2021 State Blitz Championship


The 2021 WA Blitz Championship was played on Sunday 11th July at Southern Suburbs Chess Club. Congratulations to the winner, FM Patrick Gong, and to all prizewinners:

2021 WA Blitz Champion: FM Patrick Gong (10.5/11)

2nd: Yihe (Rebo) Fu (9.0/11)

3rd and 2021 WA Seniors' Blitz Champion: Tim Hare (8.0/11)

2021 WA Women's Blitz Champion: WFM Kathryn Hardegen (6.5/11)

Equal 4th: Bozidar Mandic (7.0/11)

Equal 4th and 1st Under 2100: Edward Calado (7.0/11)

Equal 4th and 1st Under 1700: Herbert Cadag (7.0/11)

Equal 1st Under 1500: Celine Ong & Virudhagiri Muruganandam (5.5/11)

1st Under 1000: Anoushka Gupta (5.5/11)



Final Standings


 Pos Pts  ID     NAME                      | Rtg  PRtg Fed |  Buc1  BucT  
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  1 10.5   1  FM Gong,Patrick              | 2433 2397  WA |  68.5  73.0 
  2  9.0   2     Fu,Yihe (Rebo)            | 2260 2300  WA |  71.0  76.5
  3  8.0   3     Hare,Tim                  | 2227 2237  WA |  71.5  77.0
  4  7.0  19     Cadag,Herbert             | 1651 2076  WA |  70.5  75.5
  5  7.0   5     Mandic,Bozidar            | 2165 1968  WA |  70.0  74.5 
  6  7.0  10     Calado,Edward             | 2085 1909  WA |  70.0  72.5 
  7  6.5   8     Shah,Neville              | 2109 1977  WA |  71.0  75.5
  8  6.5   7 WFM Hardegen,Kathryn          | 2124 1830  WA |  70.0  74.5
  9  6.5   6     Kinsman,Craig C           | 2138 1797  WA |  63.0  65.5
 10  6.5   9     Stassen,Walter            | 2086 1621  WA |  59.0  63.0
 11  6.0   4     Laubbacher,Jamie          | 2179 1673  WA |  66.5  70.5
 12  6.0  12     King,David                | 1864 1668  WA |  62.5  66.0
 13  6.0  14     Berry,Alistair            | 1745 1467  WA |  55.5  57.0
 14  6.0  13     Roebuck,Derek J           | 1839 1448  WA |  54.5  56.0
 15  5.5  16     Dharmapuri,Kundan         | 1667 1691  WA |  65.5  67.0
 16  5.5  28     Ong,Celine                | 1224 1774  WA |  61.0  66.0
 17  5.5  20     Koh,Shannon               | 1559 1535  WA |  56.5  60.0 
 18  5.5  18     Tomic,Nedeljko            | 1653 1501  WA |  56.5  58.5 
 19  5.5  32     Gupta,Anoushka            |  764 1568  WA |  55.0  57.5
 20  5.5  11     List,Ross                 | 1919 1359  WA |  54.5  57.0
 21  5.5  17     Gough,Dylan               | 1663 1432  WA |  52.5  55.0
 22  5.5  24     Muruganandam,Virudhagiri  | 1326 1516  WA |  49.0  51.0
 23  5.0  29     Barbare,Ishaan            | 1016 1470  WA |  55.0  57.5
 24  5.0  22     Cutbush,Stuart            | 1400 1511  WA |  52.5  54.0
 25  5.0  15     Mukhedkar,Sanjay          | 1700 1198  WA |  51.0  53.0
 26  5.0  27     Gupta,Aarnav              | 1254 1340  WA |  49.5  51.0
 27  5.0  21     Huang,Hui                 | 1547 1346  WA |  48.0  50.0
 28  4.5  34     Cung,Thyler               |  525 1904  WA |  65.0  70.0
 29  4.0  30     Valdez,Jeann              | 1000 1436  WA |  52.0  54.5
 30  4.0  31     Chen,Angus                |  893 1323  WA |  49.5  51.0
 31  4.0  26     De Heer,Alex              | 1305 1193  WA |  42.5  44.0
 32  3.0  25     Separovic,Petar           | 1317 1079  WA |  45.0  46.5
 33  3.0  23     Al-Shabib,Whamid          | 1375  938  WA |  42.5  44.0
 34  2.0  33     Vinod,Daren               |  752  966  WA |  46.0  48.0
 35  2.0  35     Sethuraman,Jaswanth Ram   |  521  968  WA |  42.5  44.0


Cross Table


 Pos NAME                 Rtg   T  Fed  Pts |   1     2     3     4     5     6     7     8     9    10    11   |  Buc1  BucT  
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  1  Gong,Patrick         2433  FM  WA 10.5 | +W4   +B6   +W5   +B8   =W2   +B3   +W28  +B7   +W15  +B12  +B11  |  68.5  73.0 
  2  Fu,Yihe (Rebo)       2260      WA  9.0 | +B17  +W13  +B11  =W9   =B1   +W6   +B8   +W3   +B5   +W7   -B4   |  71.0  76.5 
  3  Hare,Tim             2227      WA  8.0 | +W10  +B20  -W8   +B7   +W4   -W1   +B15  -B2   +W11  +W5   +W6   |  71.5  77.0 
  4  Cadag,Herbert        1651      WA  7.0 | -B1   +W26  +B13  +W11  -B3   -W15  +B18  +W10  -B6   +W8   +W2   |  70.5  75.5 
  5  Mandic,Bozidar       2165      WA  7.0 | +B24  +W15  -B1   +W17  +B9   -W8   +B6   +W28  -W2   -B3   +B7   |  70.0  74.5 
  6  Calado,Edward        2085      WA  7.0 | +W32  -W1   +B18  +W24  +B19  -B2   -W5   +B12  +W4   +W9   -B3   |  70.0  72.5 
  7  Shah,Neville         2109      WA  6.5 | =BYE  +W28  +B12  -W3   +B16  +W9   +B10  -W1   +B8   -B2   -W5   |  71.0  75.5 
  8  Hardegen,Kathryn     2124 WFM  WA  6.5 | +B22  +W18  +B3   -W1   =W28  +B5   -W2   +B14  -W7   -B4   +W16  |  70.0  74.5 
  9  Kinsman,Craig C      2138      WA  6.5 | +W33  +B25  +W16  =B2   -W5   -B7   -W12  +B19  +W14  -B6   +W15  |  63.0  65.5 
 10  Stassen,Walter       2086      WA  6.5 | -B3   -B16  +W31  +W22  +B18  +W24  -W7   -B4   +W30  =B15  +W21  |  59.0  63.0 
 11  Laubbacher,Jamie     2179      WA  6.0 | +W27  +B14  -W2   -B4   +W21  -B28  +W30  +W16  -B3   +B13  -W1   |  66.5  70.5 
 12  King,David           1864      WA  6.0 | =W16  +B23  -W7   -B20  +B29  +W21  +B9   -W6   +B28  -W1   =W14  |  62.5  66.0 
 13  Berry,Alistair       1745      WA  6.0 | +W30  -B2   -W4   -B16  +B34  +W29  +B24  -W15  +B23  -W11  +B25  |  55.5  57.0 
 14  Roebuck,Derek J      1839      WA  6.0 | +B29  -W11  -B24  +W34  +B17  +W19  =B16  -W8   -B9   +W28  =B12  |  54.5  56.0 
 15  Dharmapuri,Kundan    1667      WA  5.5 | +W34  -B5   +W22  -B28  +W27  +B4   -W3   +B13  -B1   =W10  -B9   |  65.5  67.0 
 16  Ong,Celine           1224      WA  5.5 | =B12  +W10  -B9   +W13  -W7   +B23  =W14  -B11  =B18  +W19  -B8   |  61.0  66.0 
 17  Koh,Shannon          1559      WA  5.5 | -W2   +B30  +W20  -B5   -W14  -B26  +W29  +B27  =W21  =B23  =W22  |  56.5  60.0 
 18  Tomic,Nedeljko       1653      WA  5.5 | +W35  -B8   -W6   +B30  -W10  +B27  -W4   +B25  =W16  -B21  +W23  |  56.5  58.5 
 19  Gupta,Anoushka        764      WA  5.5 | -W25  +B33  +W23  +B21  -W6   -B14  =W20  -W9   +B24  -B16  +W30  |  55.0  57.5 
 20  List,Ross            1919      WA  5.5 | +B26  -W3   -B17  +W12  -B24  +W22  =B19  -W23  -B25  +W32  +B28  |  54.5  57.0 
 21  Gough,Dylan          1663      WA  5.5 | -B28  +W32  +B29  -W19  -B11  -B12  +W27  +W26  =B17  +W18  -B10  |  52.5  55.0 
 22  Muruganandam,Virudha 1326      WA  5.5 | -W8   +BYE  -B15  -B10  +W33  -B20  -W25  +B32  +W35  +W26  =B17  |  49.0  51.0 
 23  Barbare,Ishaan       1016      WA  5.0 | =BYE  -W12  -B19  +B33  +W25  -W16  +B26  +B20  -W13  =W17  -B18  |  55.0  57.5 
 24  Cutbush,Stuart       1400      WA  5.0 | -W5   +B34  +W14  -B6   +W20  -B10  -W13  -B30  -W19  +B33  +B32  |  52.5  54.0 
 25  Mukhedkar,Sanjay     1700      WA  5.0 | +B19  -W9   -B28  -W29  -B23  +W35  +B22  -W18  +W20  +B30  -W13  |  51.0  53.0 
 26  Gupta,Aarnav         1254      WA  5.0 | -W20  -B4   -W27  +B31  +B32  +W17  -W23  -B21  +W29  -B22  +B34  |  49.5  51.0 
 27  Huang,Hui            1547      WA  5.0 | -B11  -W29  +B26  +W35  -B15  -W18  -B21  -W17  +B31  +BYE  +W33  |  48.0  50.0 
 28  Cung,Thyler           525      WA  4.5 | +W21  -B7   +W25  +W15  =B8   +W11  -B1   -B5   -W12  -B14  -W20  |  65.0  70.0 
 29  Valdez,Jeann         1000      WA  4.0 | -W14  +B27  -W21  +B25  -W12  -B13  -B17  +W33  -B26  -W31  +BYE  |  52.0  54.5 
 30  Chen,Angus            893      WA  4.0 | -B13  -W17  +B32  -W18  +B35  +W34  -B11  +W24  -B10  -W25  -B19  |  49.5  51.0 
 31  De Heer,Alex         1305      WA  4.0 |  --    --   -B10  -W26   --    --   +BYE  +B34  -W27  +B29  +W35  |  42.5  44.0 
 32  Separovic,Petar      1317      WA  3.0 | -B6   -B21  -W30  +BYE  -W26  -B33  +B35  -W22  +W34  -B20  -W24  |  45.0  46.5 
 33  Al-Shabib,Whamid     1375      WA  3.0 | -B9   -W19  -B35  -W23  -B22  +W32  +B34  -B29  +BYE  -W24  -B27  |  42.5  44.0 
 34  Vinod,Daren           752      WA  2.0 | -B15  -W24  +BYE  -B14  -W13  -B30  -W33  -W31  -B32  +B35  -W26  |  46.0  48.0 
 35  Sethuraman,Jaswanth   521      WA  2.0 | -B18  -BYE  +W33  -B27  -W30  -B25  -W32  +BYE  -B22  -W34  -B31  |  42.5  44.0