2007 Grand Prix Results
Congratulations to the following winners in the 2007 Millennium Hotels NZ Chess Grand Prix:
Open - 1 Bob Smith $600 2 Leonard McLaren $400 3 Michael Steadman $300 4 Paul Garbett $250 5 Nic Croad $200.
Under 2000 - 1 Mario Krstev $350 2 Antonio Krstev $250 3 Fuatai Fuatai $250 4 Bobby Cheng (taking 2nd Junior prize) 5 Jeremy Browne $100.
Under 1700 - 1 Filip Petreski $300 2 Viv Smith (taking Female prize) 3 Simon Ward $200 4 Eachen Chen (taking 2nd Female prize) 5 John Book $150.
Under 1400 - 1 Gary Judkins $200 2 Harry Ruan (taking U14 & U1400 prize) 3 Jack Ruan $150 4 Sharon Wu $100.
Junior - 1 Mario Krstev (taking U2000 prize) 2 Bobby Cheng $200 3 Sue Maroroa $150 4 Filip Petreski (taking U1700 prize) 5 Eachen Chen (taking 2nd Female prize) 6-7 Puchen Wang & Daniel Baider $50 each.
Female - 1 Viv Smith $200 2 Eachen Chen $150 3 Sue Maroroa (taking 2nd Junior prize) 4 Nicole Tsoi (taking 2nd U14 & U1400 prize) 5 Helen Milligan $100.
Senior - 1 William Lynn $200 2 Viv Smith (taking Female prize) 3 Neil Cruden $150 4 Ron Collingwood $100.
Under 14 & Under 1400 - 1 Harry Ruan $150 Nicole Tsoi $100 Alan Ansell $50.
Best non-prize-winning North Islander outside the main centres - Vaughan Collingwood (5th U1400) $50
Best non-prize-winning South Islander - Quentin Johnson (10th Open) $50
MIT Open, December 1st 2007
A Grade
1 Smith, Bob NZ 2274 5 14:W 7:D 6:W 15:W 3:D 5:W 2 McLaren, Leonard NZ 2205 5 19:W 12:W 5:L 18:W 10:W 3:W 3 Steadman, Mike NZ 2120 4.5 9:W 16:W 15:W 5:W 1:D 2:L 4 Krstev, Mario NZ 2017 4.5 23:W 5:L 16:W 8:W 6:D 10:W 5 Browne, Jeremy NZ 1849 4 10:W 4:W 2:W 3:L 14:W 1:L 6 Fuatai, Fuatai NZ 2027 4 8:D 11:W 1:L 7:W 4:D 12:W 7 Petreski, Filip NZ 1965 4 20:W 1:D 8:D 6:L 19:W 11:W 8 Wu, Michael NZ 1803 4 6:D 21:W 7:D 4:L 18:W 14:W 9 Bennett, Hilton NZ 1861 3.5 3:L 17:D 20:W 14:L 24:W 18:W 10 Carpinter, Tony NZ 2114 3 5:L 23:W 19:W 12:W 2:L 4:L 11 Krstev, Antonio NZ 2031 3 16:L 6:L 23:W 21:W 13:W 7:L 12 Duneas, John NZ 1915 3 22:W 2:L 24:W 10:L 15:W 6:L 13 Lim, Ben NZ 1899 3 15:L 24:L 22:W 16:W 11:L 19:W 14 Gunn, Neil NZ 1878 2.5 1:L 20:D 17:W 9:W 5:L 8:L 15 Garbett, Paul NZ 2292 2.5 13:W 18:W 3:L 1:L 12:L 16:D 16 Marko, Helmut NZ 1817 2.5 11:W 3:L 4:L 13:L 20:W 15:D 17 van der Lee, Bert NZ 2018 2.5 21:L 9:D 14:L 20:D 23:D 22:W 18 Hill, Martin NZ 2014 2 24:W 15:L 21:W 2:L 8:L 9:L 19 Gibbons, Bob NZ 1872 2 2:L 22:W 10:L 24:W 7:L 13:L 20 Blaxall, Craig NZ 1718 2 7:L 14:D 9:L 17:D 16:L 23:W 21 Power, Wayne NZ 1761 2 17:W 8:L 18:L 11:L 22:L 24:W 22 Wright, Caleb NZ 1686 1.5 12:L 19:L 13:L 23:D 21:W 17:L 23 Tanoi, Edward NZ 1754 1 4:L 10:L 11:L 22:D 17:D 20:L 24 Eade, Don NZ 1733 1 18:L 13:W 12:L 19:L 9:L 21:L
B Grade
1 Chen, Eachen NZ 1669 5 14:W 6:W 4:W 8:D 3:W 2:D 2 Maroroa, Sue NZ 1619 4.5 21:W 4:L 9:W 7:W 12:W 1:D 3 Book, Eric NZ 1665 4.5 20:W 19:W 12:D 13:W 1:L 5:W 4 Lynn, William NZ 1700 4 5:W 2:W 1:L 12:L 15:W 8:W 5 Smith, Devon NZ 1548 4 4:L 21:W 16:W 14:W 8:W 3:L 6 Seabrook, Roy NZ 1608 4 24:W 1:L 15:D 10:W 11:D 14:W 7 Wu, Sharon NZ 1548 4 17:W 13:L 11:W 2:L 19:W 12:W 8 Morten, Paul NZ 1688 3.5 15:W 11:W 13:W 1:D 5:L 4:L 9 Cruden, Neil NZ 1595 3.5 12:D 10:W 2:L 15:D 17:D 24:W 10 Collingwood, Vaughan NZ 1423 3.5 18:D 9:L 21:W 6:L 16:W 17:W 11 Wu, Shirley NZ 1606 3.5 23:W 8:L 7:L 22:W 6:D 18:W 12 Michael, Andrew NZ 1290 3 9:D 18:W 3:D 4:W 2:L 7:L 13 Mitchell, Bob NZ 1652 3 16:W 7:W 8:L 3:L 14:L 21:W 14 Logo, Phillip NZ 1500 3 1:L 24:W 19:W 5:L 13:W 6:L 15 Alipiev, Atanas NZ 1506 3 8:L 23:W 6:D 9:D 4:L 22:W 16 Cater, Jim NZ 1480 3 13:L 17:W 5:L 20:W 10:L 19:W 17 Smith, Vivian NZ 1696 2.5 7:L 16:L 23:W 18:W 9:D 10:L 18 Rider, Brett NZ 1625 2.5 10:D 12:L 20:W 17:L 22:W 11:L 19 Wilson, Clive NZ 1579 2 22:W 3:L 14:L 23:W 7:L 16:L 20 Winsor, Brian NZ 1490 2 3:L 22:W 18:L 16:L 21:W 23:L 21 Morten, Peter NZ 1373 1 2:L 5:L 10:L 24:W 20:L 13:L 22 Tsoi, Nicole NZ 1182 1 19:L 20:L 24:W 11:L 18:L 15:L 23 Collingwood, Ron NZ 1329 1 11:L 15:L 17:L 19:L 24:L 20:W 24 Maroroa, Temu NZ 1357 1 6:L 14:L 22:L 21:L 23:W 9:L
C Grade
1 Gothorp, Thomas NZ 1322 5 21:W 29:W 15:W 6:W 3:W 4:L 2 Zhu, Karl NZ 1089 5 17:W 13:L 11:W 16:W 7:W 5:W 3 Huang, Alex NZ 1276 5 24:W 19:W 25:W 5:W 1:L 6:W 4 Mauwa, Boris NZ 1191 5 23:W 26:W 5:L 25:W 13:W 1:W 5 Lineses, Randy NZ 4 9:W 18:W 4:W 3:L 14:W 2:L 6 Gao, Hans NZ 991 4 34:W 30:W 13:W 1:L 10:W 3:L 7 Zhai, Chang NZ 1370 4 8:W 15:L 22:W 18:W 2:L 12:W 8 Chen, George NZ 1069 4 7:L 23:W 14:L 28:W 15:W 16:W 9 Yang, Edison NZ 1120 4 5:L 32:W 16:L 31:W 19:W 14:W 10 van den Bosch, Kees NZ 1207 4 27:W 25:L 21:W 26:W 6:L 17:W 11 Sanders, David NZ 1154 4 26:L 27:W 2:L 22:W 25:W 13:W 12 Zhu, Leo NZ 1118 3.5 22:D 14:L 28:W 30:W 18:W 7:L 13 Zhang, Leon NZ 1301 3 20:W 2:W 6:L 19:W 4:L 11:L 14 Shingade, Balamohan NZ 1338 3 19:L 12:W 8:W 15:W 5:L 9:L 15 Lin, Howard NZ 1126 3 33:W 7:W 1:L 14:L 8:L 22:W 16 Lynn, Oscar NZ 1207 3 25:L 31:W 9:W 2:L 20:W 8:L 17 Smith, Scott NZ 3 2:L 20:W 18:L 21:W 29:W 10:L 18 Chen, Wan Xin NZ 1177 3 32:W 5:L 17:W 7:L 12:L 31:W 19 Liu, Brian NZ 1059 3 14:W 3:L 30:W 13:L 9:L 27:W 20 Lu, Kevin NZ 1008 3 13:L 17:L 23:W 27:W 16:L 29:W 21 Wong, Tung Ka NZ 1035 3 1:L 33:W 10:L 17:L 32:W 26:W 22 Liu, Wilson NZ 2.5 12:D 34:W 7:L 11:L 26:W 15:L 23 Chowdhury, Sajid NZ 841 2.5 4:L 8:L 20:L 33:W 24:D 32:W 24 Shi, Alan NZ 998 2.5 3:L 28:L 33:W 29:L 23:D 25:W 25 Chen, Thomas NZ 959 2 16:W 10:W 3:L 4:L 11:L 24:L 26 Lee, Max NZ 674 2 11:W 4:L 29:W 10:L 22:L 21:L 27 Zhang, Harrison NZ 958 2 10:L 11:L 34:W 20:L 30:W 19:L 28 Fluke, John NZ 2 29:L 24:W 12:L 8:L 31:L 0:W 29 Yang, Mona NZ 1121 2 28:W 1:L 26:L 24:W 17:L 20:L 30 Pan, Alex NZ 1223 2 31:W 6:L 19:L 12:L 27:L 33:W 31 Zhu, Edwin NZ 962 2 30:L 16:L 32:W 9:L 28:W 18:L 32 Zhu, Judy NZ 761 1 18:L 9:L 31:L 34:W 21:L 23:L 33 Filipo, Denzel NZ 1 15:L 21:L 24:L 23:L 34:+ 30:L 34 Cheng, Che NZ 1261 0 6:L 22:L 27:L 32:L 33:- 0:
Junior Grade
1 Yao, Winston NZ 1107 5 27:W 11:W 7:W 5:L 6:W 4:W 2 Li, Xiang Wei NZ 1168 5 4:L 18:W 15:W 20:W 8:W 5:W 3 May, Zachary NZ 831 5 20:W 10:W 4:L 12:W 7:W 14:W 4 Jiang, Henry NZ 4.5 2:W 24:W 3:W 6:W 5:D 1:L 5 Lewis, Jordan NZ 4.5 28:W 14:W 16:W 1:W 4:D 2:L 6 So, Ming Gi NZ 740 4 21:W 13:W 8:W 4:L 1:L 15:W 7 Reyno, Cole NZ 781 4 15:W 12:W 1:L 14:W 3:L 11:W 8 Qian, Bella NZ 792 4 22:W 9:W 6:L 11:W 2:L 17:W 9 Leow, Lawrence NZ 3.5 16:W 8:L 12:L 10:D 27:W 13:W 10 Zou, Carolyn Lin NZ 715 3.5 26:W 3:L 13:L 9:D 19:W 18:W 11 Chu, Jony NZ 664 3 25:W 1:L 21:W 8:L 16:W 7:L 12 Qiu, Katy NZ 687 3 19:W 7:L 9:W 3:L 13:L 22:W 13 Logo, Joshua NZ 3 17:W 6:L 10:W 18:L 12:W 9:L 14 Jia, Hao NZ 835 3 23:W 5:L 27:W 7:L 18:W 3:L 15 Tang, Shi Xiang NZ 3 7:L 17:W 2:L 27:W 26:W 6:L 16 Yang, Oscar NZ 766 3 9:L 22:W 5:L 23:W 11:L 21:W 17 Dong, Olivia NZ 720 3 13:L 15:L 28:W 21:W 20:W 8:L 18 Knights, Joseph NZ 431 2.5 24:D 2:L 19:W 13:W 14:L 10:L 19 Lin, Ivan NZ 2.5 12:L 28:D 18:L 25:W 10:L 20:W 20 Chen, John NZ 2 3:L 26:W 24:W 2:L 17:L 19:L 21 Mistry, Mayur NZ 2 6:L 23:W 11:L 17:L 24:W 16:L 22 Logo, Noah NZ 2 8:L 16:L 26:D 24:D 23:W 12:L 23 Shingade, Balamurali NZ 421 2 14:L 21:L 25:W 16:L 22:L 27:W 24 Reyno, Chaim NZ 839 2 18:D 4:L 20:L 22:D 21:L 28:W 25 Thomas, Pauline NZ 2 11:L 27:L 23:L 19:L 28:W 26:W 26 Filipo, Joeli NZ 1.5 10:L 20:L 22:D 28:W 15:L 25:L 27 Jiang, Tian Ming NZ 577 1 1:L 25:W 14:L 15:L 9:L 23:L 28 Zou, Oliver Lin NZ 724 0.5 5:L 19:D 17:L 26:L 25:L 24:L
2007 Waitemata Club Championships
Championship 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total Place 1 Smith, Bob . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 1 2 Smith, Vivian 0 . 1 ½ 1 0 1 1 4½ 2 3 Smith, Devon 0 0 . 1 0 1 1 1 4 3 4 Gao, Judy 0 ½ 0 . 1 1 1 ½ 4 4 5 Currie, Mike 0 0 1 0 . 0 1 1 3 5 6 Francis, John 0 1 0 0 1 . 0 0 2 6 7 Tsoi, Nicole 0 0 0 0 0 1 . 1 2 7 8 O'Connor, John 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 . 1½ 8
NB: Bob's 30th club championship victory!
Reserve Grade: 1st Karl Holdo 6/7, 2 Alex Huang 5, 3 Mark Brimble 5, 4 Edison Yang 4, 5 Brett Rider 4, 6 Thomas Chen 3½, 7 Roy Harish 3½, 8 Bruce Pollard 3, 9 John Shields 3, 10 George Williams 3, 11 Mona Yang 2½, 12 Jacob Sykes 2½, 13 Brian Liu 2½, 14 Martin Seitner 2, 15 Gary Collingwood 2.
2007 North Shore Club Championships
A-Grade 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total Place 1 Garbett PA . ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 10 1 2 Steadman MVR ½ . ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 8 2 3 Fuatai F 0 ½ . 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 1 1 ½ 6 3 4 Petreski F 0 1 0 . ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 5½ 4-5 5 Stuart PW 0 ½ ½ ½ . 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 5½ 4-5 6 Krstev A 0 0 0 1 1 . 1 ½ 1 0 0 ½ 5 6-8 7 Thornton GA 0 0 1 0 ½ f . 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 5 6-8 8 Krstev M 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 . 1 ½ ½ 1 5 6-8 9 Gunn NJ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 . 0 1 ½ 4½ 9-10 10 McCrone J 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 . 0 1 4½ 9-10 11 Evans DJ 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 1 . 1 4 11 12 Milligan H 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 . 3 12
2007 North Shore Club Championships
B-Grade 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total Place 1 Alipiev At . 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 8½ 1 2 Shatalin S 1 . 1 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 7½ 2-4 3 Johns DP ½ 0 . ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 7½ 2-4 4 Hair PI 0 0 ½ . ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 7½ 2-4 5 Mears GW ½ 1 ½ ½ . 0 0 1 1 1 1 ½ 7 5-6 6 Munday K ½ ½ 0 0 1 . 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 7 5-6 7 Zhao D f 1 1 f 1 0 . 1 0 1 0 f 5 7 8 Cloete DI 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 . 0 1 1 1 4 8-9 9 Winsor BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 . ½ ½ 1 4 8-9 10 Alipiev Al 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ . 1 1 3½ 10 11 Wagstaff GC 0 0 0 0 f ½ 1 0 ½ 0 . 1 3 11 12 Mistry P 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 0 0 . 1½ 12
C-Grade, Final: 1st I Dorofeev 5/7, 2-3 M Bi & A Chen 4½, 4 LR Rudkins 4, 5 GM Jones 3, 6-7 R de Water & Hao Jia 2½, 8 B Feng 2.
C-Grade, Consolation: 1st T Bi 6½, 2 W Yao 5, 3 JK Earlly 5, 4 B Qian 3, 5 MG So 2½, 6 JQ Cai 2, 7-8 D Cui & E Park 1.
International Bendigo Bank Tournament 2007 (Australia)
November 3rd-6th 2007
1st Darryl Johansen, 6/7
2nd= Dejan Antic, Stephen Solomon, Igor Bjelobrk, Leonid Sandler, Jesse Sales, 5½
Auckland A-grade Interclub
NS P H-P W Total
North Shore 3½ 6 6 15½
Papatoetoe 2½ 1 3 6½
Howick-Pakuranga 0 5 2½ 7½
Waitemata 0 3 3½ 6½
Final round played on 28th October 2007
ACA B-grade Interclub
W NS P A Total
Waitemata 2½ 3 1 6½
North Shore 3½ 4½ 3½ 11½
Papatoetoe 3 1½ 2½ 7
Auckland 5 2½ 3½ 11
Merv Morrison Memorial Chess Tournament, October 19th-22nd 2007
Open
1 Steadman, Michael V R AC 2241 5 W22 W21 D2 D6 W11 W3 2 Smith, Robert W WT 2333 4½ W10 W7 D1 L3 W8 W6 (23) 3 Mclaren, Leonard J NS 2208 4½ W12 D4 W11 W2 W5 L1 (22½) 4 Shen, Daniel AC 1644 4 W9 D3 D5 L8 W13 W12 (20) 5 Thornton, Gino A NS 2016 4 D15 W20 D4 W16 L3 W9 (19) 6 Han, Daniel AC 2143 3½ W13 L11 W19 D1 W7 L2 (20½) 7 Fuatai, Fuatai NS 1951 3½ W17 L2 W21 D11 L6 W18 (17) 8 Krstev, Antonio NS 1927 3½ hpb D16 D15 W4 L2 W14 (16) 9 Duneas, John MM unr 3 L4 D12 W20 D14 W16 L5 (18) 10 Blaxall, Craig S WT 1858 3 L2 D17 D13 D12 D19 W11 (17) 11 Tanoi, T Edward PT 1664 2½ W14 W6 L3 D7 L1 L10 (22) 12 Taylor, Richard HP 1849 2½ L3 D9 D22 D10 W15 L4 (18) 13 Chen, Andrew (Geng Yu) HP 1750 2½ L6 D14 D10 W20 L4 D19 (18) 14 Wheeler, Bruce AC 2031 2½ L11 D13 W17 D9 D18 L8 (16½) 15 Gao, Judy AC 1639 2½ D5 D19 D8 L18 L12 W22 (16) 16 Krstev, Mario NS 1774 2½ hpb D8 W18 L5 L9 D17 (15½) 17 Mitchell, Robert S NS 1553 2½ L7 D10 L14 D22 W21 D16 (14) 18 Perry, Roger L AC 2023 2½ L21 W22 L16 W15 D14 L7 (13½) 19 Hill, Martin WE 1767 2½ hpb D15 L6 D21 D10 D13 (13) 20 Power, P Wayne NS 1869 2½ hpb L5 L9 L13 W22 W21 (12) 21 Chen, Eachen AC 1715 1½ W18 L1 L7 D19 L17 L20 22 Wright, Caleb MM 1799 1 L1 L18 D12 D17 L20 L15
U-1700
1 Smith, Vivian J WT 1755 5 W15 W16 D3 D5 W2 W8 (23½) 2 Seabrook, Roy KP 1638 5 W26 W6 W9 W8 L1 W14 (21½) 3 Young, Patrick AC 1455 4½ W18 W4 D1 D10 D8 W9 (23) 4 Zhao, Dean NS 1225 4½ W10 L3 W20 W16 D5 W11 (22) 5 Holdo, Karl AC 1692 4½ hpb W21 W24 D1 D4 W12 (18) 6 Li, William (Xiang Wei) NS 1095 4 W22 L2 W25 D11 D15 W19 (19) 7 Tsoi, Nicole WT 1180 4 W25 L8 W22 W24 L9 W15 (16½) 8 Shatalin, Stanislav NS 1635 3½ W28 W7 W13 L2 D3 L1 (24) 9 Mukkattu, Philip AC 1494 3½ W17 W19 L2 D13 W7 L3 (23) 10 Cruden, Neil NP 1708 3½ L4 W18 W19 D3 L11 W23 (21) 11 Pocock, Graham W GA 1529 3½ hpb W12 D14 D6 W10 L4 (19) 12 Ansell, Alan NP 966* 3½ hpb L11 W21 W17 W20 L5 (17) 13 Wu, Bill AC 1140 3½ W27 W32 L8 D9 L14 W17 (16½) 14 Judkins, Gary L HA 1255 3½ hpb bye D11 D15 W13 L2 (15) 15 Zhang, Leon AC 1080 3 L1 W30 W29 D14 D6 L7 (20) 16 Michael, Andrew PT 1439* 3 W31 L1 W23 L4 L17 W30 (17½) 17 Lin, Howard AC 1087 3 L9 W27 W32* L12 W16 L13 (16½) 18 Li, Jiapeng AC 1111 3 L3 L10 W27 W32* D23 D21 (16½) 19 Sanders, David RM 1076 3 bye L9 L10 W29 W24 L6 (15) 20 Steiner, Michael AC 1506 3 W30* L24 L4 W30 L12 W29 (15) 21 Ansell, John NP 1169* 3 hpb L5 L12 W31 W26 D18 (14) 22 Yang, Edison WT 948 2½ L6 W28 L7 L26 D30 W24 (15½) 23 Chen, George unr 2½ L32 W31 L16 W25 D18 L10 (13½) 24 Lu, Kevin unr 2 W29 W20 L5 L7 L19 L22 (19) 25 Zhu, Edwin AC unr 2 L7 W26 L6 L23 W28 L27 (16½) 26 Holm, Gavin AC 991 2 L2 L25 W31 W22 L21 L28 (15½) 27 Zhu, Judy HP unr 2 L13 L17 L18 L28 bye W25 (13½) 28 Zhang, Harrison AC 1081 2 L8 L22 L30 W27 L25 W26 (13½) 29 Lee, Max AC unr 2 L24 bye L15 L19 W31 L20 (12) 30 Liu, Brian WT 937 1½ L20* L15 W28 L20 D22 L16 31 Mukkattu, Reuben AC unr 1 L16 L23 L26 L21 L29 bye (12½) 32 De Palma, Sheila May unr 1 W23 L13 L17* L18* - - (12)
Nelson Chess Open, October 3rd-7th 2007
1 Johansen, Darryl K 2446 7½ W35 W29 W6 W4 D3 W9 D2 W7 D5 2 Chandler, Murray G 2540 7 W22 W8 D5 W7 W12 W3 D1 L4 W9 (54) 3 Conquest, Stuart 2540 7 W18 W44 W10 W9 D1 L2 W5 W6 D4 (51) 4 Solomon, Stephen 2465 6½ W16 W13 W12 L1 W5 D6 D7 W2 D3 5 Wastney, Scott WE 2309 6 W33 W17 D2 W10 L4 W14 L3 W12 D1 (52) 6 Baider, Daniel WE 2025 6 W30 W36 L1 W31 W15 D4 D10 L3 W12 (48) 7 Johnson, Quentin OT 2098 6 D26 W39 W14 L2 W18 W22 D4 L1 W15 (47½) 8 Van Ginkel, John P NE 1950 6 W41 L2 W23 D22 D16 W13 D9 D15 W24 (43½) 9 Dive, Russell J WE 2380 5½ W20 W31 W15 L3 W13 L1 D8 W10 L2 (52) 10 Jones, Brian 2084 5½ W23 W28 L3 L5 W30 W16 D6 L9 W22 (46½) 11 Bennett, Hilton P HA 2071 5½ L28 W30 W20 D24 L22 W40 L12 W33 W25 (37½) 12 Burns, Chris J WA 2040 5 W21 W19 L4 W44 L2 W17 W11 L5 L6 (48) 13 Fuatai, Fuatai NS 1951 5 W40 L4 W28 W19 L9 L8 W22 D14 D18 (44) 14 Wilkins, Mark WE 1840 5 D39 W26 L7 W38 W24 L5 D25 D13 D16 (41) 15 Flitney, Adrian unr 5 W32 W34 L9 W17 L6 hpb W28 D8 L7 (40) 16 Davis, Justin M WA 1768 5 L4 D41 W39 W29 D8 L10 W34 D24 D14 (40) 17 King, Matthew J WA 1794 5 W37 L5 W42 L15 W23 L12 D33 D25 W30 (38) 18 Milligan, Helen NS 1767 5 L3 hpb W41 W26 L7 D31 D23 W28 D13 (37½) 19 Benson, Christopher CA 1828 5 W46 L12 W36 L13 D40 L25 W27 W23 D20 (36½) 20 Maroroa, Sue Y HP 1754 5 L9 W40 L11 L34 W45 W32 hpb W36 D19 (31½) 21 Ward, Simon CA 1619 5 L12 L24 L40 W35 W46 L38 W42 W31 W32 (31) 22 Aldridge, Alan L WE 1811 4½ L2 W32 W43 D8 W11 L7 L13 W26 L10 (45½) 23 Nijman, Arie J CA 1859 4½ L10 W37 L8 W27 L17 W42 D18 L19 W36 (40) 24 Forster, William WE 1966 4½ L34 W21 W45 D11 L14 D28 W38 D16 L8 (39) 25 Gao, Judy AC 1639 4½ L44 W35 D29 L33 W39 W19 D14 D17 L11 (36) 26 Lynn, K William HA 1748 4½ D7 L14 W46 L18 W29 D36 hpb L22 W33 (33½) 27 Hamilton, Paul NE unr 4½ L29 W33 L44 L23 D43 W39 L19 W37 W35 (30) 28 Dolejs, Dan GA 1726 4 W11 L10 L13 W42 W31 D24 L15 L18 D29 (41) 29 Spiller, Paul S HP 1888 4 W27 L1 D25 L16 L26 D30 D35 W40 D28 (40) 30 Scarf, Rex AS 1625 4 L6 L11 W35 W45 L10 D29 D31 W34 L17 (39) 31 Davies, Geoff CA 1913 4 W42 L9 W34 L6 L28 D18 D30 L21 W39 (38) 32 Taylor, Stephen AS 1622 4 L15 L22 L33 bye W41 L20 W40 W38* L21 (31) 33 Smith, Vivian J WT 1755 3½ L5 L27 W32 W25 D36 D34 D17 L11 L26 (41) 34 Richardson, Nigel J AS 1534 3½ W24 L15 L31 W20 D38 D33 L16 L30 D37 (37) 35 Gloistein, Bruce CA 1712 3½ L1 L25 L30 L21 bye W43 D29 W39 L27 (34) 36 Lynn, Oscar HA 1160 3½ bye L6 L19 W41 D33 D26 hpb L20 L23 (31) 37 Keeling, Roy L AS 1444 3 L17 L23 D38 L39 L42 bye W41 L27 D34 (28) 38 Clements, Shannon NE unr 3 hpb hpb D37 L14 D34 W21 L24 L32* - (25) 39 Cooper, Nigel CA 1625 2½ D14 L7 L16 W37 L25 L27 W43 L35 L31 (37½) 40 Capper, David S WE 1586 2½ L13 L20 W21 W43 D19 L11 L32 L29 - (35½) 41 Mulligan, Allan W AS 1577 2½ L8 D16 L18 L36 L32 W45 L37 W42 - (31) 42 Dellaca, Bruce AS 1402 2½ L31 bye L17 L28 W37 L23 L21 L41 D43 (30) 43 De Moulin, Claire NE unr 2 hpb hpb L22 L40 D27 L35 L39 L45 D42 (22) 44 Jackson, L Ross WE 1913 2 W25 L3 W27 L12 - - - - - (21) 45 Wastney, Chris 1326* 2 hpb hpb L24 L30 L20 L41 L46 W43 - (20) 46 Pfahlert, Dennis CC 1244* 2 L19 hpb L26 hpb L21 - W45 - - (16½)
George Trundle NZ Masters, September 22nd-30th 2007
1st: Stuart Conquest, 7/9
2nd equal: Darryl Johansen, Stephen Solomon, 6.5/9
4th: Tim Reilly, 5.5/9
5th: Bruce Watson (Trophy for best NZ player), 5/9
6th equal: Robert Smith, Nicholas Croad, 4.5/9.
George Trundle Qualifiers, September 22nd-30th 2007
1st equal: Nathan Goodhue and Bob Gibbons, 6/9. Nathan Goodhue earns the right to compete in the IM event next year (subject to rating).
3rd equal: Michael Wu and Helen Milligan, 5/9.
5th equal: Bryan Latimer, Roger Perry, and Peter Stuart, 4.5/9.
1st Devonport Rapidplay, September 16th 2007
1 Conquest, Stuart ENG 2546 5 27:W 4:W 10:W 6:W 5:W 2 McLaren, Leonard NZL 2195 4 22:W 3:D 7:W 10:W 6:D 3 Krstev, Mario NZL 1777 4 31:W 2:D 8:W 5:D 11:W 4 Carpinter, Tony NZL 2000 4 21:W 1:L 20:W 12:W 9:W 5 Smith, Robert NZL 2283 3.5 18:W 13:W 11:W 3:D 1:L 6 Watson, Bruce NZL 2228 3.5 20:W 23:W 9:W 1:L 2:D 7 Garbett, Paul NZL 2302 3.5 14:W 8:D 2:L 18:W 16:W 8 Stuart, Peter NZL 2028 3.5 24:W 7:D 3:L 15:W 14:W 9 Krstev, Antonio NZL 2073 3 26:W 15:W 6:L 13:W 4:L 10 Steadman, Michael NZL 2123 3 29:W 16:W 1:L 2:L 23:W 11 Fuatai, Fuatai NZL 2031 3 25:W 17:W 5:L 21:W 3:L 12 Power, Wayne NZL 1815 3 17:L 25:W 22:W 4:L 21:W 13 Gibbons, Robert NZL 1856 3 28:W 5:L 29:W 9:L 20:W 14 Maroroa, Sue NZL 1619 2.5 7:L 24:W 17:D 19:W 8:L 15 Ruan, Harry NZL 1344 2.5 19:W 9:L 16:D 8:L 28:W 16 Spiller, Paul NZL 1802 2.5 30:W 10:L 15:D 17:W 7:L 17 Ruan, Jack NZL 1281 2.5 12:W 11:L 14:D 16:L 30:W 18 Chen, Eachen NZL 1605 2.5 5:L 28:W 19:D 7:L 27:W 19 Bennet, Hilton NZL 1880 2.5 15:L 26:W 18:D 14:L 22:W 20 Wu, Shirley NZL 1556 2 6:L 32:W 4:L 24:W 13:L 21 Wu, Sharon NZL 1387 2 4:L 27:W 23:W 11:L 12:L 22 Judkins, Gary NZL 1520 2 2:L 31:W 12:L 26:W 19:L 23 Yee, Stanley NZL 1815 2 32:W 6:L 21:L 29:W 10:L 24 Gao, Judy NZL 1424 2 8:L 14:L 31:W 20:L 29:W 25 Otene, Edith NZL 1453 2 11:L 12:L 30:W 27:L 32:W 26 Alipiev, Atanas NZL 1478 2 9:L 19:L 32:W 22:L 31:W 27 Wright, Caleb NZL 1706 1.5 1:L 21:L 28:D 25:W 18:L 28 Shen, Daniel NZL 1302 1.5 13:L 18:L 27:D 32:W 15:L 29 Smith, Devon NZL 1498 1 10:L 30:W 13:L 23:L 24:L 30 Liu, Brian NZL 1052 1 16:L 29:L 25:L 31:W 17:L 31 Zhu, Judy NZL 0 3:L 22:L 24:L 30:L 26:L 32 Alipiev, Alexander NZL 1278 0 23:L 20:L 26:L 28:L 25:L
North Island Chess Championship, Auckland, July 5th-8th 2007
1 Mclaren, Leonard J NS 2208 6½ W16 W23 L3 W5 W4 W14 W9 D2 (43½) 2 Eade, Don AC 1736 6½ bye L8 W49 W21 W19 W20 W3 D1 (33) 3 Cheng, Bobby HA 1908 6 W40 W25 W1 W11 W15 W10 L2 L4 (41) 4 Krstev, Mario NS 1774 6 D37 W43 W19 D8 L1 W29 W12 W3 (37½) 5 Chen, Eachen AC 1715 5½ W44 W20 D9 L1 W27 D8 D13 W19 (37½) 6 Gibbons, Robert E PT 1879 5½ W49 W29 L11 L25 W16 W28 W14 D8 (34) 7 Dolejs, Dan GA 1726 5½ W38 L9 W40 L12 W32 W42 D10 W20 (33) 8 Stuart, Peter W NS 2077 5 W31 W2 D24 D4 D11 D5 D15 D6 (41½) 9 Browne, Jeremy A HA 1943 5 W30 W7 D5 L15 W23 W22 L1 D13 (40½) 10 Thornton, Gino A NS 2016 5 W45 W17 D14 D13 W25 L3 D7 D11 (38½) 11 Petreski, Filip NS 1673 5 W47 W22 W6 L3 D8 D12 D20 D10 (38) 12 Perry, Roger L AC 2023 5 D33 W37 D21 W7 D14 D11 L4 W28 (37½) 13 Forster, William WE 1966 5 W26 W28 D15 D10 L20 W25 D5 D9 (37) 14 Milligan, Helen NS 1767 5 W36 W50 D10 W24 D12 L1 L6 W26 (35½) 15 Shen, Daniel AC 1644 5 W53 W27 D13 W9 L3 D24 D8 D17 (35) 16 Michael, Andrew PT 1439* 5 L1 D36 W50 W18 L6 W38 D22 W24 (34½) 17 Chen, Andrew (Geng Yu) HP 1750 5 W48 L10 D26 W36 L22 W31 W25 D15 (32½) 18 Cruden, Neil NP 1708 5 D43 L19 W37 L16 W30 W36 D24 W32 (31½) 19 Goodhue, Nathan AC 2030 4½ D21 W18 L4 W31 L2 W39 W23 L5 (39½) 20 Krstev, Antonio NS 1927 4½ W39 L5 W35 W28 W13 L2 D11 L7 (39) 21 Huang, Edward HP 1378 4½ D19 W33 D12 L2 D34 D27 W29 D22 (36½) 22 Rawnsley, Louis D HP 1772 4½ W32 L11 W39 D29 W17 L9 D16 D21 (36) 23 Gloistein, Bruce CA 1712 4½ W41 L1 D30 W26 L9 W34 L19 W36 (34½) 24 Aldridge, Alan L WE 1811 4 W34 W35 D8 L14 D29 D15 D18 L16 (37) 25 Gao, Judy AC 1639 4 W52 L3 W34 W6 L10 L13 L17 W42 (35½) 26 Ruan, Harry AC 1200 4 L13 W46 D17 L23 D33 W44 W27 L14 (33½) 27 Taylor, Richard HP 1849 4 W42 L15 D31 W30 L5 D21 L26 W45 (33) 28 Ward, Simon CA 1619 4 W46 L13 W32 L20 W40 L6 W42 L12 (33) 29 Kay, J Bruce WE 1577 4 W51 L6 W42 D22 D24 L4 L21 W41 (32½) 30 Alipiev, Atanas A NS 1207 4 L9 W38 D23 L27 L18 W37 W47 D33 (32) 31 Huang, Alex WT 1362 4 L8 W41 D27 L19 W37 L17 D34 W43 (32) 32 Tsoi, Nicole WT 1180 4 L22 W47 L28 W44 L7 W51 W35 L18 (30½) 33 Taylor, David PT 1277 4 D12 L21 L36 W47 D26 D41 W38 D30 (30) 34 Wu, Bill AC 1140 4 L24 W54 L25 W45 D21 L23 D31 W40 (28) 35 Gothorp, Thomas H T HA 1436 4 W54 L24 L20 W41 L42 W50 L32 W44 (24½) 36 Guo, Charlie AC 1240 3½ L14 D16 W33 L17 W45 L18 W39 L23 (35) 37 Zhang, Leon AC 1080 3½ D4 L12 L18 W48 L31 L30 W49 W50 (30½) 38 Chen, Wan Xin HP 1026 3½ L7 L30 W52 W49 D39 L16 L33 W48 (28½) 39 Ruan, Jack AC 1282 3½ L20 W44 L22 W50 D38 L19 L36 W47 (28) 40 Mcrae, John PT 1199 3 L3 W52 L7 W43 L28 D47 D41 L34 (30) 41 Zhang, Harrison AC 1081 3 L23 L31 W51 L35 W46 D33 D40 L29 (28½) 42 Zhu, Karl AC 1222* 3 L27 W53 L29 W54 W35 L7 L28 L25 (27½) 43 Yang, Mona WT 1113 3 D18 L4 D48 L40 L47 W54 W52 L31 (26) 44 Zhu, Leo AC 958* 3 L5 L39 W53 L32 W49 L26 W54 L35 (25) 45 Maroroa, Temu A HP 1301 3 L10 W48 - L34 L36 W46 W51 L27 (24) 46 Yang, Edison WT 948 3 L28 L26 L47 W52 L41 L45 W53 W51 (21½) 47 Chen, Thomas HP 859 2½ L11 L32 W46 L33 W43 D40 L30 L39 (29½) 48 Lin, Howard AC 1087 2½ L17 L45 D43 L37 L51 W53 W50 L38 (23) 49 Adriel, Shawn unr 2 L6 W51 L2 L38 L44 W52 L37 L53 (27) 50 Li, Jiapeng AC 1111 2 bye L14 L16 L39 W54 L35 L48 L37 (24½) 51 Gao, Hans PT unr 2 L29 L49 L41 W53 W48 L32 L45 L46 (22½) 52 Guo, Nelson AC 938 2 L25 L40 L38 L46 W53 L49 L43 W54 (20½) 53 Lin, Jimmy AC 645 1 L15 L42 L44 L51 L52 L48 L46 W49 (22½) 54 Yang, Oscar WT 567* 1 L35 L34 bye L42 L50 L43 L44 L52 (21)
North Island Rapid Chess Championships, Auckland, July 9th 2007
1 Wang, Pu Chen AC 2389 5½ W38 W15 W17 W7 W11 D2 2 Krstev, Mario NS 1878 5 W39 W16 W35 W12 D4 D1 (24½) 3 Garbett, Paul A NS 2301 5 W23 W19 W29 D4 D8 W12 (24) 4 Petreski, Filip NS 1921 5 W45 W34 W36 D3 D2 W20 (22½) 5 Cheng, Bobby HA 1756 5 W57 L36 W45 W16 W15 W11 (19½) 6 Mclaren, Leonard J NS 2198 5 W46 L29 W23 W25 W33 W13 (19½) 7 Gibbons, Robert E PT 1860 4½ W37 W40 W22 L1 W32 D9 (23) 8 Smith, Robert W WT 2282 4½ W41 D10 D14 W30 D3 W31 (22½) 9 Krstev, Antonio NS 2048 4½ W24 L30 W41 W14 W18 D7 (22) 10 Milligan, Helen NS 1928* 4½ W64 D8 D31 W35 D34 W33 (18) 11 Goodhue, Nathan AC 1984 4 W43 W25 W21 W32 L1 L5 (24) 12 Bennett, Hilton P HA 1896 4 W62 W27 W30 L2 W17 L3 (22½) 13 Xu, David AC 1899 4 W49 W42 L32 W40 W21 L6 (20½) 14 Smith, Vivian J WT 1653 4 W51 D31 D8 L9 W37 W35 (20½) 15 Lynn, K William HA 1699 4 W69 L1 W57 W37 L5 W32 (19½) 16 Dare, Richard J HA 1496 4 W60 L2 W53 L5 W47 W29 (19½) 17 Tanoi, T Edward PT 1795* 4 W59 W54 L1 W38 L12 W42 (19½) 18 Eade, Don AC 1744 4 W55 L35 W49 W22 L9 W34 (19) 19 Wu, Jason AC 1704 4 W48 L3 L39 W54 W41 W40 (18½) 20 Thornton, Gino A NS 2080 4 bye L21 W46 W27 W29 L4 (18) 21 Maroroa, Sue Y HP 1656 4 W68 W20 L11 W52 L13 W36 (18) 22 Ruan, Harry AC 1357 4 W67 W33 L7 L18 W61 W30 (18) 23 Shen, Daniel AC 1403 3½ L3 W48 L6 W56 D28 W46 (20½) 24 Ruan, Jack AC 1266 3½ L9 W64 D26 W50 D31 D25 (18½) 25 Mitchell, Robert S NS 1659 3½ W66 L11 W54 L6 W49 D24 (18½) 26 Blaxall, Craig S WT 1748 3½ W44 L32 D24 D47 W38 D27 (18½) 27 Wu, Shirley AC 1607 3½ bye L12 W65 L20 W45 D26 (15½) 28 Dolejs, Dan GA 1731 3½ L53 W59 L37 W55 D23 W48 (15) 29 Chen, Andrew (Geng Yu) HP 1692 3 W56 W6 L3 W39 L20 L16 (23) 30 Chen, Eachen AC 1653 3 W47 W9 L12 L8 W43 L22 (22½) 31 Stuart, Peter W NS 2045 3 W50 D14 D10 D34 D24 L8 (22) 32 Maroroa, Andrew HP 1424 3 W70 W26 W13 L11 L7 L15 (21) 33 Gloistein, Bruce CA 1764 3 W65 L22 W43 W36 L6 L10 (21) 34 Cruden, Neil NP 1575 3 W63 L4 W55 D31 D10 L18 (20½) 35 Lu, Kevin 819* 3 bye W18 L2 L10 W50 L14 (20) 36 Wu, Sharon AC 1402 3 W71 W5 L4 L33 W52 L21 (20) 37 Huang, Edward HP 1186 3 L7 W58 W28 L15 L14 W52 (20) 38 Maroroa, Temu A HP 1343 3 L1 W53 W51 L17 L26 W55 (19½) 39 Huang, Alex WT 1211* 3 L2 W60 W19 L29 L42 W58 (19) 40 Mukkattu, Philip AC unr 3 W52 L7 W61 L13 W58 L19 (18½) 41 Zhai, Chang HA 1308 3 L8 W69 L9 W64 L19 W53 (17½) 42 Judkins, Gary L HA 1532 3 W58 L13 L52 W53 W39 L17 (17) 43 Guo, Charlie AC 1310 3 L11 W68 L33 W51 L30 W56 (15½) 44 Li, William (Xiang Wei) NS 1158 3 L26 L52 L50 W70 W68 W61 (12) 45 Lin, Howard AC 1164 2½ L4 W63 L5 W67 L27 D51 (19½) 46 Gothorp, Thomas H T HA 1330 2½ L6 W56 L20 D48 W59 L23 (19) 47 Yang, Edison WT 975 2½ L30 D50 W62 D26 L16 D49 (17½) 48 Zhu, Leo AC 1043* 2½ L19 L23 W63 D46 W57 L28 (17½) 49 Wu, Bill AC 1243 2½ L13 W66 L18 W68 L25 D47 (16½) 50 Zhang, Leon AC 1278 2½ L31 D47 W44 L24 L35 W64 (16½) 51 Zhu, Karl AC 910* 2½ L14 W62 L38 L43 W65 D45 (16) 52 Zhang, Harrison AC 785 2 L40 W44 W42 L21 L36 L37 (19) 53 Tsoi, Nicole WT 1082 2 W28 L38 L16 L42 W63 L41 (18½) 54 Li, Jiapeng AC 1137 2 W61 L17 L25 L19 D64 D65 (16½) 55 Guo, Nelson AC 1104 2 L18 W67 L34 L28 W71 L38 (16) 56 Yao, Winston 1229* 2 L29 L46 W60 L23 W67 L43 (15½) 57 Chen, Alan HP 1132 2 L5 W71 L15 L58 L48 W68 (15½) 58 Yang, Mona WT 978 2 L42 L37 W69 W57 L40 L39 (15) 59 Chen, George 1057* 2 L17 L28 D66 W69 L46 D60 (14½) 60 Lin, Jimmy AC 830* 2 L16 L39 L56 D62 W66 D59 (14½) 61 Shi, Alan unr 2 L54 bye L40 W65 L22 L44 (13½) 62 Pan, Alex HP unr 2 L12 L51 L47 D60 D69 W70 (13) 63 Chen, Thomas HP 898 2 L34 L45 L48 W66 L53 W71 (12½) 64 Dare, Lillian HA 1000 1½ L10 L24 W70 L41 D54 L50 (16½) 65 Wong, Joey (Tung Ka) 1120 1½ L33 W70 L27 L61 L51 D54 (14) 66 Adriel, Shawn unr 1½ L25 L49 D59 L63 L60 bye (12) 67 Yang, Oscar WT 497* 1½ L22 L55 bye L45 L56 D69 (11½) 68 Tseng, Edward HA 1016 1 L21 L43 W71 L49 L44 L57 (15½) 69 Chao, Terry HA 1040 1 L15 L41 L58 L59 D62 D67 (14½) 70 Chen, Catherin HP 680 1 L32 L65 L64 L44 bye L62 (11) 71 Dong, Olivia 588* 1 L36 L57 L68 bye L55 L63 (10)
Event Results
Howick Rapid (Class 3). Leading scores were: B. Lim (6/7) 1, S. Yee (5.5) 2, R. Gibbons, C. Blaxall (5) 3-4, A. Peng, J. Benson (4) 5-6 ...16 players.
Kapiti Rapid (Class 2) – D. Baider, S. Lukey, N. Croad (5/6) 1-3, M. van der Hoorn, S. Wastney (4.5) 4-5, R. Dive, M. Hill, A. Ker, M. Post, R. Jackson (4) 6-10 ...36 players.
Devonport Rapid (Class 2) – S. Conquest (5/5) 1, L. McLaren, M. Krstev, A. Carpinter (4) 2-4, R. Smith, B. Watson, P. Garbett, P. Stuart (3.5) 5-8, A. Krstev, M. Steadman, F. Fuatai, W. Power, R. Gibbons (3) 9-13 ... 32 players.
North Shore Open (Class 1): L. McLaren (4.5/5) 1, M. Steadman (4) 2, P. Garbett, R. Hart (3.5) 3-4, A. Krstev, G. Thornton, Andy Chen, J. Duneas, F. Fuatai (3) 5-9 ...20 players
B Tournament: V. Smith (4.5/5) 1, J. Book, D. Smith (4) 2-3, S. Maroroa, R. Seabrook, G. Pocock (3.5) 4-6, V. Jefferson, S. De Palma, R. Dare (3) 7-9 ...24 players.
C Tournament: J. Ruan (5/5) 1, G. Liu, B. Wu, V. Collingwood, X. Li (4) 2-5, M. Bi, D. Zhao, D. Taylor, J. McRae (3.5) 6-9 ...36 players.
Waikato Open: R. Smith (5/6) 1, D. Han (4.5) 2, M. Steadman, F. Fuatai, A. Krstev , D. Shen (4) 3-6, J. Browne, P. Goffin (3.5) 7-8 ...20 players
B Tournament: R. Dare, W. Lynn (5.5/6) 1-2, A. Ansell (4.5) 3, G. Shields (4) 4, R. Collingwood, G. Pocock, Atanas Alipiev, N. Cruden, G. Judkins (3.5) 5-9 ...23 players
2007 South Island Champs: 1 Johansen, Darryl(Aus) (7.5/9), 2-3 Chandler, Murray, Conquest, Stuart (Eng) 7, 4 Solomon, Stephen(Aus) 6.5, 5-8 Wastney, Scott, Johnson, Quentin J F, Baider, Daniel, Van Ginkel, John P 6
North Island Champs (Class 1) – L. McLaren, D. Eade (6.5/8) 1-2, B. Cheng, M. Krstev (6) 3-4, E. Chen, R. Gibbons, D. Dolejs (5.5) 5-7, P. Stuart, J. Browne, G. Thornton, F. Petreski, R. Perry, N. Goodhue, A. Krstev, D. Shen, W. Forster, H. Milligan, A. Michael, Andy Chen, N. Cruden, L. Rawnsley, E. Huang, B. Gloistein (5) 8-18 ...56 players
North Island Rapid (Class 1) – P. Wang (5.5/6) 1, M. Krstev, P. Garbett, F. Petreski, B. Cheng, L. McLaren (5) 2-6, R. Gibbons, R. Smith, A. Krstev, H. Milligan (4.5) 7-10 ... 74 players
NZ Junior Champs (Class 1) – M. Krstev (6.5/7) 1, G. Thornton (6) 2, S. Maroroa, D. Smith (5.5) 3-4, M. Wu, E. Chen, H. Ruan, J. Gao, N. Tsoi, Shirley Wu (5) 5-10, D. Shen, E. Nicholls, A. Alipiev (4.5) 11-13 ... 58 players
NZ Junior Rapid Champs (Class 1) – P. Wang (6/6) 1, M. Wu, D. Shen, H. Ruan, C. Guo (5) 2-5, M. Krstev, Sharon Wu, Shirley Wu, E. Chen (4.5) 6-9 ... 70 players
Fairhurst Rapid (Class 3) – L. McLaren (8.5/9) 1, F. Fuatai (7) 2, S. Yee (6.5) 3, R. Taylor (6) 4, R. Gibbons, P. Spiller, C. Blaxall, S. Plyler (5.5) 5-8 ... 27 players.
30th Waitakere Licensing Trust Chess Open (Superclass)
A Tournament – R. Smith (5/6) 1, M. Steadman (4.5) 2, L. McLaren, J. Browne, P. Zhang (4) 3-5, W. Forster, A. Krstev, C. Thurner, R. Perry, B. Cheng (3.5) 6-10 ...22 players
B Tournament – V. Smith (5/6) 1, J. Book, N. Fairley, F. Petreski (4.5) 2-4, W. Lynn, E. Chen, J. O’Connor, E. Tanoi 5-8 ...24 players
C Tournament – M. Steiner (5.5/6) 1, A. Michael (5) 2, Sharon Wu, V. Collingwood, R. Collingwood (4.5) 3-5, J. Francis, A. Huang, D. Zhao, J. Ruan, J. Gesmundo, C. Guo, N. Tsoi (4) 6-12 ...37 players
Junior Tournament – B. Wu (5.5/6) 1, T. Chen, H. Zhang (5) 2-3, M. Jiang, N. Guo (4.5) 4-5, A. Maroroa, C. Chen, O. Dong (4) 6-8 ... 32 players.
Otago Queen’s Birthday Open (Superclass)– P. Garbett (5.5/6) 1, N. Croad (5) 2, M. Voracek, D. Weegenaar, Q. Johnson (4.5) 3-5, J. Sutherland, R. Dowden, R. Sutton, H. Bennett, B. Donaldson (4) 6-10, R. Dive, A. Nijman, Q. Chao (3.5) 11-13 ... 38 players
NZ Seniors’ Championship (Class 2) – V. Smith, W. Power, G. Hoskyn (4.5/6) 1-3, W. Lynn (4) 4, H. Courtney, A. Booth, E. Otene (3.5) 5-7 ... 14 players
Wellington Easter: N Croad, S. Lukey (5/6) 1-2, P. Stuart, D. Baider (4.5) 3-4, R. Jackson, B. Nijman, J. Davis, F. Fuatai (4) 5-8 ...33 players
NZ Women’s Championship (8 player round robin): Shirley Wu (5.5/7) 1, J. Gao, E. Chen, H. Milligan (5) 2-4, V. Smith (4.5) 5, Sharon Wu, E. Otene (1.5) 6-7, H. Courtney (0) 8.
NZ Women’s Reserve: J. Wong, J. Li (10.5) 1-2, N. Tsoi, W. Chen (5) 3-4 ... 7 players.
Mount Maunganui RSA CC: R. Smith, M. Steadman (5/6) 1, P. Garbett (4.5) 3, P. Stuart, P.W. Power (4) 4-5. B Tournament (under 1400) – C. Zhai, G. Judkins, T. Gothorp (4.5/6) 1-3, V. Collingwood, A. Ansell, N. Marko, O. Lynn (4) 4-7.
Congress 2007, 114th New Zealand Championship
Place Name Feder Rtg Title Club Score
1 Wang, Puchen NZ 2290 Ac 9
2-3 Dive, Russell NZ 2350 im We 7.5
Ker, Anthony NZ 2330 im We 7.5
4-5 Steadman, Mike NZ 2265 Ac 7
Smith, Robert NZ 2293 fm Wt 7
6 Reilly, Tim AUS 2307 6.5
7-8 Spain, Graeme NZ 2200 Ga 5
Stuart, Peter NZ 2139 Ns 5
9 Goodhue, Nathan NZ 2073 Ac 4
10 Burns, Chris NZ 2017 Wa 3.5
11 Thornton, Gino NZ 2105 Ns 3
12 Forster, Bill NZ 2009 We 1