Monday, July 20, 2015

North Island Championship


THe North Island Championship has not been in Palmy since I began playing playing tournament chess so this was a good change. A poor turn out from clubs in the lower north Island caused a weakish field. But what incentive is there, it used to be a ticket to play in the NZ champs but this is now an open tournament. Overall the event was run ok but playing in a hall should be left for kiddie tournaments not FIDE rated events like this. As far as my results go my it was the worst tournament in recent times but I havent played in 3ish years. I enjoyed it non the less with the exception of one game. FM Noble was the expected NI Champ but the surprise was the young Chinese boy winning the event. He played around the 2000 level well above his 1700 rating.

Full results at http://www.newzealandchess.co.nz/Vega2015/wwwNthIsChamps/standing.html



Final Standings 
Pos ID T NAME Rtg PRtg FedOriginPts DirE Cmlt BucT S-B Buc1
1 11 -- Dai, Wenzhi 1714 2242CHN 8.0 0.0 40.0 46.5 39.50 44.5
2 1 FM Noble, Mark F 2314 2207NZL MK 7.5 0.0 39.0 51.0 41.25 46.5
3 2 -- Polishchuk, Kirill 2239 1980NZL 6.5 0.0 33.0 51.5 34.50 47.0
4 4 -- James, Jack 2005 2063NZL MK 6.0 0.0 34.0 51.5 30.50 47.5
5 9 -- Dolejs, Dan 1878 1990NZL NE 5.5 0.0 31.0 46.5 30.25 46.5
6 3 -- King, Mathew J 2055 1742NZL PN 5.5 0.0 28.0 50.0 27.00 46.0
7 5 -- Jackson, L Ross 1981 1793NZL WE 5.5 0.0 28.0 48.5 25.75 44.5
8 6 -- Nicholls, Leighton 1934 1870NZL OT 5.0 0.0 26.5 47.5 21.75 44.0
9 7 -- Post, Martin J 1919 1753NZL WA 5.0 0.0 24.0 41.0 19.50 39.0
10 15 -- McDougall, Wayne 1546 1663NZL 5.0 0.0 21.0 38.5 16.00 36.5
11 8 -- Rossiter, Philip E 1911 1787NZL WE 4.5 0.0 25.0 43.5 16.75 40.5
12 10 -- Cooper, Nigel 1876 1380NZL CA 4.5 0.0 23.0 33.5 10.75 33.0
13 24 -- Calitz, Hananke 0 1587RSA MK 4.5 0.0 22.5 35.0 13.25 34.5
14 13 -- Reissner, Alexander 1686 1659GER 4.5 0.0 22.0 45.5 18.75 42.5
15 14 -- Hooton, Barry R 1555 1464NZL PT 4.5 0.0 21.5 39.0 15.50 37.0
16 17 -- Nylund, Benjamin 1410 1444NZL NE 4.5 0.0 20.0 34.0 10.25 33.5
17 12 -- Hill, Ryan 1709 1342NZL PN 4.0 0.0 21.5 35.5 11.00 35.0
18 16 -- Picken, Oliver 1478 1539NZL 4.0 0.0 18.0 32.5 7.50 32.0
19 18 -- Charles, Dion 1396 1474NZL MK 3.5 0.0 17.0 38.0 13.75 35.0
20 20 -- Nylund, Micah 1266 1342NZL NE 3.0 1.0 11.0 29.5 6.25 29.0
21 23 -- McDougall, Nathan 973 1368NZL HP (r) 3.0 0.0 15.0 31.0 6.00 30.5
22 22 -- Nylund, Timothy 1199 1103NZL NE 2.0 1.0 11.0 35.5 2.50 35.0
23 19 -- McDougall, Euan 1363 1198NZL 2.0 0.0 9.0 30.5 4.00 30.0
24 21 -- Ross, Sol 1251 809NZL MK 0.5 0.0 3.5 31.0 1.50 29.0