The rarest of occurrences – an IM playing OTB chess in Australia!
As Australian Chess devolves into an U/1600 paradise, these sightings are becoming more rare.
IM Guy West, born in Rockhampton, won the Australian Open in the 1980s.
Could be one of the last chances to see a titled player playing OTB in Australia.
2024 Croydon Open – Round 1 Results
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1 Patnaikuni, Jay (1180) 0 19 0 - 1 1 0 IM West, Guy (2384) 2 Gibson, Kyle (2079) 0 2 1 - 0 20 0 Francis, Will (1142) 3 Coldrey, Jeff (1133) 0 21 0 - 1 4 0 Rojas, R'jaye (1712) 4 Lycett, Garry (1702) 0 5 1 - 0 22 0 Lee, Vivian (1072) 5 Meilicke, George (1067) 0 23 0 - 1 6 0 Voigt, Garry J (1670) 6 Andersson, Simon (1592) 0 7 1 - 0 24 0 Narula, Garv (622) 7 Gentry, Wulfric (0) 0 25 0 - 1 9 0 Patnaikuni, Ryan (1482) 8 Kolak, Tanya (1422) 0 10 1 - 0 26 0 Jarvis, Riley (0) 9 Ko, Wilson (0) 0 27 0 - 1 3 0 Birchall, Ian (1974) 10 Cutting, Luke (1393) 0 11 ½ - ½ 28 0 Kong, Chern Jun (0) 11 Law, Adam (0) 0 29 0 - 1 12 0 Clark, Peter (1324) 12 Kloprogge, Ion (1317) 0 13 1 - 0 30 0 Lee, Gin Ping (0) 13 Palasz, Paul (0) 0 31 0 - 1 14 0 Mott, Bryce (1289) 14 Rojas, Elijah (1219) 0 17 1 - 0 32 0 Patnaikuni, Dylan (0) 15 Zurzolo, Massimo (0) 0 35 0 - 1 18 0 Lahza, Shafi (1184) 16 Potter, Chris (1576) 0 8 ½ 0 0 (half point bye) (0) 17 Bremchandar, A J (1277) 0 15 ½ 0 0 (half point bye) (0) 18 Bickell, Stephen (1250) 0 16 ½ 0 0 (half point bye) (0) 19 Tiley, Jack (0) 0 33 ½ 0 0 (half point bye) (0) 20 Wong, Jason (0) 0 34 ½ 0 0 (half point bye) (0)
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