2011 Kapiti Rapid
NORTHERN HEMISPHERE DARK-HORSE WINS 2011 KAPITI RAPID CHESS TOURNAMENT
A northern hemisphere dark-horse scooped the top-prize at the 2011 Kapiti Rapid Chess Tournament held 8 October in Paraparaumu.
40 players player attended this important regional chess tournament. A new format was used this year with 6 rounds within 3 separate tournaments within the Rapid, players reported this switch to be a great success.
FIDE Master (FM) Ben Hague pipped NZ Champion International Master (IM) Anthony Ker and Grand Master (correspondence) Mark Noble by a clear point. Pundits expected the Ker versus Noble game to be the Tournament’s decider, but Hague was unbeaten on the day with 5 wins— however, he was held to respectable draw by FM Scott Wastney.
Palmerston North and Kapiti players played exceptionally well. Twins Michael and Daniel Yuan (Palmerston North) won the B Grade. Kapiti’s local chess champion David Paul and talented junior player, Itay Ben-Dom, along with Palmerston North’s Jack James (current under NZ under 14 Rapid champion) came runners-up, followed by Kapiti’s Alastair McGowan and Club President Guy Burns.
The C Grade was also won by junior players, a reflection of how strong and popular NZ junior chess has become. Henry Li and Layla Timergaze wining this section. Kapiti players; Mighty Mike O’Rorke and Joe Tyler followed closely, on 3 points.
A large range of photos are found here
A GRADE RESULTS
No | Name | Total | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
3 | HAGUE, BEN | 5.5 | 9:W | 12:W | 4:D | 2:W | 1:W | 5:W |
1 | KER, ANTHONY | 4.5 | 7:W | 4:W | 2:D | 11:W | 3:L | 12:W |
2 | NOBLE, MARK | 4.5 | 8:W | 5:W | 1:D | 3:L | 6:W | 4:W |
6 | NIJMAN, BRIAN | 3.5 | 12:L | 9:W | 10:W | 5:D | 2:L | 8:W |
4 | WASTNEY, SCOTT | 3 | 10:W | 1:L | 3:D | 7:W | 5:D | 2:L |
5 | ANSELL, ALAN (J) | 3 | 11:W | 2:L | 12:W | 6:D | 4:D | 3:L |
12 | FORSTER, WILLIAM | 3 | 6:W | 3:L | 5:L | 10:W | 11:W | 1:L |
7 | BURNS, CHRIS | 2.5 | 1:L | 10:L | 8:W | 4:L | 9:D | 11:W |
9 | NYBERG, MICHAEL | 2.5 | 3:L | 6:L | 11:L | 8:W | 7:D | 10:W |
11 | JACKSON, ROSS | 2 | 5:L | 8:W | 9:W | 1:L | 12:L | 7:L |
8 | DAVIS, JUSTIN | 1 | 2:L | 11:L | 7:L | 9:L | 10:W | 6:L |
10 | SELLEN, IAN | 1 | 4:L | 7:W | 6:L | 12:L | 8:L | 9:L |
B GRADE RESULTS
No | Name | Total | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
9 | YUAN, DANIEL (J) | 4.5 | 2:D | 8:W | 6:W | 5:W | 3:D | 13:D |
13 | YUAN, MICHAEL (J) | 4.5 | 6:L | 10:W | 7:W | 11:W | 2:W | 9:D |
2 | PAUL, DAVID | 4 | 9:D | 4:W | 1:W | 3:D | 13:L | 7:W |
3 | BEN DOM, ITAY (J) | 4 | 10:W | 7:W | 5:W | 2:D | 9:D | 11:L |
11 | JAMES, JACK (J) | 4 | 4:W | 5:L | 14:W | 13:L | 1:W | 3:W |
1 | MCGOWAN, ALISTAIR | 3.5 | 8:W | 6:D | 2:L | 14:W | 11:L | 5:W |
4 | FARRINGTON, LAWRENCE | 3.5 | 11:L | 2:L | 10:W | 8:W | 5:D | 12:W |
6 | BURNS, GUY | 3.5 | 13:W | 1:D | 9:L | 7:L | 12:W | 14:W |
7 | JHURANI, ANIL | 3 | 14:W | 3:L | 13:L | 6:W | 8:W | 2:L |
5 | HOLDAWAY, STEWART | 2.5 | 12:W | 11:W | 3:L | 9:L | 4:D | 1:L |
14 | CUNNINGHAM, PAT | 2 | 7:L | 12:W | 11:L | 1:L | 10:W | 6:L |
8 | KINGSTON, ZOE | 1 | 1:L | 9:L | 12:W | 4:L | 7:L | 10:L |
10 | REID, ANTON | 1 | 3:L | 13:L | 4:L | 12:L | 14:L | 8:W |
12 | VELDHUISEN, MATT | 1 | 5:L | 14:L | 8:L | 10:W | 6:L | 4:L |
C GRADE RESULTS
No | Name | Total | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
1 | O’RORKE, MIKE | 3 | 8:W | 5:W | 3:L | 6:L | 12:W | 2:L |
2 | GILLEPSIE, JOHN | 4 | 9:W | 7:W | 11:L | 5:W | 10:L | 1:W |
3 | LIST, ROBERT | 4 | 10:W | 6:W | 1:W | 11:L | 5:W | 7:L |
4 | PAGE (J), DONALD | 0 | 11:L | 12:L | 9:L | : | : | : |
5 | THEODOSIOU, ANDREAS | 2 | 12:W | 1:L | 14:W | 2:L | 3:L | 13:L |
6 | MOORE, NICHOLAS (J) | 4 | 13:W | 3:L | 12:W | 1:W | 11:L | 14:W |
7 | FRATER, DYLAN | 4 | 14:W | 2:L | 10:L | 12:W | 8:W | 3:W |
8 | TYLER, JOE | 3 | 1:L | 11:L | 13:W | 14:W | 7:L | 9:W |
9 | BUNKER, JOSH (J) | 1 | 2:L | 14:L | 4:W | 10:L | 13:L | 8:L |
10 | TIMERGAZI, LAYLA (J) | 5 | 3:L | 13:W | 7:W | 9:W | 2:W | 11:W |
11 | LI (J), HENRY | 5 | 4:W | 8:W | 2:W | 3:W | 6:W | 10:L |
12 | CARR, CHRIS | 2 | 5:L | 4:W | 6:L | 7:L | 1:L | :+ |
13 | LUO, BRIAN (J) | 3 | 6:L | 10:L | 8:L | :+ | 9:W | 5:W |
14 | SUBRA, JANUEK (J) | 2 | 7:L | 9:W | 5:L | 8:L | :+ | 6:L |
For further information contact:
Guy Burns
04 9042002
or
David Paul
04-905 0898
Archival entry form: 2011 Kapiti Rapid Entry Form (PDF)