The Maccabi Blitz Chess Competition was held on Sunday 3rd November and was hosted by the Maccabi Junior Chess Club at the site of their venue, the Gordon Bloomfield Hall in Yokine. The event attracted 32 players, composed of 24 juniors and 8 adults. The event was won by Rebo Fu with a score of 9.5/11, only half a point ahead of second place finisher Jamie Laubbacher. Following on from their excellent results in the WA Rapidplay Championships, both these young players showed impressive skill to finish ahead of their much older and more experienced competitors. Third place was taken by Ronen Diamant with a score of 8/11. There was 5-way tie for fourth between Dylan Gough, Nedeljko Tomic, Alan Wolstencroft, Paul Ivankovich and 10-year-old Barath Harirajesh, all scoring 7/11. Barath Harirajesh was awarded first place junior/under1200 prize. It should also be pointed out that his win against Nedeljko Tomic was one of the biggest upsets in the entire tournament. Second place junior/under1200 was awarded to Ram Manav Soni who scored an impressive 6.5/11, with his draw to Dylan Gough also ranking as a major upset. Since Barath and Ram had secured prizes already, the upset prizes went to Paul Ivankovich for his win against Rebo Fu, Dylan Gough for his draw to Rebo Fu, and Anthony Nguyen for his draw to Alex Janceski. A big thank you should go to the Maccabi Junior Chess Club for hosting the event, with a special thank you to Shai Levin for all the hard work he put in behind the scenes making sure this event would be a success. Report kindly provided by Jay Lakner. |
Open 1st: Rebo Fu 2nd: Jamie Laubbacher 3rd: Ronen Diamant Junior/U1200 1st: Barath Harirajesh 2nd: Ram Manav Soni =3rd: Hardy Dai, Aaron Levine, Ezra Levine, Rafael Levine & Raphael Resnick Upset Prizes Dylan Gough, Paul Ivankovich & Anthony Nguyen |
Pos Pts ID NAME Rtg Fed Buc1 BucT 1 9.5 1 Fu,Yihe (Rebo) 2044 WA 69.0 74.0 2 9.0 7 Laubbacher,Jamie 1324 WA 69.5 74.5 3 8.0 21 Diamant,Ronen 0 WA 71.0 76.0 4 7.0 5 Gough,Dylan 1523 WA 72.5 77.5 5 7.0 2 Tomic,Nedeljko 1720 WA 71.0 71.0 6 7.0 3 Wolstencroft,Alan 1701 WA 70.5 75.5 7 7.0 4 Ivankovich,Paul 1649 WA 69.5 70.5 8 7.0 8 Harirajesh,Barath 1148 WA 65.0 69.0 9 6.5 6 Janceski,Alex 1499 WA 67.0 71.5 10 6.5 10 Soni,Ram Manav 686 WA 56.5 60.5 11 6.0 11 Levine,Aaron 656 WA 65.0 70.0 12 6.0 26 Levine,Rafael 0 WA 56.0 59.0 13 6.0 16 Dai,Hardy 354 WA 54.5 55.5 14 6.0 25 Levine,Ezra 0 WA 54.5 54.5 15 6.0 14 Resnick,Raphael 575 WA 53.5 57.5 16 5.5 13 Barbare,Ishaan 627 WA 66.0 70.0 17 5.5 15 Nguyen,Anthony 457 WA 65.0 69.5 18 5.5 27 Levy,David 0 WA 56.5 56.5 19 5.0 12 Resnick,Naftali 642 WA 61.0 64.0 20 5.0 9 Levin,Daniel 764 WA 59.5 64.5 21 5.0 23 Zamil,Hasan 0 WA 54.5 54.5 22 5.0 30 Naouri,Gilaad 0 WA 51.0 52.0 23 5.0 19 Caro,Oz 0 WA 50.0 50.0 24 5.0 17 Salamastrakis,Orlando 275 WA 46.5 46.5 25 4.5 31 Posner,Eliav 0 WA 53.5 57.5 26 4.5 22 Forsyth,Felix 0 WA 47.5 47.5 27 4.0 24 Konno,Genta 0 WA 50.0 51.0 28 4.0 29 Mueller,Henning 0 WA 50.0 50.0 29 4.0 32 Snel,Benji 0 WA 44.0 44.0 30 3.0 28 Liu,Roy 0 WA 44.5 44.5 31 1.0 20 Diamant,Natan 0 WA 47.5 47.5 32 0.0 18 Caro,Alit 0 WA 49.0 50.0 |
Pos NAME Rtg T Fed Pts | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 | Buc1 BucT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 Fu,Yihe (Rebo) 2044 WA 9.5 | +W24 +B19 -W7 +B16 +W8 +W2 +B5 +W3 +B6 =W4 +B9 | 69.0 74.0 2 Laubbacher,Jamie 1324 WA 9.0 | +W21 +B13 +W5 +B7 +W3 -B1 +B9 +W6 -B4 +W17 +B11 | 69.5 74.5 3 Diamant,Ronen 0 WA 8.0 | +B4 +W20 +B17 +W6 -B2 -W9 +W7 -B1 +W8 +W5 +B16 | 71.0 76.0 4 Gough,Dylan 1523 WA 7.0 | -W3 +B14 +W9 +B19 -W5 +B13 +W8 =B10 +W2 =B1 -W7 | 72.5 77.5 5 Tomic,Nedeljko 1720 WA 7.0 | +B32 +W11 -B2 +W28 +B4 +W6 -W1 +B9 +W7 -B3 -W8 | 71.0 71.0 6 Wolstencroft,Alan 1701 WA 7.0 | +W23 +B15 +W8 -B3 +W7 -B5 +W20 -B2 -W1 +B10 +W17 | 70.5 75.5 7 Ivankovich,Paul 1649 WA 7.0 | +B31 +W16 +B1 -W2 -B6 +W11 -B3 +W17 -B5 +W19 +B4 | 69.5 70.5 8 Harirajesh,Barath 1148 WA 7.0 | +B27 +W12 -B6 +W25 -B1 +W16 -B4 +W11 -B3 +W26 +B5 | 65.0 69.0 9 Janceski,Alex 1499 WA 6.5 | +B26 =W17 -B4 +W23 +B20 +B3 -W2 -W5 +B18 +W16 -W1 | 67.0 71.5 10 Soni,Ram Manav 686 WA 6.5 | -B12 +W27 =B23 +W17 -B11 +W28 +B19 =W4 =B16 -W6 +B18 | 56.5 60.5 11 Levine,Aaron 656 WA 6.0 | +W18 -B5 -W21 +B14 +W10 -B7 +W22 -B8 +W12 +B15 -W2 | 65.0 70.0 12 Levine,Rafael 0 WA 6.0 | +W10 -B8 -W19 +B15 -W16 -B14 +W30 +B24 -B11 +W28 +W20 | 56.0 59.0 13 Dai,Hardy 354 WA 6.0 | +B29 -W2 -B25 +W18 +B28 -W4 -B17 -W14 +B31 +W27 +B19 | 54.5 55.5 14 Levine,Ezra 0 WA 6.0 | -B20 -W4 +B32 -W11 +B30 +W12 -W18 +B13 -W15 +B21 +W22 | 54.5 54.5 15 Resnick,Raphael 575 WA 6.0 | +B22 -W6 -B28 -W12 +B23 +W25 +B29 -W18 +B14 -W11 +B26 | 53.5 57.5 16 Barbare,Ishaan 627 WA 5.5 | +W28 -B7 +W18 -W1 +B12 -B8 +W21 +B20 =W10 -B9 -W3 | 66.0 70.0 17 Nguyen,Anthony 457 WA 5.5 | +W25 =B9 -W3 -B10 +W22 +B21 +W13 -B7 +W20 -B2 -B6 | 65.0 69.5 18 Levy,David 0 WA 5.5 | -B11 +W32 -B16 -B13 =W26 +W23 +B14 +B15 -W9 +B25 -W10 | 56.5 56.5 19 Resnick,Naftali 642 WA 5.0 | +B30 -W1 +B12 -W4 +B27 -W20 -W10 +B21 +W22 -B7 -W13 | 61.0 64.0 20 Levin,Daniel 764 WA 5.0 | +W14 -B3 +W24 +B21 -W9 +B19 -B6 -W16 -B17 +W23 -B12 | 59.5 64.5 21 Zamil,Hasan 0 WA 5.0 | -B2 +W29 +B11 -W20 +B25 -W17 -B16 -W19 +B32 -W14 +B27 | 54.5 54.5 22 Naouri,Gilaad 0 WA 5.0 | -W15 -B23 +B26 +W24 -B17 +W27 -B11 +W29 -B19 +W31 -B14 | 51.0 52.0 23 Caro,Oz 0 WA 5.0 | -B6 +W22 =W10 -B9 -W15 -B18 +W32 =B25 +W30 -B20 +W31 | 50.0 50.0 24 Salamastrakis,Orland 275 WA 5.0 | -B1 +W30 -B20 -B22 -W29 +B31 +W28 -W12 -B26 +W32 +B25 | 46.5 46.5 25 Posner,Eliav 0 WA 4.5 | -B17 +W26 +W13 -B8 -W21 -B15 +B27 =W23 +B29 -W18 -W24 | 53.5 57.5 26 Forsyth,Felix 0 WA 4.5 | -W9 -B25 -W22 +W32 =B18 -B29 +W31 +B30 +W24 -B8 -W15 | 47.5 47.5 27 Konno,Genta 0 WA 4.0 | -W8 -B10 +W29 +B30 -W19 -B22 -W25 +B31 +W28 -B13 -W21 | 50.0 51.0 28 Mueller,Henning 0 WA 4.0 | -B16 +W31 +W15 -B5 -W13 -B10 -B24 +W32 -B27 -B12 +W30 | 50.0 50.0 29 Snel,Benji 0 WA 4.0 | -W13 -B21 -B27 +W31 +B24 +W26 -W15 -B22 -W25 -B30 +B32 | 44.0 44.0 30 Liu,Roy 0 WA 3.0 | -W19 -B24 +B31 -W27 -W14 +B32 -B12 -W26 -B23 +W29 -B28 | 44.5 44.5 31 Diamant,Natan 0 WA 1.0 | -W7 -B28 -W30 -B29 +B32 -W24 -B26 -W27 -W13 -B22 -B23 | 47.5 47.5 32 Caro,Alit 0 WA 0.0 | -W5 -B18 -W14 -B26 -W31 -W30 -B23 -B28 -W21 -B24 -W29 | 49.0 50.0 |