2003 Summary
Wanganui hosted the 2003 Congress incorporating the 110th New Zealand Championship. The two Australian visitors Alex Wohl and Tim Reilly won event with 8/11, with Anthony Ker retaining the NZ Champion title with sole third place on 7.5/11. Tony Dowden gained enough master points to gain the National Master title. John McDonald made no race of the Major Open with a record 11/11.
The NZ Rapid was won by IM Russell Dive from IM Anthony Ker and the NZ Lightning event was won by 13 year old Puchen Wang from Stephen Lukey and Bob Smith.
A new event was the Global Chess Enterprises Auckland International. The event was won by German IM Peter Froehlich with 7.5/9. NZ Champion Anthony Ker was the best NZ'er in 3rd with 6.5/9. Final results and games at http://www.auschess.org.au/oceania/auckland/.
All Canterbury Open and ‘B’ Tournament, organised by Canterbury Chess Club from 25-27 October.
Leading scores : Open – G. West (AUS) (5/6) 1, C. Bleis (GER), S. Lukey (4.5) 2-3, R. Nokes, M. Van der Hoorn, H. Bennett, A. Compton (4) 4-7, B. Anderson, D. Lean, N. Cummings (3.5) 8-10 ... 23 players
B Tournament – C. Hall , Regan Jackson (5.5/6) 1-2, S. Stringer (4) 3 ... 8 players.
As an overseas visitor IM Guy West was ineligible for GP points, as was joint runner-up Christian Bleis. This left Stephen Lukey to take 15 points in the Open section, catapaulting him into a close second overall behind Alexei Kulashko. Alistair Compton’s good showing has pushed him to second in the Under 2000 division, behind Ben Giles. And another good result has taken Hamish Gold to clear first in the Under 1700 category. Interestingly, all Hamish’s points have come from South Island tournaments.
Prior were the South Island Championship (Class 2) and Rapid (Class 3), run by Ashburton CC. No Open GP events or Female GP points were able to be awarded in these tournaments, but most other categories were represented. Especially pleasing was a good contingent of Seniors. 18 players have now received Senior GP points in 5 events, so this category is developing into another good contest.
Event Results
Leading scores : South Island Championship - B. Smith, A. Compton (7.5/8) 1-2, P. Fraemohs, H. Gold (5) 3-4, P. Boag, B. Reedy, A. Nijman, R. Scarf, V. Smith, D. Smith (4.5) 5-10 ... 22 players South Island Rapid - B. Smith (7/8) 1, N. Cummings, A. Compton (5.5) 2-3, P. Fraemohs, B. Reedy, H. Gold (5) 4-6, V. Smith, S. McChesney, P. Williams (4.5) 7-9 ... 18 players
30th North Shore Open (class 1). Puchen Wang and Stephen Lukey shared 1st with 4/5, ahead of Michael Steadman, Michael Freeman, Matthew McNabb, C. Wells and Peter Green with 3.5/5. Twenty six played. The 'B' grade was shared by W. Gao, D. Xu, and P. Morten with 4.5/5 in a field of 49.
The Papatoetoe Rapid was run in three divisions.
'A' Tournament: L. McLaren (4/5) 1, A. Kulashko, P. Wang, B. Van der Lee (3.5) 2-4, P. Garbett, B. Smith, J. McCrone (3) 5-7 ...16 players.
Under 1700 - D. Xu, Paul Morten, J. Cater, E. Charomova, J. Browne (4/5) 1-5, V. Smith, D. Pelle, E. Dawood (3.5) 6-8 ...31 players
Juniors - D. Smith, B. Feng (4/5) 1-2, M. Wu, R. Dare (3.5) 3-4, G. Parker (3) 5 ... 12 players
Otago Spring Rapid - R. Dowden, D. Lazarev (4.5/5) 1-2, T. Rowell (3.5) 3, Q. Johnson, H. Gold, G. Haase, R. Clarkson (3) 4-7 ...15 players
Waikato Open (Class One) run by Hamilton Chess Club. Leading scores: Over 1700 - A. Kulashko, M. Steadman, M. Wojnar (4.5/6) 1-3, L. McLaren (4) 4, B. Smith, M. Van der Hoorn, B. Giles (3.5) 5-7 ... 16 players Under 1700 - J. Davis (5/6) 1, M. Burn (4.5) 2, C. Smith, B. Robertson, B. Cooze, H. Courtney (4) 3-6 ... 21 players
Upper Hutt 30-30 Tournament, run by Upper Hutt Chess Club. It was a class 3 event. Leading scores: R. Dive, S. Lukey (5/6) 1-2, G. Marner, J. Wilson (4.5) 3-4, P. King, M. Turner, M. Van der Hoorn, W. Forster, M. Tortoza (4) 5-9 ...27 players
North Island Championship – IM G. Lane (8/8) 1, J. Wilson (6.5) 2, M. Van der Hoorn (6) 3, B. Reedy (5.5) 4, G. Spain, D. Han, D. Xu (5) 5-7 .. 31 players
North Island Rapid Championship – IM G. Lane (6/6) 1, P. Garbett, A. Kulashko, B. Smith, B. Giles (4.5) 2-5, P. Green, P. Wang, P. Spiller, G. Thornton, E. Charamova (4) 6-10 ... 36 players
North Island Rapid Under 1400 – R. Perelini, V. Collingwood, A. Lin, D. Smith (5/6) 1-4, T. Maroroa (4.5) 5, M. MacDonald, E. Lui, A. Pan, J. Cho, K. Dalton (4) 6-10 ... 34 players
NZ Junior Championship. Puchen Wang (6.5/7), David Xu (6), Daniel Han, Michael Zhang, Gino Thorton, Evgenia Charamova (5.5).
The Maruia Open on 28-29 June, a class 3 7-round rapid (1 hour per game) involving 14 players. Leading scores: R. Smith (7/7) 1, R. Sutton (6) 2, B. Giles, B. Donaldson (4.5) 3-4, P. Spiller, A. Nijman, S. McChesney (4) 5-7.
2003 Grand Prix Results
OPEN 1st Stephen Lukey $500 2nd Puchen Wang $350 3rd Alexei Kulashko $250 4th Leonard McLaren $200 5th Peter Green $150
UNDER 2000 1st Alistair Compton $300 2nd Ben Giles $200 3rd Brendan Reedy $150
UNDER 1700 1st Gino Thornton $250 2nd Hamish Gold $150 3rd Pablo Williams $100
UNDER 1400 1st Blair Robertson $150 2nd Sam McChesney $100 3rd Devon Smith (taking Under 14 prize) 4th Dominic Pelle $50
JUNIOR 1st Evginia Charamova $150 2nd David Xu $100 3rd Michael Zhang $50
FEMALE 1st Evginia Charamova (taking Junior prize) 2nd Sue Maroroa $150 3rd Viv Smith $100 4th Helen Courtney $50
SENIOR 1st = Victor Portougal & Bob Mitchell $125 each 3rd Peter Morten $50
UNDER 14 & UNDER 1400 1st Blair Robertson (taking Under 1400 prize) 2nd Richard Dare $100 3rd Devon Smith $60 4th Daniel Baider $40
Final Leading GP Standings for 2003
OPEN S. Lukey 58, P. Wang 57.5, A. Kulashko 55.17, L. McLaren 45, P. Green 38.4, P. Garbett 36, B. Smith 33.83, M. Van der Hoorn 29.25, A. Ker 25.33, M. Steadman 24.2, B. Giles 23, J. Wilson 20, M. Wojnar 15.67, T. Dowden 15, B. Reedy 14, R. Dive 12.83, R. Sutton 10.5
UNDER 2000 A. Compton 61, B. Giles 55.5, B. Reedy 46.83, G. Thornton 39.83, W. Lynn 34.83, J. McCrone 32.5, J. Wilson 25.5, C. Wells 25, H. Gold 22.83, P. Spiller 22.33, N. Cummings 21, M. Wojnar 20, P. Godfrey 18.5, A. Aldridge 18, B. Donaldson 17.83, P. Dunn 17.5, M. Nyberg 17.16, Q. Johnson 16, N. Goodhue 15.9, S. East 15.67, M. Turner 15.25, B. Van der Lee 15, P. Fraemohs 14.83, R. Gibbons 14.07, B. Lim 14, G. Marner 13.83, T. Rowell, M. Le Brocq 12, D. Lean, J. Wojnar, M. Sims, P. David 10.5
UNDER 1700 G. Thornton 50.83, H. Gold 48, P. Williams 39.33, D. Xu 38.86, V. Smith 33.58, S. McChesney 31.83, J. Cater 31.7, H. Marko 29, J. Wilson 27, Paul Morten 24.86, E. Charamova 23.9, B. Robertson 23.75, J. Browne 22.9, R. Mitchell 21.25, S. Price, J. Davis 20, J.B. Kay 18.33, W. Gao 15.66, L. Lambert, A. Newbould, M. Burn, Regan Jackson 15, M. Zhang 14.25, D. Plumpton, G. Aimers, A. Mulligan, T. Rowell, S. Stringer 12, V. Portougal 11.7, D. Smith 10.67, R. Scarf 10.08
UNDER 1400 B. Robertson 61.17, S. McChesney 48, D. Smith 45, D. Pelle 39, H. Courtney 30.42, T. Rowell 24, R. Stone 23, S. Maroroa 22.67, D. Baider 21.83, B. Rider, J. Vosloo, S. Ward 20, D. Bennett 15.75, T. Judkins, B. Cooze, L. Jacques 15.67, C. Webber, J. Gesmundo, M. Stone, S. Ward, P. MacLaren 15, S. Yang, E. Dawood 13.5, K. Abrie, M. Tortoza, J. Van Zoomeren, J. Lei, J. Wu, P. Kay 12, R. Perelini 11.5, E. Nicholls 10.5
JUNIOR E. Charomova 60.5, D. Xu 56.5, M. Zhang 53, D. Smith 48, B. Robertson, G. Thornton 47.5, P. Wang 42, S. McChesney 34.5, J. Wilson 27, D. Han 20.25, S. Yang 20, R. Dare, D. Baider 19.5, W. Gao 17.5, A. Pan, P. Prinsloo, O. Lynn 15, S. Maroroa 12.5, S. Tang, L. Ding 12, T. Judkins 10.5
FEMALE E. Charamova 63.5, S. Maroroa 50.17, V. Smith 48, H. Courtney 45.67, N. Fairley 24.67, S. Tang 20.5
SENIOR V. Portougal, R. Mitchell 30.5, P. Morten 27, A. Booth 15, P. Boag, A. Nijman, P. Vetheraniam, B. Kay 13.5, R. Collingwood, G. Haase 12
UNDER 14 & UNDER 1400 B. Robertson 70, S. Maroroa 56.2, R. Dare 54.5, D. Smith 54, D. Baider 37.1, O. Lynn 33, D. Xu 20, A. Lin 15.64, M. Zhang 15, Shirley Wu 14.6, B. Jones, M. Chan, B. Feng 13.5, B. Dalton 10.84, Jason Wu, J. Lei 10.5