2006 Grand Prix Results
Congratulations to the following winners in the 2006 NZCF Grand Prix:
Open – 1 Puchen Wang $500 2 Michael Steadman $350 3 Bob Smith $250 4 Russell Dive $200 5 Nic Croad $150
Under 2000 – 1 Paul Godfrey $300 2 Nathan Goodhue $200 3 Daniel Baider $150
Under 1700 – 1 Mario Krstev $250 2 Richard Taylor $150 Stan Yee $100
Under 1400 – 1 Devon Smith $150 2 Daniel Shen (taking U14 prize) 3 Vaughan Collingwood $100 4 Edwin Yip $50
Junior – 1 Gino Thornton $150 2 Mario Krstev (taking U1700 prize) 3 Puchen Wang (taking Open prize) 4 Daniel Baider (taking U2000 prize) 5 Michael Zhang $100 6 Daniel Shen (taking U14 prize) 7= Devon Smith (taking U1400 prize) and Bobby Cheng $50
Female – 1 Viv Smith $150 2 Sharon Wu $100 3 Eachen Chen $50
Senior – 1 Viv Smith (taking Female prize) 2 Neil Cruden $150 3 Bob Mitchell $100 4 Bruce Gloistein $50
Under 14 & Under 1400 – 1 Daniel Shen $100 2 Sharon Wu (taking Female prize) 3 Jack Ruan $60 4 Lion Yang $40.
Best non-prize-winning North Islander outside the main centres – Helmut Marko (4th U2000) $50
Best non-prize-winning South Islander – Arie Nijman (5th U1700) $50
The top 12 in each division are listed below.
Throughout the year 393 players won Grand Prix points, 140 more than in 2005) in 25 events (up two). The full list can be found at http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~kulashko/Chess/grandprix.htm a site kindly maintained by Alexei Kulashko.
Open – P. Wang 80, M. Steadman 77.16, R. Smith 68.66, R. Dive 67.5, N. Croad 51, A. Ker 49.25, L. McLaren 46.4, S. Lukey 37.75, S. Wastney 35.86, P. Garbett 29.4, M. Van der Hoorn, J. McCrone 21.
Under 2000 –P. Godfrey 74, N. Goodhue 57.5, D. Baider 57.23, H. Marko 46.45, M. Sims 45, F. Fuatai 43.4, R. Perry 41.7, W. Forster 38.63, J. Davis 37.5, A. Machdoem 37.4, P. Spiller 37, N. Gunn 35.5.
Under 1700 – M. Krstev 65.2, R. Taylor 58, S. Yee 56.83, J. Davis 46.5, A. Nijman 42.75, M. King 35.5, D. Capper 35, D. Dolejs 32.4, N. Cruden 30.03, V. Smith 29.33, C. Benson 28.4, Jason Wu, M. Zhang 26.16.
Under 1400 – D. Smith 73.67, D. Shen 50.25, V. Collingwood 44.91, E. Yip 40.75, A. Brockway 36, T. Gothorp 32.58, B. De’ath 29.5, Sharon Wu 24.75, H. Shierlaw, D. Burgess 24, E. Tanoi 22.5, J. MacDonald 21.83.
Junior – G. Thornton 91, M. Krstev 80.5, P. Wang 75, D. Baider 63, M. Zhang 60.06, D. Shen 56, B. Cheng, D. Smith 50.5, M. Wu 50.4, Jason Wu 48.66, S. Maroroa 45.5.
Female – V. Smith 77.25, Sharon Wu 62.25, E. Chen 60.75, Shirley Wu 59.75, J. Li 56.16, J. Gao 55.16, H. Courtney 43.5, N. Fairley 40, L. Dare 38.66, S. Maroroa 35, T. Wong 27, N. Tsoi 23.
Senior – V. Smith 89.16, N. Cruden 85, R. Mitchell 65, B. Gloistein 56, R. Collingwood 49.5, D. Taylor 47.5, H. Courtney 47.16, D. Capper 43, Peter Morten 42, A. Booth 39, C. Wilson 38.5, A. Nijman 38.
Under 14 & Under 1400 – D. Shen 88.5, Sharon Wu 62.11, J. Ruan 47.5, L. Yang 45, B. Cheng 43.61, J. Gao 43.36, A. Maroroa 40, L. Zhang 37.22, H. Ruan 31.61, A. Alipiev 27.22, Alan Chen 27, X. Li 25.97
The NZ Congress in Wanganui had a big impact upon the final placings. Puchen Wang’s convincing wins in both the NZ Championship and the NZ Rapid lifted him to the top spot, while Michael Steadman’s tie with Bob Smith for fourth in the Championship was enough to push him past Smith into second spot overall.
There will be a full report and games in the February “NZ Chess” magazine.
Event Results
Fairhurst Swiss (Class 3), organised by Howick Pakuranga Chess Club, Fairhurst Swiss leading scores: L. McLaren (7.5/8) 1, P. Spiller, R. Gibbons (7) 2-3, S. Yee (6) 4, J. Chen, A. Booth, K. Burgess (5.5) 5-7 ... 24 players. 8 round swiss played over a series of weeks.
North Island Rapid (Class 3): A. Ker (6/6) 1, R. Dive (5) 2, C. Burns, P. Godfrey (4) 3-4, T. Benjamin, D. Baider, B. Nijman (3.5) 5-7 ... 19 players
Waikato Open (Class 1): R. Smith (5/6) 1, M. Steadman, G. Thornton (4.5) 2-3, G. Spain (4) 4, M. King (3.5) 5, P. Spiller, W. Forster, Caleb Wright (3) 6-8 ... 16 players
Waikato U1700 (Class 1): N. Cruden, V. Smith, D. Shen, A. Alipiev (4.5/6) 1-4, G. Shields (4) 5, R. Mitchell, G. Pocock, R. Dare, D. Smith, O. Lynn, T. Gothorp (3.5) 6-11 ... 25 players
NZ Junior (Class 1): G. Thornton (6.5/7) 1, S. Maroroa (6) 2, J. Wu, B. Cheng, H. Zeng (5.5) 3-5, E. Chen, J. Gao, D. Smith, Shirley Wu, T. Sellars, D. Shen (5) 6-11 .. 66 players
NZ Junior Rapid (Class 1): P. Wang (6/6) 1, G. Thornton, M. Zhang, E. Chen, M. Wu, A. Chen (5) 2-6, T. Sellars, F. Petreski, M. Krstev (4.5) 7-9, Shirley Wu, J. Wu, S. Maroroa, B. Cheng, D. Shen, A. Alipiev, Sharon Wu, H. Zeng, J. Gao, X. Li, L. Zhang (4) 10-20.. 70 players
Kapiti Rapid leading scores (Class 2) – S. Wastney (5.5/6) 1, N. Croad (5) 2, S. Lukey, R. Dive (4.5) 3-4, D. Baider, J. Davis, C. Burns, B. Cooze (4) 5-8 ...29 players.
Upper Hutt 30-30 (Class 3) – M. Van der Hoorn (5.5/6) 1, R. Dive (5) 2, B. Thomas, G. Marner, A. Aldridge (4) 3-5, B. Nijman, D. Capper (3.5) 6-7 ... 17 players
North Island Championship (Class 1) – S. Wastney (7.5/8) 1, N. Croad (6.5) 2, D. Baider (5.5) 3, B. Donaldson, J. David (5) 4-5, G. Marner, A. Krstev, M. Krstev, B. Nijman, P. Godfrey (4.5) 6-10 ... 22 players
Otago Queen’s Birthday leading scores: N. Croad (6/6) 1, M. Van der Hoorn (5) 2, Q. Johnson, B. Gloistein (4) 3=, B. Donaldson, D. Watts, C. Benson, P. Spiller, R. McKerras (3.5) 5-9, R. Sutton ...(3) ... 21 players
Waitakere Licensing Trust Open: S. Lukey, M. Steadman (4.5/5) 1-2, R. Dive, A. Ker, J. McDonald (4) 3-5, M. Sims (3.5) 6, R. Smith, D. Han, P. Garbett, A. Krstev, L. McLaren, J. McCrone (3) 7-12 ... 32 players (119 total in 4 separate tournaments)
Wellington Easter leading scores: R. Dive (5.5/6) 1, N. Croad, R. Smith, M. Sims (4.5) 2-4, S. Wastney, R. Bessat, F. Fuatai, D. Baider, G. Marner, R. Jackson, B. Nijman, B. Cheng (4) 5-12, R. Nokes, M. Nyberg (3.5) 13-14. ...35 players
South Island Champs (Class 2, hosted by Ashburton CC): Q. Johnson, B. Donaldson (6.5/8) 1-2, A. Machdoem, H. Gold (6) 3-4, C. Hall, R. McKerras (5) 5-6, A. Nijman (4.5) 7 ... 23 players
South Island Rapid (class 3, hosted by Ashburton CC): R. McKerras (7.5/8) 1, A. Machdoem, A. Nijman (5.5) 2-3, Q. Johnson, N. Richardson, D. Dolejs (5) 4-6 ...22 players
North Shore Open (Class 1, organised by North Shore CC): A Grade – L. McLaren (4.5/5) 1, P. Godfrey, N. Goodhue, P. Garbett, J. McCrone (3.5) 2-5, N. Gunn, H. Marko, A. Krstev (3) 6-8 ...19 players
B Grade – M. Krstev, N. Fairley (4/5) 1-2, J. Vosloo, R. Dare, R. Taylor (3.5) 3-5, R. Mitchell, R. Seabrook, T. Tanoi (3) 6-9 ...20 players.
C Grade – J. Ruan (5) 1, D. Taylor (4.5) 2, Sharon Wu (4) 3, H. Ruan, N. Hutton, D. Setka (3.5) 4-6 .. 29 players.
Merv Morrison Memorial (Class 1) A Grade – R. Smith, M. Steadman, R. Perry (4.5/6) 1-3, L. McLaren, B. Cheng (4) 4-5, H. Bennett, P. Godfrey (3.5) 6-7 ...17 players
B Grade – R. Taylor (5.5) 1, A. Annhaeuser, M. Krstev (5) 2-3, Jason Wu, D. Shen (4.5) 4-5, F. Petreski, Shirley Wu, P. Mukkattu, V. Jefferson (4) 6-9 ...42 players
All Canterbury Championships (Class 1) – B. Martin (6/6) 1, N. Croad (5) 2, A. Machdoem, R. Hothersall, C. Benson, A. Nijman, S. Ward (3.5) 3-7 ...16 players.
Howick Pakuranga Rapid (Class 3) – L. McLaren (6.5/7) 1, S. Yee (5.5) 2, P. Spiller (4.5) 3, C. Blaxall, B. Dowdeswell, Dave Smith, C. Wilson, Alan Chen (4) 4-8 ... 21 players
MIT Rapid (Class 1): A Tournament – P. Wang (4.5/5) 1, R. Smith, L. McLaren, A. Krstev, J. McCrone (4) 2-5, P. Godfrey, F. Fuatai (3.5) 6-7, M. Steadman, P. Garbett, G. Thornton, D. Han, S. Yee, F. Petreski, H. Bennett (3) 8-14 ...34 players.
B Tournament – R. Mitchell (5/5) 1, Paul Morten, S. Maroroa (4.5) 2-3, A. Maroroa, D. Smith (4) 4-5, D. Goudie, R. Taylor, T. Wong, V. Collingwood, L. Zhang, Peter Morten (3.5) 6-11 ...47 players.
2006 Queenstown International incorporating the 113th NZ Championship
GM Murray Chandler has won his 2nd NZ Championship, some 30 years after his first success and a successful career in England.
Scores: Murray Chandler 8.5
Equal second: Ian Rogers & David Smerdon 8
4-12: Zhao, Sermek, Hecht, Bjelobrk, Susilodinata, Civin, Ker, Lukey, Dougherty 7.5 (Bjelobrk, Susilodinata and Lukey made IM norms and Hecht took the Seniors trophy)
13-18: Lane, Karolyi, Froehlich, Dive, Garbett, Sutton 7 points (Sutton won the NZ Senior prize)
Under 2000 M.Wojnar (also winner of the NZ Major Open) & G.Oliver
Under 1800 B.Lazarus
Under 1600 M.Zhang
The winners in the junior age groups were Raymond Song, Junta Ikeda and Daniel Baider who all finished on 6 points and shared the under 12 and under 15 prizes.