Division 1 Update

The last round of the Victorian Championship is a week away, and the top division was able to assemble many of the top players around Melbourne. With so many players, especially juniors, playing at more than one club, the first division saw teams assembled rather than clubs represented. Box Hill Chess Club were perhaps the worst affected by this as all of their incredibly strong juniors opted to play for Darkhorse or Canterbury Juniors. However, the MCC struggled to field their teams with so many of their strong players representing other clubs, and worst of all, Yarra first team disbanded and their players moved to other clubs.

There has been some difficulties with arranging matches. Many of the adult teams prefer a week night for their games, but this is not appropriate for the Canterbury Junior's who virtually have to play at weekends. But that said, most of the games have taken place, despite the heavy schedule in the Victorian chess calendar.

However, there are some games outstanding in this division.

Place Team Played Points Games 1 MCC1 4 12 13 2 Elwood 3 7 8.5 3 NPCC 5 6 9.5 4 Darkhorse 4 6 7.5 5 CJCC 3 4 5.5 6 MCC2 5 3 6.5 7 BHCC 4 3 5.5

Since the last update, their have been some matches played:

Round 3

MCC1-Elwood not played and crucial to the final standings.

Round 4

Elwood-Darkhorse 3-0 (GP 3-1)

Goldenberg-Wallis 1-0

Sandler-Schon 1-0

Sirota-Zelesco 1/2-1/2

Stead-Jo. Tang 1-0

CJCC-MCC1 0-3 (GP 1-3)

Cheng-Rujevic 1-0

Matheson-Morris 0-1

Chan-Jager 0-1

Dale-Penrose 0-1

Round 5

Darkhorse-CJCC I don't have this result

BHCC-MCC2 0-3 (GP 1-3)

Gorka 0-1F

Hacche 1-0F

Raine-Ly 0-1

Liston-Addamo 0-1

Round 6

Elwood-BHCC I don't have this result

CJCC-NPCC I don't have this result

MCC1-Darkhorse Not played yet.

One game in round 7 was played beforehand.

NPCC-MCC1 0-3 (GP 1-3)

Stojic D-Rujevic 0-1

Dragicevic-Morris 0-1

Nemeth-Jager 0-1

Tan-Garner 1-0

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Previous update:

The top division of the Victorian team Championship has had some problems this year. Of the 8 places, there were only 7 teams that wanted to play, and two of them, MCC 2 and Box Hill have both appeared to be struggling to survive at times. Also, with so many players involved in the Victorian Championships and Reserves during August, a number of matches were postponed for that month.

However, the matches are being caught up with, and there are only a couple of games that still remain to be played form previous rounds. The current standings have 3 teams level on 6 points, Noble Park, Darkhorse and Melbourne CC 1. The very strong Elwood team are on 4 points and sit just behind the leaders alongside Canterbury Juniors. The troubled teams of Box Hill and Melbourne CC 2 bring up the rear.

Box Hill had a terrible start when it appeared their team was about to collapse before the event started. But they have rallied excellently and all credit must go to the club and team for this. Box Hill are up to date with their matches and their next game is scheduled for next weekend. There have been some postponed games played:

Round 1 match:

MCC1-BHCC 3-0 (GP 3-1)

Rujevic (2293)-Bourmistrov (2196) 1-0

Morris (2309)-Hacche (2004) ½-½ 

Jager (2209)-Raine (2066) 1-0

Garner (2100)-Narenthran (1905) ½-½  

Round 3 match

Darkhorse-MCC2 3-0 (GP 3-1)

Wallis (2308)-Gorka (2155) 0-1

Zelesco (2038)-Lekkas (1854) 1-0

Tang (1844)-Forfeit 1-0

Lakshman (1558)-Forfeit 1-0

Round 4 was played in August with the following results:

MCC2-NPCC 0-3 (GP 1-3)

Gorka (2155)-Stojic, D (2248) 0-1

Forfeit-Dragicevic (2234) 0-1

Lekkas (1854)-Nemeth (2145) ½-½

Ly (1995)-Tan (2148) ½-½ 

Elwood-Darkhorse

Not played yet

CJCC-MCC1

Not played yet

BHCC - Bye

Round 5 is scheduled for September and there has already been a match played here:

NPCC-Elwood 0-3 (GP 1-3)

Stojic, D (2278)-Goldenberg (2378) ½-½

Dragicevic (2228)-Sandler (2264) 0-1

Nemeth (2107)-Sirota (2171) ½-½

Stojic, S (2018)-Stead (1969) 0-1

So this division appears to be up to date except for the following:

MCC1-Elwood round 3

CJCC-MCC1 round 4

Victorian Team Championship Round 3

The July round of the Victorian Team Championship had great competition from other events, the Victorian Junior Championships, the Guy West Classic, and the start of the Victorian Championship and Reserves tournaments. This is besides the busy schedule of all the clubs. However, most of the matches have gone ahead, and the tournament appears to just moving along thanks to the the captains and players.

Vic Team July 2011

Division 1

Round 2:

MCC2-MCC1 0-4F

Round 3

NPCC-BHCC 3-0 (GP 3-1)

D. Stojic 1-0F

D. Dragicevic(2234)-D. Hacche(2012) ½-½

J. Nemeth(2145)-M. Raine(1999) 1-0

S. Stojic(1978)-T Narenthran(1874) ½-½

CJCC bye

Place	Team	Played	Points	Games
1	CJCC	2	4	4.5
2	NPCC	2	3	4.5
3	MCC1	1	3	4
4	Darkhorse	2	3	4
5	BHCC	2	3	3.5
6	Elwood	1	1	2
7	MCC2	2	0	1.5

Division 2

Round 3:

Ballarat-MCC3 3-0 (GP 3-1)

B. van Riel(1658)-I. Stone(1834) 0-1

J. Beggs(1646)-T. Tosevski(1657) 1-0

R. Jacobs(1603)-S. Karumbi(1397) 1-0

P. Cook(1651)-E. Warren(795) 1-0

BHCC2-Yarra 3-0 (GP 3.5-.5)

D. Flude(1713)-S. Zivkovic(unr) 1-0

K. Brown(1677)-M.Rikalo(1784) 1-0

R. Croft(1605)-M. Ilic(1705) 1-0

G. Cook(1597)-S. Zoraja(1450) ½-½

Dandenong-Croydon 0-3 (GP 1-3)

G. Lycett(1872) -I.Birchall(1895) 0-1

S.Jago(1541)-J. Cross(1728) 0-1

K. Forster(1589)-K. Gibson(1478) 0-1

C. Potter(1507)-R. Matthews(1100) 1-0

1	BHCC	3	9	10.5
2	Ballarat	3	6	7
3	Croydon	3	6	6
4	NPCC	1	3	2.5
5	Geelong	1	3	2.5
6	Dandenong	2	0	2.5
7	MCC	3	0	3.5
8	Yarra	2	0	2

Divison 3

Round 3:

CJCC2-MCC4 3-0 (GP 3-1)

M. Chew Lee(1465)-A. Hain(1510) 1-0

J. Ni(1238)-R. Nowak(1200) 1-0

M. Cheah(1191)-J. Hughes(1184) ½-½

S. Chen(943)-T. Kolak(1391) ½-½

NPCC3-Girls 3-0 (GP 4-0)

E. Fan(1605)-C. Dilnutt(961) 1-0

R. Chong 1-0F

J Krysiak(1464)-A. Chew Lee(731) 1-0

M. Stojic 1-0F

Place	Team	Played	Points	Games
1	CJCC	3	7	9
2	NPCC	3	7	9
3	MCC	3	3	4
4	Girls	3	0	0

July 2011 Update

After the first round was all played under one roof at Canterbury Chess Club, we now enter the home and away stage of the tournament. June was designated as the second round of the event, though to be honest there is not really a strict undertaking to have matches completed by a certain deadline. However, it would be wise for teams not to fall too far behind in the schedule as it will become increasingly more difficult to catch those matches up, especially with the busy Victorian club and tournament schedule. I know for instance that a lot of teams will be struggling to play their matches in August due to the Victorian Championships taking place, and of course I would encourage players to compete in this excellent series of events (Championship, Reserves, and I've been told by CV President L. Sandler, that if there were more entries he would create more tournaments!)

There are still matches from the first round to be completed, but these are being rescheduled (one match has been rearranged to the first week of September! This shows how seriously captains are taking their match schedules.). There has also been a new ACF rating list, and games from 1st June will be played using the new ACF ratings. Likewise, there will be another ratings list in September and those ratings will be used for the last 3 rounds.

The final date for the Victorian Teams Championship has been set for Sunday 27th November, though the time, and place are to be arranged. The venue is not a problem, as a number of venues are readily available, but CV are keeping their options open and hopefully coming up with a coup for the last round.

While this site has not been updated as much as I would have liked, the teams are getting on with the event, which is essentially the spirit of it all.

It has been pointed out that the abbreviations I use for team names is 'meaningless'. Personally, I can't see that anyone could mix up the abbreviations such as CJCC or MCC, but to please everyone, I am happy to change the abbreviations for any team that would prefer their full name shown.

Victorian Teams Championship 2011 Round 2

Division 1

Division 1 Results July 2011

Place Team Played Points Games 1 Canterbury Juniors 1 2 4 4.5 2 DHBH 2 3 4 3 Box Hill 1 1 3 2.5 4 Elwood 1 1 2 5 MCC2 1 0 1.5 6 NPCC 1 0 1.5 7 MCC1 0 0 0

Box Hill 1-Darkhose Box Hill MP 3-0 (GP 2.5-1.5)

1. D. Bourmistrov-C.Wallis (2308) ½-½
2. D. Hacche (2012)-Z. Wilson-Lin (2290) ½-½
3. M. Raine (1999)-K. Zelesco (2038) 1-0
4. T. Narenthran (1874)-Jo. Tang (1844) ½-½

Elwood-Canterbury Juniors 1 MP 1-1 (GP 2-2)

1. I. Goldenberg (2378)-B. Cheng (2335) 1-0
2. L. Sandler (2234)-L. Matheson (2075) ½-½
3. A. Sirota (2171)-M. Chan (1889) ½-½
4. K. Stead (1989)-Allen. Yu (1733) 0-1

Division 2

Place

Team

Played

Points

Games

1	Box Hill 2	2	6	7
2	Ballarat	2	3	4
3	Croydon	2	3	3
4	NPCC	1	3	2.5
5	Geelong	1	3	2.5
6	Dandenong	1	0	1.5
7	Yarra	1	0	1.5
8	MCC	2	0	2.5

Croydon-Box Hill 2 MP 0-3 (GP 0-4)

1. I. Birchall (1895)-O. Martinez (1780) 0-1
2. J. Cross (1728)-D. Flude (1713) 0-1
3. J. Watson (1384)-R. Croft (1605) 0-1
4. C. Yung (1353)-G. Cook (1597) 0-1

MCC-NPCC MP 0-3 (GP 1.5-2.5)

1. S. Schmidt (1896)-O. Khaled (1959) 0-1
2. I. Stone (1834)-M. Dizdarevic (1948) ½-½
3. T. Tosevski (1657)-Z. Loh (1728) 0-1
4. D. Stimson (1489)-O. Phuma (unr)1-0

Ballarat-Yarra MP 3-0 (GP 2.5-1.5)

1. V. Wijesuriya (1714)-M Brkljac (1739) 0-1
2. B. van Riel 1658)-M. Ilic (1705)1-0
3. J. Beggs (1646)-C. Radovanovic (1400) 1-0
4. P. Cook (1651)-D. Zoraja (1450)  ½-½

Geelong-Dandenong MP 3-0 (GP 2.5-1.5)

1. M. Sugrue (1943)-G. Lycett (1872) ½-½
2. G. Gill (1934)-S. Jago (1541) 1-0
3. S. Fletcher (1746)-S. Ammerman (unr) ½-½
4. O. Courtis (1763)-C. Potter (1507) ½-½

Division 3

Place	Team	Played	Points	Games
1	Canterbury Juniors 2	2	4	6
2	NPCC	2	4	5
3	MCC	2	3	3
4	Girls	2	0	0

MCC-NPCC MP 0-3 (GP 1-3)

1. G. Bekker (1599)-E. Fan (1605) 0-1
2. R. Nowak (1200)-R. Chong (1494) 0-1
3. J. Hughes (1184)-J. Kenmure (1433) 1-0
4. Forfeit 0-1

Canterbury Juniors 2-Girls (0-4)

Team news

NPCC B (Div 2) have replaced A. Rashid with L. Nemeth.

NPCC B (Div 2) have added O. Phuma

MCC 4 (Div 3) have added G. Bekker

MCC 1 (Div 1) have added T. Davis

MCC 2 (Div 1) have added L. Bretag

Dandenong (Division 2)

G. Lycett

S. Jago

M. Ammerman

C. Potter

Yarra (Division 2)

M. Brkljac

M. Ilic

C. Radovanovic

D. Zoraja