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11-02-2009, 11:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Axiom
I wouldnt have thought so. Siberian tigers have a more orange coloured coat which is much thicker - they live in the snow in Eastern Russia. The one in the picture is probably a Bengal tiger or a Sumatran tiger. I would suspect a Bengal tiger - but probably a rather young one. The coat looks reletively well groomed and is of a yellow/white colour. The coat doesnt look thick enough to be that of a Siberian tiger either. Bengal tigers live in India and Bangladesh in very hot conditions and obviously dont need the very thick coat. The best place to see them is the Sundabans mangrove swamps at the end of the Ganges Delta in India and Bangladesh. Bengal tigers are the least endangered of the worlds tigers. The one in the picture with me at MCC is probably an IndoChinese tiger as it was donated to the temple as a cub which had lost its mother in the wild... (thus these are the type which lives in Thailand).
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11-02-2009, 12:42 PM
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Goldenberg beats Morris and Smirnov trying to win duck and champagne
Overnight leader James Morris has lost to Igor Goldenberg this morning with Goldenberg now in the lead...
In other news, Vladimir Smirnov is taking on Richard Voon for the famous "Duck and Champagne" - although I think that this match is only for the champagne (Vladimir doesnt want a duck). The idea is that if Vladimir can win 10 in a row, then he gets the duck and champagne! Richard has been offering the duck and champagne deal for years to anyone who can beat him 10 blitz games in a row... |
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11-02-2009, 02:40 PM
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Round 6 Results
2009 Melbourne Cup - Round 6 Results
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No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total 1 Goldenberg, Igor 2353 [4] 1:0 Morris, James 2160 [4.5] 2 West, Guy 2310 [4] .5:.5 Cheng, Bobby 2163 [4] 3 Schon, Eugene 2171 [4] .5:.5 Dilla, Edsil 1915 [4] 4 Stojic, Svetozar 1967 [3.5] 0:1 Teichmann, Erik 2294 [3.5] 5 Urban, Sylvester 1952 [3.5] 0:1 Rujevic, Mirko 2245 [3.5] 6 Kolak, Chris 2021 [3.5] 0:1 Dowden, Tony 1980 [3] 7 Tionko, Efrain 1731 [3] 0:1 Hacche, David J 2061 [3] 8 Feng, Thomas 1542 [3] .5:.5 Dizdarevic, Mehmedalija 1898 [3] 9 Davis, Tony J 1804 [3] 1:0 Tuncer, Deniz 1239 [3] 10 Fan, Enoch 850 [3] .5:.5 Selnes, Hamish 1748 [3] 11 Lester, George E 1857 [2.5] 1:0 Sicat, Kevin Anthony [3] 12 Chmiel, Rad 1724 [2.5] .5:.5 Yu, Sally 1716 [2.5] 13 Rikalo, Milenko 1719 [2.5] 0:1 McCook, Jake 1495 [2.5] 14 Tanner, Michael 1070 [2] 0:1 Seah, Eddy 1992 [2] 15 Wijesuriya, Vineetha [2] 0:1 Voon, Richard 1858 [2] 16 Smirnov, Anton 1668 [2] 1:0 Watson, Jean 1286 [2] 17 Lopez, Daniel Jose [2] 1:0 McCart, Roger 1592 [2] 18 Renzies, Elliott 1353 [2] 0:1 Addamo, Michael 1144 [2] 19 Webb-Liddle, Miranda 1041 [1.5] .5:.5 Gibson, Kyle 1107 [1.5] 20 Karumbi, Simon 1028 [1.5] 0:1 Loh, Zachary 1250 [1] 21 Gamage, Thumula [1] 0:1 McKenzie, Mark 1188 [1] 22 Xue, Ollie 746 [1] 1:0 Warren, Elizabeth [1] 23 Rayson-Hill, Tristan [0] 1:0 BYE 24 Flitney, Adrian 1870 [3] .5:.5 BYE 25 Beaumont, David 1854 [3] .5:.5 BYE 26 Kaplan, Alex 1554 [1] .5:.5 BYE 27 Tan, Kai 1526 [3] .5:.5 BYE 28 Lekkas, Frank 1375 [2] .5:.5 BYE |
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11-02-2009, 02:42 PM
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Round 7 Pairings
2009 Melbourne Cup - Round 7 Pairings
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No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total 1 Teichmann, Erik 2294 [4.5] : Goldenberg, Igor 2353 [5] 2 Morris, James 2160 [4.5] : West, Guy 2310 [4.5] 3 Rujevic, Mirko 2245 [4.5] : Schon, Eugene 2171 [4.5] 4 Cheng, Bobby 2163 [4.5] : Dilla, Edsil 1915 [4.5] 5 Hacche, David J 2061 [4] : Dowden, Tony 1980 [4] 6 Stojic, Svetozar 1967 [3.5] : Davis, Tony J 1804 [4] 7 McCook, Jake 1495 [3.5] : Urban, Sylvester 1952 [3.5] 8 Dizdarevic, Mehmedalija 1898 [3.5] : Fan, Enoch 850 [3.5] 9 Selnes, Hamish 1748 [3.5] : Lester, George E 1857 [3.5] 10 Voon, Richard 1858 [3] : Feng, Thomas 1542 [3.5] 11 Seah, Eddy 1992 [3] : Smirnov, Anton 1668 [3] 12 Sicat, Kevin Anthony [3] : Tionko, Efrain 1731 [3] 13 Tuncer, Deniz 1239 [3] : Chmiel, Rad 1724 [3] 14 Yu, Sally 1716 [3] : Lopez, Daniel Jose [3] 15 Addamo, Michael 1144 [3] : Rikalo, Milenko 1719 [2.5] 16 McCart, Roger 1592 [2] : Tanner, Michael 1070 [2] 17 Gibson, Kyle 1107 [2] : Renzies, Elliott 1353 [2] 18 Watson, Jean 1286 [2] : Webb-Liddle, Miranda 1041 [2] 19 Loh, Zachary 1250 [2] : Xue, Ollie 746 [2] 20 McKenzie, Mark 1188 [2] : Wijesuriya, Vineetha [2] 21 Kaplan, Alex 1554 [1.5] : Karumbi, Simon 1028 [1.5] 22 Warren, Elizabeth [1] : Rayson-Hill, Tristan [1] 23 Gamage, Thumula [1] 1:0 BYE 24 Kolak, Chris 2021 [3.5] .5:0 BYE 25 Flitney, Adrian 1870 [3.5] .5:0 BYE 26 Beaumont, David 1854 [3.5] .5:0 BYE 27 Tan, Kai 1526 [3.5] .5:0 BYE 28 Lekkas, Frank 1375 [2.5] .5:0 BYE |
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11-02-2009, 06:43 PM
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Round 7 Results
2009 Melbourne Cup - Round 7 Results
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No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total 1 Teichmann, Erik 2294 [4.5] 1:0 Goldenberg, Igor 2353 [5] 2 Morris, James 2160 [4.5] .5:.5 West, Guy 2310 [4.5] 3 Rujevic, Mirko 2245 [4.5] .5:.5 Schon, Eugene 2171 [4.5] 4 Cheng, Bobby 2163 [4.5] 0:1 Dilla, Edsil 1915 [4.5] 5 Hacche, David J 2061 [4] .5:.5 Dowden, Tony 1980 [4] 6 Stojic, Svetozar 1967 [3.5] 0:1 Davis, Tony J 1804 [4] 7 McCook, Jake 1495 [3.5] 0:1 Urban, Sylvester 1952 [3.5] 8 Dizdarevic, Mehmedalija 1898 [3.5] .5:.5 Fan, Enoch 850 [3.5] 9 Selnes, Hamish 1748 [3.5] .5:.5 Lester, George E 1857 [3.5] 10 Voon, Richard 1858 [3] 1:0 Feng, Thomas 1542 [3.5] 11 Seah, Eddy 1992 [3] .5:.5 Smirnov, Anton 1668 [3] 12 Sicat, Kevin Anthony [3] 0:1 Tionko, Efrain 1731 [3] 13 Tuncer, Deniz 1239 [3] .5:.5 Chmiel, Rad 1724 [3] 14 Yu, Sally 1716 [3] 1:0 Lopez, Daniel Jose [3] 15 Addamo, Michael 1144 [3] .5:.5 Rikalo, Milenko 1719 [2.5] 16 McCart, Roger 1592 [2] 1:0 Tanner, Michael 1070 [2] 17 Gibson, Kyle 1107 [2] 1:0 Renzies, Elliott 1353 [2] 18 Watson, Jean 1286 [2] .5:.5 Webb-Liddle, Miranda 1041 [2] 19 Loh, Zachary 1250 [2] 1:0 Xue, Ollie 746 [2] 20 McKenzie, Mark 1188 [2] 0:1 Wijesuriya, Vineetha [2] 21 Kaplan, Alex 1554 [1.5] 1:0 Karumbi, Simon 1028 [1.5] 22 Warren, Elizabeth [1] 0:1 Rayson-Hill, Tristan [1] 23 Gamage, Thumula [1] 1:0 BYE 24 Kolak, Chris 2021 [3.5] .5:0 BYE 25 Flitney, Adrian 1870 [3.5] .5:0 BYE 26 Beaumont, David 1854 [3.5] .5:0 BYE 27 Tan, Kai 1526 [3.5] .5:0 BYE 28 Lekkas, Frank 1375 [2.5] .5:0 BYE |
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11-02-2009, 06:46 PM
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Round 8 Pairings
2009 Melbourne Cup - Round 8 Pairings
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No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total 1 Dilla, Edsil 1915 [5.5] : Teichmann, Erik 2294 [5.5] 2 Goldenberg, Igor 2353 [5] : Rujevic, Mirko 2245 [5] 3 Davis, Tony J 1804 [5] : West, Guy 2310 [5] 4 Schon, Eugene 2171 [5] : Morris, James 2160 [5] 5 Hacche, David J 2061 [4.5] : Cheng, Bobby 2163 [4.5] 6 Dowden, Tony 1980 [4.5] : Urban, Sylvester 1952 [4.5] 7 Kolak, Chris 2021 [4] : Selnes, Hamish 1748 [4] 8 Tionko, Efrain 1731 [4] : Dizdarevic, Mehmedalija 1898 [4] 9 Flitney, Adrian 1870 [4] : Beaumont, David 1854 [4] 10 Fan, Enoch 850 [4] : Voon, Richard 1858 [4] 11 Lester, George E 1857 [4] : Tan, Kai 1526 [4] 12 Smirnov, Anton 1668 [3.5] : Yu, Sally 1716 [4] 13 McCook, Jake 1495 [3.5] : Seah, Eddy 1992 [3.5] 14 Feng, Thomas 1542 [3.5] : Stojic, Svetozar 1967 [3.5] 15 Chmiel, Rad 1724 [3.5] : Addamo, Michael 1144 [3.5] 16 Tuncer, Deniz 1239 [3.5] : Lekkas, Frank 1375 [3] 17 Rikalo, Milenko 1719 [3] : McCart, Roger 1592 [3] 18 Lopez, Daniel Jose [3] : Loh, Zachary 1250 [3] 19 Wijesuriya, Vineetha [3] : Sicat, Kevin Anthony [3] 20 Watson, Jean 1286 [2.5] : Gibson, Kyle 1107 [3] 21 Webb-Liddle, Miranda 1041 [2.5] : Kaplan, Alex 1554 [2.5] 22 Renzies, Elliott 1353 [2] : Gamage, Thumula [2] 23 Xue, Ollie 746 [2] : McKenzie, Mark 1188 [2] 24 Rayson-Hill, Tristan [2] : Tanner, Michael 1070 [2] 25 Karumbi, Simon 1028 [1.5] : Warren, Elizabeth [1] |
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11-02-2009, 06:47 PM
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Follow The Leader ...
Originally Posted by Grant Szuveges
Appears to have been short lived
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11-02-2009, 09:12 PM
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5 minute marathon
Just a brief interlude from the main event....
Grant and I did a 10 hour session of blitz at the Derby Hotel on nearby Brunswick Street (big thanks go out to them:clap: ):clap: to promote the club, chess generally, and to raise some funds. We had a money tin and asked for donations to our building fund, much like a sports team might do at their local. I'm not sure how much we raised yet, but the evening was great fun. While Australia were playing New Zealand at rugby, and the noise in the pub was deafening, Grant and I just kept on playing. The locals got into it, asking questions about chess, about us, and about the MCC. Before the 10 hour marathon, there was a 5-hour marathon played by Elie Beranjia and Malcolm Pyke but the details of that are sketchy. As for the 10 hour blitz, the score was 39.5 to 28.5 in favour of the President who proved the better 5 minute player quite convincingly  A rundown of the openings(roughly): Four Knights Sicilian Closed, Scheveningen, Kan, Rauzer, Najdorf, 2.c3, GP Attack (no Dragons  )Spanish Bird, Closed. QGD Exchange, Tarrasch King's Indian Defence Torre Sokolsky Larsen 1.h4 (sorry, I don't know what this crap is called Domagoj )Reti English Alekhine Catalan Nimzo-Indian Defence English Defence Latvian gambit Colle Pirc French Dutch Czech Benoni Caro Kann ...and a few others that started 1.d4 If anyone wants to know any specific variations, they will have to put me under some retrograde hypnosis as I can hardly remember a game. But that wasn't really the point. We had fun, sold the club, and took chess to people who normally wouldn't think about it
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11-02-2009, 09:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Heartbreak Kid
We only had 10 hours
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11-02-2009, 09:56 PM
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Originally Posted by mowcop
That should have been the first opening played! haha. I've used it twice so far in the cup weekender
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11-02-2009, 09:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Heartbreak Kid
White played 1.e4 in game 1
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