2020 State Blitz Championship


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Twenty Seven players participated in the 2020 WA Blitz Championship which was held at Southern Suburbs Chess Club (Leeming Primary School) on Sunday 5th July. Congratulations to the winner, FM Patrick Gong, and to all prizewinners:

2020 WA Blitz Champion: FM Patrick Gong (10/11)

2020 WA Women's Blitz Champion: WFM Kathryn Hardegen (6.5/11)

2nd & 2020 WA Seniors' Blitz Champion: Tim Hare (8.5/11)

Equal 3rd, 1st Under 2000 ACF & Best Junior: Yihe (Rebo) Fu (7.5/11)

Equal 3rd: Bozidar Mandic (7.5/11)

2nd Under 2000 ACF: Keegan O'Mahoney (7.0/11)

Equal 1st Under 1800 ACF and Equal 1st Under 1600 ACF: Bekzod Rasulov and Kundan Dharmapuri (6.0/11)



Final Standings


 Pos  Pts  ID  NAME                         | Rtg  PRtg Fed 
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   1 10.0   1  FM Gong,Patrick              | 2399 2284  WA 
   2  8.5   3     Hare,Tim                  | 2160 2092  WA 
   3  7.5   2     Mandic,Bozidar            | 2235 2089  WA 
   4  7.5  11     Fu,Yihe (Rebo)            | 1896 2066  WA 
   5  7.0   9     O'Mahoney,Keegan          | 1946 1906  WA
   6  6.5  10     Saroha,Chirag             | 1934 1926  WA
   7  6.5   4 WFM Hardegen,Kathryn          | 2121 1920  WA
   8  6.0   7     Unkovich,George           | 2006 1907  WA
   9  6.0  14     De Vas,Saminda            | 1828 1839  WA
  10  6.0  15     Laubbacher,Jamie          | 1809 1702  WA
  11  6.0  13     Geronimo,Brent            | 1831 1798  WA
  12  6.0  22     Rasulov,Bekzod            | 1562 1778  WA
  13  6.0  23     Dharmapuri,Kundan         | 1460 1755  WA
  14  6.0   6     Kinsman,Craig C           | 2017 1625  WA
  15  5.5  18     Gao,Oscar                 | 1721 1534  WA
  16  5.0  26     Berry,Alistair            | 1149 1959  WA
  17  5.0  24     Harirajesh,Barath         | 1388 1663  WA
  18  5.0  21     Gough,Dylan               | 1648 1618  WA
  19  5.0  12     Wolstencroft,Alan         | 1843 1566  WA
  20  5.0   8     Pavez,Luciano             | 1981 1408  WA
  21  5.0  25     Geronimo,Harry            | 1358 1594  WA
  22  5.0  20     McGregor,Mike             | 1681 1338  WA
  23  5.0  17     Tomic,Nedeljko            | 1748 1346  WA
  24  4.0  28     Ong,Celine                |  925 1343  WA
  25  4.0  19     Underwood,Chas            | 1683 1318  WA
  26  3.0  29     De Vas,Yonal              |  586 1417  WA
  27  2.0  27     Mitchell,Brendan          | 1000 1136  WA
  28  0.0   5  FM McCamon,Boyd          (W) | 2097    0  WA
  29  0.0  16     McAteer,Ian           (W) | 1773    0  WA


Cross Table


 Pos NAME                 Rtg   T  Fed  Pts |   1     2     3     4     5     6     7     8     9    10    11   
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   1 Gong,Patrick         2399  FM  WA 10.0 | +W10  +B5   +W4   +B8   -W3   +B16  +W2   +B9   +B7   +W11  +B6  
   2 Hare,Tim             2160      WA  8.5 | =W15  +B16  -W3   +B12  +W19  +B6   -B1   +W4   +W8   +B7   +B9  
   3 Mandic,Bozidar       2235      WA  7.5 | +B23  =W6   +B2   +W7   +B1   -W8   -B4   -W5   +B13  +W14  +B11 
   4 Fu,Yihe (Rebo)       1896      WA  7.5 | +B21  +W14  -B1   +W9   -W8   +B17  +W3   -B2   +B5   +W10  =W7   
   5 O'Mahoney,Keegan     1946      WA  7.0 | +B13  -W1   +B18  +W6   -B16  -W9   +B12  +B3   -W4   +W15  +B8   
   6 Saroha,Chirag        1934      WA  6.5 | +W17  =B3   +W11  -B5   +W10  -W2   -B9   +B15  +W16  +B8   -W1   
   7 Hardegen,Kathryn     2121 WFM  WA  6.5 | +B25  -W9   +B22  -B3   +W12  +B10  +W16  +B8   -W1   -W2   =B4   
   8 Unkovich,George      2006      WA  6.0 | +B18  +W26  +B9   -W1   +B4   +B3   +W11  -W7   -B2   -W6   -W5   
   9 De Vas,Saminda       1828      WA  6.0 | +W24  +B7   -W8   -B4   +W13  +B5   +W6   -W1   -B11  +B16  -W2   
  10 Laubbacher,Jamie     1809      WA  6.0 | -B1   +W13  +B26  +W19  -B6   -W7   -B14  +W12  +B21  -B4   +W16  
  11 Geronimo,Brent       1831      WA  6.0 | +B27  +W20  -B6   -W16  +B21  +W18  -B8   +B19  +W9   -B1   -W3   
  12 Rasulov,Bekzod       1562      WA  6.0 | -B20  +W23  +B14  -W2   -B7   +W22  -W5   -B10  +W24  +BYE  +B17  
  13 Dharmapuri,Kundan    1460      WA  6.0 | -W5   -B10  +B23  +W15  -B9   =W20  +W17  +B22  -W3   =B18  +W24 
  14 Kinsman,Craig C      2017      WA  6.0 | +W22  -B4   -W12  -B17  +W26  +B25  +W10  -B16  +W19  -B3   +W18 
  15 Gao,Oscar            1721      WA  5.5 | =B2   -W19  +W17  -B13  -B18  +W24  +B20  -W6   +W26  -B5   +B27 
  16 Berry,Alistair       1149      WA  5.0 | +B19  -W2   +B20  +B11  +W5   -W1   -B7   +W14  -B6   -W9   -B10  
  17 Harirajesh,Barath    1388      WA  5.0 | -B6   +W25  -B15  +W14  +B22  -W4   -B13  -W18  +BYE  +B23  -W12  
  18 Gough,Dylan          1648      WA  5.0 | -W8   +B24  -W5   +B27  +W15  -B11  -W19  +B17  =W20  =W13  -B14  
  19 Wolstencroft,Alan    1843      WA  5.0 | -W16  +B15  +W27  -B10  -B2   +W21  +B18  -W11  -B14  -W25  +BYE  
  20 Pavez,Luciano        1981      WA  5.0 | +W12  -B11  -W16  -BYE  +BYE  =B13  -W15  +B26  =B18  +W21  -W23  
  21 Geronimo,Harry       1358      WA  5.0 | -W4   -B22  +BYE  +BYE  -W11  -B19  +W27  +B23  -W10  -B20  +W25  
  22 McGregor,Mike        1681      WA  5.0 | -B14  +W21  -W7   +B24  -W17  -B12  +BYE  -W13  -B25  +W27  +B26 
  23 Tomic,Nedeljko       1748      WA  5.0 | -W3   -B12  -W13  +B26  -W25  +BYE  +B24  -W21  +B27  -W17  +B20  
  24 Ong,Celine            925      WA  4.0 | -B9   -W18  +B25  -W22  +W27  -B15  -W23  +BYE  -B12  +W26  -B13  
  25 Underwood,Chas       1683      WA  4.0 | -W7   -B17  -W24  +BYE  +B23  -W14  -B26  -W27  +W22  +B19  -B21 
  26 De Vas,Yonal          586      WA  3.0 | +BYE  -B8   -W10  -W23  -B14  +B27  +W25  -W20  -B15  -B24  -W22 
  27 Mitchell,Brendan     1000      WA  2.0 | -W11  +BYE  -B19  -W18  -B24  -W26  -B21  +B25  -W23  -B22  -W15  
  28 McCamon,Boyd     (W) 2097  FM  WA  0.0 |  --    --    --    --    --    --    --    --    --    --    -- 
  29 McAteer,Ian      (W) 1773      WA  0.0 |  --    --    --    --    --    --    --    --    --    --    --