2002 ANU Open
| No | Name | Rating | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | score | ~r/ch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ian Rogers (NSW) | 2555 | o + 28 | n + 23 | o + 16 | n + 15 | o + 9 | n + 2 | o + 5 | 7 | 6.3 |
| 2 | Brian Jones (NSW) | 2127 | o + 33 | n + 18 | o + 10 | n + 6 | o + 15 | o - 1 | n = 4 | 5.5 | 13.8 |
| 3 | Milan Grcic (ACT) | 1803 | o + 44 | n + 38 | o = 4 | o - 9 | n + 12 | n + 25 | o + 16 | 5.5 | 19.1 |
| 4 | Vladimir Smirnov (ACT) | 2088 | n = 12 | o + 30 | n = 3 | o + 7 | n + 11 | n = 9 | o = 2 | 5 | -8.4 |
| 5 | Stephen Solomon (Qld) | 2358 | n + 35 | o + 7 | n - 9 | o + 17 | n + 16 | o + 6 | n - 1 | 5 | -13.4 |
| 6 | Romeo Capilitan (NSW) | 1999 | n + 51 | o + 45 | n + 14 | o - 2 | n + 18 | n - 5 | o + 9 | 5 | 9.1 |
| 7 | Michael Wei (ACT) | 1699 | o + 47 | n - 5 | o + 21 | n - 4 | o + 32 | n + 33 | o + 23 | 5 | 9.9 |
| 8 | Gareth Oliver (ACT) | 1638 | n + 29 | o - 9 | n + 20 | half | o = 10 | o + 15 | n + 17 | 5 | 30.0 |
| 9 | David Dick (NSW) | 2054 | o + 32 | n + 8 | o + 5 | n + 3 | n - 1 | o = 4 | n - 6 | 4.5 | 8.2 |
| 10 | Lloyd Fell (NSW) | 1863 | n + 37 | o + 13 | n - 2 | o = 26 | n = 8 | o + 27 | n = 11 | 4.5 | -10.1 |
| 11 | Nancy Lane (NSW) | 1824 | n + 27 | o + 26 | n - 15 | o + 13 | o - 4 | n + 24 | o = 10 | 4.5 | 5.2 |
| 12 | Sunny Yoon (ACT) | 1384 | o = 4 | n + 43 | o = 24 | n = 23 | o - 3 | n + 28 | o + 25 | 4.5 | 39.2 |
| 13 | Jose Escribano (NSW) | 1636 | o + 39 | n - 10 | o + 36 | n - 11 | o + 29 | n = 23 | o + 31 | 4.5 | 7.5 |
| 14 | Ian Hosking (ACT) | 1762 | o + 40 | n + 46 | o - 6 | n - 25 | o = 24 | n + 30 | o + 26 | 4.5 | -10.5 |
| 15 | Angelito Camer (NSW) | 2086 | o + 21 | n + 25 | o + 11 | o - 1 | n - 2 | n - 8 | o + 32 | 4 | -17.0 |
| 16 | Joel Harp (NSW) | 1899 | n + 34 | o + 22 | n - 1 | o + 45 | o - 5 | n + 31 | n - 3 | 4 | -3.5 |
| 17 | Peter Jovanovic (ACT) | 1915 | o + 41 | n = 24 | o + 19 | n - 5 | o = 25 | n + 22 | o - 8 | 4 | -19.5 |
| 18 | Gogulapati Ramakrishna (ACT) | 1727 | n + 50 | o - 2 | n + 51 | o + 46 | o - 6 | n = 26 | o = 19 | 4 | -10.7 |
| 19 | Anthony Keuning (NSW) | 1514 | n = 30 | o + 42 | n - 17 | o - 22 | n + 46 | o + 35 | n = 18 | 4 | 2.7 |
| 20 | Jeremy Nieman (ACT) | 1021 | o - 24 | n + 40 | o - 8 | n - 32 | n + 41 | o + 44 | o + 33 | 4 | 32.7 |
| 21 | Khoi Hoang (ACT) | 1336 | n - 15 | o + 50 | n - 7 | o + 49 | n - 27 | o + 40 | n + 39 | 4 | -0.6 |
| 22 | Roger McCart (ACT) | 1518 | o + 53 | n - 16 | o - 46 | n + 19 | o + 38 | o - 17 | n + 34 | 4 | -7.2 |
| 23 | Cathy Rogers (NSW) | 1644 | n + 49 | o - 1 | n + 35 | o = 12 | n = 26 | o = 13 | n - 7 | 3.5 | -9.2 |
| 24 | Roland Brockman (Vic) | 1623 | n + 20 | o = 17 | n = 12 | o = 31 | n = 14 | o - 11 | n = 27 | 3.5 | -5.4 |
| 25 | John Redgrave (ACT) | 1746 | n + 48 | o - 15 | n + 34 | o + 14 | n = 17 | o - 3 | n - 12 | 3.5 | -9.8 |
| 26 | Shannon Oliver (ACT) | 1532 | o + 36 | n - 11 | o + 38 | n = 10 | o = 23 | o = 18 | n - 14 | 3.5 | 9.8 |
| 27 | Junta Ikeda (ACT) | 1138 | o - 11 | n = 28 | o = 29 | n + 36 | o + 21 | n - 10 | o = 24 | 3.5 | 35.0 |
| 28 | Joe Marks (ACT) | 1484 | n - 1 | o = 27 | n + 52 | o + 30 | n - 31 | o - 12 | n + 42 | 3.5 | -19.1 |
| 29 | Carlo Canuto (NSW) | unr | o - 8 | n = 41 | n = 27 | o + 34 | n - 13 | o + 37 | n = 35 | 3.5 | (1320) |
| 30 | Raj Ramachandram (NSW) | unr | o = 19 | n - 4 | o + 41 | n - 28 | o + 51 | o - 14 | n + 40 | 3.5 | (1450) |
| 31 | Slavko Trkulja (NSW) | 1680 | o - 46 | n + 44 | o + 33 | n = 24 | o + 28 | o - 16 | n - 13 | 3.5 | -21.5 |
| 32 | Sherab Guo-Yuthok (ACT) | 1308 | n - 9 | o + 48 | n - 45 | o + 20 | n - 7 | o + 38 | n - 15 | 3 | -1.2 |
| 33 | Nguyen Tran (ACT) | 1402 | n - 2 | o + 49 | n - 31 | o + 48 | n + 37 | o - 7 | n - 20 | 3 | -17.0 |
| 34 | Jeremy Reading (ACT) | 1265 | o - 16 | n + 39 | o - 25 | n - 29 | o + 43 | n + 36 | o - 22 | 3 | 17.4 |
| 35 | Karthick Rajendran (NSW) | 1482 | o - 5 | n + 47 | o - 23 | n = 42 | o + 50 | n - 19 | o = 29 | 3 | -18.5 |
| 36 | Chester Soltysik (NSW) | 1318 | n - 26 | o + 37 | n - 13 | o - 27 | n + 49 | o - 34 | n + 47 | 3 | -22.2 |
| 37 | Jesse Maguire (ACT) | 1041 | o - 10 | n - 36 | o + 47 | n + 43 | o - 33 | n - 29 | o + 46 | 3 | 5.2 |
| 38 | Kayleigh Smith (ACT) | 474 | bye | o - 3 | n - 26 | o + 51 | n - 22 | n - 32 | o + 50 | 3 | 28.4 |
| 39 | Quan Nguyen (ACT) | 1464 | n - 13 | o - 34 | n - 49 | n + 47 | o + 48 | n + 46 | o - 21 | 3 | -40.2 |
| 40 | Harry Johnson (ACT) | 976 | n - 14 | o - 20 | n = 50 | o + 52 | o + 42 | n - 21 | o - 30 | 2.5 | -6.2 |
| 41 | Anthony Oliver (ACT) | 1041 | n - 17 | o = 29 | n - 30 | half | o - 20 | n + 48 | o = 43 | 2.5 | -10.4 |
| 42 | Thomas Ung (ACT) | 845 | half | n - 19 | o = 43 | o = 35 | n - 40 | n + 50 | o - 28 | 2.5 | 9.5 |
| 43 | Zeljko Lovric (ACT) | 857 | half | o - 12 | n = 42 | o - 37 | n - 34 | o + 49 | n = 41 | 2.5 | 1.7 |
| 44 | Adelaide Soltysik (NSW) | 1020 | n - 3 | o - 31 | n - 48 | half | o + 53 | n - 20 | o + 52 | 2.5 | -21.2 |
| 45 | Bill Egan (ACT) | 1595 | o + 52 | n - 6 | o + 32 | n - 16 | half | zero | zero | 2.5 | -0.9 |
| 46 | Leif Eldridge-Smith (ACT) | 851 | n + 31 | o - 14 | n + 22 | n - 18 | o - 19 | o - 39 | n - 37 | 2 | 25.7 |
| 47 | Miona Ikeda (ACT) | 693 | n - 7 | o - 35 | n - 37 | o - 39 | n + 52 | n + 51 | o - 36 | 2 | 14.7 |
| 48 | Tamzin Oliver (ACT) | 632 | o - 25 | n - 32 | o + 44 | n - 33 | n - 39 | o - 41 | o + 53 | 2 | 13.8 |
| 49 | Jenni Oliver (ACT) | 670 | o - 23 | n - 33 | o + 39 | n - 21 | o - 36 | n - 43 | o = 51 | 1.5 | 17.9 |
| 50 | Veronique Eldridge-Smith (ACT) | 819 | o - 18 | n - 21 | o = 40 | n + 53 | n - 35 | o - 42 | n - 38 | 1.5 | -17.4 |
| 51 | Peter Murphy (ACT) | 1282 | o - 6 | n + 53 | o - 18 | n - 38 | n - 30 | o - 47 | n = 49 | 1.5 | -38.0 |
| 52 | Aidan Lloyd (ACT) | 364 | n - 45 | half | o - 28 | n - 40 | o - 47 | n + 53 | n - 44 | 1.5 | 3.3 |
| 53 | Marina Lovric (ACT) | 271 | n - 22 | o - 51 | half | o - 50 | n - 44 | o - 52 | n - 48 | 0.5 | -7.5 |
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2002 ANU Open: Young Organisers Do Well
by DOP Charles Zworestine
The pressure was on ANU students Nye Griffiths, Marija Jovanovic and Laura Moylan: they had never organised an event of this magnitude and significance before. How would the 2002 ANU Open go under their guidance? With the publicity for the event coming out rather late, there were concerns for the tournament right up to the start of the week before, when only 22 names had entered. How would we go compared to last year’s numbers? Would the venue (also booked rather late) be suitable, and would players support the tournament?
Yet to be fair to our young team of 20 year-old organisers, they ended up coming good, and did a sterling job in the end. The venue was a good one, despite a booking misunderstanding causing a rather noisy Round 4. 53 players came and played, only 3 down on last year – more than satisfactory given the late notice. These were headed by GM Ian Rogers, still the top player in the country; and IM Stephen Solomon, a last minute entry but a most welcome one. A return to the old time controls of 1 hour each, followed by 10 seconds per move meant few disputes and problems; so the players were able to settle down to a most enjoyable, interesting and exciting tournament, as the following round-by-round report shows:
Round 1 seemed about to get underway, when three more entries rocked up – and we had to start all over again! The usual printer troubles later, and we were ready to get started – only half an hour late. The round itself proved rather uneventful, with most of the top seeds winning quite convincingly. The exception was Vladimir Smirnov, who tried to blitz Sunny Yoon, dropped a piece and ended up having to settle for a draw. The only other major upset was caused by Leif Eldridge-Smith, rated 754: he beat Slavko Trkulja, who at 1721 was rated nearly 1000 points higher than him!
Round 2 saw a guaranteed point for Rogers – we just needed to find out which one! Ian beat Cathy quite convincingly; and the other top seeds also won handily (down to Board 7). Roland Brockman held Peter Jovanovic to a draw on Board 8 (despite a pawn minus); the only other real upset was caused by Junta Ikeda, who at 901 would have been happy with a draw with Joe Marks (1530).
Round 3 produced by far the biggest upset so far, when David Dick (2054) checkmated Stephen Solomon (2403) as White (see game below). Ian Rogers beat Joel Harp, while Brian Jones (over Lloyd Fell), Angelito Camer (over Nancy Lane) and Romeo Capilitan (over Ian Hosking) all won to join Rogers and Dick on 3/3. In more upsets Milan Grcic locked it up and forced a draw with Smirnov, while Leif Eldridge-Smith struck again: this time the player he beat, Roger McCart, was only 800 points higher rated than him…
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 Qc7 8. Bb3 Nc6 9. |
David Dick
Game in PGN
Round 4 was the noisy round; but conditions were the same for all, and to the players’ credit very few of them complained. They just stuck to playing chess, where 3 players got to 4/4: Ian Rogers (beat Camer), Brian Jones (d Capilitan) and David Dick (won a long ending over Grcic). Solomon rebounded against Peter Jovanovic (thus avenging his loss here last year), while Shannon Oliver drew a long and tough opposite coloured bishop ending against Lloyd Fell. Biggest upset was caused by Kayleigh Smith (302), who defeated Peter Murphy (1281).
Round 5, the first of the Sunday rounds, saw Ian Rogers continue on his merry winning ways against David Dick. He was joined on 5/5 by Brian Jones, who ground down Camer in a long struggle. Solomon, Smirnov and Capilitan all had to fight hard as Black, but won to get to 4 points. Peter Jovanovic had insufficient time to convert his material advantage of queen and pawns for 3 minor pieces against John Redgrave and had to settle for a draw, as did Gareth Oliver when his endgame advantage was not quite large enough to win against Lloyd Fell. Junta Ikeda scored a good upset win over Khoi Hoang.
Round 6 is always the long round, where some game seems to take forever! This time it was not on the top boards, where Ian Rogers beat Brian Jones to take the outright lead on 6/6, but Stephen Solomon retained a chance of catching him by winning a long game against Capilitan to get to 5 points. Nor was it Milan Grcic (who beat Redgrave to get to 4.5), nor David Dick (who blew an extra pawn and had to fight to draw a king and pawn ending against Smirnov); nor Gareth Oliver, convincing upset winner over Camer. No, this time it was Nancy Lane to blame: she just refused to draw with Roland Brockman… Her persistence was rewarded, as she eventually won rook versus bishop and pawn – but boy, did she take a long time to do it!
Round 7 produced the match-up we had all been waiting for: Ian Rogers vs Stephen Solomon for first place. Only trouble for Solo was he had to win – as Black! This proved a bit too much for him, as Ian took advantage of his inevitable time trouble to beat him fairly convincingly. So Stephen finished out of the prizes, with equal second going to Brian Jones (who forced Smirnov to take a perpetual check) and Milan Grcic (who won a very quick game from Joel Harp). Gareth Oliver, Michael Wei, Jose Escribano and Sunny Yoon all scored upset wins to finish in the money, as did Junta Ikeda by drawing with Brockman. But the heartbreaker of the round was David Dick’s loss to Romeo Capilitan: in time pressure David overlooked that he could take Romeo’s queen, lost his own queen instead and then resigned when he was still winning: he could have got his queen back by promoting a pawn!
So a welcome return to top form for Rogers, who was his old invincible self as he wracked up the sensational score of 7/7! A brief but efficient prize giving ceremony followed; and then Ian and all the other players were on their way home, all seeming happy with the way the event had gone. The juniors did particularly well, a fact which augurs well for our chess playing future. Even our organisers were only just out of the juniors – and they too did an excellent job for their first attempt. I can only hope they will do it again next year; I’m sure the event will be an even bigger and better one…
Leading final scores/prizewinners:
1st Ian Rogers 7/7; 2nd/3rd = Milan Grcic, Brian Jones 5.5; 1st/2nd = Under 2100 and 1st = Under 1700 Romeo Capilitan, Gareth Oliver, Michael Wei 5; Best ANU Player Vladimir Smirnov 5; 2nd = Under 1700 and = Best ACT Player Jose Escribano, Ian Hosking, Sunny Yoon 4.5; 1st/2nd = Junior Khoi Hoang, Peter Jovanovic 4; 1st Unrated Jeremy Neeman 4; 1st Under 1300 Junta Ikeda 3.5.
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