Sunday, 22 December 2013 16:46 |
The Box Hill Chess Club in Canterbury, Victoria, Australia hosted two round robin tournaments on 14-22nd December. Both Grandmaster Norm tournament and International Norm tournament were round robins with ten players.
In the GM event Grandmasters Vasily Papin and Normunds Miezis shared the first place with 6 points each.
Karl Zelesco entered the IM event as the lowest rated player but eventually he shared the first place with FM Christopher Wallis to claim IM norm.
GM Group: 1-2. GM Papin Vasily RUS 2514 and GM Miezis Normunds LAT 2554 - 6 3. GM Tu Hoang Thong VIE 2414 - 5.5 4-5. IM Illingworth Max AUS 2430 and IM Cheng Bobby AUS 2440 - 5 6. FM Smirnov Anton AUS 2318 - 4.5 7. GM Johansen Darryl AUS 2409 - 4 8. IM Morris James AUS 2398 - 3.5 9. FM Li Zuhao (Luke) NZL 2349 - 3 10. IM Solomon Stephen AUS 2386 - 2.5
IM Group: 1-2. Zelesco Karl AUS 2145 and FM Wallis Christopher AUS 2320 - 7 3. FM Smith Robert NZL 2238 - 6 4-5. IM Brown Andrew AUS 2245 and IM Smirnov Vladimir RUS 2379 - 5.5 6. FM Stojic Dusan AUS 2246 - 4 7. Lee Wang-Sheng SIN 2254 - 3 8-9. IM Rujevic Mirko AUS 2220 and FM Levi Eddy AUS 2146 - 2.5 10. Ootes Lennart NED 2147 - 2
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