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Please see the chess-results.com site for full details of
pairings and results, etc: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr63826.aspx?lan=1.
See also the full details generated by Keong Ang with the
program Vega here.
Reports of the event can be found on the following
sites: Pictorial report by ChessBase at
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=7843 Daily
reports by Shaun Press at http://chessexpress.blogspot.com/. Chess
Vibes: http://chessvibes.com/reports/the-perfect-tournament By
Bojkov, in German but with loads of good photos:
http://www.chessbase.de/nachrichten.asp?newsid=12578 and
http://www.chessbase.de/nachrichten.asp?newsid=12548.
Note on tiebreaks: the system recommended by FIDE was used
to split ties for trophies. See the FIDE website,
http://www.fide.com/images/stories/NEWS_2011/fide_news/Agenda_and_Annexes_2011/Annex_65_-_RTRC_report.pdf,
for full details. Cash prizes were shared equally among players on the same
score.
Results: 1st= GM Darryl Johansen (and trophy on
tiebreak), GM Li Chao, & GM Zhao Jun 4th= IM Akshat Khamparia, GM
Eduardas Rozentalis, Trevor Tao, GM Sune Berg Hansen & GM Surya Shekhar
Ganguly 9th= GM Dejan Bojkov, FM Junta Ikeda, Andrew Bird, FM Michael
Steadman, wgm Irine Kharisma Sukandar, Domagoj Dragicevic, & FM Max
Illingworth
Under 11 trophy + book prize - William Zhang Under 13
trophy + book prize - Karl Zelesco Under 15 trophy + book prize - FM Bobby
Cheng Senior Trophy (over 55 at the start of the event) + book prize - FM
Bob Smith Under 1600 - Shanon Vuglar, Jamie-Lee Guo, Leo Zhang, & Jack
Hughes Under 1700, 1800 & 1900 (combined) - Bob Mitchell, William Li,
Maris Cekulis, Leteisha Simmonds & Ryan Louie Under 2000 - Allen
Setiabudi, Nathan Goodhue, Matthias Koerber, Leon Kempen, Ari Dale & Hilton
Bennett Under 2100 - Jason Tang Under 2200 - Karl Zelesco
Best Game prize (sponsored by Grant Kerr): GM Gawain Jones
(for the game Sukandar-Jones, round 6).
Norms: IM norms were
scored by wgm Irine Karisma Sukandar (her fourth), FM Junta Ikeda (his first)
& Trevor Tao (who can now apply for the title, having three norms and the
required rating).
Oceania Events: Oceania 2012 Open Champion
trophy - GM Darryl Johansen Oceania 2012 Women's Champion trophy - wfm
Helen Milligan
NZCF Events: NZ Champion - FM Mike Steadman
(winning a guaranteed place in the 2012 Open Olympiad team) NZ Major Open
Champion - Nathan Goodhue NZ Junior Player of the Year trophy - Luke Li
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Murray Chandler presents the
prizes to Zhao Jun, Darryl Johansen, and Li Chao. |
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Trevor Tao, Akshat Khamparia,
Sune Berg Hansen, Eduardas Rozentalis & Surya Shekhar Ganguly |
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Best Game: Gawain Jones
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| Under 11: William Zhang |
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Under 13: Karl Zelesco |
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Under 15: FM Bobby Cheng |
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| Best Senior: FM Bob
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Under 1600: Leo Zhang,
Jamie-Lee Guo, NZCF patron Jim Benson presenting the prizes, Jack Hughes,
Shanon Vuglar |
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Under 1900: William Li, Maris
Cekulis, Leteisha Simmonds & Bob Mitchell (Ryan Louie absent) |
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| Under 2000: Allen Setiabudi,
Ari Dale, Hilton Bennett, Nathan Goodhue, & Leon Kempen |
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Under 2100: Jason Tang |
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Under 2200: Karl Zelesco
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| IM norm: Irine Sukandar |
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IM norm: Junta Ikeda |
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IM norm: Trevor Tao |
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| Oceania Champion: Darryl
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Oceania Women's Champion:
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Arbiters: Craig Hall, Keong
Ang, Shaun Press & Bob Gibbons |
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| NZ Champion Mike Steadman
(with NZCF patron Jim Benson) |
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NZ Major Open: Nathan Goodhue
(with NZCF patron Jim Benson) |
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NZ Junior Player of 2011:
Luke Li (with NZCF patron Jim Benson) |
| All photos above
can be used freely (please credit Helen Milligan). If you want high-resolution
versions for publication, email heligan@newzealandchess.co.nz.
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| This is a low-resolution version of the group photo.
Download the high-resolution one here
(jpeg, about 3 MB). You can use it freely but please credit the photographer,
Wolfgang Thiele. |
| More photos take during play by Wolfgang
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| GM Zhao Jun (left) black
against GM Sune Berg Hansen. |
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wgm Vivian Gu. |
| Here are some photos of chessplayers
enjoying the activities in and around Queenstown. If you want photos of
yourself added, email them to heligan@newzealandchess.co.nz. |
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| Thanks to Mirabelle Guo for these photos
of (right) Megan Setiabudi, Harry Press, Allen Setiabudi, Jamie-Lee Guo and
Emma Guo. |
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