2017 Victorian Championship

Chess Victoria Presents The 2017 Victorian Championship

Format: Swiss System 9 rounds

Venue: Box Hill Chess Club (21A Electra Avenue, Ashwood)

Eligibility: Top 24 Victorian players based on the June 1/2017 Australian Chess Federation rating list.

Rate of play: All moves in 90 minutes + 30 seconds per move increment from move 1

Ratings: Event will be rated on ACF & FIDE rating lists

Forfeit time: 30 minutes after scheduled start time

Byes: 2 half point byes may be taken in rounds 1 to 7

Entry Fees: $75 full; $50 concession; GMs, IMs, WGMs & WIMs free;

Payments: Cash or cheque to the Chess Victoria treasurer Trevor Stanning 23 Chester Street Surrey Hills 3127

Entries & enquiries: by e-mail to the Tournament Director Leonid Sandler leonidsandlerchess@gmail.com

Entries for Championship close on June 11.

Prizes: 1st $1000, 2nd $500, 3rd $300, 4th $200.

Playoff: In case of two players sharing first place a play-off match for the State title will be arranged. The playoff will be over two games with Championship time control and in case of a tie two rapid games, if still tied two blitz games and if still tied an Armageddon game. In case of 3 or more players tying for first place a round -robin tournament for the title will be arranged.

Schedule:

Round 1 June 18

Round 2 June 25

Round 3 July 16

Round 4 July 23

Round 5 July 30

Round 6 August 6

Round 7 August 13

Round 8 August 20

Round 9 August 27

Starting time: 4:00 pm except July 23 and August 13, which will start at 6:30 pm

Results:

Round 1

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1 = Dale, Ari ( 0.0) - Bhat, Vishal ( 0.0) = 1 - 13 = 1 - 0

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2 = Savige, Colin B ( 0.0) - Goldenberg, Igor ( 0.0) = 15 - 3 = 0 - 1

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3 = Chan, Luis ( 0.0) - Zou, Brendan ( 0.0) = 4 - 16 = ½ - ½

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4 = Dissanayake, Himath ( 0.0) - Gorka, Carl ( 0.0) = 17 - 5 = ½ - ½

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5 = Levi, Eddy L ( 0.0) - Davis, Tony J ( 0.0) = 7 - 19 = ½ - ½

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6 = Chmiel, Rad ( 0.0) - Hamilton, Douglas G ( 0.0) = 20 - 8 = 0 - 1

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7 = Sannidhanam, Anurag ( 0.0) - Nemeth, John ( 0.0) = 21 - 9 = 0 - 1

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8 = Crowley, Regan ( 0.0) - Hacche, David J ( 0.0) = 22 - 10 = 0 - 1

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9 = Chan, Kris ( 0.0) - Voon, Richard ( 0.0) = 11 - 23 = 1 - 0

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10 = Lu, Lillian ( 0.0) - Dizdarevic, Mehmedal ( 0.0) = 24 - 12 = 0 - 1

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The following player(s) got a BYE:

2 - Wallis, Christopher

6 - Dragicevic, Domagoj

14 - Zhao, Isaac

18 - Narenthran, Tharmara

Round 2

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1 = Goldenberg, Igor ( 1.0) - Hacche, David J ( 1.0) = 3 - 10 = 1 - 0

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2 = Hamilton, Douglas G ( 1.0) - Chan, Kris ( 1.0) = 8 - 11 = 1 - 0

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3 = Nemeth, John ( 1.0) - Dizdarevic, Mehmedal ( 1.0) = 9 - 12 = 1 - 0

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4 = Wallis, Christopher ( 0.5) - Levi, Eddy L ( 0.5) = 2 - 7 = 1 - 0

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5 = Davis, Tony J ( 0.5) - Chan, Luis ( 0.5) = 19 - 4 = ½ - ½

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6 = Gorka, Carl ( 0.5) - Zhao, Isaac ( 0.5) = 5 - 14 = 1 - 0

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7 = Zou, Brendan ( 0.5) - Dragicevic, Domagoj ( 0.5) = 16 - 6 = 0 - 1

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8 = Bhat, Vishal ( 0.0) - Dissanayake, Himath ( 0.5) = 13 - 17 = 0 - 1

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9 = Voon, Richard ( 0.0) - Savige, Colin B ( 0.0) = 23 - 15 = 0 - 1

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10 = Lu, Lillian ( 0.0) - Crowley, Regan ( 0.0) = 24 - 22 = 1 - 0

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The following player(s) got a BYE:

1 - Dale, Ari

18 - Narenthran, Tharmara

20 - Chmiel, Rad

21 - Sannidhanam, Anurag

Round 3

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1 = Hamilton, Douglas G ( 2.0) - Goldenberg, Igor ( 2.0) = 8 - 3 = 0 - 1

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2 = Nemeth, John ( 2.0) - Dale, Ari ( 1.5) = 9 - 1 = ½ - ½

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3 = Dissanayake, Himath ( 1.5) - Wallis, Christopher ( 1.5) = 17 - 2 = 0 - 1

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4 = Dragicevic, Domagoj ( 1.5) - Gorka, Carl ( 1.5) = 6 - 5 = 0 - 1

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5 = Chan, Luis ( 1.0) - Savige, Colin B ( 1.0) = 4 - 15 = 1 - 0

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6 = Hacche, David J ( 1.0) - Narenthran, Tharmara ( 1.0) = 10 - 18 = ½ - ½

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7 = Chan, Kris ( 1.0) - Lu, Lillian ( 1.0) = 11 - 24 = 1 - 0

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8 = Dizdarevic, Mehmedal ( 1.0) - Davis, Tony J ( 1.0) = 12 - 19 = ½ - ½

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9 = Levi, Eddy L ( 0.5) - Chmiel, Rad ( 0.5) = 7 - 20 = 1 - 0

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10 = Zhao, Isaac ( 0.5) - Sannidhanam, Anurag ( 0.5) = 14 - 21 = ½ - ½

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11 = Crowley, Regan ( 0.0) - Zou, Brendan ( 0.5) = 22 - 16 = 0 - 1

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12 = Voon, Richard ( 0.0) - Bhat, Vishal ( 0.0) = 23 - 13 = 0 - 1

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Round 4

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1 = Goldenberg, Igor ( 3.0) - Wallis, Christopher ( 2.5) = 3 - 2 = ½ - ½

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2 = Gorka, Carl ( 2.5) - Nemeth, John ( 2.5) = 5 - 9 = 0 - 1

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3 = Dale, Ari ( 2.0) - Hamilton, Douglas G ( 2.0) = 1 - 8 = 1 - 0

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4 = Chan, Kris ( 2.0) - Chan, Luis ( 2.0) = 11 - 4 = 1 - 0

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5 = Narenthran, Tharmara ( 1.5) - Dragicevic, Domagoj ( 1.5) = 18 - 6 = 0 - 1

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6 = Zou, Brendan ( 1.5) - Levi, Eddy L ( 1.5) = 16 - 7 = 0 - 1

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7 = Davis, Tony J ( 1.5) - Hacche, David J ( 1.5) = 19 - 10 = ½ - ½

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8 = Dizdarevic, Mehmedal ( 1.5) - Dissanayake, Himath ( 1.5) = 12 - 17 = 0 - 1

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9 = Bhat, Vishal ( 1.0) - Zhao, Isaac ( 1.0) = 13 - 14 = ½ - ½

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10 = Sannidhanam, Anurag ( 1.0) - Lu, Lillian ( 1.0) = 21 - 24 = 1 - 0

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11 = Savige, Colin B ( 1.0) - Chmiel, Rad ( 0.5) = 15 - 20 = 1 - 0

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12 = Voon, Richard ( 0.0) - BYE ( 0.0) = 23 - 0 = 1F-0F

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The following player(s) got a BYE:

22 - Crowley, Regan

Round 5

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1 = Nemeth, John ( 3.5) - Goldenberg, Igor ( 3.5) = 9 - 3 = ½ - ½

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2 = Dale, Ari ( 3.0) - Chan, Kris ( 3.0) = 1 - 11 = 1 - 0

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3 = Chan, Luis ( 2.0) - Gorka, Carl ( 2.5) = 4 - 5 = 1 - 0

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4 = Dissanayake, Himath ( 2.5) - Savige, Colin B ( 2.0) = 17 - 15 = 0 - 1

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5 = Hamilton, Douglas G ( 2.0) - Davis, Tony J ( 2.0) = 8 - 19 = ½ - ½

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6 = Hacche, David J ( 2.0) - Sannidhanam, Anurag ( 2.0) = 10 - 21 = ½ - ½

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7 = Zhao, Isaac ( 1.5) - Dizdarevic, Mehmedal ( 1.5) = 14 - 12 = 0 - 1

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8 = Zou, Brendan ( 1.5) - Bhat, Vishal ( 1.5) = 16 - 13 = 0 - 1

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9 = Lu, Lillian ( 1.0) - Narenthran, Tharmara ( 1.5) = 24 - 18 = 1F-0F

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10 = Chmiel, Rad ( 0.5) - Voon, Richard ( 1.0) = 20 - 23 = 1 - 0

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11 = Crowley, Regan ( 0.5) - BYE ( 0.0) = 22 - 0 = 1F-0F

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The following player(s) got a BYE:

2 - Wallis, Christopher

6 - Dragicevic, Domagoj

7 - Levi, Eddy L

Round 6

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1 = Goldenberg, Igor ( 4.0) - Dale, Ari ( 4.0) = 3 - 1 = 1 - 0

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2 = Wallis, Christopher ( 3.5) - Nemeth, John ( 4.0) = 2 - 9 = 1F-0F

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3 = Levi, Eddy L ( 3.0) - Chan, Luis ( 3.0) = 7 - 4 = ½ - ½

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4 = Dragicevic, Domagoj ( 3.0) - Chan, Kris ( 3.0) = 6 - 11 = 1 - 0

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5 = Savige, Colin B ( 3.0) - Gorka, Carl ( 2.5) = 15 - 5 = 0 - 1

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6 = Bhat, Vishal ( 2.5) - Hamilton, Douglas G ( 2.5) = 13 - 8 = 1 - 0

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7 = Hacche, David J ( 2.5) - Dissanayake, Himath ( 2.5) = 10 - 17 = 1 - 0

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8 = Dizdarevic, Mehmedal ( 2.5) - Sannidhanam, Anurag ( 2.5) = 12 - 21 = 1 - 0

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9 = Lu, Lillian ( 2.0) - Davis, Tony J ( 2.5) = 24 - 19 = 0 - 1

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10 = Chmiel, Rad ( 1.5) - Zhao, Isaac ( 1.5) = 20 - 14 = 0 - 1

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11 = Narenthran, Tharmara ( 1.5) - Crowley, Regan ( 1.5) = 18 - 22 = ½ - ½

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12 = Voon, Richard ( 1.0) - Zou, Brendan ( 1.5) = 23 - 16 = 1 - 0

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Round 7

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1 = Dragicevic, Domagoj ( 4.0) - Goldenberg, Igor ( 5.0) = 6 - 3 = 0 - 1

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2 = Wallis, Christopher ( 4.5) - Nemeth, John ( 4.0) = 2 - 9 = 1 - 0

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3 = Chan, Luis ( 3.5) - Hacche, David J ( 3.5) = 4 - 10 = 1 - 0

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4 = Gorka, Carl ( 3.5) - Dizdarevic, Mehmedal ( 3.5) = 5 - 12 = 1 - 0

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5 = Davis, Tony J ( 3.5) - Bhat, Vishal ( 3.5) = 19 - 13 = 1 - 0

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6 = Chan, Kris ( 3.0) - Savige, Colin B ( 3.0) = 11 - 15 = 1 - 0

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7 = Sannidhanam, Anurag ( 2.5) - Hamilton, Douglas G ( 2.5) = 21 - 8 = 0 - 1

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8 = Zhao, Isaac ( 2.5) - Dissanayake, Himath ( 2.5) = 14 - 17 = 1 - 0

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9 = Crowley, Regan ( 2.0) - Voon, Richard ( 2.0) = 22 - 23 = 1 - 0

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10 = Zou, Brendan ( 1.5) - Narenthran, Tharmara ( 2.0) = 16 - 18 = ½ - ½

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The following player(s) got a BYE:

1 - Dale, Ari

7 - Levi, Eddy L

20 - Chmiel, Rad

24 - Lu, Lillian

Round 8

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1 = Goldenberg, Igor ( 6.0) - Chan, Luis ( 4.5) = 3 - 4 = ½ - ½

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2 = Davis, Tony J ( 4.5) - Wallis, Christopher ( 5.5) = 19 - 2 = 0 - 1

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3 = Gorka, Carl ( 4.5) - Dale, Ari ( 4.5) = 5 - 1 = 1 - 0

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4 = Nemeth, John ( 4.0) - Dragicevic, Domagoj ( 4.0) = 9 - 6 = ½ - ½

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5 = Chan, Kris ( 4.0) - Levi, Eddy L ( 4.0) = 11 - 7 = 1 - 0

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6 = Hamilton, Douglas G ( 3.5) - Dizdarevic, Mehmedal ( 3.5) = 8 - 12 = 0 - 1

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7 = Hacche, David J ( 3.5) - Zhao, Isaac ( 3.5) = 10 - 14 = 1 - 0

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8 = Bhat, Vishal ( 3.5) - Crowley, Regan ( 3.0) = 13 - 22 = 1 - 0

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9 = Savige, Colin B ( 3.0) - Sannidhanam, Anurag ( 2.5) = 15 - 21 = 0 - 1

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10 = Narenthran, Tharmara ( 2.5) - Lu, Lillian ( 2.5) = 18 - 24 = ½ - ½

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11 = Dissanayake, Himath ( 2.5) - Voon, Richard ( 2.0) = 17 - 23 = 0 - 1

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12 = Zou, Brendan ( 2.0) - Chmiel, Rad ( 2.0) = 16 - 20 = 1 - 0

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Round 9

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1 = Wallis, Christopher ( 6.5) - Gorka, Carl ( 5.5) = 2 - 5 = 1 - 0

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2 = Goldenberg, Igor ( 6.5) - Chan, Kris ( 5.0) = 3 - 11 = 1 - 0

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3 = Chan, Luis ( 5.0) - Nemeth, John ( 4.5) = 4 - 9 = ½ - ½

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4 = Dale, Ari ( 4.5) - Davis, Tony J ( 4.5) = 1 - 19 = 0F-1F

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5 = Dragicevic, Domagoj ( 4.5) - Bhat, Vishal ( 4.5) = 6 - 13 = 1 - 0

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6 = Dizdarevic, Mehmedal ( 4.5) - Hacche, David J ( 4.5) = 12 - 10 = ½ - ½

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7 = Sannidhanam, Anurag ( 3.5) - Levi, Eddy L ( 4.0) = 21 - 7 = 0 - 1

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8 = Zhao, Isaac ( 3.5) - Hamilton, Douglas G ( 3.5) = 14 - 8 = 0 - 1

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9 = Crowley, Regan ( 3.0) - Savige, Colin B ( 3.0) = 22 - 15 = 0 - 1

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10 = Lu, Lillian ( 3.0) - Zou, Brendan ( 3.0) = 24 - 16 = 0 - 1

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11 = Voon, Richard ( 3.0) - Narenthran, Tharmara ( 3.0) = 23 - 18 = 0 - 1

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12 = Chmiel, Rad ( 2.0) - Dissanayake, Himath ( 2.5) = 20 - 17 = ½ - ½

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Cross Table

Pos NAME Rtg T Fed Pts | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 | Buc1 BucT

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1 Goldenberg, Igor 2352 IM AUS 7.5 | +B15 +W9 +B12 =W2 =B7 +W13 +B6 =W3 +W8 | 43.0 47.0

2 Wallis, Christopher 2388 FM AUS 7.5 | =BYE +W11 +B20 =B1 =BYE +BYE +W7 +B5 +W4 | 36.5 36.5

3 Chan, Luis 2266 FM AUS 5.5 | =W16 =B5 +W15 -B8 +W4 =B11 +W9 =B1 =W7 | 42.5 46.5

4 Gorka, Carl 2161 ENG 5.5 | =B20 +W19 +B6 -W7 -B3 +B15 +W10 +W13 -B2 | 41.0 44.0

5 Davis, Tony J 1833 CM AUS 5.5 | =B11 =W3 =B10 =W9 =B12 +B21 +W14 -W2 +BYE | 41.0 43.5

6 Dragicevic, Domagoj 2151 FM AUS 5.5 | =BYE +B16 -W4 +B17 =BYE +W8 -W1 =B7 +W14 | 36.5 36.5

7 Nemeth, John 2048 AUS 5.0 | +B18 +W10 =W13 +B4 =W1 -BYE -B2 =W6 =B3 | 47.5 51.0

8 Chan, Kris 2018 AUS 5.0 | +W22 -B12 +W21 +W3 -B13 -B6 +W15 +W11 -B1 | 39.5 42.0

9 Hacche, David J 2034 FM AUS 5.0 | +B23 -B1 =W17 =B5 =W18 +W20 -B3 +W19 =B10 | 37.5 40.0

10 Dizdarevic, Mehmedal 1993 BIH 5.0 | +B21 -B7 =W5 -W20 +B19 +W18 -B4 +B12 =W9 | 35.5 38.0

11 Levi, Eddy L 2128 FM AUS 5.0 | =W5 -B2 +W24 +B16 =BYE =W3 =BYE -B8 +B18 | 32.5 32.5

12 Hamilton, Douglas G 2124 FM AUS 4.5 | +B24 +W8 -W1 -B13 =W5 -B14 +B18 -W10 +B19 | 39.0 41.5

13 Dale, Ari 2398 IM AUS 4.5 | +W14 =BYE =B7 +W12 +W8 -B1 =BYE -B4 -BYE | 38.0 38.0

14 Bhat, Vishal 1976 CM AUS 4.5 | -B13 -W20 +B22 =W19 +B16 +W12 -B5 +W23 -B6 | 33.0 35.5

15 Savige, Colin B 1947 AUS 4.0 | -W1 +B22 -B3 +W24 +B20 -W4 -B8 -W18 +B23 | 35.0 37.5

16 Zou, Brendan 1928 AUS 4.0 | =B3 -W6 +B23 -W11 -W14 -B22 =W17 +W24 +B21 | 32.5 35.0

17 Narenthran, Tharmara 1888 CM AUS 4.0 | =BYE =BYE =B9 -W6 -BYE =W23 =B16 =W21 +B22 | 26.5 26.5

18 Sannidhanam, Anurag 1790 AUS 3.5 | -W7 =BYE =B19 +W21 =B9 -B10 -W12 +B15 -W11 | 35.0 35.0

19 Zhao, Isaac 1953 CM AUS 3.5 | =BYE -B4 =W18 =B14 -W10 +B24 +W20 -B9 -W12 | 33.5 33.5

20 Dissanayake, Himath 1919 SRI 3.0 | =W4 +B14 -W2 +B10 -W15 -B9 -B19 -W22 =B24 | 37.0 39.5

21 Lu, Lillian 1692 AUS 3.0 | -W10 +W23 -B8 -B18 +BYE -W5 =BYE =B17 -W16 | 32.5 32.5

22 Voon, Richard 1736 AUS 3.0 | -B8 -W15 -W14 +BYE -B24 +W16 -B23 +B20 -W17 | 30.0 32.5

23 Crowley, Regan 1760 CM AUS 3.0 | -W9 -B21 -W16 =BYE +BYE =B17 +W22 -B14 -W15 | 29.5 29.5

24 Chmiel, Rad 1832 AUS 2.5 | -W12 =BYE -B11 -B15 +W22 -W19 =BYE -B16 =W20 | 26.5 26.5

Prizes

Equal 1st: IM Igor Goldenberg & FM Chris Wallis - $750 each

Equal 3rd: FM Luis Chan, Carl Gorka, CM Tony Davis, FM Domagoj Dragicevic - $125 each

Playoff between IM Igor Goldenberg & FM Chris Wallis will be organised