[Event "New Zealand Open Championship"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2020.01.20"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Fernandez, Daniel Howard"]
[Black "Polishchuk, Kirill"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2151"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2020.01.14"]
PGN Viewer
[Event "New Zealand Open Championship"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2020.01.20"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Johansen, Darryl K"]
[Black "Papin, Vasily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2371"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2020.01.14"]
PGN Viewer
[Event "New Zealand Open Championship"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2020.01.20"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Dive, Russell J"]
[Black "Clarke, Brandon G I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2283"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2020.01.14"]
PGN Viewer
[Event "New Zealand Open Championship"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2020.01.20"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Hague, Ben"]
[Black "Gong, Daniel Hanwen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2276"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2020.01.14"]
PGN Viewer
[Event "New Zealand Open Championship"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2020.01.20"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Ker, Anthony F"]
[Black "Piwari, Dylan Tama"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2302"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2020.01.14"]
PGN Viewer
“The history of the 20th century is full of examples of countries that set out to redistribute wealth and ended up redistributing poverty.”
“There’s no point blaming the tragedies of socialism on the flaws or corruption of particular leaders. Any system which allows some people to exercise unbridled power over others is an open invitation to abuse, whether that system is called slavery or socialism or something else.”—Thomas Sowell
Round 8 did not provide any clarity on who will be the New Zealand champion. It just became a lot more crowded in the contenders group. Kirill Polishchuk and Anthony Ker drew against their GM opponents, Papin and Johansen to move to 5.5 points. On 5 points are Ben Hague who lost to tournament leader, GM Daniel Fernandez and Russell Dive who drew with IM Sandler. They are joined by Paul Garbett, Nunilon Fulo and Noel Pinic who all won to give themselves a chance at the title. Even Daniel Gong and Hilton Bennett on 4.5 points have an outside chance if results go their way.
Last edited by CivicChessMan; 21-01-2020 at 04:41 PM.
Once a Kiwi, Always a Kiwi.
GM Fernandez vs Anthony Ker, Kirill Polishchuk vs IM Sandler, Nunilon Fulo vs Ben Hague, Noel Pinic vs Paul Garbett, Russell Dive vs Daniel Gong and Hilton Bennett vs Tim Reilly.
If 6.5 points is the magic number then 2 players can achieve that score. Should 6 points be enough then there could be 5 names engraved on the Silver Rook and finally, 8 players in the unlikely event of 5.5 points winning the title.
Last edited by CivicChessMan; 21-01-2020 at 04:54 PM.
Once a Kiwi, Always a Kiwi.
In his game with Ker, Dylan P. made a 'mistake" on move 1. He played the Pirc against someone who has played the Pirc for many years. It did not work.
Last edited by Adamski; 21-01-2020 at 06:32 PM.
God exists. Short and to the point.
Secretary of, and regularly arbiter at, Rooty Hill RSL Chess Club. See www.rootyhillchessclub.org.
Psephological insight. "Controversial will only lose you votes. Courageous will lose you the election." Sir Humphrey Appleby on Yes Minister.
Favorite movie line: Girl friend Cathy to Jack Ryan in "Sum of all Fears". "What kind of emergency does an historian have?".
Hague, Ben (2399) -- Fernandez, Daniel Howard (2451)
New Zealand Open Championship (8.1) Auckland NZL
2020.01.21 0-1 B06
PGN Viewer
Papin, Vasily (2481) -- Polishchuk, Kirill (2151)
New Zealand Open Championship (8.2) Auckland NZL
2020.01.21 1/2-1/2 D30
PGN Viewer
Clarke, Brandon G I (2438) -- Smith, Robert W (2160)
New Zealand Open Championship (8.5) Auckland NZL
2020.01.21 1-0 B12
PGN Viewer
Garbett, Paul A (2185) -- Dowden, R Anthony (2056)
New Zealand Open Championship (8.8) Auckland NZL
2020.01.21 1-0 C04
PGN Viewer
“The history of the 20th century is full of examples of countries that set out to redistribute wealth and ended up redistributing poverty.”
“There’s no point blaming the tragedies of socialism on the flaws or corruption of particular leaders. Any system which allows some people to exercise unbridled power over others is an open invitation to abuse, whether that system is called slavery or socialism or something else.”—Thomas Sowell
Congratulations to the NZ Champions for 2020: Kirill Polishchuk (1st win), Ben Hague (2nd win), Paul Garbett and Russell Dive (7th win). The magic number is 6 points. Kirill drew with IM Sandler. That allowed Ben, Paui and Russell with wins over Nunilon Fulo, Noel Pinic and Daniel Gong respectively to join him. Defending champion Anthony Ker had the uneviable task of playing tournament winner, GM Daniel Fernandez in the last round and finished on 5.5 points in clear fifth place. GM Fernandez wins the New Zealand Open with 8 points, 1.5 points clear of GM Vasily Papin in 2nd place.
Once a Kiwi, Always a Kiwi.
Here is a list of players where longevity hasn't been a problem. The first year is the first time the player was NZ Champion, the second year is the last time.
Code:Name First Last Years Richard J Barnes 1890 1905 15 William E Mason 1900 1919 19 Arthur W O Davies 1908 1926 18 John Dunlop 1920 1939 19 Ortvin Sarapu 1951 1989 38 Paul Garbett 1973 2020 47 Murray Chandler 1975 2006 31 Russell Dive 1986 2020 34 Anthony Ker 1988 2019 31 Robert Smith 1995 2015 20 Alexei Kulashko 1996 2016 20
Last edited by CivicChessMan; 23-01-2020 at 12:26 AM.
Once a Kiwi, Always a Kiwi.
We must acknowledge a great performance by the winner to achieve a 1.5 points margin in a strong field. And yes, congrats to the co-NZ champs. I was there (playing Premier Reserves) when Paul G won his first title.
God exists. Short and to the point.
Secretary of, and regularly arbiter at, Rooty Hill RSL Chess Club. See www.rootyhillchessclub.org.
Psephological insight. "Controversial will only lose you votes. Courageous will lose you the election." Sir Humphrey Appleby on Yes Minister.
Favorite movie line: Girl friend Cathy to Jack Ryan in "Sum of all Fears". "What kind of emergency does an historian have?".
[Event "New Zealand Open Championship"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2020.01.22"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Fernandez, Daniel Howard"]
[Black "Ker, Anthony F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2302"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "2020.01.14"]
PGN Viewer
[Event "New Zealand Open Championship"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2020.01.22"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Fulo, Nunilon III"]
[Black "Hague, Ben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2017"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2020.01.14"]
PGN Viewer
[Event "New Zealand Open Championship"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2020.01.22"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Pinic, Noel"]
[Black "Garbett, Paul A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2054"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2020.01.14"]
PGN Viewer
[Event "New Zealand Open Championship"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2020.01.22"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Dive, Russell J"]
[Black "Gong, Daniel Hanwen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2283"]
[BlackElo "2276"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2020.01.14"]
PGN Viewer
[Event "New Zealand Open Championship"]
[Site "Auckland NZL"]
[Date "2020.01.22"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Bennett, Hilton P"]
[Black "Reilly, Tim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "1913"]
[BlackElo "2098"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2020.01.14"]
PGN Viewer
“The history of the 20th century is full of examples of countries that set out to redistribute wealth and ended up redistributing poverty.”
“There’s no point blaming the tragedies of socialism on the flaws or corruption of particular leaders. Any system which allows some people to exercise unbridled power over others is an open invitation to abuse, whether that system is called slavery or socialism or something else.”—Thomas Sowell
Did Michael Freeman ever win the NZ Championship? I know he is a top corres GM.
God exists. Short and to the point.
Secretary of, and regularly arbiter at, Rooty Hill RSL Chess Club. See www.rootyhillchessclub.org.
Psephological insight. "Controversial will only lose you votes. Courageous will lose you the election." Sir Humphrey Appleby on Yes Minister.
Favorite movie line: Girl friend Cathy to Jack Ryan in "Sum of all Fears". "What kind of emergency does an historian have?".
He won the correspondence chess champs twice, but OTB. He did represent NZ at OTB for one Olympiad and three Asian Teams.
He is a Corr Senior International Master (norm 2525), the first Kiwi to earn that. Mark Noble is the only Corr GM (norm 2600).
“The history of the 20th century is full of examples of countries that set out to redistribute wealth and ended up redistributing poverty.”
“There’s no point blaming the tragedies of socialism on the flaws or corruption of particular leaders. Any system which allows some people to exercise unbridled power over others is an open invitation to abuse, whether that system is called slavery or socialism or something else.”—Thomas Sowell
There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)