Results, 2020

Howick Pakuranga Christmas Tournament, Auckland
December 20th 2020

1st FM Daniel Gong 6.5/7
2nd= IM Paul Garbett, CM Oliver Picken, Felix Xie 6/7
U1500= Jay Zhao, Josh Little 5/7
U1200= Edison Yang, Ramin Etemadipou, Hunter Po'e-Tofaeono 4.5/7
U12 Kendrick Zhang 5.5/7
U10 Tracy Tang 4.5/7
U8= Daqi Mao, Jerome Tao 4/7
Full results on Vega here.

Venue: Howick Bowling Club, 33 Selwyn Road, Cockle Back, Auckland.
Format: Seven-round Swiss, 15mins+5 secs, FIDE and NZCF rapid rated where possible.
Organised by Howick Pakuranga Chess Club.
Entry form here.

Summit Junior Rapid, Auckland
December 13th 2020

Open
1st CM Oliver Picken 5.5/6
2nd Daqi Mao 5/6
3rd= Isabelle Ning 4.5/6
3rd= Jay Zhao 4.5/6
Best U1350 Emily Gan 4/6
Best U1000 Justin Yang 4/6

U1000
1st Jerome Tao 6/6
2nd George Guo 5/6
3rd Derek Meng 4.5/6
Best U500
Srirama Nimmakayala 4/6
Maxwell Yu 4/6

Venue: 99B Gillies Ave, Epsom, Auckland.
Two divisions: Open (FIDE and NZCF rapid rated) and U1000 (NZCF rapid rated).
Format: Six-round Swiss, 15mins+5 secs.
Organised by Summit Chess Club, contact Ying Wang, Email: ywang@outlook.co.nz.
Follow on Vega: Open, U1000.
Entry form here.

Kapiti Junior Chess Championship, Kapiti
December 12th 2020

The Kapiti Junior Chess Championship saw players representing 22 schools from Wellington to Levin, compete across 4 divisions. In the premier Open Division, top seed Ryan Winter (Wellington College) suffered a surprise defeat in round 1 to Josh Langford (Wellington College). Former Paraparaumu College student, Geoffrey Gunawan, held the joint lead at the halfway stage but was not able to carry his early momentum into the later rounds. Going into the 6th and final round, Henry Zaslow (Onslow College) had a clear half point lead but had to settle for third place, after losing a tough battle to Kayden Loke who took the title on tie-break, from Ryan Winter. Kayden was unbeaten throughout the tournament scoring 3 wins and 3 draws from his 6 games.

Full Vega results:
Kapiti Junior Open 2020
Kapiti Junior (School) Chess Championship (School results)
Kapiti Junior (School) Chess Championship (Individual results by age group)

In the School events, Vincent Lou (HIBS) was an impressive winner in the Secondary grade, with 5 points from 6, ahead of Hamish Lester (Paraparaumu College) and Mia Vachon (Marsden Collegiate School). In the Intermediate section, Sravya Moparthi (Hutt Intermediate) had a perfect score going into the last round, and despite a loss playing Black against Youan Salt (Levin Intermediate), she held on to win the section on tie-break, from Youan in second and Ryan Goodall (Levin Intermediate) taking third place. The primary section had the largest field of all the grades and saw Lucas Qu (Churton Park) win the gold medal with silver going to Max Wang (Johnsonville School) and bronze to William Ding (Eastern Hutt School).

The Kapiti Chess Club School Trophy, awarded to the top performing Kapiti Horowhenua school, was comprehensively won by Levin Intermediate who had a strong tournament.

Final standings, 2020 Kapiti Junior Chess Championship:
Junior Open: 1. Kayden Loke, 2. Ryan Winter (Wellington College), 3. Henry Zaslow (Onslow College)
Secondary School: 1. Vincent Luo (HIBS), 2. Hamish Lester (Paraparaumu College), 3. Mia Vachon (Marsden Collegiate School)
Intermediate School: 1. Sravya Moparthi (Hutt Intermediate), 2. Youan Salt (Levin Intermediate), 3. Ryan Goodall (Levin Intermediate)
Primary School: 1. Lucas Qu (Churton Park), 2. Max Wang (Johnsonville School), 3. William Ding (Eastern Hutt School)
Kapiti Chess Club School Trophy: Levin Intermediate (Youan Salt, Jack Davidson, Jack Grey, Ryan Goodall & Brock Clement)

Organised by Kapiti Club, contact is Gordon Lyall email gordon.lyall@outlook.com.
Venue: Salvation Army, rear hall, 41 Bluegum Road, Paraparaumu Beach
Four six round Swiss rapid 25+5 tournaments.
Entry form and more details here.

Papatoetoe Rapid, Auckland
December 5th 2020

A Grade
1st= CM Alphaeus Ang, FM Daniel Gong 5.0/6
3rd= FM Leonard McLaren, IM Paul Garbett 4.5/6

B Grade
1st= Timothy Ha Francisco Nascimento 5.0/6
3rd= Oliver Dai, Briene Membrere 4.5/6

C Grade
1st Tejasvi Kichavadi 5.5/6
2nd Kedar Walke (IND) 5.0/6
3rd Robert Hurndell 4.5/6

Venue: the NEW Papatoetoe Chess Club premises; Papatoetoe Hunters Corner Bowling Club, 247 Great South Road, Papatoetoe.
Three separate (A,B,C grades), six round Swiss rapid 25+5 tournaments, NZCF and FIDE rated where possible.
Guaranteed $1640 prize fund.
Full details on the entry form here.

Papatoetoe Junior Rapid, Auckland
December 6th 2020

1st FM Alphaeus Ang 6.0/6
2nd Andrew Li 5.0/6
3rd= Francisco Nascimento, CM Oliver Picken, Abraham Deng, Lucas Xiao 4.5/6

Venue: the NEW Papatoetoe Chess Club premises; Papatoetoe Hunters Corner Bowling Club, 247 Great South Road, Papatoetoe.
Six round Swiss rapid 25+5 tournament, NZCF and FIDE rated where possible.
Full details on the entry form here.

New Zealand Seniors Championship, Auckland
November 26th-29th 2020, originally scheduled April 24th-27th, then rescheduled to September 10th-13th, then rescheduled again due to Covid-19

1st= Nunilon Fulo, Leonard McLaren, Gordon Morrell, Benji Lim, Bob Gibbons 4.5/6
Full results on Vega
Organised by Auckland Chess Centre.
National Master Title Qualification points: the winner of the New Zealand Senior Championship will receive 5 master points (see Resources Section, National Masters).
Venue: The Auckland Chess Centre, 17 Cromwell Ave, Mount Eden
Format: Six round Classical Swiss, NZCF and FIDE rated, time control 90 minute plus 30 seconds.
More details on the event website and in the PDF brochure.

Summit Rapid Championships, Auckland
November 22nd 2020

Open
1st Paul Garbett 5/6
2nd=Gino Thornton, Felix Xie 4.5/6

U1800
1st Ar John Guan 5.5/6
2nd= Jay Zi Xuan Zhao, Alex Coates 5/6
Best U1300 Louis Lim, Weiyang Yu 4.5/6

Junior
1st= Daksh Bhatt, Pranav Shenoy 5.5/6
3rd= Hunter Po'e-Tofaeono, Ryan Hwang, James Chen, Charlotte Ray, Justin Zhide Wang 5/6
Best U900 1st Ryan Hwang 5/6, 2nd Charlotte Ray 5/6
Best U600 1st Oscar Cui 4.5/6, 2nd Alan Yining Chen 4/6
Best Girl Charlotte Ray 5/6
Full results on Vega: Open, U1800, Junior.

Organised by Summit Chess Club
Venue: Alexandra Park, Greenlane
Three separate (A,B, Junior grades), six round Swiss rapid 25+5 tournaments, NZCF and FIDE rated where possible.
Guaranteed at least $1450 prize fund.
Entry form here.

Kapiti Rapid, Paraparaumu
November 21st 2020

A Grade
1st FM Nic Croad 5.5/6
2nd= FM Ben Hague, Athula Russell 5/6
B Grade
1st= Kayden Loke, Nathan Hall, Lars Dobbertin-King, Paul He 4/6
C Grade
1st= Jamie Webster, Henry Zaslow 3.5/6
Junior
1st Michael Sole 4/6
2nd Afique Nazeer 3/6
Junior u14
1st= Kayden Loke (gold medal on tie break), Paul He 4/6

Full Results on Vega here.
Organised by Kapiti Club, contact is Gordon Lyall email gordon.lyall@outlook.com.
Venue: Salvation Army, rear hall, 41 Bluegum Road, Paraparaumu Beach
Six round Swiss rapid 25+5 tournament(s), number of tournaments/grades and prize fund to be determined by number of entries, NZCF rated.
Entry form here.

Auckland Girls’ Chess Championship, Auckland
November 6th 2020

Venue: Mt Albert War Memorial Hall, 751-761 New North Rd, Mt Albert
Format: Three separate 6 round tournaments in age groups: Over 12, Under 12 and Under 10 years.
15 minutes plus 5 seconds per move for each player.
Prizes: Age group titles were awarded for Under 16, 14, 12, 10, 8, and 6. (There were insufficient players to award Under 18 titles)
Trophies and medals for place-getters, plus participation certificates for all players.

This is part of an NZCF initiative to encourage girls to try chess in an all-girl environment run by the Waitakere Chess Club.
Download entry form here (pdf).
Tournament website is here.
Crosstables are available as a download here.
147 girls took part in this year’s event.

PRIZE WINNERS

Open section (over 12 years old)
Champion Overall: Layne Almonte (St Dominic’s Catholic College)
2nd = Sylvia McDougall (Mt Roskill Grammar), Maya Ali (Mt Roskill Intermediate)

Under 16 Champion: Sylvia McDougall (Mt Roskill Grammar)
2nd Celia Chanwong (Mt Roskill Grammar)
3rd Magenta Fauea (One Tree Hill College)

Under 14 Champion: Layne Almonte (St Dominic’s Catholic College)
2nd Maya Ali (Mt Roskill Intermediate)
3rd = Jillian Bunquin (St Dominic’s Catholic College), Fatemeh Karimi (One Tree Hill College),
Ocean Dawber (Waikowhai Intermediate)

Under 12 years section
Under 12 Champion: Anya Thurner (ACG Sunderland)
2nd = Rui Chen Wang (Takapuna Normal Intermediate), Charlotte Ray (Diocesan School for Girls), Weiyan Yu (New Market School)

Under 10 years section
Under 10 Champion: Lauren Ng (Diocesan School For Girls)
2nd = Tracy Tang (Botany Downs School), Alina Chen (Pigeon Mountain School), Adele Zhou (St Cuthbert’s College), Sofia Feng (ACG Sunderland) Vonara Pathiranage (Warkworth School), Emily Gan (Milford School)

Under 8 Champion: Vonara Pathiranage (Warkworth School)
2nd = Under 8: Sandra Hou (Sancta Maria Catholic Primary), Kayal Naya (Albany School), Sissi Jin (Cockle Bay School)

Under 6 Champion: Olivia Li (Point View School),
2nd Under 6 Carol Wang (Arahoe School)
3rd = Under 6: Angelia Qiao (Botany Downs School), Daniella So (Arahoe School)

Over 12 Rankings

1	Layne Almonte	U14	St Dominic’s Catholic College	5.5
2	Sylvia McDougall	U16	Mt Roskill Grammar	5
3	Maya Ali	U14	Mt Roskill Intermediate	5
4	Celia Chanwong	U16	Mt Roskill Grammar	4.5
5	Crystal Chanwong	U18	Mt Roskill Grammar	4
6	Jillian Bunquin	U14	St Dominic’s Catholic College	4
7	Fatemeh Karimi	U14	One Tree Hill College	4
8	Ocean Dawber	U14	Waikowhai Intermediate	4
9	Jessica Kirby	U14	Glen Eden Intermediate	3.5
10	Amber Neilnili	U14	One Tree Hill College	3.5
11	Anjoelina Perese	U14	The Gardens School	3.5
12	Chloe Yao	U14	Waikowhai Intermediate	3.5
13	Faith Scott	U14	James Cook High School	3.5
14	Francesca Jones	U14	St Dominic’s Catholic College	3
15	Gabriella Middleton	U14	Glen Eden Intermediate	3
16	Katrine Eskander	U14	James Cook High School	3
17	Ashlee Shaw	U14	The Gardens School	3
18	Magenta Fauea	U16	One Tree Hill College	3
19	Sophie de Graaf	U14	Glen Eden Intermediate	3
20	Abbey Husband	U14	Manurewa Intermediate	3
21	Moana-Lee Pulefolau	U14	Manurewa Intermediate	3
22	Aigaosaoai Brown	U18	James Cook High School	2.5
23	Mikayla Vickery	U14	Glen Eden Intermediate	2.5
24	Ivy Verma	U14	Mt Roskill Intermediate	2.5
25	Puneet Kaur	U14	The Gardens School	2
26	Abigail Liang	U14	The Gardens School	2
27	Esther Scott	U14	James Cook High School	2
28	Aimee Taylor	U14	The Gardens School	1.5
29	Maryam Siddiqi	U14	Mt Roskill Intermediate	1.5
30	Serenity Pask-Eggins	U14	James Cook High School	1
31	Alexandra Williams	U14	The Gardens School	1

Under 12 Rankings

1	Anya Thurner	U12	ACG Sunderland	5.5
2	Rui Chen Wang	U12	Takapuna Normal Intermediate	5
3	Charlotte Ray	U12	Diocesan School For Girls	5
4	Weiyang Yu	U12	Newmarket School	5
5	Yolanda Chang	U12	ACG Sunderland	4.5
6	Tyleah Po'e-Tofaeono	U12	St Cuthbert's College (Epsom)	4.5
7	Alexandra Shan	U12	Willow Park School	4.5
8	Sarah Sun	U12	Willow Park School	4
9	Selina Huang	U12	Arahoe School	4
10	Allie O'Callaghan	U12	Waikowhai Intermediate	4
11	Gloria Zhu	U12	Somerville Intermediate School	4
12	Shivani Murugan	U12	Arahoe School	4
13	Isla Wang	U12	Mellons Bay School	4
14	Emily Drake	U12	The Gardens School	4
15	Rosie Yang	U12	Farm Cove Intermediate	3.5
16	Safiya Saheb	U12	Mt Roskill Intermediate	3.5
17	Jamie-Lee Chandra	U12	The Gardens School	3.5
18	Grace Kim	U12	Mt Roskill Intermediate	3.5
19	Nithya Anegondi	U12	Hillsborough School	3
20	Dania Sadiq	U12	Mt Roskill Intermediate	3
21	Kelly Chen	U12	Waikowhai Intermediate	3
22	Mari Kawawada-MacKay	U12	Freemans Bay School	3
23	Vivian Yang	U12	St Dominic's Catholic College	3
24	Shreya Harakh	U12	The Gardens School	3
25	Mia Merrick	U12	Good Shepherd School (Balmoral	3
26	Neveah Dick	U12	Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Piripo	3
27	Faith-Maria Samuela-Tuhua	U12	Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Piripo	2.5
28	Ella Cheshire	U12	Fruitvale Road School	2.5
29	Alicia Story	U12	Fruitvale Road School	2.5
30	Marlah Pulefolau	U12	Manurewa Intermediate	2.5
31	Eva-Rose Inamata	U12	Mt Roskill Intermediate	2
32	Angel Tesimale Onofia	U12	Fruitvale Road School	2
33	Janeilla Ketata	U12	Hillsborough School	2
34	Amber-Serene Burnett	U12	Manurewa Intermediate	2
35	Harriet Drake	U12	The Gardens School	2
36	Millie Henry Douglas	U12	Fruitvale Road School	2
37	Aurora Forsyth	U12	Fruitvale Road School	2
38	Hayley Barber-Gray	U12	Glen Eden Intermediate	2
39	Jade Parata	U12	Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Piripo	1.5
40	Yinuo Cai	U12	Somerville Intermediate School	1.5
41	Fatema Hamza	U12	Mt Roskill Intermediate	1
42	Ruby Gray	U12	Good Shepherd School (Balmoral)	1
43	Adara Kaur	U12	The Gardens School	1

Under 10 Rankings

1	Lauren Ng	U10	Diocesan School For Girls	5.5
2	Tracy Tang	U10	Botany Downs School	5
3	Alina Chen	U10	Pigeon Mountain School	5
4	Adele Zhou	U10	St Cuthbert's College (Epsom)	5
5	Sophia Feng	U10	ACG Sunderland	5
6	Vonara Pathiranage	U08	Warkworth School	5
7	Emily Gan	U10	Milford School (Auckland)	5
8	Annie Yue	U10	Pigeon Mountain School	4.5
9	Laura Yang	U10	Sunnyhills School	4.5
10	Nicole Zhao	U10	New Windsor school	4
11	Kaylie Chen	U10	Willow Park School	4
12	Annie Zi Yue Ye	U10	Sunnyhills School	4
13	Sandra Hou	U08	Sancta Maria Catholic Primary	4
14	Kayal Naya	U08	Albany School	4
15	Sophia Liu	U10	Diocesan School For Girls	4
16	Grace Fu	U10	Point View School	4
17	Sissi Jin	U08	Cockle Bay School	4
18	Ellie Wang	U10	Bucklands Beach Primary School	4
19	Miu Miu Jin	U10	ACG Sunderland	4
20	Valmalani Macdonald	U10	Hillsborough School	4
21	Alice Wei	U10	Upper Harbour Primary School	4
22	Michelle Chen	U10	Diocesan School For Girls	4
23	Olivia Li	U06	Point View School	3.5
24	Herahinekio Afemata	U10	Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Piripo	3.5
25	Angela Liu Zhi Qi	U10	Whangarei School	3.5
26	Katie Feng	U08	ACG Sunderland	3.5
27	Adalyn Tao	U10	Diocesan School For Girls	3.5
28	Alyssa Wanru Yuan	U10	St Cuthbert's College (Epsom)	3.5
29	Carol Wang	U06	Arahoe School	3
30	Apple Lu	U08	St Cuthbert's College (Epsom)	3
31	Anya Gupta	U10	Freemans Bay School	3
32	Sophia Ng	U10	Diocesan School For Girls	3
33	Lisa Shi	U08	St Cuthbert's College (Epsom)	3
34	Mallory Zhiqi Eng	U10	Cornwall Park District School	3
35	Meera Pednekar	U10	Mt Roskill Primary School	3
36	Ryann Zhou	U10	Diocesan School For Girls	3
37	Shresta Reddy	U10	Arahoe School	3
38	Lainia Galiki	U08	Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Piripo	3
39	Reeya Cui	U08	Diocesan School For Girls	3
40	Sophia Henderson	U08	Diocesan School For Girls	3
41	Sophia Emily	U10	Bailey Road School	3
42	Bana Qasem	U08	Mt Roskill Primary	3
43	Felicia Tibbles	U10	Good Shepherd School (Balmoral	3
44	Ella Jeon	U10	Point View Primary	3
45	Rima Al-Kufashy	U10	Freemans Bay School	2.5
46	Patience Nathan-Katipa	U10	Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Piripo	2.5
47	Sahithi Somaraju	U08	Point View School	2.5
48	Sevda Bashiri	U10	Fruitvale Road School	2.5
49	Megan Chen	U10	Point View School	2.5
50	Gabrielle Yan	U08	City Impact Church School	2.5
51	Zenobia Menzies	U08	Diocesan School For Girls	2.5
52	Betty Hailu	U10	Fruitvale Road School	2
53	Natalie Naulls	U10	Freemans Bay School	2
54	Eva Bae	U10	Point View Primary	2
55	Elise Yong	U08	Hillsborough School	2
56	Angelia Qiao	U06	Botany Downs School	2
57	Mokapule Paongo	U10	New Windsor	2
58	Navayah Viane	U08	Hillsborough School	2
59	Braelyn Russell	U10	Freemans Bay School	2
60	Aisling Byrne	U10	Good Shepherd School (Balmoral)	2
61	Abigail Cosgrove	U10	ACG Sunderland	2
62	Daniella So	U06	Arahoe School	2
63	Eliza Welden	U10	Freemans Bay School	1.5
64	Emily Wang	U10	Diocesan School	1.5
65	Ella Wang	U10	Hillsborough School	1.5
66	Tessa O'Callaghan	U10	Hillsborough Primary	1.5
67	Penny Lindsay	U10	Freemans Bay School	1.5
68	Katie Zhang	U08	Diocesan School For Girls	1.5
69	Alice Jung	U08	Diocesan School For Girls	1.5
70	Tiffany Wang	U06	Marina View School	1.5
71	Sarah Tran	U10	Point View School	1
72	Meteka Mia Ngatokorua	U10	Bailey Road School	1
73	Madison Jessie Brown	U10	Fruitvale Road School	1
74	Vinnie-Scarlett Taparae	U08	Bailey Road School	0

Merv Morrison Memorial, Auckland
October 24th-26th 2020

Open
1st FM Alphaeus Ang 6/6
2nd= CM David Cilia Vincenti, Romie Lord Guerra 5/6
Under 1800 (Merv Morrison Memorial trophy):
1st= Winston Weng, WCM Nadia Braganza 4/6

A PGN file with many games of the event, courtesy of Ewen Green.

Organised by Auckland Chess Centre.
Venue: The Auckland Chess Centre, 17 Cromwell Ave, Mount Eden
Format: Six round Classical Swiss, NZCF and FIDE rated, time control 90 minute plus 30 seconds.
Full details including results on the event website, see also the PDF brochure.

Summit Junior Rapid, Auckland
October 18th 2020

Open
1st Isabelle Ning 5.5/6
2nd= Grayson Po'e-Tofaeono, Daqi Mao, Alex Coates 4.5/6

U1000
1st= Aidan Zhang, Daksh Bhatt 5/6
3rd= Justin Wang, Charles Zhang, Ryan Wei, Anish Pal, Kyan Zhang 4/6

Full results on Vega: Open, U1000.

Venue: 99B Gillies Ave, Epsom, Auckland.
Two divisions: Open (FIDE and NZCF rapid rated) and U1000 (NZCF rapid rated).
Format: Six-round Swiss, 15mins+5 secs.
Organised by Summit Chess Club, contact Ying Wang, Email: ywang@outlook.co.nz.
Entry form here.

FIDE Asian Teams Online Qualifying 2020
October 2020

Full Results here Open, Women.
NZ games PGN file here.

Open Cross Table

                    1     2     3     4     5     6     7     8     9     Match Game
    1  Iran         34w4  12b3½ 4w2½  2b2½  7w2   8b3½  11w3  5b2½  3w1½  15    25.0
    2  Philippines  32b4  21w4  14b3  1w1½  3b2½  4w1   6b2½  7b2½  11w3  14    24.0
    3  Mongolia     22w3½ 13b4  11w3  7b1½  2w1½  15b3  8w2½  4b2½  1b2½  14    24.0
    4  Australia    26b4  17w3  1b1½  10w3½ 18b2½ 2b3   7w2½  3w1½  6b2   13    23.5
    5  Indonesia    28b4  19w4  10b2  6w2   8b1½  14w3½ 13b2½ 1w1½  20b4  12    25.0
    6  India        33w4  11b2  16w4  5b2   15w3½ 7b2   2w1½  10b3½ 4w2   12    24.5
    7  Kazakhstan   24b3½ 16w3½ 8b3½  3w2½  1b2   6w2   4b1½  2w1½  14b4  12    24.0
    8  Singapore    18w3½ 9b3   7w½   13b3  5w2½  1w½   3b1½  15b4  16w3  12    21.5
    9  Tajikstan    27b3  8w1   25b2  29w4  10b1½ 19w3½ 18b½  28w3½ 21b2½ 11    21.5
    10 Bangladesh   20w4  15b3½ 5w2   4b½   9w2½  11b1  12w2½ 6w½   18b4  11    20.5
    11 Kyrgyzstan   25b4  6w2   3b1   28w2½ 19b2½ 10w3  1b1   18w3  2b1   11    20.0
    12 Japan        30b4  1w½   24b2  19w2  26b3  25w3  10b1½ 14w1½ 28b4  10    21.5
    13 Nepal        37b4  3w0   30b3  8w1   27b2½ 17w3  5w1½  16b1½ 29w4  10    20.5
    14 Thailand     38w3  33b3½ 2w1   15b1½ 23w4  5b½   26w3½ 12b2½ 7w0   10    19.5
    15 Jordan       29b3½ 10w½  26b2½ 14w2½ 6b½   3w1   25b3½ 8w0   30b3½ 10    17.5
    16 Iraq         36w4  7b½   6b0   22w2½ 24b2½ 18w2  28b2  13w2½ 8b1   10    17.0
    17 Lebanon      35w3  4b1   18w1  36b2  33w3½ 13b1  22w1  32b3½ 27w3   9    19.0
    18 Sri Lanka    8b½   27w4  17b3  21w3  4w1½  16b2  9w3½  11b1  10w0   9    18.5
    19 Yemen        23w2½ 5b0   22w3  12b2  11w1½ 9b½   27w1½ 33b4  31b3   9    18.0
    20 Saudi Arabia 10b0  29w1  27b1½ 38w4  34w3  31b2½ 30w2  22b3  5w0    9    17.0
    21 Syria        31w3  2b0   32w4  18b1  25w1½ 22b2  29w2  26b3  9w1½   8    18.0
    22 Myanmar      3b½   37w4  19b1  16b1½ 32w2½ 21w2  17b3  20w1  24b2   8    17.5
    23 Maldives     19b1½ 28w2  29b2  35w2½ 14b0  26w1  33b1½ 38w4  36b3   8    17.5
    24 Brunei       7w½   36b2½ 12w2  25b2  16w1½ 30b1½ 31w2  37b3  22w2   8    17.0
    25 Guam         11w0  38b4  9w2   24w2  21b2½ 12b1  15w½  29b1½ 35w2½  8    16.0
    26 Malaysia     4w0   35b3  15w1½ 31b3  12w1  23b3  14b½  21w1  34w2½  8    15.5
    27 Hong Kong    9w1   18b0  20w2½ 32b2½ 13w1½ 36b2  19b2½ 30w2  17b1   8    15.0
    28 Afghanistan  5w0   23b2  34w2½ 11b1½ 30b4  29w2½ 16w2  9b½   12w0   8    15.0
    29 Pakistan     15w½  20b3  23w2  9b0   36w3  28b1½ 21b2  25w2½ 13b0   8    14.5
    30 Fiji         12w0  34b2½ 13w1  33b2½ 28w0  24w2½ 20b2  27b2  15w½   8    13.0
    31 Kuwait       21b1  32w1  38b4  26w1  37b3  20w1½ 24b2  34b2½ 19w1   7    17.0
    32 Palestine    2w0   31b3  21b0  27w1½ 22b1½ 33w2  38b4  17w½  37w3½  7    16.0
    33 New Zealand  6b0   14w½  35b2½ 30w1½ 17b½  32b2  23w2½ 19w0  38b4   7    13.5
    34 UAE          1b0   30w1½ 28b1½ 37w4  20b1  35w3  36b3  31w1½ 26b1½  6    17.0
    35 Qatar        17b1  26w1  33w1½ 23b1½ 38w4  34b1  37b3  36w2  25b1½  5    16.5
    36 Oman         16b0  24w1½ 37b2½ 17w2  29b1  27w2  34w1  35b2  23w1   5    13.0
    37 Laos         13w0  22b0  36w1½ 34b0  31w1  38b2  35w1  24w1  32b½   1     7.0
    38 Bhutan       14b1  25w0  31w0  20b0  35b0  37w2  32w0  23b0  33w0   1     3.0

Women's Cross Table

                    1     2     3     4     5     6     7     8     9     Match Game
    1  India        14w4  5b2½  3w1½  20b3½ 13w4  6b3   2w3   10b2½ 4w2½  16    26.5
    2  Philippines  19w4  21b4  6w1½  8b3½  18w4  3w2½  1b1   5b2   10w2½ 13    25.0
    3  Iran         16b4  18w2½ 1b2½  10w3½ 6w3   2b1½  5w2   4b1½  12w3  13    23.5
    4  Vietnam      15w4  12b3  8w4   6b1½  9w4   5b½   13w3½ 3w2½  1b1½  12    24.5
    5  Mongolia     22b4  1w1½  23b4  16w3  10b2  4w3½  3b2   2w2   6w2   12    24.0
    6  Indonesia    23b4  11w2½ 2b2½  4w2½  3b1   1w1   10b2  8w2½  5b2   12    20.0
    7  Sri Lanka    10b0  31w4  11b2  18w1  24b4  14w3½ 8b2   9b3   13w2  11    21.5
    8  Kyrgyzstan   24w3½ 30b4  4b0   2w½   16b3  12w3  7w2   6b1½  17w3  11    20.5
    9  Australia    25b4  13w1½ 14b4  12w3  4b0   10w1  21b4  7w1   16b4  10    22.5
    10 Kazakhstan   7w4   20b4  13w3½ 3b½   5w2   9b3   6w2   1w1½  2b1½  10    22.0
    11 Bangladesh   17w4  6b1½  7w2   13b1½ 22w3  18b2  19w2½ 12b1  23w3  10    20.5
    12 Jordan       28b3  4w1   15b3  9b1   19w3  8b1   18w3½ 11w3  3b1   10    19.5
    13 Singapore    27w4  9b2½  10b½  11w2½ 1b0   21w3  4b½   16w2  7b2   10    17.0
    14 Syria        1b0   22w3½ 9w0   17b3  20w2  7b½   23b2  21w2½ 19w3  10    16.5
    15 Thailand     4b0   28w4  12w1  21b1½ 27w3½ 17b2  24w3  23b2  18w2   9    19.0
    16 Malaysia     3w0   26b4  21w3½ 5b1   8w1   24b4  20w3½ 13b2  9w0    9    19.0
    17 Hong Kong    11b0  23w1  28b4  14w1  26b3½ 15w2  22b3  20w2½ 8b1    9    18.0
    18 Lebanon      26w4  3b1½  19w2  7b3   2b0   11w2  12b½  25w3  15b2   9    18.0
    19 UAE          2b0   29w4  18b2  24w2  12b1  25w4  11b1½ 27w4  14b1   8    19.5
    20 Myanmar      31b4  10w0  25b3  1w½   14b2  23w2  16b½  17b1½ 29w4   8    17.5
    21 Iraq         29b4  2w0   16b½  15w2½ 25b3  13b1  9w0   14b1½ 30w4   8    16.5
    22 New Zealand  5w0   14b½  27w3½ 23w2  11b1  29b4  17w1  --2   26b2½  8    16.5
    23 Japan        6w0   17b3  5w0   22b2  29w4  20b2  14w2  15w2  11b1   8    16.0
    24 Palestine    8b½   --2   30w3  19b2  7w0   16w0  15b1  28b3  31w3   8    14.5
    25 Nepal        9w0   27b3½ 20w1  26b3  21w1  19b0  28w3  18b1  --2    7    14.5
    26 Pakistan     18b0  16w0  31b3½ 25w1  17w½  --2   29b2½ 30b3  22w1½  7    14.0
    27 Qatar        13b0  25w½  22b½  31w4  15b½  30w4  --2   19b0  28w2   6    13.5
    28 Maldives     12w1  15b0  17w0  --2   30b2  31w3  25b1  24w1  27b2   5    12.0
    29 Oman         21w0  19b0  --2   30w4  23b0  22w0  26w1½ 31b3  20b0   5    10.5
    30 Laos         --2   8w0   24b1  29b0  28w2  27b0  31b2  26w1  21b0   3     8.0
    31 Kuwait       20w0  7b0   26w½  27b0  --2   28b1  30w2  29w1  24b1   2     7.5

NZL Players

                             Rating Results             Rating Performance
    FM Ben Hague             2329   +2 -3 =3 3.5/8 44%  2029
    FM John Duneas           2009   +2 -6 =0 2/8   25%  1727
       Michael Sole          1801   +1 -4 =1 1.5/6 25%  1383
       Josia Vickers         1663   +3 -4 =0 3/7   43%  1729
       Oscar Qin             1634   +3 -3 =1 3.5/7 50%  1468
       Isabelle Ning         1509   +3 -3 =2 4/8   50%  1728
       Karen Geng               0   +1 -4 =0 1/5   20%  1079
       Emily Gan             1101   +5 -2 =1 5.5/8 69%  1597
       Ritika Joseph            0   +3 -4 =0 3/7   43%  1135
       Sophia Feng           1383   +1 -3 =0 1/4   25%  1192

South Island Championships, Dunedin
October 3rd-10th 2020

South Island Championship
1st (and South Island Champion) Matt McNabb 5.5/7
2nd= CM David Cilia Vincenti, Felix Xie, Romero Suggate 5/7
Full Results on Vega here.
South Island Rapid Championship
1st Felix Xie 5.5/6
2nd= Quentin Johnson, Riley Jelleyman, WIM Layla Timergazi 5/6
Full Results on Vega here.

Organised by Otago Chess Club.
Venue: Otago Chess Club, 7 Maitland Street, Dunedin
NZCF and FIDE rated 7 round Swiss.
One round a day of 90+30 classical chess, followed by a one day rapid champs on Saturday 10th October
Entry form here.

FIDE Online Olympiad 2020
August 2020

New Zealand competed at the FIDE Online Olympiad on the evenings of Friday, Saturday and Sunday 7th-9th August. We played in Division 3 Pool A, a ten team round robin and we needed a top three placing to stay in the competition. Unfortunately we placed 7th (see crosstable below) and were eliminated.

• Round by round results here
• Team composition here
• NZ games PGN file here.
• FIDE Online Olympiad NZ Chess Bulletin here.

Cross Table

                      1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10      Match Game
    1  Singapore      *  3  4  4  4½ 3  5  4  6  4½      16    38.0
    2  Ireland        3  *  4  2½ 2  3½ 6  5  4½ 5½      13    36.0
    3  Albania        2  2  *  3½ 4  3  4  5  5  5½      13    34.0
    4  Malaysia       2  3½ 2½ *  5  5  4½ 4  2  4       12    32.5
    5  Monaco         1½ 4  2  1  *  4½ 4½ 2  4  3½      10    27.0
    6  Syria          3  2½ 3  1  1½ *  2½ 3½ 3  4½       7    24.5
    7  New Zealand    1  0  2  1½ 1½ 3½ *  3½ 4  2½       6    19.5
    8  Japan          2  1  1  2  4  2½ 2½ *  3½ 3        5    21.5
    9  Hong Kong      0  1½ 1  4  2  3  2  2½ *  5        5    21.0
    10 South Korea    1½ ½  ½  2  2½ 1½ 3½ 3  1  *        3    16.0

NZL Players

                             Rating Results             Avg Opponent
    FM  Scott Wastney        2249   +0 -2 =1 0.5/3 17%  2229
    WCM Nicole Shu Yu Qin    1554   +2 -3 =1 2.5/6 42%  1873
        Isabelle Yixuan Ning 1492   +1 -3 =0 1.0/4 25%  1818
    FM  Daniel Hanwen Gong   2186   +4 -1 =1 4.5/6 75%  1902
        Anya Thurner         1026   +2 -4 =0 2.0/6 33%  1484
    IM  Anthony Ker          2341   +2 -4 =2 3.0/8 37%  2214
    FM  John Duneas          2006   +0 -5 =2 1.0/7 14%  2125
        Emily Gan            1109   +0 -3 =1 0.5/4 12%  1849
        Yolanda Chang        1373   +1 -3 =0 1.0/4 25%  1603
    FM  Allen Chi Zhou Fan   1971   +1 -1 =1 1.5/3 50%  1725
        Karen Jing Yi Geng    unr   +2 -1 =0 2.0/3 67%  1226

Summit Junior Rapid, Auckland
August 9th 2020

Open
1st= Sophia Feng, Grayson Po'e-Tofaeono 5/6
3rd= Daqi Mao Daniel Shen 4.5/6
Best U1250 Hunter Po'e-Tofaeono 4/6
Best U1000 Mantra Bhatt 4/6

U1000
1st= Chris Wang, Daksh Bhatt 5/6
3rd= Justin Wang, Maxwell Xiao, Lucas Wang 4.5/6
Best U700 Dean Yu 3.5/6
Best U500= Annie Ye, Adele Zhou 4/6

Full results on Vega: Open, U1000.

Venue: 99B Gillies Ave, Epsom, Auckland.
Two divisions: Open (FIDE and NZCF rapid rated) and U1000 (NZCF rapid rated).
Format: Six-round Swiss, 15mins+5 secs.
Organised by Summit Chess Club, contact Ying Wang, Email: ywang@outlook.co.nz.
Entry form here.

Summit Junior Rapid, Auckland
July 26th 2020

Open
1st= Felix Xie, Philli Park-Tamati 5/6
3rd Rohit Mudaliar 4.5/6
Best U1350= David Zhu, Daqi Mao 4/6
Best U1200 Sophia Feng 3.5/6

U1000
1st= Sai Vivan Karthikeya Somaraju, Oliver Zhao 5/6
3rd Charles Zhang 4.5/6
Best U750 Aidan Zhang 3.5/6
Best U500= Max Wang 4/6, Adele Zhou 3/6

Full results on Vega: Open, U1000.

Venue: 99B Gillies Ave, Epsom, Auckland.
Two divisions: Open (FIDE and NZCF rapid rated) and U1000 (NZCF rapid rated).
Format: Six-round Swiss, 15mins+5 secs.
Organised by Summit Chess Club, contact Ying Wang, Email: ywang@outlook.co.nz.
Entry form here.

Dreyer-Green Blitz Match, Auckland
July 18th 2020

FM Martin Dreyer played FM Ewen Green in a six game blitz match at Poppies Bookshop Howick to celebrate FIDE's International Chess Day on July 20th #internationalchessday. Ewen won the match 4 games to 2. The games have been transcribed into this PGN file. (The live link that was previously here was time limited).

Thanks to all involved – Paul Spiller for organizing, Ewen & Martin of course, Tony Moores for use of his shop, Tony Booth for Arbiting, Hilton Bennett for running a book stall display, Nigel Metge for live coverage.

Here's an informative video in which Paul Spiller does his normal excellent job of explaining the wonders of chess to the general population.

Summit Junior Rapid, Auckland
March 8th 2020

Open
1st CM Oliver Picken 5/6
2nd Ethan Liu 4.5/6
3rd= Jacob Yuan, Baraa Al-Afaghani, Tracy Tang, Anderson Chen 3.5/6

U1000
1st= Sophia Feng, Alan Chen 4.5/5
2nd= Oliver Zhao, Grayson Po'e-Tofaeono, Charlotte Ray 4/5

Full results on Vega: Open, U1000.

Venue: 99B Gillies Ave, Epsom, Auckland.
Two divisions: Open (FIDE and NZCF rapid rated) and U1000 (NZCF rapid rated).
Format: Six-round Swiss, 15mins+5 secs.
Organised by Summit Chess Club, contact Ying Wang, Email: ywang@outlook.co.nz.
Entry form here.

Bay of Plenty, Mt Maunganui
February 29th 2020

A grade
1st= FM Ben Hague, IM Paul Anthony Garbett, FM Alphaeus Ang 4.5/6
Under 2100 1st Noel Pinic 4/6
Under 1900 1st= Felix Xie, Oscar Qin 3.5/6
Best Bay of Plenty player Noel Pinic 4/6

B grade
1st Simon Lyall 6/6
2nd= Timothy Ha, Leyton Hackney, Neil Cruden, John Guan 4/6
Under 1600 1st John Guan 4/6
under 1400 1st Nrusingha Rath 3.5/6

Junior
1st Duki Stojanovic 6/6
2nd Stephan Wolfaard 4.5/6
3rd Ryan Hwang 4/6
Under 12 1st Matthew Kangmin Kim 3/6
Under 10 1st Koki Hara 2.5/6

Full results on the tournament website here.

Organised by the Mount Maunganui RSA Chess Club.
Venue: Bay of Plenty Masonic Centre - 33 Hairini Street, Hairini, Tauranga.
Three separate 6 round Swiss tournaments, FIDE and NZCF rated where possible.
'A' tournament for players rated 1800 and above.
'B' tournament for players rated below 1800.
'Junior' tournament for players aged under 20 years before 1st January 2020 and rated below 1200.
The organisers reserve the right to shift a player to a different tournament if they feel an inappropriate one has been entered.
Time control for all tournaments: 25 minutes + 5 second increment.
Entry form here.

Hawkes Bay Rapid, Napier
February 15th 2020

A Grade
1 FM Robert Smith 6
2 Irmak Sipahioglu (TUR) 5
3 FM Scott Wastney 4

Best Hawkes Bay player
Christopher Smith 2.5

B Grade
1 Robert List 4.5
2 William Duncan, David Scott, David Holland, Vivian Smith 4

Junior
1 Benjamin Viljoen 5
2 Jeevanjot Singh 4.5
3 Angus Potter 4
4 Tarun Paul 3.5
Full results on Vega: A-Grade, B-Grade, Junior.

Venue: Greenmeadows East Community Hall, 83 Tait Drive, Taradale, Napier
Three separate 6 round Swiss tournaments (A, B and Junior), FIDE and NZCF rated where possible.
Download entry form here.

Summit Junior Rapid, Auckland
February 9th 2020

Open
1st Philli Park-Tamati 6/6
2nd Ming Ray Goy 5/6
3rd= Kendrick Zhang, Isabelle Ning 3.5/6
U1000
1st Sophia Feng 4.5/6
2nd= Chris Wang, Oliver Zhao 4/6
Full results on Vega: Open and U1000.

Venue: 99B Gillies Ave, Epsom, Auckland.
Two divisions: Open (FIDE and NZCF rapid rated) and U1000 (NZCF rapid rated).
Format: Six-round Swiss, 15mins+5 secs.
Organised by Summit Chess Club, contact Ying Wang, Email: ywang@outlook.co.nz.
Entry form here.

Auckland Waitangi Weekender, Auckland
February 6th and 8th 2020

Open
1st FM Alphaeus Ang 21.5/27
2nd FM Ben Hague 21/27
3rd= Evan Capel, (Romie Lord Guerra) 20/27
under 2100
1st Romie Lord Guerra 20/27
2nd Xhevdet Jashari 17/27
under 1800
1st Baraa Al-Afaghani 15/27
2nd Felix Xie 14.5/27
3rd= Simon Lyall, Boyuan Zhang 14/27
under 1400
1st Jiajie (Tracy) Liu 14/27
2nd Ronald Hamalala 13/27
Full results on Vega: Rapid and Blitz.

Organised by Auckland Chess Centre.
Venue: Auckland Chess Centre, 17 Cromwell Street, Mt. Eden, Auckland
Format: Two tournaments, 18 rounds combined Swiss tournaments played as 2 tournaments, 9 rounds Blitz & 9 rounds Rapid. FIDE and NZCF rated where possible. Final standings determined by combining both tournaments scores. Rapid games have double value of Blitz games for standings purposes.
Full details and online entry form on event webpage.

Auckland Anniversary Weekender, Auckland
January 25th - 27th 2020

Open
1st FM Scott Wastney 5.5/6
2nd FM Ben Hague 5/6
3rd= Romie Lord Guerra, Gordon Morrell, CM Alex Nagorski 4.5/6
Under 1800
1st Rauen Le Grange 4.5/6
2nd= Timothy Huy Minh Ha, Chris Joel 4/6
Under 1500
1st= Jacob Yuan, Eddie Kim 3.5/6
3rd= Jiajie Liu, Anya Thurner, Aanand Madhav 3/6
Under 1200
1st= Tinashe Marowa, David Junyang Zhu, Jerry Yang 3/6
Full results on Vega.

Organised by Auckland Chess Centre.
Venue: Auckland Chess Centre, 17 Cromwell Street, Mt. Eden, Auckland
A popular annual tournament, limited to 50 entrants due to space constraints, so be quick!
6 round Swiss, time control is 90+30 classical. FIDE and NZCF rated.
Full details here. Tournament website, including online entry here.
Follow on Vega here.

NZ Open Championship, Tauranga
January 14th-22th 2020

1st GM Daniel Fernandez (ENG) 8/9
2nd GM Vasily Papin (RUS) 6.5/9
3rd= Kirill Polishchuk, GM Darryl Johansen (AUS), IM Brandon Clarke (ENG), FM Ben Hague, IM Paul Garbett, IM Herman van Riemsdijk, IM Russell Dive 6/9
Full results on Vega.

A dominant performance by Daniel Fernandez winning outright by an impressive margin. His game was the last to finish (in either grade) in the final round, and he correctly, professionally and impressively held nothing back despite securing lone first place before the last round commenced. The New Zealanders who made the podium are joint New Zealand Champions.

Rowan Wood on ChessChat: Congratulations to the NZ Champions for 2020: Kirill Polishchuk (1st win), Ben Hague (2nd win), Paul Garbett and Russell Dive (7th win). The magic number is 6 points. Kirill drew with IM Sandler. That allowed Ben, Paul and Russell with wins over Nunilon Fulo, Noel Pinic and Daniel Gong respectively to join him. Defending champion Anthony Ker had the uneviable task of playing tournament winner, GM Daniel Fernandez in the last round and finished on 5.5 points in clear fifth place. GM Fernandez wins the New Zealand Open with 8 points, 1.5 points clear of GM Vasily Papin in 2nd place.

Remarkably Paul Garbett's 7th New Zealand Championship comes 46 years after his first in 1973/74. Russell Dive's comes a mere 33 years after his first in 1986/87! Kirill Polishchuk's first championship caps a solid domestic season and a great tournament with an impressive 2365 performance rating. Ben Hague's 2nd title signals a welcome return to form, after a below par year by his lofty standards. For once Anthony Ker missed out on a chance to improve his amazing NZ Championship statistics, but no doubt he can take comfort from securing both NZ Rapid and Lightning titles (see below), taking revenge on GM Fernandez in both and winning the Rapid tournament outright.

NZ Major Open Championship, Tauranga
January 14th-22th 2020

1st Hao Tang 7.5/9
2nd= Miles Patterson (AUS), Brent Perrin (ENG) 7/9
4th Oliver Dai 6.5
Full results on Vega.

NZ Rapid Championship, Tauranga
January 23rd-24th 2020

1st IM Anthony Ker 7.5/9, New Zealand Rapid Champion
2nd= IM Brandon Clarke, GM Vasily Papin (RUS) 7/9
4th= GM Daniel Fernandez (ENG), IM Herman van Riemsdijk (BRA) 6.5/9
Full results on Vega.

NZ Lightning Championship, Tauranga
January 24th 2020

1st= IM Brandon Clarke (ENG), IM Herman van Riemsdijk 7/9
3rd= GM Daniel Fernandez (ENG), GM Vasily Papin (RUS), GM Darryl Johansen (AUS), IM Anthony Ker 6.5/9 (NZ Lightning Champion)
Full results on Vega.

NZ Open Junior Championship, Tauranga
January 15th-20th 2020

1st Isabelle Ning 5/6
2nd Paul He 4.5/6
3rd= Euan McDougall, Abraham Deng, Josia Vickers and Boyuan Zhang 4/6
Age group prizes for non-major prize-winners went to Philli Park-Tamati (Under 16 yrs), Caleb He (Under 14 years), Matthew Chen (Under 12 years), and Emily Gan (1st Under 10 years)
Trophies and Titles went to:
Euan McDougall - NZ Open Junior Champion Under 20
Josia Vickers - NZ Open Junior Champion Under 16
Abraham Deng - NZ Open Junior Champion Under 14
Isabelle Ning - NZ Open Junior Champion Under 12
Emily Gan - NZ Open Junior Champion Under 10
Full results on Vega.

127th NZ Chess Congress, Tauranga
January 14th to 24th 2020

Venue: Trinity Wharf, 51 Dive Crescent, Tauranga 3110
Organised by the Mount Chess Club, in association with the NZ Chess Federation.
Chief Organiser: Bob Smith Caissa1530@gmail.com cellphone 0274786282
Over $10,000 in prizes.
All events open to players of any nationality
NZ Open Championship 14th – 22nd January
NZ Major Open 14th – 22nd January
Buffet banquet 7pm 22nd January
NZ Open Junior Championship 15th – 20th January
NZ Rapid Championship 23rd – 24th January
NZ Lightning Championship 24th January
Stay on site right by the water at Trinity Wharf, one of Tauranga’s top hotels.
Special accommodation rates, but you must book early to avoid disappointment as Tauranga in the summer is a very popular holiday spot.
Book direct with Trinity Wharf by phone 08005778700 and quote “NZ Chess Champs”. Bookings open in February, 2019.
Entry form here.
Follow on Vega Open, Major Open, Rapid, Lightning, Junior.

19th Mount Maunganui & Tauranga Chess Open Invitational, Tauranga
January 19th 2020

A-group
1st Alphaeus Ang 3/3
2nd= Karl Holdo, Helmut Marko 1.5/3
Also Don Eade 0

B-group
1st Werner Corbe 3/3
2nd= Nrusingha Rath, Lincoln Chapman 2/3
Also Duki Stojanovic 1, Chris Brazendale 1, Chintamani Rath 0

Organised by the Mount Maunganui RSA Chess Club and Tauranga RSA Chess Club.
Location: Tauranga RSA, 1237 Cameron Rd, Greerton, Tauranga.
Three rounds, time control 50 minutes, 30 second increment, standard rated, groups of four to six players.
Sunday tournament, follows an identical tournament on Saturday (see below)
Download entry form here.

18th Mount Maunganui & Tauranga Chess Open Invitational, Tauranga
January 18th 2020

A-group
1st Alphaeus Ang 3/3
2nd Karl Holdo 1.5/3
Also Don Eade 1, Neil Cruden 0.5

B-group
1st Thomas Gothorpe 3/3
2nd Werner Corbe 2/3
Also Martin Smith 1, Remy Zibung 0

C-group
1st= Duki Stojanovic Nrusingha Rath 2.5/3
3rd Brian Powell 2/3
Also James Hitchiner 1.5, Sai Somaraju 0.5, Lincoln Chapman 0

Organised by the Mount Maunganui RSA Chess Club and Tauranga RSA Chess Club.
Location: Tauranga RSA, 1237 Cameron Rd, Greerton, Tauranga.
Three rounds, time control 50 minutes, 30 second increment, standard rated, groups of four to six players.
Saturday tournament, an identical tournament follows on Sunday (see above)
Download entry form here.

George Trundle Masters, Qualifiers, Reserves and Talents, Auckland
January 4th to 12th 2020

Masters
1st GM Daniel Howard Fernandez (ENG), 7.5/10
2nd= equal GM Vasily Papin (RUS), GM Darryl Johansen (AUS) 7/10
Top NZ player FM Daniel Gong 3.5/10

Qualifiers
1st IM Garbett 8/9
2nd FM Alphaeus Ang 6.5/9
3rd FM Allen Fan 6/9

Reserves
1st CM Richard Meng 8/9
2nd CM Benjamin Lim 6/9
3rd= Paul Macdonald, Euan McDougall 5.5/9

Talents
1st Akshay Sharma 8/9
2nd Mathew Steadman 7.5/9
3rd Pridiyathon Kulchayodom 7/9

Venue: Auckland Chess Centre, 17 Cromwell Street, Mount Eden.
Hosted by the Auckland Chess Centre.
This superb tournament is an annual highlight, an opportunity to play closely contested, one round a day classical chess in good conditions, with an ideal round robin format.
The tournament website has full details.