by Junta
Canberra's third biggest annual tournament (after the Doeberl Cup in April and ANU Open in July) is the Vikings Weekender held in November. This year the Open section saw 21 players and the Minor section 38 players, a healthy turnout.
There were six players rated over 2000 in the Open section.
| ID | Name | Fed | Origin | Title | RtgF | RtgN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ly Moulthun |  | IM | 2463 | 2512 | |
| 2 | Ikeda Junta |  | IM | 2418 | 2427 | |
| 3 | Smirnov Anton |  | IM | 2415 | 2402 | |
| 4 | Hu Jason | | -- | 2138 | 2192 | |
| 5 | Yin Wenlin | | -- | 1986 | 2064 | |
| 6 | Bliznyuk Andrey | | -- | 2132 | 1999 |
6/7 - The winner was Moulthun who conceded draws with Jason and Anton. As usual he played games in his correct and positional style, not giving his opponents any chances, only being in real danger in our Round 4 encounter.
5.5/7 - 2nd was Anton who surprisingly conceded a draw to rapidly improving ACT junior Dillon Hathiramani (rated under 1700 - a great upset!) in Round 1, and otherwise just conceded draws with Moulthun and myself on the second day. It was nice to catch up with him after we played together in the Politiken Cup and Olympiad back in July and August.
5/7 - I came 3rd after losing to Moulthun in a close game in Round 4, and drawing with Jason and Anton on Day 2. I was happy with most of my games after a 3-month break from playing.
4.5/7 - three local players shared 4th-6th, with special mention going to Dillon - after drawing with Anton in Round 1, he did not slow down and scored 4.5/7 (PR 2033) against opposition averaging 1931 - his expected score was 1.75! He is coached by local trainer Peter Simpson (who has also been the trainer of Olympian Emma Guo, and has been helping many Canberra juniors over the years).
Jason Hu was one of the players on 4/7 - he has recently been performing strongly, and in this tournament he managed to hold a draw against Moulthun, took a half-point bye in Round 4 due to illness, drew with me in Round 5 when he had a rather simple mate in the final position (instead giving perpetual check), and lost to Anton from a position of strength in Round 6. In fact, his biggest test may have been the drive to Canberra - on his last two occasions, in pretty much the same area on his way from Sydney he had crashed into kangaroos who had 'come out of nowhere'.
 |
| Dillon is on his right |
Local junior Michael Kethro celebrated his 15th birthday on Day 2 of the tournament. Apart from Jason, he was the only player to play against the three IMs in the field.
The final crosstable:
| Pos | T | NAME | Rtg | Fed | Pts | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | APRO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | IM | Ly Moulthun | 2512 | | 6.0 |
21
1
|
5
1
|
7
½
|
3
1
|
2
½
|
4
1
|
11
1
| 1968.0 |
| 2 | IM | Smirnov Anton | 2402 | | 5.5 |
6
½
|
22
1
|
11
1
|
5
1
|
1
½
|
7
1
|
3
½
| 1781.9 |
| 3 | IM | Ikeda Junta | 2427 | | 5.0 |
10
1
|
13
1
|
8
1
|
1
0
|
7
½
|
11
1
|
2
½
| 1995.1 |
| 4 | -- | Chibnall Alana | 1882 | | 4.5 |
19
1
|
7
0
|
20
1
|
13
1
|
8
1
|
1
0
|
5
½
| 1844.0 |
| 5 | -- | Bliznyuk Andrey | 1999 | | 4.5 |
17
1
|
1
0
|
18
1
|
2
0
|
20
1
|
9
1
|
4
½
| 1843.4 |
| 6 | -- | Hathiramani Dillon | 1661 | | 4.5 |
2
½
|
14
½
|
9
1
|
8
½
|
11
0
|
12
1
|
13
1
| 1739.4 |
| 7 | -- | Hu Jason | 2192 | | 4.0 |
18
1
|
4
1
|
1
½
|
BYE
½
|
3
½
|
2
0
|
8
½
| 1991.2 |
| 8 | -- | Press Harry | 1903 | | 4.0 |
15
1
|
9
1
|
3
0
|
6
½
|
4
0
|
17
1
|
7
½
| 1882.9 |
| 9 | -- | Yin Wenlin | 2064 | | 4.0 |
16
1
|
8
0
|
6
0
|
17
1
|
13
1
|
5
0
|
14
1
| 1679.4 |
| 10 | -- | Braguine Victor | 1770 | | 4.0 |
3
0
|
12
½
|
21
1
|
11
0
|
18
1
|
14
½
|
17
1
| 1647.4 |
| 11 | -- | Kethro Michael | 1961 | | 3.5 |
BYE
½
|
20
1
|
2
0
|
10
1
|
6
1
|
3
0
|
1
0
| 2078.7 |
| 12 | -- | Van Den Hoff Damien | 1460 |  | 3.5 |
13
0
|
10
½
|
14
0
|
22
1
|
16
1
|
6
0
|
20
1
| 1410.7 |
| 13 | -- | Booth William | 1911 | | 3.0 |
12
1
|
3
0
|
16
1
|
4
0
|
9
0
|
20
1
|
6
0
| 1785.4 |
| 14 | -- | Suptut Jeff | 1817 | | 3.0 |
20
0
|
6
½
|
12
1
|
BYE
½
|
BYE
½
|
10
½
|
9
0
| 1768.6 |
| 15 | -- | Badrinarayan Sankeer | 1334 | | 3.0 |
8
0
|
16
0
|
19
½
|
21
0
|
22
1
|
BYE
1
|
18
½
| 1306.5 |
| 16 | -- | Radisich Matt (W) | 1620 | | 2.5 |
9
0
|
15
1
|
13
0
|
BYE
½
|
12
0
|
19
1
| 1551.2 | |
| 17 | -- | Hellmann Oskar | 1483 | | 2.5 |
5
0
|
21
½
|
22
1
|
9
0
|
19
1
|
8
0
|
10
0
| 1498.4 |
| 18 | -- | Hummel Mark | 1623 | | 2.5 |
7
0
|
19
1
|
5
0
|
20
0
|
10
0
|
22
1
|
15
½
| 1483.9 |
| 19 | -- | Yuan Ziqi | 1053 | | 2.5 |
4
0
|
18
0
|
15
½
|
BYE
1
|
17
0
|
16
0
|
22
1
| 1286.3 |
| 20 | -- | Nwosu Nnaemeka | 0 |  | 2.0 |
14
1
|
11
0
|
4
0
|
18
1
|
5
0
|
13
0
|
12
0
| 1578.1 |
| 21 | -- | Barker David (W) | 1783 | | 1.5 |
1
0
|
17
½
|
10
0
|
15
1
| 1845.5 | |||
| 22 | -- | Jain Kamal | 1694 | | 0.5 |
BYE
½
|
2
0
|
17
0
|
12
0
|
15
0
|
18
0
|
19
0
| 1612.3 |
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