2020 Qld Seniors (50 yrs +) C'ship Sat Nov 7 & Sun Nov 8 Bracken Ridge

[StokesyRedcliff]

All players 50 years of age or older are invited to play in the 2020 Qld Seniors Chess Championship.

DATES: Sat Nov 7 and Sun Nov 8

VENUE: Staff Room + Library of St Josephs Catholic Primary School Bracken Ridge. Park in Phillips St carpark.

ENTRY FEES: $50 ($45 if paid by Sat 31-10-20) Add $20 if not a CAQ Member or other State Member.

HOW TO ENTER: Deposit entry fee into the QWCL CUA Bank Account: BSB:814282 Account Number: 50430778 Use your name as the reference. Also email Gail that you have entered!

ENQUIRIES: Text or phone Gail Young on 0411 704 815 or email Gail: qwclqwcl@gmail.com

ROUNDS: 3 rounds each day at 9:30am, 12:30pm and 3:30pm approx.

RATE OF PLAY: 60 minutes each plus 10 seconds a move from move 1.

REGISTRATION: 9am to 9:20am on Sat Nov 7.

ENTRIES CLOSE: Entries close at 9pm on Fri Nov 6.


FULL 2020 QLD SENIOR CHESS DETAILS: Visit the CAQ Website and look under Coming Events: www.caq.org.au

[StokesyRedcliff]

Entries for the CAQ 2020 Seniors Chess Championship so far include Tony Dowden 2035, Tony Truscott 1938, George Lester 1888, Allan Fossey, John Nothdurft 1645, David Lovejoy 1589, John Buciu 1587, Oleg Korenevski 1525, Tony Weller 1508, Mark C Stokes 1508, Louay Al Zaher 1482, Matthew Juszczyski from SA 1460, Jim Ritchie 1414, Eddie Ottschoffski 1384, Bruce Harris 1274, Don Hamilton 1262, Rex Scarf 1138, Martin Carter 872, Ron Kuypers 856, Tony Black u/r and Rob Joyce u/r. You still have time to enter too. See entry details above OR print your own flyer off the CAQ Website under Coming Events: www.caq.org.au

[Desmond]

I'll put my sneaky 2 bob on Garret. Have a fun weekend all, free from juniors!

[StokesyRedcliff]

Garret was a late withdrawal this morning as he was unwell. Allan Fossey, with wins over Jim Ritchie, Oleg Korenevski and Peter Cronin, is the only player on 3 out of 3 in the 2020 Qld Seniors. Tony Truscott and David Lovejoy are just half a point behind on 2.5/3. Then a big group of 8 players are on 2/3: last year's winner Tony Dowden, Peter Cronin, Mathew Juszczynski, John Myers, Tony Weller, Mark C Stokes, Bruce Harris and Jim Ritchie.

Here is the provisional draw for R4, starting at 9:30am on Sunday: 1. Allan Fossey 3/3 v David Lovejoy 2.5/3, 2. Tony Dowden 2/3 v Tony Truscott 2.5/3, 3. John Myers 2/3 v Peter Cronin 2/3, 4. Tony Weller 2/3 v Mathew Juszczynski 2/3, 5. Bruce Harris 2/3 v Mark C Stokes 2/3, 6. John Nothdurft 1.5/3 v Jim Ritchie 2/3, 7. Eddie Ottschoffski 1/3 v Oleg Korensvski 1.5/3, 8. Gail Young 1/3 v John Buciu 1/3, 9. Martin Carter 1/3 v Louay Al Zaher 1/3, 10. Ron Kuypers 0.5/3 v Rex Scarf 0/3, 11. Rob Joyce 0/3 v Tony Black 0.5/3. Don Hamilton on 1.5/3 and George Warta on 1.5/3 have both taken a half point bye in R4.

[StokesyRedcliff]

Allan Fossey and Tony Dowden both finished equal first on 5/6! Congratulations to both Allan and Tony! In 3rd place was John Myers on 4.5/6. Equal 4th were Tony Weller, Louay Al Zaher and John Buciu, all on 4/6. David Lovejoy and Tony Truscott were equal 7th on 3.5/6. Seven players were next, all equal 9th, with 3/6: Oleg Korenevski, Peter Cronin, Mark C Stokes, Bruce Harris, George Warta, Don Hamilton and Ron Kuypers. In 16th place was Jim Ritchie, scoring 2.5/6. Equal 17th were Mathew Juszyzynski, Tony Black and Rob Joyce, with 2/6. Equal 20th were Martin Carter and John Nothdurft with 1.5 points - John actually scored 1.5/3 and then withdrew. In equal 22nd place were Rex Scarf and Eddie Ottschoffski with 1 point each. It was a fun and most competitive tournament from round 1 to round 6!

[Capablanca-Fan]

Congrats to both winners! How many titles is this for Tony?

[Tony Dowden]

Congrats to both winners! How many titles is this for Tony?

Thanks Jonathan! Six titles [2013, 2014, 2017-2020].

This year's title felt the toughest by quite a margin - perhaps not entirely unrelated to turning 60 years old last week, and most certainly related to rustiness associated with a long layoff due to Covid. I was slow out of the stalls (have to get the Cup Day reference squeezed in) on day one with one win and a couple of uninspired draws. On day two I knew I had to win all my games and, to their credit, each of my opponents stretched me but in the end the fast time limit worked in my favour, as I still seem to be able to easily pick up the pace and blitz out moves when I need to.

I was very pleased Allan Fossey shared the title this year, as he has been my toughest opponent in recent in years but has had no luck in our individual encounters. Allan was the best Veteran player (over 65), so hopefully separate Senior (50+) and a Veteran (65+) titles will be recognised in due course.

[Capablanca-Fan]

Well done, so now one title for every decade of life. Happy belated decade birthday!

[blackbishop]

In view of the very welcome influx of the very young into chess tournaments in Queensland, the QWCL is thinking about lowering the entry age of this tournament to those having attained the age of twelve or greater by which time they will have devoted around half of their life to chess.

[Capablanca-Fan]

It's unusual for a tournament thread not to have a crosstable or games. For example, any of Tony's games featuring strong intuitive sacrifices for initiative?

[Shaun94]

It's unusual for a tournament thread not to have a crosstable or games. For example, any of Tony's games featuring strong intuitive sacrifices for initiative?

Games being posted is the responsibility of the players if they so wish to share their games i don't find it unusual at all.

In terms of Cross Tables and standings etc. this is more common but may be technology constraints with arbiters or organisers.

I feel that many chess chat spectators expect a lot of organisers and arbiters that don't really have to provide anything at all to chesschat.

[antichrist]

^ hear hear

[Bill Gletsos]

It's unusual for a tournament thread not to have a crosstable or games. For example, any of Tony's games featuring strong intuitive sacrifices for initiative?

No Name                Feder Rtg Total  1    2    3    4    5    6  

1  Dowden, Tony        QLD       5      5:W  7:D  9:D  8:W 11:W  2:W
2  Fossey, Allan       QLD       5     16:W  9:W 10:W  7:W  4:W  1:L
3  Myers, John         QLD       4.5    0:D 20:W 17:D 10:W  8:W  7:D
4  Weller, Tony        QLD       4     18:W 21:W  8:L 17:W  2:L 12:W
5  Al Zaher, Louay     QLD       4      1:L 23:W 12:L 20:W 14:W  9:W
6  Buciu, Aurel-John   QLD       4     20:L 17:L 19:W 24:W 13:W 11:W
7  Lovejoy, David      QLD       3.5   23:W  1:D 13:W  2:L  9:D  3:D
8  Truscott, Anthony J QLD       3.5   17:D 14:W  4:W  1:L  3:L 16:W
9  Korenevski, Oleg    QLD       3     15:W  2:L  1:D 16:W  7:D  5:L
10 Cronin, Peter       QLD       3     12:W 11:W  2:L  3:L 16:D 15:D
11 Stokes, Mark C      QLD       3     19:W 10:L 24:W 12:W  1:L  6:L
12 Harris, Bruce       QLD       3     10:L 19:W  5:W 11:L 17:W  4:L
13 Warta, George       QLD       3      0:D 22:W  7:L  0:D  6:L 18:W
14 Hamilton, Don       QLD       3      0:D  8:L 23:W  0:D  5:L 17:W
15 Kuypers, Ron        QLD       3      9:L 16:L 18:D 23:W 24:W 10:D
16 Ritchie, Jim        QLD       2.5    2:L 15:W 20:W  9:L 10:D  8:L
17 Juszczynski, Mathew SA        2      8:D  6:W  3:D  4:L 12:L 14:L
18 Black, Tony         QLD       2      4:L 24:L 15:D 19:W 20:D 13:L
19 Joyce, Rob          QLD       2     11:L 12:L  6:L 18:L 23:W 24:W
20 Carter, Martin      QLD       1.5    6:W  3:L 16:L  5:L 18:D 23:L
21 Nothdurft, John D   QLD       1.5   24:W  4:L  0:D  0:   0:   0: 
22 Young, Gail         QLD       1      0:D 13:L  0:D  0:L  0:L  0:L
23 Scarf, Rex          QLD       1      7:L  5:L 14:L 15:L 19:L 20:W
24 Ottschoffski, Eddie QLD       1     21:L 18:W 11:L  6:L 15:L 19:L

[ER]

Thank you Bill!

• Congratulations to my friends
• Dr. Tony Dowden for sharing first place
• Mark Stokes for just being there and performing his tenacious best
• Speedy recovery to Garrett.

[Capablanca-Fan]

No Name                Feder Rtg Total  1    2    3    4    5    6  

1  Dowden, Tony        QLD       5      5:W  7:D  9:D  8:W 11:W  2:W
2  Fossey, Allan       QLD       5     16:W  9:W 10:W  7:W  4:W  1:L
3  Myers, John         QLD       4.5    0:D 20:W 17:D 10:W  8:W  7:D
4  Weller, Tony        QLD       4     18:W 21:W  8:L 17:W  2:L 12:W
5  Al Zaher, Louay     QLD       4      1:L 23:W 12:L 20:W 14:W  9:W
6  Buciu, Aurel-John   QLD       4     20:L 17:L 19:W 24:W 13:W 11:W
7  Lovejoy, David      QLD       3.5   23:W  1:D 13:W  2:L  9:D  3:D
8  Truscott, Anthony J QLD       3.5   17:D 14:W  4:W  1:L  3:L 16:W
9  Korenevski, Oleg    QLD       3     15:W  2:L  1:D 16:W  7:D  5:L
10 Cronin, Peter       QLD       3     12:W 11:W  2:L  3:L 16:D 15:D
11 Stokes, Mark C      QLD       3     19:W 10:L 24:W 12:W  1:L  6:L
12 Harris, Bruce       QLD       3     10:L 19:W  5:W 11:L 17:W  4:L
13 Warta, George       QLD       3      0:D 22:W  7:L  0:D  6:L 18:W
14 Hamilton, Don       QLD       3      0:D  8:L 23:W  0:D  5:L 17:W
15 Kuypers, Ron        QLD       3      9:L 16:L 18:D 23:W 24:W 10:D
16 Ritchie, Jim        QLD       2.5    2:L 15:W 20:W  9:L 10:D  8:L
17 Juszczynski, Mathew SA        2      8:D  6:W  3:D  4:L 12:L 14:L
18 Black, Tony         QLD       2      4:L 24:L 15:D 19:W 20:D 13:L
19 Joyce, Rob          QLD       2     11:L 12:L  6:L 18:L 23:W 24:W
20 Carter, Martin      QLD       1.5    6:W  3:L 16:L  5:L 18:D 23:L
21 Nothdurft, John D   QLD       1.5   24:W  4:L  0:D  0:   0:   0: 
22 Young, Gail         QLD       1      0:D 13:L  0:D  0:L  0:L  0:L
23 Scarf, Rex          QLD       1      7:L  5:L 14:L 15:L 19:L 20:W
24 Ottschoffski, Eddie QLD       1     21:L 18:W 11:L  6:L 15:L 19:L

Thanks, BG. Looks like a good tournament.