SA Chess Results

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Originally Posted by Kevin Bonham

Here's a question: if a player is expelled from a tournament while holding an uncatchable lead, do they still win?

I would say no. Expulsion may be due to something like computer cheating or the like and if that occurs in an individual open tournament then the anti-cheating guidelines recommend that the offender is excluded from final ranking.

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Originally Posted by Rincewind

I would say no. Expulsion may be due to something like computer cheating or the like and if that occurs in an individual open tournament then the anti-cheating guidelines recommend that the offender is excluded from final ranking.

In totalitarian states like USSR used to be - anything was possible. In a particular year (around 1978 or so) Belorussian State championship was won by Ruban. However, as he had a homosexuality-related criminal conviction...it was decided that the title of the state champion should go to the guy who finished 2nd.

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Originally Posted by MichaelBaron

In totalitarian states like USSR used to be - anything was possible. In a particular year (around 1978 or so) Belorussian State championship was won by Ruban. However, as he had a homosexuality-related criminal conviction...it was decided that the title of the state champion should go to the guy who finished 2nd.

He was a pretty good player by the way! http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=85129

Seemingly as people here have pointed out, I have jumped the gun in crowning Bill's win, in that he can technically not win the Championship if he does get disqualified. Highly unlikely, but weirder things have happened in chess before :uhoh:
Hopefully like Banana says, we hope nothing bad happens.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rincewind

I would say no. Expulsion may be due to something like computer cheating or the like and if that occurs in an individual open tournament then the anti-cheating guidelines recommend that the offender is excluded from final ranking.

Good point.

South Australian Candidates 2017:

Results of round 8

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=================================================================================== 1 = Paprzycki, Eryk ( 5.5) - Haydn, Gavin ( 4.0) = 1 - 4 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 = Steffensen, Dennis A ( 5.0) - Loughlin, Tom ( 4.5) = 3 - 12 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 = Vuckov, George ( 4.5) - Whitney, Garth ( 3.0) = 2 - 10 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 = Benham, Christopher ( 4.5) - Thomas, Dave ( 3.0) = 5 - 13 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 = Horan, Paul ( 3.0) - Lower, Kevin ( 3.5) = 9 - 7 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 = Fraser, Lee ( 3.0) - Both, Roger James ( 3.0) = 6 - 8 = ½ - ½ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 = Drew, James ( 0.5) - Jeanes, David ( 2.0) = 14 - 11 = 0 - 1 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Cross Table at round 8 sorted by score

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Pos NAME Rtg T Fed Pts | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 | Buc1 BucT --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Steffensen, Dennis A 1584 SA 6.0 | +B12 -B2 +W4 +W11 -B3 +W10 +B5 +W6 | 33.0 36.0 2 Paprzycki, Eryk 1686 SA 5.5 | +B8 +W1 +B11 +W3 =B10 =B4 =W6 -W5 | 34.0 37.0 3 Benham, Christopher 1493 SA 5.5 | +B6 =W4 +B9 -B2 +W1 -B5 +W8 +W13 | 34.0 37.0 4 Vuckov, George 1593 SA 5.5 | +W7 =B3 -B1 =W8 +B9 =W2 +B13 +W12 | 30.0 33.0 5 Haydn, Gavin 1580 SA 5.0 | -W11 +B12 +B7 -W9 +B8 +W3 -W1 +B2 | 30.0 33.0 6 Loughlin, Tom 0 SA 4.5 | -W3 -BYE +W12 +B13 +B11 +W9 =B2 -B1 | 30.5 33.5 7 Horan, Paul 910 SA 4.0 | -B4 +BYE -W5 -W10 -B12 +BYE +B14 +W9 | 25.5 26.5 8 Both, Roger James 1041 SA 3.5 | -W2 +B14 =W13 =B4 -W5 +W11 -B3 =B10 | 31.0 32.0 9 Lower, Kevin 1089 SA 3.5 | =BYE +B13 -W3 +B5 -W4 -B6 +W10 -B7 | 30.5 30.5 10 Fraser, Lee 1313 SA 3.5 | =W13 -B11 +W14 +B7 =W2 -B1 -B9 =W8 | 27.5 28.5 11 Jeanes, David 832 SA 3.0 | +B5 +W10 -W2 -B1 -W6 -B8 -W12 +B14 | 31.5 32.5 12 Whitney, Garth 906 SA 3.0 | -W1 -W5 -B6 +B14 +W7 -W13 +B11 -B4 | 30.5 31.5 13 Thomas, Dave 0 SA 3.0 | =B10 -W9 =B8 -W6 +W14 +B12 -W4 -B3 | 29.5 30.5 14 Drew, James 331 SA 0.5 | =BYE -W8 -B10 -W12 -B13 -BYE -W7 -W11 | 21.5 21.5

Pairing of round 9

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=================================================================================== 1 = Horan, Paul ( 4.0) - Steffensen, Dennis A ( 6.0) = 9 - 3 = ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 = Haydn, Gavin ( 5.0) - Vuckov, George ( 5.5) = 4 - 2 = ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 = Lower, Kevin ( 3.5) - Paprzycki, Eryk ( 5.5) = 7 - 1 = ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 = Benham, Christopher ( 5.5) - Drew, James ( 0.5) = 5 - 14 = ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 = Loughlin, Tom ( 4.5) - Both, Roger James ( 3.5) = 12 - 8 = ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 = Whitney, Garth ( 3.0) - Fraser, Lee ( 3.5) = 10 - 6 = ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 = Jeanes, David ( 3.0) - Thomas, Dave ( 3.0) = 11 - 13 = ... -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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South Australian Championship 2017

Adelaide - 07/02/2017, 04/04/2017

Results of round 8

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=================================================================================== 1 = Mdinaradze, Edgar ( 2.0) - Leaver, Kyle ( 4.0) = 10 - 9 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 = Turcaj, Pavel ( 2.0) - Sheldrick, Kevin ( 4.5) = 1 - 8 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 = Cloudsdale, Colin ( 2.0) - Lee, Aaron James ( 3.0) = 2 - 7 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 = Jordan, William ( 7.0) - Kiripitige, Punala ( 4.5) = 3 - 6 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 = Zulfic, Fedja ( 4.5) - Courtney, Michael J ( 1.5) = 4 - 5 = 1 - 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Cross Table

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Pos ID NAME Elo T Fed Pts | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 3 Jordan, William 2153 FM SA 8.0 | * 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 2 8 Sheldrick, Kevin 2149 SA 5.5 | 0 * ½ 1 1 1 0 . 1 1 3 4 Zulfic, Fedja 2198 SA 5.5 | 0 ½ * 0 . 1 1 1 1 1 4 9 Leaver, Kyle 1959 SA 5.0 | 0 0 1 * 1 1 1 0 . 1 5 6 Kiripitige, Punala 1745 SA 4.5 | 0 0 . 0 * 1 1 1 1 ½ 6 7 Lee, Aaron James 1792 SA 4.0 | . 0 0 0 0 * 1 1 1 1 7 10 Mdinaradze, Edgar 1956 SA 2.0 | 0 1 0 0 0 0 * 0 1 . 8 2 Cloudsdale, Colin 1914 SA 2.0 | 0 . 0 1 0 0 1 * 0 0 9 1 Turcaj, Pavel 1713 SA 2.0 | 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 1 * 1 10 5 Courtney, Michael J 1770 SA 1.5 | 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 . 1 0 *

Pairing of round 9

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=================================================================================== 1 = Courtney, Michael J ( 1.5) - Mdinaradze, Edgar ( 2.0) = 5 - 10 = ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 = Kiripitige, Punala ( 4.5) - Zulfic, Fedja ( 5.5) = 6 - 4 = ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 = Lee, Aaron James ( 4.0) - Jordan, William ( 8.0) = 7 - 3 = ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 = Sheldrick, Kevin ( 5.5) - Cloudsdale, Colin ( 2.0) = 8 - 2 = ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 = Leaver, Kyle ( 5.0) - Turcaj, Pavel ( 2.0) = 9 - 1 = ... -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Originally Posted by William AS

Jordan, William 2153 FM SA 8.0 |

Bill and I talked last night, the last time someone picket fenced the SA Championship. Last known one that Bill could think of was 1983 by Mark Chapman. If anyone however more knowledgeable at SA Chess, knows if that has occurred before then, feel free to reply.
It would save us from looking through lots of previous Championships to see if it has happened before that time :D

If you are not aware, tomorrow night marks the final night of our long serving Tournament Secretary William "Bill" Anderson-Smith, as arbiter and Tournament Secretary. :cry:

Bill has been an absolutely wonderful and dedicated servant to SA Chess and it's been an absolute pleasure working with him all these years. :clap:
If you are free, feel free to come tomorrow night and give thanks for all the hard work he has done to SA Chess.

South Australian Championship 2017

Adelaide - 07/02/2017, 04/04/2017

Results of round 9

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=================================================================================== 1 = Courtney, Michael J ( 1.5) - Mdinaradze, Edgar ( 2.0) = 5 - 10 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 = Kiripitige, Punala ( 4.5) - Zulfic, Fedja ( 5.5) = 6 - 4 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 = Lee, Aaron James ( 4.0) - Jordan, William ( 8.0) = 7 - 3 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 = Sheldrick, Kevin ( 5.5) - Cloudsdale, Colin ( 2.0) = 8 - 2 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 = Leaver, Kyle ( 5.0) - Turcaj, Pavel ( 2.0) = 9 - 1 = 1 - 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Cross Table

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Pos ID NAME Elo T Fed Pts | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 3 Jordan, William 2153 FM SA 9.0 | * 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 8 Sheldrick, Kevin 2149 SA 6.5 | 0 * 1 1 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 3 9 Leaver, Kyle 1959 SA 6.0 | 0 0 * 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 4 6 Kiripitige, Punala 1745 SA 5.5 | 0 0 0 * 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 5 4 Zulfic, Fedja 2198 SA 5.5 | 0 ½ 0 0 * 1 1 1 1 1 6 7 Lee, Aaron James 1792 SA 4.0 | 0 0 0 0 0 * 1 1 1 1 7 10 Mdinaradze, Edgar 1956 SA 3.0 | 0 1 0 0 0 0 * 1 0 1 8 1 Turcaj, Pavel 1713 SA 2.0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 1 1 9 2 Cloudsdale, Colin 1914 SA 2.0 | 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 * 0 10 5 Courtney, Michael J 1770 SA 1.5 | 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 1 *

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Well done Bill Jordan (and Bill AS).

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Congratulations to:
The 2017 South Australian Chess Champion

FM William Jordan

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South Australian Candidates 2017

Results of round 9

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=================================================================================== 1 = Horan, Paul ( 4.0) - Steffensen, Dennis A ( 6.0) = 9 - 3 = ½ - ½ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 = Haydn, Gavin ( 5.0) - Vuckov, George ( 5.5) = 4 - 2 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 = Lower, Kevin ( 3.5) - Paprzycki, Eryk ( 5.5) = 7 - 1 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 = Benham, Christopher ( 5.5) - Drew, James ( 0.5) = 5 - 14 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 = Loughlin, Tom ( 4.5) - Both, Roger James ( 3.5) = 12 - 8 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 = Whitney, Garth ( 3.0) - Fraser, Lee ( 3.5) = 10 - 6 = ½ - ½ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 = Jeanes, David ( 3.0) - Thomas, Dave ( 3.0) = 11 - 13 = 1 - 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Cross Table at round 9 sorted by score

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Pos NAME Rtg T Fed Pts | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 | Buc1 BucT --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Paprzycki, Eryk 1686 SA 6.5 | +B10 +W2 +B8 +W3 =B9 =B5 =W6 -W4 +B11 | 42.0 45.5 2 Steffensen, Dennis A 1584 SA 6.5 | +B12 -B1 +W5 +W8 -B3 +W9 +B4 +W6 =B7 | 42.0 45.5 3 Benham, Christopher 1493 SA 6.5 | +B6 =W5 +B11 -B1 +W2 -B4 +W10 +W13 +W14 | 40.5 41.5 4 Haydn, Gavin 1580 SA 6.0 | -W8 +B12 +B7 -W11 +B10 +W3 -W2 +B1 +W5 | 39.5 43.0 5 Vuckov, George 1593 SA 5.5 | +W7 =B3 -B2 =W10 +B11 =W1 +B13 +W12 -B4 | 39.5 42.5 6 Loughlin, Tom 0 SA 5.5 | -W3 -BYE +W12 +B13 +B8 +W11 =B1 -B2 +W10 | 38.5 41.5 7 Horan, Paul 910 SA 4.5 | -B5 +BYE -W4 -W9 -B12 +BYE +B14 +W11 =W2 | 35.0 36.0 8 Jeanes, David 832 SA 4.0 | +B4 +W9 -W1 -B2 -W6 -B10 -W12 +B14 +W13 | 39.0 40.0 9 Fraser, Lee 1313 SA 4.0 | =W13 -B8 +W14 +B7 =W1 -B2 -B11 =W10 =B12 | 34.0 35.0 10 Both, Roger James 1041 SA 3.5 | -W1 +B14 =W13 =B5 -W4 +W8 -B3 =B9 -B6 | 41.5 42.5 11 Lower, Kevin 1089 SA 3.5 | =BYE +B13 -W3 +B4 -W5 -B6 +W9 -B7 -W1 | 41.0 41.0 12 Whitney, Garth 906 SA 3.5 | -W2 -W4 -B6 +B14 +W7 -W13 +B8 -B5 =W9 | 38.5 39.5 13 Thomas, Dave 0 SA 3.0 | =B9 -W11 =B10 -W6 +W14 +B12 -W5 -B3 -B8 | 36.5 37.5 14 Drew, James 331 SA 0.5 | =BYE -W10 -B9 -W12 -B13 -BYE -W7 -W8 -B3 | 31.0 31.0

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Off to the playoffs to decide who gets the spot in next years championship. :eek:

It was nice to see Bill Anderson-Smith for his final arbitrating night. It was also nice to hear a rumour that he will continue to update this thread with tournament results forever and ever.

Nice triple dead heat in the candidates... Paul doing well to score a big upset result to prevent an outright winner.

4 of the 10 players in the State Championship section were playing in their first SA championship and each of them did well to finish among the top 6 positions.

Well done to Bill Jordan for the picket fence score. The last time I saw a picket fence in this competition, I think, was when Bill A-S won the Candidates in that manner about 6 years ago...

Upcoming event

South Australian Lightning Chess Championship 2017

Tuesday 11th of April

Entries close 7.15pm – 7.30 pm Start

Rate of Play - Fischer Blitz - 3 Minutes + 2 Seconds a move

Venue - Chess Centre of South Australia,
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