| 2023-24 Summer Open Results | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Open | U1700 | U1500 | U1300 |
| Eq 1st $300 each: Changhao Yu; John-Stuart Plant (6/7) | 1st $360: Nikola Vujasin (5/7) | Eq 1st $300 each: Eric Shen; Ralph Shaw (4/7) | Eq 1st $300 each: Emmanuel Vardakis; Scott Zhou (4/7) |
| 2nd $240: Anthony Karnaout (4.5/7) | |||
| 3rd $150: Dominic Ou (5.5/7) | Eq 3rd $50 each: Sait Buzgan; Srijan Badam; Andrew He (4/7) | Eq 3rd $37.50 each: Marcel Lima; Alex Vardakis; James Bullen; Ludwig Wolf (3.5/7) | Eq 3rd $75 each: Ashton Li; Geoff Hyde (3.5/7) |
Performance Ratings for tournament
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2023 Summer Open Round 1 Report
Round 2 Pairings (provisional)
Chess-life slows down over summer – but not at St George! One of our big annual events – the Summer Open – kicked off last night, November 29, and continues for six more rounds, with just a short two night break (Dec 26, Jan 2) over Xmas /New Year.
The bayside tournament is a classical, ACF-rated event, with 75 minutes per player, and a 30 second increment. Sixty players have registered, and round one saw quite a few upsets.
The following players had victories against players at least 10 positions above them on the initial ranking list or a draw against a player 20 points above: (the number in parentheses shows the difference): Wins: Dominic Ou (42; unrated); Christian Lagarez (32); William Liu (28); Ashton Li (28); Ted Power (28; unrated); Boris Paceskoski (28; unrated); Draw: Peter Swinton (29).
2023 St George Summer Open: Round 2 Report
Round 3 Pairings (provisional)
It’s still calm waters after two rounds of the bayside tournament, with 10 players on 2 out of 2, and a further 10 on 1.5. Conditions will no doubt get more turbulent after our final round for 2023, next Tuesday, December 19, before the two-week holiday break.
The following players had victories against players at least 10 positions above them on the initial ranking list or a draw against a player 20 points above: (the number in parentheses shows the difference): Wins: Ted Power (56; unrated); Dominic Ou (45; unrated); Volkan Soker(42); Peter Swinton (26); Stephen Elliott (17); Draw: Ludwig Wolf (21).
2023 St George Summer Open: Round 3 Report
Round 4 Pairings (provisional)
Round 3 saw the leaderboard tighten up a lot, with only three players now on a perfect score: Changhao Yu, Ted Power and Gordon Yang. Eight players are a half-point back. Next Tuesday, December 19, is the final day of play for 2023, with the tournament resuming for Round 5 on January 9.
The following players had victories against players at least 10 positions above them on the initial ranking list or a draw against a player 20 points or more above: (the number in parentheses shows the difference): Wins: Boris Paceskoski (33); Ashton Li (29); Christopher Lagarez (23); Marcel Lima (22); Eric Shen (16); Ted Power (11). Draws: Dominic Ou (49; unrated); Lucas Zhai (24). Note that a few previously unrated players have had their initial ranking number upgraded, based on their newly released ACF ratings.
2023 St George Summer Open: Round 4 Report
Round 5 Pairings (provisional)
The tightening at the top of the leaderboard in the previous round was dramatically reversed in Round 4. Each of the three previous leaders (Changhao Yu, Gordon Yang and Ted Power) scored only a half-point, allowing four other players to catch up with a win (John-Stuart Plant, Nikola Vujasin, Sarwat Rewais and Graham Saint). These seven sit on 3.5/4 with a further four players a half-point behind.
There were upsets aplenty on the night. The following players had victories against players at least 10 positions above them on the initial ranking list or a draw against a player 20 positions or more above: (the number in parentheses shows the difference): Wins: Geoff Hyde (27); James Bullen (25); Angela He and Marcel Lima (20); Scott Zhou (18); Nikola Vujasin (15); Draws: Christian Lagarez (30); Ashton Li (27).
Round 5 kicks off 2024 on Tuesday January 9. NB: For the remainder of the tournament, the organiser will not be Charles, but Geoff Hyde. Contact me, not Charles, for all matters:
geoffjhyde@gmail.com
Ph: 0466 904 941
I will also be one of the arbiters for the rest of the tournament, alongside Anthony Karnaout.
2023 St George Summer Open: Round 5 Report
Round 6 Pairings (provisional) Updated Jan 16, 3.05 pm
Round 5 saw two players edge ahead, Chaghao Yu and John-Stuart Plant lead with 4.5/5. But fibe others sit just a half-point behind: Nikola Vujasin, Pertti Sirkka, Gordon Yang (now withdrawn from the tournament), Arthur Huynh and Sait Buzgan
There were fewer upsets on the night. The following players had victories against players at least 10 positions above them on the initial ranking list or a draw against a player 20 positions or more above: (the number in parentheses shows the difference): Wins: Dominic Ou (unrated; 35); Scott Zhou (31); Boris Paceskoski (30); Eric Shen (25). Draws: Ashton Li (39).
NB: For the remainder of the tournament, the organiser will not be Charles, but Geoff Hyde. Contact me, not Charles, for all matters:
geoffjhyde@gmail.com
Ph: 0466 904 941
I will also be one of the arbiters for the rest of the tournament, alongside Anthony Karnaout.
2023 St George Summer Open: Round 6 Report
Round 7 Pairings (provisional) Updated Jan 22, 3.57 pm
Update: To help people determine their strategy for the final round, there will be four prize categories: Open; U1700; U1500; and U1300. Unrated players will be sorted to one of these categories based on their performance rating (as determined after round 7), and will then be eligible for a prize in that category. Three prizes will be awarded in each category: 1st: $360; 2nd:$240; 3rd: $150.
It was the calm before the storm last night, with double the number of draws (8) of any previous round. In terms of the leaderboard, a Board 1 draw between John-Stuart Plant and Changhao Yu meant that Arthur Huynh and Pertti Sirkka joined them, on 5/6, in a four-way tie for the top spot. It makes for an especially exciting final round, with another three players on 4.5 (Dominic Ou, Ted Power, and Sarwat Rewais) also in contention to come in equal first.
The following players had victories against players at least 10 positions above them on the initial ranking list or a draw against a player 20 positions or more above (the number in parentheses shows the difference): Wins: Dominic Ou (unrated; 56); Scott Zhou (22); Ralph Shaw (11); Draws: Ashton Li (46); Marcel Lima (29); Ethan Currie (23); Geoff Hyde (22); Christian Lagarez (22).
NB: The organiser for the final round is not Charles, but Geoff Hyde. Contact me, not Charles, for all matters:
geoffjhyde@gmail.com
Ph: 0466 904 941
I will also be one of the arbiters alongside Anthony Karnaout.
2023-24 St George Summer Open: The Results!
Congratulations to Changhao Yu and John-Stuart Plant, the co-winners of the tournament’s Open division! Third place went to the previously unrated Dominic Ou – his performance rating for the tournament was over 1950. The full list of place-getters in the four divisions are shown below:
| 2023-24 Summer Open Results | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Open | U1700 | U1500 | U1300 |
| Eq 1st $300 each: Changhao Yu; John-Stuart Plant (6/7) | 1st $360: Nikola Vujasin (5/7) | Eq 1st $300 each: Eric Shen; Ralph Shaw (4/7) | Eq 1st $300 each: Emmanuel Vardakis; Scott Zhou (4/7) |
| 2nd $240: Anthony Karnaout (4.5/7) | |||
| 3rd $150: Dominic Ou (5.5/7) | Eq 3rd $50 each: Sait Buzgan; Srijan Badam; Andrew He (4/7) | Eq 3rd $37.50 each: Marcel Lima; Alex Vardakis; James Bullen; Ludwig Wolf (3.5/7) | Eq 3rd $75 each: Ashton Li; Geoff Hyde (3.5/7) |
Prizes will also be announced at the club next Tuesday night (Jan 30). If we don’t have your bank account details already, please send them to boanmark@bigpond.net.au
The following players had victories against players at least 10 positions above them on the initial ranking list or a draw against a player 20 positions or more above (the number in parentheses shows the difference): Wins: Dominic Ou (unrated; 46); Stephen Elliott (unrated; 43); Jason Koh (21); Angela He (10); Draws: Ralph Shaw (23); Peter Swinton (21).