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May 22nd 2013 - East Auckland Primary Interschools Qualifier, Auckland.
1st Gold, Kings School (Team One).
2nd Silver, Bucklands Beach Primary School (Team One).
3rd Bronze, Pigeon Mountain School.
Kings School is the East Auckland zone qualifier for the NZCF National Interschools Final in Mount Maunganui.
Full Vega results here.

May 18th - 19th 2013 - Auckland Chess Centre Weekender, Auckland.
1st Hans Gao
2nd= FM Ben Hague, Daniel Runcan, FM Mike Steadman, Alphaeus Ang & FM Ewen Green
u2100 1st= John Duneas, Bruce Wheeler & Edward Tanoi
u1800 1st Leo Zhang 2nd= Philip Mukkattu, Daniel Gong & William Crombie
u1500 1st= Tony Wang & Jasmine Zhang; 3rd Nicholas Huang

Full Vega results here.
Thanks to some testing of the DGT boards, we have games for the top 3 boards for rounds 2-7: download the pgn file here.

POS NAME                Rtg   T  Fed  Pts |   1     2     3     4     5     6     7  
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 1 Gao, Hans            2204  -- NZL  6.0 | =B26  +W17  +B13  +W12  +B2   +W11  =W4     
 2 Hague, Ben           2355  FM NZL  5.0 | +W23  +B18  +W11  +B3   -W1   =B4   =W6     
 3 Runcan, Daniel I     1927  -- ROU  5.0 | +B27  =W13  +B22  -W2   =B7   +W21  +W9     
 4 Steadman, Michael V  2232  FM NZL  5.0 | +B21  =W12  +B7   =BYE  +W10  =W2   =B1     
 5 Ang, Alphaeus WeiErn 1737  -- NZL  5.0 | +B28  =W9   -B12  =W19  +B15  +W16  +B11    
 6 Green, Ewen M        2204  FM NZL  5.0 | +W25  =B7   =BYE  +W21  =B8   +W20  =B2     
 7 Zhang, Leo           1756  -- NZL  4.5 | +B32  =W6   -W4   +B24  =W3   +B25  =W10    
 8 Duneas, John         2074  -- NZL  4.5 | +B15  +W20  =B10  =BYE  =W6   -B9   +W14    
 9 Wheeler, Bruce       2098  -- NZL  4.5 | +W19  =B5   =BYE  +W15  =B20  +W8   -B3    
10 Tanoi, T Edward      1911  -- NZL  4.5 | +W24  +B31  =W8   =BYE  -B4   +W22  =B7    
11 Milligan, Helen      2006 WFM NZL  4.0 | +W35  +B14  -B2   +W16  +W18  -B1   -W5    
12 Perry, Roger L       1803  -- NZL  4.0 | +W34  =B4   +W5   -B1   =W22  -B14  +B20   
13 Mukkattu, Philip     1673  -- NZL  4.0 | +W29  =B3   -W1   -B22  =W32  +B24  +W25   
14 Gong, Daniel         1589  -- NZL  4.0 | +B30  -W11  -B15  +W27  +B19  +W12  -B8    
15 Wang, Tony           1135  -- NZL  4.0 | -W8   +B33  +W14  -B9   -W5   +B31  +W23   
16 Zhang, Jasmine       1006  -- NZL  4.0 | -W18  +B37  +W25  -B11  +W23  -B5   +B30   
17 Crombie, William R   1617  -- NZL  4.0 | +W37  -B1   -W24  =BYE  +B26  =B18  +W27   
18 Charamova, Jennya    1843  -- NZL  3.5 | +B16  -W2   =B19  +W26  -B11  =W17  =B21   
19 Huang, Nicholas      1232  -- NZL  3.5 | -B9   +W28  =W18  =B5   -W14  +B32  =B22   
20 Lyall, Simon         1741  -- NZL  3.5 | +W33  -B8   +W35  +B23  =W9   -B6   -W12   
21 Li, Johnson          1518  -- NZL  3.5 | -W4   +B34  +W31  -B6   +W24  -B3   =W18   
22 Liu, Brian           1622  -- NZL  3.5 | +B36  =BYE  -W3   +W13  =B12  -B10  =W19   
23 Qin, Joy Shu Yan     1555  -- NZL  3.0 | -B2   +W26  +B27  -W20  -B16  +W28  -B15   
24 Yan, Sarah           1034  -- NZL  3.0 | -B10  +W30  +B17  -W7   -B21  -W13  +W31   
25 Holdaway, Stephen    1382  -- NZL  3.0 | -B6   +W32  -B16  +W28  +B31  -W7   -B13   
26 Yan, Caroline        1293  -- NZL  3.0 | =W1   -B23  +W34  -B18  -W17  =B29  +W36   
27 Wang, Aaron          1063  -- NZL  3.0 | -W3   +B29  -W23  -B14  +W34  +B33  -B17   
28 Burduk, Vanya           0  -- NZL  3.0 | -W5   -B19  +W37  -B25  +W29  -B23  +W33   
29 Masfen-Yan, Nathanie    0  -- NZL  3.0 | -B13  -W27  +B30  =W33  -B28  =W26  +W32   
30 Pan, Darrick            0  -- NZL  2.5 | -W14  -B24  -W29  =B36  +BYE  +B35  -W16   
31 Sivabalan, Brijesh D    0  -- NZL  2.0 | +BYE  -W10  -B21  +B35  -W25  -W15  -B24   
32 Su, Danny             776  -- NZL  2.0 | -W7   -B25  +W36  =BYE  =B13  -W19  -B29   
33 Lin Zou, Oliver       602  -- NZL  2.0 | -B20  -W15  =BYE  =B29  +W35  -W27  -B28   
34 Fu, Alex              933  -- NZL  2.0 | -B12  -W21  -B26  +W37  -B27  -B36  +BYE   
35 Qin, Nicole Shu Yu   1084  -- NZL  2.0 | -B11  +W36  -B20  -W31  -B33  -W30  +B37   
36 Mo, Julian              0  -- NZL  2.0 | -W22  -B35  -B32  =W30  =B37  +W34  -B26   
37 Mo, Justin              0  -- NZL  1.5 | -B17  -W16  -B28  -B34  =W36  +BYE  -W35   
 
Hans Gao   second equal...   Under 2100
Outright first: Hans Gao

  2nd= Daniel Runcan, Ewen Green,
Mike Steadman, Ben Hague,
and in front Alphaeus Ang
  Under 2100: Bruce Wheeler,
John Duneas and Edward Tanoi
second equal in under 1800   Jasmine Zhang    
Under 1800 2nd= Philip Mukkattu,
Daniel Gong and William Crombie
  Under 1500 1st= Jasmine Zhang    

May 12th 2013 - 4th MC Cup, Auckland
Organised by Chess Power, website www.chesspower.co.nz.
Pawns Division
Under 6 Winner - Emma Salazar
Under 8 Winner - Bridie McCann
Under 10 Winner - Erica Hu
Under 12 Winner - Finlay Everett
Best Girl - Saasha Ghadiali
1st Overall - Saasha Ghadiali 5/6
Rooks Division
Under 8 Winner - Allan Han
Under 10 Winner - Alex Fu
Under 12 Winner - Rishit Patel
Under 14 Winner - Svetlana Gallage
Best Girl - Sylvia McDougall
1st Overall - Justin Mo 5/6
Kings Division
Under 8 Winner - Jack Rose
Under 10 Winner - Aaron Wang
Under 12 Winner - Nigel Tee
Under 14 Winner - Richard Lu
Over 14 Winner - Tony Wang
Best Girl - Nicole Qin
1st Overall - Nikolai Tee 6/6

May 4th - 11th 2013 - Oceania Zonal, FIJI.
Official website: oceania2013.fijichess.com.
Open results: http://chess-results.com/tnr98268.aspx?lan=1
Women's results: http://chess-results.com/tnr98271.aspx?lan=1
Open games (pgn file).
Women's games (pgn file).
Kiwis abroad: wfm Viv Smith finished 6th on tiebreak with 5½/9 in the Women's event; in the Open, FM Bob Smith finished 8th on tiebreak with 5½/9, Paul Spiller 21st on 4½ and Ivan Dordevic (after a fine win over IM Gary Lane in round 2) 22nd on 4.

April 21st - May 1st 2013 - World Amateur Championship, Iasi, ROMANIA.
Official website: www.wacc2013.ro. Results at http://chess-results.com/tnr91568.aspx.
Alphaeus Ang finished with 5/9 and in 65th place out of 207 on tie breaks.
There was also the World Amateur Blitz Championship, where Alphaeus finished second in the under-12 category, 23rd overall (equal 13-23) out of 112 players. Results at http://chess-results.com/tnr99168.aspx?art=1&rd=9&lan=1&wi=821.
Thanks to Keong Ang for the photos. Keong was also representing NZ, as an arbiter at the event.

Alphaeus Ang (right)   Tournament hall   Venue and flags
Alphaeus Ang (right) with the trophy
for runner-up in the u-12 category in the Blitz.
  A view of the playing hall.   The venue.
Alphaeus Ang   Dennis Calder in NZ t-shirt    
Alphaeus with the NZ flag.   Dennis Calder from Germany,
wearing an All Blacks shirt
in honour of the arbiter from NZ.
   

April 25th - 28th 2013 - Oceania Seniors Championship, Christchurch.
Organised by Canterbury Chess Club.
Thanks to our sponsors, Dancing Water Winery and Benson Insurance Brokers.
1st= David Lovejoy (AUS; winner on tiebreak of the Oceania Seniors Championship) and Arie Nijman (NZL; winner of the New Zealand Seniors Championship)
3rd Helen Milligan (NZL; winner of the Oceania Women Seniors Championship)
Under-1800: Viv Smith
Biggest Upset prize: Tony Booth.

Download the games here (pgn file) - thanks to Craig Hall for entering the moves.
Full Vega results here.

Pos NAME                 Rtg   T  Fed  Pts |  1     2     3     4     5     6     7  
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  1 Lovejoy David        1930  -- AUS  6.0 | +B8   +W5   =B3   =W2   +B9   +B6   +W7     
  2 Nijman Arie J        1824  -- NZL  6.0 | +B10  =W3   +B6   =B1   +W8   +W4   +B9     
  3 Milligan Helen       1978 WFM NZL  5.5 | +W9   =B2   =W1   +W6   =B4   +W5   +B8     
  4 Glissan Paul         1850  -- AUS  3.5 | -W6   +B7   +W10  +B9   =W3   -B2   -W5     
  5 Booth Anthony J      1819  -- NZL  3.0 | +W7   -B1   -W9   -B8   +W10  -B3   +B4     
  6 Smith Vivian J       1742 WFM NZL  3.0 | +B4   =W8   -W2   -B3   +B7   -W1   =W10    
  7 Dellaca Bruce        1601  -- NZL  2.5 | -B5   -W4   =B8   +B10  -W6   +W9   -B1     
  8 Cooper Nigel         1772  -- NZL  2.5 | -W1   =B6   =W7   +W5   -B2   =B10  -W3     
  9 Gloistein Bruce H    1790  -- NZL  2.0 | -B3   +W10  +B5   -W4   -W1   -B7   -W2    
 
David Lovejoy and Chirs Benson   wfm Viv Smith   Helen Milligan
1st= and Oceania Champion David Lovejoy
receiving his prize from Chris Benson
  Under-1800 prize: wfm Viv Smith   3rd: wfm Helen Milligan
(Photo: Roy Keeling)
Arie Nijman   Tony Booth   DOP FA Craig Hall
1st= and NZ Seniors champion Arie Nijman   Biggest Upset prize: Tony Booth   DOP FA Craig Hall
Sash: unknown! (Photo: Roy Keeling)

April 14th 2013 - 3rd MC Cup, Auckland
Organised by Chess Power, website www.chesspower.co.nz.
Full results at nzjunior.tornelo.com/tournaments/3rd-mc-cup-2013;
http://www.chesspower.co.nz/webapps/i/88770/234127/477728.
Pawns Division
Under 6 Winner - Oscar Qin
Under 8 Winner - Renae Ghadiali
Under 10 Winner - Wesley Ngo
Best Girl - Renae Ghadiali
1st Overall - Akram Al-Chalabi 5/6
Rooks Division
Under 8 Winner - Saasha Ghadiali
Under 10 Winner - Danny Su
Under 12 Winner - Azrie Azizi
Under 14 Winner - Daniel Salazar
Best Girl - Sophia Khan
1st Overall - Patch Johnson 5/6
Kings Division
Under 8 Winner - Jack Rose
Under 10 Winner - Darrick Pan
Under 12 Winner - Caroline Yan
Under 14 Winner - Sarah Yan
Over 14 Winner - Gareth Fairholme
Best Girl - Caroline Yan
1st Overall - Aaron Wang 5½/6

April 2nd - 7th 2013 - Sydney International Open, Parramatta, AUSTRALIA.
Official website: www.sio.nswca.org.au/. Full results at http://www.chess-results.com/tnr96907.aspx?lan=1.
Luke Li scored 5½/9, just short of another IM norm. Fuatai Fuatai scored 4 and Gavin Marner 3½.

 

March 29th - April 1st 2013 - North Island Championship, Wellington.
Organised by Wellington Chess Club.
North Island Champion, Wellington Champion, and 1st with 8/8: IM Russell Dive
2nd Joachim Berg-Jensen (Norway)
3rd Edward Rains
B-Grade
1st Alphaeus Ang
2nd= Hamish Gold, Jack James, Layla Timergazi, Ross Jackson & Michael Roberts
C-Grade
1st= Don Stracy & Leighton Nicholls
DD Smash Upset Prize: Hamish Gold (for his victory over John McDonald)

Full Vega results here.

Pos NAME                 Rtg   T  Fed  Pts |   1     2     3     4     5     6     7     8  
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  1 Dive, Russell J      2423  IM NZL  8.0 | +W13  +B11  +W4   +B2   +W3   +B5   +W8   +B7   
  2 Berg-Jensen, Joachim 2183  -- NOR  7.0 | +W19  +B15  +W8   -W1   +B10  +W4   +B3   +W12  
  3 Rains, Edward        1945  -- NZL  5.5 | +W24  +B5   =W11  +W9   -B1   +B6   -W2   +W4   
  4 Johnson, Quentin     2132  -- NZL  5.0 | +W16  +B7   -B1   +W14  +W6   -B2   +W5   -B3   
  5 Turner, Michael G    2139  -- NZL  5.0 | +B10  -W3   +B20  +W12  +B9   -W1   -B4   +W14  
  6 Nijman, Brian        2218  -- NZL  5.0 | +B25  +W12  -B9   +W7   -B4   -W3   +B19  +W10  
  7 Ang, Alphaeus WeiErn 1878  -- NZL  5.0 | +B27  -W4   +B28  -B6   +W16  +W10  +B9   -W1   
  8 McDonald, John A     2098  -- NZL  4.5 | +B18  +W28  -B2   -W10  +B19  +W14  -B1   =W9   
  9 Forster, William     2088  -- NZL  4.5 | +W21  +B23  +W6   -B3   -W5   +B11  -W7   =B8   
 10 Gold, Hamish R       1809  -- NZL  4.0 | -W5   +B26  +W15  +B8   -W2   -B7   +W13  -B6   
 11 Nyberg, Michael      2044  -- NZL  4.0 | +B17  -W1   =B3   +W23  +B12  -W9   -B14  =W15  
 12 Rains, Timothy       2038  -- NZL  4.0 | +W22  -B6   +W13  -B5   -W11  +B21  +W16  -B2   
 13 James, Jack          1857  -- NZL  4.0 | -B1   +W17  -B12  +W20  -B14  +W18  -B10  +W22  
 14 Timergazi, Layla     1862  -- NZL  4.0 | -W23  +B21  +W16  -B4   +W13  -B8   +W11  -B5   
 15 Jackson, L Ross      1959  -- NZL  4.0 | +B20  -W2   -B10  =W18  -B17  +W25  +W26  =B11  
 16 Roberts, Michael H   1788  -- NZL  4.0 | -B4   +W27  -B14  +W17  -B7   +W20  -B12  +W24  
 17 Stracy, Don M        1729  -- NZL  4.0 | -W11  -B13  +W26  -B16  +W15  +B22  =W18  =W19  
 18 Nicholls, Leighton   1753  -- NZL  4.0 | -W8   =B24  =W22  =B15  +W21  -B13  =B17  +W20  
 19 Nijman, Arie J       1818  -- NZL  3.5 | -B2   -W20  +W24  +B22  -W8   +B23  -W6   =B17  
 20 Capper, David S      1657  -- NZL  3.0 | -W15  +B19  -W5   -B13  +W27  -B16  +W21  -B18  
 21 Cooper, Nigel        1752  -- NZL  3.0 | -B9   -W14  +B27  +W25  -B18  -W12  -B20  +W26  
 22 Gloistein, Bruce H   1715  -- NZL  3.0 | -B12  =W25  =B18  -W19  +B28  -W17  +W23  -B13  
 23 Chen, Wei Kai           0  -- NZL  3.0 | +B14  -W9   =B25  -B11  =W24  -W19  -B22  +B28  
 24 Shierlaw, Hamish     1618  -- NZL  2.5 | -B3   =W18  -B19  +W28  =B23   --   =W25  -B16  
 25 Brockway, Andrew     1836  -- NZL  2.5 | -W6   =B22  =W23  -B21  =W26  -B15  =B24  =W27  
 26 List, Robert         1665  -- NZL  2.5 |  --   -W10  -B17  +W27  =B25  +W28  -B15  -B21  
 27 Cunningham, Patrick  1431  -- NZL  2.5 | -W7   -B16  -W21  -B26  -B20  +BYE  +W28  =B25  
 28 Stanton, Lynn           0  -- NZL  1.0 | +BYE  -B8   -W7   -B24  -W22  -B26  -B27  -W23  

March 28th - April 1st 2013 - Doeberl Cup, Canberra, AUSTRALIA.
Website: www.doeberlcup.com.au.
Luke Li achieved his first IM norm and also raised his FIDE rating over 2300, thus qualifying for the FM title.

March 17th 2013 - 2nd MC Cup, Auckland
See http://www.chesspower.co.nz/webapps/i/88770/234127/477616 for results and photos.
Pawns Division:
Under 6 - Oscar Qin; Under 8 - Renae Ghadiali; Under 10 - Malinda Guan; Best Girl - Saasha Ghadiali; 1st Overall - Saasha Ghadiali
Rooks Division:
Under 8 - Joe Xin; Under 10 - Julian Mo; Under 12 - Jacob Barry; Best Girl - Cindy Wang; 1st Overall - Samuel Yan
Kings Division:
Under 8- Jack Rose; Under 10 - Nicole Qin; Under 12 - Kevin Guan; Under 14 - Jack Julian; Over 14 - Gareth Fairholme; Best Girl - Nicole Qin; 1st Overall - Biyuan Chen

March 16th 2013 - Howick-Pakuranga Annual Latvian Rapidplay, Pakuranga, Manukau City.
Winner of the A-Grade: Hans Gao with 5½/6
Full Vega results: A-Grade
B-Grade
C-Grade
D-Grade

A-Grade

Pos NAME                Rtg   T  Fed  Pts |   1     2     3     4     5     6  
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 1 Gao, Hans            2204  -- NZL  5.5 | +W11  +B2   +W6   +B5   +W10  =B4    
 2 Hague, Ben           2355  FM NZL  5.0 | +B14  -W1   +B12  +W4   +B5   +W8    
 3 Lim, Benjamin U      1936  -- NZL  4.0 | +B8   -W6   =B10  =B11  +W7   +W5    
 4 Garbett, Paul A      2340  IM NZL  3.5 | +W9   +B7   -W5   -B2   +W6   =W1    
 5 Smith, Robert W      2287  FM NZL  3.0 | +B16  +W10  +B4   -W1   -W2   -B3    
 6 Cotty, Richard       2049  -- NZL  3.0 | =W15  +B3   -B1   =W13  -B4   +W14   
 7 Thornton, Giovanni A 2163  -- NZL  3.0 | +B12  -W4   -B8   +W9   -B3   +W10   
 8 Carpinter, Anthony L 2119  -- NZL  3.0 | -W3   +B15  +W7   -B10  +W11  -B2    
 9 Browne, Jeremy A     2039  -- NZL  3.0 | -B4   -W12  +B14  -B7   +W15  +W13   
10 Krstev, Antonio      2074  -- NZL  2.5 | +B13  -B5   =W3   +W8   -B1   -B7    
11 Milligan, Helen      2006 WFM NZL  2.5 | -B1   +W14  =B16  =W3   -B8   =W12   
12 Zhang, William Jiewe 2001  -- NZL  2.5 | -W7   +B9   -W2   =W16  =B13  =B11   
13 Spiller, Paul S      1894  -- NZL  2.5 | -W10  =W16  +B15  =B6   =W12  -B9    
14 Li, William (Xiang W 2040  -- NZL  2.0 | -W2   -B11  -W9   +W15  +B16  -B6    
15 Yao, Winston Yow-Jen 1787  -- NZL  1.5 | =B6   -W8   -W13  -B14  -B9   +W16   
16 Bennett, Hilton P    2038  -- NZL  1.5 | -W5   =B13  =W11  =B12  -W14  -B15   

B-Grade

Pos NAME                Rtg   T  Fed  Pts |   1     2     3     4     5     6  
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 1 Barnard, Thinus      1700  -- RSA  5.5 | +W13  +B10  =W2   +B6   +B9   +W7    
 2 Zhang, Leo           1756  -- NZL  5.0 | +B7   +W15  =B1   +W9   =W3   +B5    
 3 Lam, Byron           1518  -- NZL  4.5 | -W9   +W17  +B15  +W4   =B2   +W6    
 4 Kolev, Hristo        1598  -- NZL  4.0 | -W11  +B13  +W16  -B3   +W17  +B9    
 5 Eade, Don            1744  -- NZL  3.5 | =W14  +B11  -W6   +B8   +W10  -W2    
 6 Judkins, Gary L      1490  -- NZL  3.5 | +W20  =B12  +B5   -W1   +W16  -B3    
 7 Gong, Daniel         1589  -- NZL  3.5 | -W2   +B18  +W20  =B10  +W12  -B1    
 8 Chen, George         1623  -- NZL  3.5 | -W10  +B14  =W11  -W5   +B20  +B12   
 9 Mukkattu, Philip     1673  -- NZL  3.0 | +B3   +B16  +W12  -B2   -W1   -W4    
10 Li, Johnson          1518  -- NZL  3.0 | +B8   -W1   +B14  =W7   -B5   =W11   
11 Jiang, Richard       1483  -- NZL  3.0 | +B4   -W5   =B8   -B12  +W14  =B10   
12 Michael, Andrew      1700  -- NZL  2.5 | +B19  =W6   -B9   +W11  -B7   -W8    
13 Qin, Joy Shu Yan     1555  -- NZL  2.5 | -B1   -W4   =B19  -W14  +W18  +B17   
14 Zhan, Judd           1587  -- NZL  2.0 | =B5   -W8   -W10  +B13  -B11  =W15   
15 Cruden, Neil         1695  -- NZL  2.0 | +W18  -B2   -W3   -B16  =W19  =B14   
16 Ang, Alphaeus WeiErn 1737  -- NZL  2.0 | +B17  -W9   -B4   +W15  -B6   -B19   
17 Gothorp, Thomas H T  1564  -- NZL  2.0 | -W16  -B3   +W18  +B20  -B4   -W13   
18 Booth, Anthony J     1522  -- NZL  2.0 | -B15  -W7   -B17  +W19  -B13  +W20   
19 Fan, Allen           1542  -- NZL  2.0 | -W12  -B20  =W13  -B18  =B15  +W16   
20 Cooper, Nigel        1623  -- NZL  1.0 | -B6   +W19  -B7   -W17  -W8   -B18   

C-Grade

Pos NAME                Rtg   T  Fed  Pts |   1     2     3     4     5     6  
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 1 Huang, Nicholas      1232  -- NZL  6.0 | +W8   +B7   +W9   +B3   +W2   +B4     
 2 Benson, James        1441  -- NZL  4.5 | +W13  +B4   =W3   +B7   -B1   +W8     
 3 Guan, Kevin Chengye  1300  -- NZL  4.5 | +W14  +B12  =B2   -W1   +B5   +W7     
 4 Davis, Daniel        1050  -- NZL  4.0 | +W5   -W2   +B10  +B12  +W6   -W1    
 5 Yan, Caroline        1293  -- NZL  3.5 | -B4   +W11  =B6   +B9   -W3   +W15   
 6 Zhang, Jasmine       1006  -- NZL  3.5 | +W15  -B9   =W5   +B13  -B4   +W14   
 7 Kamberi, Paul        1481  -- NZL  3.0 | +BYE  -W1   +B8   -W2   +B12  -B3     
 8 Yan, Sarah           1034  -- NZL  3.0 | -B1   +BYE  -W7   +W10  +B15  -B2    
 9 Holdaway, Stephen    1382  -- NZL  3.0 | =B11  +W6   -B1   -W5   =B10  +W13   
10 Postma, Paul         1120  -- NZL  2.5 | -W12  +B14  -W4   -B8   =W9   +BYE   
11 Wang, Aaron          1063  -- NZL  2.5 | =W9   -B5   -W15  +BYE  -B14  +W12   
12 Agape, Kimdido Enok     0  -- NZL  2.0 | +B10  -W3   +B13  -W4   -W7   -B11   
13 Qin, Nicole Shu Yu   1084  -- NZL  2.0 | -B2   +B15  -W12  -W6   +BYE  -B9    
14 Li, Rodney (Xiang Re 1052  -- NZL  2.0 | -B3   -W10  +BYE  -B15  +W11  -B6    
15 McRae, John          1140  -- NZL  2.0 | -B6   -W13  +B11  +W14  -W8   -B5     

D-Grade

Pos NAME                Rtg   T  Fed  Pts |   1     2     3     4     5     6  
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 1 Gaundar, Arul        1004  -- NZL  5.0 | +W7   +B4   -W2   +B6   +W3   +W5    
 2 Scott, Craig         1025  -- NZL  4.5 | +B8   +W6   +B1   -W3   =B5   +W7    
 3 Gaundar, Arav         666  -- NZL  4.0 | -W4   +B7   +W11  +B2   -B1   +BYE   
 4 Tan, Eddy               0  -- NZL  4.0 | +B3   -W1   +B9   -B5   +W8   +W6    
 5 Fu, Alex              933  -- NZL  3.5 | +B10  +W9   -B6   +W4   =W2   -B1    
 6 Salazar, Lucas        813  -- NZL  3.0 | +B11  -B2   +W5   -W1   +BYE  -B4    
 7 Xie, Zhuosi           626  -- NZL  3.0 | -B1   -W3   +B8   +W9   +W10  -B2    
 8 Li, Leo               632  -- NZL  3.0 | -W2   +B10  -W7   +BYE  -B4   +W11   
 9 Mo, Julian              0  -- NZL  2.5 | +BYE  -B5   -W4   -B7   +W11  =B10   
10 Han, Allan              0  -- NZL  2.0 | -W5   -W8   +BYE  =B11  -B7   =W9    
11 Mo, Justin              0  -- NZL  1.5 | -W6   +BYE  -B3   =W10  -B9   -B8    
Tony Booth and Hans Gao   FM Ben Hague   Benji Lim
A-Grade 1st Hans Gao (right)
receiving his prize from Tony Booth
  A-Grade 2nd FM Ben Hague   A-Grade 3rd Benji Lim
Thinus Barnard   Leo Zhang   Byron Lam
B-Grade 1st Thinus Barnard   B-Grade 2nd Leo Zhang   B-Grade 3rd Byron Lam
Nicholas Huang   Jim Benson and Kevin Guan   Arul Gaundar
C-Grade 1st Nicholas Huang   C-Grade 2nd= Jim Benson (left) and Kevin Guan   D-Grade 1st Arul Gaundar
Craig Scott   Arav Gaundar    
D-Grade 2nd Craig Scott   D-Grade 3rd= Arav Gaundar    

March 9th - 10th 2013 - Auckland Chess Centre Weekender, Auckland.
Open
1st= Vinod Kumar, Michael Steadman, Daniel Runcan; 4th= Ben Hague & William Li
u2100
1st= Antonio Krstev, Bruce Wheeler, John Duneas
u1800
1st= 4.5 Johnson Li 1st= 4.5 Don Eade 1st= 4.5 Leo Zhang
u1500
1st Caroline Yan; 2nd Nicholas Huang; 3rd= Sarah Yan, Aaron Wang, Jasmine Zhang, Leo Li

Vega files: ACC March Weekender

Pos NAME                Rtg   T  Fed  Pts |   1     2     3     4     5     6     7  
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  
 1 Kumar, Vinod         1928  -- NZL  5.5 | +B27  +W16  +B9   +W2   -W4   +B5   =B3     
 2 Steadman, Michael V  2232  FM NZL  5.5 | +W20  +B11  =W6   -B1   +W24  +B12  +W4     
 3 Runcan, Daniel I     1927  -- ROU  5.5 | +W21  +B26  +W12  -B4   +W14  +B6   =W1     
 4 Hague, Ben           2355  FM NZL  5.0 | +B15  +W10  +B5   +W3   +B1   -W7   -B2     
 5 Li, William (Xiang W 2040  -- NZL  5.0 | +W17  +B14  -W4   +B8   +W6   -W1   +B7     
 6 Krstev, Antonio      2074  -- NZL  4.5 | +B13  +W18  =B2   +W7   -B5   -W3   +B15    
 7 Wheeler, Bruce       2098  -- NZL  4.5 | +BYE  =B12  +W11  -B6   +W18  +B4   -W5     
 8 Li, Johnson          1518  -- NZL  4.5 | -B9   +W22  +B10  -W5   =B15  +W16  +B18    
 9 Duneas, John         2074  -- NZL  4.5 | +W8   +B24  -W1   -B14  +W19  +B18  =W11   
10 Eade, Don            1744  -- NZL  4.5 | +W19  -B4   -W8   +B21  +W17  +B14  =W12   
11 Zhang, Leo           1756  -- NZL  4.5 | +B25  -W2   -B7   +W27  +B20  +W13  =B9    
12 Ang, Alphaeus Wei Er 1737  -- NZL  4.0 | +B22  =W7   -B3   +W20  +B16  -W2   =B10   
13 Yan, Caroline        1293  -- NZL  4.0 | -W6   +B28  -W24  +B26  +W21  -B11  +W19   
14 Gong, Daniel         1589  -- NZL  3.5 | +B29  -W5   +B27  +W9   -B3   -W10  =B17   
15 Qin, Joy Shu Yan     1555  -- NZL  3.5 | -W4   -B19  +W23  +B22  =W8   +B24  -W6    
16 Crombie, William R   1617  -- NZL  3.5 | +W30  -B1   +W21  =B24  -W12  -B8   +W22   
17 Huang, Nicholas      1232  -- NZL  3.5 | -B5   +W23  -B18  +W29  -B10  +W25  =W14   
18 Power, P Wayne       1694  -- NZL  3.0 | +W28  -B6   +W17  +B19  -B7   -W9   -W8    
19 Yan, Sarah           1034  -- NZL  3.0 | -B10  +W15  +B25  -W18  -B9   +W20  -B13   
20 Fan, Allen           1542  -- NZL  3.0 | -B2   +W25  +W26  -B12  -W11  -B19  +W24   
21 Wang, Aaron          1063  -- NZL  3.0 | -B3   +W29  -B16  -W10  -B13  +W30  +B26   
22 Zhang, Jasmine       1006  -- NZL  3.0 | -W12  -B8   +W30  -W15  +B29  +W27  -B16   
23 Li, Leo               632  -- NZL  3.0 | -W24  -B17  -B15  -W25  +B30  +W29  +B27   
24 Mukkattu, Philip     1673  -- NZL  2.5 | +B23  -W9   +B13  =W16  -B2   -W15  -B20   
25 Li, Rodney (Xiang Re 1052  -- NZL  2.5 | -W11  -B20  -W19  +B23  +W26  -B17  =W28   
26 Sivabalan, Brijesh D    0  -- NZL  2.0 | +BYE  -W3   -B20  -W13  -B25  +B28  -W21   
27 Qin, Nicole Shu Yu   1084  -- NZL  2.0 | -W1   +B30  -W14  -B11  +W28  -B22  -W23   
28 Salazar, Lucas        813  -- NZL  1.5 | -B18  -W13  -B29  +W30  -B27  -W26  =B25   
29 Fia, Michael            0  -- NZL  1.0 | -W14  -B21  +W28  -B17  -W22  -B23  -B30   
30 Xie, Zhuosi           626  -- NZL  1.0 | -B16  -W27  -B22  -B28  -W23  -B21  +W29   
Vinod Kumar, Daniel runcan and Mike Steadman   Antonio Krstev, John Duneas and Bruce Wheeler   Done Eade, Johnson Li and Leo Zhang
1st= Vinod Kumar, Daniel Runcan,
and Mike Steadman
  u-2100 Antonio Krstev, John Duneas,
and Bruce Wheeler
  u-1800 Don Eade, Johnson Li,
and Leo Zhang

March 2nd 2013 - 1st Hawke's Bay Rapid, Napier.
Vega files: A-Grade
B-Grade/Junior
Dion Charles won the junior section for players under 14.

Photos of Napier can be found at www.facebook.com/NZChessFederation.

FM Bob Smith   Mark Noble and Tony Carpinter   Michael Freeman and Paul Spiller
1st FM Bob Smith, with the trophy
and also the Best Game prize
  2nd= Mark Noble and Tony Carpinter
  4th= Michael Freeman and Paul Spiller

A-Grade

Pos NAME                Rtg   T  Fed  Pts |   1     2     3     4     5     6  
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------  
 1 Smith, Robert W      2287  FM NZL  5.0 | +B7   +W12  =B3   +W2   +B6   =W4     
 2 Carpinter, Anthony L 2119  -- NZL  4.5 | +W9   +B8   +W4   -B1   +B3   =W5     
 3 Noble, Mark F        2314  FM NZL  4.5 | +W11  +B5   =W1   +B10  -W2   +B9     
 4 Spiller, Paul S      1894  -- NZL  4.0 | =B6   +W13  -B2   +W7   +B9   =B1     
 5 Freeman, Michael R   2110  -- NZL  4.0 | +B10  -W3   +B6   =W9   +B12  =B2     
 6 Timergazi, Layla     1719  -- NZL  3.5 | =W4   +B11  -W5   +B8   -W1   +W15    
 7 Jackson, L Ross      1847  -- NZL  3.5 | -W1   +B15  =W8   -B4   +W13  +B11    
 8 Ang, Alphaeus Wei Er 1737  -- NZL  3.5 | +B14  -W2   =B7   -W6   +B15  +W10    
 9 Macfarlane, Magnus   1837  -- NZL  2.5 | -B2   +W14  +B12  =B5   -W4   -W3    
10 Sharko, Andrei       1800  -- NZL  2.5 | -W5   +B16  +B13  -W3   =W11  -B8    
11 Burn, Michael R      1928  -- NZL  2.5 | -B3   -W6   +B16  +W14  =B10  -W7    
12 Milligan, Helen      2006 WFM NZL  2.5 | +W16  -B1   -W9   +B13  -W5   =B14   
13 Smith, Christopher   1873  -- NZL  2.0 | +W15  -B4   -W10  -W12  -B7   +B16   
14 Benson, James        1441  -- NZL  1.5 | -W8   -B9   +W15  -B11  -W16  =W12   
15 List, Robert         1627  -- NZL  1.0 | -B13  -W7   -B14  +W16  -W8   -B6    
16 Stewart, Murray      1584  -- NZL  1.0 | -B12  -W10  -W11  -B15  +B14  -W13  

B-Grade/Junior

Pos NAME                Rtg   T  Fed  Pts |   1     2     3     4     5     6  
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------  
 1 Brockway, Andrew     1636  -- NZL  5.5 | =W3   +B10  +W11  +B7   +W2   +B5     
 2 Reichs, Justin          0  -- NZL  4.5 | +B4   +W13  =B8   +W14  -B1   +B3     
 3 Qin, Joy Shu Yan     1555  -- NZL  4.0 | =B1   +W4   +B13  +W8   =B7   -W2     
 4 Charles, Dion           0  -- NZL  4.0 | -W2   -B3   +W10  +B16  +B8   +W7     
 5 Sharko, Reuben          0  -- NZL  4.0 | -B13  +W16  +B17  +W6   +B9   -W1     
 6 Smith, Dave             0  -- NZL  4.0 | -B14  +BYE  +W12  -B5   +W15  +B11    
 7 Ross, Sol               0  -- NZL  3.5 | +W11  +B12  +B14  -W1   =W3   -B4     
 8 Qin, Nicole Shu Yu   1084  -- NZL  3.5 | +W10  +B9   =W2   -B3   -W4   +B15    
 9 Millar, Liam            0  -- NZL  3.5 | +B16  -W8   +W15  =B12  -W5   +B13   
10 Macfarlane, Sebastia  758  -- NZL  3.0 | -B8   -W1   -B4   +BYE  +W12  +W14   
11 Huang, Andrew           0  -- NZL  3.0 | -B7   +W17  -B1   +W13  +B14  -W6    
12 Malik, Jessiah          0  -- NZL  2.5 | +B17  -W7   -B6   =W9   -B10  +BYE   
13 Lee, Hamish             0  -- NZL  2.0 | +W5   -B2   -W3   -B11  +W16  -W9    
14 McCartney, Kaylib       0  -- NZL  2.0 | +W6   +B15  -W7   -B2   -W11  -B10   
15 van Raders, Yon         0  -- NZL  2.0 | +BYE  -W14  -B9   +W17  -B6   -W8    
16 Sutcliffe, Darlene      0  -- NZL  1.5 | -W9   -B5   +BYE  -W4   -B13  =B17   
17 Simmiss, Blake          0  -- NZL  1.5 | -W12  -B11  -W5   -B15  +BYE  =W16   

February 23rd 2013 - 8th Bay of Plenty Rapid, Tauranga.
Vega files: A-Grade
B-Grade
Junior

Thanks to Viv Smith for the photos - you can see more on www.facebook.com/NZChessFederation.

FM Bob Smith and FM Ben Hague   Peter Hulshof   Michael Freeman, Noel Pinic and Hilton Bennett
1st= FM Bob Smith and FM Ben Hague
  3rd Peter Hulshof
  4th= Michael Freeman, Noel Pinic and
Hilton Bennett (Grade 1 prize)
Alphaeus Ang and Caleb Wright   Andrea Rivas Villanueva   Nicole Qin, Ra Neilsford-Jones and Luke White
Grade 2 prize:
Alphaeus Ang and Caleb Wright
  1st in the B-Grade:
Andrea Rivas Villanueva
  Junior 1st=
Nicole Qin, Ra Neilsford-Jones and Luke White

A-Grade

  NAME                 Rtg   T  Fed  Pts |   1     2     3     4     5     6  
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------  
1 Hague, Ben           2366  FM NZL  5.0 | +W11  =B9   +W5   +W8   =B2   +W4     
2 Smith, Robert W      2257  FM NZL  5.0 | +B20  +W4   +B8   +W7   =W1   =B3     
3 Hulshof, Peter       2093  -- NED  4.5 | +W22  =W7   =B14  +B6   +W10  =W2     
4 Pinic, Noel          2177  -- NZL  4.0 | +W12  -B2   +W19  +B5   +W14  -B1     
5 Bennett, Hilton P    2024  -- NZL  4.0 | +B13  +W14  -B1   -W4   +B17  +W16    
6 Freeman, Michael R   2109  -- NZL  4.0 | =B16  =W11  +B17  -W3   +B7   +B10    
7 Steadman, Michael V  2208  FM NZL  3.5 | +W19  =B3   +W9   -B2   -W6   +B14    
8 Gao, Hans            2207  -- NZL  3.0 | +B17  +W10  -W2   -B1   =W15  =B12    
9 Thornton, Giovanni A 2180  -- NZL  3.0 | +B15  =W1   -B7   -W10  =B13  +W21   
10 Krstev, Antonio     2019  -- NZL  3.0 | +W21  -B8   +W15  +B9   -B3   -W6    
11 Milligan, Helen     2018 WFM NZL  3.0 | -B1   =B6   =W12  -B15  +W22  +B18   
12 Wright, Caleb       1829  -- NZL  3.0 | -B4   =W20  =B11  +B19  =W18  =W8    
13 Ang, Alphaeus WeiErn1673  -- NZL  3.0 | -W5   =B18  +B20  -W14  =W9   +B15   
14 Dordevic, Ivan      2199  -- NZL  2.5 | +W18  -B5   =W3   +B13  -B4   -W7    
15 Runcan, Daniel I    1881  -- ROU  2.5 | -W9   +B21  -B10  +W11  =B8   -W13   
16 MacFarlane, Magnus  1800  -- NZL  2.5 | =W6   -B19  -W18  +W21  +B20  -B5    
17 Kumar, Vinod     (W)1925  -- NZL  2.0 | -W8   +B22  -W6   +B18  -W5    --    
18 Jackson, L Ross     1894  -- NZL  2.0 | -B14  =W13  +B16  -W17  =B12  -W11   
19 Marko, Helmut S     1925  CM PNG  2.0 | -B7   +W16  -B4   -W12  -B21  +W20   
20 Spiller, Paul S     1933  -- NZL  1.5 | -W2   =B12  -W13  +B22  -W16  -B19   
21 Gibbons, John       1354  -- NZL  1.5 | -B10  -W15  =W22  -B16  +W19  -B9    
22 Hothersall, Rik     1799  -- NZL  1.5 | -B3   -W17  =B21  -W20  -B11  +BYE  

B-Grade

   NAME                 Rtg   T  Fed  Pts |   1     2     3     4     5     6  
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------  
1 Rivas Villanueva, An  1701  -- CHI  5.5 | +B15  +W11  +B3   +B2   =W6   +W7     
2 Eade, Don             1654  -- NZL  5.0 | +W6   +B12  +B4   -W1   +B3   +W9     
3 Smith, Vivian J       1781 WFM NZL  4.0 | +W5   +B9   -W1   +B12  -W2   +B6     
4 Timergazi, Layla      1749  -- NZL  4.0 | +W13  +B7   -W2   -B6   +W17  +B10    
5 Gong, Daniel          1368  -- NZL  4.0 | -B3   -B10  +W18  +W17  +B14  +W11    
6 Li, Johnson           1150  -- NZL  3.5 | -B2   +W14  +B16  +W4   =B1   -W3     
7 Collingwood, Ron      1559  -- NZL  3.5 | +W16  -W4   +B15  =B9   +W8   -B1     
8 Qin, Joy Shu Yan      1330  -- NZL  3.5 | =W10  +B13  -W9   +W11  -B7   +W14    
9 Gothorp, Thomas H T   1621  -- NZL  3.0 | +B17  -W3   +B8   =W7   =W10  -B2    
10 Lynn, K William      1778  -- NZL  3.0 | =B8   +W5   -B11  +W15  =B9   -W4    
11 Credo, James         1373  -- NZL  3.0 | +W18  -B1   +W10  -B8   +W12  -B5    
12 Judkins, Gary L      1508  -- NZL  3.0 | +B14  -W2   +B17  -W3   -B11  +W13   
13 Marko, Nigel         1319  -- PNG  2.0 | -B4   -W8   -B14  +W16  +B15  -B12   
14 Scott, Craig          987  -- NZL  2.0 | -W12  -B6   +W13  +B18  -W5   -B8    
15 Mcrae, John          1173  -- NZL  2.0 | -W1   +B16  -W7   -B10  -W13  +B18   
16 Macdonald, Malcolm   1005  -- NZL  2.0 | -B7   -W15  -W6   -B13  +W18  +B17   
17 Marko, Franz         1100  -- PNG  1.0 | -W9   +B18  -W12  -B5   -B4   -W16   
18 Macdonald, Yvonne     741  -- NZL  0.0 | -B11  -W17  -B5   -W14  -B16  -W15 

Junior

  NAME                 Rtg   T  Fed  Pts |   1     2     3     4     5     6  
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------  
1 White, Luke          1065  -- NZL  5.0 | +W6   +B4   +W2   -B3   +W10  +B5     
2 Neilsford-Jones, Ra  1084  -- NZL  5.0 | +B10  +W5   -B1   +W6   +B7   +B3     
3 Qin, Nicole Shu Yu    911  -- NZL  5.0 | +B9   +W11  +B5   +W1   +B4   -W2     
4 Wang, Aaron           860  -- NZL  4.0 | +B8   -W1   +W9   +B7   -W3   +B6     
5 Salazar, Lucas        900  -- NZL  3.0 | +W7   -B2   -W3   +B9   +BYE  -W1     
6 MacFarlane, Sebastia  800  -- NZL  3.0 | -B1   +W8   +B11  -B2   +W9   -W4     
7 Hulshof, Maimoena     583  -- NED  3.0 | -B5   +W10  +B8   -W4   -W2   +BYE    
8 Saily, Naveen        1237  -- NZL  3.0 | -W4   -B6   -W7   +BYE  +B11  +W10    
9 Melville, Daniel      700  -- NZL  2.0 | -W3   +BYE  -B4   -W5   -B6   +W11   
10 Holt, Ryan           800  -- NZL  2.0 | -W2   -B7   +BYE  +W11  -B1   -B8    
11 Hulshof, Zamiena     550  -- NED  1.0 | +BYE  -B3   -W6   -B10  -W8   -B9    

February 10th 2013 - 1st MC Cup, Auckland.
Full results and photos at http://www.chesspower.co.nz/webapps/i/88770/234127/477501.

January 19th 2013 - Open Rapid, Auckland.
Sponsored by Atrium on Elliott, 21-25 Elliott Street, Auckland.

Thanks to Simon Lyall for photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/simonlyall/sets/72157632554380349/

No Name                      Loc  Total  1    2    3    4    5    6  

1  Noel Pinic (5)            2177 5.5   32:W 21:W 20:W  9:W  4:W  5:D
2  Antonio Krstev (7)        2019 5     40:W 19:W 12:W  4:L  9:W  8:W
3  Hans Gao (2)              2207 5     36:W  7:L 24:W 19:W 22:W 10:W
4  Gino Thornton (4)         2180 4.5   26:W 22:W 11:D  2:W  1:L 16:W
5  Paul Garbett (1)          2292 4.5   24:W 12:L 27:W  7:W 11:W  1:D
6  Karl Zhu (22)             1518 4.5   33:W  8:L 29:W 23:W  7:D 15:W
7  Leo Zhang (15)            1710 4     31:W  3:W 15:D  5:L  6:D 28:W
8  William Zhang (9)         2001 4     41:W  6:W 10:D 11:D 17:W  2:L
9  Leo Zhu (19)              1591 4     38:W 13:W 25:W  1:L  2:L 20:W
10 Ewen Green (3)            2204 4     27:W 18:W  8:D 15:D 20:W  3:L
11 Vinod Kumar (11)          1925 4     37:W 28:W  4:D  8:D  5:L 21:W
12 Daniel Runcan (12)        1881 4     46:W  5:W  2:L 16:L 36:W 19:W
13 Grant Kerr (6)            2100 4     39:W  9:L 36:W 17:L 24:W 22:W
14 Judd Zhan (20)            1527 4     30:L 37:W 16:L 44:W 33:W 23:W
15 Helen Milligan (8)        2018 3.5   35:W 17:W  7:D 10:D 16:D  6:L
16 Jonathon Ngoi (42)        915  3.5   34:W 20:L 14:W 12:W 15:D  4:L
17 Allen Fan (23)            1474 3.5   29:W 15:L 38:W 13:W  8:L 18:D
18 Wayne Power (14)          1719 3.5   44:W 10:L 26:L 31:W 25:W 17:D
19 Byron Lam (21)            1518 3     43:W  2:L 30:W  3:L 34:W 12:L
20 Clinton Wells (10)        1930 3     45:W 16:W  1:L 26:W 10:L  9:L
21 Andrew Michael (16)       1646 3     42:W  1:L 35:D 25:D 26:W 11:L
22 Hristo Kolev (17)         1602 3     47:W  4:L 41:W 28:W  3:L 13:L
23 Simon Lyall (13)          1736 3     25:D 34:D 32:W  6:L 27:W 14:L
24 Daniel Gong (25)          1368 3      5:L 46:W  3:L 38:W 13:L 34:W
25 Eugene Ngoi (37)          1092 3     23:D 30:W  9:L 21:D 18:L 36:W
26 Johnson Li (28)           1300 3      4:L 47:W 18:W 20:L 21:L 38:W
27 Richard Zajkowski (27)    1301 3     10:L 44:W  5:L 42:W 23:L 35:W
28 Temu Maroroa (24)         1402 3     48:W 11:L 33:W 22:L 29:W  7:L
29 Raghav Ramachandran (47)  730  3     17:L 45:W  6:L 37:W 28:L 40:W
30 Aaron Wang (44)           860  3     14:W 25:L 19:L 32:L 47:W 37:W
31 Jasmine Zhang (39)        1061 3      7:L 36:L 45:W 18:L 41:W 39:W
32 Johnathan Eberle (29)     1299 2.5    1:L 42:W 23:L 30:W 35:L 33:D
33 Danny Su (46)             776  2.5    6:L 40:W 28:L 41:W 14:L 32:D
34 George Chen (18)          1601 2.5   16:L 23:D 39:W 35:W 19:L 24:L
35 John Mcrae (32)           1173 2.5   15:L 43:W 21:D 34:L 32:W 27:L
36 Joy Qin (26)              1330 2      3:L 31:W 13:L 43:W 12:L 25:L
37 Lucy Massey (35)          1100 2     11:L 14:L 47:W 29:L 42:W 30:L
38 Nicole Qin (43)           911  2      9:L 39:W 17:L 24:L 45:W 26:L
39 Raymon Hill (30)          1213 2     13:L 38:L 34:L 47:W 43:W 31:L
40 Emily Massey (31)         1200 2      2:L 33:L 42:L 46:W 44:W 29:L
41 Daljit Singh Dhillon (33) 1105 2      8:L 48:W 22:L 33:L 31:L 44:W
42 Rebecca Massey (40)       1000 2     21:L 32:L 40:W 27:L 37:L 46:W
43 Anthony Hill (45)         805  2     19:L 35:L 46:W 36:L 39:L 45:W
44 David Xu (38)             1090 1     18:L 27:L 48:W 14:L 40:L 41:L
45 Gordon Chen (34)          1100 1     20:L 29:L 31:L 48:W 38:L 43:L
46 Neil Mario (36)           1095 1     12:L 24:L 43:L 40:L 48:W 42:L
47 Alex Fu (41)              933  1     22:L 26:L 37:L 39:L 30:L 48:W
48 Anusha Ramachandran (48)  561  0     28:L 41:L 44:L 45:L 46:L 47:L

31st December 2012 - 12th January 2013 - NZ Chess Supplies 120th New Zealand Congress, Wellington.
New Zealand Champion: FM Scott Wastney, with 10/11.
Major Open: 1st Max Chew Lee
NZ Rapid Championship: 1st= IM Paul Garbett and IM Anthony Ker
NZ Lightning Championship: 1st= Noel Pinic and FM Ben Hague (and also Athula Russell, Sri Lanka)
See chess.wellington.net.nz/congress.html for results.
This information is also available at nzchessmag.com/wellingtonchessclub/congress.html.
Vega files: Championship
Major Open
Rapid Championship

Games: download pgn files here: Championship, Major Open, Rapid (incomplete).

Photos by Guy Burns here: https://picasaweb.google.com/tuumeister/2013NZCongressWellington.
Photos by Simon Lyall here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/simonlyall/collections/72157632503939723/

Championship

Pos NAME                 Rtg   T  Fed  Pts |   1     2     3     4     5     6     7     8     9    10    11  
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  1 Wastney, Scott       2381  FM NZL 10.0 | +W15  =B3   +W5   =B6   +W7   +B4   +W2   +B11  +W8   +W9   +B14  
  2 Smith, Robert        2321  FM NZL  7.5 | +B17  +W13  =W6   =B3   =W4   =B7   -B1   +W5   +W11  =B10  +W12  
  3 Green, Ewen          2184  FM NZL  7.5 | +B18  =W1   +B12  =W2   +W6   =B5   =W11  =B4   +W16  =B8   =W7   
  4 Steadman, Michael    2271  FM NZL  7.0 | +B10  -B6   +W16  +W8   =B2   -W1   +B7   =W3   -B5   +W15  +B11  
  5 Nijman, Brian        2154  -- NZL  7.0 | +B8   =W7   -B1   +W12  +B18  =W3   -W6   -B2   +W4   +B16  +W17  
  6 Hague, Ben           2430  FM NZL  6.5 | +B11  +W4   =B2   =W1   -B3   +W8   +B5   +W12  =B9   -B7   -W13  
  7 Russell, Athula      2274  -- SRI  6.0 | =W12  =B5   +W15  +B11  -B1   =W2   -W4   -B9   +B14  +W6   =B3   
  8 Ker, Anthony         2452  IM NZL  6.0 | -W5   +B14  +W13  -B4   +W15  -B6   =W9   +B16  -B1   =W3   +B18  
  9 Van Der Hoorn, Mark  2165  -- NZL  6.0 | =W14  -B12  =W10  -B18  +W17  +B13  =B8   +W7   =W6   -B1   +B15  
 10 Fuatai, Fuatai       2071  -- NZL  5.5 | -W4   =W11  =B9   =B13  =W14  +W18  -B12  =W17  =B15  =W2   +B16  
 11 Goodhue, Nathan      2146  -- NZL  5.0 | -W6   =B10  +W14  -W7   +B16  +W12  =B3   -W1   -B2   +B17  -W4   
 12 Forster, William     2078  -- NZL  5.0 | =B7   +W9   -W3   -B5   +W13  -B11  +W10  -B6   =W17  +W18  -B2   
 13 Thomas, Ben          2260  -- NZL  5.0 | +W16  -B2   -B8   =W10  -B12  -W9   +B17  =W15  +B18  -W14  +B6   
 14 Li, William (Xiang W 1970  -- NZL  4.0 | =B9   -W8   -B11  -W17  =B10  =W16  =B15  +B18  -W7   +B13  -W1   
 15 Stuart, Peter        2130  NM NZL  3.5 | -B1   +W18  -B7   =W16  -B8   =B17  =W14  =B13  =W10  -B4   -W9   
 16 Nyberg, Michael      2062  -- NZL  3.0 | -B13  +W17  -B4   =B15  -W11  =B14  +W18  -W8   -B3   -W5   -W10  
 17 Milligan, Helen      2082 WFM NZL  2.5 | -W2   -B16  -W18  +B14  -B9   =W15  -W13  =B10  =B12  -W11  -B5   
 18 Reedy, Brendan       2014  -- NZL  2.0 | -W3   -B15  +B17  +W9   -W5   -B10  -B16  -W14  -W13  -B12  -W8   

Major Open

Pos NAME                 Rtg   T  Fed  Pts |   1     2     3     4     5     6     7     8     9    10    11  
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  1 Chew Lee, Max        1845  -- AUS  9.0 | +W23  +B11  +W14  +B3   +W2   +B5   =W6   -B4   =W7   +B8   +W10  
  2 Rains, Timothy       1756  -- NZL  8.5 | +B27  +W13  +B18  +W34  -B1   +W16  -W4   =B7   +B5   +W3   +B6   
  3 James, Jack          1775  -- NZL  7.5 | +B35  +W16  +B15  -W1   -B4   +W28  +B12  +B10  =W8   -B2   +W7   
  4 Rains, Edward        1884  -- NZL  7.0 | -B18  +W25  +B20  =B5   +W3   +W13  +B2   +W1   =B6   -B7   -W8   
  5 Timergazi, Layla     1828  -- NZL  7.0 | +B24  +W20  =B34  =W4   +B15  -W1   +B13  =B6   -W2   =W9   +B12  
  6 Jackson, Ross        1996  -- NZL  7.0 | -W15  +B33  +B10  +W18  =B13  +W17  =B1   =W5   =W4   +B11  -W2   
  7 Paul, David          1880  -- NZL  7.0 | =B10  =W12  -B31  +W24  +B18  +W20  +B16  =W2   =B1   +W4   -B3   
  8 Lyall, Simon         1795  -- NZL  7.0 | +B25  -W18  =B12  =W10  +B31  =W15  +B17  +W16  =B3   -W1   +B4   
  9 Brockway, Andrew     1792  -- NZL  7.0 | +W33  -B15  -W28  =B26  +W32  +B29  -W10  +W12  +B20  =B5   +W17  
 10 Gong, Daniel         1630  -- NZL  6.5 | =W7   +B17  -W6   =B8   =W29  +B19  +B9   -W3   +B21  +W15  -B1   
 11 Stracy, Don          1764  -- NZL  6.5 | +W22  -W1   -B16  +B33  -W17  +B23  +W31  =B15  +W28  -W6   +B19  
 12 McIntosh, Andrew        0  -- NZL  6.0 | =W17  =B7   =W8   =B29  +W19  +B14  -W3   -B9   +W24  +B28  -W5   
 13 Gold, Hamish         1828  -- NZL  6.0 | +W29  -B2   +W26  +B28  =W6   -B4   -W5   -B17  +W22  =B14  +W23  
 14 Pakenham, John       1749  -- NZL  6.0 | +B36  +W21  -B1   +W31  -B16  -W12  -B28  +W27  =B18  =W13  +B15  
 15 Cooper, Nigel        1662  -- NZL  5.5 | +B6   +W9   -W3   +B19  -W5   =B8   =B21  =W11  +W17  -B10  -W14  
 16 Nijman, Arie         1882  -- NZL  5.5 | +W26  -B3   +W11  +B23  +W14  -B2   -W7   -B8   -W19  +B25  =W21  
 17 Farrington, Lawrence 1732  -- NZL  5.5 | =B12  -W10  +B27  +W21  +B11  -B6   -W8   +W13  -B15  +W20  -B9   
 18 Whittle, Jonathon    1656  -- NZL  5.5 | +W4   +B8   -W2   -B6   -W7   -B31  +W22  +B26  =W14  -B23  +W28  
 19 Roberts, Michael     1841  -- NZL  5.5 | +B31  -W34  +B24  -W15  -B12  -W10  +B23  +W25  +B16  =W21  -W11  
 20 Gloistein, Bruce     1748  -- NZL  5.5 | +W30  -B5   -W4   +B22  +W23  -B7   +W29  =B28  -W9   -B17  +B33  
 21 Nicholls, Leighton   1797  -- NZL  5.5 | +W28  -B14  -W23  -B17  +W33  +B26  =W15  +B31  -W10  =B19  =B16  
 22 Wang, Aaron           970  -- NZL  5.5 | -B11  -B23  +W30  -W20  =B25  +W24  -B18  +W32  -B13  +W33  +B29  
 23 List, Robert         1626  -- NZL  5.0 | -B1   +W22  +B21  -W16  -B20  -W11  -W19  +B36  +B33  +W18  -B13  
 24 Chew Lee, Alanna     1551  -- AUS  5.0 | -W5   +B30  -W19  -B7   =W26  -B22  +W35  +B29  -B12  +W31  =B27  
 25 Cunningham, Patrick  1505  -- NZL  5.0 | -W8   -B4   -W29  +B30  =W22  +B32  =W27  -B19  +W26  -W16  +BYE  
 26 Qin, Joy Shu Yan     1643  -- NZL  5.0 | -B16  +W35  -B13  =W9   =B24  -W21  +B33  -W18  -B25  +BYE  +W36  
 27 Qin, Nicole Shu Yu    960  -- NZL  5.0 | -W2   =B29  -W17  -B32  +W30  +W35  =B25  -B14  =W31  +B36  =W24  
 28 Gillespie, John      1551  -- NZL  4.5 | -B21  +W36  +B9   -W13  +B35  -B3   +W14  =W20  -B11  -W12  -B18  
 29 Veldhuizen, Matt     1578  -- NZL  4.5 | -B13  =W27  +B25  =W12  =B10  -W9   -B20  -W24  +W36  +B32  -W22  
 30 Li, Leo               581  -- NZL  4.5 | -B20  -W24  -B22  -W25  -B27  =W36  +BYE  -W33  +BYE  +BYE  +B32  
 31 Reid, Anton      (W) 1607  -- NZL  3.5 | -W19  +B32  +W7   -B14  -W8   +W18  -B11  -W21  =B27  -B24   --   
 32 Li, Rodney (Xiang Re  951  -- NZL  3.5 | -B34  -W31  =B35  +W27  -B9   -W25  +W36  -B22  +BYE  -W29  -W30  
 33 Wight, Joshua        1386  -- NZL  3.0 | -B9   -W6   +B36  -W11  -B21  +BYE  -W26  +B30  -W23  -B22  -W20  
 34 Millikan, Erlend (W) 1750  -- USA  2.5 | +W32  +B19  =W5   -B2    --    --    --    --    --    --    --   
 35 Qian, Bella      (W) 1078  -- NZL  2.5 | -W3   -B26  =W32  +B36  -W28  -B27  -B24  +BYE  -BYE  -BYE   --   
 36 Konakanchi, Sathya K  809  -- NZL  1.5 | -W14  -B28  -W33  -W35  +BYE  =B30  -B32  -W23  -B29  -W27  -B26  

NZ Rapid Championship

Pos NAME                 Rtg   T  Fed  Pts |   1     2     3     4     5     6     7     8     9  
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  1 Garbett, Paul        2292  IM ---  7.5 | +W32  +B16  +W8   +W3   =B7   -B2   +W15  +W4   +B9   
  2 Ker, Anthony         2363  IM ---  7.5 | +B24  +W21  =B7   +W10  +B25  +W1   =B4   +W5   =B3   
  3 Hague, Ben           2366  FM ---  6.5 | +W35  +B28  +W9   -B1   +W19  -B4   +B11  +W7   =W2   
  4 Gao, Hans            2207  -- ---  6.5 | =B27  +W30  +B26  =W5   +B14  +W3   =W2   -B1   +B10  
  5 Smith, Robert        2257  FM ---  6.5 | +W54  +B18  =W13  =B4   +W28  =B8   +W10  -B2   +W17  
  6 Van Der Hoorn, Mark  2144  -- ---  6.5 | +B46  -W13  -B27  +W36  =B29  +W35  +B42  +W11  +B12  
  7 Steadman, Michael    2208  FM ---  6.0 | +W36  +B39  =W2   +B13  =W1   =B10  =W8   -B3   +W19  
  8 Pinic, Noel          2177  -- ---  6.0 | +W23  +B31  -B1   +W20  +B34  =W5   =B7   -W9   +B21  
  9 Lukey, Stephen       2244  FM ---  6.0 | +B37  +W20  -B3   +W26  -B10  +W39  +B14  +B8   -W1   
 10 Hulshof, Peter       2093  -- ---  5.5 | +W33  +B42  +W12  -B2   +W9   =W7   -B5   +B28  -W4   
 11 Chew Lee, Max        1845  --  G1  5.5 | +W22  =B25  =W19  =B15  +W12  +B18  -W3   -B6   +W28  
 12 Russell, Athula      2274  -- ---  5.5 | +B29  +W14  -B10  =W18  -B11  +W27  +B25  +B16  -W6   
 13 Goodhue, Nathan      1910  --  G1  5.5 | +W38  +B6   =B5   -W7   =B17  -W21  +B29  =W26  +B25  
 14 Pomeroy, Arthur      1996  --  G1  5.5 | +W48  -B12  +W23  +B42  -W4   +B19  -W9   +B22  =W16  
 15 Li, William (Xiang W 2094  -- ---  5.5 | +B44  -W26  +B29  =W11  +B27  +W25  -B1   -W17  +B30  
 16 Knowles, Jeremy      2019  -- ---  5.5 | +B43  -W1   +B36  -W34  +B37  +W20  +B21  -W12  =B14  
 17 Freeman, Michael     2109  -- ---  5.5 | +W40  =B19  -W25  +B35  =W13  +B31  =W28  +B15  -B5   
 18 Davis, Justin        1991  --  G1  5.5 | +B50  -W5   +B40  =B12  +W38  -W11  -B20  +W42  +B26  
 19 James, Jack          1864  --  G1  5.0 | +B56  =W17  =B11  +W21  -B3   -W14  +B47  +W20  -B7   
 20 Sellen, Ian          1986  --  G1  5.0 | +W51  -B9   +W33  -B8   +W23  -B16  +W18  -B19  +W34  
 21 Sutherland, John     2079  -- ---  5.0 | +W53  -B2   +W54  -B19  +W32  +B13  -W16  +B23  -W8   
 22 Chen, Wei Kai           0  --  G2  5.0 | -B11  +W41  +B24  -W38  =B26  =W29  +B35  -W14  +B37  
 23 Gold, Hamish         1674  --  G2  5.0 | -B8   +W55  -B14  +W30  -B20  +W43  +B39  -W21  +B42  
 24 Rains, Edward        1758  --  G1  5.0 | -W2   +B53  -W22  -B33  +W48  -B46  +W41  +B40  +W31  
 25 Nyberg, Michael      2088  -- ---  4.5 | +B41  =W11  +B17  +W27  -W2   -B15  -W12  +B34  -W13  
 26 Nijman, Arie         1881  --  G1  4.5 | +W49  +B15  -W4   -B9   =W22  =B42  +W33  =B13  -W18  
 27 Rains, Timothy       1687  --  G2  4.5 | =W4   +B34  +W6   -B25  -W15  -B12  =W38  +B39  =W32  
 28 Stuart, Peter        2068  NM ---  4.5 | +B47  -W3   +B37  +W44  -B5   +W34  =B17  -W10  -B11  
 29 Lyall, Simon         1735  --  G1  4.5 | -W12  +B48  -W15  +B53  =W6   =B22  -W13  =B33  +W44  
 30 McDonald, John       2067  -- ---  4.5 | -W34  -B4   +W50  -B23  +W41  +B38  +W46  =B31  -W15  
 31 Jackson, Ross        1894  --  G1  4.5 | +B55  -W8   -B34  +W40  +B43  -W17  +B37  =W30  -B24  
 32 Timergazi, Layla     1750  --  G1  4.5 | -B1   -W43  +B45  +W41  -B21  +W40  -B34  +W47  =B27  
 33 Stoeveken, Peter     1596  --  G2  4.5 | -B10  +W52  -B20  +W24  -B35  +W36  -B26  =W29  +B45  
 34 Gong, Daniel         1395  --  G2  4.0 | +B30  -W27  +W31  +B16  -W8   -B28  +W32  -W25  -B20  
 35 Roberts, Michael     1822  --  G1  4.0 | -B3   +W47  =B38  -W17  +W33  -B6   -W22  +B53  =W36  
 36 Power, Wayne         1719  --  G1  4.0 | -B7   +W45  -W16  -B6   +W53  -B33  =B43  +W46  =B35  
 37 Gloistein, Bruce     1721  --  G1  4.0 | -W9   +B51  -W28  +B48  -W16  +B44  -W31  +B38  -W22  
 38 Wang, Aaron           859  --  G2  4.0 | -B13  +W46  =W35  +B22  -B18  -W30  =B27  -W37  +B47  
 39 Marko, Helmut        1925  --  G1  4.0 | +B45  -W7   -B44  +W46  +B47  -B9   -W23  -W27  +B49  
 40 Brockway, Andrew     1658  --  G2  4.0 | -B17  +W56  -W18  -B31  +W51  -B32  +B49  -W24  +B50  
 41 Nicholls, Leighton   1586  --  G2  4.0 | -W25  -B22  +W55  -B32  -B30  +W54  -B24  +W52  +B46  
 42 Reedy, Brendan       1832  --  G1  3.5 | +B52  -W10  +B43  -W14  +B44  =W26  -W6   -B18  -W23  
 43 Qin, Joy Shu Yan     1359  --  G2  3.5 | -W16  +B32  -W42  +B50  -W31  -B23  =W36  -B44  +W53  
 44 Gothorp, Thomas      1621  --  G2  3.5 | -W15  +B49  +W39  -B28  -W42  -W37  =B53  +W43  -B29  
 45 Qin, Nicole Shu Yu    958  --  G2  3.5 | -W39  -B36  -W32  +B49  =W54  -W47  +B51  +B48  -W33  
 46 List, Robert         1669  --  G2  3.0 | -W6   -B38  +W51  -B39  +W52  +W24  -B30  -B36  -W41  
 47 Chew Lee, Alanna     1551  --  G2  3.0 | -W28  -B35  +W49  +B54  -W39  +B45  -W19  -B32  -W38  
 48 Marko, Nigel         1325  --  G2  3.0 | -B14  -W29  +B52  -W37  -B24  -W49  +B54  -W45  +W56  
 49 Merton, Sam           631  --  G2  3.0 | -B26  -W44  -B47  -W45  +B50  +B48  -W40  +B55  -W39  
 50 Wight, Joshua        1091  --  G2  3.0 | -W18  -B54  -B30  -W43  -W49  +B56  +W55  +B51  -W40  
 51 Li, Rodney (Xiang Re 1057  --  G2  3.0 | -B20  -W37  -B46  +W56  -B40  +B52  -W45  -W50  +B55  
 52 Konakanchi, Sathya K    0  --  G2  3.0 | -W42  -B33  -W48  +B55  -B46  -W51  +W56  -B41  +BYE  
 53 Cunningham, Patrick  1562  --  G2  2.5 | -B21  -W24  +B56  -W29  -B36  +B55  =W44  -W35  -B43  
 54 McGowan, Alistair(W) 1735  --  G1  1.5 | -B5   +W50  -B21  -W47  =B45  -B41  -W48  -BYE   --   
 55 Li, Leo               647  --  G2  1.0 | -W31  -B23  -B41  -W52  +B56  -W53  -B50  -W49  -W51  
 56 Rankin-Pearce, Tukah  532  --  G2  1.0 | -W19  -B40  -W53  -B51  -W55  -W50  -B52  +BYE  -B48  

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