2023 CAWA Spring Blitz

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The 2023 CAWA Spring Blitz was held at North Woodvale PS (Perth Chess Club) on Sunday 26th November.

A total of 26 players participated. 15 players competed in the Open section, which was run as an 11-round Swiss. 11 younger players contested the Junior section, which took the form of an 11-round Round Robin.

Through participating in the event, the players helped to raise a total of $258 to help offset the expenses of the WA Australian School Teams Championship representatives and WA Junior Squad representatives who will be contesting the upcoming 2023 ASTC Finals and 2024 Australian Junior Chess Championships, respectively. Thank you to all players for their generous support.

Many thanks to all who contributed to the arbiting on the day, and the organising and setting up behind the scenes: in particular FM Rebo Fu (Deputy Chief Arbiter), Hui Huang (Arbiter and Photographer), Dylan Gough (for arriving early to open the hall and set up), Tim Hare (for his work coordinating and providing the equipment), and Rob Maris (for dropping in to assist with the packup and secure the venue at the end).

Congratulations to all of the following prizewinners:

Open
1st: NA / FM Rebo Fu (10.5/11), 2nd: NA Hui Lam Teh (8.5/11), 3rd: Tim Hare (8.0/11)

Under 1550 (ACF Quick)
=1st: Drew Brand & NA Hui Huang(6.0/11)

Junior
1st: Ricky Huang (9.5/10), 2nd: Sebastian Gough (9.0/10), 3rd & Best Unrated Player: Florentyna Rithauddin (7.5/10), 4th: Manning Downes (7.5/10)

Report kindly provided by: IA Andrew Hardegen - CAWA President.


Open 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)              2351  FM  WA 10.5 | +B8   +W5   +B4   =W3   +B12  +W2   +B10  +W6   +W14  +B7   +W9  |  63.5  62.0 
  2  Teh,Hui Lam                 1686      OS  8.5 | -B13  +W9   +B11  +W8   +B3   -B1   +W12  +W5   =B4   +W6   +W10 |  65.5  62.5 
  3  Hare,Tim                    2090      WA  8.0 | +W10  +B6   +W12  =B1   -W2   =B5   +W4   +B13  +W8   -B9   +B14 |  63.5  62.0 
  4  Pavez,Luciano               1869      WA  7.5 | +W7   +B15  -W1   +B6   -W5   +B8   -B3   +W9   =W2   +B10  +B13 |  63.5  62.0 
  5  Balavignan,Ashvin           1564      WA  7.5 | +W11  -B1   +W14  -B12  +B4   =W3   +W7   -B2   +W10  +B15  +W8  |  62.0  60.5 
  6  Brand,Drew                  1500      WA  6.0 | +B14  -W3   +B13  -W4   -B7   +BYE  +W9   -B1   +W11  -B2   +W15 |  59.0  57.5 
  7  Huang,Hui                   1258      WA  6.0 | -B4   -W8   +BYE  +B14  +W6   -W12  -B5   +B15  +W13  -W1   +B11 |  56.0  54.5 
  8  Gough,Dylan                 1480      WA  5.5 | -W1   +B7   +W15  -B2   =W13  -W4   +B11  +F12  -B3   +W14  -B5  |  62.5  61.0 
  9  Ahmad,Zeeshan               1284      WA  5.0 | -W12  -B2   -W10  +BYE  +B11  +W14  -B6   -B4   +W15  +W3   -B1  |  60.5  59.0 
 10  While,Lyndon                1399      WA  4.5 | -B3   -W14  +B9   =W11  +W15  +B13  -W1   +BYE  -B5   -W4   -B2  |  61.5  60.0 
 11  Gong,Leo                     939      WA  4.5 | -B5   +BYE  -W2   =B10  -W9   +B15  -W8   +B14  -B6   +W13  -W7  |  51.0  49.5 
 12  Castanas,Carl Andrew    (W) 1922      WA  4.0 | +B9   +W13  -B3   +W5   -W1   +B7   -B2   -F8    --    --    --  |  70.5  67.5 
 13  Kemsley,Kevin               1026     NSW  3.5 | +W2   -B12  -W6   +B15  =B8   -W10  +BYE  -W3   -B7   -B11  -W4  |  60.0  58.5 
 14  Cunningham,Sam                 0      WA  2.0 | -W6   +B10  -B5   -W7   +BYE  -B9   -W15  -W11  -B1   -B8   -W3  |  60.0  58.5 
 15  Tumurbaatar,Chinbat            0      WA  2.0 | +BYE  -W4   -B8   -W13  -B10  -W11  +B14  -W7   -B9   -W5   -B6  |  53.0  51.5


Junior Cross Table


 Pos  N  NAME                  Elo   T Fed   Pts  |  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11   |   SB     
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  1   3  Huang,Yuqi (Ricky)    863      WA   9.5  |  *   1   =   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   |  41.75 
  2   2  Gough,Sebastian       736      WA   9.0  |  0   *   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   |  36.50 
  3   1  Rithauddin,Florentyn    0     AUS   7.5  |  =   0   *   0   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   |  26.25 
  4   6  Downes,Manning        340      WA   7.5  |  0   0   1   *   =   1   1   1   1   1   1   |  25.75 
  5   7  You,Kaixuan           535      WA   6.5  |  0   0   0   =   *   1   1   1   1   1   1   |  18.75 
  6   4  Thumati,Mano Keyur    368      WA   5.0  |  0   0   0   0   0   *   1   1   1   1   1   |  10.00 
  7   8  Nyamdari,Shijirkhuta    0     AUS   3.0  |  0   0   0   0   0   0   *   1   0   1   1   |   4.50 
  8  10  Chinbat,Chintugs      317      WA   3.0  |  0   0   0   0   0   0   0   *   1   1   1   |   4.00 
  9   9  Surendran,Vikaash       0     AUS   2.5  |  0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   *   =   1   |   3.75 
 10   5  Sangaraju,Ruthvik Va    0     AUS   1.5  |  0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   =   *   1   |   1.25 
 11  11  Nyamdari,Shijirgun      0     AUS   0.0  |  0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   *   |   0.00