Bundaberg Open 2021 [Postponed until 27/29 November]

Bundy Open 2021 Nov27 - Nov 28
Bundaberg - 27/11/2021, 28/11/2021
Cross Table at round 4

Code:

N NAME Rtg T Fed Pts | 1 2 3 4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Fernandez,Daniel How 2545 GM OS 4.0 | +B18 +W10 +B6 +W3 2 McClymont,Brodie 2446 IM QLD 3.0 | +W19 -B9 +B8 +W10 3 Solomon,Stephen J 2395 IM QLD 3.0 | +B20 +W12 +B9 -B1 4 Harris,Timothy 1823 QLD 3.0 | +W21 -B11 +W17 +B13 5 Mashamhanda,Ranga 1800 QLD 3.5 | +B22 +W14 =B11 +W6 6 Casey,Kevin 1756 QLD 2.0 | +W23 +B13 -W1 -B5 7 Summers,Paul G 1729 QLD 2.5 | -B24 +W33 =BYE +W29 8 Aanan,Shafiuddin 1712 QLD 2.5 | +W26 =B17 -W2 +B34 9 Morris,Byron 1655 QLD 3.0 | +B27 +W2 -W3 +B28 10 Leong,Joel 1544 QLD 2.0 | +W28 -B1 +W19 -B2 11 Leong,Benjamin 1517 QLD 2.5 | +B29 +W4 =W5 -B24 12 Stewart,Craig A 1516 QLD 1.5 | +W30 -B3 -W28 =BYE 13 Buciu,Aurel-John 1485 CM QLD 2.0 | +B31 -W6 +B20 -W4 14 Hamilton,Don 1334 QLD 3.0 | +W32 -B5 +W31 +B26 15 Stokes,Mark C 1324 QLD 1.5 | =B33 -W24 -B29 +W21 16 Bodwell Mamic,Tomisl 1313 QLD 0.5 | =BYE -- -- -- 17 McCorkell,Joshua 1282 QLD 2.0 | +W34 =W8 -B4 =BYE 18 Macleod,Keith 1280 QLD 1.0 | -W1 -B28 -W30 +B27 19 Bennet,Phil 1247 QLD 2.0 | -B2 +W27 -B10 +W23 20 Jain,Shaurya 1226 AUS 2.0 | -W3 +B30 -W13 +B31 21 Bender,Peter G 1221 QLD 0.5 | -B4 =W29 -B34 -B15 22 Willemse,Louis 1220 QLD 1.5 | -W5 +B32 =BYE -- 23 Hart,Luka 1213 QLD 1.0 | -B6 -W31 +B27 -B19 24 Curtain,Joseph 1200 QLD 3.5 | +W7 +B15 =BYE +W11 25 Phillips,Max 1188 QLD 0.5 | =BYE -- -- -- 26 Joseph,Siju 1180 QLD 1.5 | -B8 =W34 +B33 -W14 27 Mulholland,Philip 1178 QLD 0.0 | -W9 -B19 -W23 -W18 28 Hamawand,Allan 1111 QLD 2.0 | -B10 +W18 +B12 -W9 29 Consiglio-Cockle,Jar 989 QLD 1.5 | -W11 =B21 +W15 -B7 30 Newbold,Riley 947 QLD 1.5 | -B12 -W20 +B18 =W33 31 Howard,Joshua 923 QLD 1.0 | -W13 +B23 -B14 -W20 32 Richardt,Adam 833 QLD 1.5 | -B14 -W22 +BYE =BYE 33 Buciu,Alex 819 QLD 1.0 | =W15 -B7 -W26 =B30 34 Rawlley,Aarav 778 QLD 1.5 | -B17 =B26 +W21 -W8 35 Sem,Shi Ke 701 QLD 0.5 | =BYE -- -- -- Generated by Vega - www.vegachess.com (copy licensed to: Bundaberg Chess Club - AUS)

Bundy Open 2021 Nov27 - Nov 28
Pairing of round 5, at 11:00 of 28/11/2021

Code:

Bo. Fed White Player Pts N Res N Pts Black Player Fed 1 QLD Mashamhanda,Ranga 3.5 5 ... 1 4 GM Fernandez,Daniel Howard OS 2 QLD IM Solomon,Stephen J 3 3 ... 24 3.5 Curtain,Joseph QLD 3 QLD Hamilton,Don 3 14 ... 2 3 IM McClymont,Brodie QLD 4 QLD Harris,Timothy 3 4 ... 9 3 Morris,Byron QLD 5 QLD Aanan,Shafiuddin 2.5 8 ... 7 2.5 Summers,Paul G QLD 6 QLD Leong,Benjamin 2.5 11 ... 13 2 CM Buciu,Aurel-John QLD 7 QLD Casey,Kevin 2 6 ... 28 2 Hamawand,Allan QLD 8 QLD Leong,Joel 2 10 ... 17 2 McCorkell,Joshua QLD 9 AUS Jain,Shaurya 2 20 ... 19 2 Bennet,Phil QLD 10 QLD Consiglio-Cockle,Jared 1.5 29 ... 12 1.5 Stewart,Craig A QLD 11 QLD Newbold,Riley 1.5 30 ... 15 1.5 Stokes,Mark C QLD 12 QLD Richardt,Adam 1.5 32 ... 26 1.5 Joseph,Siju QLD 13 QLD Hart,Luka 1 23 ... 34 1.5 Rawlley,Aarav QLD 14 QLD Macleod,Keith 1 18 ... 31 1 Howard,Joshua QLD 15 QLD Bender,Peter G 0.5 21 ... 33 1 Buciu,Alex QLD 16 QLD Mulholland,Philip 0 27 1 0 0 ( bye ) 17 QLD Willemse,Louis 1.5 22 0 0 0 ( not paired ) 18 QLD Bodwell Mamic,Tomislav 0.5 16 0 0 0 ( not paired ) 19 QLD Phillips,Max 0.5 25 0 0 0 ( not paired ) 20 QLD Sem,Shi Ke 0.5 35 0 0 0 ( not paired ) Generated by Vega - www.vegachess.com (Arbiter/Club : Bundaberg Chess Club - AUS)

I gather that this format is preferred

Bundy Open 2021 Nov27 - Nov 28
Pairing of round 5, at 11:00 of 28/11/2021
Bo. White Player Pts N Res N Pts Black Player
1 Mashamhanda,Ranga (1800) 3.5 5 ... 1 4 GM Fernandez,Daniel Howar (2545)
2 IM Solomon,Stephen J (2395) 3 3 ... 24 3.5 Curtain,Joseph (1200)
3 Hamilton,Don (1334) 3 14 ... 2 3 IM McClymont,Brodie (2446)
4 Harris,Timothy (1823) 3 4 ... 9 3 Morris,Byron (1655)
5 Aanan,Shafiuddin (1712) 2.5 8 ... 7 2.5 Summers,Paul G (1729)
6 Leong,Benjamin (1517) 2.5 11 ... 13 2 CM Buciu,Aurel-John (1485)
7 Casey,Kevin (1756) 2 6 ... 28 2 Hamawand,Allan (1111)
8 Leong,Joel (1544) 2 10 ... 17 2 McCorkell,Joshua (1282)
9 Jain,Shaurya (1226) 2 20 ... 19 2 Bennet,Phil (1247)
10 Consiglio-Cockle,Jared (989) 1.5 29 ... 12 1.5 Stewart,Craig A (1516)
11 Newbold,Riley (947) 1.5 30 ... 15 1.5 Stokes,Mark C (1324)
12 Richardt,Adam (833) 1.5 32 ... 26 1.5 Joseph,Siju (1180)
13 Hart,Luka (1213) 1 23 ... 34 1.5 Rawlley,Aarav (778)
14 Macleod,Keith (1280) 1 18 ... 31 1 Howard,Joshua (923)
15 Bender,Peter G (1221) 0.5 21 ... 33 1 Buciu,Alex (819)
16 Mulholland,Philip (1178) 0 27 1 0 0 ( bye ) (0)
17 Willemse,Louis (1220) 1.5 22 0 0 0 ( not paired ) (0)
18 Bodwell Mamic,Tomislav (1313) 0.5 16 0 0 0 ( not paired ) (0)
19 Phillips,Max (1188) 0.5 25 0 0 0 ( not paired ) (0)
20 Sem,Shi Ke (701) 0.5 35 0 0 0 ( not paired ) (0)

Generated by Vega - www.vegachess.com
(Arbiter/Club : Bundaberg Chess Club - AUS)

I received an email querying the round 4 pairings.

Therefore a couple of questions.

1) Is the paring system being used Swiss Dutch FIDE (JaVaFo)?
2) Was round 4 manually paired as I don't understand why Fernandez didn't play Solomon on Board 1 if Dutch Swiss is the pairing system?

In fact they did meet in round 4. There was a second redraw due to flooding. This shows up in the Rd4 crosstable published above

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Originally Posted by marlouc

In fact they did meet in round 4. There was a second redraw due to flooding. This shows up in the Rd4 crosstable published above

Yes, I saw that.
I should have been clearer.
They showed as paired in round 4 in post #29 but when the updated pairings were shown in post #30 they are no longer paired. I was wondering how the parings in post #30 were created.

I will send you the files when the tournament is over. I do not yet understand the nuances of Vega yet.

Quote:

Originally Posted by marlouc

I will send you the files when the tournament is over. I do not yet understand the nuances of Vega yet.

Unfortunately I cannot tell from the file what you did between posts #29 and #30 to cause the difference in the round 4 pairings shown in post #30.
I can see that you had Stewart and Richardt in the draw in post #30 but not paired in #29 and that you had the result wrong for the game between Mulholland and Hart in post #29 but those differences would have no impact on the top boards.

Congratulations to Gold Coast Junior, Byron Morris on defeating IM Brodie McClymont and drawing with GM Daniel Fernandez scoring 50% against titled players (IM / GM after 3 games)

After winning the Top Chess Xmas swiss last year and many other impressive results he has shown he is becoming a serious chess player.

Side note: It'd be great to see full results here... Thanks to Bundaberg Chess Club for running another successful tournament

Bundy Open 2021 Nov27 - Nov 28
Bundaberg - 27/11/2021, 28/11/2021

Cross Table at round 6

Code:

N NAME Rtg T Fed Pts | 1 2 3 4 5 6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Fernandez,Daniel How 2545 GM OS 5.5 | +B18 +W10 +B6 +W3 +B5 =B9 2 McClymont,Brodie 2446 IM QLD 4.5 | +W19 -B9 +B8 +W10 +B14 =W3 3 Solomon,Stephen J 2395 IM QLD 4.5 | +B20 +W12 +B9 -B1 +W24 =B2 4 Harris,Timothy 1823 QLD 3.5 | +W21 -B11 +W17 +B13 -W9 =B14 5 Mashamhanda,Ranga 1800 QLD 4.5 | +B22 +W14 =B11 +W6 -W1 +B24 6 Casey,Kevin 1756 QLD 4.0 | +W23 +B13 -W1 -B5 +W28 +B19 7 Summers,Paul G 1729 QLD 3.5 | -B24 +W33 =BYE +W29 -B8 +B26 8 Aanan,Shafiuddin 1712 QLD 3.5 | +W26 =B17 -W2 +B34 +W7 -W11 9 Morris,Byron 1655 QLD 4.5 | +B27 +W2 -W3 +B28 +B4 =W1 10 Leong,Joel 1544 QLD 3.0 | +W28 -B1 +W19 -B2 +W17 -B15 11 Leong,Benjamin 1517 QLD 4.5 | +B29 +W4 =W5 -B24 +W13 +B8 12 Stewart,Craig A 1516 QLD 3.0 | +W30 -B3 -W28 =BYE =B29 +B23 13 Buciu,Aurel-John 1485 CM QLD 2.5 | +B31 -W6 +B20 -W4 -B11 =W18 14 Hamilton,Don 1334 QLD 3.5 | +W32 -B5 +W31 +B26 -W2 =W4 15 Stokes,Mark C 1324 QLD 3.5 | =B33 -W24 -B29 +W21 +B30 +W10 16 Bodwell Mamic,Tom(W) 1313 QLD 0.5 | =BYE -- -- -- -- -- 17 McCorkell,Joshua 1282 QLD 3.0 | +W34 =W8 -B4 =BYE -B10 +W29 18 Macleod,Keith 1280 QLD 2.5 | -W1 -B28 -W30 +B27 +W31 =B13 19 Bennet,Phil 1247 QLD 3.0 | -B2 +W27 -B10 +W23 +B20 -W6 20 Jain,Shaurya 1226 AUS 3.0 | -W3 +B30 -W13 +B31 -W19 +B28 21 Bender,Peter G 1221 QLD 2.5 | -B4 =W29 -B34 -B15 +W33 +W32 22 Willemse,Louis (W) 1220 QLD 1.5 | -W5 +B32 =BYE -- -- -- 23 Hart,Luka 1213 QLD 2.0 | -B6 -W31 +B27 -B19 +W34 -W12 24 Curtain,Joseph 1200 QLD 3.5 | +W7 +B15 =BYE +W11 -B3 -W5 25 Phillips,Max (W) 1188 QLD 0.5 | =BYE -- -- -- -- -- 26 Joseph,Siju 1180 QLD 2.5 | -B8 =W34 +B33 -W14 +B32 -W7 27 Mulholland,Philip 1178 QLD 2.0 | -W9 -B19 -W23 -W18 +BYE +B33 28 Hamawand,Allan 1111 QLD 2.0 | -B10 +W18 +B12 -W9 -B6 -W20 29 Consiglio-Cockle,Jar 989 QLD 2.0 | -W11 =B21 +W15 -B7 =W12 -B17 30 Newbold,Riley 947 QLD 1.5 | -B12 -W20 +B18 =W33 -W15 -B34 31 Howard,Joshua 923 QLD 2.0 | -W13 +B23 -B14 -W20 -B18 +BYE 32 Richardt,Adam 833 QLD 1.5 | -B14 -W22 +BYE =BYE -W26 -B21 33 Buciu,Alex 819 QLD 1.0 | =W15 -B7 -W26 =B30 -B21 -W27 34 Rawlley,Aarav 778 QLD 2.5 | -B17 =B26 +W21 -W8 -B23 +W30 35 Sem,Shi Ke (W) 701 QLD 0.5 | =BYE -- -- -- -- -- Generated by Vega - www.vegachess.com (copy licensed to: Bundaberg Chess Club - AUS)

Code:

Bundy Open 2021 Nov27 - Nov 28 Final Rated Player Group Group limits: 1700 <= rating <= 2600 Pos score N NAME | Rtg T Fed | Buc1 BucT ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 5.5 1 Fernandez,Daniel How | 2545 GM OS | 20.5 23.0 2 4.5 3 Solomon,Stephen J | 2395 IM QLD | 21.0 24.0 3 4.5 5 Mashamhanda,Ranga | 1800 QLD | 21.0 24.0 4 4.5 2 McClymont,Brodie | 2446 IM QLD | 19.0 22.0 5 4.0 6 Casey,Kevin | 1756 QLD | 17.5 19.5 6 3.5 4 Harris,Timothy | 1823 QLD | 18.0 20.5 7 3.5 8 Aanan,Shafiuddin | 1712 QLD | 18.0 20.5 8 3.5 7 Summers,Paul G | 1729 QLD | 14.5 15.5 Group limits: 1240 <= rating <= 1699 Pos score N NAME | Rtg T Fed | Buc1 BucT ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 4.5 9 Morris,Byron | 1655 QLD | 20.0 21.5 2 4.5 11 Leong,Benjamin | 1517 QLD | 17.5 19.5 3 3.5 14 Hamilton,Don | 1334 QLD | 16.5 17.5 4 3.5 15 Stokes,Mark C | 1324 QLD | 12.5 13.5 5 3.0 10 Leong,Joel | 1544 QLD | 19.5 21.5 6 3.0 19 Bennet,Phil | 1247 QLD | 16.5 18.0 7 3.0 17 McCorkell,Joshua | 1282 QLD | 15.5 17.5 8 3.0 12 Stewart,Craig A | 1516 QLD | 13.0 14.5 9 2.5 13 Buciu,Aurel-John | 1485 CM QLD | 17.5 19.0 10 2.5 18 Macleod,Keith | 1280 QLD | 13.0 14.5 11 0.5 16 Bodwell Mamic,Tom(W) | 1313 QLD | 14.0 15.5 Group limits: 0 <= rating <= 1239 Pos score N NAME | Rtg T Fed | Buc1 BucT ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 3.5 24 Curtain,Joseph | 1200 QLD | 21.0 24.5 2 3.0 20 Jain,Shaurya | 1226 AUS | 13.5 15.0 3 2.5 26 Joseph,Siju | 1180 QLD | 14.0 15.0 4 2.5 34 Rawlley,Aarav | 778 QLD | 13.5 15.0 5 2.5 21 Bender,Peter G | 1221 QLD | 12.5 13.5 6 2.0 28 Hamawand,Allan | 1111 QLD | 17.5 20.0 7 2.0 29 Consiglio-Cockle,Jar | 989 QLD | 17.5 20.0 8 2.0 23 Hart,Luka | 1213 QLD | 14.0 15.5 9 2.0 31 Howard,Joshua | 923 QLD | 13.5 14.5 10 2.0 27 Mulholland,Philip | 1178 QLD | 13.0 13.5 11 1.5 22 Willemse,Louis (W) | 1220 QLD | 16.5 17.5 12 1.5 30 Newbold,Riley | 947 QLD | 14.5 15.5 13 1.5 32 Richardt,Adam | 833 QLD | 14.0 15.5 14 1.0 33 Buciu,Alex | 819 QLD | 13.5 15.0 15 0.5 25 Phillips,Max (W) | 1188 QLD | 14.0 15.5 16 0.5 35 Sem,Shi Ke (W) | 701 QLD | 14.0 15.5 Generated by Vega - www.vegachess.com (copy licensed to: Bundaberg Chess Club - AUS)

Group winners were decided on countback. Other prizes were amalgamated and split.
Open Group
1st Daniel Fernandez 5½
2nd= Solomon,Stephen J 4½
Mashamhanda,Ranga
McClymont,Brodie

Group I
1st Byron Morris, 4½
2nd Benjamin Leong 4½

Group II
1st Joseph Curtain 3½
2nd Shaurya Jain 3

Prizes

If I'm not mistaken, by taking out the two players on 4.5 who qualify for the Rating group, you've cost them $90.00 each....

If they are all on 4.5pts then they should be entitled to the prize money from =2nd unless they are going to get more money from winning a rating group, which they don't...

3 players share $750.00 and get $250.00 each, whilst the two from Rating Group A split $200.00 to get $100.00 each.

If you combine the money from 2nd, 3rd and Rating Group A (given both players who would get it are a part of the group), then you have $950.00 split 5 ways giving $190.00 each.

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Originally Posted by Afitz

If I'm not mistaken, by taking out the two players on 4.5 who qualify for the Rating group, you've cost them $90.00 each.... If they are all on 4.5pts then they should be entitled to the prize money from =2nd unless they are going to get more money from winning a rating group, which they don't... 3 players share $750.00 and get $250.00 each, whilst the two from Rating Group A split $200.00 to get $100.00 each. If you combine the money from 2nd, 3rd and Rating Group A (given both players who would get it are a part of the group), then you have $950.00 split 5 ways giving $190.00 each.

It's actually worse than that for poor Benjamin. He only gets $70 (based on Post #1 in this thread) for coming second in his rating group. While even a five-way split of the combined second and third prizes would give him $150. And the prizes are described as "rating prizes", not "group prizes", so they are not (apparently) restricted to a specific group. But even if they were - as in Redcliffe events - they should still be divided as Andrew suggests. I know that Redcliffe does that way, because I was actually in the same situation myself!

Bundy Open 2021 Nov27 - Nov 28
Cross Table at round 6 sorted by score

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Pos NAME Rtg T Fed Pts | 1 2 3 4 5 6 | Buc1 BucT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Fernandez,Daniel Howard 2545 GM OS 5.5 | +B22 +W14 +B7 +W2 +B3 =B4 | 20.5 23.0 2 Solomon,Stephen J 2395 IM QLD 4.5 | +B17 +W18 +B4 -B1 +W8 =B5 | 21.0 24.0 3 Mashamhanda,Ranga 1800 QLD 4.5 | +B29 +W11 =B6 +W7 -W1 +B8 | 21.0 24.0 4 Morris,Byron 1655 QLD 4.5 | +B28 +W5 -W2 +B24 +B9 =W1 | 20.0 21.5 5 McClymont,Brodie 2446 IM QLD 4.5 | +W15 -B4 +B10 +W14 +B11 =W2 | 19.0 22.0 6 Leong,Benjamin 1517 QLD 4.5 | +B25 +W9 =W3 -B8 +W19 +B10 | 17.5 19.5 7 Casey,Kevin 1756 QLD 4.0 | +W26 +B19 -W1 -B3 +W24 +B15 | 17.5 19.5 8 Curtain,Joseph 1200 QLD 3.5 | +W12 +B13 =BYE +W6 -B2 -W3 | 21.0 24.5 9 Harris,Timothy 1823 QLD 3.5 | +W23 -B6 +W16 +B19 -W4 =B11 | 18.0 20.5 10 Aanan,Shafiuddin 1712 QLD 3.5 | +W20 =B16 -W5 +B21 +W12 -W6 | 18.0 20.5 11 Hamilton,Don 1334 QLD 3.5 | +W31 -B3 +W27 +B20 -W5 =W9 | 16.5 17.5 12 Summers,Paul G 1729 QLD 3.5 | -B8 +W32 =BYE +W25 -B10 +B20 | 14.5 15.5 13 Stokes,Mark C 1324 QLD 3.5 | =B32 -W8 -B25 +W23 +B30 +W14 | 12.5 13.5 14 Leong,Joel 1544 QLD 3.0 | +W24 -B1 +W15 -B5 +W16 -B13 | 19.5 21.5 15 Bennet,Phil 1247 QLD 3.0 | -B5 +W28 -B14 +W26 +B17 -W7 | 16.5 18.0 16 McCorkell,Joshua 1282 QLD 3.0 | +W21 =W10 -B9 =BYE -B14 +W25 | 15.5 17.5 17 Jain,Shaurya 1226 AUS 3.0 | -W2 +B30 -W19 +B27 -W15 +B24 | 13.5 15.0 18 Stewart,Craig A 1516 QLD 3.0 | +W30 -B2 -W24 =BYE =B25 +B26 | 13.0 14.5 19 Buciu,Aurel-John 1485 CM QLD 2.5 | +B27 -W7 +B17 -W9 -B6 =W22 | 17.5 19.0 20 Joseph,Siju 1180 QLD 2.5 | -B10 =W21 +B32 -W11 +B31 -W12 | 14.0 15.0 21 Rawlley,Aarav 778 QLD 2.5 | -B16 =B20 +W23 -W10 -B26 +W30 | 13.5 15.0 22 Macleod,Keith 1280 QLD 2.5 | -W1 -B24 -W30 +B28 +W27 =B19 | 13.0 14.5 23 Bender,Peter G 1221 QLD 2.5 | -B9 =W25 -B21 -B13 +W32 +W31 | 12.5 13.5 24 Hamawand,Allan 1111 QLD 2.0 | -B14 +W22 +B18 -W4 -B7 -W17 | 17.5 20.0 25 Consiglio-Cockle,Jared 989 QLD 2.0 | -W6 =B23 +W13 -B12 =W18 -B16 | 17.5 20.0 26 Hart,Luka 1213 QLD 2.0 | -B7 -W27 +B28 -B15 +W21 -W18 | 14.0 15.5 27 Howard,Joshua 923 QLD 2.0 | -W19 +B26 -B11 -W17 -B22 +BYE | 13.5 14.5 28 Mulholland,Philip 1178 QLD 2.0 | -W4 -B15 -W26 -W22 +BYE +B32 | 13.0 13.5 29 Willemse,Louis (W) 1220 QLD 1.5 | -W3 +B31 =BYE -- -- -- | 16.5 17.5 30 Newbold,Riley 947 QLD 1.5 | -B18 -W17 +B22 =W32 -W13 -B21 | 14.5 15.5 31 Richardt,Adam 833 QLD 1.5 | -B11 -W29 +BYE =BYE -W20 -B23 | 14.0 15.5 32 Buciu,Alex 819 QLD 1.0 | =W13 -B12 -W20 =B30 -B23 -W28 | 13.5 15.0 33 Bodwell Mamic,Tomislav (W) 1313 QLD 0.5 | =BYE -- -- -- -- -- | 14.0 15.5 34 Phillips,Max (W) 1188 QLD 0.5 | =BYE -- -- -- -- -- | 14.0 15.5 35 Sem,Shi Ke (W) 701 QLD 0.5 | =BYE -- -- -- -- -- | 14.0 15.5 Generated by Vega - www.vegachess.com (copy licensed to: Bundaberg Chess Club - AUS)

This is the cross table by score. Unfortunately in the rush to allocate prizes so that people could leave early for the return trip south we allocated by group. Of course it is fairer to allocate en masse; and I am sure our Open group competitors will be happy for their prize pool to be so divided. The 2nd= prize allocation will be, as Andrew correctly calculated, $190. When the bank transfers are made this is the amount that will be sent, Those who took cheques will get the balance in the mail.

This post provides an update on the Bundaberg Chess Festival which incorporated GM Daniel Fernandez providing training sessions at schools in the area, a masterclass held on the Friday evening which was followed by a 19-board simultaneous and then the Bundaberg Open over the weekend of 27-28 November. The Open also saw participation by IMs Stephen Solomon and Brodie McClymont. Many of the games from this event have been compiled and the following are now available:
1. A CBV file suitable for ChessBase-related software incorporating a report on the tournament with photos, 2 games from the simultaneous and 73 games from the open: https://www.dropbox.com/s/o33ksio02l...tival.cbv?dl=0
2. A PGN file of the simul games: https://www.dropbox.com/s/149dr2mt7p...rd%29.pgn?dl=0
3. A PGN file of the available open games: https://www.dropbox.com/s/n9mailygp1...02021.pgn?dl=0
3. A PDF file incorporating my report on the tournament, standings, a ranked crosstable, photographs and the game scores and notes: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ub1vk9h1y8...eport.pdf?dl=0