2019 January Blitz Tournament

On Sunday, 20th January a Blitz tournament was held at the Rhein-Donau Club in Myaree. Despite the very warm weather there were 20 participants. Fortunately, inside the club had good quality air-conditioning and iced water.

The tournament was a dominated by Patrick Gong who achieved a perfect score of 11 from 11. There were several unrated players that performed well in particular Alistair Berry with his draw against with Adam Kelly (CM) which won the Upset Prize and Junior newcomer, Kobe Gilmore.

Special thanks to Wolfgang Leonhardt who facilitated the booking of the venue.

Report kndly provided by Alan Wolstoncroft.

Prize Winners

  Open
  1st: Patrick Gong (11/11)
  2nd: Andrew Hardegen (9/11)

  Under 1950
  1st: Chirag Doshi (7/11)
 =2nd: Alex Crofts, Alex Janceski and Ian McAteer (6/11) 

  Junior
  1st: Ignatius Yap (7/11)

  Unrated
 =1st: Alistair Berry, Kobe Gilmore, Matthew Laurenson and Joshua Martin (6/11)  

  Biggest Upset Prize
  Alistair Berry (unrated) for his draw with Adam Kelly (2222)


Final Standings


 Pos Pts   ID     NAME                      | Rtg  PRtg Fed 
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  1  11.0   1  FM Gong,Patrick              | 2399 2269  WA
  2   9.0   3     Hardegen,Andrew           | 2135 1892  WA
  3   7.5   2  CM Kelly,Adam                | 2222 1755  WA
  4   7.0   5     Yap,Ignatius              | 1950 1614  WA
  5   7.0   7     Doshi,Chirag              | 1900 1447  WA
  6   6.0   6     Janceski,Alex             | 1948 1342  WA
  7   6.0  10     McAteer,Ian               | 1773 1005  WA
  8   6.0   8     Crofts,Alex               | 1851 1136  WA
  9   6.0  15     Laurenson,Matthew         |    0  984  WA
 10   6.0   4     Kinsman,Craig C           | 2060 1512  WA
 11   6.0  16     Martin,Joshua             |    0  934  WA
 12   6.0  12     Berry,Alistair            |    0 1004  WA
 13   6.0  13     Gilmore,Kobe              |    0  746  WA
 14   5.0   9     De Vas,Saminda            | 1828 1291  WA
 15   4.0  14     Kumar,Sanjay              |    0  841  WA
 16   4.0  11     De Vas,Yonal              |  344  466  WA
 17   3.5  19     Trewin,Andrew             |    0  226  WA
 18   3.0  20     Zamil,Hasan               |    0  186  WA
 19   1.0  17     Purvis,Harrison           |    0  159  WA
 20   0.0  18     Purvis,Henry              |    0    0  WA


Cross Table


 Pos NAME                 Rtg   T  Fed  Pts |   1     2     3     4     5     6     7     8     9    10    11   
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  1  Gong,Patrick         2399  FM  WA 11.0 | +W16  +B6   +W5   +B2   +W14  +B4   +W3   +W10  +B12  +B9   +W7 
  2  Hardegen,Andrew      2135      WA  9.0 | +W13  +B8   +W7   -W1   +B6   -B3   +W5   +B14  +B4   +W11  +B10
  3  Kelly,Adam           2222  CM  WA  7.5 | =B12  +W14  -B4   +W15  +B7   +W2   -B1   +B5   +W8   -W10  +B6
  4  Yap,Ignatius         1950      WA  7.0 | +W9   -B7   +W3   +B8   +W5   -W1   -B10  +B6   -W2   +W15  +B16
  5  Doshi,Chirag         1900      WA  7.0 | +W19  +B10  -B1   +W9   -B4   +W13  -B2   -W3   +W16  +B8   +W14
  6  Janceski,Alex        1948      WA  6.0 | +B11  -W1   +B15  +W7   -W2   -B14  +B13  -W4   +B10  +B19  -W3
  7  McAteer,Ian          1773      WA  6.0 | +B18  +W4   -B2   -B6   -W3   +W11  -B9   +B17  +W19  +W12  -B1
  8  Crofts,Alex          1851      WA  6.0 | +B20  -W2   +B11  -W4   +B12  -B10  +W14  +W15  -B3   -W5   +B18
  9  Laurenson,Matthew       0      WA  6.0 | -B4   +W18  +B19  -B5   -W10  +B16  +W7   -W12  +B20  -W1   +B17
 10  Kinsman,Craig C      2060      WA  6.0 | +B15  -W5   +B12  -W14  +B9   +W8   +W4   -B1   -W6   +B3   -W2
 11  Martin,Joshua           0      WA  6.0 | -W6   +B17  -W8   +B16  -W13  -B7   +W20  +B18  +W14  -B2   +W19
 12  Berry,Alistair          0      WA  6.0 | =W3   +B16  -W10  =B13  -W8   +B17  +W18  +B9   -W1   -B7   +B20
 13  Gilmore,Kobe            0      WA  6.0 | -B2   +W20  -B14  =W12  +B11  -B5   -W6   +W19  =B17  +W18  +B15
 14  De Vas,Saminda       1828      WA  5.0 | +W17  -B3   +W13  +B10  -B1   +W6   -B8   -W2   -B11  +W20  -B5
 15  Kumar,Sanjay            0      WA  4.0 | -W10  +B19  -W6   -B3   -W17  +B20  +W16  -B8   +W18  -B4   -W13
 16  De Vas,Yonal          344      WA  4.0 | -B1   -W12  +B18  -W11  +B19  -W9   -B15  +W20  -B5   +W17  -W4
 17  Trewin,Andrew           0      WA  3.5 | -B14  -W11  +B20  -W18  +B15  -W12  +B19  -W7   =W13  -B16  -W9
 18  Zamil,Hasan             0      WA  3.0 | -W7   -B9   -W16  +B17  +W20  +W19  -B12  -W11  -B15  -B13  -W8
 19  Purvis,Harrison         0      WA  1.0 | -B5   -W15  -W9   +B20  -W16  -B18  -W17  -B13  -B7   -W6   -B11
 20  Purvis,Henry            0      WA  0.0 | -W8   -B13  -W17  -W19  -B18  -W15  -B11  -B16  -W9   -B14  -W12