17:W 7:D 18:L 16:L :W
16. Nutter, John 1953 3 6:L 13:L 11:L 8:L :W 9:L 20:+ 15:W 17:L
17. Rippis, Theos 1951 4 7:D 20:D 9:D 12:D 15:L 18:L :W 8:L 16:W
18. Van Renen, Mike 1940 5 8:L 14:L 12:L :W 20:W 17:W 15:W 7:D 3:D
19. Harp, Joel 1919 4 9:L :W 13:L 15:W 11:L 8:W 7:D 2:L 4:D
20. Ilic, Ilija 1907 2 10:D 17:D 15:L 11:L 18:L :W 16:- : :
Standings
Place Name Loc Score
1 Canfell, Gregory J 2240 8
2-3 Samar, Raul 2314 6
Bolens, Johny 2096 6
4-5 Stead, Kerry 1982 5.5
Quick, Simon 2000 5.5
6-9 Reilly, Tim 2254 5
Agulto, Edgardo 2170 5
Van Renen, Mike 1940 5
Chambers, Matthew 2066 5
10-11 Muljadi, Haris 2009 4.5
Xie, George 2055 4.5
12-15 Camer, Angelito 2051 4
Harp, Joel 1919 4
Rippis, Theos 1951 4
Safarian, Alek 1972 4
16 Dozsa, Paul 2055 3.5
17-18 Nutter, John 1953 3
Vandan, Ergene Huyag 1974 3
19 Ilic, Ilija 1907 2
20 Jakirlic, Nermin 2108 1
NSW State Championship MAJOR Division - Round 9
Results
No Name Loc Result Name Loc
1 Romeo Capilitan 1977 1:0 Vincent Suttor 1595
2 Jason Chan 1812 1:0 Lachlan Benson 1902
3 Amiel Rosario 1609 0:1 Tom Tomas 1732
4 Samir Bajrami 1937 0:1 Vasil G Tulevski 1833
5 Laurent Domingos 0:1 Heinrich Korbe 1609
6 Edward Lee 1914 1:0 BYE
7 Lee Forace 1492 0:0 BYE
Cross Table
No Name Loc Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1. Capilitan, Romeo 1977 7.5 13:+ 8:W 4:W 10:W 5:D 9:D 3:D 11:W 12:W
2. Winter, George 1970 2.5 9:D 7:W 5:D 8:L 12:D 10:- 15:- : :
3. Bajrami, Samir 1937 4.5 10:L 12:D 14:W 9:L 15:W 11:D 1:D 4:W 7:L
4. Lee, Edward 1914 5.5 11:W 16:W 1:L 5:D 10:W 8:W 9:L 3:L :W
5. Benson, Lachlan 1902 6 12:W 10:D 2:D 4:D 1:D 7:W 11:W 9:W 8:L
6. Fell, Lloyd S 1850 1 13:W : : : : : : : :
7. Tulevski, Vasil G 1833 5 14:D 2:L 15:W 12:D 11:L 5:L 10:W :W 3:W
8. Chan, Jason 1812 6 15:W 1:L 16:+ 2:W 9:L 4:L 12:W 10:W 5:W
9. Tomas, Tom 1732 6 2:D 14:W 10:L 3:W 8:W 1:D 4:W 5:L 11:W
10. Korbe, Heinrich 1609 4.5 3:W 5:D 9:W 1:L 4:L 2:+ 7:L 8:L 15:W
11. Rosario, Amiel 1609 3 4:L 15:D 12:L 16:+ 7:W 3:D 5:L 1:L 9:L
12. Suttor, Vincent 1595 3.5 5:L 3:D 11:W 7:D 2:D 15:+ 8:L 15:- 1:L
13. Escribano, Jose 1572 0 6:L : : : : : : : :
14. Forace, Lee 1492 .5 7:D 9:L 3:L :L :L :L :L :L :L
15. Domingos, Laurent 3.5 8:L 11:D 7:L :W 3:L 12:- 2:+ 12:+ 10:L
16. Martin, Peter 1 :W 4:L 8:- 11:- : : : : :
Standings
Place Name Loc Score
1 Capilitan, Romeo 1977 7.5
2-4 Benson, Lachlan 1902 6
Tomas, Tom 1732 6
Chan, Jason 1812 6
5 Lee, Edward 1914 5.5
6 Tulevski, Vasil G 1833 5
7-8 Korbe, Heinrich 1609 4.5
Bajrami, Samir 1937 4.5
9-10 Suttor, Vincent 1595 3.5
Domingos, Laurent 3.5
11 Rosario, Amiel 1609 3
12 Winter, George 1970 2.5
13-14 Martin, Peter 1
Fell, Lloyd S 1850 1
15 Forace, Lee 1492 0.5
16 Escribano, Jose 1572 0
NSW State Championship MINOR Division - Round 9
Results
No Name Loc Result Name Loc
1 Kresinger, Frank 1440 1:0 Rewais, Sarwat 1556
2 Grbin, Tereza 1587 -:+ Syafei, Rusdianto 1573
3 Nguyen, Andrew 677 0:1 Bisson, Danny Wayne 1526
4 Greenwood, Norman 1508 1:0 Lubarsky, Kostia 1573
5 Rivera, Manuel 1528 -:+ Laugery, Bernard A 1432
6 Mann, Nicholas G 1277 0:1 Art, Carl 1512
7 Jovic, Marija 1432 -:+ Salecich, Vilko 1465
8 Huang, Justin 1123 +:- Parker, Trent 650
9 Komljenovic, Stojan 1181 +:- BYE
10 Keuning, Anthony V 1555 .5:0 BYE
11 Farrell, Keith R 1399 .5:.5 BYE
Cross Table
No Name Loc Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1. Grbin, Tereza 1587 4 12:W 6:L 14:D 9:L 17:W 10:W 7:L :D 3:-
2. Lubarsky, Kostia 1573 5 13:D 11:D 15:W 7:D 3:W 5:D 4:L 8:W 9:L
3. Syafei, Rusdianto 1573 7 14:W 7:W 6:W 4:L 2:L 16:W 9:W 5:W 1:+
4. Rewais, Sarwat 1556 8 15:W 9:W 8:W 3:W 5:W 7:W 2:W 6:W 11:L
5. Keuning, Anthony V 1555 4.5 16:W 8:L 12:W 10:W 4:L 2:D 11:D 3:L :D
6. Rivera, Manuel 1528 4 17:W 1:W 3:L 8:W 9:L 14:L 16:W 4:L 13:-
7. Bisson, Danny Wayne 1526 6.5 18:W 3:L 17:W 2:D 10:W 4:L 1:W 9:W 19:W
8. Art, Carl 1512 5 19:W 5:W 4:L 6:L 11:L 17:W 14:W 2:L 15:W
9. Greenwood, Norman 1508 6 20:W 4:L 19:W 1:W 6:W 11:W 3:L 7:L 2:W
10. Salecich, Vilko 1465 4.5 21:D 13:+ 11:W 5:L 7:L 1:L 19:D 15:D 12:+
11. Kresinger, Frank 1440 6 22:W 2:D 10:L 14:W 8:W 9:L 5:D 12:W 4:W
12. Jovic, Marija 1432 3.5 1:L 21:W 5:L 17:L 20:W 19:D 15:W 11:L 10:-
13. Laugery, Bernard A 1432 5 2:D 10:- 21:+ :L 14:L 15:D 20:W 16:W 6:+
14. Farrell, Keith R 1399 5 3:L 18:+ 1:D 11:L 13:W 6:W 8:L 17:W :D
15. Mann, Nicholas G 1277 3 4:L 20:W 2:L 19:W 16:L 13:D 12:L 10:D 8:L
16. Komljenovic, Stojan 1181 4 5:L 19:L 20:W 22:W 15:W 3:L 6:L 13:L :+
17. Huang, Justin 1123 4 6:L 22:W 7:L 12:W 1:L 8:L :W 14:L 20:+
18. Willow, Max 940 1 7:L 14:- 22:- :W : : : : :
19. Nguyen, Andrew 677 4 8:L 16:W 9:L 15:L 22:W 12:D 10:D 20:+ 7:L
20. Parker, Trent 650 2 9:L 15:L 16:L 21:+ 12:L 22:+ 13:L 19:- 17:-
21. Atienza, Rolando .5 10:D 12:L 13:- 20:- : : : : :
22. Scardinale, Paul 1 11:L 17:L 18:+ 16:L 19:L 20:- : : :
Standings
Place Name Loc Score
1 Rewais, Sarwat 1556 8
2 Syafei, Rusdianto 1573 7
3 Bisson, Danny Wayne 1526 6.5
4-5 Greenwood, Norman 1508 6
Kresinger, Frank 1440 6
6-9 Lubarsky, Kostia 1573 5
Farrell, Keith R 1399 5
Art, Carl 1512 5
Laugery, Bernard A 1432 5
10-11 Keuning, Anthony V 1555 4.5
Salecich, Vilko 1465 4.5
12-16 Rivera, Manuel 1528 4
Grbin, Tereza 1587 4
Huang, Justin 1123 4
Komljenovic, Stojan 1181 4
Nguyen, Andrew 677 4
17 Jovic, Marija 1432 3.5
18 Mann, Nicholas G 1277 3
19 Parker, Trent 650 2
20-21 Scardinale, Paul 1
Willow, Max 940 1
22 Atienza, Rolando 0.5
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