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**MOZ** · 08-16-2007, 11:21 AM

Originally Posted by MOZ

Sunday allegro scheduled for August 12.

Entries and tournament details @ this web-page
http://www.boxhillchess.org.au/junior/2007/e0708wrc.htm

Trophies sponsored by Zed Chess.

AUGUST ROOKIES AND QUEENS CUP - Story-line

Sunday the 12th of August was slow to arrive as a fine drizzle of rain seemed like a lid in the sky of Melbourne. If this were a report on football it would be colloquially known as ‘Game Day’. But for the chess club it matters not, as we just switch the gas heaters on earlier and wait for the entrants to arrive.

I am pleasantly surprised by the early entry of a few strong adult players; the more adults that take advantage of this tourney opportunity the better the rating reliability factor becomes.

Some juniors seem to delight in lodging their entry via the entry form on our web page; this gets them through the queue very quickly.

It soon becomes apparent to me that Toni Ziffer (one of the school coaches) has been active again to drum-up attendance of her students and some accompanying parents. They are always a strong social group and a plus for the tournament.

We have entrants from Mt Eliza (Rhys Hopkins), Pakenham (Vivienca Luong and Eric Tsai-Luong), showing that distance is no real hindrance to the enthusiastic.

For round 1 we code the computer to produce accelerated pairings; which basically means the top see (the #1 seed) plays the 15th seed rather than the 30th seed. This strategy ensures competitive games in round 1. Nevertheless, in the first 8 pairings the higher-rated player wins his/her game. But on board 9 Justin Tan caused an upset against Dmitri Dyson. Justin has had some good results elsewhere recently. There was only one draw in the first round…board 24 Brad Chick v Alexander McGill. A very good contest saw Arun Bhanot take a full point from Punala Jayath Kiripitige.

For round 2 we retained the acceleration on the pairings thus producing some tight pairing contests on the top boards. Samuel Chan upset David Flude on board 4, while Savithri Narenthran did well to defeat Eric Tsai-Luong.

We removed the acceleration code in round 3 and this tends to produce a few one-sided games. On board15 Arun Bharot had a fine win over Sarah Anton; Sarah has been in terrific form in the Noble Park Championship.

In round 4 Max Maddock had his best result by defeating Jusuf Omeragic.

The sensation of round 5 was Leon Kempen’s (1797) win on the top board against Jesse Sales (2101). This threw the tournament wide-open for the first cash prize.

Into the final round and the upsets kept occurring Luke Higham beat Leon Kempen on board 1. Sarah Anton beat David Flude on board 4. Justin Tan drew with Efrain Tionko. Michael Wong defeated Raymond Lok Chan.

At the prize-ceremony we introduced a new award…the Toni Award…for the best placed (bottom-division) newcomer. The trophy was won by Isaac Traill, to the delight of his friends and the photographer.

Full results are available on our web-site.

MOZ

08-16-2007, 11:21 AM	#4 (permalink)
MOZ Volunteer Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Ozchess is the marginalised cyber-spot where cc-Mods choose to engage with cc-banned posters. Posts: 3,492	Originally Posted by MOZ Sunday allegro scheduled for August 12. Entries and tournament details @ this web-page http://www.boxhillchess.org.au/junior/2007/e0708wrc.htm Trophies sponsored by Zed Chess. AUGUST ROOKIES AND QUEENS CUP - Story-line Sunday the 12th of August was slow to arrive as a fine drizzle of rain seemed like a lid in the sky of Melbourne. If this were a report on football it would be colloquially known as ‘Game Day’. But for the chess club it matters not, as we just switch the gas heaters on earlier and wait for the entrants to arrive. I am pleasantly surprised by the early entry of a few strong adult players; the more adults that take advantage of this tourney opportunity the better the rating reliability factor becomes. Some juniors seem to delight in lodging their entry via the entry form on our web page; this gets them through the queue very quickly. It soon becomes apparent to me that Toni Ziffer (one of the school coaches) has been active again to drum-up attendance of her students and some accompanying parents. They are always a strong social group and a plus for the tournament. We have entrants from Mt Eliza (Rhys Hopkins), Pakenham (Vivienca Luong and Eric Tsai-Luong), showing that distance is no real hindrance to the enthusiastic. For round 1 we code the computer to produce accelerated pairings; which basically means the top see (the #1 seed) plays the 15th seed rather than the 30th seed. This strategy ensures competitive games in round 1. Nevertheless, in the first 8 pairings the higher-rated player wins his/her game. But on board 9 Justin Tan caused an upset against Dmitri Dyson. Justin has had some good results elsewhere recently. There was only one draw in the first round…board 24 Brad Chick v Alexander McGill. A very good contest saw Arun Bhanot take a full point from Punala Jayath Kiripitige. For round 2 we retained the acceleration on the pairings thus producing some tight pairing contests on the top boards. Samuel Chan upset David Flude on board 4, while Savithri Narenthran did well to defeat Eric Tsai-Luong. We removed the acceleration code in round 3 and this tends to produce a few one-sided games. On board15 Arun Bharot had a fine win over Sarah Anton; Sarah has been in terrific form in the Noble Park Championship. In round 4 Max Maddock had his best result by defeating Jusuf Omeragic. The sensation of round 5 was Leon Kempen’s (1797) win on the top board against Jesse Sales (2101). This threw the tournament wide-open for the first cash prize. Into the final round and the upsets kept occurring Luke Higham beat Leon Kempen on board 1. Sarah Anton beat David Flude on board 4. Justin Tan drew with Efrain Tionko. Michael Wong defeated Raymond Lok Chan. At the prize-ceremony we introduced a new award…the Toni Award…for the best placed (bottom-division) newcomer. The trophy was won by Isaac Traill, to the delight of his friends and the photographer. Full results are available on our web-site. MOZ