Wellington Open 2016
The tournament was a great success, with a big strong field, good organisation, cool inner city venue, exciting chess, and everything else you might want in a weekend tournament.
Thanks to Philip Rossiter for arbiting, Andrew Brockway and Ian Sellen for entering games promptly for a tournament .pgn.
Congrats to Scott Wastney for a convincing winning performance. Other winners are;
2nd= Russell Dive, Gino Thornton, Nic Croad; B Grade 1st Leighton Nicholls 2nd= Yogesh Kulkarni, Kate Song; C Grade 1st= Sravan Renjoth, Fabian Day, Josh Wight.
Look out for a full report in the New Zealand Chess Magazine.
Final Crosstable
1 Wastney Scott 2448 FM NZL 5.5 | +W17 +B8 +W10 +B6 +W5 =B2 2 Croad Nicolas 2412 FM NZL 5.0 | +W30 +B9 +W12 =B5 +W13 =W1 3 Thornton Gino 2235 NZL 5.0 | +W24 =B7 +W11 =B4 +W8 +B9 4 Dive Russell 2452 IM NZL 5.0 | +B19 +W11 =B13 =W3 +B18 +W7 5 Ker Anthony 2415 IM NZL 4.5 | +B21 +W14 +B20 =W2 -B1 +W15 6 Steadman Michael 2338 FM NZL 4.5 | +B31 +W18 +B16 -W1 =B15 +B13 7 Nicholls Leighton 1985 NZL 4.0 | +B42 =W3 =B14 +W20 +B16 -B4 8 Goodhue Nathan 2074 NZL 4.0 | +B34 -W1 +B21 +W19 -B3 +W22 9 Jackson Ross 2027 NZL 4.0 | +B33 -W2 +B31 +W22 +B14 -W3 10 Nijman Brian 2147 NZL 4.0 | +B35 +W38 -B1 -W13 +B19 +W18 11 James Jack 2097 NZL 4.0 | +W39 -B4 -B3 +W35 +W30 +B23 12 Forster Bill 2075 CM NZL 4.0 | +B28 +W41 -B2 -W15 +B21 +W25 13 Vincenti David 2179 CM MLT 3.5 | +B22 +W15 =W4 +B10 -B2 -W6 14 Nyberg Michael 2068 NZL 3.5 | +W32 -B5 =W7 +B24 -W9 +B28 15 Kulkarni Yogesh 1854 NZL 3.5 | +W36 -B13 +W30 +B12 =W6 -B5 16 Sellen Ian 2116 NZL 3.5 | +W29 +B23 -W6 +B37 -W7 =B17 17 Song Kate 1701 NZL 3.5 | -B1 +W34 -B18 +W32 +B20 =W16 18 Lyall Simon 1988 NZL 3.0 | +W40 -B6 +W17 +B23 -W4 -B10 19 Stracy Don 1742 NZL 3.0 | -W4 +B29 +W26 -B8 -W10 +B33 20 Timergazi Layla 2152 WFM 3.0 | +W26 +B25 -W5 -B7 -W17 +B32 21 List Bob 1661 NZL 3.0 | -W5 +B39 -W8 +B27 -W12 +B36 22 Wight Joshua 1534 NZL 3.0 | -W13 +B36 +W25 -B9 +W37 -B8 23 Paul David 1886 NZL 3.0 | +B27 -W16 +B41 -W18 +B24 -W11 24 Day Fabian 1564 NZL 3.0 | -B3 +W42 +B38 -W14 -W23 +B37 25 Barraza-Perez Jesse 1925 MEX 3.0 | +BYE -W20 -B22 +W34 +B31 -B12 26 Renjith Sravan 1510 NZL 3.0 | -B20 +W27 -B19 +W38 -W28 +B30 27 Phease Tristan 0 NZL 3.0 | -W23 -B26 +BYE -W21 +B35 +W31 28 Braganza Nadia 1364 NZL 2.5 | -W12 -- =B33 +W41 +B26 -W14 29 Steadman Matthew 1368 NZL 2.5 | -B16 -W19 -B32 =W33 +B43 +W34 30 Burns Guy 1642 NZL 2.0 | -B2 +W33 -B15 +W43 -B11 -W26 31 Murdoch Stephen 1625 NZL 2.0 | -W6 +B40 -W9 +B39 -W25 -B27 32 Lourenco Eva 1060 NZL 2.0 | -B14 -- +W29 -B17 +W41 -W20 33 Austin Tama 0 NZL 2.0 | -W9 -B30 =W28 =B29 +B38 -W19 34 Zhao Aiden 1231 NZL 2.0 | -W8 -B17 +W36 -B25 +W40 -B29 35 Theodosiou Andreas 1489 NZL 2.0 | -W10 -B37 +W40 -B11 -W27 +B41 36 Wevers Alexis 0 NZL 2.0 | -B15 -W22 -B34 +BYE +W39 -W21 37 Roberts Michael 1822 NZL 2.0 | -B41 +W35 +B43 -W16 -B22 -W24 38 Cunningham Pat 1744 NZL 2.0 | +W43 -B10 -W24 -B26 -W33 +B42 39 Marko Nigel 1300 PNG 2.0 | -B11 -W21 +B42 -W31 -B36 +W43 40 Leman Dominic 0 NZL 2.0 | -B18 -W31 -B35 +W42 -B34 +BYE 41 Winter Ryan 0 NZL 1.0 | +W37 -B12 -W23 -B28 -B32 -W35 42 Luo Vincent 0 NZL 1.0 | -W7 -B24 -W39 -B40 +BYE -W38 43 Dai Zhiheng 0 NZL 1.0 | -B38 +BYE -W37 -B30 -W29 -B39
Player List
No Name Title NZCF FIDE ----------------------------------------------- 1 Russell Dive IM 2452 2322 2 Scott Wastney FM 2448 2348 3 Anthony Ker IM 2415 2280 4 Nicolas Croad FM 2412 2312 5 Michael Steadman FM 2338 2271 6 Gino Thornton 2235 2166 7 David Cilia Vincenti CM 2179 2063 8 Layla Timergazi 2152 2023 9 Brian Nijman 2147 2043 10 Ian Sellen 2116 1987 11 Bill Forster CM 2075 1961 12 Jack James 2097 1961 13 Nathan Goodhue 2074 1993 14 Michael Nyberg 2068 1941 15 Ross Jackson 2027 1901 16 Simon Lyall 1988 1811 17 Leighton Nicholls 1985 1903 18 Jesse Barraza-Perez 1925 19 David Paul 1886 20 Yogesh Kulkarni 1854 21 Mike Roberts 1843 1822 22 Pat Cunningham 1744 23 Don Stracy 1742 1663 24 Kate Song 1701 1633 25 Bob List 1661 1624 26 Guy Burns 1642 27 Stephen Murdoch 1625 1447 28 Fabian Day 1564 29 Joshua Wight 1534 30 Sravan Renjith 1510 31 Andreas Theodosiou 1489 32 Matthew Steadman 1368 1498 33 Nadia Braganza 1364 1367 34 Nigel Marko 1300 35 Aiden Zhao 1231 36 Eva Lourenco 1060 1297 37 Ryan Winter unr 38 Alexis Wevers unr 39 Tama Austin unr 40 Tristan Phease unr 41 Vincent Luo unr 42 Zhiheng Dai unr 43 Dominic Leman unr