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Global Chess Enterprises Grand Prix 2004
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2004 Progress Standings as at 1 December 2004
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OPEN
A. Kulashko 64.5, P. Garbett 64, L. McLaren 54.5, P. Wang 50.5, S. Lukey 47, A. Ker 37, G. Thornton 33.85,M. Steadman 30.9, G. Spain 29.4, R. Smith 29.14, P. Green 27, N. Croad 23.35, R. Nokes, R. Hart 20,B. Martin 17.5, R. Dive 17, A. Krstev 15.9, R. Sutton 15, B. Watson, A. Compton, J. Nebel 13.5, P. Stuart 12, H. Bennett 11.14, M. Van der Hoorn 10.5.

UNDER 2000
G. Thornton 77.5, P. Mistry 49.5, H. Bennett 48, M. Nyberg 37.75, B. Reedy 36, Caleb Wright 33.2, M.T. Sims 33, Jason Wu 29.67, R. Jackson 29.4, Q. Johnson 28.83, D. Xu 28.17, J. McCrone 27,B. Donaldson 25, K. Chibamba 24, R. McKerras 21.4, P. Beach 20, J. Browne 18, J. Boardman 17.5,A. Stone 16.83, N. Gunn 16.5, A. Nijman 16.3, R. Gibbons 14, B. Fiedler 13.5, P. King, L. Farrington 13.25, D. Watts 13, G. Davies, J. Van Ginkel 12.4, B. Robertson, H. Gold, R. Perry, D. Baider 12, C. Hall, P. Hair 10.5.

UNDER 1700
J. Browne 67.4, Caleb Wright 55.4, Jason Wu 49, H. Gold 44.2, D. Eade 39.4, S. Ward 35.9, V. Smith 34.4, M. Zhang 33.2, B. Rider 32.5, N. Cruden 30.3, L. Farrington 29.33, B. Robertson 29, D. Xu 27, S. McChesney 24.5, D. Dolejs 24.36, H. Marko 23.4, A. Stone 22.5, Paul Morten, D. Plumpton, A. Lin, E. Book 20, C. Riding 19.4, J. Lei 18.9, D. Baider 18, G. Shields 17.4, B. Gloistein 16.7, P. King 15.33, E. Otene 15, H. Noor 14, N. Fairley 13.6, S. Maroroa, P. Rossiter, E. Chen, A. Chen 12, E. Tan, G. Aimers, S. Yang, J. Gao 10.5.

UNDER 1400
S. Ward 69.5, N. Fairley 61.7, B. Rider 57.5, S. Yang 43, G. Mulinder 36.5, E. Chen 31, G. Judkins 30.1, A. Lin 29, D. Baider 27, M. Kluge 24.67, D. Pelle 22.1, A. Chen 21.14, S. Maroroa, B. Jones, 20, L. Ding 19.5, J. Gao, P. Deacon 17.5, R. Dare 17.14, C. Bourne 16.75, T. Gothorp 16.5, Shirley Wu 16.27, B. Kluge, S. Paea, G. Shields 15.67, A. Jones 15.64, A. Maroroa 15.6, T. Maroroa 14.14, J. Burrows 12.5, M. Stevenson 12.25, Peter Morten, D. Wilson, Y. Hou, O. Lynn 12, P. Abel 11.25, M. Wu, B. Cheng 11.1, R. Whitehouse 11, D. Smith 10.6, M. Cowen 10.5, M. Saib 10.25.

JUNIOR
P. Wang 80, G. Thornton 77.5, N. Fairley 68.17, J. Lei 60.5, M. Zhang 54.67, Jason Wu 49.5, B. Robertson 42.67, D. Xu 39, A. Lin 38, A. Chen 36.15, R. Dare 33.15, E. Charomova 31.67, S. Yang 30.75, S. McChesney 27, J. Burrows 26.16, R. Whitehouse, G. Mulinder 25.5, Shirley Wu 24.36, B. Jones 20, B. Cheng 19.53, M. Wu 17.03, M. Saib 16.33, M. Krstev 15.75, D. Baider 14.4, P. Abel 14, A. Maroroa 12.86, S. Maroroa, A. Stone 12, J. Favel, S. Abel, O. Lynn, Y. Hou, L. Ding, C. Deacon 10.5, L. Burrows 10.33.

FEMALE
N. Fairley 77.5, V. Smith 69.5, E. Chen 39, Shirley Wu 37.83, E. Otene 37.3, J. Burrows 36, S. Maroroa 28.5, L. Dare 28, N. Saib 24.3, E. Charomova 24, L. Burrows 20.3, N. Tsoi 19, H. Courtney, L. Goodkind 17.5, A. Brewer 15.33, E. Breska 15, Sharon Wu 14.5, J. Zhou 13.5, J. Fong, C. Liu, D. Cloete 12, J. Nokes, L. Tabitha 10.5, J. Gao 10.

SENIOR
N. Cruden 67.67, B. Mitchell 45.17, P. Morten 35.5, C. Wilson 33.5, M. MacDonald 30, A. Nijman, B. Gloistein 21,  R. Collingwood 17.5, M. Garland 15.67, R. Sutton, T. Booth 15, R. Keeling 11. 

UNDER 14 & UNDER 1400
A. Chen 73.17, M. Wu 62.5, R. Dare 54.67, A. Maroroa 50, M. Krstev 49.75, S. Maroroa 48.75, Shirley Wu 41.95, E. Chen, B. Cheng 41, J. Burrows 31.33, Y. Hou 29.23, O. Lynn 23.76, Sharon Wu 22.5, S. Tang 21.75, D. Baider 21.07, B. Jones 20, P. Abel 19.5, Jesse Wu 18, N. Saib 16, T. Sellars 15, J. Zhou 14, L. Burrows 13.83, S. Abel 13.5,  N. Tsoi 12.86, A. Lau 12, J. Favel, C. Vercoe-Groenen 10.5.

Grand Prix leader Alexei Kulashko sat out the MIT Rapid and was fortunate not to be passed. A win would have put McLaren into the lead, while second would have been enough for Garbett. In the event Garbett picked up 9 points for 3rd equal, leaving him just half a point adrift of Kulashko, while McLaren went home empty-handed this time but stays in third. With his MIT win Puchen Wang moves to fourth, while Lukey's win in the Wellington Rapid lifts him past NZ Champion Anthony Ker as well. 

In the Under 2000 division Mistry has reclaimed second spot, with Hilton Bennett moving into third. GP leader Thornton did not add any more points, but is still well in front. Caleb Wright and Jason Wu are the big movers in the Under 1700 division, up to 2nd and 3rd, but Jeremy Browne retains a handy lead. Little change in the Under 1400 division, while in the Junior Division the top three are unchanged but Lei has surged up to fourth. 

In the female division Viv Smith has made up some ground on Fairley with her clean sweep in the MIT B Tournament. Shirley Wu has jumped into fourth, ahead of Otene. NZ Senior Champion Neil Cruden has tightened his grip in the Senior division. Mitchell remains second, while Peter Morten has overtaken early leader Clive Wilson for third. Andy Chen retains his commanding lead in the Under 14 and Under 1400 division, with Michael Wu climbing to second and Andrew Maroroa now pushing Dare for third spot. 

The final three events of the 2004 Global Chess Enterprises Grand Prix are coming up at the NZ Congress in Wanganui in January. As Anthony Ker proved last year, they can have a big impact on the final placings.

Leading tournament scores: 

Wellington Rapid (Class 3)– S. Lukey (5.5/6) 1, R. Dive (5) 2, N. Croad (4.5) 3, D. Baider (3.5) 4 …13 players. 

MIT Rapid (Class 1) – P. Wang (4.5/5) 1, B. Smith (4) 2, P. Garbett, P. Mistry, H. Bennett (3.5) 3-5, L. McLaren, M. Steadman, M. McNabb (3) 6-9 … 22 players
    
MIT Rapid B Tournament – V. Smith (5/5) 1, N. Cruden, G. Shields, S. Paea, J. Lei, B. Kluge (4) 2-6, A. Lin (3.5) 7 … 37 players. An additional 18 players competed in the MIT junior tournament, which was not part of the Grand Prix.

South Island Championship (Class 2) - R. Sutton (7/8) 1, G. Spain (6.5) 2, Q. Johnson (6) 3, B. Reedy, C. Hall (5.5) 4-5, R. Dowden (5) 6 … 25 players

South Island Rapid (Class 3) - R. Dowden (5.5/6) 1, H. Bennett, D. Watts (5) 2-3, H. Gold (4.5) 4, Q. Johnson, L. Ding, G. Mulinder (4) 5-7 … 23 players.

Waikato Open (Class 1) - R. Hart (4.5/6) 1, R. Smith, G. Spain, P. Stuart (4) 2-4, M. Steadman, C. Wright (3.5) 5-6 … 16 players
Waikato B - A. Lin (5.5/6) 1, H. Marko (4.5) 2, J. Browne, M. Zhang, G. Shields (4) 3-5 ...19 players

Otago Spring Rapid (Class 3) - R. Dowden (4.5/5) 1, R. Sutton (4) 2, Q. Johnson, A. Stone (3.5) 3-4, D. Heperi, T. Peng, G. Dembo, T. Rowell (3) 5-8 … 17 players

Canterbury Queen's Birthday Weekender (class 3) - B. Reedy, M. Nyberg (4.5/5) 1-2, S. McChesney, S. Ward, A. Nijman (4) 3-6, B. Nijman, R. McKerras, P. Fraemohs, C. Benson (3.5) 7-10 ... 18 players

NZ Junior Championship(class 1) - P. Wang (6/7) 1, G. Thornton (5.5) 2, J. Watson, D. Baider, M. Zhang, R. Dare, A. Chen (5) 3-7, Jason Wu (4.5) 8 … 31 players

NZ Junior Rapid Championship(class 1) - P. Wang (5.5/7) 1, G. Thornton (5) 2, S. Yang (4) 3, M. Zhang, J. Watson, J. Lei, A. Lin, D. Smith (3.5) 4-8 … 16 players

NZ Junior Rapid Under 1400(class 1) - A. Chen (5.5/6) 1, T. Sellars (5) 2, D. Baider, Y. Hou, T. Chao, O. Lynn, R. Dare (4.5) 3-7 … 46 players.

Upper Hutt 30-30 - A. Ker (6/6) 1, M. Van Der Hoorn, M. Noble (4.5) 2-3, P. King, L. Farrington, M. Nyberg, D. Wilson (4) 4-7 .. 23 players.

Mid-Canterbury Rapid - T. Dowden, A. Nijman (5/6) 1-2, N. Cummings, R. McKerras (4.5) 3-4, H. Gold, Z. Urbanski, R. Scarf (4) 5-7 .. 24 players. 

North Island Championship - P. Garbett, L. McLaren (6.5/8) 1-2, G. Spain, N. Cummings, M. Steadman, M. Barlow, A. Krstev (5.5) 3-7 … 36 players. 

North Island Rapid Championship - A. Kulashko (5.5/6) 1, P. Wang, L. McLaren, M. Steadman, G. Thornton (5) 2- 5, R. Smith, P. Green (4.5) 6-7, P. Garbett, M. Van der Hoorn, M. Barlow, P. Mistry, P. Stuart, A. Krstev, J. Browne, K. Chibamba, J. Robinson (4) 8-16 … 61 players.

Waitakere Licensing Trust Open: A.Ker 4.5/5, A.Kulashko, P. Green 4/5.

Hamilton Junior Tournament, which attracted 68 players. Leading scores: P. Wang (6/6) 1, G. Thornton, B. Robertson, E. Charomova, M. Ryan, M. Wu, S. Yang (5) 2-7, E. Chen (4.5) 8.

Defending champion Viv Smith claimed her 10th NZ Women's title. It was a close-run fight, with Smith trailing runner-up Evginia Charomova by half a point going into the last round. Leading scores: V. Smith (6/7) 1, E. Charomova (5.5) 2, S. Maroroa (5) 3, E. Otene, Shirley Wu, F. Clark 4-6 … 11 players.

Neil Cruden wins the NZ Seniors Championship.

Otago Easter Open results (OT unless stated): 1st B. Donaldson (CA) 6/6; 2nd= A. Stone, L. Lambert (Waikouaiti) & G. Aimers 4; 5th= B. Reedy (CA), Q. Johnson & H. Gold 3½. Under 1700 grade prize: A. Stone and G. Aimers 4. Best DJCA players: J. Burrows and J. Favel 3.

The Wellington Easter was won by Roger Nokes with 5/6.

Earlier, the Howick-Pakuranga CC's Latvian Tournament was a testament to the success of the Grand Prix, with a record 98 entries. Leading scores: Open - P. Garbett (5/6) 1, A. Kulashko, P. Green (4.5) 2-3, A. Krstev, G. Thornton (4) 4-5... 22 players. Challengers - Paul Morten (5.5) 1, J. Browne (4.5) 2, E. Tan, J. Lei (4) 3-4 .. 16 players. Reserve - B. Jones (6) 1, R. Dare, T. Maroroa, Peter Morten (5) 2-4 … 60 players.

The first GP event of the year, the Auckland International Open, was a nine round Class One swiss from January 19 to 23, sponsored by the Howick-Pakuranga Times and Global Chess Enterprises.
Leading scores: GM D. Johansen (AUS), IM G. West (AUS)(7/9) 1-2, P. Wang, T. Reilly (AUS), O. Koeller (GER)(6) 3-5, B. Watson, A. Compton (5.5) 6-7 … 26 players

Next Events

Upcoming GP events notified so far are:

112th New Zealand Championship, Class 1, January 2-10, 2005. Wanganui CC. 11-round Swiss for players rated 2000+. 90 minutes each plus 30 seconds a move. Minimum prize-fund $4000. The tournament will be FIDE-rated. NZ Master points will also be at stake. Entry fee $110. Juniors $55. GMs and IMs free.

New Zealand Major Open Championship, Class 1, January 2-10, 2005. Wanganui CC. 11 round swiss for players rated under 2000. 90 minutes each plus 30 seconds a move. Minimum prize-fund $1700. Entry fee $80. Juniors $40.

New Zealand Rapid Championship, Class 2. January 11-12, 2005. Wanganui CC. 9 round swiss. 30 minutes each. Minimum prize-fund $1200. Entry fee $40. Juniors $20. 

The three tournaments above are all part of the 112th NZ Congress in Wanganui. Enquiries to Gordon Hoskyn hoskyn@ihug.co.nz 

2005 Oceanic Zonal
Jan 30th - Feb 4th 2005. Waipuna Hotel and Conference Centre www.waipunahotel.co.nz Open and Women's; $5,500 prizefund plus $1,000 for top NZ'er. Contact Paul Spiller spillerfamily.enterprise@xtra.co.nz for details or visit www.globalchessenterprises.co.nz 

Bay of Plenty Open Seniors - 12 March 2005, For further information contact Vaughan Collingwood, 126B Vale Street, Otumoetai, Tauranga.  phone 07 570-3121, or email vaughan.lisa@xtra.co.nz

Good luck everyone for another exciting Grand Prix season!

Bob Smith
Grand Prix Administrator

Ratings

The November 2004 NZCF ratings are available for download on the ratings page. The active list and events rated can be viewed online along with January 2005 FIDE ratings. 

FM Alexei Kulashko (2377) and Igor Bjelobrk (2377) top the January 2005 FIDE rating list for NZ, with IM Ben Martin (2373) heading Kulashko(2370), IM Anthony Ker (2364), Roger Nokes(2358), and IM Russell Dive(2331) on the November 2004 NZCF list.

IM-elect John Barrance (2432) and SM Michael Freeman (2429) head the October 2004 ICCF list for correspondence chess.

New Zealand Correspondence Chess Association

Officials and contacts for correspondence chess are available from this web site, plus the latest ICCF ratings, and links to crosstables of various events. See the correspondence page for details and online games page for some games to play through.

New Zealand Chess Magazine

Subscriptions to the 2004 publication are now due at NZD$24 for six issues. Contact the editor at PO Box 1627 Taupo.

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