Fighting chess in Australia

[Javier]

Australia's most prestigous chess weekender has just concluded.

Not that I play much these days, but spending 4 and a half days playing 12 hours of chess (double rounds) is not something that I'd want to do.

Here's one of the games played in the event, which ended in a draw, but it was a very close fight with chances for both sides.

 

 

Final standings:

 

1	8	IM Sengupta, Deep		2466	B36+	W29+	B27+	W12+	W13+	B 2=	W 4=	B 5+	W 3-	7
2	2	GM Jones, Gawain		2550	B59+	W14-	W21+	B24+	W60+	W 1=	B11+	B 4+	W 8=	7
3	6	GM Deepan, Chakkravarthy	2482	B49=	W42+	B35+	W11=	B25+	W 4-	B47+	W12+	B 1+	7
4	16	IM Xie, George			2402	B62+	W58+	B14=	W 8+	W 5+	B 3+	B 1=	W 2-	W10=	6.5
5	10	GM Johansen, Darryl K		2452	B23=	W67+	B49+	W14+	B 4-	W 9+	B13+	W 1-	W17+	6.5
6	4	GM Kunte, Abhijit		2513	B47+	W25=	B20=	W29+	B12=	W13=	B14+	W 7=	B11+	6.5
7	5	IM Smerdon, David C		2489	W38+	bye=	B25=	B26+	W18=	B15=	W28+	B 6=	W13+	6.5
8	9	IM Jha, Sriram			2453	W65+	B24+	W60=	B 4-	W37+	B22+	W16+	B17=	B 2=	6.5
9	11	IM Satyapragyan, Swayangsu	2428	W33+	B37+	W18+	B13-	W22=	B 5-	W46+	B16=	W24+	6
10	1	GM Reinderman, Dimitri		2560	W52+	bye=	B11-	W42+	B14=	W12=	B37+	W20+	B 4=	6
11	12	IM Rathnakaran, K		2427	B48+	W35=	W10+	B 3=	W38+	B16=	W 2-	B18+	W 6-	5.5
12	13	IM Mas, Hafizulhelmi		2425	W50+	B43+	W16+	B 1-	W 6=	B10=	W24+	B 3-	W22=	5.5
13	15	IM Akshayraj, Kore		2404	W46+	B54+	W22+	W 9+	B 1-	B 6=	W 5-	W23+	B 7-	5.5
14	25	 Rej, Tomek			2308	W63+	B 2+	W 4=	B 5-	W10=	B38+	W 6-	B46+	W15=	5.5
15	20	WIM Nadig, Kruttika		2361	B30=	W23+	B19-	W36+	B40+	W 7=	B17-	W21+	B14=	5.5
16	21	WGM Karavade, Eesha		2359	W41+	B76+	B12-	W32+	B19+	W11=	B 8-	W 9=	B27=	5.5
17	3	GM Neelotpal, Das		2514	W39=	B32=	W65+	B37=	W54+	B18=	W15+	W 8=	B 5-	5.5
18	19	IM Lane, Gary W			2371	W56+	B62+	B 9-	W47+	B 7=	W17=	B20=	W11-	B43+	5.5
19	7	IM Roy, Chowdhury		2469	W40+	B21=	W15+	B60=	W16-	B24-	W44+	B26=	W38+	5.5
20	23	IM Sandler, Leonid		2332	W71=	B39+	W 6=	B40=	W46=	B26+	W18=	B10-	W45+	5.5
21	26	WGM Mohota, Nisha		2304	B51+	W19=	B 2-	W48=	B23=	W50+	W34+	B15-	W44+	5.5
22	24	WGM Swathi, Ghate		2330	B68+	W70+	B13-	W73+	B 9=	W 8-	B39=	W47+	B12=	5.5
23	46	 Bird, Andrew			2146	W 5=	B15-	W64+	B28=	W21=	B31+	W29+	B13-	W35=	5
24	28	 Ikeda, Junta			2261	B66+	W 8-	B50+	W 2-	B48+	W19+	B12-	W39+	B 9-	5
25	27	FM Saw, Geoffrey		2279	W74+	B 6=	W 7=	B31+	W 3-	B46-	W51+	B38=	W30=	5
26	34	FM Tindall, Brett		2207	B61+	W27-	B41+	W 7-	B45+	W20-	B33+	W19=	B32=	5
27	17	IM Toth, Andras			2399	W55+	B26+	W 1-	B38-	W34+	B29=	W35=	B45=	W16=	5
28	22	IM West, Guy			2343	B70-	W56+	B48=	W23=	B33+	W32+	B 7-	W43=	B29=	5
29	29	 Lukman, Ronny			2254	W64+	B 1-	W63+	B 6-	W65+	W27=	B23-	B53+	W28=	5
30	59	 Yuan, Yi			2010	W15=	W31-	W39+	B54-	B42-	W70+	B40+	W37+	B25=	5
31	14	GM Ghane, Shojaat		2415	B73-	B30+	B33+	W25-	B32-	W23-	W58+	B48+	W46+	5
32	41	WIM Caoili, Arianne B		2172	bye=	W17=	B69+	B16-	W31+	B28-	W60+	B35=	W26=	5
33	47	FM Morris, James		2114	B 9-	W57+	W31-	B63+	W28-	B41+	W26-	B51+	W52+	5
34	74	 Tan, Justin			1885	B54-	B46=	W67+	W49+	B27-	W42+	B21-	W36=	B47+	5
35	31	 Wallis, Christopher		2250	W75+	B11=	W 3-	B46-	B73+	W61+	B27=	W32=	B23=	5
36	44	 Amrutha, Mokal			2155	W 1-	B64=	W71+	B15-	W70+	B37-	W61+	B34=	W53+	5
37	30	 Dragicevic, Domagoj		2251	B57+	W 9-	B45+	W17=	B 8-	W36+	W10-	B30-	B50+	4.5
38	39	WFM Pon, Nkrithika		2180	B 7-	W68+	B70+	W27+	B11-	W14-	B50+	W25=	B19-	4.5
39	37	 Oliver, Gareth			2187	B17=	W20-	B30-	W71+	B69+	W54+	W22=	B24-	W41=	4.5
40	42	FM Fernandez, Daniel Howard	2171	B19-	W51+	B53+	W20=	W15-	B44-	W30-	B71+	W55+	4.5
41	60	 Stevens, Tristan		2006	B16-	B52+	W26-	W53+	B47-	W33-	B73+	W49+	B39=	4.5
42	43	 Mandla, Blair			2156	bye=	B 3-	W55+	B10-	W30+	B34-	W71+	B44-	B57+	4.5
43	32	 Stojic, Dusan			2229	B72+	W12-	B73-	W44+	B50-	W62+	B65+	B28=	W18-	4.5
44	56	 Chan, Jason			2056	bye=	bye=	W54=	B43-	B59+	W40+	B19-	W42+	B21-	4.5
45	50	 Zvedeniouk, Ilia		2100	bye=	bye=	W37-	B72+	W26-	B64+	B54+	W27=	B20-	4.5
46	52	FM Nakauchi, Gene		2076	B13-	W34=	B61+	W35+	B20=	W25+	B 9-	W14-	B31-	4
47	38	 Schon, Eugene			2186	W 6-	B74+	W76+	B18-	W41+	B60+	W 3-	B22-	W34-	4
48	48	 Nguyen, Giang			2105	W11-	B75+	W28=	B21=	W24-	B51-	W56+	W31-	B61+	4
49	40	 Hacche, David J		2176	W 3=	B71+	W 5-	B34-	W56=	B58+	W53-	B41-	W68+	4
50	49	 Cheng, Bobby			2103	B12-	W72+	W24-	B66+	W43+	B21-	W38-	B60+	W37-	4
51	65	 Zulfic, Fedja			1971	W21-	B40-	W52+	B65-	W55+	W48+	B25-	W33-	B62+	4
52	35	 Quick, Simon			2197	B10-	W41-	B51-	W74+	B61-	W66+	B63+	W62+	B33-	4
53	70	 Tsagarakis, Angelo		1919	bye=	bye=	W40-	B41-	B67+	W73+	B49+	W29-	B36-	4
54	33	 Wright, Neil S			2208	W34+	W13-	B44=	W30+	B17-	B39-	W45-	B55-	W70+	3.5
55	55	 Safarian, Alek			2061	B27-	W61=	B42-	W64=	B51-	W69+	B57=	W54+	B40-	3.5
56	58	 Fitzpatrick, Andrew		2022	B18-	B28-	W75+	W69=	B49=	W65-	B48-	W66+	B59=	3.5
57	71	 Lee, T H Bryan			1918	W37-	B33-	B58-	W62-	bye+	B68+	W55=	B67+	W42-	3.5
58	57	 Bennett, Hilton		2028	W60-	B 4-	W57+	B76-	W66+	W49-	B31-	B63=	W71+	3.5
59	36	 Hu, Jason			2196	W 2-	B63-	W74+	B70=	W44-	B71-	W69+	B61=	W56=	3.5
60	18	 Ambrus, Endre			2375	B58+	W73+	B 8=	W19=	B 2-	W47-	B32-	W50-		3
61	75	 Guo, Emma			1845	W26-	B55=	W46-	B67+	W52+	B35-	B36-	W59=	W48-	3
62	54	 Zibaei, Abdoulla		2067	W 4-	W18-	B66-	B57+	W72+	B43-	W64+	B52-	W51-	3
63	64	 Flitney, Adrian		1980	B14-	W59+	B29-	W33-	B64-	B72+	W52-	W58=	B67=	3
64	69	 Grigg, Sam			1927	B29-	W36=	B23-	B55=	W63+	W45-	B62-	W70-	B74+	3
65	45	 Bourmistrov, Denis		2149	B 8-	W66+	B17-	W51+	B29-	B56+	W43-			3
66	67	 Dalton, Samuel			1932	W24-	B65-	W62+	W50-	B58-	B52-	W72+	B56-	B75+	3
67	53	 Gibbons, Robert		2067	bye=	B 5-	B34-	W61-	W53-	B74+	B75+	W57-	W63=	3
68	63	 Davis, Tony J			1983	W22-	B38-	W72-	B75=	B74=	W57-	B70+	W73+	B49-	3
69	68	 Van Der Wal, Fritz W		1932	bye=	bye=	W32-	B56=	W39-	B55-	B59-	W74=	B73+	3
70	61	 Rout, Ian C			1992	W28+	B22-	W38-	W59=	B36-	B30-	W68-	B64+	B54-	2.5
71	62	 Stojic, Svetozar		1989	B20=	W49-	B36-	B39-	W75+	W59+	B42-	W40-	B58-	2.5
72	73	 Goundar, Sanmogam		1903	W43-	B50-	B68+	W45-	B62-	W63-	B66-	W75=	bye+	2.5
73	51	 Brown, Andrew			2085	W31+	B60-	W43+	B22-	W35-	B53-	W41-	B68-	W69-	2
74	66	 Holland, Dennis		1963	B25-	W47-	B59-	B52-	W68=	W67-	bye+	B69=	W64-	2
75	72	 Kordahi, Nicholas		1913	B35-	W48-	B56-	W68=	B71-	bye+	W67-	B72=	W66-	2
76	76	 Fletcher, David		0	bye+	W16-	B47-	W58+						2