2024 WA Blitz Championship

The 2024 WA Blitz Championship (11 Round Swiss - 3min + 2sec inc.) was held on Sunday 9th June at Perth's Alexander Library. 40 people were in attendance and played some great chess over 11 rounds.

Congratulations to the winner FM Yihe (Rebo) Fu for his great score of 10 out of 11.

Thank you to all participants for making the event a success.

Dylan Gough - Tournament Arbiter.


Prizewinners:

1st & 2024 WA Blitz Champion: FM Yihe (Rebo) Fu (10.0/11)

2nd: Daniel Shen (9.0/11)

3rd: IM Patrick Gong (8.5/11)

2024 WA Seniors' Blitz Champion: Hui Lam Teh (7.5/11)

2024 WA Women's Blitz Champion: WFM Kathryn Hardegen (6.5/11)

U/1500
1st: Lennon Kerr (7.0/11), 2nd: Marcos Diaz (6.5/7), 3rd: Carter Kerr (6.0/11)


Final Standings


 Pos  N     NAME                      g |  Rtg Fed |  Pts     BH   BH-C1  
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  1   2  FM Fu,Yihe (Rebo)            m | 2338  WA | 10.0    77.0   71.5
  2   3     Shen,Daniel               m | 2198  WA |  9.0    76.5   71.5
  3   1  IM Gong,Patrick              m | 2498  WA |  8.5    75.0   70.5
  4   5     Amos,Edidiong             m | 1899  WA |  7.5    75.5   71.0 
  5  14     Rahmani,Noor              m | 1600  WA |  7.5    75.5   70.5 
  6   9     Teh,Hui Lam               m | 1797  WA |  7.5    67.0   64.0
  7  20     Kerr,Lennon               m | 1362  WA |  7.0    76.5   71.5
  8  10 WFM Hardegen,Kathryn          f | 1749  WA |  6.5    73.0   68.5
  9   4     Hare,Tim                  m | 1922  WA |  6.5    69.0   64.5
 10   8     Spirin,Victor             m | 1816  WA |  6.5    65.0   60.5
 11  12     Hernandez Mendez,Iker     m | 1709  WA |  6.5    61.0   57.0
 12  39     Diaz, Marcos              m |    0  WA |  6.5    59.0   57.0
 13  17     Kerr,Carter               m | 1483  WA |  6.0    73.5   70.5
 14  15     Fokaite,Gabriele          f | 1580  OS |  6.0    66.5   63.5
 15  13     De Vas,Saminda            m | 1678  WA |  6.0    65.5   63.5
 16  21     Ahmad,Zeeshan             m | 1353  WA |  6.0    57.5   54.5
 17  29     Bumbak,Jacob              m | 1143  WA |  5.5    69.5   64.0
 18  22     Harirajesh,Barath         m | 1298  WA |  5.5    63.5   61.5
 19  18     Harris,Eamon              m | 1468  WA |  5.5    61.0   59.0 
 20  23     Gong,Leo                  m | 1270  WA |  5.5    61.0   57.5 
 21   6  FM McCamon,Boyd              m | 1851  WA |  5.5    59.5   55.5
 22   7     Gerrard,Michael           m | 1838  WA |  5.5    56.5   54.5
 23  30     Baines-Dell,Maxwell       m | 1127  WA |  5.5    56.0   54.0
 24  16     Thien Huy,Tran            m | 1500  WA |  5.0    68.0   64.5
 25  28     Thomson,Daney             m | 1200  WA |  5.0    63.0   60.0
 26  31     Johansson-Jones,William   m | 1062  WA |  5.0    58.5   56.5
 27  40     Ho, Ruben                 m |    0 SGP |  5.0    58.0   56.0
 28  34     Tan,Leah                  f | 1000  WA |  5.0    56.5   53.5
 29  11     Booth,Guy                 m | 1710  WA |  5.0    47.5   45.5
 30  32     Ploshkina,Anastasiia      f | 1050  WA |  5.0    43.0   41.0
 31  19     Koppolu,Rohit             m | 1400  WA |  4.5    65.0   60.5
 32  25     Uhlmann,Jack              m | 1234  WA |  4.5    55.5   53.5
 33  24     Wolstencroft,Alan         m | 1255  WA |  4.5    50.5   48.5
 34  26     Sethuraman,Jaswanth Ram   m | 1209  WA |  4.0    48.5   46.5
 35  36     Gebauer,Henry             m |  631  WA |  3.5    45.0   43.0
 36  35     Melbin,Sam                m |  892  WA |  3.0    46.0   44.0
 37  37     Singh,Aandeep             m |  504  WA |  3.0    43.5   41.5
 38  33     Albert,Joseph             m | 1000  WA |  2.0    46.5   44.5
 39  27     De Klerk,Gareth           m | 1200  WA |  2.0    42.5   40.5 
 40  38     Batten,Thomas             m |  484  WA |  2.0    42.5   40.5


Cross Table


 Pos NAME                           Rtg   T  Fed  Pts |   1     2     3     4     5     6     7     8     9    10    11    |    BH   BH-C1  
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  1  Fu,Yihe (Rebo)                 2338  FM  WA 10.0 | +W18  +B15  +W14  +B4   +W2   +B13  =W3   =B8   +B5   +W6   +B7    |   77.0   71.5 
  2  Shen,Daniel                    2198      WA  9.0 | +B20  +W24  +B5   +W7   -B1   +W4   +B9   +W3   +B13  +W19  -B6    |   76.5   71.5 
  3  Gong,Patrick                   2498  IM  WA  8.5 | +B16  -W5   +B31  +W24  +B8   +W7   =B1   -B2   +W4   +W13  +B15   |   75.0   70.5 
  4  Amos,Edidiong                  1899      WA  7.5 | +B32  +W19  +B26  -W1   +B5   -B2   =W8   +W9   -B3   +W12  +B13   |   75.5   71.0 
  5  Rahmani,Noor                   1600      WA  7.5 | +W28  +B3   -W2   +B27  -W4   +W25  +B7   +B10  -W1   =B15  +W14   |   75.5   70.5 
  6  Teh,Hui Lam                    1797      WA  7.5 | -B17  -W9   +B36  =W20  +B26  +W32  +B12  +W24  +B8   -B1   +W2    |   67.0   64.0 
  7  Kerr,Lennon                    1362      WA  7.0 | +W27  +B22  +W10  -B2   +W11  -B3   -W5   +B14  +B17  +W9   -W1    |   76.5   71.5 
  8  Hardegen,Kathryn               1749 WFM  WA  6.5 | +W23  +B31  +W17  =B13  -W3   +B10  =B4   =W1   -W6   -B14  +W18   |   73.0   68.5 
  9  Hare,Tim                       1922      WA  6.5 | =W33  +B6   -W13  +B29  +W14  +B21  -W2   -B4   +W18  -B7   +B17   |   69.0   64.5 
 10  Spirin,Victor                  1816      WA  6.5 | +W25  =B13  -B7   +W17  +B32  -W8   +B11  -W5   -B12  +W31  +B19   |   65.0   60.5 
 11  Hernandez Mendez,Iker          1709      WA  6.5 | +W30  -B17  +W34  +W25  -B7   =B18  -W10  +B21  -W15  +B22  +W23   |   61.0   57.0 
 12  Diaz, Marcos                      0      WA  6.5 | -W31  -B23  =B38  +W33  +B20  +W22  -W6   +B29  +W10  -B4   +B24   |   59.0   57.0 
 13  Kerr,Carter                    1483      WA  6.0 | +B37  =W10  +B9   =W8   +B21  -W1   +B24  +W17  -W2   -B3   -W4    |   73.5   70.5 
 14  Fokaite,Gabriele               1580      OS  6.0 | +B36  +W21  -B1   +W26  -B9   -W17  +B25  -W7   +B24  +W8   -B5    |   66.5   63.5 
 15  De Vas,Saminda                 1678      WA  6.0 | +B38  -W1   -B25  +W34  -B17  +W26  +B16  =W19  +B11  =W5   -W3    |   65.5   63.5 
 16  Ahmad,Zeeshan                  1353      WA  6.0 | -W3   -B28  +W35  +B37  -W27  +B23  -W15  +B26  +W21  -B18  +W25   |   57.5   54.5 
 17  Bumbak,Jacob                   1143      WA  5.5 | +W6   +W11  -B8   -B10  +W15  +B14  +W18  -B13  -W7   =B23  -W9    |   69.5   64.0 
 18  Harirajesh,Barath              1298      WA  5.5 | -B1   +W38  -B21  +W28  +B31  =W11  -B17  +W20  -B9   +W16  -B8    |   63.5   61.5 
 19  Harris,Eamon                   1468      WA  5.5 | +W40  -B4   +W28  -W21  -B25  +B34  +W27  =B15  +W22  -B2   -W10   |   61.0   59.0 
 20  Gong,Leo                       1270      WA  5.5 | -W2   +B35  -W22  =B6   -W12  +B28  +W32  -B18  +W33  -W25  +B31   |   61.0   57.5 
 21  McCamon,Boyd                   1851  FM  WA  5.5 | +W34  -B14  +W18  +B19  -W13  -W9   =B31  -W11  -B16  +B33  +W32   |   59.5   55.5 
 22  Gerrard,Michael                1838      WA  5.5 | +B39  -W7   +B20  =W32  -B24  -B12  +W33  +W31  -B19  -W11  +B27   |   56.5   54.5 
 23  Baines-Dell,Maxwell            1127      WA  5.5 | -B8   +W12  -B24  -W31  +B38  -W16  +B35  +W30  +B25  =W17  -B11   |   56.0   54.0 
 24  Thien Huy,Tran                 1500      WA  5.0 | +W35  -B2   +W23  -B3   +W22  +B27  -W13  -B6   -W14  +B28  -W12   |   68.0   64.5 
 25  Thomson,Daney                  1200      WA  5.0 | -B10  +W37  +W15  -B11  +W19  -B5   -W14  +B27  -W23  +B20  -B16   |   63.0   60.0 
 26  Johansson-Jones,William        1062      WA  5.0 | +W29  +B33  -W4   -B14  -W6   -B15  +W28  -W16  -B27  +B40  +W34   |   58.5   56.5 
 27  Ho, Ruben                         0     SGP  5.0 | -B7   +W39  +B33  -W5   +B16  -W24  -B19  -W25  +W26  +B29  -W22   |   58.0   56.0 
 28  Tan,Leah                       1000      WA  5.0 | -B5   +W16  -B19  -B18  +W29  -W20  -B26  +W35  +B30  -W24  +B36   |   56.5   53.5 
 29  Booth,Guy                      1710      WA  5.0 | -B26  +W30  -B32  -W9   -B28  +W39  +B36  -W12  +B37  -W27  +B40   |   47.5   45.5 
 30  Ploshkina,Anastasiia           1050      WA  5.0 | -B11  -B29  -W40  +W36  +B35  -W31  +W34  -B23  -W28  +B39  +W38   |   43.0   41.0 
 31  Koppolu,Rohit                  1400      WA  4.5 | +B12  -W8   -W3   +B23  -W18  +B30  =W21  -B22  +W32  -B10  -W20   |   65.0   60.5 
 32  Uhlmann,Jack                   1234      WA  4.5 | -W4   +B40  +W29  =B22  -W10  -B6   -B20  +W36  -B31  +W37  -B21   |   55.5   53.5 
 33  Wolstencroft,Alan              1255      WA  4.5 | =B9   -W26  -W27  -B12  +W37  +B38  -B22  +W34  -B20  -W21  +B39   |   50.5   48.5 
 34  Sethuraman,Jaswanth Ram        1209      WA  4.0 | -B21  +W36  -B11  -B15  +W40  -W19  -B30  -B33  +W39  +W35  -B26   |   48.5   46.5 
 35  Gebauer,Henry                   631      WA  3.5 | -B24  -W20  -B16  +W39  -W30  +B40  -W23  -B28  =W38  -B34  +B37   |   45.0   43.0 
 36  Melbin,Sam                      892      WA  3.0 | -W14  -B34  -W6   -B30  +B39  +W37  -W29  -B32  -W40  +B38  -W28   |   46.0   44.0 
 37  Singh,Aandeep                   504      WA  3.0 | -W13  -B25  +B39  -W16  -B33  -B36  +W38  +B40  -W29  -B32  -W35   |   43.5   41.5 
 38  Albert,Joseph                  1000      WA  2.0 | -W15  -B18  =W12  +B40  -W23  -W33  -B37  -W39  =B35  -W36  -B30   |   46.5   44.5 
 39  De Klerk,Gareth                1200      WA  2.0 | -W22  -B27  -W37  -B35  -W36  -B29  +W40  +B38  -B34  -W30  -W33   |   42.5   40.5 
 40  Batten,Thomas                   484      WA  2.0 | -B19  -W32  +B30  -W38  -B34  -W35  -B39  -W37  +B36  -W26  -W29   |   42.5   40.5