Report – 4 December 2015
Marcus Porter Memorial
Tonight a good section of the Queensland chess community got together to participate in a chess tournament to honour Marcus Porter.
At the commencement, with Marcus’ parents Stephen and Anita present, Shane Mather talked about Marcus and his unique contribution to chess, and why he will be missed by all.
The large majority of players had pre-registered and were punctual, and can be commended for this as it allowed the tournament to commence on time (a rarity!).
The time control was 10 minutes + 2 second Fischer increment, allowing four rounds to be played tonight, with the final four rounds scheduled for next Friday.
Round One saw most games go to form, as is often the way with a Swiss draw. The one exception was Joseph Tan’s victory over Tony Morris which won him the upset prize for the round.
Round Two features several more upsets, notably Tom Maguire’s loss on Board Two in a Grob Opening game against The Gap CC’s Joshua Morris.
Hughston Parle also did well to achieve a draw with Jacob Edward, while Joseph Tan claimed a second upset beating Michael Ostapenko (another Grob casualty).
Round Three saw most of the leaders consolidate with wins to the higher rated player being achieved on the top six boards.
Jason Wang used the Grob to good effect to claim a point from Tom Maguire and also claim the upset prize for Round Three.
This round also witnessed Marcus’ brother Angus Porter achieving a fine draw in his match with Alexander Kidd.
A draw in the Round Four clash between Tyson Walker and Andrew Mather allowed Moulthun Ly to move to outright first at the end of the night after a win over Michael D’Arcy.
All players conducted themselves impeccably on the first night, and we all look forward to some more great chess next Friday night.
The Grob Opening
It has been well known in chess circles for many years that Marcus’ favourite opening was the Grob (1. g4), with which he delighted in ambushing many unsuspecting opponents.
As a tribute to Marcus and has quirky opening preference, a prize will be awarded to the player achieving the best points total after playing the Grob.
After a request for clarification, it has been decided that games where players attempt the even more unusual Reverse Grob (1. … g5) will also accrue points towards the Grob prize.
Below is a list of players who venture the Grob in Rounds 1 to 4:
|
Player |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
|
Edwards, Jacob A |
1 |
0.5 |
1 |
1 |
3.5 |
|
Ly, Moulthun |
1 |
|
1 |
|
2.0 |
|
Wang, Jason |
1 |
|
1 |
|
2.0 |
|
Maguire, Tom |
|
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.0 |
|
Mather, Andrew |
|
|
1 |
|
1.0 |
|
D'Arcy, Michael |
|
1 |
|
0 |
1.0 |
|
Ostapenko, Michael |
|
0 |
|
1 |
1.0 |
|
Holt, Stuart |
1 |
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
Parle, Hughston |
|
|
|
1 |
1.0 |
|
Morris, Joshua |
1 |
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
Curtain, Joseph |
|
|
1 |
|
1.0 |
|
Davies, Andrew William |
|
|
1 |
|
1.0 |
|
Tsai, Charles |
|
0.5 |
|
|
0.5 |
|
Morris, Adam Isaac |
|
|
0 |
|
0.0 |
|
McSwan, Isaac |
0 |
|
0 |
|
0.0 |
|
Porter, Angus |
|
0 |
|
0 |
0.0 |
Standings (To Round 4)
Place Name Loc Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr. 1 Ly, Moulthun 2488 4 5.0 10.0 10.0 2-5 Mather, Andrew 1812 3.5 6.0 11.5 9.5 Walker, Tyson 1733 3.5 5.0 10.5 9.5 Fitzpatrick, Andrew 1976 3.5 4.5 9.0 8.0 Edwards, Jacob 2019 3.5 4.5 8.0 8.56-11 D'Arcy, Michael 1811 3 4.0 10.0 9.0 Gray, David Peter 1484 3 4.0 8.5 7.0Sands, Gary 1356 3 3.0 8.0 6.0
Turner, Justin 1433 3 3.0 7.5 7.0 Therakam, Clint 1685 3 3.0 7.0 8.0 Ostapenko, Michael 1662 3 3.0 6.0 7.012-14 Tsai, Charles 1821 2.5 4.5 10.0 6.5 Wang, Jason 1451 2.5 4.5 9.0 7.5 Parle, Hughston 1640 2.5 4.5 8.5 6.515-27 Tan, Joseph 2 5.5 11.0 7.0 De Vere, Cameron 1692 2 5.5 10.5 7.0 Holt, Stuart 1657 2 5.0 10.0 6.0 Morris, Joshua 1509 2 5.0 9.0 7.0 Laizans, Martin 1397 2 5.0 8.5 6.0 Maguire, Tom 2045 2 4.0 7.5 5.0 Young, Phil 969 2 4.0 7.5 4.0 Moss, Jasper 815 2 3.0 7.5 4.0 Morris, Tony 1392 2 3.0 7.5 3.0 Curtain, Joseph 1278 2 3.0 6.5 5.0 Young, Dashiell 1057 2 3.0 6.5 4.0 Cervenjak, Mark 1391 2 3.0 6.0 6.0 Davies, Andrew 1054 2 2.0 6.5 3.028-29 Stokes, Mark C 1535 1.5 4.0 8.0 4.5 Barker, Tyson 1436 1.5 4.0 8.0 4.530-39 Willcock, Brian 1193 1 5.5 9.5 3.0Lake, Matthew 1 5.0 10.0 3.0
Dale, Liam 1 5.0 9.0 2.0 Treston, Liam 1 4.0 9.0 4.0 Morris, Adam 571 1 4.0 7.5 3.0 Condon, Harry 1 4.0 7.0 3.0 McSwan, Isaac 1 4.0 7.0 1.0Lake, Cameron 1 4.0 6.5 1.0
Healy, Tavish 1 4.0 6.0 2.0Lake, David 1 3.0 6.0 1.0
40-41 Kidd, Alexander 0.5 2.0 5.0 1.0 Porter, Angus 0.5 2.0 4.5 1.042 Treston, Dylan 0 2.0 5.0 0.0
Results
No Name Total 1 2 3 4 1 Ly, Moulthun 4 8:W 17:W 16:W 6:W2 Mather, Andrew 3.5 27:W 7:W 10:W 3:D3 Walker, Tyson 3.5 22:W 9:W 15:W 2:D4 Fitzpatrick, Andrew 3.5 0:D 23:W 14:W 13:W5 Edwards, Jacob A 3.5 30:W 14:D 12:W 16:W6 D'Arcy, Michael 3 21:W 19:W 18:W 1:L7 Gray, David Peter H 3 31:W 2:L 21:W 24:W8 Sands, Gary 3 1:L 32:W 31:W 18:W
9 Turner, Justin 3 36:W 3:L 34:W 17:W10 Therakam, Clint 3 35:W 33:W 2:L 19:W11 Ostapenko, Michael 3 32:W 15:L 30:W 26:W12 Tsai, Charles 2.5 25:W 13:D 5:L 15:W13 Wang, Jason 2.5 39:W 12:D 20:W 4:L14 Parle, Hughston 2.5 40:W 5:D 4:L 30:W15 Tan, Joseph 2 23:W 11:W 3:L 12:L16 De Vere, Cameron 2 34:W 26:W 1:L 5:L17 Holt, Stuart 2 38:W 1:L 25:W 9:L18 Morris, Joshua 2 37:W 20:W 6:L 8:L19 Laizans, Martin 2 41:W 6:L 22:W 10:L20 Maguire, Tom 2 24:W 18:L 13:L 34:W21 Young, Phil 2 6:L 39:W 7:L 33:W22 Moss, Jasper 2 3:L 36:W 19:L 31:W23 Morris, Tony 2 15:L 4:L 37:W 35:W24 Curtain, Joseph 2 20:L 38:W 33:W 7:L25 Young, Dashiell 2 12:L 37:W 17:L 38:W26 Cervenjak, Mark 2 42:W 16:L 35:W 11:L27 Davies, Andrew Williams 2 2:L 31:L 36:W 32:W28 Stokes, Mark C 1.5 0:D 0:D 0:D 0:L29 Barker, Tyson 1.5 0:D 0:D 0:D 0:L30 Willcock, Brian 1 5:L 40:W 11:L 14:L31 Lake, Matthew 1 7:L 27:W 8:L 22:L
32 Dale, Liam 1 11:L 8:L 39:W 27:L33 Treston, Liam 1 0:W 10:L 24:L 21:L34 Morris, Adam Isaac 1 16:L 41:W 9:L 20:L35 Condon, Harry 1 10:L 42:W 26:L 23:L36 McSwan, Isaac 1 9:L 22:L 27:L 42:W37 Lake, Cameron 1 18:L 25:L 23:L 41:W
38 Healy, Tavish 1 17:L 24:L 42:W 25:L39 Lake, David 1 13:L 21:L 32:L 40:W40 Kidd, Alexander .5 14:L 30:L 41:D 39:L41 Porter, Angus .5 19:L 34:L 40:D 37:L42 Treston, Dylan 0 26:L 35:L 38:L 36:L