Queensland chess Championship 2015

Please excuse the slightly delayed final report but the schedule was gruelling especially after just coming back from Malaysia. Other peoples games can be found here (gardiner chess) and the final results are below. I just stole them from the chesschat site.

Brodie McClymont won quite easily in the end despite some dangerous positions. His tactical ability saw him through the tight spots.

Moulthun got into a theoretical discussion with Brodie and came off second best. Two draws with Gene and I left him with 7 points and clear second.

Gene and I shared third on 6.5/9 Gene lost to Dusan Stojic who also inflicted Brodie's only defeat, while I lost a messy game against Brodie. Gene was also much better/winning against Brodie.

Dusan Stojic had a great tournament, finishing 5th, as the only player with 6 points and playing all the top seeds.

Amongst the juniors, David Liu finished with 5/9 despite being outrated by more than 500 points by most of his opponents. He shared a prize with Eliot and Tom.

Eliot Soo-Burrowes, David Liu, Tom Maguire

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2015 QLD Championships - Round 9

Results

No Name               Rtg  Loc  Total  Result   Name                 Rtg  Loc  Total

 1 Brodie Mcclymont   2308 2427 [6.5]    1:0    Eliot W Soo-Burrowes      1989 [5]  
 2 Dusan Stojic       2163 2239 [5.5]   .5:.5   Aleksandar H Wohl    2343 2424 [6]  
 3 Moulthun Ly        2452 2486 [6]      1:0    Alexander Stahnke    1910 1864 [4.5]
 4 David Liu          1587 1396 [5]      0:1    Gene Nakauchi        2247 2296 [5.5]
 5 Clint Therakam          1645 [4.5]    0:1    Heather Richards     2170 2158 [4.5]
 6 Tristan Stevens    2149 2202 [4]      0:1    David Spuler         1992 2047 [4]  
 7 Charles Tsai       1934 1741 [4]      1:0    Tony (Junhao) Zhong  1835 1792 [3.5]
 8 Tom Maguire        1892 1968 [4]      1:0    Martin Post          1887 1722 [3.5]
 9 Oleg Korenevski    1904 1655 [3]     .5:.5   Michael D'arcy       1924 1889 [3]  
10 Henry Slater-Jones 1920 1632 [3]      0:1    Sebastian Jule       1864 1492 [3]  
11 Oleg Kitikov       1865 1730 [3]     .5:.5   Hughston Parle       1645 1537 [3]  
12 Jared Louie        1873 1746 [3]     .5:.5   Mark Vucak           1779 1696 [2.5]
13 David Lovejoy      1900 1752 [2]     .5:.5   James Kay            1702 1577 [2.5]
Standings

Place Name                  Feder Rtg  Loc  Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.

  1   Mcclymont, Brodie     QLD   2308 2427 7.5      39.5  50.0   38.5
  2   Ly, Moulthun          QLD   2452 2486 7        36.5  46.5   34.0
 3-4  Wohl, Aleksandar H    QLD   2343 2424 6.5      39.5  51.0   34.0
      Nakauchi, Gene        QLD   2247 2296 6.5      38.5  49.5   34.0
  5   Stojic, Dusan         VIC   2163 2239 6        40.0  51.0   31.0
  6   Richards, Heather     QLD   2170 2158 5.5      37.0  48.0   28.0
7-11  Maguire, Tom          QLD   1892 1968 5        34.5  44.5   25.0
      Liu, David            QLD   1587 1396 5        34.0  43.5   26.5
      Soo-Burrowes, Eliot W QLD        1989 5        33.0  44.0   26.5
      Spuler, David         QLD   1992 2047 5        31.5  42.0   22.5
      Tsai, Charles         QLD   1934 1741 5        28.0  37.0   23.5
12-13 Stahnke, Alexander    QLD   1910 1864 4.5      35.0  45.5   25.5
      Therakam, Clint       QLD        1645 4.5      27.5  35.5   20.0
14-15 Stevens, Tristan      QLD   2149 2202 4        35.5  46.0   25.0
      Jule, Sebastian       QLD   1864 1492 4        28.0  37.0   19.5
16-22 D'arcy, Michael       QLD   1924 1889 3.5      30.5  41.0   21.0
      Post, Martin          QLD   1887 1722 3.5      30.0  40.0   17.5
      Louie, Jared          QLD   1873 1746 3.5      29.0  38.5   18.0
      Zhong, Tony (Junhao)  QLD   1835 1792 3.5      28.5  36.5   19.0
      Parle, Hughston       QLD   1645 1537 3.5      25.5  34.0   16.0
      Korenevski, Oleg      QLD   1904 1655 3.5      24.5  32.0   15.0
      Kitikov, Oleg         QLD   1865 1730 3.5      24.0  32.0   13.5
23-25 Kay, James            QLD   1702 1577 3        26.0  34.0   12.5
      Slater-Jones, Henry   QLD   1920 1632 3        24.0  31.5   12.0
      Vucak, Mark           QLD   1779 1696 3        23.0  30.5   14.0
 26   Lovejoy, David        QLD   1900 1752 2.5      24.0  33.5   13.0
Cross Table

No Name                  Feder Rtg  Total  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9  

1  Mcclymont, Brodie     QLD   2308 7.5   17:W 10:W  3:W  2:W  4:D  5:L  7:W  6:W  9:W
2  Ly, Moulthun          QLD   2452 7     26:W 14:W  4:D  1:L  6:W 16:W  3:D  5:W 12:W
3  Wohl, Aleksandar H    QLD   2343 6.5    7:W 11:W  1:L  9:W 14:W  4:D  2:D 12:W  5:D
4  Nakauchi, Gene        QLD   2247 6.5   18:W 12:W  2:D  6:W  1:D  3:D  5:L 14:W  8:W
5  Stojic, Dusan         VIC   2163 6     15:D 20:W  6:L  7:W  8:W  1:W  4:W  2:L  3:D
6  Richards, Heather     QLD   2170 5.5   22:W  8:D  5:W  4:L  2:L 19:W 10:W  1:L 13:W
7  Maguire, Tom          QLD   1892 5      3:L 23:W 10:W  5:L 15:W 14:W  1:L  9:L 17:W
8  Liu, David            QLD   1587 5     24:W  6:D  9:D 11:D  5:L 10:D 16:W 19:W  4:L
9  Soo-Burrowes, Eliot W QLD        5     21:W 16:D  8:D  3:L 10:D 17:W 12:D  7:W  1:L
10 Spuler, David         QLD   1992 5     25:W  1:L  7:L 19:W  9:D  8:D  6:L 18:W 14:W
11 Tsai, Charles         QLD   1934 5     23:W  3:L 17:W  8:D  0:L 12:L 18:D 16:W 19:W
12 Stahnke, Alexander    QLD   1910 4.5   13:W  4:L 14:L 22:W 17:W 11:W  9:D  3:L  2:L
13 Therakam, Clint       QLD        4.5   12:L  0:W 16:L 17:L 22:W 26:D 20:W 15:W  6:L
14 Stevens, Tristan      QLD   2149 4     19:W  2:L 12:W 16:W  3:L  7:L 15:W  4:L 10:L
15 Jule, Sebastian       QLD   1864 4      5:D  0:L 20:W 18:D  7:L 21:W 14:L 13:L 24:W
16 D'arcy, Michael       QLD   1924 3.5   20:D  9:D 13:W 14:L 18:W  2:L  8:L 11:L 21:D
17 Post, Martin          QLD   1887 3.5    1:L 25:W 11:L 13:W 12:L  9:L 24:D 26:W  7:L
18 Louie, Jared          QLD   1873 3.5    4:L 21:D 22:W 15:D 16:L 20:D 11:D 10:L 25:D
19 Zhong, Tony (Junhao)  QLD   1835 3.5   14:L 26:D 21:W 10:L 25:W  6:L 23:W  8:L 11:L
20 Parle, Hughston       QLD   1645 3.5   16:D  5:L 15:L 23:D 24:W 18:D 13:L 21:D 22:D
21 Korenevski, Oleg      QLD   1904 3.5    9:L 18:D 19:L 24:D 26:W 15:L 25:D 20:D 16:D
22 Kitikov, Oleg         QLD   1865 3.5    6:L 24:W 18:L 12:L 13:L 23:L 26:W 25:W 20:D
23 Kay, James            QLD   1702 3     11:L  7:L 25:L 20:D  0:W 22:W 19:L 24:L 26:D
24 Slater-Jones, Henry   QLD   1920 3      8:L 22:L 26:D 21:D 20:L 25:D 17:D 23:W 15:L
25 Vucak, Mark           QLD   1779 3     10:L 17:L 23:W 26:D 19:L 24:D 21:D 22:L 18:D
26 Lovejoy, David        QLD   1900 2.5    2:L 19:D 24:D 25:D 21:L 13:D 22:L 17:L 23:D
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Round 6

10am and a tough opponent, not the easiest way to start a day. I misplayed the opening but then Gene played a howler allowing a winning position for white. Of course just taking the piece 26.dc6 wins.
After that black gradually equalised.

Round 7

Against Moulthun it is better not to get too creative in the opening so I trotted out the Cozio defense. We played more or less the main line and black had equalised but then instead of continuing my development with either 17...Ra8 or c8 I tried to clarify the centre and got into trouble. Endgame technique was a bit lacking from both sides.


 

Round 8

Alex Stanke played the opening well and had fully equalised before playing d5 one move too early. He never recovered.

Round 9

So in the last round I had to face this tournaments giantkiller, Dusan Stojic. He mishandled the opening giving black easy equality and soon better until I swapped queens for an inexplicable reason and then had to fight for a draw in a pawn down rook ending. Brain fart.



Lastly, thanks to the CAQ for organising a good event at a nice venue. I would like to see a less hectic schedule though and new pieces. Doubleroo will donate some sets for next years event :-)

Queensland Championship 2015

Today we crossed the half way mark of the tournament with Brodie McClymont in the lead on 4.5/5 followed by Gene Nakauchi yours truly. The draw, results and games can be found on the Chesschat site.

The playing room is insulated by thick glass doors. Keeps noise out and lets light in. The benches outside are sort of roped off. 

And inside there is plenty of room to move. We are also playing with the new DGT3000 chess clocks. If there is one little flaw it is the pieces. Some have seen better days. 

Round 4

Eliot made too many pawn moves in the opening and never got his pieces out. 4...Nge7 is one improvement I can suggest.

Round 5

I have not been playing the Alekhines defense regularly for years so I thought it might be worth wheeling out. As soon as black played 15...c5 everything was fine. This begs the question, what if white had played 15.c5 first? White seems to have a useful advantage.



Toodles amigoes, hasta manjana.

Queensland Chess Championship 2015

Queensland Chess Championship 2015

It is nice to play chess in the Helensvale Cultural Centre. The building seems fairly new and is roomy, quiet and clean. Now if it wasn't for the morning rounds...

Round 1

Tom Maguire has long been one of Australia's most talented juniors, taking many titles, including if I'm not mistaken, the Australian U16 champion. In this game he committed a "fingerfehler", intending to swap pawns on e5 and then castling. But I did get a chance to play a Queen sacrifice.

Round 2

Charles is first board for Churchie and has been in great form this year. He is a great tactician so I avoided an open position as best I could. Once white got control of the e5 square blacks position looks hopeless.



Round 3

Brodie knows his opening so I thought I'd try a line I can only remember playing from the white side or in blitz. Both sides could probably improve on the opening play. The position got messy and interesting but two mistakes 24...Ng4 ( the immediate 24...bc5 is pleasant for black according to Stockfish) and 26...Qd2. Now 26....Nd4! is 00.00, Seriously?



Time for a few hours sleep before the next 10am round.