SA Chess Results

2019 Inter-club A Grade

Round 3 Results

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No Name Total Result Name Total 1 Adelaide, [5.5] 4.0:0.0 Modbury, [6.0] 2 Knights and Bytes Orange, [6.0] 2.5:1.5 Norwood Blue, [4.0] 3 Unicorns, [6.5] 4.0:0.0 Knights Club, [1.0] 4 Matisons, [5.0] 3.0:1.0 Knights and Bytes Red, [2.5] 5 Norwood Red, [3.5] 4.0:0.0 BYE

Round 4 Draw

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No Name Total Result Name Total 1 Knights Club, [1.0] : Matisons, [8.0] 2 Norwood Blue, [5.5] : Unicorns, [10.5] 3 Modbury, [6.0] : Knights and Bytes Orange, [8.5] 4 Norwood Red, [7.5] : Adelaide, [9.5] 5 Knights and Bytes Red, [3.5] : BYE

Breaking News

Thanks to Aaron, who has informed me that Kyle Leaver is the 2019 SA State Champion, after winning the second play-off match last night against FM Bill Jordan.

Congrats to Kyle on his First Championship :clap:

Well done Kyle! Only the first of many one would hope.

For those who have been living under a rock :P

[Event "2019 South Australian Championship Play-Off"]
[Site "Adelaide, South Australia"]
[Date "2019.05.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "FM Jordan, William"]
[Black "Leaver, Kyle"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2125"]
[WhiteElo "2251"]
[ECO "B50"]

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Kyle's Analysis
Mato Jelic's Analysis

2019 Inter-club B Grade

Round 4 Results

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No Name Total Result Name Total 1 Knights and Bytes Blue, [3.0] 1.0:2.0 Modbury, [2.5] 2 Norwood, [4.0] 2.0:2.0 West Torrens, [7.5] 3 Knights and Bytes Yellow, [5.0] .5:3.5 Unicorns, [10.5] 4 Knights and Bytes Green, [4.5] 1.0:3.0 Adelaide, [7.0]

Round 5 Draw

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No Name Total Result Name Total 1 Adelaide, [10.0] : Knights and Bytes Blue, [4.0] 2 Unicorns, [14.0] : Knights and Bytes Green, [5.5] 3 West Torrens, [9.5] : Knights and Bytes Yellow, [5.5] 4 Modbury, [4.5] : Norwood, [6.0]

2019 Inter-club A Grade

Round 4 Results

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No Name Total Result Name Total 1 Knights Club, [1.0] .5:3.5 Matisons, [8.0] 2 Norwood Blue, [5.5] 0.0:4.0 Unicorns, [10.5] 3 Modbury, [6.0] 0.0:4.0 Knights and Bytes Orange, [8.5] 4 Norwood Red, [7.5] 2.0:2.0 Adelaide, [9.5] 5 Knights and Bytes Red, [3.5] 4.0:0.0 BYE

Round 5 Draw

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No Name Total Result Name Total 1 Knights and Bytes Orange, [12.5] : Norwood Red, [9.5] 2 Unicorns, [14.5] : Modbury, [6.0] 3 Matisons, [11.5] : Norwood Blue, [5.5] 4 Knights and Bytes Red, [7.5] : Knights Club, [1.5] 5 Adelaide, [11.5] : BYE

2019 Inter-club B Grade

Round 5 Results

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No Name Total Result Name Total 1 Adelaide, [10.0] 3.0:0.0 Knights and Bytes Blue, [4.0] 2 Unicorns, [14.0] 4.0:0.0 Knights and Bytes Green, [5.5] 3 West Torrens, [9.5] 3.0:1.0 Knights and Bytes Yellow, [5.5] 4 Modbury, [4.5] .5:3.5 Norwood, [6.0]

Round 6 Draw

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No Name Total Result Name Total 1 Knights and Bytes Blue, [4.0] : Norwood, [9.5] 2 Knights and Bytes Yellow, [6.5] : Modbury, [5.0] 3 Knights and Bytes Green, [5.5] : West Torrens, [12.5] 4 Adelaide, [13.0] : Unicorns, [18.0]

Standings after Round 5

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Place Name Feder Rtg Loc Score Berg. Wins 1 Unicorns, 18 141.50 5 2 Adelaide, 13 77.75 4 3 West Torrens, 12.5 79.50 3 4 Norwood, 9.5 75.75 2 5 Knights and Bytes Yellow, 6.5 61.00 1 6 Knights and Bytes Green, 5.5 44.25 1 7 Modbury, 5 50.25 1 8 Knights and Bytes Blue, 4 28.50 1

2019 Inter-club A Grade

Round 5 Results

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No Name Total Result Name Total 1 Knights and Bytes Orange, [12.5] 4.0:0.0 Norwood Red, [9.5] 2 Unicorns, [14.5] 3.0:1.0 Modbury, [6.0] 3 Matisons, [11.5] 3.5:.5 Norwood Blue, [5.5] 4 Knights and Bytes Red, [7.5] 3.0:1.0 Knights Club, [1.5] 5 Adelaide, [11.5] 4.0:0.0 BYE

Round 6 Draw

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No Name Total Result Name Total 1 Norwood Blue, [6.0] : Knights and Bytes Red, [10.5] 2 Modbury, [7.0] : Matisons, [15.0] 3 Norwood Red, [9.5] : Unicorns, [17.5] 4 Adelaide, [15.5] : Knights and Bytes Orange, [16.5] 5 Knights Club, [2.5] : BYE

Standings after Round 5

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Place Name Feder Rtg Loc Score Berg. Wins 1 Unicorns, 17.5 136.75 5 2 Knights and Bytes Orange, 16.5 112.00 4 3 Adelaide, 15.5 69.50 3 4 Matisons, 15 78.75 3 5 Knights and Bytes Red, 10.5 64.25 1 6 Norwood Red, 9.5 54.00 0 7 Modbury, 7 36.50 0 8 Norwood Blue, 6 79.25 1 9 Knights Club, 2.5 33.50 0

Upcoming event

Susan Howard Weekend Tourament

When: Saturday and Sunday 8th and 9th of June (Queen's Birthday long weekend)

Location: The SA Chess Centre (10 Ranelagh Street, Adelaide)

Time Control: 60 minutes + 10 Seconds added on for every move

Start time: 12:00 p.m on the Saturday. Rounds start at 12:00 p.m, 2:45 p.m and 5:30 p.m

Amount of Rounds: 6 Rounds, Swiss draw

Entry Fee: $60 Adult, $50 Concession

Over $1200 in prizes, including Junior and Rating Prizes

Inquires and Entries can be made by e-mail to tournaments@sachess.org.au

More info can be found our website

We would like to thank our President George for his generous contribution to this tournament :D

2019 Inter-club B Grade

Round 6 Results

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No Name Total Result Name Total 1 Knights and Bytes Blue, [4.0] .5:3.5 Norwood, [9.5] 2 Knights and Bytes Yellow, [6.5] 1.0:3.0 Modbury, [5.0] 3 Knights and Bytes Green, [5.5] .5:3.5 West Torrens, [12.5] 4 Adelaide, [13.0] 0.0:4.0 Unicorns, [18.0]

Round 7 Draw

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No Name Total Result Name Total 1 Unicorns, [22.0] : Knights and Bytes Blue, [4.5] 2 West Torrens, [16.0] : Adelaide, [13.0] 3 Modbury, [8.0] : Knights and Bytes Green, [6.0] 4 Norwood, [13.0] : Knights and Bytes Yellow, [7.5]

Standings after Round 6

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Place Name Feder Rtg Loc Score Berg. Wins 1 Unicorns, 22 234.25 6 2 West Torrens, 16 126.00 4 3-4 Norwood, 13 110.25 3 Adelaide, 13 99.00 4 5 Modbury, 8 79.50 2 6 Knights and Bytes Yellow, 7.5 76.00 1 7 Knights and Bytes Green, 6 60.00 1 8 Knights and Bytes Blue, 4.5 42.50 1

2019 Inter-club A Grade

Round 6 Results

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No Name Total Result Name Total 1 Norwood Blue, [6.0] 1.5:2.5 Knights and Bytes Red, [10.5] 2 Modbury, [7.0] 1.0:3.0 Matisons, [15.0] 3 Norwood Red, [9.5] 1.0:3.0 Unicorns, [17.5] 4 Adelaide, [15.5] 2.5:1.5 Knights and Bytes Orange, [16.5] 5 Knights Club, [2.5] 4.0:0.0 BYE

Round 7 Draw

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No Name Total Result Name Total 1 Unicorns, [20.5] : Adelaide, [18.0] 2 Matisons, [18.0] : Norwood Red, [10.5] 3 Knights and Bytes Red, [13.0] : Modbury, [8.0] 4 Knights Club, [6.5] : Norwood Blue, [7.5] 5 Knights and Bytes Orange, [18.0] : BYE

Standings after Round 6

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Place Name Feder Rtg Loc Score Berg. Wins 1 Unicorns, 20.5 211.00 6 2-4 Knights and Bytes Orange, 18 171.75 4 Adelaide, 18 136.25 4 Matisons, 18 132.50 4 5 Knights and Bytes Red, 13 102.50 2 6 Norwood Red, 10.5 83.75 0 7 Modbury, 8 59.50 0 8 Norwood Blue, 7.5 108.75 1 9 Knights Club, 6.5 40.00 0

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Originally Posted by JTee

Upcoming event

Susan Howard Weekend Tourament

When: Saturday and Sunday 8th and 9th of June (Queen's Birthday long weekend)

Location: The SA Chess Centre (10 Ranelagh Street, Adelaide)

Time Control: 60 minutes + 10 Seconds added on for every move

Start time: 12:00 p.m on the Saturday. Rounds start at 12:00 p.m, 2:45 p.m and 5:30 p.m

Amount of Rounds: 6 Rounds, Swiss draw

Entry Fee: $60 Adult, $50 Concession

Over $1200 in prizes, including Junior and Rating Prizes

Inquires and Entries can be made by e-mail to tournaments@sachess.org.au

More info can be found our website

We would like to thank our President George for his generous contribution to this tournament :D

Forgot to note that GM Darryl Johansen will be playing the Weekend Tournament :clap:

Susan Howard Memorial Tournament Crosstable to round 3

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Cross Table at round 3 sorted by score Pos NAME Rtg T Fed Pts | 1 2 3 | Buc1 BucT --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Tao,Trevor 2458 IM SA 3.0 | +B8 +W10 +B5 | 4.0 6.0 2 Jordan,William 2260 FM SA 3.0 | +B15 +W7 +B6 | 4.0 5.0 3 Johansen,Darryl K 2457 GM VIC 2.5 | +W11 +B9 =W4 | 4.5 6.5 4 Sheldrick,Kevin 2107 SA 2.5 | +B16 +W17 =B3 | 3.5 4.5 5 Leaver,Kyle 2166 SA 2.0 | +W23 +B12 -W1 | 5.0 5.5 6 Goldsmith,Alan D 2030 SA 2.0 | +W18 +B19 -W2 | 4.0 5.0 7 Bartley,George 1678 SA 2.0 | +W21 -B2 +W16 | 4.0 5.0 8 Retnaraja,Ethan 1371 SA 2.0 | -W1 +B18 +W19 | 4.0 5.0 9 Mdinaradze,Edgar 1910 SA 2.0 | +B22 -W3 +B14 | 4.0 4.5 10 Sykes,Alexander K I 1875 SA 2.0 | +W24 -B1 +W15 | 4.0 4.5 11 Retnaraja,Athena-Mal 1076 SA 2.0 | -B3 +W22 +B20 | 3.5 4.0 12 Cinco,Dino 1514 SA 2.0 | +B20 -W5 +B17 | 3.0 4.0 13 Singhal,Gunin 0 SA 1.5 | =B14 =W25 =BYE | 3.5 4.0 14 Caruso,Connor 334 SA 1.5 | =W13 +B26 -W9 | 3.5 3.5 15 Zhang,David 1069 SA 1.0 | -W2 +B24 -B10 | 5.0 5.5 16 Fenton,Oliver 1025 SA 1.0 | -W4 +B21 -B7 | 4.5 5.5 17 Lockhart,Scott 0 SA 1.0 | +W26 -B4 -W12 | 4.5 4.5 18 Maria,Alistair 881 TAS 1.0 | -B6 -W8 +B25 | 4.0 4.5 19 Portlock,Joel 0 SA 1.0 | +B25 -W6 -B8 | 4.0 4.5 20 Seltysiak,Jamie 0 SA 1.0 | -W12 +B23 -W11 | 4.0 4.5 21 Liyanage,Dewmi 234 SA 1.0 | -B7 -W16 +W26 | 3.0 3.0 22 Jeanes,David 852 SA 0.5 | -W9 -B11 =BYE | 4.0 5.0 23 Both,Roger 1057 SA 0.5 | -B5 -W20 =BYE | 3.0 4.0 24 Singhal,Niya 402 SA 0.5 | -B10 -W15 =BYE | 3.0 4.0 25 Steffensen,Dennis A 1571 SA 0.5 | -W19 =B13 -W18 | 2.5 3.5 26 Wilson,Peter John 1634 NT 0.0 | -B17 -W14 -B21 | 2.5 3.5

Susan Howard Memorial Tournament Round 4 Pairings

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2019 Susan Howard Weekend: Pairing of round 4 =================================================================================== 1 = Tao,Trevor ( 3.0) - Jordan,William ( 3.0) = 1 - 3 = ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 = Leaver,Kyle ( 2.0) - Johansen,Darryl K ( 2.5) = 4 - 2 = ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 = Cinco,Dino ( 2.0) - Goldsmith,Alan D ( 2.0) = 12 - 6 = ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 = Mdinaradze,Edgar ( 2.0) - Bartley,George ( 2.0) = 7 - 9 = ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 = Retnaraja,Athena-Mal ( 2.0) - Sykes,Alexander K I ( 2.0) = 14 - 8 = ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 = Singhal,Gunin ( 1.5) - Retnaraja,Ethan ( 2.0) = 26 - 13 = ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 = Zhang,David ( 1.0) - Caruso,Connor ( 1.5) = 15 - 21 = ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 = Fenton,Oliver ( 1.0) - Lockhart,Scott ( 1.0) = 17 - 23 = ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 = Maria,Alistair ( 1.0) - Seltysiak,Jamie ( 1.0) = 18 - 25 = ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 = Portlock,Joel ( 1.0) - Liyanage,Dewmi ( 1.0) = 24 - 22 = ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 = Jeanes,David ( 0.5) - Steffensen,Dennis A ( 0.5) = 19 - 11 = ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 = Singhal,Niya ( 0.5) - Both,Roger ( 0.5) = 20 - 16 = ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 = Wilson,Peter John ( 0.0) - ( bye ) ( 0.0) = 10 - 0 = 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 = Sheldrick,Kevin ( 2.5) - ( half point bye ) ( 0.0) = 5 - 0 = ½ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Susan Howard Chess Tournament 2019

Final Standings

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Pos NAME Rtg T Fed Pts | 1 2 3 4 5 6 | Buc1 BucT --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Tao,Trevor 2458 IM SA 5.5 | +B11 +W8 +B6 +W3 =B2 +W5 | 21.0 24.0 2 Johansen,Darryl K 2457 GM VIC 5.0 | +W15 +B4 =W5 +B6 =W1 +B7 | 22.0 25.0 3 Jordan,William 2260 FM SA 4.5 | +B14 +W9 +B7 -B1 =W4 +W13 | 20.5 23.5 4 Mdinaradze,Edgar 1910 SA 4.5 | +B20 -W2 +B21 +W9 =B3 +W12 | 18.0 20.0 5 Sheldrick,Kevin 2107 SA 4.0 | +B13 +W19 =B2 =BYE +W8 -B1 | 21.0 23.0 6 Leaver,Kyle 2166 SA 4.0 | +W17 +B16 -W1 -W2 +B14 +B11 | 19.5 22.0 7 Goldsmith,Alan D 2030 SA 4.0 | +W18 +B12 -W3 +B16 +W11 -W2 | 18.5 20.5 8 Sykes,Alexander K I 1875 SA 3.5 | +W26 -B1 +W14 +B15 -B5 =W9 | 19.0 19.5 9 Bartley,George 1678 SA 3.5 | +W23 -B3 +W13 -B4 +W18 =B8 | 17.5 19.5 10 Steffensen,Dennis A 1571 SA 3.5 | -W12 =B25 -W18 +B20 +W21 +B17 | 11.5 13.0 11 Retnaraja,Ethan 1371 SA 3.0 | -W1 +B18 +W12 +B25 -B7 -W6 | 18.5 20.0 12 Portlock,Joel 0 SA 3.0 | +B10 -W7 -B11 +W23 +W15 -B4 | 18.0 20.0 13 Fenton,Oliver 1025 SA 3.0 | -W5 +B23 -B9 +W19 +W16 -B3 | 17.0 19.0 14 Zhang,David 1069 SA 3.0 | -W3 +B26 -B8 +W21 -W6 +B22 | 16.0 16.5 15 Retnaraja,Athena-Mal 1076 SA 3.0 | -B2 +W20 +B22 -W8 -B12 +W19 | 15.5 17.5 16 Cinco,Dino 1514 SA 3.0 | +B22 -W6 +B19 -W7 -B13 +W18 | 15.0 17.0 17 Both,Roger 1057 SA 2.5 | -B6 -W22 =BYE +B26 +W25 -W10 | 13.0 13.5 18 Maria,Alistair 881 SA 2.0 | -B7 -W11 +B10 +W22 -B9 -B16 | 17.0 19.0 19 Lockhart,Scott 0 SA 2.0 | +W24 -B5 -W16 -B13 +W23 -B15 | 15.0 16.5 20 Jeanes,David 852 SA 2.0 | -W4 -B15 =BYE -W10 +W26 =B21 | 15.0 15.5 21 Caruso,Connor 334 SA 2.0 | =W25 +B24 -W4 -B14 -B10 =W20 | 14.5 16.0 22 Seltysiak,Jamie 0 SA 2.0 | -W16 +B17 -W15 -B18 +B24 -W14 | 13.5 15.0 23 Liyanage,Dewmi 234 SA 2.0 | -B9 -W13 +W24 -B12 -B19 +W26 | 13.0 13.5 24 Wilson,Peter John 1634 NT 2.0 | -B19 -W21 -B23 +BYE -W22 +B25 | 9.5 10.5 25 Singhal,Gunin 0 SA 1.5 | =B21 =W10 =BYE -W11 -B17 -W24 | 14.0 15.5 26 Singhal,Niya 402 SA 0.5 | -B8 -W14 =BYE -W17 -B20 -B23 | 13.0 15.0

Thank you to all those who participated in this weekend's chess tournament; or helped behind the scenes with preparation or sponsorship. It was a nice event with a lot of good matches and new faces filling the standings. I congratulate the winner of the event, Trevor Tao, and all who received prizes or awards in the tournament.

Prizes:
1st Place: IM Trevor Tao
2nd Place: GM Darryl Johansen
=3rd Place: FM Bill Jordan & Edgar Mdinaradze

Best U1600: Dennis Steffensen
Top Junior: George Bartley
Top Female: Athena Retnaraja