SA Chess Results

[Oepty]

Alex Saint is doing an excellent job of updating the Saca Website. There are results of the SA Championship and Candidates, won by Zaric and Takos respectively. The results of the first two rounds of the interclub are also up and will be updated weekly. Chapman is playing board 1 for the Grasshopers team while Trevor Tao will playing board 1 occassionally for an Adelaide Uni Team. I believe he will be playing Zaric tonight.
I am on 1.5/2, an easy win, and a draw where I missed multiple opportunities to win in the opening, middlegame and endgame. Post the games if you really want to see them, nothing too interesting in them though.
Scott

[Oepty]

Last night saw Trevor Tao beat Srbo Zaric, just, and Mark Chapman beat Alan Goldsmith. I managed to scrap a draw against Andrew Short after losing a pawn in the opening.

[Oepty]

The Adelaide Cup was won by Srbo Zaric on 6.5/7 ahead of Justin Freytag on 5.5/7. Ther full results are on the SACA web page
Scott

[Oepty]

Srbo Zaric and Justin Freytag shared first prize with 5.5/6 ahead of Phillip Lutley and David Hester on 4 points. 14 players

The interclub competition is continuing with one round to go next week. There are joint leaders with Adelaide Red and Adelaide University's Blackmar-Diemer both on 24. Adelaide University's other team, Winkleman-Riemer is in third place with 22.5. The results should be on the SA website in a few days.

I played board four for the Blackma-Diemer team last night at lost to Michael Peake. I am not on 2/5 after losing the previous game to William Wedding. At least my rating is going to back where it should be, Under 1400.

Scott

[Oepty]

The SACA Interclub season concluded last night with the Adelaide Red team of Bob Cowley, Bill Kerr, David Hester and Adam Takos winning by half a point. This victory was clinched with a 3-1 win over the Adelaide University team Winkleman-Riemer. This win included Bob Cowley's first ever win over Trevor Tao. The other Adelaide Uni team, Blackmar-Diemer that went to the final round tied with Adelaide Red could only manage 2.5 points against the bottom placed West Torrens team. The A grade best performed prize was jointly won by Bill Kerr and David Hester who both scored 8/9. The B grade competition was equally tight with the Chess Kids team winning by 1/2 point.

This was a excellent competition and seems to becoming, along with the University Open, one the best competitions in SA.

The next tournaments in SA are the University Open, the SA Junior Championships and the City of Adelaide, all in July.

Scott

[Oepty]

The Sa Juniors were played last Thursay and Friday and the following titles where awarded

Under 18 - Tristan Stevens
Under 16 - Anthony Khoo
Under 15 - Surabhi Heitman
Under 14 - Syam Heitman and Shane Selvanderan
Under 13 - Christopher Hender
Under 12 - Sophie Eustace

James Obst did not take part, but most of the other top juniors did play.

The City of Adelaide has started with the top seeds being Srbo Zaric, Bob Cowley and Bill Kerr.

Scott

[Banana]

Some very good and slightly surprising results. I notice that the reporter took the easy way out by not attempting to spell the surnames of the winners - but admirable that he did not abbreviate the long K first name as I am now doing .

[APerkins]

Some very good and slightly surprising results. I notice that the reporter took the easy way out by not attempting to spell the surnames of the winners - but admirable that he did not abbreviate the long K first name as I am now doing .

Some interesting results indeed! I wasn't sure to include their surnames as they were already above in the standings text
But I will do so now for my next post in a few moments!

[APerkins]

2019 January Allegro

Final Standings

Pos NAME                 Rtg   T  Fed  Pts |   1     2     3     4     5    |  Buc1    BucT  
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  1 Searle,Zachary       2029      SA  4.5 | +B8   +W7   +B6   =W4   +B5    |   12.5    15.5 
  2 Paprzycki,Eryk       1882      SA  4.0 | +B11  -W6   +B10  +W8   +B4    |   11.5    13.5 
  3 Liu,Ethan Yi         1266      SA  4.0 | -B4   +W10  +B16  +W11  +B7    |   10.5    11.5 
  4 Leaver,Kyle          2159      SA  3.5 | +W3   +B12  +W5   =B1   -W2    |   15.5    17.5 
  5 Mdinaradze,Edgar     2021      SA  3.0 | +W9   +B13  -B4   +W6   -W1    |   14.0    16.0 
  6 Thompson,Bradley Cla 1436      SA  3.0 | +W15  +B2   -W1   -B5   +W14   |   13.5    14.5 
  7 Vuckov,George        1658      SA  3.0 | +W18  -B1   +W14  +B13  -W3    |   12.5    13.5 
  8 Marriott,Max         1237      SA  3.0 | -W1   +B15  +W12  -B2   +W13   |   12.5    13.5 
  9 Both,Roger           1165      SA  3.0 | -B5   -W17  +B18  +W10  +W12   |    8.0     9.0 
 10 Perkins,Aaron        1296      SA  2.0 | +W14  -B3   -W2   -B9   +W15   |   13.0    14.0 
 11 Culture,Walter        882      SA  2.0 | -W2   -B14  +W15  -B3   +W16   |   11.0    12.0 
 12 Gordiienko,Volodymyr 1470      SA  2.0 | +B17  -W4   -B8   +W16  -B9    |   10.5    11.5 
 13 Kotousov,Matvei      1305      SA  2.0 | +B16  -W5   +B17  -W7   -B8    |   10.0    11.0 
 14 Shata,Islam             0      SA  2.0 | -B10  +W11  -B7   +W17  -B6    |   10.0    11.0 
 15 Lefi,Rapaël             0      SA  1.0 | -B6   -W8   -B11  +W18  -B10   |   10.0    11.0 
 16 Olsder,Sean             0      SA  1.0 | -W13  +B18  -W3   -B12  -B11   |   10.0    11.0 
 17 Wu,Yifan              339      SA  1.0 | -W12  +B9   -W13  -B14  -W18   |    9.0    10.0 
 18 Jeanes,David          826      SA  1.0 | -B7   -W16  -W9   -B15  +B17   |    8.0     9.0

A great turnout for last night's allegro; especially considering that the forecast had the weather at nearly 40°C! Furthermore, I was happy to introduce three individuals to their first Australian chess tournament, and for some their very first chess tournament.

Congratulations goes to Zachary Searle for his performance in claiming First Place with an undefeated run! Congratulations should also go to tied Second Place finishers Eryk Paprzycki and Ethan Liu; who both only conceded a single match!

Congratulations also to Max Marriott and Roger Both for their performance which led them both to take the U1400 Prize!

[Banana]

Oh yes, Victorians stick together...

Mind you, he is the highest rated by a fair margin... I bet you've been waiting all tournament for him to catch back up to the leaders after his loss in round 1 before making this prediction

[MichaelBaron]

Oh yes, Victorians stick together...

Mind you, he is the highest rated by a fair margin... I bet you've been waiting all tournVicament for him to catch back up to the leaders after his loss in round 1 before making this prediction

Victorians not only stick together but also play better chess our veteran players can dominate the entire SA chess scene

[Banana]

That is not true! They can only dominate MOST of our chess scene. We have 3 IM's over here!

And another thing - just because Bill is coming equal first in the State Championship, please don't misquote me by calling this a tournVicament. Thank you!

[MichaelBaron]

That is not true! They can only dominate MOST of our chess scene. We have 3 IM's over here!

And another thing - just because Bill is coming equal first in the State Championship, please don't misquote me by calling this a tournVicament. Thank you!

Ok, Point taken

[JTee]

2019 South Australian Candidates


Pairing of round 8, at 1900 of 26/03/2019

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  1 = Giouvantsioudis,Kons ( 5.0) - Thompson,Bradley Cla ( 5.0) =   1 -  11 = 0 - 1
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  2 = Giouvantsioudis-Mous ( 4.5) - Bartley,George       ( 5.0) =   3 -   6 = 0 - 1
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  3 = Eborlas,Julio        ( 4.5) - Paprzycki,Eryk       ( 4.5) =   7 -   4 = 1 - 0
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  4 = Turcaj,Pavel         ( 4.0) - Cinco,Dino           ( 4.0) =   2 -  10 = 0 - 1
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  5 = Steffensen,Dennis A  ( 4.0) - Vuckov,George        ( 4.0) =   8 -   5 = 1 - 0
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  6 = Staak,Eric           ( 3.5) - Whitney,Garth        ( 3.0) =   9 -  15 = 1 - 0
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  7 = Culture,Walter       ( 2.0) - Rahman,Raad          ( 3.0) =  16 -  12 = 0 - 1
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  8 = Kotousov,Matvei      ( 2.5) - Udquin,Anaclito      ( 2.0) =  13 -  14 = 0 - 1
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  9 = Jeanes,David         ( 2.0) - ( bye )              ( 0.0) =  17 -   0 = 1    
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 10 = Drew,James           ( 1.0) - ( not paired )       ( 0.0) =  18 -   0 = 0    
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PROVISIONAL Pairing of round 9, at 1900 of 02/04/2019

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  1 = Bartley,George       ( 6.0) - Cinco,Dino           ( 5.0) =   6 -  10 =  ... 
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  2 = Thompson,Bradley Cla ( 6.0) - Steffensen,Dennis A  ( 5.0) =  11 -   8 =  ... 
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  3 = Staak,Eric           ( 4.5) - Eborlas,Julio        ( 5.5) =   9 -   7 =  ... 
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  4 = Giouvantsioudis-Mous ( 4.5) - Giouvantsioudis,Kons ( 5.0) =   3 -   1 =  ... 
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  5 = Paprzycki,Eryk       ( 4.5) - Vuckov,George        ( 4.0) =   4 -   5 =  ... 
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  6 = Rahman,Raad          ( 4.0) - Jeanes,David         ( 3.0) =  12 -  17 =  ... 
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  7 = Culture,Walter       ( 2.0) - Turcaj,Pavel         ( 4.0) =  16 -   2 =  ... 
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  8 = Whitney,Garth        ( 3.0) - Udquin,Anaclito      ( 3.0) =  15 -  14 =  ... 
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  9 = Kotousov,Matvei      ( 2.5) - ( bye )              ( 0.0) =  13 -   0 = 1    
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 10 = Drew,James           ( 1.0) - ( not paired )       ( 0.0) =  18 -   0 = 0    
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Cross Table at round 8 sorted by score

Pos NAME                 Rtg   T  Fed  Pts |   1     2     3     4     5     6     7     8    |  Buc1    BucT  
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  1 Bartley,George       1616      SA  6.0 | +W13  -B2   +W4   =BYE  +B12  =W5   +B3   +B7    |   35.0    38.0 
  2 Thompson,Bradley Cla 1474      SA  6.0 | +B10  +W1   -B3   +W11  -B8   +W6   +W7   +B4    |   34.5    38.0 
  3 Eborlas,Julio        1531      SA  5.5 | +B17  +B4   +W2   -W5   +B10  =B7   -W1   +W9    |   34.5    36.0 
  4 Giouvantsioudis,Kons 1793      SA  5.0 | +B6   -W3   -B1   +W9   +B11  +W8   +B5   -W2    |   36.5    40.5 
  5 Steffensen,Dennis A  1508      SA  5.0 | +W15  =BYE  +B9   +B3   -W7   =B1   -W4   +W12   |   34.5    37.0 
  6 Cinco,Dino           1478      SA  5.0 | -W4   +B15  -W7   +B13  +W16  -B2   +W8   +B10   |   29.5    32.0 
  7 Giouvantsioudis-Mous 1726      SA  4.5 | -B11  +W14  +B6   +W12  +B5   =W3   -B2   -W1    |   35.5    38.5 
  8 Staak,Eric           1480      SA  4.5 | +B18  =W9   +B11  -W10  +W2   -B4   -B6   +W13   |   31.0    32.5 
  9 Paprzycki,Eryk       1665      SA  4.5 | +W16  =B8   -W5   -B4   +W13  +W10  +B11  -B3    |   30.5    33.5 
 10 Turcaj,Pavel         1760      SA  4.0 | -W2   +B13  +W16  +B8   -W3   -B9   +BYE  -W6    |   32.0    35.0 
 11 Rahman,Raad          1402      SA  4.0 | +W7   +B12  -W8   -B2   -W4   +B14  -W9   +B17   |   31.5    33.0 
 12 Vuckov,George        1622      SA  4.0 | +B14  -W11  +W18  -B7   -W1   +B15  +W17  -B5    |   26.5    28.0 
 13 Whitney,Garth         938      SA  3.0 | -B1   -W10  +B17  -W6   -B9   +W18  +B15  -B8    |   27.5    29.0 
 14 Udquin,Anaclito      1219      SA  3.0 | -W12  -B7   -W15  +BYE  +B17  -W11  -BYE  +B16   |   23.5    25.0 
 15 Jeanes,David          848      SA  3.0 | -B5   -W6   +B14  -W17  +B18  -W12  -W13  +BYE   |   23.5    25.0 
 16 Kotousov,Matvei      1278      SA  2.5 | -B9   +W17  -B10  +W18  -B6   =BYE   --   -W14   |   25.5    27.0 
 17 Culture,Walter        882      SA  2.0 | -W3   -B16  -W13  +B15  -W14  +BYE  -B12  -W11   |   25.0    27.0 
 18 Drew,James       (W)  290      SA  1.0 | -W8   +BYE  -B12  -B16  -W15  -B13   --    --    |   22.5    24.5 

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