North Shore Chess Club

September 22nd - 23rd 2012 - North Shore Open, North Shore.
Hosted by the North Shore Chess Club. Venue: Northcote Community Centre, cnr College Rd/Ernie Mays St, Northcote, North Shore, Auckland. 5-round Swiss in two grades: the B-grade is restricted to players under 1800 on the July NZCF standard rating list. Both tournaments will be nationally rated and are therefore open only to NZCF-registered players; unregistered players may register at the tournament ($20). The Open will also be FIDE-rated. Time control: 40 moves in 80 minutes plus 10 minutes to finish the game, with an increment of 30 seconds per move from move 1. Entry fees: Open $45; B-grade $40. Prizefund: Open: 1st $500, 2nd $300, 3rd $200, 4th $120 (with grading/age prizes totalling $240); B-grade: 1st $240, 2nd $160, 3rd $100, 4th $60 (with grading/age prizes totalling $240). Schedule: Sat 22nd September, players' meeting 9am, rd 1 9:20am, rd 2 2pm, rd 3 6:40 pm; Sun 23rd September, rd 4 9:20am, rd 5 2pm. Prizegiving when games have finished. A half-point bye may be taken in any one of the first three rounds, if claimed at the time of entry. Junior Tournament: There will be a separate one-day junior tournament on Saturday 22nd restricted to players under the age of 12 on 1st January 2012 and with a current NZCF rapid rating below 1200. The junior event will have 5 rounds starting at approximately 9:15am, 10:40am, 12:05pm, 2:00pm and 3:30pm with a time control of 30 minutes plus 5 seconds per move. Entry fee for the junior event: $25. Prizes: 1st $150, 2nd $100, 3rd $75 (grading/age prizes totalling $150). Contact: The Secretary, North Shore Chess Club, PO Box 33-587, Takapuna, North Shore City 0740; e-mail pstuart@xtra.co.nz. This event is a Myer Tan NZ Chess Grand Prix class 1 event.

Supported by Pub Charity.

Full results:
Open
1st Thorben Koop 5/5
2nd Leonard McLaren 4
3rd= Noel Pinic, Mike Steadman, Luke Li and Ivan Dordevic 3½
under-2100 grade prize: Benjamin Lim and William Li
under-1900 grade prize: Layla Timergazi, Roy Seabrook, Alphaeus And and Philip Hair
B-Grade
1st Hristo Kolev 4½/5
2nd= Christopher Riding and Andreas Diller (Germany) 4
4th Hao Jia 3½
under-1600 grade prize: Johnson Chen
under-1400 grade prize: Stephen Holdaway
Junior
1st= Nicholas Huang, Rodney Li and Alex Fu 4/5
Under 10 years Tony Lu
Under 9 years Jack Sun
Under 8 years Nicole Qin

RESULTS: OPEN

	Player	Club	Rtg	Rd1	Rd2	Rd3	Rd4	Rd5	Pts	Buch	SB
1	Koop, Thorben		2127	W23	W2	W11	W8	W4	5	15.0	15.00
2	McLaren, Leonard J	HP	2318	W14	L1	W15	W9	W8	4	16.0	11.00
3	Pinic, Noel	MM	2251	W10	W17	L8	W13	D5	3½	14.5	9.75
4	Steadman, Michael VR	AC	2314	W26	D6	W12	W7	L1	3½	14.5	7.75
5	Li, Zuhao Luke	HP	2333	W22	D7	W9	D11	D3	3½	14.0	9.50
6	Dordevic, Ivan		2149	W20	D4	L7	W12	W11	3½	13.5	8.75
7	Gao, Hans	PT	2189	W13	D5	W6	L4	D15	3	15.5	9.00
8	Lim, Benjamin U	HP	2056	W28	W16	W3	L1	L2	3	15.0	6.00
9	Yang, Scott	WT	2103	W18	W21	L5	L2	W20	3	14.0	6.50
10	Li, William Xiangwei	AC	1901	L3	D23	W26	D20	W22	3	10.0	4.50
11	Hague, Ben	AC	2436	W24	W15	L1	D5	L6	2½	16.5	6.25
12	Timergazi, Layla	WE	1755	D16	W24	L4	L6	W25	2½	13.0	4.75
13	Seabrook, Roy	AC	1885	L7	W25	W21	L3	D16	2½	12.5	4.75
14	Johns, Daniel P	NS	1935	L2	D27	D20	W21	D18	2½	11.0	4.50
15	Krstev, Antonio	NS	2175	W27	L11	L2	W26	D7	2½	10.5	2.50
16	Gunn, Neil J	NS	2014	D12	L8	HPB	W23	D13	2½	10.0	4.50
17	Milligan, Helen	NS	2099	W25	L3	HPB	D18	D24	2½	9.5	3.75
18	Ang, Alphaeus Wei Ern	WT	1814	L9	D26	W27	D17	D14	2½	9.0	3.25
19	Hair, Philip I	NS	1895	L21	W28	HPB	L22	W27	2½	4.5	0.50
20	Zhang, William Jiewen	NS	1864	L6	W22	D14	D10	L9	2	14.0	4.75
21	Duneas, John	NS	2226	W19	L9	L13	L14	W26	2	11.0	3.00
22	Wright, Caleb	MM	1979	L5	L20	W28	W19	L10	2	11.0	2.50
23	Yao, Winston	NS	1846	L1	D10	HPB	L16	W28	2	10.5	1.50
24	Nolan, Graham	HA	2001	L11	L12	D25	W27	D17	2	9.5	2.50
25	Zhang, Leo	AC	1771	L17	L13	D24	W28	L12	1½	9.5	1.00
26	Wells, Clinton		1906	L4	D18	L10	L15	L21	½	13.5	1.25
27	Lyall, Simon	AC	1880	L15	D14	L18	L24	L19	½	12.0	1.25
28	Budd, Michael	HA	1794	L8	L19	L22	L25	L23	0	11.0	0.00

Download the games from the Open section here (pgn file).

RESULTS: B-GRADE

	Player	Club	Rtg	Rd1	Rd2	Rd3	Rd4	Rd5	Pts	Buch	SB
1	Kolev, Hristo	HP	1733	W17	W16	W2	W4	D3	4½	15.0	13.00
2	Riding, Christopher L		1773	W7	W13	L1	W15	W5	4	15.0	10.50
3	Diller, Andreas		1700	W11	W19	D4	W8	D1	4	14.5	10.50
4	Jia, Hao	NS	1762	W15	W14	D3	L1	W6	3½	15.0	8.50
5	Chen, Johnson	AC	1563	W6	HPB	W20	W7	L2	3½	10.0	6.00
6	Holdaway, Stephen	NS	1182	L5	W17	W18	+10	L4	3	14.0	7.00
7	Fan, Allen	AC	1429	L2	W22	W13	L5	+17	3	13.0	5.50
8	Qin, Joy Shu Yan	AC	1485	W9	W18	HPB	L3	D12	3	11.0	5.75
9	Mukkattu, Philip		1788	L8	W11	HPB	D14	W15	3	9.5	5.50
10	Jones, Steven K	NS	1558	HPB	D12	W19	-6	W14	3	8.0	4.25
11	Lim, Arvin	HP	1223	L3	L9	W22	D13	W16	2½	12.0	3.75
12	Holdo, Karl M	AC	1724	D18	D10	D14	D16	D8	2½	11.5	5.75
13	Rong, David	NS	1582	W22	L2	L7	D11	W18	2½	11.5	3.75
14	Wang, Campbell K	NS	1505	W20	L4	D12	D9	L10	2	13.5	3.75
15	Gilmore, Sacha	NS	1492	L4	W21	W16	L2	L9	2	13.5	3.00
16	Kamberi, Paul	NS	1585	W21	L1	L15	D12	L11	1½	13.0	2.75
17	Credo, James		1400	L1	L6	W21	D20	-7	1½	12.0	2.00
18	Wang, Luke Jintao	NS	1283	D12	L8	L6	W19	L13	1½	11.5	2.25
19	Qian, Bella	NS	1100	BYE	L3	L10	L18	D22	1½	10.0	0.50
20	McRae, John H	PT	1176	L14	BYE	L5	D17	L21	1½	9.0	1.00
21	Zhu, Crystal	NS	1223	L16	L15	L17	D22	W20	1½	7.5	1.50
22	Zhu, Martin	NS	1220	L13	L7	L11	D21	D19	1	10.0	1.25

RESULTS: JUNIOR

	Player	Club	Rtg	Rd1	Rd2	Rd3	Rd4	Rd5	Pts	Buch	SB
1	Huang, Nicholas	CM	1178	W15	W4	L2	W8	W7	4	15.5	11.50
2	Li, Rodney	NS	934	W18	W5	W1	L3	W9	4	15.0	11.00
3	Fu, Alex	AC	630	D10	W11	W16	W2	D4	4	14.0	11.00
4	Yao, David Xinrong		700	W13	L1	W14	W11	D3	3½	14.5	8.50
5	Gaundar, Arul	PT	796	W17	L2	W10	D6	W15	3½	13.5	7.75
6	Qin, Nicole Shu Yu	AC	886	W19	W14	L9	D5	W10	3½	11.0	6.75
7	Sun, Jack	NS	1055	L14	W19	W13	W9	L1	3	11.0	5.00
8	Gaundar, Arav	PT	523	L9	W20	W18	L1	W13	3	10.5	4.00
9	Singh, Satnam	PT	909	W8	D16	W6	L7	L2	2½	15.0	7.25
10	Su, Danny	AC		D3	W12	L5	W16	L6	2½	15.0	6.00
11	Wang, Joshua	NS	625	D12	L3	W20	L4	W17	2½	12.5	3.75
12	Zheng, Jeffrey			D11	L10	L17	W18	W16	2½	9.0	3.75
13	Rabinovic, Noam			L4	W15	L7	W17	L8	2	13.0	3.50
14	Li, Leo	NS	610	W7	L6	L4	L15	W19	2	12.5	3.50
15	Lu, Tony	NS	620	L1	L13	W19	W14	L5	2	12.0	2.50
16	Sheen, Joshua	NS	600	W20	D9	L3	L10	L12	1½	12.5	2.25
17	Rabinovic, Gil			L5	D18	W12	L13	L11	1½	11.5	3.00
18	McDougall, Sylvia	AC	534	L2	D17	L8	L12	D20	1	12.0	1.25
19	Gaundar, Anusha	PT	414	L6	L7	L15	+20	L14	1	11.5	1.00
20	Credo, Jarred		950	L16	L8	L11	-19	D18	½	8.5	0.50


Open winner: Thorben Koop, receiving his prize from North Shore CC President Neil Gunn.	3rd= Ivan Dordevic, Noel Pinic and Luke Li	under-2100: Benji Lim

under-1900: Philip Hair, Layla Timergazi, Roy Seabrook and Alphaeus Ang	B-Grade: 1st Hristo Kolev	B-Grade 2nd= Christopher Riding and Andreas Diller