Wednesday, 11 September 2019

Wellington Open Rapid Revived!

Although we did not quite get the numbers we were hoping for, the 2019 Wellington Open Rapid was an enjoyable little tournament, with lots of upsets, interest and quality chess.
There was even an international element, with Sydney player Bevan Clouston making it across the Tasman to meet up with his dad who lives in Paraparaumu, and who also played.
36 players started, and when Alan Winfield unfortunately had to withdraw for health reasons, Bill Forster kindly stepped in to make sure nobody had to take a bye.
Russell Dive and Nic Croad couldn't make it, but we did have Scott Wastney and Anthony Ker to keep the standards high. Scott played confident chess from start to finish, while Anthony faltered early on with a draw against Edgar Benitez, and later on was outplayed by Scott.

It was great to see young talent doing so well, and three juniors finished on the same score as Anthony - Caleb He, Paul He and Samuel Darr, all on 4½ points.

Final Cross Table

No Name                        Loc  Total  1    2    3    4    5    6  

1  Wastney, Scott              2363 6     21:1  8:1 17:1  6:1  2:1  7:1
2  Ker, Anthony                2357 4.5   26:1 13:½  3:1  7:1  1:0  6:1
3  He, Paul                    1691 4.5   27:1 12:1  2:0 10:1 11:½ 13:1
4  He, Caleb                   1584 4.5   18:1 11:0 28:1 14:½  9:1 12:1
5  Darr, Samuel                1421 4.5   17:0 35:1 19:1 12:½ 25:1 11:1
6  Pomeroy, Arthur             1969 4     16:1 19:1 11:1  1:0 13:1  2:0
7  Winter, Ryan                1891 4     36:1 20:1 15:1  2:0 17:1  1:0
8  Sole, Michael               1853 4     31:1  1:0 23:1  9:0 22:1 18:1
9  Rafiq Ahmad Ridzuan, Amirul      4     20:0 36:1 21:1  8:1  4:0 19:1
10 Carroll, Lewis              1301 4     37:1 24:0 30:1  3:0 20:1 17:1
11 Tanoi, TE                   1926 3.5   32:1  4:1  6:0 18:1  3:½  5:0
12 Stone, Andrew               1942 3.5   22:1  3:0 24:1  5:½ 14:1  4:0
13 Benitez, Edgar              1816 3.5   28:1  2:½ 25:1 15:1  6:0  3:0
14 Forster, Bill               1944 3.5    0:   0:  16:1  4:½ 12:0 25:1
15 Paul, David                 1962 3.5   23:1 30:1  7:0 13:0 16:½ 24:1
16 Gunawan, Geoffrey           1454 3.5    6:0 34:1 14:0 33:1 15:½ 29:1
17 Lyall, Gordon               1942 3      5:1 29:1  1:0 22:1  7:0 10:0
18 Odulio, Orlando                  3      4:0 32:1 20:1 11:0 21:1  8:0
19 Clouston, Bevan             1800 3     34:1  6:0  5:0 24:1 23:1  9:0
20 Farrington, Lawrence        1530 3      9:1  7:0 18:0 28:1 10:0 31:1
21 Ashe, Michael               1513 3      1:0 31:1  9:0 35:1 18:0 33:1
22 Guo, Benjamin               1313 3     12:0 27:1 29:1 17:0  8:0 30:1
23 List, Robert                1454 3     15:0 33:1  8:0 29:1 19:0 27:1
24 Burns, Guy                  1790 2.5   25:½ 10:1 12:0 19:0 27:1 15:0
25 Loke, Kayden                     2.5   24:½ 37:1 13:0 30:1  5:0 14:0
26 Van der Hoorn, Thomas       1500 2.5    2:0 28:0 34:1 27:0 33:½ 36:1
27 Mangera, Muhammad                2      3:0 22:0 32:1 26:1 24:0 23:0
28 Evans, Oliver               1149 2     13:0 26:1  4:0 20:0 29:0 34:1
29 Scott, David                1591 2     35:1 17:0 22:0 23:0 28:1 16:0
30 Webster, Jamie              1701 2     33:1 15:0 10:0 25:0 34:1 22:0
31 Li, Zac                     1175 2      8:0 21:0 33:0 36:1 35:1 20:0
32 Osborne, Geoff              1281 2     11:0 18:0 27:0 34:0 36:1 35:1
33 Mangera, Suhel                   1.5   30:0 23:0 31:1 16:0 26:½ 21:0
34 Clouston, Anthony           1088 1     19:0 16:0 26:0 32:1 30:0 28:0
35 Mangera, Aamena                  1     29:0  5:0 36:1 21:0 31:0 32:0
36 Kierstead, James            1179 0      7:0  9:0 35:0 31:0 32:0 26:0
37 Winfield, Alan              1937 0     10:0 25:0  0:   0:   0:   0: 


Now here is a remarkable thing. Andrew Stone finished his game early and was watching Anthony Ker lose to Scott Wastney, he memorised the game, and sent it to me, annotated!
I told Scott that Andrew had done this, and Scott sent me his own version, just in case Andrew had got it wrong (he hadn't)

SW - annotations by Scott Wastney
AS - annotations by Andrew Stone






Andrew also annotated his loss to Paul He. Needless to say, Andrew is my hero at the moment.







Ryan Winter

Wastney v Winter

Pomeroy v Ker

Benitez v Paul He

Ed Tanoi

Webster v Guo

Kapiti Derby Burns v Paul

Lyall v Carroll

Stone v Caleb He

















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