Auckland Chess Centre presents the
118th NZ Chess Congress

Incorporating the New Zealand Chess Championships, January 2-12 2011
New Zealand Major Open, January 2-12 2011
New Zealand Rapid & Lightning Championships, January 13-14 2011

New Zealand Lightning Championship

No Name             Loc  Total 1 2 3  4 5  6 

1  Noel Pinic       2207 7.5   * 2 2  1 1  1½
2  Alan Ansell      1965 6.0   0 * 1  2 1  2 
3  Michael Steadman 2232 5.5   0 1 *  2 2  ½ 
4  Robert Smith     2209 4.0   1 0 0  * 1½ 1½
5  Antonio Krstev   2054 3.5   1 1 0  ½ *  1 
6  Luke Li          1681 3.5   ½ 0 1½ ½ 1  * 

New Zealand Lightning Reserve

No Name              Loc  Total  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9  

1  Anthony Ker       2364 8      9:W 24:W 21:W  8:W  6:W  5:W  3:W  2:L  4:W
2  Anthony Carpinter 2112 7.5   25:D 40:W 12:W 11:W  4:L 13:W 20:W  1:W  7:W
3  Hans Gao          1802 6.5   38:W  5:L 28:W 21:W 15:W  6:W  1:L  8:W  9:D
4  Nathan Goodhue    1981 6     31:W 26:W  8:L  9:W  2:W  7:W  6:L  5:W  1:L
5  Russell Dive      2354 6     14:W  3:W 20:W  6:L 10:W  1:L 13:W  4:L 17:W
6  Paul Garbett      2294 6     28:W 19:W 15:W  5:W  1:L  3:L  4:W  7:L 13:W
7  Alex Huang        1755 6     16:W  8:L 23:W 20:W 12:W  4:L 14:W  6:W  2:L
8  Gino Thornton     2204 6     22:W  7:W  4:W  1:L 13:L 19:W 24:W  3:L 14:W
9  Judy Gao          1629 6      1:L 25:W 36:W  4:L 31:W 17:D 12:W 19:W  3:D
10 Richard Taylor    1918 6     32:W 29:W 11:L 26:W  5:L 30:L 23:W 22:W 16:W
11 Vinod Kumar       1989 5.5   18:W 12:D 10:W  2:L 19:L 25:W 21:W 13:L 24:W
12 Brett Rider       1704 5.5   39:W 11:D  2:L 25:W  7:L 28:W  9:L 27:W 19:W
13 William Li        1643 5     42:W 15:L 29:W 24:W  8:W  2:L  5:L 11:W  6:L
14 Leonides Guico    1593 5      5:L 38:W 24:L 16:W 29:W 15:W  7:L 20:W  8:L
15 Edward Tanoi      1963 5     34:W 13:W  6:L 18:W  3:L 14:L 17:L 25:W 26:W
16 Leo Zhang         1020 5      7:L 22:L 41:W 14:L 34:W 18:W 26:W 30:W 10:L
17 Nicole Tsoi       1481 5     21:L 35:D 25:L 38:W 27:W  9:D 15:W 24:W  5:L
18 Scott Yang        1464 5     11:L 39:W 27:W 15:L 26:L 16:L 32:W 28:W 30:W
19 Alan Aldridge     1782 4.5   35:W  6:L 22:D 31:W 11:W  8:L 30:W  9:L 12:L
20 Chris Burns       1992 4.5   23:W 30:W  5:L  7:L 32:W 26:W  2:L 14:L 22:D
21 Daniel Runcan     2159 4.5   17:W 27:W  1:L  3:L 28:W 24:L 11:L 37:W 23:D
22 Jack James        1485 4.5    8:L 16:W 19:D 27:D 24:L 32:W 29:W 10:L 20:D
23 Thomas Chen       1465 4.5   20:L 33:W  7:L 36:L 41:W 37:W 10:L 29:W 21:D
24 Andrea Rivas      1899 4     37:W  1:L 14:W 13:L 22:W 21:W  8:L 17:L 11:L
25 William J W Zhang 1469 4      2:D  9:L 17:W 12:L 40:W 11:L 35:W 15:L 27:D
26 Andrew Michael    1672 4     36:W  4:L 34:W 10:L 18:W 20:L 16:L 33:W 15:L
27 Hamish Gold       1739 4     33:W 21:L 18:L 22:D 17:L 36:W 31:W 12:L 25:D
28 Gary Judkins      1503 4      6:L 37:W  3:L 33:W 21:L 12:L 36:W 18:L 40:W
29 Brian Qi          804  4     40:W 10:L 13:L 34:W 14:L 31:W 22:L 23:L 35:W
30 Hilton Jacobs     1729 4     41:W 20:L 31:L 37:W 36:W 10:W 19:L 16:L 18:L
31 Wayne McDougall   1354 4      4:L 41:W 30:W 19:L  9:L 29:L 27:L 39:W 38:W
32 John Mcrae        1209 4     10:L 36:L 35:W 40:W 20:L 22:L 18:L 42:W 41:W
33 Judd Zhan         818  4     27:L 23:L 38:W 28:L 35:L 39:W 34:W 26:L 42:W
34 Steinar Thon      1296 4     15:L 42:W 26:L 29:L 16:L 38:W 33:L 41:W 39:W
35 Olivia Dong       1118 3.5   19:L 17:D 32:L 39:L 33:W 41:W 25:L 36:W 29:L
36 Gil Rabinovich         3     26:L 32:W  9:L 23:W 30:L 27:L 28:L 35:L 37:W
37 Daniel Zhang      1127 3     24:L 28:L 42:W 30:L 39:W 23:L 40:W 21:L 36:L
38 Allen Fan         1122 2.5    3:L 14:L 33:L 17:L 42:W 34:L 41:D 40:W 31:L
39 Leo Li            577  2     12:L 18:L 40:L 35:W 37:L 33:L 42:W 31:L 34:L
40 Michael Zhang     1733 2     29:L  2:L 39:W 32:L 25:L 42:W 37:L 38:L 28:L
41 Rodney Li         719  1.5   30:L 31:L 16:L 42:W 23:L 35:L 38:D 34:L 32:L
42 Noam Rabinovich        0     13:L 34:L 37:L 41:L 38:L 40:L 39:L 32:L 33:L

New Zealand Rapid

No Name                        Loc  Total  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9  

1  Ker, Anthony                2364 8     32:W 25:W 17:W  4:W 14:W  6:W  5:W  2:D  3:D
2  Garbett, Paul               2294 7     39:W 21:W 16:W  5:D  4:W 10:W 15:W  1:D  6:L
3  Steadman, Michael           2232 7     37:W  5:L 69:W 21:W 12:W 16:W  7:W 10:D  1:D
4  Smith, Robert               2209 7     56:W 42:W 12:W  1:L  2:L 24:W 25:W 15:W  5:W
5  Li, Luke                    1681 6.5   70:W  3:W 22:W  2:D  8:W 11:W  1:L  6:W  4:L
6  Dive, Russell               2354 6.5   50:W 72:W 15:W 11:W 10:D  1:L 14:W  5:L  2:W
7  Thornton, Gino              2204 6.5   49:+ 34:W 18:D 10:L 72:W 20:W  3:L 19:W 14:W
8  Krstev, Antonio             2054 6.5   26:D 57:W 27:W 18:W  5:L 14:L 56:W 16:W 10:W
9  Barlow, Matthew             2125 6.5   44:L 60:W 32:W 34:D 27:W 18:W 10:L 11:W 17:W
10 Ansell, Alan                1965 6     41:W 33:W 44:W  7:W  6:D  2:L  9:W  3:D  8:L
11 Bennett, Hilton             1973 6     58:W 35:W 24:W  6:L 25:W  5:L 28:W  9:L 27:W
12 Post, Martin                1914 6     65:W 46:W  4:L 43:W  3:L 36:W 34:D 20:D 24:W
13 Fraemohs, Peter             1970 6     43:L 52:W 50:D 56:W 35:W 15:L 23:D 31:W 25:W
14 Burns, Chris                1992 5.5   38:D 26:W 23:W 19:W  1:L  8:W  6:L 30:W  7:L
15 Gibbons, Robert             1873 5.5   64:W 29:W  6:L 44:W 17:W 13:W  2:L  4:L 20:D
16 Milligan, Helen             1942 5.5   52:W 43:W  2:L 33:W 30:W  3:L 19:D  8:L 35:W
17 Tanoi, Edward               1963 5.5   36:W 31:W  1:L 24:W 15:L 19:D 35:W 34:W  9:L
18 Notley, David               1870 5.5   63:W 59:W  7:D  8:L 26:W  9:L 37:D 23:D 39:W
19 Gao, Hans                   1802 5.5   62:W 69:D 28:W 14:L 22:W 17:D 16:D  7:L 37:W
20 Stuart, Peter               2034 5.5   48:W 24:L 39:W 35:D 58:W  7:L 44:W 12:D 15:D
21 Aldridge, Alan              1782 5.5   55:W  2:L 45:W  3:L 43:L 63:W 26:W 37:D 38:W
22 Pinic, Noel                 2207 5.5   57:D 51:W  5:L 23:W 19:L 26:L 46:W 36:W 34:W
23 Gao, Judy                   1629 5.5   68:W 28:D 14:L 22:L 69:W 58:W 13:D 18:D 40:W
24 Li, William (Xiang Wei)     1643 5     74:W 20:W 11:L 17:L 41:W  4:L 49:W 28:W 12:L
25 Power, Wayne                1794 5     73:W  1:L 37:W 29:W 11:L 43:W  4:L 45:W 13:L
26 Zhang, William              1469 5      8:D 14:L 60:W 54:W 18:L 22:W 21:L 56:W 30:D
27 Duffin, Mike                1700 5      0:  38:W  8:L 46:W  9:L 57:W 40:D 43:W 11:L
28 Runcan, Daniel              2159 5     45:W 23:D 19:L 50:W 34:D 49:W 11:L 24:L 43:W
29 Zhang, Leo                  1020 5     30:W 15:L 51:W 25:L 39:W 40:L 31:L 53:W 56:W
30 Wright, Caleb               1787 5     29:L 64:W 49:W 47:W 16:L 44:D 48:W 14:L 26:D
31 Mukkattu, Philip            1590 5     75:W 17:L 47:L 38:L 66:W 64:W 29:W 13:L 45:W
32 MacLeod, Hugh               1564 5      1:L 63:W  9:L 73:W 36:L 59:W 43:L 65:W 55:W
33 Duhs, Alistair              1573 5     71:W 10:L 59:W 16:L 44:L 73:W 45:L 52:W 47:W
34 Rider, Brett                1704 4.5   61:W  7:L 36:W  9:D 28:D 38:W 12:D 17:L 22:L
35 Lynn, William               1620 4.5   76:W 11:L 61:W 20:D 13:L 41:W 17:L 44:W 16:L
36 Zhu, Karl                   1371 4.5   17:L 75:W 34:L 42:W 32:W 12:L 39:D 22:L 57:W
37 Crombie, William            1539 4.5    3:L 70:W 25:L 64:W 48:D 47:W 18:D 21:D 19:L
38 Yang, Scott                 1464 4.5   14:D 27:L 57:D 31:W 45:W 34:L 72:W 40:D 21:L
39 Zhu, Leo                    1559 4.5    2:L 73:W 20:L 63:W 29:L 51:W 36:D 57:W 18:L
40 Cornford, Lindsay           1962 4.5   47:W 44:L 56:D 41:L 50:W 29:W 27:D 38:D 23:L
41 Jia, Hao                    1387 4.5   10:L 76:W 53:D 40:W 24:L 35:L 54:D 51:W 42:D
42 Gold, Hamish                1739 4.5   67:W  4:L 43:L 36:L 46:W 45:L 73:W 48:W 41:D
43 Liu, Brian                  1433 4     13:W 16:L 42:W 12:L 21:W 25:L 32:W 27:L 28:L
44 Tsoi, Nicole                1481 4      9:W 40:W 10:L 15:L 33:W 30:D 20:L 35:L 46:D
45 James, Jack                 1485 4     28:L 68:W 21:L 66:W 38:L 42:W 33:W 25:L 31:L
46 Chen, Johnson               1259 4     77:+ 12:L 54:D 27:L 42:L 70:W 22:L 60:W 44:D
47 McDougall, Wayne            1354 4     40:L 71:W 31:W 30:L 57:D 37:L 53:D 54:W 33:L
48 Chen, Thomas                1465 4     20:L 61:L 67:W 55:W 37:D 53:W 30:L 42:L 50:D
49 Judkins, Gary               1503 4      7:- 67:W 30:L 61:W 59:W 28:L 24:L 55:L 66:W
50 Mitchell, Robert            1562 4      6:L 66:W 13:D 28:L 40:L 69:W 57:L 64:W 48:D
51 Blake, Jonathon             1650 4     60:D 22:L 29:L 52:D 55:W 39:L 58:W 41:L 63:W
52 Ansell, John                1320 4     16:L 13:L 66:L 51:D 65:D 61:W 62:W 33:L 67:W
53 Millar, Brian               1707 4     69:L 62:W 41:D 58:L 60:W 48:L 47:D 29:L 65:W
54 Michael, Andrew             1672 4     59:L 65:W 46:D 26:L 56:L 62:W 41:D 47:L 64:W
55 Sun, Jack                   1001 4     21:L 56:L 71:W 48:L 51:L 74:W 69:W 49:W 32:L
56 Chen, George                1536 3.5    4:L 55:W 40:D 13:L 54:W 72:W  8:L 26:L 29:L
57 Yao, Winston (Yow-Jen)      1521 3.5   22:D  8:L 38:D 62:W 47:D 27:L 50:W 39:L 36:L
58 Lyall, Simon                1460 3.5   11:L 74:W 72:D 53:W 20:L 23:L 51:L 63:D 61:D
59 Zhan, Judd                  818  3.5   54:W 18:L 33:L 70:W 49:L 32:L 64:L 62:D 69:W
60 Qi, Brian                   804  3.5   51:D  9:L 26:L 65:W 53:L 67:D 63:D 46:L 73:W
61 Lam, Byron                  891  3.5   34:L 48:W 35:L 49:L 63:L 52:L 71:W 73:W 58:D
62 Dong, Olivia                1118 3.5   19:L 53:L 76:W 57:L 74:W 54:L 52:L 59:D 70:W
63 Fan, Allen                  1122 3     18:L 32:L 68:W 39:L 61:W 21:L 60:D 58:D 51:L
64 McRae, John                 1209 3     15:L 30:L 74:W 37:L 67:W 31:L 59:W 50:L 54:L
65 Li, Andrew (Geng)           1234 3     12:L 54:L 70:D 60:L 52:D 66:W 68:W 32:L 53:L
66 Qin, Joy (Shu Yan)          990  3     72:L 50:L 52:W 45:L 31:L 65:L 76:W 74:W 49:L
67 Qian, Bella                 973  3     42:L 49:L 48:L 75:W 64:L 60:D 70:D 68:W 52:L
68 McDougall, Nathan           603  3     23:L 45:L 63:L 76:W 73:L 71:W 65:L 67:L 74:W
69 Ang, Alphaeus               907  2.5   53:W 19:D  3:L 72:L 23:L 50:L 55:L 76:W 59:L
70 Huang, Tiger                864  2.5    5:L 37:L 65:D 59:L 76:W 46:L 67:D 75:D 62:L
71 McDougall, Euan             424  2.5   33:L 47:L 55:L 74:L 75:D 68:L 61:L  0:W 76:W
72 Huang, Alex                 1755 2.5   66:W  6:L 58:D 69:W  7:L 56:L 38:L  0:   0: 
73 Pickston, Jasmine (Lin-Hui) 1054 2     25:L 39:L 75:W 32:L 68:W 33:L 42:L 61:L 60:L
74 Pickston, Stefenie (Lin-Yi) 783  2     24:L 58:L 64:L 71:W 62:L 55:L 75:W 66:L 68:L
75 Zhang, Jessica              489  2     31:L 36:L 73:L 67:L 71:D 76:L 74:L 70:D  0:W
76 Tai, Alexander              571  1     35:L 41:L 62:L 68:L 70:L 75:W 66:L 69:L 71:L

Championship Crosstable

Download Championship games here (pgn file)

No Name                   Loc  Total  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9   10   11  

1  Ker, Anthony           2444 9     26:W 10:W  6:W  3:W  4:D  5:D  2:W 14:D  7:D 12:W  8:W
2  Krstev, Antonio        2129 7.5   15:L  9:W 16:W  8:W  6:W  4:D  1:L  5:W 14:W  3:L 17:W
3  Smith, Robert          2371 7.5   13:W 11:W  5:D  1:L 17:D 15:L 16:W 12:W  4:W  2:W  7:D
4  Watson, Bruce          2321 7.5   20:D 21:W 19:W  5:D  1:D  2:D 14:D  9:W  3:L  6:W 11:W
5  McLaren, Leonard       2244 7     22:W  8:W  3:D  4:D 14:W  1:D 15:W  2:L  6:D  7:D  9:D
6  Steadman, Michael      2362 6.5    9:W 14:W  1:L 17:D  2:L 11:W  7:D 15:W  5:D  4:L 19:W
7  Shen, Daniel           2258 6.5   16:D 15:D 14:L 22:W 21:W 10:D  6:D  8:W  1:D  5:D  3:D
8  Dive, Russell          2460 6     18:W  5:L 11:W  2:L 15:D 16:D 20:W  7:L  9:W 14:W  1:L
9  Bennett, Hilton        2046 6      6:L  2:L 25:W 12:D 19:W 23:W 17:W  4:L  8:L 16:W  5:D
10 Barlow, Matthew        2137 6     23:W  1:L 13:W 15:D 20:D  7:D 12:L 18:D 16:D 11:D 14:W
11 Gibbons, Robert        2086 5.5   25:W  3:L  8:L 21:D 13:W  6:L 18:D 20:W 15:W 10:D  4:L
12 Milligan, Helen        2148 5.5   14:L 16:D 22:D  9:D 23:D 21:W 10:W  3:L 17:W  1:L 13:D
13 Ansell, Alan           2050 5.5    3:L 25:W 10:L 16:D 11:L 24:W 19:W 17:D 18:D 15:D 12:D
14 Li, Luke               1992 5     12:W  6:L  7:W 19:W  5:L 20:W  4:D  1:D  2:L  8:L 10:L
15 Gao, Hans              1987 5      2:W  7:D 17:D 10:D  8:D  3:W  5:L  6:L 11:L 13:D 26:D
16 Fuatai, Fuatai         2027 5      7:D 12:D  2:L 13:D 22:W  8:D  3:L 26:W 10:D  9:L 24:D
17 Pinic, Noel            2121 5     21:D 24:W 15:D  6:D  3:D 18:D  9:L 13:D 12:L 25:W  2:L
18 Stuart, Peter          2070 5      8:L 22:D 23:L 26:W 24:W 17:D 11:D 10:D 13:D 19:D 21:L
19 Dordevic, Ivan         2080 5     24:D 20:W  4:L 14:L  9:L 26:W 13:L 25:W 23:W 18:D  6:L
20 Goodhue, Nathan        2030 4.5    4:D 19:L 24:W 23:W 10:D 14:L  8:L 11:L 25:D 26:D 22:D
21 Gao, Judy              1964 4.5   17:D  4:L 26:W 11:D  7:L 12:L 25:L 24:D 22:D 23:D 18:W
22 Jackson, Ross          2013 4.5    5:L 18:D 12:D  7:L 16:L 25:L 26:W 23:D 21:D 24:W 20:D
23 Forster, William       1990 4.5   10:L 26:D 18:W 20:L 12:D  9:L 24:D 22:D 19:L 21:D 25:W
24 Yao, Winston (Yow-Jen) 1676 4     19:D 17:L 20:L 25:W 18:L 13:L 23:D 21:D 26:W 22:L 16:D
25 Gold, Hamish           1927 2.5   11:L 13:L  9:L 24:L 26:L 22:W 21:W 19:L 20:D 17:L 23:L
26 Taylor, Richard        2065 2.5    1:L 23:D 21:L 18:L 25:W 19:L 22:L 16:L 24:L 20:D 15:D

Major Open Crosstable

Download all Major Open games here (pgn file)

No Name                    Loc  Total  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9   10   11  

1  Seabrook, Roy           1748 9     38:- 33:W 10:W  9:L 27:W 47:W 11:W 26:W  2:W  3:W  8:W
2  Huang, Alex             1974 8     27:W 18:W 14:L  8:W 21:D 46:W  7:W  3:D  1:L  4:W 12:W
3  Evans, David            1984 7.5   37:W 13:W 43:W 14:W  5:D  7:L 12:W  2:D  8:W  1:L  6:D
4  Fraemohs, Peter         1999 7.5   10:D 30:W 17:D 18:W 26:L 21:W  9:W  7:D  5:W  2:L 19:W
5  Li, William (Xiang Wei) 1736 7.5   41:W 38:W 19:W  7:W  3:D 26:L  6:D  8:D  4:L 20:W 17:W
6  Power, Wayne            1875 7.5   42:D 10:D 27:W 46:D 20:D 22:W  5:D 12:D 30:W  7:W  3:D
7  Post, Martin            1931 7     25:W 28:W 26:W  5:L 11:W  3:W  2:L  4:D 17:W  6:L  9:D
8  Eade, Don               1862 7     45:W 31:W 11:D  2:L 13:W 17:W 26:W  5:D  3:L 10:W  1:L
9  Wu, Eric                1624 7     49:W 11:L 15:W  1:W 14:W 12:L  4:L 23:W 19:W 17:D  7:D
10 Roberts, Michael        1622 7      4:D  6:D  1:L 45:W 18:W 42:W 19:D 13:D 15:W  8:L 22:W
11 Casilang, Arthur        1746 7     33:W  9:W  8:D 17:D  7:L 30:W  1:L 18:D 32:W 22:D 21:W
12 Tsoi, Nicole            1711 7     30:L 41:W 42:W 19:D 28:W  9:W  3:L  6:D 26:W 21:W  2:L
13 Mitchell, Robert        1726 6.5   36:W  3:L 48:W 30:W  8:L 20:D 46:W 10:D 21:L 18:W 16:D
14 Cater, James            1792 6.5   16:W 47:W  2:W  3:L  9:L 31:D 20:L 30:L 48:W 34:W 28:W
15 McNally, Ian            1934 6.5    0:  44:W  9:L 42:D 30:L 40:W 35:W 31:W 10:L 27:W 23:W
16 Kolev, Hristo           1397 6.5   14:L 35:D 44:W 20:L 36:D 51:W 29:D 46:W 18:D 26:W 13:D
17 Halim, Johari           1940 6     34:W 22:D  4:D 11:D 24:W  8:L 31:W 20:W  7:L  9:D  5:L
18 Pakenham, John          1715 6     23:W  2:L 22:W  4:L 10:L 28:W 48:W 11:D 16:D 13:L 32:W
19 Wright, Caleb           1936 6     48:W 46:W  5:L 12:D 22:D 29:W 10:D 21:D  9:L 30:W  4:L
20 Zhang, William J W      1409 6     43:L 39:W 24:D 16:W  6:D 13:D 14:W 17:L 29:W  5:L 26:D
21 Liu, Brian              1646 6     52:W 26:L 38:W 43:W  2:D  4:L 24:W 19:D 13:W 12:L 11:L
22 Lyall, Simon            1695 6     40:W 17:D 18:L 47:W 19:D  6:L 25:W 32:D 27:W 11:D 10:L
23 Ang, Alphaeus           1235 6     18:L 27:L 51:W 48:L 49:W 34:W 28:W  9:L 25:W 29:W 15:L
24 Michael, Andrew         1693 6     44:D 42:D 20:D 32:W 17:L 36:W 21:L 27:L 31:D 33:W 30:W
25 Chen, George            1473 6      7:L 53:W 46:L 49:W 31:L 43:W 22:L 47:W 23:L 36:W 37:W
26 Holdo, Karl             1761 5.5   32:W 21:W  7:L 29:W  4:W  5:W  8:L  1:L 12:L 16:L 20:D
27 Kolev, Stefan           1511 5.5    2:L 23:W  6:L 38:W  1:L 45:W 33:D 24:W 22:L 15:L 43:W
28 Chen, Thomas            1687 5.5   53:W  7:L 32:D 36:W 12:L 18:L 23:L 44:W 49:W 42:W 14:L
29 Mukkattu, Philip        1659 5.5   39:W 43:L 45:W 26:L 34:W 19:L 16:D 33:W 20:L 23:L 42:W
30 Zhang, Leo              1209 5     12:W  4:L 31:W 13:L 15:W 11:L 37:W 14:W  6:L 19:L 24:L
31 Yang, Scott             1648 5     51:W  8:L 30:L 35:W 25:W 14:D 17:L 15:L 24:D 38:D 34:D
32 Li, Andrew (Geng)       1354 5     26:L 52:W 28:D 24:L 35:W 37:D 47:W 22:D 11:L 43:D 18:L
33 Chen, Johnson           1315 5     11:L  1:L 50:W 37:D 42:D 44:W 27:D 29:L 46:D 24:L 51:W
34 Garland, Mana           1511 5     17:L 40:D 36:D 52:W 29:L 23:L 50:W 43:W 42:D 14:L 31:D
35 Lam, Byron              891  5     47:L 16:D 40:W 31:L 32:L 41:W 15:L 38:L 53:D  0:W 48:+
36 Halim, Izzah            1300 5     13:L 37:W 34:D 28:L 16:D 24:L 45:D 51:D 47:W 25:L 52:W
37 Rong, David             1604 5      3:L 36:L 53:W 33:D 44:W 32:D 30:L 42:L 45:W 46:W 25:L
38 Ansell, John            1320 5      1:+  5:L 21:L 27:L 52:W 48:L 43:L 35:W 51:W 31:D 44:D
39 Fan, Allen              1018 5     29:L 20:L 41:W 44:L 45:L  0:W 42:L 50:W 43:L 47:W 46:+
40 Lee, Ryan               1206 5     22:L 34:D 35:L 41:L 50:W 15:L 51:-  0:W 44:D 52:W 53:W
41 Fan, Cathy              1308 5      5:L 12:L 39:L 40:W 51:D 35:L 53:W 49:L 52:W 48:D 50:W
42 Jia, Hao                1459 4.5    6:D 24:D 12:L 15:D 33:D 10:L 39:W 37:W 34:D 28:L 29:L
43 Stracy, Don             1796 4.5   20:W 29:W  3:L 21:L 46:L 25:L 38:W 34:L 39:W 32:D 27:L
44 Rudkins, Linton         1141 4.5   24:D 15:L 16:L 39:W 37:L 33:L  0:W 28:L 40:D 51:W 38:D
45 Rowell, Trevor          1456 4.5    8:L 51:W 29:L 10:L 39:W 27:L 36:D 48:D 37:L 53:W 49:D
46 Puepuemai, Wayne        1687 4     50:W 19:L 25:W  6:D 43:W  2:L 13:L 16:L 33:D 37:L 39:-
47 Gilmore, Sacha          1629 4     35:W 14:L 49:W 22:L 48:W  1:L 32:L 25:L 36:L 39:L  0:W
48 Puepuemai, Malo         1501 4     19:L 50:W 13:L 23:W 47:L 38:W 18:L 45:D 14:L 41:D 35:-
49 Zhan, Judd              818  4      9:L  0:W 47:L 25:L 23:L 53:D 52:W 41:W 28:L 50:L 45:D
50 Halim, Farhana          1054 4     46:L 48:L 33:L 53:W 40:L 52:W 34:L 39:L  0:W 49:W 41:L
51 Dong, Olivia            1000 3     31:L 45:L 23:L  0:W 41:D 16:L 40:+ 36:D 38:L 44:L 33:L
52 Qian, Bella             975  2     21:L 32:L  0:W 34:L 38:L 50:L 49:L 53:W 41:L 40:L 36:L
53 Halim, Aiman            1028 2     28:L 25:L 37:L 50:L  0:W 49:D 41:L 52:L 35:D 45:L 40:L

The 118th New Zealand Chess Championship will be an 11-round Swiss system tournament, with a minimum of 18 players, open to all NZ players with a current NZCF standard rating of 2000 or higher, or a FIDE rating of at least 2100. In the event of fewer than 18 qualified players entering, sufficient Major Open entrants will be invited, in order of rating, to bring the field up to 18. In the event of no more than 12 entries being received, the Championship will be conducted as a round robin of 12 players.

The Championship will be FIDE rated and overseas players may be invited by the NZCF council. Players are reminded that the North Island Champion, South Island Champion, and Junior Champion are eligible to play in the Championship.

Any NZ player who does not fulfil the rating requirements set out above may apply to be treated as a special case; the player must demonstrate exceptional circumstances. Please apply to the NZCF, Box 216, Shortland Street, Auckland 1010.

Entries so far (NZCF November ratings, with January FIDE in brackets):
IM Russell Dive 2460 (2375), IM Anthony Ker 2444 (2336), FM Bob Smith 2371 (2287), FM Mike Steadman 2362 (2242), FM Bruce Watson 2321 (2282), Daniel Shen 2258 (2187), Leonard McLaren 2244 (2207), Helen Milligan 2148 (2048), Matthew Barlow 2137 (2140), Antonio Krstev 2129 (2094), Noel Pinic 2121 (2058), Bob Gibbons 2086 (2022), Ivan Dordevic 2080 (2019), Peter Stuart 2070 (2025), Richard Taylor 2065 (1929), Alan Ansell 2050 (2001), Hilton Bennett 2046 (1974), Nathan Goodhue 2030 (1996), Fuatai Fuatai 2027 (2015), Ross Jackson 2013 (1966), Luke Li 1992 (1990), Bill Forster 1990 (1908), Hans Gao 1987 (1859), Judy Gao 1964 (1914), Hamish Gold 1927 (1841), Winston Yao 1676 (-)

This is an NZCF Grand Prix Superclass event, the first of the 2011 season.

The Major Open will be an 11-round Swiss system tournament open to all NZ players with a current NZCF standard rating of under 2000. Players with a current NZCF rating over 2000 are not eligible.
Entries so far (NZCF November ratings):
Peter Fraemohs 1999, David Evans 1984, Halim Johari 1940, Caleb Wright 1936, Martin Post 1931, Wayne Power 1875, Don Eade 1862, Don Stracy 1796, Jim Cater 1792, Roy Seabrook 1748, Arthur Casilang 1746, Bob Mitchell 1726, John Pakenham 1715, Nicole Tsoi 1711, Simon Lyall 1695, Andrew Michael 1693, Thomas Chen 1687, Wayne Puepuemai 1687, Philip Mukkattu 1659, Scott Yang 1648, Sacha Gilmore 1629, Eric Wu 1624, Michael Roberts 1622, David Rong 1604, Mana Garland 1511, Malo Puepuemai 1501, George Chen 1473, Hao Jia 1459, William J W Zhang 1409, Hristo Kolev 1397, Andrew Geng Li 1354, John Ansell 1320, Johnson Chen 1315, Cathy Fan 1308, Izzah Halim 1300, Alphaeus Ang 1235, Leo Zhang 1209, Ryan Lee 1206, Linton Rudkins 1141, Farhana Halim 1054, Aiman Halim 1028, Allen Fan 1018, Olivia Dong 1000, Bella Qian 975, Brian Lim

Venue: Alexandra Function Centre
Lyell Creek/Owners & Trainers Lounge
Greenlane Rd
Greenlane
Auckland

Schedule:
The Championship and Major Open will both be held as 11-round Swiss system tournaments, one round per day. The time control of the NZ Championship & Major Open will be: 90 minutes for the first 40 moves plus 30 minutes to finish the game plus 30 seconds per move from move one. Default time: 30 minutes from the start of play.

New Zealand Rapid Championship:
Thursday/Friday 13-14 January. A 9-round Swiss system tournaments, open to all players. Time control: 25 minutes plus an increment of 5 seconds per move from move 1. FIDE Rapid rules will apply. Players' meeting 9am; play starts 9:30am.

New Zealand Lightning Championship:
Friday 14th January, commencing at 18:00. Open to all players. This will be run in preliminary and final groups, with the initial groups made up according to seeding. The top two players from each group will qualify for a round robin final. The remaining players will contest the NZ Reserve Lightning Championship, which will be run as a Swiss system. The number of rounds will depend on the number of entrants. The time control will be five minutes per player for the entire game. FIDE Lightning rules will apply.

Annual General Meeting:
The New Zealand Chess Federation AGM will be held during the event, on Friday 7th January.

Prizes:
The 118th National Congress has a guaranteed minimum prize fund of over $6000.

Eligibility:
All entrants other than specially invited overseas players must be registered under NZCF rules. Any entrant who is not already NZCF registered may register when entering. The 2010 rate for NZCF registration is $15.

Director of Play:
The DOP will be Bruce Pollard.

Entry fees:

The preliminary closing date for entries to the New Zealand Championship and Major Open is 15th Dec 2010. However, entries will be accepted up to 11am on the opening day, 02/01/2010.
There will be no late entry fee
Note that any Major Open entrant promoted to the NZ Championship to bring the field up to 18 shall be required to pay the difference in entry fees.
The deadline for entries to the NZ Rapid Championship is 08:30 on the day of play, 13th January 2010.
The deadline for entries to the NZ Lightning Championship is 17:00 on the day of play, 14th January 2010.
As soon as possible after 15th December the Tournament committee will forward to NZCF affiliated clubs and NZ Championship entrants a list of Championship entries received up to that time. This will also be updated on the Auckland Chess Centre website, www.aucklandchesscentre.co.nz.

Contact:
All entries, signed and accompanied by the appropriate entry fees, should be made on the official entry form, or in writing including all the details required on the entry form. They should be sent to:
Mike Steadman, 2/3 Rogan St, Hillsborough, Auckland 1041.
Cheques should be made payable to: Auckland Chess Centre.
A copy of the final page of the official entry form is available for download here (Word document).

Accommodation:
Abella Court Motel (across road from venue)
224 Greenlane Road
Epsom,
Auckland
T: +64 9 630 7864
F: +64 9 630 6620