(See below for more photos courtesy of Paul Harris)
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The 2023 WA Blitz Championship was contested by 47 players at the State Library on Sunday 16th July. Full results are posted at: https://chess-results.com/tnr783344.aspx?lan=1&art=4 |
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Congratulations to the following prizewinners: 1st & 2023 WA Blitz Champion: IM Patrick Gong (9.5/11) 2nd: FM Yihe (Rebo) Fu (9.0/11) Equal 3rd: Michael Wilkins (8.0/11) Equal 3rd: Marc Vlietstra (8.0/11) 2023 WA Seniors' Blitz Champion: Tim Hare (7.5/11) 2023 WA Women's Blitz Champion: WFM Kathryn Hardegen (7.5/11) 1st Under 1950: Craig Kinsman (7.0/11) Equal 2nd Under 1950: Ashvin Balavignan (6.5/11) Equal 2nd Under 1950: Trent Gulley (6.5/11) Equal 1st Under 1450: Eric Deng (6.5/11) Equal 1st Under 1450: Yonal De Vas (6.5/11) 1st Under 1100: Carter Kerr (6.5/11) 2nd Under 1100: Lucas Lee (5.5/11) 1st Under 800: Leo Gong (5.0/11) |
Final Standings
Pos N NAME | Rtg PRtg Fed | Pts Buc1 BucT ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 1 IM Gong,Patrick | 2478 2212 WA | 9.5 72.5 77.5 2 2 FM Fu,Yihe (Rebo) | 2333 2234 WA | 9.0 74.0 80.0 3 3 Wilkins,Michael | 2201 2031 WA | 8.0 73.5 79.0 4 7 Vlietstra,Marc | 2009 1899 WA | 8.0 70.0 75.0 5 6 Hare,Tim | 2039 1981 WA | 7.5 74.5 79.5 6 4 Spirin,Victor | 2153 2040 WA | 7.5 72.0 76.5 7 10 WFM Hardegen,Kathryn | 1892 1669 WA | 7.5 68.0 72.5 8 13 Kinsman,Craig C | 1749 1534 WA | 7.0 58.5 62.5 9 8 FM McCamon,Boyd | 1999 1670 WA | 6.5 69.0 73.5 10 17 Balavignan,Ashvin | 1503 1866 WA | 6.5 67.0 71.0 11 5 Amos,Edidiong | 2137 1753 TAS | 6.5 64.5 68.5 12 15 Gulley,Trent | 1639 1595 WA | 6.5 63.0 67.0 13 26 Deng,Eric | 1321 1623 WA | 6.5 61.0 62.5 14 25 De Vas,Yonal | 1330 1392 WA | 6.5 59.5 63.5 15 31 Kerr,Carter | 1013 1494 WA | 6.5 55.0 59.5 16 9 Yap,Ignatius | 1950 1600 WA | 6.0 65.5 69.5 17 11 Teh,Hui Lam | 1892 1607 OS | 6.0 65.5 68.0 18 16 Akers,Gerard | 1562 1190 QLD | 6.0 60.5 64.5 19 19 Gough,Dylan | 1488 1273 WA | 6.0 58.0 60.5 20 18 Barry,David | 1498 1249 WA | 6.0 57.0 58.5 21 27 Wolstencroft,Alan | 1302 1225 WA | 6.0 52.0 54.5 22 32 Lee,Lucas | 995 1704 WA | 5.5 64.0 68.5 23 22 Ong,Celine | 1366 1109 WA | 5.5 58.5 61.0 24 30 Shanmuganathan,Angelmo | 1115 1162 WA | 5.5 57.5 60.0 25 23 McAteer,Ian | 1361 1315 WA | 5.5 56.0 58.5 26 29 Huang,Hui | 1178 1088 WA | 5.5 53.5 56.0 27 14 Berry,Alistair | 1644 1025 WA | 5.5 51.5 54.0 28 35 Kerr,Lennon | 973 1644 WA | 5.0 65.0 69.5 29 24 Raptis,Liam | 1344 1166 WA | 5.0 59.0 63.0 30 20 Harris,Eamon | 1466 1403 WA | 5.0 56.0 59.5 31 21 Ahmad,Zeeshan | 1393 1062 WA | 5.0 54.5 57.0 32 39 Gong,Leo | 781 662 WA | 5.0 44.5 47.0 33 12 Butcher,Robert | 1798 1037 WA | 4.5 53.0 55.5 34 34 Sethuraman,Jaswanth Ram | 978 1098 WA | 4.5 52.5 56.5 35 46 Huang,Yuqi (Ricky) | 0 968 WA | 4.5 50.0 51.5 36 37 Chen,Albert | 924 878 WA | 4.5 50.0 51.5 37 33 Johansson-Jones,William | 992 1050 WA | 4.5 49.5 52.0 38 40 Ashok,Akash | 762 866 WA | 4.5 49.5 51.0 39 47 Thomas,Shiju | 0 955 WA | 4.5 49.0 50.5 40 28 Kemsley,Kevin | 1228 802 NSW | 4.5 46.5 49.0 41 38 Mahruz,Zuhayer | 901 840 WA | 4.5 46.5 48.0 42 36 Wu,Kobe | 955 684 WA | 4.5 43.5 45.0 43 43 Ganesh Prabhu,Avinesh Nid | 0 889 WA | 4.0 48.5 50.0 44 44 Gupta,Khajit | 0 582 WA | 3.5 41.0 42.5 45 42 Balaratnasingam,Lincoln | 489 921 WA | 3.0 48.5 52.0 46 45 Haddleton,Kyle | 0 816 WA | 3.0 47.0 50.5 47 41 Ashok,Anish | 672 270 WA | 2.0 44.0 47.0 |
Cross Table
Pos NAME Rtg T Fed Pts | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 | Buc1 BucT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Gong,Patrick 2478 IM WA 9.5 | +W29 +B18 +W4 -B5 +W7 +B17 =W2 +B3 +W9 +B6 +B10 | 72.5 77.5 2 Fu,Yihe (Rebo) 2333 FM WA 9.0 | +B14 +W10 +B16 +W3 =B5 +W9 =B1 +B4 -W6 +B7 +W11 | 74.0 80.0 3 Wilkins,Michael 2201 WA 8.0 | +W13 +B20 +W17 -B2 +W22 -B6 +W8 -W1 +B16 +B4 +W5 | 73.5 79.0 4 Vlietstra,Marc 2009 WA 8.0 | +W24 +B23 -B1 +W25 +B28 +W5 +B11 -W2 +B12 -W3 +B13 | 70.0 75.0 5 Hare,Tim 2039 WA 7.5 | +B26 +W25 +B28 +W1 =W2 -B4 +W9 +B6 -W7 +B8 -B3 | 74.5 79.5 6 Spirin,Victor 2153 WA 7.5 | +B21 +W31 =B12 +W11 -B9 +W3 +B10 -W5 +B2 -W1 +B16 | 72.0 76.5 7 Hardegen,Kathryn 1892 WFM WA 7.5 | +B37 -W28 +B13 +W14 -B1 +W21 =B22 +W19 +B5 -W2 +B12 | 68.0 72.5 8 Kinsman,Craig C 1749 WA 7.0 | -BYE -B22 +W38 +B42 +W40 +W13 -B3 +W28 +B19 -W5 +B17 | 58.5 62.5 9 McCamon,Boyd 1999 FM WA 6.5 | =B15 +W36 +B30 +W12 +W6 -B2 -B5 +W22 -B1 -W10 +B24 | 69.0 73.5 10 Balavignan,Ashvin 1503 WA 6.5 | +W38 -B2 +W24 =B29 +W27 +B16 -W6 +W11 -B17 +B9 -W1 | 67.0 71.0 11 Amos,Edidiong 2137 TAS 6.5 | +W40 =B30 +W27 -B6 +W29 +B12 -W4 -B10 +W25 +W17 -B2 | 64.5 68.5 12 Gulley,Trent 1639 WA 6.5 | +W41 +B39 =W6 -B9 +W15 -W11 +B30 +B17 -W4 +B23 -W7 | 63.0 67.0 13 Deng,Eric 1321 WA 6.5 | -B3 +W47 -W7 +B41 +W20 -B8 =W18 +W33 +B30 +B31 -W4 | 61.0 62.5 14 De Vas,Yonal 1330 WA 6.5 | -W2 +B41 +W39 -B7 +W18 -B22 -W16 +B36 =W26 +B20 +W23 | 59.5 63.5 15 Kerr,Carter 1013 WA 6.5 | =W9 -B27 +W34 +W19 -B12 -B18 +W29 -B23 +W33 +B36 +W28 | 55.0 59.5 16 Yap,Ignatius 1950 WA 6.0 | +W22 +B42 -W2 +B23 -W17 -W10 +B14 +B20 -W3 +B28 -W6 | 65.5 69.5 17 Teh,Hui Lam 1892 OS 6.0 | +W34 +B45 -B3 +W26 +B16 -W1 +B28 -W12 +W10 -B11 -W8 | 65.5 68.0 18 Akers,Gerard 1562 QLD 6.0 | +B32 -W1 -B26 +W37 -B14 +W15 =B13 -W24 +B35 +W22 =B19 | 60.5 64.5 19 Gough,Dylan 1488 WA 6.0 | -W45 =B34 +W36 -B15 +W24 +B29 +W25 -B7 -W8 +B26 =W18 | 58.0 60.5 20 Barry,David 1498 WA 6.0 | +B47 -W3 -B22 +W43 -B13 +W37 +B21 -W16 +B24 -W14 +B30 | 57.0 58.5 21 Wolstencroft,Alan 1302 WA 6.0 | -W6 +B38 -W33 +B45 +W31 -B7 -W20 +B43 -W28 +B32 +W29 | 52.0 54.5 22 Lee,Lucas 995 WA 5.5 | -B16 +W8 +W20 +B33 -B3 +W14 =W7 -B9 -W23 -B18 +W31 | 64.0 68.5 23 Ong,Celine 1366 WA 5.5 | +B46 -W4 +B43 -W16 +B26 -W28 =B24 +W15 +B22 -W12 -B14 | 58.5 61.0 24 Shanmuganathan,Angelmo 1115 WA 5.5 | -B4 +W46 -B10 +W35 -B19 +W43 =W23 +B18 -W20 +B25 -W9 | 57.5 60.0 25 McAteer,Ian 1361 WA 5.5 | +W35 -B5 +W45 -B4 =W33 +B27 -B19 +W34 -B11 -W24 +B38 | 56.0 58.5 26 Huang,Hui 1178 WA 5.5 | -W5 +B44 +W18 -B17 -W23 +B41 -W31 +B46 =B14 -W19 +B35 | 53.5 56.0 27 Berry,Alistair 1644 WA 5.5 | =B36 +W15 -B11 +W30 -B10 -W25 -B34 -B35 +W46 +W37 +B41 | 51.5 54.0 28 Kerr,Lennon 973 WA 5.0 | +W33 +B7 -W5 +B31 -W4 +B23 -W17 -B8 +B21 -W16 -B15 | 65.0 69.5 29 Raptis,Liam 1344 WA 5.0 | -B1 +W32 +B35 =W10 -B11 -W19 -B15 +W39 +B34 =W30 -B21 | 59.0 63.0 30 Harris,Eamon 1466 WA 5.0 | +B43 =W11 -W9 -B27 +W34 +B33 -W12 +B31 -W13 =B29 -W20 | 56.0 59.5 31 Ahmad,Zeeshan 1393 WA 5.0 | +BYE -B6 +W42 -W28 -B21 +W46 +B26 -W30 +B37 -W13 -B22 | 54.5 57.0 32 Gong,Leo 781 WA 5.0 | -W18 -B29 -W40 +B36 -B46 +W44 -B39 +BYE +W43 -W21 +B34 | 44.5 47.0 33 Butcher,Robert 1798 WA 4.5 | -B28 +W37 +B21 -W22 =B25 -W30 +W40 -B13 -B15 -W34 +B45 | 53.0 55.5 34 Sethuraman,Jaswanth Ram 978 WA 4.5 | -B17 =W19 -B15 +W39 -B30 +W35 +W27 -B25 -W29 +B33 -W32 | 52.5 56.5 35 Huang,Yuqi (Ricky) 0 WA 4.5 | -B25 +BYE -W29 -B24 =W36 -B34 +B47 +W27 -W18 +B43 -W26 | 50.0 51.5 36 Chen,Albert 924 WA 4.5 | =W27 -B9 -B19 -W32 =B35 +W47 +B45 -W14 +B39 -W15 =B42 | 50.0 51.5 37 Johansson-Jones,William 992 WA 4.5 | -W7 -B33 +W44 -B18 +W45 -B20 +W38 +B40 -W31 -B27 =B39 | 49.5 52.0 38 Ashok,Akash 762 WA 4.5 | -B10 -W21 -B8 +W47 -B39 +W42 -B37 +B44 =W40 +BYE -W25 | 49.5 51.0 39 Thomas,Shiju 0 WA 4.5 | +BYE -W12 -B14 -B34 +W38 -B40 +W32 -B29 -W36 +B47 =W37 | 49.0 50.5 40 Kemsley,Kevin 1228 NSW 4.5 | -B11 -W43 +B32 +W46 -B8 +W39 -B33 -W37 =B38 -W41 +BYE | 46.5 49.0 41 Mahruz,Zuhayer 901 WA 4.5 | -B12 -W14 +B47 -W13 +B44 -W26 -B46 =W45 +BYE +B40 -W27 | 46.5 48.0 42 Wu,Kobe 955 WA 4.5 | +BYE -W16 -B31 -W8 -B43 -B38 -W44 +B47 +W45 +B46 =W36 | 43.5 45.0 43 Ganesh Prabhu,Avinesh Nidhi 0 WA 4.0 | -W30 +B40 -W23 -B20 +W42 -B24 +BYE -W21 -B32 -W35 +W47 | 48.5 50.0 44 Gupta,Khajit 0 WA 3.5 | -BYE -W26 -B37 +BYE -W41 -B32 +B42 -W38 -W47 =B45 +W46 | 41.0 42.5 45 Balaratnasingam,Lincoln 489 WA 3.0 | +B19 -W17 -B25 -W21 -B37 +BYE -W36 =B41 -B42 =W44 -W33 | 48.5 52.0 46 Haddleton,Kyle 0 WA 3.0 | -W23 -B24 +BYE -B40 +W32 -B31 +W41 -W26 -B27 -W42 -B44 | 47.0 50.5 47 Ashok,Anish 672 WA 2.0 | -W20 -B13 -W41 -B38 +BYE -B36 -W35 -W42 +B44 -W39 -B43 | 44.0 47.0 |
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