We had 20 for the simul in the end. Notable wins to William and Prashanth. Graham was close to a win with knight and three pawns against bishop and pawn but in the end had to settle for a draw. Regular club nights resume on Tuesday.
We set a club record with six new members joining on the first night of the year — Colin Barrett-Hogg, Sivaram Manoharan, Thomas Beier, Stanley Lin, Ben Firestone, Jarvis Xiang. Colin, Sivaram and Jarvis have all returned after several years absence while Thomas Stanley and Ben are new blood. Welcome guys.
We had a great turnout on the first night of the year with 26 players fronting. Several new members joined up, and some members returned after an absence of several years. The club keeps getting stronger and stronger. We managed only two games due to some computer teething problems and will continue the tournament in two weeks time at slightly longer time control. Next week is the GM simul so don’t miss out.
| 1 | Richard Dare | 2.0 | +W14 | +B12 |
| 2 | Prashant Mistry | 2.0 | +B15 | +W13 |
| 3 | Graham Nolan | 2.0 | +W16 | +B8 |
| 4 | Colin Barrett-Hogg | 2.0 | +W10 | +B7 |
| 5 | Eushin Kang | 2.0 | +W22 | +B9 |
| 6 | Sivaram Manoharan | 2.0 | +B23 | +W11 |
| 7 | Andrew Malcouronne | 1.0 | +B19 | -W4 |
| 8 | Murray Tuatini | 1.0 | +W17 | -W3 |
| 9 | Thomas Beier | 1.0 | +W18 | -W5 |
| 10 | William Crombie | 1.0 | -B4 | +W21 |
| 11 | Joel Crombie | 1.0 | +W24 | -B6 |
| 12 | Gary Judkins | 1.0 | +W25 | -W1 |
| 13 | Andy Song | 1.0 | +W26 | -B2 |
| 14 | Nathanial Loy | 1.0 | -B1 | +W24 |
| 15 | Rowan Lightfoot | 1.0 | -W2 | +B25 |
| 16 | Richard Jackson | 1.0 | -B3 | +W23 |
| 17 | William Lynn | 1.0 | -B8 | +B20 |
| 18 | Kevin Li | 1.0 | -B9 | +W22 |
| 19 | Leo Dizon | 1.0 | -W7 | +B26 |
| 20 | Ian Kennedy | 0.5 | =B21 | -W17 |
| 21 | Daniel Dizon | 0.5 | =W20 | -B10 |
| 22 | Sean Clark | 0.0 | -B5 | -B18 |
| 23 | Stanley Lin | 0.0 | -W6 | -B16 |
| 24 | Daniel Loy | 0.0 | -B11 | -B14 |
| 25 | Ben Firestone | 0.0 | -B12 | -W15 |
| 26 | Jarvis Xiang | 0.0 | -B13 | -W19 |
We have the possibility of a GM Simul on club night 11th February.
Dejan Bojkov is a Bulgarian GM and was champion of Bulgaria in 2009. He was the trainer for Antoaneta Stefanova who was Women’s World Champion from 2004 to 2006. Degan gave a simul at the club back in June 2018 that was very popular. The final score for that night was 24.5 to 0.5 with credit going to Prashanth who took the draw. William Lynn and Joel Crombie were in with chances on that night also. The cost to play will be $10 payable on the night. If you are interested please let Ian know by completing the form below. Note the simul will only go ahead if we have the numbers.
The club calendar for 2020 has been posted. Continuing last years trend there is an emphasis on longer format games. Club nights resume on 4th February with 3 games at 20 + 0. See you there
Club ratings have been updated (now really including the just completed rapid). Graphs of ratings have also been updated. Check out the graphs to see if you have gone up or down in your last 50 games.
Club ratings have been updated including the just completed rapid. Graphs of ratings have also been updated. Check out the graphs to see if you have gone up or down in your last 50 games.
