Welcome to the ACT Chess Association's website
Here you will find information about where to play chess in Canberra. Players of all ages and strengths are invited to play in our clubs.
Annual membership fees are $25 or $15 for juniors and concessionals.
This site also has information and results from upcoming and recent ACT tournaments, and the list of committee members. We also have a list of useful links to other chess related sites in the ACT and Australia.
FUTURE EVENTS
Please enter early and encourage others!
Vikings Weekender 2024
Pairings and Standings - https://www.vegaresult.com/en/event.php?id=2996
Live Games - https://lichess.org/broadcast/2024-vikings-weekender/ZAZeeJdk
6 round FIDE-rated Swiss
15th to 17th November 2024
Vikings Club, Erindale, ACT
Time control: 60m + 30s
Open and Under 1600 sections (Both ACF and FIDE Rated)
IMPORTANT NOTE: The venue is limited to around 60 players total, so if you want to join act now (there are still one or two vacancies available @ 8 November). Respective tournament entries may be altered at the discretion of the organisers, to avoid disadvantaging early entries.
Latest Entries 8 November (total 61)
Open (with FIDE ratings)
IM Junta Ikeda 2384
FM Frederick Litchfield 2137
Harry Press2274
Willis Lo2067
CM Yifei Hu 2059
CM Hui Li2024
WFM Alaina Vincent 1973
Daniel Wang1842
CM Henry Slater-Jones 1908
Oladoyin Fasakin 1884
Vu Ky Anh Nguyen 1865
Andrew He 1795
Harry Johnson 1791
David Esposito 1788
Tim Pearce1782
Ryan Chenji Liu1764
Matt Radisich 1734
Masaki Horikawa 1730
Jonah Gear 1729
Nick Beare 1726
Thomas Eckhart Eleutherios 1737
James Minogue 1728
Leiming Yu 1726
Glenn Ingham 1724
Larry Cheng1714
Baize Li1711
Jerry Cheng 1658
Owen MacMullin1656
Olaoluwa Fasakin 1625
Dev Raichura 1610
Olamide Fasakin 1579
Chayne Planiden 0
Minor (with ACF ratings - will also be FIDE rated)
Lachlan Smart 1512
Minchen Yang 1497
Brian Indrawan 1493
Maximilian Windsor 1485
Thiam Woon Lee 1399
Simon Louie 1364
James Buckley 1360
Dhruv Rawat 1314
Nicholas Lee 1290
Padma Gyalpo 1259
Bill Egan 1249
Cam Cunningham 1177
Kelvin Woollard 1137
Paul Dunn 1045
Nivin Vinothkumar 1043
Keith Mullumby 962
Mark Stubbs 962
Hakoo Desai 941
Ethan Li 919
Sanat Hegde 849
James Madoc 739
Tomoki Horikawa 711
Varshini Mididuddi 593
Jayden Li 401
Rinch Anderson 0
Axel Healey 0
Ezechiel Kadouch 0
James Nelson 0
Nhorvel Valle 0
Round 1: Fri 7pm
Round 2: Sat 10:15am
Round 3: Sat 2pm
Round 4: Sat 6pm
Round 5: Sun 10:15am
Round 6: Sun 2pm
1st Prize Open $1000, 1st Prize Minor $500 (All other prizes dependant upon entries)
Entry fee: $65 ($45 Junior/Concession) GM, IM, WGM, WIM free
Entry/Booking link: https://www.trybooking.com/CWDSG
If you are not a member of the ACTCA for 2024 you will also need to pay annual fees of $25 for adults or $15 for concessional membership. Note that membership of your local club is not ACTCA membership. To arrange, see above 'Book Now' orange link button that will allow you to join for 2025 with bonus membership for the remainder of 2024.
Members of the ACT Junior Chess League can play in a maximum of two ACTCA events before being required to pay their $15 for ACTCA membership.)
Respective tournament entries may be altered at the discretion of the organisers, to avoid disadvantaging early entries
For further information please contact:
camcunningham8@gmail.com
Erindale Vikings is a licenced club. Players under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult at all times in the upstairs gaming and bar areas. Please also note that bar/meals service will not be available until 11am.
LOCATION
Erindale Vikings Club
Ricardo St, Waniassa ACT 2903
(Please take care to select the Erindale Vikings address in your GPS. There are several other Vikings venues!)
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COMPLETED EVENTS
ANU Open/Minor 2024
26-28 July
Results: https://www.vegaresult.com/en/event.php?id=2715
2024 ACT Chess Championship
Prizes
1st IM Junta Ikeda 7/7 $1000
=2nd FM Michael Kethro, CM Lalit Prasad, Masaki Horikawa 5.5 $333.33 ea
1600-1999
Oladoyin Fasakin, Somon Vos 5 $100 ea
1400-1600
Simon Louie, Jerry Cheng, Lohit Hegde, Aarav Rawat, Olamide Fasakin 4 $40 ea
Under 1200
Padma Gyalpo 4 $100
2024 ACT Chess Championship
Canberra - 24/05/2024, 27/05/2024
Cross Table at round 7 sorted by score
Pos NAME Rtg T Fed Pts | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | BH BH-C1
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1 Ikeda,Junta 2373 IM ACT 7.0 | +B28 +W34 +B7 +W3 +B5 +W2 +B6 | 32.5 29.5
2 Kethro,Michael 2109 FM ACT 5.5 | +B31 +W15 +B10 =W5 +B11 -B1 +W12 | 33.0 29.5
3 Prasad,Lalit 2032 CM NSW 5.5 | +W32 +B13 +W27 -B1 +W17 +B9 =W5 | 32.0 28.5
4 Horikawa,Masaki 1703 ACT 5.5 | +W49 -B5 +W35 =W10 +B16 +B14 +W19 | 26.5 24.5
5 Li,Hui 2013 CM OS 5.0 | +B36 +W4 +B12 =B2 -W1 +W20 =B3 | 35.0 32.0
6 Chakrabarty,Reyaansh 2218 NSW 5.0 | +W25 +B9 -W14 +B15 +W8 +B19 -W1 | 32.5 28.5
7 Fasakin,Oladoyin 1883 ACT 5.0 | +W42 +B33 -W1 -B9 +W32 +B18 +B15 | 29.5 26.5
8 Vos,Somon 1729 ACT 5.0 | +B50 =W30 +B29 +W16 -B6 =W11 +B21 | 27.0 24.5
9 Gatzen-O'Keefe,Thomas 1703 ACT 4.5 | +B41 -W6 +B36 +W7 +B10 -W3 =B11 | 31.5 28.5
10 Vos,Nomon 1786 ACT 4.5 | +W24 +B18 -W2 =B4 -W9 +B42 +W31 | 30.0 27.0
11 Johnson,Harry 1786 ACT 4.5 | =BYE +W43 +B30 +B14 -W2 =B8 =W9 | 28.5 26.0
12 Stewart,Craig A 1722 QLD 4.5 | +W40 +B35 -W5 +B27 =W14 +B23 -B2 | 28.0 25.0
13 Vujasin,Nikola 1703 NSW 4.5 | +B52 -W3 +B47 -W19 +B24 =W17 +W34 | 24.5 22.5
14 Hosking,Ian 1859 ACT 4.0 | +B47 +W37 +B6 -W11 =B12 -W4 =B17 | 28.5 26.5
15 Yu,Leiming 1704 ACT 4.0 | +W54 -B2 +W24 -W6 +B36 +B39 -W7 | 27.5 25.5
16 Louie,Simon 1584 ACT 4.0 | +W45 +B23 =BYE -B8 -W4 =B27 +W35 | 27.5 25.5
17 Radisich,Matt 1720 ACT 4.0 | +B53 =W26 =BYE +W37 -B3 =B13 =W14 | 27.0 25.0
18 Cheng,Jerry 1590 ACT 4.0 | +B46 -W10 +B21 =W20 +B28 -W7 =W23 | 27.0 25.0
19 Pearce,Tim 1733 ACT 4.0 | -W35 +B53 +W31 +B13 +W34 -W6 -B4 | 26.5 24.5
20 Cheng,Larry 1707 ACT 4.0 | +W44 -B27 +W32 =B18 +W29 -B5 =W22 | 26.0 23.5
21 Gyalpo,Padma Yonten 1007 ACT 4.0 | =BYE =B22 -W18 +B25 +W50 +B34 -W8 | 26.0 23.5
22 Beare,Nick 1742 ACT 4.0 | =BYE =W21 =B26 -W28 +B43 +W30 =B20 | 25.0 22.5
23 Forace,Lee 1733 ACT 4.0 | +B38 -W16 =B28 +W43 +B30 -W12 =B18 | 25.0 22.5
24 Hegde,Lohit 1456 ACT 4.0 | -B10 +W46 -B15 +B33 -W13 +W38 +B39 | 24.5 22.5
25 Rawat,Aarav 1533 ACT 4.0 | -B6 -W29 +B57 -W21 +B52 +W28 +B37 | 22.5 21.0
26 Fasakin,Olamide 1543 ACT 4.0 | +W56 =B17 =W22 -B34 =W27 =B29 +W40 | 21.5 21.0
27 Eleutherios,Thomas 0 ACT 3.5 | +B39 +W20 -B3 -W12 =B26 =W16 =W29 | 28.5 25.5
28 Vinothkumar,Nivin 1541 ACT 3.5 | -W1 +B48 =W23 +B22 -W18 -B25 +W44 | 27.5 25.5
29 Su,Joey 1559 NSW 3.5 | =BYE +B25 -W8 +W50 -B20 =W26 =B27 | 26.5 24.0
30 Fasakin,Olaoluwa 1568 ACT 3.5 | +B51 =B8 -W11 +W38 -W23 -B22 +B43 | 24.5 23.0
31 Yendluri,Rithvik Chowdary 1532 NSW 3.5 | -W2 +B54 -B19 +W53 +B38 =W37 -B10 | 24.0 22.0
32 Dunn,Paul 1520 ACT 3.5 | -B3 +W52 -B20 +W48 -B7 +W46 =W33 | 24.0 22.0
33 Ross,Darryl 1606 NSW 3.5 | +B55 -W7 -B38 -W24 +B44 +W48 =B32 | 22.0 20.0
34 Raichura,Dev 1706 ACT 3.0 | +B48 -B1 +W42 +W26 -B19 -W21 -B13 | 28.5 26.5
35 Chen,Louis 1435 ACT 3.0 | +B19 -W12 -B4 -B39 +W54 +W36 -B16 | 26.0 24.0
36 Annamalai,Akshay 1514 ACT 3.0 | -W5 +B49 -W9 +B40 -W15 -B35 +B48 | 23.5 21.5
37 Jain,Kamal 1686 NSW 3.0 | +W57 -B14 +W40 -B17 =W42 =B31 -W25 | 23.0 21.5
38 Horikawa,Tomoki 1444 ACT 3.0 | -W23 +B45 +W33 -B30 -W31 -B24 +B46 | 22.5 20.5
39 Mason,Kynan 1602 ACT 3.0 | -W27 =B44 =B50 +W35 +B47 -W15 -W24 | 21.5 19.5
40 Hegde,Sanat 618 ACT 3.0 | -B12 +W51 -B37 -W36 +B55 +W47 -B26 | 20.0 18.5
41 Li,Jayden 354 ACT 3.0 | -W9 -- -- -B46 +W45 +B49 +B47 | 19.0 17.0
42 Woollard,Kelvin (W) 1508 VIC 2.5 | -B7 +W55 -B34 +W52 =B37 -W10 -- | 23.0 21.0
43 Jain,Rohan 1465 ACT 2.5 | =BYE -B11 +W44 -B23 -W22 +B56 -W30 | 22.5 22.0
44 Madoc,James 492 NSW 2.5 | -B20 =W39 -B43 +B49 -W33 +W51 -B28 | 20.0 18.5
45 Tian,Eric 0 AUS 2.5 | -B16 -W38 -W54 =BYE -B41 +F57 +W51 | 17.5 16.5
46 Luyen,Andy 0 ACT 2.0 | -W18 -B24 -W48 +W41 +B53 -B32 -W38 | 22.5 20.5
47 Mason,Daniel 1471 ACT 2.0 | -W14 +B57 -W13 +B54 -W39 -B40 -W41 | 22.0 20.5
48 Zhang,Kyle 488 ACT 2.0 | -W34 -W28 +B46 -B32 +W49 -B33 -W36 | 20.5 18.5
49 Zhang,Kelvin 260 ACT 2.0 | -B4 -W36 +B51 -W44 -B48 -W41 +W56 | 19.0 18.5
50 Mullumby,Keith (W) 1428 ACT 1.5 | -W8 +B56 =W39 -B29 -B21 -- -- | 21.5 21.0
51 Yang,Gino 0 AUS 1.5 | -W30 -B40 -W49 +W57 =BYE -B44 -B45 | 17.0 15.5
52 Weldonlage,Amoda (W) 191 ACT 1.0 | -W13 -B32 +W56 -B42 -W25 -F54 -- | 20.0 19.5
53 Palihawadana,Methula (W) 609 ACT 1.0 | -W17 -W19 +B55 -B31 -W46 -- -- | 20.0 18.0
54 Palihawadana,Nuhan (W) 449 ACT 1.0 | -B15 -W31 +B45 -W47 -B35 -F52 -- | 19.0 17.0
55 Weldonlage,Dinula (W) 100 ACT 1.0 | -W33 -B42 -W53 +B56 -W40 -- -- | 16.5 16.0
56 Yang,Jason 0 AUS 0.5 | -B26 -W50 -B52 -W55 =BYE -W43 -B49 | 16.5 15.0
57 Weldonlage,Tharusha (W) 176 ACT 0.5 | -B37 -W47 -W25 -B51 =BYE -F45 -- | 15.5 14.0
2024 ACT Rapid Teams Championship
1st Harry's Pushers (Harry Press, Miles Patterson, Jerry Cheng, Padma Gyalpo)
2nd Underscore (Larry Cheng, Thomas Eleutherios, Charles Huang, Minchen Yang)
3rd Gungahlin A (Oladoyin Fasakin, Masaki Horikawa, Olamide Fasakin, Oloaluwa Fasakin)
Board Prizes
1 Harry Press 7/7
2 Miles Patterson 6/7
3 Dexuan Kong 6/7
4 Eshaan Extross 6/7
Special Prizes
Best Outfit - Max Albert (Tuggeranong)
Best Female - Sahasra Selva (Canberra CC)
Biggest Rating Boost - Masaki Horikawa (Gungahlin A)
Toughest Field - Thomas Gatzen O'Keefe (The Winning Team)
Team Lucky Door Prize - Marist Old Boys
2024 ACT Teams Rapidplay
Team ranking at round 7
Rk N Team NG + = - Pts MP EMGSB
1 5 Harry's Pushers 7 6-1-0 21.5 13 185.5
2 7 Underscore 7 4-1-2 18.5 9 124
3 8 Gungahlin A 7 4-2-1 18 10 111
4 2 Winning Team 7 4-3-0 17.5 11 141.5
5 1 Butter Potatos 7 3-2-2 17 8 151.5
6 9 Bentspoke 7 3-2-2 16.5 8 130.5
7 18 Gold Creek Primary 6 2-1-3 16.5 7 85
8 4 Marist Old Boys 7 3-2-2 16 8 130
9 6 Tuggeranong 7 2-2-3 15.5 6 93
10 3 Rosary 7 3-2-2 14.5 8 96.5
11 14 Chess Champions 6 2-1-3 14.5 7 91.5
12 13 Gambiteers 6 2-1-3 14 7 98
13 12 Junior All Stars 7 3-1-3 14 7 84
14 16 Gold Creek High 6 2-0-4 14 6 61
15 10 Majura Boys 7 3-2-2 13.5 8 94.5
16 11 Canberra CC 7 2-2-3 13 6 74
17 15 Gungahlin B 6 1-1-4 12.5 5 71.5
18 17 Turner Titans 6 0-1-5 7 3 23
19 19 BCC Chess Mates 6 0-1-5 6 3 18
TieBreak legend:
MP = Match Points
EMGSB = Sonneborn-Berger: MP x GP (*)
Doeberl Cup 2024 (Easter)
Results are available at:
https://www.doeberlcup.com.au/index.html
2024 ACT Lightning Chess Championship
1st Harry Press 9/9 $120
=2nd Andrew Mather, Willis Lo 7/9 $60 ea
Under 1650 Jonah Gear, Harry Johnson, Lee Forace 5.5 $10 ea
Under 1300 Ennes Mehmedbasic, Arnav Jain 5.0 $15 ea
2024 ACT Lightning Championship
Cross Table at round 9 sorted by score
Pos NAME Rtg T Fed Pts | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 | BucT BucM S-B
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1 Press,Harry 2007 ACT 9.0 | +W13 +B21 +W11 +B2 +W6 +B3 +W5 +B10 +W7 | 50.0 39.0 50.00
2 Mather,Andrew 1856 QLD 7.0 | +B34 +W20 +B12 -W1 +B10 +W4 +B6 -W3 +B11 | 48.5 37.5 32.50
3 Lo,Willis 2265 ACT 7.0 | +B29 -W7 +B30 +W20 +B8 -W1 +B4 +B2 +W6 | 48.0 36.5 33.50
4 Amer,Abdulmalk 1795 ACT 6.0 | +W19 -B6 +W34 +B9 +W11 -B2 -W3 +B21 +W10 | 45.5 36.5 26.00
5 Brown,Jordan 1694 ACT 6.0 | -B18 +W27 +B22 -W10 +B7 +W13 -B1 +W20 +B12 | 45.5 33.0 27.00
6 Gear,Jonah 1543 NSW 5.5 | +B10 +W4 +B8 +W7 -B1 +W12 -W2 =B14 -B3 | 55.5 41.5 29.75
7 Johnson,Harry 1617 ACT 5.5 | +W33 +B3 =W9 -B6 -W5 +B23 +W17 +W12 -B1 | 50.0 38.5 26.75
8 Patterson,Miles 1715 ACT 5.5 | +W15 +B26 -W6 +B24 -W3 =B9 -W14 +B28 +W17 | 44.5 34.5 23.75
9 Forace,Lee 1568 ACT 5.5 | =B30 +W18 =B7 -W4 +B26 =W8 -B10 +W25 +W14 | 42.5 34.0 24.75
10 Mehmedbasic,Ennes 0 NSW 5.0 | -W6 +B19 +W13 +B5 -W2 +B21 +W9 -W1 -B4 | 52.5 39.5 25.00
11 Clubb,Alexander 1708 ACT 5.0 | +B27 +W22 -B1 +W29 -B4 +W20 -B12 +W13 -W2 | 46.5 34.5 19.50
12 Sidiqi,Wais 1680 ACT 5.0 | +W24 +B31 -W2 +B18 +W17 -B6 +W11 -B7 -W5 | 45.5 35.5 21.50
13 Yu,Leiming 1448 ACT 5.0 | -B1 +W32 -B10 +W22 +B16 -B5 +W15 -B11 +W24 | 45.5 34.0 20.50
14 Fasakin,Olaoluwa 1378 ACT 5.0 | =BYE -- -W17 +B33 +W24 +W25 +B8 =W6 -B9 | 41.5 33.5 21.00
15 Jain,Arnav 1254 ACT 5.0 | -B8 -W25 +B32 +W28 -B20 +W26 -B13 +W29 +W21 | 35.0 27.0 16.50
16 Rojahn,Jack 1732 ACT 5.0 | -B22 -W30 +B27 +B34 -W13 -W28 +B18 +W23 +B20 | 33.0 26.0 18.50
17 Fasakin,Oladoyin 1857 ACT 4.5 | =BYE -- +B14 +W23 -B12 +W18 -B7 +W22 -B8 | 44.0 34.5 20.75
18 Horikawa,Masaki 1167 ACT 4.5 | +W5 -B9 +W21 -W12 =B25 -B17 -W16 +B30 +B35 | 37.5 31.0 15.00
19 Ji,Richard 1333 ACT 4.5 | -B4 -W10 -B23 +W27 -B28 =BYE +W32 +B34 +W30 | 32.0 24.0 12.00
20 MacMullin,Owen 1486 ACT 4.0 | +W35 -B2 +W26 -B3 +W15 -B11 +W24 -B5 -W16 | 43.5 36.0 13.50
21 Smart,Lachlan 1638 ACT 4.0 | +B32 -W1 -B18 +W30 +B29 -W10 +B28 -W4 -B15 | 40.5 29.0 11.00
22 Power,Aden 1302 ACT 4.0 | +W16 -B11 -W5 -B13 +W34 +B31 =W23 -B17 =B25 | 39.5 31.5 14.25
23 Fasakin,Olamide 1173 ACT 4.0 | =BYE -- +W19 -B17 +W30 -W7 =B22 -B16 +W29 | 39.0 31.0 14.25
24 Liang,Joshua 1113 ACT 4.0 | -B12 +W28 +B25 -W8 -B14 +W29 -B20 +W26 -B13 | 39.0 30.5 14.00
25 Torrado,Juan David 1699 ACT 4.0 | -W26 +B15 -W24 +B31 =W18 -B14 +W30 -B9 =W22 | 38.0 30.0 14.75
26 Chen,Louis 1179 ACT 4.0 | +B25 -W8 -B20 +W35 -W9 -B15 +W31 -B24 +W28 | 34.5 28.5 10.50
27 Jain,Rohan 1244 ACT 3.5 | -W11 -B5 -W16 -B19 +W32 -B30 =BYE +B35 +W33 | 31.0 24.5 6.75
28 Scully,Mark 1544 ACT 3.0 | -W31 -B24 +W33 -B15 +W19 +B16 -W21 -W8 -B26 | 37.5 29.5 12.00
29 Arun Aswath,Ankith 1483 ACT 3.0 | -W3 +B33 +W31 -B11 -W21 -B24 +W34 -B15 -B23 | 37.0 28.0 7.50
30 Zeccola,Anthony 1017 ACT 2.5 | =W9 +B16 -W3 -B21 -B23 +W27 -B25 -W18 -B19 | 42.5 32.0 11.25
31 Divvela,Aneesh (W) 749 ACT 2.5 | +B28 -W12 -B29 -W25 +B35 -W22 -B26 =BYE -- | 30.0 24.5 5.00
32 Khadka,Sameet 1104 ACT 2.5 | -W21 -B13 -W15 =BYE -B27 +W35 -B19 -W33 +B34 | 30.0 24.5 4.00
33 Kain,Reed 1029 ACT 2.5 | -B7 -W29 -B28 -W14 =BYE -B34 +W35 +B32 -B27 | 28.0 22.0 4.25
34 Jochimsen,Erik 1407 ACT 2.0 | -W2 +B35 -B4 -W16 -B22 +W33 -B29 -W19 -W32 | 35.0 27.5 3.00
35 Power,Jem 0 ACT 0.5 | -B20 -W34 =BYE -B26 -W31 -B32 -B33 -W27 -W18 | 29.5 23.0 1.75
2023 ACT Rapidplay Championship
=1st Harry Press, GM Hrant Melkumyan, Oladoyin Fasakin 6/7 $100 ea
Under 1800 Larry Cheng (also Best Junior), Matt Radisich 4.5/7 $45 ea
Under 1400/Unrated Patrick McClusky 4/7
ACT Rapidplay Champion - Harry Press (1st on tiebreak)
2023 ACT Rapidplay Championship
Cross Table at round 7 sorted by score
Pos NAME Rtg T Fed Pts | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | Buc1 BucT
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1 Press,Harry 2368 ACT 6.0 | +W18 +B15 +W5 +B11 +W3 -B2 +W7 | 31.0 35.0
2 Melkumyan,Hrant 2798 GM OS 6.0 | +B35 +W17 +B6 +W14 +B4 +W1 -B3 | 30.5 33.5
3 Fasakin,Oladoyin 2026 ACT 6.0 | +B44 +W31 +B10 +W12 -B1 +W14 +W2 | 28.0 30.0
4 Litchfield,Frederick 2312 FM ACT 5.5 | +B43 +W25 =B12 +W41 -W2 +B10 +W11 | 25.5 27.5
5 Johnson,Harry 1939 ACT 5.5 | +B46 +W45 -B1 +W26 =B10 +W25 +B14 | 23.5 25.5
6 Nwosu,Nnaemeka 1968 ACT 5.0 | +W36 +B32 -W2 +B13 -W16 +B18 +W15 | 25.5 28.5
7 Li,Hui 2247 CM OS 5.0 | +B22 -W26 +B43 +W27 +B17 +W16 -B1 | 25.0 27.0
8 Guo,Jamie-Lee 2040 ACT 5.0 | +W38 -B10 +W32 -B16 +B41 +W27 +B17 | 22.0 24.5
9 Sidiqi,Wais 1889 ACT 5.0 | +B39 +W47 -B14 -W10 +B43 +W20 +B19 | 21.5 23.5
10 Cheng,Larry 1721 ACT 4.5 | +B50 +W8 -W3 +B9 =W5 -W4 +B25 | 30.5 31.0
11 Amer,Abdulmalk 2068 ACT 4.5 | +B21 +W27 +B26 -W1 =B25 +W12 -B4 | 27.0 30.5
12 Gear,Jonah 1927 NSW 4.5 | +W30 +B34 =W4 -B3 +W29 -B11 +B16 | 27.0 30.0
13 Radisich,Matt 1758 ACT 4.5 | -B45 +W46 +B33 -W6 =B21 +W41 +B28 | 20.0 22.0
14 Watson,James 2133 ACT 4.0 | +W24 +B16 +W9 -B2 +W15 -B3 -W5 | 30.5 34.5
15 Patterson,Miles 1874 ACT 4.0 | +B28 -W1 +B21 +W20 -B14 +W22 -B6 | 27.0 30.5
16 Pearce,Tim 1825 ACT 4.0 | +B33 -W14 +B44 +W8 +B6 -B7 -W12 | 26.5 28.5
17 Sengstock,Steven A 1887 ACT 4.0 | +W49 -B2 +W38 +B37 -W7 +B32 -W8 | 25.0 27.0
18 Fasakin,Olamide 1557 ACT 4.0 | -B1 =W28 +B47 =W19 +B26 -W6 +B33 | 25.0 27.0
19 Albert,Max 1846 ACT 4.0 | =BYE -B29 +W52 =B18 +W24 +B36 -W9 | 23.0 25.0
20 Healey,Axel 1663 ACT 4.0 | -W34 +B30 +W23 -B15 +W44 -B9 +W36 | 22.5 24.5
21 Fasakin,Olaoluwa 1467 ACT 4.0 | -W11 +B42 -W15 +B49 =W13 +B29 =W27 | 22.5 24.5
22 Yang,Minchen 1442 ACT 4.0 | -W7 -B23 +W40 +B51 +W37 -B15 +W32 | 22.0 23.0
23 McClusky,Patrick 0 ACT 4.0 | -B31 +W22 -B20 -W44 +B39 +W43 +B35 | 19.0 21.0
24 Scully,Mark 1506 ACT 4.0 | -B14 -W33 +B50 +W45 -B19 +W46 +B31 | 18.0 18.5
25 Huang,Charles 1831 ACT 3.5 | +W40 -B4 +W36 +B34 =W11 -B5 -W10 | 26.0 29.0
26 Byng,Riley 1760 ACT 3.5 | +W42 +B7 -W11 -B5 -W18 =B30 +W44 | 25.0 27.0
27 Extross,Eshaan 1723 ACT 3.5 | +W51 -B11 +W49 -B7 +W34 -B8 =B21 | 23.5 24.5
28 Hegde,Sanat 1098 ACT 3.5 | -W15 =B18 +W35 -B29 +W38 +B37 -W13 | 22.0 25.0
29 Marks,Joe 1251 ACT 3.5 | =BYE +W19 -B41 +W28 -B12 -W21 +B42 | 22.0 24.5
30 Brogan,Mark 1310 ACT 3.5 | -B12 -W20 +B53 -W31 +B45 =W26 +B41 | 19.5 20.0
31 Louie,Simon 1629 ACT 3.0 | +W23 -B3 -W34 +B30 -W36 +B48 -W24 | 23.5 26.0
32 Horikawa,Masaki 1602 ACT 3.0 | +B53 -W6 -B8 +W46 +B33 -W17 -B22 | 23.0 23.5
33 Eleutherios,Thomas 1049 ACT 3.0 | -W16 +B24 -W13 +B38 -W32 +B44 -W18 | 22.5 24.5
34 Hill,Connor 0 QLD 3.0 | +B20 -W12 +B31 -W25 -B27 -W35 +B43 | 21.5 23.5
35 Cheng,Jerry 1580 ACT 3.0 | -W2 -B49 -B28 +W50 +W40 +B34 -W23 | 21.5 22.0
36 Trudgian,Tim 1417 ACT 3.0 | -B6 +W53 -B25 +W47 +B31 -W19 -B20 | 21.5 22.0
37 Smart,Lachlan 1638 ACT 3.0 | -B47 +W39 +B45 -W17 -B22 -W28 +B46 | 18.5 20.5
38 Collins,Andrew 1463 ACT 3.0 | -B8 +W50 -B17 -W33 -B28 +W53 +B45 | 18.0 18.5
39 Chen,Louis 1179 ACT 3.0 | -W9 -B37 -W51 +B52 -W23 +B50 +W48 | 17.5 18.0
40 Gyalpo,Padma Yonten 1091 ACT 3.0 | -B25 -W43 -B22 +W53 -B35 +W47 +B51 | 15.5 16.0
41 Torrado,Juan David 1268 ACT 2.5 | =BYE +B52 +W29 -B4 -W8 -B13 -W30 | 25.5 27.5
42 Jain,Rohan 965 ACT 2.5 | -B26 -W21 -B46 =BYE +W51 +B49 -W29 | 17.0 18.0
43 Jain,Arnav 1525 ACT 2.0 | -W4 +B40 -W7 +B48 -W9 -B23 -W34 | 25.5 28.0
44 Mugford,Stephen 1461 ACT 2.0 | -W3 +B51 -W16 +B23 -B20 -W33 -B26 | 24.5 25.5
45 Hegde,Mahi 850 ACT 2.0 | +W13 -B5 -W37 -B24 -W30 +B51 -W38 | 23.5 24.5
46 Guley,Jed 1394 ACT 2.0 | -W5 -B13 +W42 -B32 +W49 -B24 -W37 | 22.5 24.5
47 Kovacs,Corey 0 ACT 2.0 | +W37 -B9 -W18 -B36 -W48 -B40 +W50 | 20.5 21.0
48 Yang,Teng 1178 ACT 2.0 | =BYE =BYE -- -W43 +B47 -W31 -B39 | 19.0 21.0
49 Horikawa,Keisuke 1126 ACT 2.0 | -B17 +W35 -B27 -W21 -B46 -W42 +B53 | 19.0 19.5
50 Nguyen,Patrick 474 ACT 1.0 | -W10 -B38 -W24 -B35 +F52 -W39 -B47 | 19.5 20.5
51 Trudgian,Monty 603 ACT 1.0 | -B27 -W44 +B39 -W22 -B42 -W45 -W40 | 18.0 20.0
52 Lex,Jim (W) 0 ACT 0.5 | =BYE -W41 -B19 -W39 -F50 -- -- | 17.5 19.0
53 Wang,Henry 0 ACT 0.5 | -W32 -B36 -W30 -B40 =BYE -B38 -W49 | 17.5 19.0
2023 Vikings Weekender
18th and 19th November 2023
5 round FIDE Rated Swiss
Vikings Club, Erindale, ACT
Time control: 60m + 30s
Open and Under 1600 sections (Both FIDE Rated)
LOCATION
Erindale Vikings Club
Ricardo St, Waniassa ACT 2903
PRIZES
1st IM Junta Ikeda 4.5/5 $1000
2nd Harry Press 4/5 $500
=3rd Roger Farrell, FM Fred Litchfield, Willis Lo 3.5/5 $83.33 each
1650-1900 Lachlan Ho, WFM Alaina Vincent, Oladoyin Fasakin 3/5 $66.66 each
Under 1600 Dexuan Kong, Jonah Gear, David Esposito 3/5 $50 each
2023 Vikings Minor
1st Masaki Horikawa $500
=2nd Kamal Jain, Larry Cheng, Shriya Karthik, Lukasz Walijewski, Dev Raichura 4/5 $90 ea
Under 1150 Olamide Fasakin, Enoch He, Olaoluwa Fasakin, Dhruv Rawat, Joe Marks 3/5 $20 each
RESULTS
2023 Vikings Weekender
Cross Table at round 5 sorted by score
Pos NAME Rtg T Fed Pts | 1 2 3 4 5 | Buc1 BucT
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1 Ikeda,Junta 2389 IM ACT 4.5 | +B18 +W13 =B4 +W16 +B3 | 11.5 13.5
2 Press,Harry 2118 ACT 4.0 | +B23 +W6 +B20 =W3 =B4 | 11.5 12.5
3 Farrell,Roger S 2179 ACT 3.5 | +W19 +B5 +W9 =B2 -W1 | 15.0 17.0
4 Litchfield,Frederick 2167 FM ACT 3.5 | +W24 +B7 =W1 =B9 =W2 | 14.5 15.5
5 Lo,Willis 2047 ACT 3.5 | +B21 -W3 +B17 =BYE +W8 | 11.5 13.0
6 Kong,Dexuan 1504 ACT 3.0 | +W11 -B2 +W14 -B8 +W20 | 12.5 14.0
7 Ho,Lachlan 1726 ACT 3.0 | +W8 -W4 =B13 =W10 +B16 | 12.0 14.0
8 Gear,Jonah 1467 NSW 3.0 | -B7 +B24 +W15 +W6 -B5 | 12.0 13.0
9 Kethro,Michael 2176 FM ACT 3.0 | +B25 +W16 -B3 =W4 =B11 | 12.0 12.5
10 Vincent,Alaina 1805 WFM NSW 3.0 | =W20 =B14 =W12 =B7 +W17 | 10.5 12.0
11 Fasakin,Oladoyin 1817 ACT 3.0 | -B6 +W23 +B21 =BYE =W9 | 10.5 11.5
12 Esposito,David 1559 NSW 3.0 | -B16 +W25 =B10 =W13 +B18 | 9.5 10.0
13 Watson,James 2080 ACT 2.5 | +W22 -B1 =W7 =B12 =W14 | 13.0 14.5
14 Chakrabarty,Reyaansh 1776 NSW 2.5 | =B15 =W10 -B6 +W20 =B13 | 11.0 12.5
15 Minogue,James 1488 ACT 2.5 | =W14 -B20 -B8 +W25 +B21 | 8.5 9.0
16 Badrinarayan,Sankeertan 1879 ACT 2.0 | +W12 -B9 +W22 -B1 -W7 | 13.5 15.0
17 Yu,Leiming 1516 ACT 2.0 | =BYE =BYE -W5 +B22 -B10 | 11.5 13.0
18 de Noskowski,Adrian 1723 ACT 2.0 | -W1 -B22 +W24 +B19 -W12 | 11.0 12.0
19 Pearce,Tim 1638 ACT 2.0 | -B3 -W21 +B25 -W18 +W23 | 8.0 8.5
20 Gatzen-O'Keefe,Thomas 1502 ACT 1.5 | =B10 +W15 -W2 -B14 -B6 | 12.5 15.0
21 Vujasin,Nikola 1561 NSW 1.5 | -W5 +B19 -W11 =B23 -W15 | 11.0 12.0
22 Ingham,Glenn 1578 ACT 1.5 | -B13 +W18 -B16 -W17 =B24 | 8.5 9.5
23 Beare,Nick 1608 ACT 1.0 | -W2 -B11 =BYE =W21 -B19 | 10.5 12.0
24 Radisich,Matt 1621 ACT 1.0 | -B4 -W8 -B18 =BYE =W22 | 10.0 11.0
25 Parker,Trent 1626 NSW 0.5 | -W9 -B12 -W19 -B15 =BYE | 10.5 11.0
2023 Vikings Minor
Cross Table at round 5 sorted by score
Pos NAME Rtg T Fed Pts | 1 2 3 4 5 | Buc1 BucT
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1 Horikawa,Masaki 1342 ACT 4.5 | +W25 +B28 +W3 =BYE +B4 | 14.0 15.5
2 Jain,Kamal 1511 NSW 4.0 | +B13 +W6 =B7 =W5 +B9 | 14.5 17.5
3 Cheng,Larry 1420 ACT 4.0 | +B21 +W17 -B1 +W7 +B13 | 13.5 16.0
4 Karthik,Shriya 1206 ACT 4.0 | +B24 +W18 +B8 +W11 -W1 | 13.0 15.0
5 Walijewski,Lukasz 1581 ACT 4.0 | =W14 +B31 +W10 =B2 +W8 | 13.0 14.5
6 Raichura,Dev 1289 ACT 4.0 | +W36 -B2 +W23 +B12 +B11 | 12.0 12.0
7 Ong,Jonathan Si Seng 1373 NSW 3.5 | +B15 +W9 =W2 -B3 +W17 | 14.0 16.5
8 Cheng,Jerry 1394 ACT 3.0 | +W12 +B33 -W4 +B14 -B5 | 14.0 15.0
9 Fasakin,Olamide 1100 ACT 3.0 | +W10 -B7 +W33 +B22 -W2 | 12.5 13.5
10 Badrinarayan,Siddhant 1521 ACT 3.0 | -B9 +W15 -B5 +W26 +B24 | 12.0 14.0
11 Louie,Simon 1453 ACT 3.0 | +W23 +B30 +W22 -B4 -W6 | 12.0 13.5
12 He,Enock 802 NSW 3.0 | -B8 +W27 +B16 -W6 +B29 | 12.0 13.5
13 Fasakin,Olaoluwa 1077 ACT 3.0 | -W2 +B36 +W28 +B19 -W3 | 12.0 12.0
14 Woollard,Kelvin 1163 VIC 3.0 | =B5 +W29 =B18 -W8 +B27 | 11.5 13.0
15 Rawat,Dhruv 797 ACT 3.0 | -W7 -B10 +W36 +B23 +W22 | 10.5 10.5
16 Marks,Joe 1149 ACT 3.0 | -W28 +B25 -W12 +B33 +W20 | 9.0 10.0
17 Egan,Bill 1201 CM ACT 2.5 | +W32 -B3 =BYE +W24 -B7 | 12.0 13.5
18 Jain,Anshika 1514 NSW 2.5 | +W34 -B4 =W14 =B30 =W19 | 11.0 12.0
19 Ross,Darryl 1245 NSW 2.5 | -B20 +W26 +B21 -W13 =B18 | 10.5 12.5
20 Le,Sami 639 ACT 2.5 | +W19 -B22 =BYE +W29 -B16 | 10.0 11.5
21 MacMullin,Owen 935 ACT 2.5 | -W3 +B32 -W19 =B28 +W30 | 9.5 11.0
22 Chiddy,Lance 1308 NSW 2.0 | +B26 +W20 -B11 -W9 -B15 | 11.5 13.5
23 Mason,Daniel 1046 ACT 2.0 | -B11 +W35 -B6 -W15 +W28 | 11.5 12.5
24 Mason,Kynan 608 ACT 2.0 | -W4 +B34 +W30 -B17 -W10 | 11.0 12.0
25 Spencer,Daniel 766 ACT 2.0 | -B1 -W16 -B35 +B31 +W33 | 10.0 11.0
26 Vinothkumar,Nivin 757 ACT 2.0 | -W22 -B19 +W32 -B10 +W34 | 9.0 10.0
27 Cunningham,Campbell 1166 ACT 2.0 | -W33 -B12 +W31 +B35 -W14 | 8.5 9.5
28 Zeccola,Anthony 0 ACT 1.5 | +B16 -W1 -B13 =W21 -B23 | 13.0 15.0
29 Anderson,W(Bill) J 1239 NSW 1.5 | =W31 -B14 +W34 -B20 -W12 | 10.0 11.0
30 Jain,Arnav 1175 ACT 1.5 | +B35 -W11 -B24 =W18 -B21 | 10.0 11.0
31 Chen,Louis 625 ACT 1.5 | =B29 -W5 -B27 -W25 +B36 | 9.5 9.5
32 Karthik,Shakthi 523 ACT 1.5 | -B17 -W21 -B26 =BYE +W35 | 8.0 9.0
33 Gebert,Daniel 0 ACT 1.0 | +B27 -W8 -B9 -W16 -B25 | 11.0 13.0
34 Dunn,Paul 1086 ACT 1.0 | -B18 -W24 -B29 +W36 -B26 | 8.0 8.0
35 Yeniceri,Ilayda 128 ACT 1.0 | -W30 -B23 +W25 -W27 -B32 | 7.5 9.0
36 Horikawa,Tomoki 744 ACT 0.0 | -B6 -W13 -B15 -B34 -W31 | 11.5 12.5
2023 ACT Women's and Girls' Chess Championship - 10 September
Organised by the ACT Junior Chess League (ACTCA Affiliate)
Venue: Campbell High School, 15Treloar Crescent, Campbell
7 rounds, 15m+ 5s per game. Rated by the Australian Chess Federation (Quickplay List)
Schedule: Sunday 11th September - Check-in 9.30am Round 1 10am Round 2 10:45am Round 3 11:30am Round 4 12:15am
Lunch Break 1pm-1:30pm
Round 5 1:30pm Round 6 2:15 pm Round 7 3pm Prize Giving 3:45pm
Prizes - 1st $250 2nd $125 3rd $75 Trophies for 1st, 2nd, 3rd + Medals for U14, U12, and U10
Max. two half-point byes available for Rounds 1-4.
Entry fee $20 Adults, $10 Junior. WGM, WIM, WFM and WCM Free.
+ Novices event for unrated players - Free entry with medals for 1st, 2nd and 3rd (Same schedule as Championship)
Entries close Saturday 5pm 9 Sept.
Register at https://www.trybooking.com/CKNDB
ANU Open 2023 (AKA Winter Cup)
Venue: Room 2.02 Marie Reay Teaching Centre Building, University Ave, Australian National University
28-30 July (One round Friday evening, three Saturday, two Sunday)
Format: Open section and Under 1600 Section (ACF)
Time control: 60m+30s inc (FIDE Rated except for players 2400+)
Schedule: Round 1 Friday 28th 7PM,
Round 2 Sat 29th 10am, Rd 3 2pm, Round 4, 6pm
Round 5 Sun 30th 10am, Round 6 2pm Prize giving 6pm
Entry Fee: $80 ($60 concession) - GM, IM, WGM and WIM Free
Prizes: $1000 1st Open, $400 1st Minor $3600 in total
Prize Winners:
2023 ANU Open - Final Results and Prizes
1st IM Junta Ikeda 5.5/6 $1000
=2nd Harry Press, CM Lalit Prasad 4.5/6 $375 ea
1600-1999 Harvey Zhu, Terrence Zhang 4/6 $100 ea
Under 1600 Leiming Yu 4/6 $200
Best Junior Masaki Horikawa 3.5/6 $50
2023 ANU Minor - Final Results and Prizes
1st Matthew Dwyer 6/6 $100 (Best Unrated Prize)
=2nd Larry Cheng, Olamide Fasakin 5/6 $375 ea (1st+2nd Prize)
4th Olaoluwa Fasakin 4.5/6 $150 (3rd prize)
4th Andrew Blakers 4.5/6 $50 (2nd Unrated Prize)
1000-1399 + Best Junior Eshaan Extross, Phong Huynh, Jerry Cheng $50 ea
Under 1000 Owen MacMullin 4/6 $100
Results and Pairings: http://tournaments.streetchess.net/ANU2023/
2023 ACT Chess Championship
26-29 May 2023 (Friday evening through Monday Reconciliation Day)
7-rounds FIDE/ACF Rated Swiss Format
Venue: Eastlakes Football Club
3 Oxley St, Griffith ACT (** NOT Gungahlin Club **)
Schedule: Friday 26 May 7:00pm
Saturday 27 May – Monday 29 May 10:30am and 3:30pm on each day
90 minutes per game with 30 second per move increment from move one (Fischer)
Director of Play:
FIDE International Arbiter Shaun Press
Friday 26 May 2023 7:00 PM - Monday 29 May 2023 6:00 PM (UTC+10)
LOCATION
Eastlakes Football Club
3 Oxley St, Griffith ACT 2603
Results: http://tournaments.streetchess.net/actchampionship2023/
Doeberl Cup 2023 (Easter)
Results are available at:
https://www.doeberlcup.com.au/index.html
ACT Lightning Championships 2023
The 2023 ACT Lightning Championship took place on Monday 16 January 2023, hosted by the Tuggeranong Chess Club.
Results
=1st: FM Michael Kethro, CM Hui Li 8.5/9
3rd: Harry Press 7/9
=u1850: Connor Amoore, Jonah Gear 5.5/9
=u1400: Olamide Fasakin, Arnav Jain, Edward Neeman, Mark Guieb 4.5/9
2022 ACT Rapidplay Championship
1st Harry Press 6.5/7 $150
=2nd Fred Litchfield, FM Michael Kethro 6/7 $80 ea
Under 1800 Jonah Gear 5.5/7 $50
Under 1200 Mark Guieb, Angus Williams, William Grove, Sunny Yoon, Andrew Hirschfeld 3/7 $10 ea
Cross Table at round 7 sorted by score
Pos NAME Rtg T Fed Pts | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | Buc1 BucT
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1 Press,Harry 2346 ACT 6.5 | +B36 +W18 +B5 +W6 +W2 +B8 =W4 | 30.5 33.5
2 Litchfield,Frederick 2324 ACT 6.0 | +W26 +B20 +W21 +W3 -B1 +B11 +W13 | 29.5 33.0
3 Kethro,Michael 2373 FM ACT 6.0 | +W17 +B7 +W11 -B2 +W12 +B16 +W5 | 29.0 33.0
4 Gear,Jonah 1791 NSW 5.5 | +B47 -W5 +B43 +W14 +B25 +W6 =B1 | 27.0 29.0
5 Guo,Jamie-Lee 2032 ACT 5.0 | +W29 +B4 -W1 +B9 +W19 +B17 -B3 | 31.0 34.5
6 Amer,Abdulmalk 2055 ACT 5.0 | +W28 +B9 +W19 -B1 +W7 -B4 +W20 | 30.0 33.5
7 Ferenczi,Rob 1860 ACT 5.0 | +B49 -W3 +B22 +W23 -B6 +W19 +W17 | 27.0 29.0
8 Fasakin,Oladoyin 2005 ACT 5.0 | +B31 =W13 +B44 +W41 =B16 -W1 +B18 | 25.0 27.5
9 Albert,Max 1797 ACT 5.0 | +B48 -W6 +B35 -W5 +B22 +W33 +W16 | 24.0 26.0
10 Farrell,Roger S 2048 ACT 5.0 | +B22 +W37 =B25 -W16 +B41 +B12 =W11 | 23.5 26.0
11 Patterson,Miles 1956 ACT 4.5 | +B35 +W23 -B3 +W15 +B18 -W2 =B10 | 29.5 32.5
12 Li,Hui 2232 CM OS 4.5 | +B30 +W15 =B16 +W25 -B3 -W10 +B27 | 26.5 30.0
13 Beare,Nick 1776 ACT 4.5 | +W32 =B8 -B41 +W38 +B30 +W21 -B2 | 24.5 27.0
14 Johnson,Harry 1998 ACT 4.5 | +W34 -B19 +W26 -B4 =W28 +B32 +W25 | 23.0 26.0
15 Forace,Lee 1806 ACT 4.5 | +W38 -B12 +W34 -B11 =W29 +B28 +W26 | 22.5 25.5
16 Ho,Lachlan 1924 ACT 4.0 | +W46 +B24 =W12 +B10 =W8 -W3 -B9 | 29.5 32.0
17 Extross,Eshaan 1580 ACT 4.0 | -B3 +W49 +B33 +B20 +W21 -W5 -B7 | 27.0 29.0
18 Sengstock,Steven A 1844 ACT 4.0 | +W42 -B1 +W29 +B24 -W11 +B34 -W8 | 26.5 29.0
19 Cheng,Larry 1775 ACT 4.0 | +B40 +W14 -B6 +W27 -B5 -B7 +W34 | 26.0 29.0
20 Huang,Charles 1823 ACT 4.0 | +B51 -W2 +B31 -W17 +B36 +W24 -B6 | 25.5 27.5
21 Gatzen-O'Keefe,Thomas 1904 ACT 4.0 | +B43 +W50 -B2 +W37 -B17 -B13 +W36 | 23.0 25.0
22 Brogan,Mark 1385 ACT 4.0 | -W10 +B45 -W7 +B42 -W9 +B48 +B37 | 23.0 25.0
23 Liang,Joshua 1717 ACT 4.0 | +W56 -B11 +W42 -B7 -W32 +B39 +W33 | 21.0 23.0
24 Ingham,Glenn 1671 ACT 4.0 | +B33 -W16 +B50 -W18 +B35 -B20 +W32 | 21.0 23.0
25 Louie,Simon 1630 ACT 3.5 | +B55 +W27 =W10 -B12 -W4 +B44 -B14 | 25.5 26.0
26 Mugford,Stephen 1522 ACT 3.5 | -B2 +W51 -B14 +W43 =B27 +W30 -B15 | 24.5 26.5
27 Radisich,Matt 1879 ACT 3.5 | +W39 -B25 +W28 -B19 =W26 +B29 -W12 | 22.5 25.5
28 Hellmann,Oskar 1431 NSW 3.5 | -B6 +W48 -B27 +W47 =B14 -W15 +B35 | 22.5 24.5
29 Fasakin,Olaoluwa 1377 ACT 3.5 | -B5 +W47 -B18 +W48 =B15 -W27 +W44 | 21.5 23.5
30 Scully,Mark 1495 ACT 3.5 | -W12 =B38 +W54 +B44 -W13 -B26 +W42 | 20.5 22.0
31 Marks,Joe 1375 ACT 3.5 | -W8 +B53 -W20 -B32 =W42 +B45 +W41 | 19.5 21.0
32 Guieb,Mark 0 ACT 3.0 | -B13 -W35 +B49 +W31 +B23 -W14 -B24 | 23.5 25.5
33 Williams,Angus 0 ACT 3.0 | -W24 +B39 -W17 +B46 +W38 -B9 -B23 | 23.0 25.5
34 Trudgian,Tim 1375 QLD 3.0 | -B14 +W40 -B15 +W50 +B37 -W18 -B19 | 23.0 25.0
35 Fasakin,Olamide 1342 ACT 3.0 | -W11 +B32 -W9 +B40 -W24 +B47 -W28 | 23.0 25.0
36 Cheng,Jerry 1531 ACT 3.0 | -W1 -B42 +W53 +B45 -W20 +B49 -B21 | 21.5 23.0
37 Horikawa,Masaki 1795 ACT 3.0 | +W45 -B10 +W46 -B21 -W34 +B41 -W22 | 21.0 23.5
38 Grove,William 715 ACT 3.0 | -B15 =W30 +W52 -B13 -B33 +W43 =W46 | 20.5 22.0
39 Yoon,Sunny 1199 ACT 3.0 | -B27 -W33 -B47 +W51 +B50 -W23 +W49 | 16.5 18.5
40 Hirschfeld,Andrew 0 ACT 3.0 | -W19 -B34 +B51 -W35 -B49 +W50 +W47 | 16.0 18.0
41 Bayin,Leah 1032 ACT 2.5 | =BYE +B52 +W13 -B8 -W10 -W37 -B31 | 24.5 26.0
42 Milosis,Jaime 1093 ACT 2.5 | -B18 +W36 -B23 -W22 =B31 +W52 -B30 | 22.0 23.5
43 Ferenczi,Oliver 1250 ACT 2.5 | -W21 +B56 -W4 -B26 =W45 -B38 +W48 | 20.5 22.5
44 Ayodele,Johnson 1097 ACT 2.5 | =BYE +B54 -W8 -W30 +B52 -W25 -B29 | 20.5 22.0
45 Li,Ethan 624 ACT 2.5 | -B37 -W22 +B55 -W36 =B43 -W31 +B53 | 17.5 18.0
46 Watson,Frank 1284 ACT 2.5 | -B16 +W55 -B37 -W33 -B48 +W51 =B38 | 17.0 17.5
47 Trudgian,Monty 448 ACT 2.0 | -W4 -B29 +W39 -B28 +W55 -W35 -B40 | 21.5 22.0
48 Chen,Louis 701 ACT 2.0 | -W9 -B28 +W56 -B29 +W46 -W22 -B43 | 21.0 23.0
49 Horikawa,Keisuke 1129 ACT 2.0 | -W7 -B17 -W32 +B53 +W40 -W36 -B39 | 21.0 22.5
50 Selva,Sahasra 0 ACT 2.0 | +W53 -B21 -W24 -B34 -W39 -B40 +B52 | 18.5 20.0
51 Horikawa,Tomoki 873 ACT 2.0 | -W20 -B26 -W40 -B39 +W54 -B46 +W55 | 17.5 18.0
52 Dunning,Thomas 0 ACT 1.5 | =BYE -W41 -B38 +B54 -W44 -B42 -W50 | 16.0 17.5
53 Le,William 615 ACT 1.5 | -B50 -W31 -B36 -W49 =BYE +B55 -W45 | 14.5 15.0
54 Dunning,Rachel (W) 0 ACT 0.5 | =BYE -W44 -B30 -W52 -B51 -- -- | 15.0 16.5
55 Ni,Olivia 0 ACT 0.5 | -W25 -B46 -W45 =BYE -B47 -W53 -B51 | 14.5 16.0
56 Kantharajah,Kajaanan (W) 0 ACT 0.0 | -B23 -W43 -B48 -- -- -- -- | 14.5 15.5
Vikings Weekender 2022
18th, 19th and 20th November 2022
2022 Vikings Weekender
Cross Table at round 6 sorted by score
Pos NAME Rtg T Fed Pts | 1 2 3 4 5 6 | Buc1 BucT
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1 Ikeda,Junta 2444 IM ACT 5.5 | +W16 +B3 +W5 =B2 +W4 +B9 | 21.0 24.0
2 Solomon,Stephen J 2281 IM QLD 5.0 | +B15 +W21 +B8 =W1 +B13 =W5 | 19.5 21.5
3 Young,Micah 1778 QLD 4.5 | +B11 -W1 +B12 =W6 +B10 +W8 | 20.0 23.0
4 Fasakin,Oladoyin 1919 ACT 4.0 | +B26 +W12 +B6 =W13 -B1 =W7 | 20.0 21.5
5 Litchfield,Frederick 2109 ACT 4.0 | +B25 +W10 -B1 +W22 =B6 =B2 | 19.5 21.0
6 Kethro,Michael 2172 FM ACT 4.0 | +W14 +B9 -W4 =B3 =W5 +B13 | 19.0 22.0
7 Jiang,Benjamin Wise 1545 NSW 4.0 | -B8 +W29 =B21 +W17 +B22 =B4 | 14.5 16.5
8 Li,Hui 1976 CM OS 3.5 | +W7 +B20 -W2 +B18 =W9 -B3 | 20.0 22.5
9 Zhu,Harvey 1638 QLD 3.5 | +B19 -W6 +B11 +W21 =B8 -W1 | 19.0 21.0
10 Ingham,Glenn 1586 ACT 3.5 | +F29 -B5 +W20 =BYE -W3 +B19 | 17.5 20.0
11 Chang,Ethan 1451 NSW 3.5 | -W3 +B16 -W9 +B24 +W23 =B14 | 16.5 18.5
12 Chakrabarty,Reyaansh 1421 NSW 3.5 | +W18 -B4 -W3 =B14 +W26 +B23 | 16.0 17.5
13 Radisich,Matt 1659 ACT 3.0 | +W24 =BYE +B17 =B4 -W2 -W6 | 19.5 22.0
14 Esposito,David 1554 NSW 3.0 | -B6 -W19 +B29 =W12 +B21 =W11 | 15.5 17.5
15 Chen,Dean (W) 1563 NSW 3.0 | -W2 =B28 +W27 =B23 +W18 -- | 14.5 15.5
16 Ni,Lucas 1578 NSW 3.0 | -B1 -W11 -B25 +B27 +W28 +W22 | 13.5 14.5
17 Forace,Lee 1630 ACT 3.0 | =W27 +B23 -W13 -B7 =W19 +B26 | 13.0 14.0
18 Pearce,Tim 1660 ACT 2.5 | -B12 +W26 +B19 -W8 -B15 =W20 | 16.0 17.5
19 Cooper,Matt 1289 ACT 2.5 | -W9 +B14 -W18 +W25 =B17 -W10 | 15.0 16.5
20 Gatzen-O'Keefe,Thomas 1429 ACT 2.5 | +B22 -W8 -B10 -- +W25 =B18 | 14.0 15.5
21 Woo,Benjamin 1816 ACT 2.0 | +W28 -B2 =W7 -B9 -W14 =B25 | 17.0 18.0
22 Wang,Daniel 1708 NSW 2.0 | -W20 +B27 +W24 -B5 -W7 -B16 | 16.5 17.5
23 Jain,Anshika 1655 NSW 2.0 | =BYE -W17 +B28 =W15 -B11 -W12 | 16.5 17.5
24 Horikawa,Masaki 1293 ACT 2.0 | -B13 +W25 -B22 -W11 -- +B27 | 12.5 13.5
25 Yu,Leiming 1549 ACT 1.5 | -W5 -B24 +W16 -B19 -B20 =W21 | 15.0 17.0
26 Byng,Riley 1537 ACT 1.5 | -W4 -B18 =BYE +W28 -B12 -W17 | 15.0 16.0
27 Raichura,Dev 1235 ACT 1.0 | =B17 -W22 -B15 -W16 =BYE -W24 | 14.0 15.5
28 Cheng,Larry 1524 ACT 1.0 | -B21 =W15 -W23 -B26 -B16 =BYE | 12.0 13.0
29 Ahuja,Reyansh (W) 1100 ACT 0.0 | -F10 -B7 -W14 -- -- -- | 14.0 15.0
2022 Vikings Minor
Cross Table at round 6 sorted by score
Pos NAME Rtg T Fed Pts | 1 2 3 4 5 6 | Buc1 BucT
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1 Beare,Nick 1526 ACT 5.0 | +B20 +W3 =B4 +W8 =B2 +W5 | 21.5 23.0
2 Minogue,James 1499 ACT 5.0 | +W12 +B5 +W7 +B13 =W1 =B3 | 19.5 22.0
3 He,Andrew 1069 NSW 4.5 | +W15 -B1 +W18 +B10 +W9 =W2 | 19.5 21.5
4 Cai,Peter (Yihong) 1342 NSW 4.5 | +W18 +B10 =W1 +B11 -W5 +B8 | 19.0 21.0
5 Cheng,Jerry 1166 ACT 4.0 | +B19 -W2 +B6 +W7 +B4 -B1 | 22.0 24.0
6 Ni,Marcus 874 NSW 4.0 | -W9 +B21 -W5 +B16 +W17 +B12 | 14.5 15.5
7 Qian,Linda (Zhiling) 779 NSW 3.5 | +W17 +W11 -B2 -B5 =W10 +B13 | 18.0 20.0
8 Amoore,Connor 1035 ACT 3.5 | +W21 =B9 +W17 -B1 +W13 -W4 | 17.5 18.5
9 Buckley,James 1388 ACT 3.5 | +B6 =W8 -B13 +W14 -B3 +W17 | 17.0 19.0
10 Dunn,Paul 1049 ACT 3.5 | +B22 -W4 +B19 -W3 =B7 +W14 | 17.0 18.0
11 Woollard,Kelvin 1179 VIC 3.0 | +W16 -B7 +W15 -W4 -B14 +B18 | 15.5 17.5
12 Fasakin,Olamide 879 ACT 3.0 | -B2 -W19 +F22 +B18 +W15 -W6 | 15.5 17.0
13 Jain,Kamal 1572 NSW 2.5 | =BYE +B14 +W9 -W2 -B8 -W7 | 18.5 21.0
14 Egan,Bill 1157 CM ACT 2.5 | =BYE -W13 +B20 -B9 +W11 -B10 | 15.5 17.0
15 Mullumby,Keith 0 ACT 2.5 | -B3 +W20 -B11 +W22 -B12 =W16 | 14.0 15.0
16 Fasakin,Olaoluwa 670 ACT 2.5 | -B11 -B17 +W21 -W6 +B20 =B15 | 13.0 14.0
17 Teymant,Roy 1278 ACT 2.0 | -B7 +W16 -B8 +W19 -B6 -B9 | 17.0 19.0
18 Zhu,Zane 788 QLD 2.0 | -B4 +W22 -B3 -W12 +B19 -W11 | 16.5 17.5
19 Horikawa,Tomoki 436 ACT 2.0 | -W5 +B12 -W10 -B17 -W18 +B21 | 14.0 15.0
20 Horikawa,Keisuke 880 ACT 1.5 | -W1 -B15 -W14 +B21 -W16 =BYE | 14.0 15.0
21 Rawat,Aarav 0 ACT 1.0 | -B8 -W6 -B16 -W20 +B22 -W19 | 13.5 14.5
22 Nguyen,Patrick (W) 0 ACT 0.0 | -W10 -B18 -F12 -B15 -W21 -- | 11.5 12.5
2022 ACT Teams Rapid Championship
Congratulations to the 2022 ACT Teams Rapid Champions Street Chess 1 (King Charles III) consisting of CM Hui Li, Charles Huang, Larry Cheng and Jerry Cheng. We had a great turnout of 12 teams and had a good day with lots of competitive chess. Congratulations to all the winners.
Prizes
1st: 18.5/28 Street Chess 1 (CM Hui Li, Charles Huang, Larry Cheng, Jerry Cheng)
2nd: 18/28 Street Chess The Wise Guys (Abdulmalk Amer, Harry Johnson, Nick Beare, Ryley Byng, Leah Baylin)
3rd: 17/28 The Bishop's Monarchy (Andrew Mather, Masaki Horikawa, Olaoluwa Fasakin, Olamide Fasakin)
Larko Cup (Best ACT Club Team): Tuggeranong Chess Club (James Minogue, Tim Pearce, Matthew Radisich, Leiming Yu)
Best Board 1: 7/7 Frederick Litchfield (Radford Reunion)
Best Board 2: 5.5/7 Brian Butler (Canberra Chess Club)
Best Board 3: 6.5/7 Joshua Liang (The Deep Blue)
Best Board 4: 6/7 Ryley Byng (Street Chess The Wise Guys)
Best Dressed: Street Chess The Wise Guys (Abdulmalk Amer, Harry Johnson, Nick Beare, Ryley Byng, Leah Baylin)
Best Themed Team: Street Chess 1 (CM Hui Li, Charles Huang, Larry Cheng, Jerry Cheng)
2022 ACT Women's and Girls' Chess Championship - 11 September
2022 ACT Women's Champion WFM Alana Chibnall
2022 ACT Female Junior Champion: Shriya Karthik
Pos NAME Rtg T Fed Pts | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | Buc1 BucT
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1 Chibnall,Alana 2076 WFM ACT 7.0 | +B6 +W15 +B5 +W2 +B3 +W4 +B7 | 28.0 31.0
2 Karthik,Shriya 1427 ACT 5.5 | +W13 +B14 +W7 -B1 +W6 =W3 +B5 | 28.0 31.0
3 Mason,Joanne 1253 ACT 5.5 | +B22 +W16 +B9 +W5 -W1 =B2 +W6 | 27.5 29.5
4 Gaind,Kenisha 0 ACT 5.0 | +B11 -W5 +B16 +W21 +W14 -B1 +W8 | 25.0 27.0
5 Le,Sami 913 ACT 4.0 | +W8 +B4 -W1 -B3 +W12 +B15 -W2 | 31.0 34.0
6 Feng,Echo 310 ACT 4.0 | -W1 +B19 +B17 +W7 -B2 +W10 -B3 | 29.5 32.0
7 Bayin,Leah 912 ACT 4.0 | +B23 +W18 -B2 -B6 +W8 +B14 -W1 | 26.5 28.5
8 Bradbery,Clare 0 ACT 4.0 | -B5 +W11 +B12 +W15 -B7 +W17 -B4 | 24.0 27.0
9 Jonnalagadda,Shree 0 ACT 4.0 | +B12 +W17 -W3 -B14 -W10 +B16 +W15 | 23.0 26.0
10 Karthik,Shakthi 747 ACT 4.0 | =BYE =BYE -- +W23 +B9 -B6 +W14 | 22.0 24.0
11 David-Hoole,Mary 564 ACT 4.0 | -W4 -B8 -W19 +B25 +W13 +B20 +B18 | 21.0 21.5
12 Hegde,Mahi 440 ACT 4.0 | -W9 +B24 -W8 +W20 -B5 +B23 +W17 | 20.0 21.5
13 Cook,Sami 238 ACT 3.5 | -B2 =W21 +B18 -W17 -B11 +W25 +B22 | 19.5 20.0
14 Nguyen,An 415 ACT 3.0 | +B21 -W2 +B23 +W9 -B4 -W7 -B10 | 25.0 27.0
15 David-Hoole,Hannah 524 ACT 3.0 | +B19 -B1 +W22 -B8 +W18 -W5 -B9 | 24.5 26.5
16 David-Hoole,Sarah 331 ACT 3.0 | +W20 -B3 -W4 -B18 +B21 -W9 +W24 | 22.5 24.0
17 Li,Annie 781 ACT 3.0 | +W24 -B9 -W6 +B13 +W22 -B8 -B12 | 21.5 23.0
18 Felix,Olivia 0 ACT 3.0 | +W25 -B7 -W13 +W16 -B15 +B22 -W11 | 19.5 20.0
19 Hawkins,Olivia 0 ACT 3.0 | -W15 -W6 +B11 -B22 -W20 +BYE +B23 | 18.0 19.5
20 Phan,Lily 0 ACT 3.0 | -B16 -W22 +W24 -B12 +B19 -W11 +B25 | 17.0 17.5
21 Park,Isabella 0 ACT 2.5 | -W14 =B13 +W25 -B4 -W16 -B24 +BYE | 17.5 18.0
22 Munting,Chloe 175 ACT 2.0 | -W3 +B20 -B15 +W19 -B17 -W18 -W13 | 21.0 23.5
23 David-Hoole,Elizabeth 0 ACT 2.0 | -W7 +B25 -W14 -B10 +B24 -W12 -W19 | 19.5 20.0
24 Devarapalli,Likhitha 0 ACT 2.0 | -B17 -W12 -B20 +BYE -W23 +W21 -B16 | 17.0 18.5
25 Oglesby,Dianne 670 ACT 1.0 | -B18 -W23 -B21 -W11 +BYE -B13 -W20 | 17.5 18.5
ACT Winter Open 2022
29-31 July (One round Friday evening, three Saturday, two Sunday)
Format: Open section and Under 1600 Section (ACF)
Time control: 60m+30s inc (FIDE Rated except for players 2400+)
Schedule: Round 1 Friday 29th 7PM,
Round 2 Sat 30th 10am, Rd 3 2pm, Round 4, 6pm
Round 5 Sun 31st 10am, Round 6 2pm Prize giving 6pm
Entry Fee: $80 ($60 concession) - GM, IM, WGM and WIM Free
Prizes: $1000 1st Open, $400 1st Minor $3600 in total
Venue: Campbell High School, Treloar Cres Campbell ACT
The Dedicated Dozen! A Report on the 2022 Canberra Winter Open & Minor by DOP Charles Zworestine
COVID has had a devastating effect on most Australian chess events over the past two to three years – and the ANU Open is no exception! A tournament which used to get around 100 players (across an Open and a Minor event) lost its venue, as the ANU became very cautious and would only let in its own (staff and students). So it was rebranded as the Canberra Winter Open and Minor, and played over the last couple of years as principally a local event. With extremely competent and experienced local arbiters in IAs Shaun Press and Alana Chibnall, this was not a problem. But this year they were both on duty as arbiters in India for the Olympiad, and so the good folk from the ACT Chess Association (ACTCA), headed by Cam Cunningham, Paul Dunn and Shun Ikeda, asked me instead – and I was more than happy to oblige!
As this was just my second trip out of Sydney in well over two years (the previous one was to the World Seniors in Bucharest in November 2019), I was really looking forward to the event! The last one was also in the ACT – the Doeberl Cup over Easter last year, a fantastic event… Anyway, having made the trip to Canberra for a Friday night round for the first time, I was a bit disappointed there were only 12 players in the Open event. Led by top seed IM Junta Ikeda, the top five seeds were all ACF rated over 2000; second seed Fred Litchfield, third seed Michael Kethro, fourth seed Lalit Prasad and fifth seed Arthur Huynh were bound to produce a highly competitive event! The same was true of the Minor (Under 1600) event, where a 27 player field saw top seed Nick Beare and second seed Kamal Jain as the only players ACF rated over 1500. Played in the library at Campbell High School – a little remote, but a nice and comfortable venue nonetheless – both events were both ACF and FIDE rated, at a Fischer time control of 60 minutes each plus 30 seconds per move from the start. So let’s see how they both went!
Canberra Winter Open
No real surprises in Round 1 here: there were a couple of half point byes (so only five games), and the top seeds all won fairly comfortably. The result was that the top four were already playing among themselves in Round 2 on Saturday morning! Michael Kethro and Fred Litchfield both played solidly and agreed a draw fairly early on, perhaps conserving energy and unwilling to take any risks so early in the event. But the other draw was much more eventful! Roland Brockman had done well to reach a drawn rook and pawn ending against the higher seeded Matt Radisich; but then he moved his king to the wrong square, lost all his pawns and finally found himself defending rook against rook and two connected passed pawns. But he kept fighting – and somehow managed to draw this anyhow! All very exciting – yet it still paled into insignificance compared to the events on top board… See game below.
Ikeda, J (2546) - Prasad, L (2158), Canberra Winter Open Round 2, Board 1 30/07/2022 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.g4 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 b5 9.Bg2 Bb7 10.0–0 h5 11.g5 Ne7 12.f4 Ng6 13.Rad1 Rc8 14.f5 Ne5 15.g6 f6 16.Kh1 Ng4 17.Bg1 Bc5 18.Qxc5 Qxc5 19.Bxc5 Rxc5 20.Rd6 Ke7 21.Rb6 Rc7 22.Re1 Ne5 23.Bf1 exf5 24.Nd5+ Kd8 25.Nxc7 Kxc7 26.Rxb7+ Kxb7 27.exf5 Rc8 28.c3 Rc5 29.Bg2+ Kb6 30.Kg1 d6 31.h4 Rc4 32.Be4 d5 33.Bxd5 Rg4+ 34.Kf1 Rf4+ 35.Kg2 Rxf5 36.Be6 Rf4 37.Kg3 Rf3+ 38.Kh2 Rf2+ 39.Kg3 Rxb2 40.Re3 Kc5 41.Bb3 a5 42.Bd1 Rxa2 43.Bxh5 a4 44.Kf4 Rh2 45.Kg3 Rb2 46.Bg4 Nxg6 47.Re8 a3 48.Be6 Rc2 49.Rc8+ Kd6 50.Bf5 a2 51.Ra8 Rxc3+ 52.Kf2 Nxh4 53.Bh7 Rh3 54.Bg8 b4 55.Bxa2 Ra3 56.Rd8+ Ke5 57.Bg8 g5 58.Rd5+ Ke4 59.Rb5 Rf3+ 60.Ke2 Re3+ 61.Kf2 Rf3+ 62.Ke2 Rh3 63.Rxb4+ Ke5 64.Rb5+ Kd6 65.Rb6+ Ke7 66.Rb7+ Kd6 67.Rb6+ Ke5 68.Rb5+ Kf4 69.Rb4+ Kg3 70.Rb3+ Kg4 71.Rb4+ Kh5 72.Rb6 Rh2+ 73.Ke3 f5 74.Bc4 Ng2+ 75.Kf2 Nf4+ 76.Kf1 Rh1+ 77.Kf2 Rh2+ 78.Kg3 Rh3+ 79.Kf2 g4 80.Rb8 Rf3+ 81.Ke1 Nd3+ 82.Kd2 Ne5 83.Be2 Rf4 84.Rb5 Ng6 85.Ke3 Kg5 86.Rb6 Re4+ 87.Kd2 Nh4 88.Rb8 Kf4 89.Bd3 Nf3+ 90.Kc1 Re1+ 91.Kc2 g3 92.Rg8 Ng5 93.Rf8 g2 94.Rxf5+ Kg4 0–1
Lalit did a good job equalising with a Sicilian as Black, already slightly better by move 15. From there queens came off, and Junta was struggling in the ending due to his overextended pawns. But he equalised, and on move 30 it looked like the game would be a draw; but Junta kept trying to win! This turned out to be ill-judged, as he lost all his pawns and was dead lost by move 53. Only Junta could keep the game going from there, with Lalit struggling to escape checks and getting so nervous that twice he was down to his last two seconds. It got to move 94 and Lalit’s last pawn, but it was queening by force; so Lalit got the upset win in the end in a marathon!
Lalit and Arthur Huynh thus shared the lead on 2/2; who would take the outright lead? Far worse early as Black, Arthur fought hard and managed to go close to equalising in a bishop ending; but he was scuppered by a brilliant bishop sacrifice forcing a pawn through to queen if accepted! Arthur declined, but was tied in knots and went down anyway… Michael Kethro was outright second on 2.5/3 after he outplayed sixth seed Daniel Lee as Black. Junta was also Black, and kept his chances alive by being aggressive to beat Fred Litchfield. Lower down, Roland drew another rook ending, this one against the higher rated Tim Pearce; while bottom seeded junior Minchen Yang, rated only 1185, scored an upset win against Siddhant Badrinarayan (1641).
So to Round 4, where Kethro made the tournament interesting by outplaying Lalit positionally, utilising an open c-file and penetrating via the seventh rank to achieve a winning endgame. He also scored a strong knight outpost on f5; White won a pawn, and finally ended with a cute h7# (see game below)! Thus Michael took the outright lead on 3.5/4, while Lalit was joined on 3/4 by Junta after the latter got a big opening advantage against Arthur Huynh. Artie did not know the opening, failed to play the only move to get a slight edge and went on to lose convincingly…
Fred kept himself in the hunt with a solid win against Tim Pearce to reach 2.5/4. Meanwhile Minchen Yang continued his fine run with a good upset draw as Black against Matt Radisich.
Kethro, M (2234) - Prasad, L (2158), Canberra Winter Open Round 4, Board 1 30/07/2022 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 0–0 7.0–0 c6 8.Qc2 b6 9.Rd1 Ba6 10.b3 Nbd7 11.a4 Qc8 12.Na3 Rd8 13.Be1 Bb7 14.Qb2 dxc4 15.Nxc4 c5 16.Rac1 Be4 17.b4 cxb4 18.Bxb4 Bxb4 19.Qxb4 Nd5 20.Qb3 Qa6 21.e3 N7f6 22.Ncd2 Rac8 23.Nxe4 Nxe4 24.Ne5 Ndc3 25.Bxe4 Nxe4 26.Nc6 Qe2 27.Qc2 Qxc2 28.Rxc2 Rc7 29.Rdc1 Re8 30.f3 Nd6 31.Kf2 f6 32.e4 g5 33.g4 Kg7 34.Ke3 h5 35.h3 Rh8 36.Nb4 Re7 37.Rc7 Rhe8 38.d5 a5 39.Rxe7+ Rxe7 40.Nc6 Re8 41.dxe6 Rxe6 42.Nd4 Re8 43.Rc6 Nc8 44.Nf5+ Kh7 45.gxh5 Rf8 46.Rc7+ Kh8 47.h6 Rd8 48.h4 Nd6 49.Ne7 Ne8 50.Ng6+ Kg8 51.h7# 1–0
Round 5 saw the last of the games between the top four; and Junta claimed a share of the lead by beating Kethro as White. Rather than suffer in an inferior position, Michael sacrificed a piece; it didn’t work… Lalit had a tougher time of it against Fred, but finally won a marathon after an intriguing bishop sacrifice (see game below)! Fred defended well, gave the piece back and could
have drawn the ending he got when Lalit traded queens; but he did not play with maximum accuracy and failed in that mission… Matt Radisich scored an upset draw with Arthur by perpetual check; while junior Lucas Ni got off the mark with a win against Roland.
Prasad, L (2158) - Litchfield, F (2273), Canberra Winter Open Round 5, Board 2 31/07/2022 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Bf4 Nc6 5.e3 Nf6 6.Bd3 e6 7.Nc3 a6 8.Rc1 Be7 9.h3 0–0 10.Nf3 b5 11.0–0 Bb7 12.Qe2 Qb6 13.Ne5 Rac8 14.Bb1 Na5 15.Qd3 g6 16.Bg5 Rc7 17.Qe2 Nc4 18.Ng4 Nxg4 19.Bxe7 Rxe7 20.hxg4 f6 21.Rfd1 Rd8 22.b3 Nd6 23.Qf3 Kg7 24.g5 fxg5 25.Qg3 Nf7 26.Ne2 Qd6 27.f4 Rc8 28.Qg4 Rec7 29.Rxc7 Rxc7 30.fxg5 Bc8 31.Rf1 Qe7 32.Qg3 Nxg5 33.Qe5+ Kg8 34.Bxg6 hxg6 35.Rf6 Nf7 36.Rxg6+ Kf8 37.Qh5 Ke8 38.Nf4 Kd8 39.Rg8+ Kd7 40.Rg7 Kc6 41.Ng6 Qb4 42.Rxf7 Qe1+ 43.Kh2 Rxf7 44.Ne5+ Kb6 45.Nxf7 Qxe3 46.Qe5 Qc1 47.b4 Ka7 48.Qd6 Bb7 49.Qc5+ Qxc5 50.dxc5 d4 51.Kg3 Bd5 52.a3 Kb7 53.Kf2 Kc7 54.g4 Kd7 55.Ne5+ Ke7 56.g5 Be4 57.Ke2 Bf5 58.c6 Kd6 59.g6 Bxg6 60.Nxg6 Kxc6 61.Kd3 Kd5 62.Nf4+ Kd6 63.Ke4 e5 64.Nd3 a5 65.Nxe5 axb4 66.axb4 Ke6 67.Kxd4 Kd6 68.Nd3 Kc6 69.Nf4 Kd6 70.Nd5 Kc6 71.Nc3 Kb6 72.Kd5 Ka7 73.Kc5 1–0
The final round saw Lalit have to work hard on top board against Daniel Lee; but he always had the edge due to having the two bishops, and he ground Daniel down in the end. Junta’s game with Matt Radisich was even tougher, a topsy turvy game seeing Matt’s queen eventually infiltrate the enemy position for what I thought might be a perpetual check! But Junta’s king escaped in the end; his own queen then penetrated on the queenside, winning a pawn then a piece and the game (see game below). So equal first in the end for Lalit and Junta, with Kethro outright third after he beat Tim Pearce. Meanwhile Fred and Arthur played a crazy final round game, with Arthur sacrificing the exchange and getting a great attack as compensation. It ended in a massive time scramble, where Fred blundered a piece that Arthur didn’t see! So he took a perpetual check instead – until he changed his mind and played a queen move that didn’t check trying to force mate. Only trouble was, he lost a third pawn, and Fred forced a queen swap; so Arthur resigned, thus ending an unfortunate event for him but leaving Fred alone in fourth place.
Final Scores: = 1st Lalit Prasad, Junta Ikeda 5/6; 3rd Michael Kethro 4.5; Fred Litchfield 3.5; Daniel Lee (1st U2000) 3; Arthur Huynh, Matt Radisich, Tim Pearce 2.5; Lucas Ni, Siddhant Badrinarayan, Minchen Yang 2; Roland Brockman 1.5.
Canberra Winter Minor (Under 1600)
The shocks began early here – and of course it was the juniors doing the damage! Round 1 saw Phong Huynh upset sixth seed Leiming Yu; Romeo Hou stun Connor Amoore; and Marcus Ni draw an ending a pawn down with veteran Bill Egan. Then Joe Marks attacked, won material and stunned top seed Nick Beare in Round 2, while Phong Huynh continued his own fine start with another upset win, this one against third seed Jason Gillard. By the end of Round 3, Phong was one of only three players on 3/3, having continued to belie his 832 rating when he upset Bill Egan. Joining him in the lead were the unrated Riley Byng, who beat fourth seed Larry Cheng; and Kamal Jain, who stopped Joe Marks in his tracks by winning a piece and the game.
Round 4 saw Riley and Phong draw, leaving Kamal in the outright lead when he outplayed Nick Beare to reach 4/4. Further upsets saw Joe Marks beat Larry Cheng, and Joshua Liang defeat fifth seed Somon Vos. Riley was then able to claim the outright lead on 4.5/5 after he tangled up Kamal and won material by force; Phong could only draw with Nomon Vos, thus joining Kamal and Joe Marks on 4/5 after the latter defeated Joshua Liang. So to the critical final round, where Riley took care of Joe to win the event outright – but unfortunately as an unrated player, he could not win an Under 1600 event! So his entry fee was refunded, and he won the junior prize; while Kamal’s win against Phong on Board 2 saw him take out the top prize.
Final Standings: 1st Riley Byng 5.5/6; 2nd Kamal Jain 5; = 3rd Joe Marks (1st U1300), Phong Huynh (1st U1000), Nick Beare, Jason Gillard, Larry Cheng, Somon Vos 4; Nomon Vos, James Buckley 3.5; Joshua Liang, Reyansh Ahuja, Leiming Yu, Paul Dunn, Connor Amoore, Dev Raichura 3; Jerry Cheng, Masaki Horikawa, Cam Cunningham, Bill Egan 2.5; Keisuke Horikawa, Ankith Arun Aswath, Tomoki Horikawa 2; Marcus Ni, Angelo Feliu 1.5; Romeo Hou, Ethan Li 1.
I would like to thank all players for playing the event in an excellent spirit; there were absolutely no disputes or problems! Thanks also to all the organisers; it was a most enjoyable event. Here’s hoping we are back at the ANU and it is the ANU Open again next year – hopefully also with a few more players!
FINAL STANDINGS AND CROSSTABLES BELOW.
2022 Canberra Winter Open - Round 6
Standings
Place Name Feder Loc Score
1-2 Prasad, Lalit NSW 2158 5
Ikeda, Junta ACT 2546 5
3 Kethro, Michael ACT 2234 4.5
4 Litchfield, Frederick ACT 2273 3.5
5 Lee, Daniel NSW 1800 3
6-8 Huynh, Arthur NSW 2069 2.5
Pearce, Tim ACT 1705 2.5
Radisich, Matt ACT 1756 2.5
9-11 Yang, Minchen ACT 1185 2
Badrinarayan, Siddhant ACT 1641 2
Ni, Lucas NSW 1736 2
12 Brockman, Roland VIC 1435 1.5
Cross Table
No Name Feder Loc Total 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 Prasad, Lalit NSW 2158 5 7:W 2:W 6:W 3:L 4:W 5:W
2 Ikeda, Junta ACT 2546 5 5:W 1:L 4:W 6:W 3:W 8:W
3 Kethro, Michael ACT 2234 4.5 11:W 4:D 5:W 1:W 2:L 7:W
4 Litchfield, Frederick ACT 2273 3.5 8:W 3:D 2:L 7:W 1:L 6:W
5 Lee, Daniel NSW 1800 3 2:L 9:W 3:L 12:W 10:W 1:L
6 Huynh, Arthur NSW 2069 2.5 12:W 10:W 1:L 2:L 8:D 4:L
7 Pearce, Tim ACT 1705 2.5 1:L 11:W 12:D 4:L 9:W 3:L
8 Radisich, Matt ACT 1756 2.5 4:L 12:D 11:W 9:D 6:D 2:L
9 Yang, Minchen ACT 1185 2 0:D 5:L 10:W 8:D 7:L 11:L
10 Badrinarayan, Siddhant ACT 1641 2 0:D 6:L 9:L 11:W 5:L 12:D
11 Ni, Lucas NSW 1736 2 3:L 7:L 8:L 10:L 12:W 9:W
12 Brockman, Roland VIC 1435 1.5 6:L 8:D 7:D 5:L 11:L 10:D
2022 Canberra Winter Minor - Round 6
Standings
Place Name Feder Loc Score
1 Byng, Riley ACT 5.5
2 Jain, Kamal NSW 1514 5
3-8 Huynh, Phong ACT 832 4
Marks, Joe ACT 1154 4
Cheng, Larry ACT 1413 4
Gillard, Jason NSW 1457 4
Beare, Nick ACT 1557 4
Vos, Somon ACT 1387 4
9-10 Vos, Nomon ACT 1246 3.5
Buckley, James ACT 1370 3.5
11-16 Liang, Joshua ACT 1066 3
Ahuja, Reyansh ACT 795 3
Yu, Leiming ACT 1371 3
Amoore, Connor ACT 1107 3
Dunn, Paul ACT 1027 3
Raichura, Dev ACT 1032 3
17-20 Egan, Bill ACT 1207 2.5
Cheng, Jerry ACT 1042 2.5
Horikawa, Masaki ACT 922 2.5
Cunningham, Campbell ACT 1029 2.5
21-23 Arun Aswath, Ankith ACT 2
Horikawa, Keisuke ACT 759 2
Horikawa, Tomoki ACT 349 2
24-25 Ni, Marcus NSW 605 1.5
Feliu, Angelo ACT 1043 1.5
26-27 Hou, Romeo ACT 590 1
Li, Ethan ACT 592 1
Cross Table
No Name Feder Loc Total 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 Byng, Riley ACT 5.5 18:W 10:W 5:W 3:D 2:W 4:W
2 Jain, Kamal NSW 1514 5 20:W 11:W 4:W 7:W 1:L 3:W
3 Huynh, Phong ACT 832 4 13:W 6:W 17:W 1:D 9:D 2:L
4 Marks, Joe ACT 1154 4 27:W 7:W 2:L 5:W 11:W 1:L
5 Cheng, Larry ACT 1413 4 19:W 26:W 1:L 4:L 14:W 13:W
6 Gillard, Jason NSW 1457 4 15:W 3:L 22:W 10:D 12:D 9:W
7 Beare, Nick ACT 1557 4 16:W 4:L 18:W 2:L 15:W 11:W
8 Vos, Somon ACT 1387 4 0:D 21:W 9:D 11:L 10:W 12:W
9 Vos, Nomon ACT 1246 3.5 0:D 12:W 8:D 13:W 3:D 6:L
10 Buckley, James ACT 1370 3.5 22:W 1:L 26:W 6:D 8:L 18:W
11 Liang, Joshua ACT 1066 3 23:W 2:L 21:W 8:W 4:L 7:L
12 Ahuja, Reyansh ACT 795 3 0:D 9:L 24:W 14:W 6:D 8:L
13 Yu, Leiming ACT 1371 3 3:L 24:W 15:W 9:L 22:W 5:L
14 Amoore, Connor ACT 1107 3 26:L 20:W 27:W 12:L 5:L 22:W
15 Dunn, Paul ACT 1027 3 6:L 25:W 13:L 26:W 7:L 21:W
16 Raichura, Dev ACT 1032 3 7:L 22:L 19:L 20:W 26:W 23:W
17 Egan, Bill ACT 1207 2.5 24:D 23:W 3:L 18:D 0:L 19:D
18 Cheng, Jerry ACT 1042 2.5 1:L 19:W 7:L 17:D 21:W 10:L
19 Horikawa, Masaki ACT 922 2.5 5:L 18:L 16:W 21:L 25:W 17:D
20 Cunningham, Campbell ACT 1029 2.5 2:L 14:L 25:D 16:L 24:W 26:W
21 Arun Aswath, Ankith ACT 2 25:W 8:L 11:L 19:W 18:L 15:L
22 Horikawa, Keisuke ACT 759 2 10:L 16:W 6:L 23:W 13:L 14:L
23 Horikawa, Tomoki ACT 349 2 11:L 17:L 0:W 22:L 27:W 16:L
24 Ni, Marcus NSW 605 1.5 17:D 13:L 12:L 25:L 20:L 27:W
25 Feliu, Angelo ACT 1043 1.5 21:L 15:L 20:D 24:W 19:L 0:
26 Hou, Romeo ACT 590 1 14:W 5:L 10:L 15:L 16:L 20:L
27 Li, Ethan ACT 592 1 4:L 0:W 14:L 0:L 23:L 24:L
ACT Championships 2022
27-30 May 2022 (Friday evening through Monday Reconciliation Day)
7-rounds FIDE/ACF Rated Swiss Format
Venue: Campbell High School
Time Controls:
90 minutes per game with 30 second per move increment from move one (Fischer)
Director of Play:
FIDE International Arbiter Shaun Press
Prizes
=1st IM Rishi Sardana 6/7 $750
IM Junta Ikeda 6/7 $750
=3rd Cameron McGowan 5/7 $60
Fred Litchtfield $60
FM Michael Kethro $60
Willis Lo $60
Harry Press $60
1600-1999 CM Hui Li 5/7 $200
1300-1599 Paul Dunn, Somon Vos, Jey Hoole 4/7 $60 ea
1-1299 Shahar Merom, Leiming Yu 4/7, $75 ea
Best FIDE Unrated Daniel Lee 4/7 $25 (shared with Jey Hoole, Shahar Merom and Leiming Yu)
Cross Table at round 7 sorted by score
Pos NAME Rtg T Fed Pts | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | Buc1 BucT S-B
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1 Sardana,Rishi 2464 IM OS 6.0 | +W18 +B24 +W7 -B3 +W13 +B8 +W4 | 28.0 31.5 26.50
2 Ikeda,Junta 2448 IM ACT 6.0 | +B29 +W15 =B6 =W5 +B10 +W17 +B3 | 27.5 30.5 25.50
3 McGowan,Cameron 2154 NSW 5.0 | +W22 +B9 +W14 +W1 +B5 -B4 -W2 | 31.0 35.0 24.00
4 Litchfield,Frederick 2129 ACT 5.0 | +B43 =W12 +B10 =W6 +B15 +W3 -B1 | 29.0 30.5 19.75
5 Kethro,Michael 2124 FM ACT 5.0 | +W21 +B26 +W8 =B2 -W3 =B13 +W14 | 28.0 31.5 21.50
6 Lo,Willis 2090 ACT 5.0 | +W31 +B20 =W2 =B4 =W14 =B7 +W13 | 28.0 31.0 21.00
7 Press,Harry 2102 ACT 5.0 | +B19 +W16 -B1 =W23 +B11 =W6 +B15 | 27.5 31.0 20.75
8 Li,Hui 1971 CM OS 5.0 | +B41 +W11 -B5 +W33 +B12 -W1 +B16 | 27.0 30.0 19.00
9 Amer,Abdulmalk 1821 ACT 5.0 | +B42 -W3 +B29 =W11 =B23 +W19 +B25 | 23.5 25.5 16.50
10 Prasad,Lalit 2039 CM NSW 4.5 | +W46 +B32 -W4 +B18 -W2 =B14 +W26 | 25.5 27.0 14.00
11 Radisich,Matt 1637 ACT 4.5 | +W38 -B8 +W31 =B9 -W7 +B39 +W24 | 24.5 27.0 14.50
12 Phan,James 1857 NSW 4.5 | +W45 =B4 +W24 -B13 -W8 +B27 +W28 | 24.5 26.0 14.50
13 Chibnall,Alana 1860 WFM ACT 4.0 | =BYE +B28 +W39 +W12 -B1 =W5 -B6 | 27.5 30.0 14.75
14 Bayaca,Sterling 2047 NSW 4.0 | +B36 +W23 -B3 +W16 =B6 =W10 -B5 | 27.0 30.0 15.25
15 Fasakin,Oladoyin 1922 ACT 4.0 | +W47 -B2 +W35 +B32 -W4 +B20 -W7 | 26.0 27.5 11.50
16 Lee,Daniel 0 NSW 4.0 | +W49 -B7 +W43 -B14 +W21 +B18 -W8 | 25.0 26.5 12.50
17 Vos,Somon 1488 ACT 4.0 | =BYE -B39 +W22 +B28 +W26 -B2 =W23 | 24.0 26.5 14.50
18 Hoole,Jeyaranjan 1497 ACT 4.0 | -B1 +W41 +B40 -W10 +B30 -W16 +B38 | 23.5 26.0 11.50
19 Merom,Shahar 1130 ACT 4.0 | -W7 +B44 =W20 =B27 +W32 -B9 +W31 | 23.5 25.5 11.75
20 Ni,Lucas 1637 NSW 4.0 | +B40 -W6 =B19 =W25 +B41 -W15 +B30 | 22.5 25.0 12.25
21 Yu,Leiming 1252 ACT 4.0 | -B5 +W42 -B23 +W40 -B16 +W45 +B33 | 20.0 21.5 9.00
22 Dunn,Paul 1305 ACT 4.0 | -B3 -W30 -B17 +W48 +B44 +W42 +B37 | 18.0 18.0 6.00
23 Pearce,Tim 1644 ACT 3.5 | +W44 -B14 +W21 =B7 =W9 -B24 =B17 | 25.5 27.5 13.00
24 Badrinarayan,Sankeertan 1901 ACT 3.5 | +B30 -W1 -B12 +W36 =B25 +W23 -B11 | 25.0 28.0 11.25
25 Vos,Nomon 1391 ACT 3.5 | =BYE =B27 =W26 =B20 =W24 +B29 -W9 | 23.0 26.0 12.00
26 Ho,Lachlan 1688 ACT 3.5 | +B48 -W5 =B25 +W30 -B17 +W34 -B10 | 23.0 23.0 7.75
27 Amoore,Connor 1536 ACT 3.5 | =BYE =W25 -B30 =W19 +B36 -W12 +B39 | 21.5 24.0 11.00
28 Yunus,Muhammad 0 ACT 3.5 | +B33 -W13 =B34 -W17 +B42 +W35 -B12 | 21.5 23.5 9.50
29 Maltman,Matthew 1465 ACT 3.0 | -W2 +B45 -W9 +B37 =BYE -W25 =B34 | 23.0 24.5 6.75
30 Huynh,Phong 431 ACT 3.0 | -W24 +B22 +W27 -B26 -W18 +B32 -W20 | 22.5 25.5 10.50
31 Horikawa,Masaki 1122 ACT 3.0 | -B6 +W48 -B11 +W38 =B34 =W33 -B19 | 22.5 22.5 6.00
32 Beales,Alex 1584 NSW 3.0 | +B37 -W10 +B36 -W15 -B19 -W30 +B42 | 20.5 22.5 7.00
33 Mautner,Thomas 1542 ACT 3.0 | -W28 +B47 +W37 -B8 =W39 =B31 -W21 | 20.0 21.5 6.25
34 Egan,Bill 1527 CM ACT 3.0 | =BYE =B35 =W28 =B39 =W31 -B26 =W29 | 19.5 22.0 9.25
35 Karthik,Shriya 1362 ACT 3.0 | =BYE =W34 -B15 -W41 +B46 -B28 +W44 | 19.0 20.5 6.75
36 Ong,Jonathan Si Seng 1104 NSW 3.0 | -W14 +B38 -W32 -B24 -W27 +B46 +W43 | 18.5 20.0 6.00
37 Stubbs,Mark 0 ACT 3.0 | -W32 +BYE -B33 -W29 +B48 +F41 -W22 | 18.0 18.0 5.00
38 Horikawa,Keisuke 0 ACT 3.0 | -B11 -W36 +W45 -B31 +W47 +B43 -W18 | 17.5 19.0 4.50
39 Yang,Minchen 1251 ACT 2.5 | =BYE +W17 -B13 =W34 =B33 -W11 -W27 | 22.5 25.5 8.75
40 Fasakin,Olaoluwa 0 ACT 2.5 | -W20 +B46 -W18 -B21 -W43 =B47 +W48 | 16.5 16.5 2.25
41 Ahuja,Reyansh (W) 1016 ACT 2.0 | -W8 -B18 +W44 +B35 -W20 -F37 -- | 22.5 24.5 5.00
42 Li,Ethan 295 ACT 2.0 | -W9 -B21 +W46 +B43 -W28 -B22 -W32 | 21.0 22.5 3.00
43 Cunningham,Campbell 1265 ACT 2.0 | -W4 +F49 -B16 -W42 +B40 -W38 -B36 | 20.0 22.0 5.00
44 Fasakin,Olamide 0 ACT 2.0 | -B23 -W19 -B41 +B45 -W22 +W48 -B35 | 19.0 19.0 1.50
45 Horikawa,Tomoki 380 ACT 2.0 | -B12 -W29 -B38 -W44 +BYE -B21 +W47 | 18.0 19.0 2.50
46 Hou,Romeo 1039 ACT 2.0 | -B10 -W40 -B42 +B47 -W35 -W36 +BYE | 16.5 17.5 2.50
47 Ni,Marcus 717 NSW 1.5 | -B15 -W33 +B48 -W46 -B38 =W40 -B45 | 15.5 15.5 1.25
48 Eskov,George 0 ACT 0.0 | -W26 -B31 -W47 -B22 -W37 -B44 -B40 | 17.0 18.5 0.00
49 Al-Samadi,Eisa (W) 0 ACT 0.0 | -B16 -F43 -- -- -- -- -- | 16.5 17.5 0.00
Doeberl Cup 2022
14-18 April
ACT Lightning Championship 2022
1 February 2022, hosted by the Gungahlin (Eastlakes) Chess Club.
Location: Eastlakes Gungahlin, 51 Hinder St, Gungahlin
Time Control: 5 minutes per player per game
Director of Play: International Arbiter Shaun Press
A field of 27 players took part, with the top 7 seeds rated over 2000.
Harry Press claimed the title, scoring 7.5/9. Half a point behind was Fred Litchfield, with FM Michael Kethro finishing third on 6.5.
Max Albert was the best scorer in Rating Group 1 (1900-1400), while Masaki Horikawa finished first in Rating Group 2 (Under 1400)
2022 ACT Lightning Championship
Cross Table at round 9 sorted by score
Pos NAME Rtg T Fed Pts | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 | BucT BucM S-B
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1 Press,Harry 2307 ACT 7.5 | +W12 +B14 -W7 +B3 +W10 +B2 +W6 +B4 =W5 | 50.5 39.0 42.25
2 Litchfield,Frederick 2282 ACT 7.0 | +B11 +W17 +B4 +W7 =B6 -W1 =B9 +W3 +B10 | 51.0 39.0 38.00
3 Kethro,Michael* 2345 FM ACT 6.5 | +B19 +W9 =B6 -W1 +B8 +W4 +W7 -B2 +W11 | 51.0 40.0 33.75
4 Amer,Abdulmalk 2026 ACT 6.0 | +W24 +B16 -W2 +B23 +W18 -B3 +W10 -W1 +B6 | 46.0 35.5 25.00
5 Albert,Max* 1805 ACT 6.0 | +BYE =B8 -W14 -B16 +W15 +B19 +W23 +W9 =B1 | 43.0 32.0 27.50
6 Li,Hui 2207 CM OS 5.5 | +W13 +B23 =W3 +B8 =W2 +B16 -B1 =W7 -W4 | 51.0 40.0 28.00
7 Yin,Wenlin 2006 ACT 5.5 | +B20 +W10 +B1 -B2 +W16 +W11 -B3 =B6 -W8 | 50.5 39.0 28.75
8 Chibnall,Alana 2105 WFM ACT 5.5 | +B15 =W5 +B9 -W6 -W3 +B18 +W14 -B10 +B7 | 46.0 36.0 26.25
9 Grcic,Milan* 1955 ACT 5.5 | +W26 -B3 -W8 +B24 +W19 +B23 =W2 -B5 +W15 | 40.5 32.0 19.50
10 Gatzen-O'Keefe,Thomas 1703 ACT 5.0 | +W22 -B7 +W13 +B14 -B1 +W17 -B4 +W8 -W2 | 49.0 38.0 23.00
11 Cheng,Jerry 1445 ACT 5.0 | -W2 +B25 -W23 +B26 +W14 -B7 +W16 +W12 -B3 | 40.5 32.0 18.00
12 George,Sandeep 1538 NSW 5.0 | -B1 +W20 -B17 -W15 +B26 +W21 +W18 -B11 +W23 | 37.5 28.5 16.00
13 Yang,Minchen 1443 ACT 5.0 | -B6 +W21 -B10 +W20 -B17 -B15 +W24 +B27 +W18 | 34.0 28.0 14.50
14 Patterson,Miles* 1933 ACT 4.5 | +B21 -W1 +B5 -W10 -B11 +W20 -B8 +W19 =B17 | 44.0 33.0 18.75
15 Horikawa,Masaki 1385 ACT 4.5 | -W8 +B22 -W16 +B12 -B5 +W13 =B17 +W20 -B9 | 43.0 34.0 19.75
16 Amoore,Connor 1643 ACT 4.5 | +B18 -W4 +B15 +W5 -B7 -W6 -B11 =W17 +B24 | 43.0 34.0 18.75
17 Forace,Lee 1889 ACT 4.5 | +W25 -B2 +W12 -B18 +W13 -B10 =W15 =B16 =W14 | 41.5 32.0 19.25
18 Lee,Thiam Woon 0 ACT 4.0 | -W16 +BYE +B19 +W17 -B4 -W8 -B12 +W21 -B13 | 41.0 31.5 15.00
19 Cheng,Larry 1626 ACT 4.0 | -W3 +B26 -W18 +B22 -B9 -W5 +BYE -B14 +B25 | 36.0 28.0 10.50
20 Lee,Nicholas 960 ACT 4.0 | -W7 -B12 +W24 -B13 +W22 -B14 +W25 -B15 +W27 | 34.0 28.0 9.50
21 Horikawa,Tomoki 545 ACT 4.0 | -W14 -B13 +W25 +B27 -W23 -B12 +W26 -B18 +BYE | 29.0 23.5 7.50
22 Fasakin,Olamide* 0 4.0 | -B10 -W15 +BYE -W19 -B20 =B24 +W27 =B23 +W26 | 28.5 23.0 8.25
23 Fasakin,Oladoyin* 1869 ACT 3.5 | +B27 -W6 +B11 -W4 +B21 -W9 -B5 =W22 -B12 | 40.0 33.5 10.75
24 Maher,Richard 1322 ACT 3.5 | -B4 +W27 -B20 -W9 +B25 =W22 -B13 +BYE -W16 | 34.5 28.0 7.75
25 Chowdury,Mahriz 0 AUS 3.0 | -B17 -W11 -B21 +BYE -W24 +W27 -B20 +B26 -W19 | 28.0 22.5 4.50
26 Horikawa,Keisuke 782 ACT 2.0 | -B9 -W19 +B27 -W11 -W12 +BYE -B21 -W25 -B22 | 31.5 25.5 3.00
27 Eskov,George 0 AUS 1.0 | -W23 -B24 -W26 -W21 +BYE -B25 -B22 -W13 -B20 | 28.5 22.0 2.00
2021 ACT Rapid Championship
18 December, hosted by Street Chess, O'Malleys, Civic
42 players took part with the win for Kethro his 4th ACTCA Rapidplay title in the last 6 years.
Prizes
=1st FM Michael Kethro (Title on countback), Harry Press $115 each
3rd CM Hui Li $40
Under 1800 Rob Ferenczi $40
Under 1450 Alexander Clubb, Matt Cooper, Oscar Ho, Sunny Yoon, Joe Marks $6 each
Junior Siddhant Badrinarayan, Lachlan Ho $5 each
2021 ACT Rapidplay Championship
Cross Table at round 7 sorted by score
Pos NAME Rtg T Fed Pts | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | Buc1 BucT
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1 Kethro,Michael 2345 FM ACT 6.0 | +B26 +W9 +B7 =W3 +B5 +W2 =B6 | 31.0 34.0
2 Press,Harry 2307 ACT 6.0 | +W8 +B24 +W5 +B12 +W4 -B1 +B3 | 30.0 33.0
3 Li,Hui 2207 CM OS 5.5 | +W18 +B25 +W6 =B1 +W11 +B4 -W2 | 30.5 33.5
4 Litchfield,Frederick 2282 ACT 5.0 | +B31 +W13 +B10 +W7 -B2 -W3 +B12 | 29.0 32.0
5 Chibnall,Alana 2105 WFM ACT 5.0 | +B20 +W14 -B2 +W13 -W1 +B24 +W15 | 27.5 30.5
6 Patterson,Miles 1933 ACT 5.0 | +B30 +W19 -B3 +W14 +B12 =W10 =W1 | 27.5 30.5
7 Amer,Abdulmalk 2026 ACT 5.0 | +W23 +B21 -W1 -B4 +W26 +B25 +W8 | 25.5 28.5
8 Ferenczi,Rob 1613 ACT 4.5 | -B2 =W36 +B37 +W22 +B9 +W17 -B7 | 25.5 27.5
9 Badrinarayan,Siddhant 1821 ACT 4.5 | +W29 -B1 +W21 =B16 -W8 +B33 +W24 | 24.0 26.5
10 Johnson,Harry 1939 ACT 4.5 | +W34 +B28 -W4 =B24 +W25 =B6 =W11 | 23.5 26.0
11 Ho,Lachlan 1961 ACT 4.5 | -B33 +W37 +B26 +W19 -B3 +W14 =B10 | 23.0 25.0
12 Radisich,Matt 1830 ACT 4.0 | +B36 +W33 +B22 -W2 -W6 +B27 -W4 | 25.0 27.5
13 Huang,Charles 1746 ACT 4.0 | +W40 -B4 +W18 -B5 =W33 +B20 =W16 | 24.0 26.0
14 Gatzen-O'Keefe,Thomas 1703 ACT 4.0 | +W41 -B5 +W23 -B6 +W34 -B11 +W29 | 23.5 24.5
15 Fasakin,Oladoyin 1869 ACT 4.0 | =BYE +W27 =B17 -B25 +W16 +W19 -B5 | 23.0 26.0
16 Beare,Nick 1692 ACT 4.0 | -B27 +W30 +B33 =W9 -B15 +W35 =B13 | 21.0 23.5
17 Pearce,Tim 1877 ACT 4.0 | -W28 +B29 =W15 +B35 =W24 -B8 +W26 | 20.5 23.0
18 Scully,Mark 1550 ACT 4.0 | -B3 +W32 -B13 -W27 +B41 +W38 +W25 | 20.5 21.5
19 Ingham,Glenn 1666 ACT 3.5 | +W39 -B6 +W34 -B11 +W28 -B15 =W23 | 22.5 24.5
20 Extross,Eshaan 1540 ACT 3.5 | -W5 =B39 +W28 -B21 +B22 -W13 +W27 | 22.0 24.0
21 Amoore,Connor 1643 ACT 3.5 | +B38 -W7 -B9 +W20 -B27 =W34 +B35 | 21.0 23.0
22 Louie,Simon 1595 ACT 3.5 | =BYE +B35 -W12 -B8 -W20 +W36 +B34 | 20.5 23.0
23 Hellmann,Oskar 1495 NSW 3.5 | -B7 +W42 -B14 -W38 +B32 +W30 =B19 | 20.5 20.5
24 Albert,Max 1805 ACT 3.0 | +B32 -W2 +B31 =W10 =B17 -W5 -B9 | 27.0 30.0
25 Mautner,Thomas 1704 ACT 3.0 | +B42 -W3 +B27 +W15 -B10 -W7 -B18 | 26.0 26.0
26 Cheng,Larry 1626 ACT 3.0 | -W1 +B40 -W11 +B30 -B7 +W28 -B17 | 25.5 27.5
27 Clubb,Alexander 0 ACT 3.0 | +W16 -B15 -W25 +B18 +W21 -W12 -B20 | 23.0 26.0
28 Cooper,Matt 1358 ACT 3.0 | +B17 -W10 -B20 +W31 -B19 -B26 +W39 | 21.5 23.5
29 Yoon,Sunny 1281 ACT 3.0 | -B9 -W17 +B42 -W33 +B39 +W31 -B14 | 20.0 20.0
30 Ho,Oscar 1434 ACT 3.0 | -W6 -B16 +W39 -W26 +B37 -B23 +W40 | 19.5 21.5
31 Liang,Joshua 1562 ACT 3.0 | -W4 +B41 -W24 -B28 +W40 -B29 +W33 | 18.5 19.5
32 Marks,Joe 1277 ACT 3.0 | -W24 -B18 +W41 -B34 -W23 +B37 +W38 | 17.0 18.0
33 Mugford,Stephen 1490 ACT 2.5 | +W11 -B12 -W16 +B29 =B13 -W9 -B31 | 24.0 27.0
34 Cheng,Jerry 1445 ACT 2.5 | -B10 +W38 -B19 +W32 -B14 =B21 -W22 | 22.0 24.0
35 Fasakin,Olamide 0 ACT 2.5 | =BYE -W22 +B36 -W17 +B38 -B16 -W21 | 21.0 23.0
36 Watson,Frank 1358 ACT 2.5 | -W12 =B8 -W35 -B40 +W42 -B22 +W41 | 17.5 17.5
37 Fasakin,Olaoluwa 0 ACT 2.0 | =BYE -B11 -W8 =B39 -W30 -W32 +B42 | 20.5 20.5
38 Risteski,Igor 0 ACT 2.0 | -W21 -B34 +W40 +B23 -W35 -B18 -B32 | 19.0 21.0
39 Doan,Louie 0 ACT 2.0 | -B19 =W20 -B30 =W37 -W29 +B42 -B28 | 18.0 18.0
40 Bernal-Garcia,Diego 1001 ACT 2.0 | -B13 -W26 -B38 +W36 -B31 +W41 -B30 | 17.5 18.5
41 Bayin,Leah 490 ACT 1.0 | -B14 -W31 -B32 +W42 -W18 -B40 -B36 | 18.5 18.5
42 Huang,Frank 564 ACT 0.0 | -W25 -B23 -W29 -B41 -B36 -W39 -W37 | 16.0