2019 March Open played at Rothwell on 16th and 17th March, 2019
This is a brief report on the 2019 March Open played at the Grace Lutheran College, Rothwell on Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th March, 2019.
This event was organised by Gail Young on behalf of the Queensland Women’s Chess League, with Max Kershaw FA being the arbiter.
Sponsors for the tournament were BBC painting, AuNix and the Redcliffe Chess Club.
The event was played over six rounds (3 each on the Saturday and Sunday), at a rate of 60 minutes plus a 10 second increment for each game. The games are to be rated by the ACF and Qld Juniors.
There were 59 players participating, with the top seed being IM Stephen Solomon (2374). Eight of the top boards were displayed on DGT boards and those games can be sourced at http://livechess.aunz.net.
Winner of the tournament was IM Brodie McClymont on 6 points out of 6 (!!!! a very dominating effort), with FM Dusan Stojic and Tom Maguire finishing equal second on 5 points.
There were four rating divisions, as well as an unrated prize, with those winners being:
Group A (under 1600) =1st Daniel Ford and Craig Stewart 4 1/2 points out of 6
Group B =1st Diego Aldana; Peter Bender and Alexander Ilka 3 1/2 points
Group C =1st Martin Carter; Joshua Cooper and William Ilka 3 points
Group D 1st Micah Young 2 1/2 points
Unrated 1st Lachlan Wang 2 points.
The complete result list was :
1 Brodie McClymont QLD 2374 6 47:W 8:W 3:W 2:W 5:W 4:W 2 Dusan Stojic QLD 2333 5 24:W 14:W 25:W 1:L 17:W 7:W 3 Tom Maguire QLD 2228 5 35:W 22:W 1:L 27:W 26:W 11:W 4 Gene Nakauchi QLD 2295 4.5 28:W 13:W 11:W 5:D 6:W 1:L 5 Stephen J Solomon QLD 2383 4.5 30:W 27:W 10:W 4:D 1:L 16:W 6 Igor Paevskiy QLD 1824 4.5 49:W 20:D 17:W 9:W 4:L 21:W 7 Andrew Mather QLD 1849 4.5 53:W 23:W 0:D 16:W 18:W 2:L 8 Daniel Ford QLD 1554 4.5 59:W 1:L 30:W 23:W 10:D 25:W 9 Craig A Stewart QLD 1436 4.5 0:D 41:W 20:W 6:L 19:W 18:W 10 Tony Dowden QLD 2189 4 33:W 12:W 5:L 13:W 8:D 15:D 11 Sravan Renjith OS 1976 4 29:W 26:W 4:L 14:W 12:W 3:L 12 Alexavier Ly-Liu QLD 1391 4 50:W 10:L 29:W 25:W 11:L 36:W 13 Jayden Ooi QLD 1502 4 56:W 4:L 35:W 10:L 29:W 26:W 14 Mark C Stokes QLD 1460 4 54:W 2:L 28:W 11:L 49:W 34:W 15 Ben Peach QLD 1610 4 44:D 37:W 19:L 33:W 38:W 10:D 16 Leon Lee QLD 1638 3.5 31:W 38:D 21:W 7:L 22:W 5:L 17 Allan Fossey QLD 1743 3.5 40:W 32:W 6:L 34:W 2:L 20:D 18 David Lovejoy QLD 1802 3.5 43:W 45:W 0:D 19:W 7:L 9:L 19 Ben Atia QLD 1270 3.5 0:D 42:W 15:W 18:L 9:L 38:W 20 Diego Aldana QLD 1191 3.5 57:W 6:D 9:L 45:D 31:W 17:D 21 Aiden Brady QLD 1366 3.5 0:D 44:W 16:L 32:W 39:W 6:L 22 Don Hamilton QLD 1351 3.5 52:W 3:L 39:D 44:W 16:L 28:W 23 Alexander Ilka QLD 1142 3.5 58:W 7:L 46:W 8:L 40:D 41:W 24 Peter G Bender QLD 1126 3.5 2:L 48:D 44:L 52:W 46:W 39:W 25 Liam Ryan VIC 1899 3 39:W 34:W 2:L 12:L 32:W 8:L 26 Orsen Van Der Byl QLD 1239 3 55:W 11:L 49:W 36:W 3:L 13:L 27 Mohammad Salahuddin QLD 1547 3 48:W 5:L 47:W 3:L 28:L 40:W 28 Dulin Nethsuka Kodituwakku QLD 1008 3 4:L 56:W 14:L 59:W 27:W 22:L 29 Martin Carter QLD 905 3 11:L 52:W 12:L 54:W 13:L 46:W 30 Imira Dewadasa QLD 1138 3 5:L 40:W 8:L 39:L 56:W 49:W 31 Joshua Cooper QLD 721 3 16:L 36:L 48:W 37:W 20:L 47:W 32 David Esmonde QLD 1141 3 46:W 17:L 43:W 21:L 25:L 45:W 33 William Ilka QLD 907 3 10:L 50:D 42:W 15:L 44:D 48:W 34 Rover-Leigh Mercado QLD 1336 3 51:W 25:L 53:W 17:L 45:W 14:L 35 Henry Liu QLD 944 3 3:L 54:W 13:L 40:L 57:W 44:W 36 Ali Esmaili QLD 1689 3 45:L 31:W 38:W 26:L 47:W 12:L 37 Bridgette Watkins QLD 1010 3 0:D 15:L 45:D 31:L 50:W 53:W 38 Micah Lo QLD 740 2.5 66:+ 16:D 36:L 41:W 15:L 19:L 39 Zerui Xing QLD 905 2.5 25:L 51:W 22:D 30:W 21:L 24:L 40 Austin Chen QLD 809 2.5 17:L 30:L 51:W 35:W 23:D 27:L 41 Raphael Atia QLD 940 2.5 0:D 9:L 50:W 38:L 42:W 23:L 42 Micah Young QLD 702 2.5 0:D 19:L 33:L 56:W 41:L 59:W 43 Adheesha Suraweera QLD 853 2.5 18:L 58:W 32:L 47:L 51:D 55:W 44 Benjamin Leong QLD 718 2 15:D 21:L 24:W 22:L 33:D 35:L 45 Shafiuddin Aanan QLD 802 2 36:W 18:L 37:D 20:D 34:L 32:L 46 Lachlan Wang QLD 2 32:L 0:W 23:L 53:W 24:L 29:L 47 Martin Ballantyne SA 1135 2 1:L 59:W 27:L 43:W 36:L 31:L 48 Joel Leong QLD 648 2 27:L 24:D 31:L 50:D 58:W 33:L 49 Ross Barnard QLD 877 2 6:L 57:W 26:L 58:W 14:L 30:L 50 Samuel Kho QLD 593 2 12:L 33:D 41:L 48:D 37:L 57:W 51 Kris Allen QLD 385 2 34:L 39:L 40:L 55:D 43:D 0:W 52 Isaac Ly-Liu QLD 538 2 22:L 29:L 59:L 24:L 0:W 56:W 53 Kanak Relekar QLD 889 2 7:L 55:W 34:L 46:L 54:W 37:L 54 Elizabeth Williams QLD 627 2 14:L 35:L 57:W 29:L 53:L 58:W 55 John Kho QLD 287 1.5 26:L 53:L 56:L 51:D 59:W 43:L 56 Eowyn Mercado QLD 647 1 13:L 28:L 55:W 42:L 30:L 52:L 57 Hanna Tinu QLD 1 20:L 49:L 54:L 0:W 35:L 50:L 58 Kingston Wang QLD 1 23:L 43:L 0:W 49:L 48:L 54:L 59 Jai Turner QLD 717 1 8:L 47:L 52:W 28:L 55:L 42:L
The event was conducted in a very friendly atmosphere, yet was fiercely contested with only 13 draws from the 171 games played.
The next event being supported by the Redcliffe Chess Club will be the 2019 Wendy Terry Memorial tournament again being held at Rothwell on Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th April, 2019.
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