NZCF announces 2020 Grand Prix cancelled
After consultation with the sponsors, NZCF Council has taken the difficult decision to cancel the NZ Chess Grand Prix for 2020, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Already two significant 2020 events (the New Zealand Senior and the Latvian) have been postponed/cancelled, and many chess clubs have taken the decision to shut doors temporarily. It is by now abundantly clear that 2020 is going to be a time of extraordinary challenges, especially for the staging of public events for which people are required to travel.
Our sponsors Michael Freeman (Poison Pawn) and Martin Dreyer (D & D Financial Consultants Ltd) have both provided extremely generous past support for the annual Grand Prix, for which the chess community are most grateful. Michael advises that he hopes to stage a final type of special Poison Pawn event in 2021.
2019 Reports
- Final Results 2019 and associated spreadsheet. Note: Revised 9/3/2020 and again (slightly) on 10/3/2020. Anyone with questions can email Michael privately at michael@poisonpawn.co.nz. Ultimately, the judge's decision is final!
- 31st December 2019 and associated spreadsheet.
- 30th November 2019 Upper Hutt, Kapiti and Merv Morrison now included.
- 24th October 2019 After some earlier problems due to illness in the NZCF ranks, the GP results are now (almost - Upper Hutt event still missing) up to date.
- 25th August 2019
2018 Reports
- Final 9 March 2019 (.xlsx spreadsheet)
- 31st December 2018
- 1st November 2018
- 1st June 2018
- 4th April 2018
Final scores in the 2018 Grand Prix
(Unchanged from previous interim announcement). The following lists show the highest points scorers in each category, the points scored, and the monetary prizes where applicable. The text Higher indicates the player gets no monetary prize in this category because they have already achieved a higher prize in another category. Also available as a download here.
Open
Hague,Ben 100 $1500.00
Steadman,Michael V R 94 $700.00
Ker,Anthony F 88 $330.00
Kulashko,Alexei 82
Dive,Russell J 79.5
Ang,Alphaeus Wei Ern 78
Garbett,Paul A 72.17
James,Jack 53.25
Gong,Daniel Hanwen 53.17
Smith,Robert W 53
U2100
Winter,Ryan 68.92 $250.00
Goodhue,Nathan 65.1 $150.00
Lim,Benjamin U 64.1 $100.00
Dare,Richard J 60.25
Wells,Clinton A 59
Goormachtigh,Laurens 55.54
Krstev,Antonio 55
Weegenaar,David P 54
U1800
Goormachtigh,Laurens 100 $250.00
Ha,Huy Minh (Timothy) 72 $150.00
Dai,Oliver 71.33 $100.00
He,Caleb 70.5
Braganza,Nadia 56.09
Ross,Sol 45.5
Cooper,Nigel 45.15
Wang,Aaron Ziwen 45.09
McDougall,Euan 45
U1500
He,Caleb 105 $250.00
He,Paul 88.67 $150.00
Yu,Jeffrey 69.37 $100.00
Li,Andrew 67.67
Deng,Abraham 58.77
Ning,Isabelle Yixuan 54
Park-Tamati,Philli 53.67
Qin,Oscar Shu Xuan 53.17
Zhang,Kendrick 51.75
Weng,Xintong (Winston) 51.7
Junior
Ang,Alphaeus Wei Ern 110 $250.00
Gong,Daniel Hanwen 107.5 $150.00
Fan,Allen Chi Zhou 88.17 $100.00
James,Jack 88.17
Timergazi,Layla 71.67
Picken,Oliver 68
He,Caleb 65.8
Winter,Ryan 65.67
Li,Andrew 64.3
U1200 & U12
He,Paul 110 Higher
Xu,Hannah 100 $70.00
Zhang,Kendrick 92 $60.00
Chen,Matthew 83.5 $40.00
Thurner,Anya 73.17
Zhao,Jay Zi Xuan 57.67
Malton,Isabella 54
Female
Milligan,Helen 107.5 $250.00
Zhang,Jasmine Haomo 100 $150.00
Ning,Isabelle Yixuan 93.5 $100.00
Timergazi,Layla 92.5
Braganza,Nadia 86
Qin,Nicole Shu Yu 72.5
Xu,Hannah 68.5
Lourenco,Eva 68.4
Yan,Caroline 63
Senior
Ker,Anthony F 98.17 Higher
Steadman,Michael V R 97.5 Higher
Dive,Russell J 93.5 $250.00
Garbett,Paul A 90.67 Higher
Smith,Robert W 86.67 $150.00
Milligan,Helen 65.84 Higher
Hart,Ralph 63.5 $100.00
McLaren,Leonard J 60.67
Veteran
Garbett,Paul A 115 $250.00
Cooper,Nigel 87 $150.00
Gibbons,Robert E 75 $100.00
Booth,Anthony J 65.9
Kerr,Grant 62
Lynn,K William 58
Cruden,Neil 52
Winfield,Alan W 52
Special Prizes (all $80) for best non-prizewinning places:
Best Regional North Islander: James Jack
Best South Islander: Stephen Lukey
Best Regional Junior North Islander: Josia Vickers
Best Junior South Islander: no qualifiers
Most number of events scoring points: Hannah Xu (29 events)