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February 4th - 5th 2012 - Challenge Match, Auckland.
A four game match between Brazilian International Master Herman van Riemsdijk and leading NZ junior Luke Li will take place at the Auckland Chess Centre, 17 Cromwell Street, Mt Eden, on Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th of February. Rounds will be played at 9:30 am. and 2:00 pm. each day, with a time control of 60 minutes plus 30 seconds per move increment. Spectators are welcome.
Day one: both games drawn. See them at http://www.chesschat.org/showthread.php?t=13806.

January 31st 2012 - Herman van Riemsdijk Simultaneous Exhibition in Hamilton
Brazilian International Master Herman van Riemsdijk played a clock simul on 12 boards against members of the Hamilton Chess Club on the evening of Tuesday 31st January. IM van Riemsdijk scored +11 =0 –1 with a loss to newly arrived Dutch player Peter Hulshof (FIDE 2223). Two other players, Richard Dare and Scott Humphreys, performed well and almost managed to hold the draw, but the IM prevailed in the end. The simul marked the opening night of the Hamilton Chess Club for 2012 (hamiltonchess.net).

January 31st 2012 - Simul by GM Surya Ganguly at Howick-Pakuranga CC
Indian GM Surya Ganguly gave a simul at H-P CC on Tuesday evening on 22 boards. He lost two (Byron Lam & Andrew Janisz) and drew one (Edwin Yip).

January 30th 2012 - Simul by GM Surya Ganguly at Auckland CC
Indian GM Surya Ganguly gave a simul at ACC on Monday evening on 28 boards, finishing with +26 =1 -1 in 3 hrs 30 mins. A well-deserved win for Keith Ward and draw for Hilton Jacobs. Several of the top NZ juniors whom the GM had been coaching earlier in the day played - none succeeded in holding the grandmaster (Luke Li, Hans Gao, William Li, Alan Ansell, Nicole Tsoi, William Zhang ).

January 28th - 29th 2012 - NZ Rapid and Lightning Chess Championships, Auckland.
NZ Rapid:
1st Herman Van Riemsdijk (Brazil)
2nd= and joint NZ Rapid Champions: Bruce Watson and Ben Hague (Ben's NZ Residence status has been confirmed).
4th= Daniel Shen, Bob Smith and Alan Ansell
Grade 1
1st= Luke Li and William Li
Grade 2
1st Byron Lam
2nd Judd Zhan

NZ Lightning:
1st Noel Pinic (NZ Lightning Champion)
2nd Herman Van Riemsdijk
3rd GinoThornton
New Zealand Lightning Reserve
1st Helmut Marko
2nd= Luke Li and Antonio Krstev

A huge vote of thanks is due to Ian McInally and Keong Ang, who took over the running of the event at very short notice.

Crosstables are given below. You can also check the full Vega-generated results at the following links:
NZ Rapid
NZ Lightning Championship
NZ Lightning Reserves
Lightning Preliminary A
Lightning Preliminary B
Lightning Preliminary C

NZ Rapid

 ID NAME                 Rtg   T  Fed  Pts |   1     2     3     4     5     6     7     8     9  
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  1 Van Riemsdijk Herman 2400  IM BRA  7.5 | +W34  +B12  +W11  =B7   +W14  =B4   +W13  +B16  =W2   
  2 Hague Ben            2355  FM ENG  7.0 | +W23  =B15  +W32  -B14  +W40  +B8   +W16  +B7   =B1   
  3 Watson Bruce R       2264  FM NZL  7.0 | -W32  +B8   +W45  +B19  -B5   +W25  +B26  +W9   +W7   
  4 Shen Daniel          1987  -- NZL  6.5 | +W46  +B16  -W7   +B10  +W11  =W1   +B17  -W5   +B13  
  5 Smith Robert W       2267  FM NZL  6.5 | +W45  +B29  =W14  +B40  +W3   =B13  -W7   +B4   =W6   
  6 Ansell Alan          2124  -- NZL  6.5 | +B42  +W36  -B13  +W27  -B9   +W19  +B33  +W18  =B5   
  7 Ker Anthony F        2375  IM NZL  6.0 | +B22  +W9   +B4   =W1   =B13  +W26  +B5   -W2   -B3   
  8 Thornton Giovanni An 2202  -- NZL  6.0 | =B30  -W3   +B37  +W20  +B15  -W2   +W14  =B13  +W19  
  9 Gao Hans             2004  -- NZL  6.0 | +W48  -B7   +W43  +B17  +W6   -B16  +W10  -B3   +W21  
 10 Han Daniel           2157  -- NZL  6.0 | +B28  =W20  =B25  -W4   +B23  +W27  -B9   +W15  +W16  
 11 Wheeler Bruce        2092  -- NZL  6.0 | +B31  +W27  -B1   +W36  -B4   -B17  +W22  +W33  +B18  
 12 Krstev Antonio       2062  -- NZL  6.0 | +B41  -W1   +B35  +W28  -B26  +W21  -B18  +W17  +B25  
 13 Li Zuhao Luke        1942  -- NZL  5.5 | +W51  +B17  +W6   +B15  =W7   =W5   -B1   =W8   -W4   
 14 Li William Xiang Wei 1890  -- NZL  5.5 | +B44  +W21  =B5   +W2   -B1   =W18  -B8   =W25  +B28  
 15 Goodhue Nathan       2000  -- NZL  5.5 | +B47  =W2   +B20  -W13  -W8   +B34  +W40  -B10  +W29  
 16 Garbett Paul Anthony 2338  IM NZL  5.0 | +B35  -W4   +B22  +W18  +B25  +W9   -B2   -W1   -B10  
 17 Steadman Michael     2264  FM NZL  5.0 | +B37  -W13  +B23  -W9   +B22  +W11  -W4   -B12  +W32  
 18 Pinic Noel           2200  -- NZL  5.0 | +W33  +B19  =W40  -B16  +W32  =B14  +W12  -B6   -W11  
 19 Marko Helmut         1916  CM PNG  5.0 | +B49  -W18  +B42  -W3   +B28  -B6   +W31  +W41  -B8   
 20 Stone Andrew         1892  -- NZL  5.0 | +W38  =B10  -W15  -B8   +W30  -B33  +W43  =B23  +B26  
 21 Carpinter Anthony L  2125  -- NZL  5.0 | +W24  -B14  -W33  +B43  +W35  -B12  +B27  +W32  -B9   
 22 James Jack           1747  -- NZL  5.0 | -W7   +B39  -W16  +B48  -W17  +B24  -B11  +W38  +B33  
 23 Wright Caleb         1735  -- NZL  5.0 | -B2   +W41  -W17  +B46  -W10  =B43  +B42  =W20  +B36  
 24 Lam Byron            1516  -- NZL  5.0 | -B21  +W49  -B26  +W47  -B27  -W22  +B46  +B34  +W40  
 25 Stuart Peter         2082  -- NZL  4.5 | +W39  =B32  =W10  +B33  -W16  -B3   +W37  =B14  -W12  
 26 Duneas John          2107  -- NZL  4.5 | +W43  -B40  +W24  +B34  +W12  -B7   -W3   =B29  -W20  
 27 Power Wayne          1789  -- NZL  4.5 | +BYE  -B11  +W53  -B6   +W24  -B10  -W21  +B45  =W31  
 28 Tsoi Nicole          1621 WFM NZL  4.5 | -W10  +B51  +W29  -B12  -W19  +B35  =W34  +B40  -W14  
 29 Milligan Helen       1958 WFM NZL  4.5 | +B50  -W5   -B28  +W31  =B42  +W41  =B32  =W26  -B15  
 30 Yao Winston Yow-Jen  1642  -- NZL  4.5 | =W8   -B34  +W39  -B32  -B20  +W47  -B41  +W44  +B42  
 31 Zhan Judd            1369  -- NZL  4.5 | -W11  +B52  -W34  -B29  +W46  +B45  -B19  +W35  =B27  
 32 Yang Scott           1655  -- NZL  4.0 | +B3   =W25  -B2   +W30  -B18  +W36  =W29  -B21  -B17  
 33 Zhang Leo            1632  -- NZL  4.0 | -B18  +W50  +B21  -W25  +B36  +W20  -W6   -B11  -W22  
 34 Cruden Neil          1718  -- NZL  4.0 | -B1   +W30  +B31  -W26  =B41  -W15  =B28  -W24  +B47  
 35 Eade Don             1708  -- NZL  4.0 | -W16  +B48  -W12  +B44  -B21  -W28  +B47  -B31  +W41  
 36 De Carvalho Machado  1860  -- BRA  4.0 | +W52  -B6   +W46  -B11  -W33  -B32  +W48  +B37  -W23  
 37 Mukkattu Philip      1695  -- NZL  4.0 | -W17  -B46  -W8   +B51  +W44  +B38  -B25  -W36  +B50  
 38 Wang Luke Jintao      913  -- NZL  4.0 | -B20  -W42  -B47  +BYE  +W48  -W37  +B39  -B22  +W45  
 39 Qin Joy Shu Yan      1308  -- NZL  4.0 | -B25  -W22  -B30  -W50  +BYE  +B52  -W38  +W49  +B46  
 40 Perry Roger          1813  -- NZL  3.5 | +B53  +W26  =B18  -W5   -B2   +W42  -B15  -W28  -B24  
 41 Chen Johnson         1293  -- NZL  3.5 | -W12  -B23  +W51  +B45  =W34  -B29  +W30  -B19  -B35  
 42 Ang Alphaeus Wei Ern 1506  -- NZL  3.5 | -W6   +B38  -W19  +B53  =W29  -B40  -W23  +B43  -W30  
 43 Rong David           1369  -- NZL  3.5 | -B26  +W44  -B9   -W21  +B49  =W23  -B20  -W42  +W51  
 44 Li Rodney Xiang Rei   886  -- NZL  3.5 | -W14  -B43  +BYE  -W35  -B37  +W50  =B51  -B30  +W52  
 45 McLeod Hugh          1601  -- NZL  3.0 | -B5   +W47  -B3   -W41  +B50  -W31  +B49  -W27  -B38  
 46 Geng Karen Jing Yi   1155  -- NZL  3.0 | -B4   +W37  -B36  -W23  -B31  +BYE  -W24  +B52  -W39  
 47 Qi Brian             1166  -- NZL  3.0 | -W15  -B45  +W38  -B24  +W52  -B30  -W35  +B53  -W34  
 48 Gong Daniel          1260  -- NZL  3.0 | -B9   -W35  +B49  -W22  -B38  +W51  -B36  -W50  +W53  
 49 Qin Nicole Shu Yu     915  -- NZL  3.0 | -W19  -B24  -W48  +B52  -W43  +B53  -W45  -B39  +BYE  
 50 Sonnekus Neil        1149  -- NZL  3.0 | -W29  -B33  -W52  +B39  -W45  -B44  +W53  +B48  -W37  
 51 Zhang Jasmine        1030  -- NZL  2.5 | -B13  -W28  -B41  -W37  +W53  -B48  =W44  +BYE  -B43  
 52 Wang Aaron            724  -- NZL  2.0 | -B36  -W31  +B50  -W49  -B47  -W39  +BYE  -W46  -B44  
 53 Li Leo                650  -- NZL  1.0 | -W40  +BYE  -B27  -W42  -B51  -W49  -B50  -W47  -B48


Keong Ang presents the first prize to Herman Van Riemsdijk.		Bruce Watson and Ben Hague		Daniel Shen and Alan Ansell

NZ Lightning Championship

 Pos ID  NAME                 Elo   T  Fed   Pts  |  1   2   3   4   5   6 
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  1   5  Pinic Noel           2200  -- NZL   9.5  |  *   11  11  1½  11  11 
  2   1  Van Riemsdijk Herman 2400  IM BRA   6.5  |  00  *   ½½  11  ½1  11 
  3   4  Thornton Giovanni An 2202  -- NZL   5.0  |  00  ½½  *   11  01  01 
  4   2  Ker Anthony F        2375  IM NZL   4.5  |  0½  00  00  *   11  11 
  5   3  Hague Ben            2355  FM ENG   2.5  |  00  ½0  10  00  *   01 
  6   6  Krstev Mario         2115  -- NZL   2.0  |  00  00  10  00  10  *

NZ Lightning Reserve

 ID NAME                 Rtg   T  Fed  Pts |   1     2     3     4     5     6     7  
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  1 Marko Helmut         1916  CM PNG  6.0 | +B20  +W7   +B13  +W3   -B2   +W4   +B6   
  2 Li Zuhao Luke        1943  -- NZL  5.5 | +W16  +B6   +W11  =B5   +W1   +B7   -W3   
  3 Krstev Antonio       2062  -- NZL  5.5 | +W21  +B9   +W5   -B1   =B4   +W15  +B2   
  4 Han Daniel           2157  -- NZL  4.5 | -W8   +B12  +W14  +B11  =W3   -B1   +W7   
  5 Gao Hans             2004  -- NZL  4.5 | +B18  +W8   -B3   =W2   +W12  -B6   +W14  
  6 Green Peter          2249  FM NZL  4.0 | +B10  -W2   +B8   +W15  -B7   +W5   -W1   
  7 Ansell Alan          2124  -- NZL  4.0 | +W14  -B1   +W17  +B9   +W6   -W2   -B4   
  8 Zhang Leo            1632  -- NZL  4.0 | +B4   -B5   -W6   -B12  +W17  +W19  +B15  
  9 James Jack           1747  -- NZL  4.0 | +B22  -W3   +B19  -W7   -B13  +B12  +W11  
 10 Yang Scott           1655  -- NZL  4.0 | -W6   -W13  +B20  +B21  =W11  =B14  +W16  
 11 Wheeler Bruce        2092  -- NZL  3.5 | +B19  +W15  -B2   -W4   =B10  +W13  -B9   
 12 Green Ewen M         2154  FM NZL  3.5 | =B13  -W4   +B18  +W8   -B5   -W9   +B19  
 13 Tsoi Nicole          1621 WFM NZL  3.5 | =W12  +B10  -W1   -B14  +W9   -B11  +B22  
 14 Ang Alphaeus Wei Ern 1506  -- NZL  3.5 | -B7   +W20  -B4   +W13  +B19  =W10  -B5   
 15 De Carvalho Machado  1863  -- BRA  3.0 | +W17  -B11  +W21  -B6   +W16  -B3   -W8   
 16 Geng Karen Jing Yi   1155  -- NZL  3.0 | -B2   -W19  +B22  +W20  -B15  +W18  -B10  
 17 Wang Luke Jintao      913  -- NZL  3.0 | -B15  +W18  -B7   -W19  -B8   +W22  +B21  
 18 Gong Daniel          1260  -- NZL  3.0 | -W5   -B17  -W12  +B22  +W21  -B16  +W20  
 19 Zhan Judd            1369  -- NZL  2.0 | -W11  +B16  -W9   +B17  -W14  -B8   -W12  
 20 Qin Nicole Shu Yu     915  -- NZL  1.5 | -W1   -B14  -W10  -B16  +W22  =B21  -B18  
 21 Qin Joy Shu Yan      1308  -- NZL  1.5 | -B3   +W22  -B15  -W10  -B18  =W20  -W17  
 22 Wang Aaron            724  -- NZL  0.0 | -W9   -B21  -W16  -W18  -B20  -B17  -W13

Lightning Preliminary: A

 Pos ID  NAME                 Elo   T  Fed   Pts  |  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11 
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  1   1  Van Riemsdijk Herman 2400  IM BRA  10.0  |  *   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1  
  2   5  Krstev Mario         2115  -- NZL   7.5  |  0   *   1   1   0   ½   1   1   1   1   1  
  3   6  Gao Hans             2004  -- NZL   7.0  |  0   0   *   0   1   1   1   1   1   1   1  
  4   2  Smith Robert W       2267  FM NZL   6.5  |  0   0   1   *   ½   1   0   1   1   1   1  
  5   3  Green Peter          2249  FM NZL   6.5  |  0   1   0   ½   *   0   1   1   1   1   1  
  6   4  Han Daniel           2157  -- NZL   6.5  |  0   ½   0   0   1   *   1   1   1   1   1  
  7   9  Tsoi Nicole          1621 WFM NZL   4.0  |  0   0   0   1   0   0   *   0   1   1   1  
  8   7  Marko Helmut         1916  CM PNG   4.0  |  0   0   0   0   0   0   1   *   1   1   1  
  9   8  James Jack           1747  -- NZL   2.0  |  0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   *   1   1  
 10  10  Qin Joy Shu Yan      1308  -- NZL   1.0  |  0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   *   1  
 11  11  Qin Nicole Shu Yu     915  -- NZL   0.0  |  0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   *

Lightning Preliminary: B

 Pos ID  NAME                 Elo   T  Fed   Pts  |  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11 
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  1   3  Thornton Giovanni An 2202  -- NZL   8.0  |  *   1   1   ½   0   1   ½   1   1   1   1  
  2   1  Ker Anthony F        2375  IM NZL   8.0  |  0   *   0   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1  
  3   2  Steadman Michael     2264  FM NZL   7.5  |  0   1   *   1   1   0   ½   1   1   1   1  
  4   4  Green Ewen M         2154  FM NZL   6.5  |  ½   0   0   *   ½   1   1   1   ½   1   1  
  5   8  Yang Scott           1655  -- NZL   6.0  |  1   0   0   ½   *   1   1   1   0   ½   1  
  6   6  Goodhue Nathan       2000  -- NZL   5.0  |  0   0   1   0   0   *   0   1   1   1   1  
  7   9  Ang Alphaeus Wei Ern 1506  -- NZL   4.0  |  ½   0   ½   0   0   1   *   0   0   1   1  
  8  11  Wang Luke Jintao      913  -- NZL   4.0  |  0   0   0   0   0   0   1   *   1   1   1  
  9   5  Wheeler Bruce        2092  -- NZL   3.5  |  0   0   0   ½   1   0   1   0   *   0   1  
 10   7  Stone Andrew         1892  -- NZL   2.5  |  0   0   0   0   ½   0   0   0   1   *   1  
 11  10  Gong Daniel          1260  -- NZL   0.0  |  0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   *

Lightning Preliminary: C

 Pos ID  NAME                 Elo   T  Fed   Pts  |  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11 
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  1   3  Pinic Noel           2200  -- NZL   9.0  |  *   1   1   1   0   1   1   1   1   1   1  
  2   1  Hague Ben            2355  FM ENG   9.0  |  0   *   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1  
  3   4  Ansell Alan          2124  -- NZL   7.0  |  0   0   *   1   0   1   1   1   1   1   1  
  4   2  Watson Bruce R       2264  FM NZL   7.0  |  0   0   0   *   1   1   1   1   1   1   1  
  5   6  Li Zuhao Luke        1943  -- NZL   6.0  |  1   0   1   0   *   0   0   1   1   1   1  
  6   5  Krstev Antonio       2062  -- NZL   5.0  |  0   0   0   0   1   *   1   0   1   1   1  
  7   8  Zhang Leo            1632  -- NZL   5.0  |  0   0   0   0   1   0   *   1   1   1   1  
  8   7  De Carvalho Machado  1863  -- BRA   4.0  |  0   0   0   0   0   1   0   *   1   1   1  
  9  10  Geng Karen Jing Yi   1155  -- NZL   2.0  |  0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   *   1   1  
 10   9  Zhan Judd            1369  -- NZL   1.0  |  0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   *   1  
 11  11  Wang Aaron            724  -- NZL   0.0  |  0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   *

January 15th - 23rd 2012 - Queenstown Chess Classic, Queenstown.
The 3rd edition of New Zealand's most prestigious event. Nine-round swiss-system International Open with norm opportunities, also incorporating the 119th New Zealand Championship. Watch the website www.queenstownchess.com for more details. This event is a Myer Tan NZ Chess Grand Prix Super event (the first of the new season), and is also included in the Oceania Grand Prix.
See http://www.chess-results.com/tnr63826.aspx?lan=1 for full results.
Download the pgn file here (updated :- total of 224 games as at 27 January 2012).

Sponsor Murray Chandler presents the prizes to first-equal finishers Zhao Jun, Darryl Johansen, and Li Chao. Johansen was first on tiebreak. More results and photos later.

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


Murray Chandler presents the prizes to Zhao Jun, Darryl Johansen, and Li Chao.	Trevor Tao, Akshat Khamparia, Sune Berg Hansen, Eduardas Rozentalis & Surya Shekhar Ganguly	Best Game: Gawain Jones (presented by Paul Spiller)

Under 11: William Zhang	Under 13: Karl Zelesco	Under 15: FM Bobby Cheng

Best Senior: FM Bob Smith	Under 1600: Leo Zhang, Jamie-Lee Guo, NZCF patron Jim Benson presenting the prizes, Jack Hughes, Shanon Vuglar	Under 1900: William Li, Maris Cekulis, Leteisha Simmonds & Bob Mitchell (Ryan Louie absent)

Under 2000: Allen Setiabudi, Ari Dale, Hilton Bennett, Nathan Goodhue, & Leon Kempen	Under 2100: Jason Tang	Under 2200: Karl Zelesco (again)

IM norm: Irine Sukandar	IM norm: Junta Ikeda	IM norm: Trevor Tao

Oceania Champion: Darryl Johansen	Oceania Women's Champion: Helen Milligan (trophy presented by Zonal President Brian Jones).	Arbiters: Craig Hall, Keong Ang, Shaun Press & Bob Gibbons

NZ Champion Mike Steadman (with NZCF patron Jim Benson)	NZ Major Open: Nathan Goodhue (with NZCF patron Jim Benson)	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

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.

December 27th 2011 - January 8th 2012- 2012 Australian Chess Championship, Geelong, AUSTRALIA.
Results at http://www.chess-results.com/tnr62887.aspx?lan=1

2011 Think Big NZ Grand Prix final positions:
Open - 1 Paul Garbett $600 2 Bob Smith $450 3 Mike Steadman $300 4 L. McLaren $200.
Under 2100 - 1 Alan Ansell $200 2 Roy Seabrook (taking 1st U1800 prize) 3 Hilton Bennett $100 4 John Duneas $50.
Under 1800 - 1 Roy Seabrook $200 2 William Li $100 3 Philip Mukkattu $50.
Under 1500 - 1 Hao Jia $200 2 Alphaeus Ang $100 3 William Zhang (taking 2nd Junior prize) 4 Leo Zhang $50.
Junior - 1 Alan Ansell (taking 1st U2100 prize) 2 Luke Li $200 3 William Zhang $100 4 William Li (taking 2nd U1800 prize) 5 Hans Gao $50.
Senior - 1 Bob Mitchell $200 2 Peter Stuart $100 3 Wayne Power $50.
Female - 1 Helen Milligan $200 2 Viv Smith $100 3 Joy Qin $50.
Under 12 & Under 1200 - 1 Judd Zhan $70 in chess books 2 Richard Jiang $50 in chess books 3 Allen Fan $30 in chess books.
Best non-prize-winning North Islander outside the main centres - Noel Pinic (Tauranga - 6th Open) $70
Best non-prize-winning South Islander - Edward Rains (Canterbury - 8th U1800) $70
Best non-prize-winning North Island junior outside the main centres - Chang Zhai (Hamilton - 14th Junior) $50 in chess books
Best non-prize-winning South Island junior - Timothy Rains (Canterbury - 15th Junior) $50 in chess books

The regular reports from Coordinator Bob Smith, and the full details of points awarded, can be found on our Grand Prix page.
Prizes will be awarded at the Queenstown Chess Classic - please contact Bob Smith or Helen Milligan if you are not attending and need your cheque posted to you.


Open winner: Paul Garbett	Under 2100: Alan Ansell	Under 2100: Hilton Bennett

Under 2100: John Duneas	Under 1800: Roy Seabrook	Under 1800: William Li

Under 1500: Alphaeus Ang	Under 1500: Leo Zhang	Junior: Luke Li

Junior: William Zhang	Junior: Hans Gao	Senior: Bob Mitchell

Senior: Peter Stuart	Women: Helen Milligan (thanks to Raelene Zelesco for this photo)	Best North Islander outside main centres: Noel Pinic

Results from 2009
Available here.

Results from 2010
Available here.

Results from 2011
Available here.