The August Rapid was a 6-round Swiss tournament, played three rounds each on Friday 5th and 12th August, 2016. This was held in conjunction with the 2016 Geelong Chess Club Championship Playoff, between Geoff Barber and Zoran Babic.
Time limit: 10 minutes each, with 5 seconds increment per move.
Entries
A healthy turnout of ten players entered on the night:
No Name Feder Rtg Loc 1. Sugrue, Michael 1867 2. Babic, Zoran 1751 3. Daneshvar, Reza 1743 4. Courtis, Owen 1634 5. Ristic, Mio 1551 6. Wemyss, Andrew 1500 7. Davis, Geoff 1458 8. Wendrich, Paul 1300 9. Smith, Jack 1200 10. Sopovski, Sam 1200
The first three rounds were played Friday, August 5th.
Standings After Round 3:
Place Name Feder Rtg Loc Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.
1 Sugrue, Michael 1867 3 4.0 7.0 9.0
2-5 Sopovski, Sam 1200 2 3.0 6.0 7.0
Daneshvar, Reza 1743 2 3.0 6.0 6.0
Courtis, Owen 1634 2 3.0 6.0 6.0
Babic, Zoran 1751 2 2.0 5.0 5.0
6-9 Wemyss, Andrew 1500 1 3.0 7.0 3.0
Davis, Geoff 1458 1 3.0 6.0 4.0
Ristic, Mio 1551 1 3.0 6.0 3.0
Wendrich, Paul 1300 1 2.0 4.0 2.0
10 Smith, Jack 1200 0 4.0 7.0 0.0
Of note was the strong performance of Sam Sopovski, who played well above his indicative rating of 1200 points!
Round 1
No Name Result Name 1 Wemyss, A (6) 0:1 Sugrue, M (1) 2 Babic, Z (2) 0:1 Davis, G (7) 3 Wendrich, P (8) 0:1 Daneshvar, R (3) 4 Courtis, O (4) 1:0 Smith, J (9) 5 Sopovski, S (10) 1:0 Ristic, M (5)
Round 2
Sopovski (pictured left) moves into equal first place with a gritty win against Reza Daneshvar.
No Name Result Name 1 Sugrue, M (1) 1:0 Courtis, O (4) 2 Daneshvar, R (3) 0:1 Sopovski, S (10) 3 Davis, G (7) 0:1 Wemyss, A (6) 4 Smith, J (9) 0:1 Babic, Z (2) 5 Ristic, M (5) 1:0 Wendrich, P (8)
Round 3
No Name Result Name 1 Sopovski, S (10) 0:1 Sugrue, M (1) 2 Babic, Z (2) 1:0 Ristic, M (5) 3 Wemyss, A (6) 0:1 Daneshvar, R (3) 4 Courtis, O (4) 1:0 Davis, G (7) 5 Wendrich, P (8) 1:0 Smith, J (9)
The remaining rounds were played on Friday August 12th.
Round 4
No Name Result Name 1 Sugrue, M (1) .5:.5 BYE* 2 Daneshvar, R (3) 1:0 Courtis, O (4) 3 Smith, J (9) 0:1 Sopovski, S (10) 4 Ristic, M (5) 1:0 Wemyss, A (6) 5 Davis, G (7) .5:.5 Wendrich, P (8)
*As Zoran Babic was now in the Championship playoff.
Round 5
No Name Result Name 1 Daneshvar, R (3) 0:1 Sugrue, M (1) 2 Sopovski, S (10) .5:.5 BYE 3 Courtis, O (4) .5:.5 Ristic, M (5) 4 Wendrich, P (8) 1:0 Wemyss, A (6) 5 Smith, J (9) 1:0 Davis, G (7)
Round 6
No Name Result Name 1 Sugrue, M (1) 1:0 Wendrich, P (8) 2 Courtis, O (4) 0:1 Sopovski, S (10) 3 Daneshvar, R (3) .5:.5 BYE 4 Ristic, M (5) 1:0 Davis, G (7) 5 Wemyss, A (6) 1:0 Smith, J (9)
Final Standings
Place Name Feder Rtg Loc Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.
1 Sugrue, Michael 1867 5.5 12.0 18.5 19.5
2 Sopovski, Sam 1200 4.5 13.0 19.5 16.0
3-4 Daneshvar, Reza 1743 3.5 13.0 20.5 13.5
Ristic, Mio 1551 3.5 10.5 16.5 10.0
5-6 Courtis, Owen 1634 2.5 13.0 19.5 11.0
Wendrich, Paul 1300 2.5 10.5 17.0 7.5
7 Wemyss, Andrew 1500 2 11.0 17.5 6.0
8 Davis, Geoff 1458 1.5 10.5 15.0 7.5
9 Smith, Jack 1200 1 10.5 16.5 2.0
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