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)