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