2012 CV Teams

2012 Chess Victoria Teams Competition 

Following the resurrection of the Chess Victoria Teams competition a few years ago (largely as a result of the efforts of Carl Gorka), 2012 sees the competition again running in two divisions, with 5 teams in 'A Grade' & 12 teams in 'B Grade'. Unfortunately the Elwood team have had to withdraw from the A Grade competition, so that is now a 5 team competition.

The competition has just been completed.
Congratulations to the winners:
Melbourne Chess Club in A Grade
Canterbury Juniors 1 in B Grade

Below are the final crosstables & placings for the teams, as well as the crosstable of individual results.

I have updated the team crosstables to include the Match Points (shown in brackets before score), as this is the first tie-break method if teams are tied on game points. I have also updated the individual crosstables with both local & FIDE ratings, as the tournament is to be FIDE rated (as initially planned). These FIDE ratings are from May 2012, when the tournament started.

Tie-breaks to be used for preliminary placings are as follows: 

A Grade (Round Robin):
Match points (if ranking is decided by game points)
Direct encounter
Sonneborn-Berger
B Grade (Swiss):

Match points (if ranking is decided by game points)
Direct encounter
Buchholz Cut 1
Buchholz
Sonneborn-Berger


I plan to update this page periodically (ideally after each round is completed), so that there is at least one place where those interested can view current and complete information about the event.

Apologies about the formatting - its not so easy using the blogspot platform!

Finals Results

A Grade 

 1 Melbourne            2.5:1.5  Noble Park 1 
 2 Canterbury Juniors   2.0:2.0  Noble Park 2 
 3 BHCC Darkhorse          :     BYE          

B Grade 

 1 Canterbury Juniors 1  [19.5]  2.5:1.5  Hobsons Bay     [16.5]
 2 Box Hill              [13.5]  3.0:1.0  Melbourne       [12.5]
 3 Canterbury Juniors 2  [12.5]  4.0:0.0  Ballarat        [12.0]
 4 Geelong               [12.0]  2.5:1.5  Noble Park      [12.0]
 5 Ranges                [11.0]  4.0:0.0  Croydon         [11.0]
 6 Melbourne University  [8.0]    .5:3.5  BHCC DarkHorse  [3.5] 

A Grade Cross Table 

No Name                MP     Total 1  2   3   4   5   6 

1. Elwood              (0.0)  0.0   *                    
2. Melbourne           (4.0)  10.0     *  1.0 3.5 1.5 4.0
3. Canterbury Juniors  (4.0)  8.5     3.0  *  1.5 2.5 1.5
4. BHCC Darkhorse      (2.0)  6.0     .5  2.5  *  1.5 1.5
5. Noble Park 1        (6.0)  9.5     2.5 1.5 2.5  *  3.0
6. Noble Park 2        (4.0)  6.0     0.0 2.5 2.5 1.0  * 

A Grade Final Placings 

1st Melbourne 
2nd Noble Park 1 
3rd Canterbury Juniors 
4th Noble Park 2 
5th BHCC Darkhorse

A Grade Results 

Round 1
 1 Canterbury Juniors   1.5:2.5  Noble Park 2
 2 BHCC Darkhorse        .5:3.5  Melbourne  
 3 Noble Park 1            :     Bye   

Round 2 
 1 BHCC Darkhorse   2.5:1.5  Canterbury Juniors 
 2 Melbourne           :     Bye         
 3 Noble Park 2     1.0:3.0  Noble Park 1       

Round 3       
 1 Noble Park 1   2.5:1.5  BHCC Darkhorse     
 2 Melbourne      1.0:3.0  Canterbury Juniors 
 3 Noble Park 2      :     BYE                
          
Round 4
 1 Noble Park 2         2.5:1.5  BHCC Darkhorse 
 2 Melbourne            1.5:2.5  Noble Park 1   
 3 Canterbury Juniors      :     BYE            

Round 5 
 1 Noble Park 2     0.0:4.0  Melbourne          
 2 Noble Park 1     1.5:2.5  Canterbury Juniors 
 3 BHCC Darkhorse      :     BYE                

B Grade Cross Table 

No Name                   MP   Total  1      2      3      4      5      6    

1  Canterbury Juniors 1   12   19.5   4:3.0  9:3.0  2:3.0  3:4.0 10:3.5  7:3.0
2  Hobsons Bay             9   16.5  12:4.0 11:3.5  1:1.0  5:3.0  3:2.0  8:3.0
3  Box Hill                8   13.5   5:2.0  6:3.0 11:4.0  1:0.0  2:2.0 10:2.5
4  Canterbury Juniors 2    5   12.5   1:1.0  8:1.5  9:2.5  7:2.0  5:1.5 11:4.0
5  Melbourne               7   12.5   3:2.0  7:2.0  8:3.0  2:1.0  4:2.5  6:2.0
6  Noble Park              4   12.0   9:1.5  3:1.0 12:2.0 11:4.0  7:1.5  5:2.0
7  Ballarat                7   12.0   8:2.5  5:2.0 10:2.0  4:2.0  6:2.5  1:1.0
8  Geelong                 6   12.0   7:1.5  4:2.5  5:1.0 12:3.5  9:2.5  2:1.0
9  Croydon                 4   11.0   6:2.5  1:1.0  4:1.5 10:1.0  8:1.5 12:3.5
10 Ranges                  5   11.0  11:0.0 12:4.0  7:2.0  9:3.0  1:.5   3:1.5
11 Melbourne University    4   8.0   10:4.0  2:.5   3:0.0  6:0.0 12:3.5  4:0.0
12 BHCC DarkHorse          1   3.5    2:0.0 10:0.0  6:2.0  8:.5  11:.5   9:.5 

B Grade Final Placings 

1st Canterbury Juniors 1 
2nd Hobsons Bay 
3rd Box Hill 
4th Melbourne 
5th Canterbury Juniors 2 
6th Ballarat 
7th Geelong 
8th Noble Park 
9th Ranges 
10th Croydon 
11th BHCC Darkhorse 
12th Melbourne University

B Grade Results 

Round 1 
 1 Canterbury Juniors 1  [0.0]  3.0:1.0  Canterbury Juniors 2  [0.0]
 2 Croydon               [0.0]  2.5:1.5  Noble Park            [0.0]
 3 Box Hill              [0.0]  2.0:2.0  Melbourne             [0.0]
 4 Ranges                [0.0]  0.0:4.0  Melbourne University  [0.0]
 5 Ballarat              [0.0]  2.5:1.5  Geelong               [0.0]
 6 BHCC DarkHorse        [0.0]  0.0:4.0  Hobsons Bay           [0.0]

Round 2 
 1 Melbourne University  [4.0]   .5:3.5  Hobsons Bay           [4.0]
 2 Croydon               [2.5]  1.0:3.0  Canterbury Juniors 1  [3.0]
 3 Melbourne             [2.0]  2.0:2.0  Ballarat              [2.5]
 4 Noble Park            [1.5]  1.0:3.0  Box Hill              [2.0]
 5 Geelong               [1.5]  2.5:1.5  Canterbury Juniors 2  [1.0]
 6 BHCC DarkHorse        [0.0]  0.0:4.0  Ranges                [0.0]

Round 3 
 1 Hobsons Bay           [7.5]  1.0:3.0  Canterbury Juniors 1  [6.0]
 2 Box Hill              [5.0]  4.0:0.0  Melbourne University  [4.5]
 3 Ballarat              [4.5]  2.0:2.0  Ranges                [4.0]
 4 Geelong               [4.0]  1.0:3.0  Melbourne             [4.0]
 5 Canterbury Juniors 2  [2.5]  2.5:1.5  Croydon               [3.5]
 6 Noble Park            [2.5]  2.0:2.0  BHCC DarkHorse        [0.0]

Round 4
 1 Canterbury Juniors 1  [9.0]  4.0:0.0  Box Hill     [9.0]
 2 Melbourne             [7.0]  1.0:3.0  Hobsons Bay  [8.5]
 3 Canterbury Juniors 2  [5.0]  2.0:2.0  Ballarat     [6.5]
 4 Ranges                [6.0]  3.0:1.0  Croydon      [5.0]
 5 BHCC DarkHorse        [2.0]   .5:3.5  Geelong      [5.0]
 6 Melbourne University  [4.5]  0.0:4.0  Noble Park   [4.5]

Round 5 
 1 Ranges                [9.0]    .5:3.5  Canterbury Juniors 1  [13.0]
 2 Hobsons Bay           [11.5]  2.0:2.0  Box Hill              [9.0] 
 3 Ballarat              [8.5]   2.5:1.5  Noble Park            [8.5] 
 4 Croydon               [6.0]   1.5:2.5  Geelong               [8.5] 
 5 Melbourne             [8.0]   2.5:1.5  Canterbury Juniors 2  [7.0] 
 6 Melbourne University  [4.5]   3.5:.5   BHCC DarkHorse        [2.5] 

Round 6 

 1 Canterbury Juniors 1  [16.5]  3.0:1.0  Ballarat              [11.0]
 2 Geelong               [11.0]  1.0:3.0  Hobsons Bay           [13.5]
 3 Box Hill              [11.0]  2.5:1.5  Ranges                [9.5] 
 4 Noble Park            [10.0]  2.0:2.0  Melbourne             [10.5]
 5 Canterbury Juniors 2  [8.5]   4.0:0.0  Melbourne University  [8.0] 
 6 BHCC DarkHorse        [3.0]    .5:3.5  Croydon               [7.5] 

A Grade Individual Results 


No Name                Rtg  Loc  Club               Total  1    2    3    4    5    6

1  Cheng, Bobby        2352 2362 Canterbury Juniors 4.5    9:D 15:W 20:W  0:  14:W 28:W
2  Chan, Michael       1861 1990 Canterbury Juniors 3.5   18:W  7:D 22:W  0:   3:L 16:W
3  Tan, Justin         2211 2219 Noble Park 1       3      0:  10:W  0:   4:D  2:W  5:D
4  Skiotis, Pano       2112 2103 Melbourne          2.5    0:   0:   0:   3:D  9:W 12:W
5  Urban, Sylvester    2103 2084 Melbourne          2.5    0:   0:  11:L 13:W 16:W  3:D
6  Jager, Jesse        2162 2228 Melbourne          2.5    7:D  0:   0:  14:L 28:W 14:W
7  Zelesco, Karl       2093 2156 BHCC Darkhorse     2.5    6:D  2:D  8:W  9:D  0:   0: 
8  Nemeth, John        2113 2135 Noble Park 1       2.5    0:  18:W  7:L  0:  27:D 29:W
9  Ly, Thai            2008 2030 Noble Park 2       2      1:D  0:   0:   7:D  4:L 11:W
10 Khaled, Omar        1977 1966 Noble Park 2       2     11:W  3:L  0:   0:   0:  27:W
11 Tang, Jason         2080 2132 Canterbury Juniors 2     10:L 25:L  5:W  0:  12:W  9:L
12 Stojic, Dusan       2316 2300 Noble Park 1       2      0:  19:L 31:W 21:W 11:L  4:L
13 Stojic, Svetozar    2016 1998 Noble Park 1       2      0:  26:W 30:W  5:L  0:   0: 
14 Dragicevic, Domagoj 2303 2307 Noble Park 1       1.5    0:   0:  15:D  6:W  1:L  6:L
15 Wallis, Christopher 2264 2322 BHCC Darkhorse     1.5   20:L  1:L 14:D 19:W  0:   0: 
16 Raine, Marcus       2003 1960 Noble Park 2       1      0:   0:   0:  30:W  5:L  2:L
17 Drew, Phillip       1949 1749 Melbourne          1      0:   0:   0:   0:  18:W  0: 
18 Mijatovic, Bosko    1959 1911 Noble Park 2       1      2:L  8:L  0:  23:W 17:L  0: 
19 Hacche, David J     2067 2081 Noble Park 2       1      0:  12:W  0:  15:L  0:   0: 
20 Morris, James       2327 2356 Melbourne          1     15:W  0:   1:L  0:   0:   0: 
21 Michaille, Laurent            Melbourne          1     23:W  0:   0:  12:L  0:   0: 
22 Beranjia, Elie           1775 Melbourne          1     32:W  0:   2:L  0:   0:   0: 
23 Chan, Kris          1650 1105 BHCC Darkhorse     1     21:L 27:W  0:  18:L  0:   0: 
24 Beaumont, David     2070 2045 Melbourne          1      0:   0:  27:W  0:   0:   0: 
25 Schon, Eugene       2169 2238 BHCC Darkhorse     1      0:  11:W  0:   0:   0:   0: 
26 Loh, Zachary        1872 1836 Noble Park 2       1     27:W 13:L  0:   0:   0:   0: 
27 Yu, Allen           1945 1850 Canterbury Juniors .5    26:L 23:L 24:L  0:   8:D 10:L
28 Milojevic, Miodrag  2032 2075 Noble Park 2       0      0:   0:   0:   0:   6:L  1:L
29 Lekkas, Frank       2039 2093 Melbourne          0      0:   0:   0:   0:   0:   8:L
30 Choi, Ian                1478 BHCC Darkhorse     0      0:   0:  13:L 16:L  0:   0: 
31 Lin, Zhigen Wilson  2146 2314 BHCC Darkhorse     0      0:   0:  12:L  0:   0:   0: 
32 Chan, Luis               845  BHCC Darkhorse     0     22:L  0:   0:   0:   0:   0: 

B Grade Individual Results 

No  Name                Rtg  Loc  Club                 Total   1     2    3    4    5    6    7  

1   Ying, Jimmy         1734 1546 Canterbury Juniors 1 5.5     9:W  59:W  6:W  0:  23:W  5:D 17:W
2   Hogg, Dean          2086 2032 Hobsons Bay          5.5    30:W  28:D 11:- 42:W  8:W  3:W 25:W
3   Sugrue, Michael          1891 Geelong              5      53:D  13:W 66:W 30:W 31:W  2:L 72:D
4   Stone, Ian          1916 1789 Melbourne            5       0:   98:W 20:W 36:W 13:W 86:W  8:L
5   Bailey, Robert           1476 Ballarat             4.5    55:L  97:W 47:W  9:W 32:W  1:D  0: 
6   Hogan, Steven            1625 Hobsons Bay          4.5    74:W  40:W  1:L 83:W 50:D 81:W 12:L
7   Perrin, Kevin J          1574 Ballarat             4.5    99:W  39:W 29:W 94:W 16:D 25:L  0: 
8   Liston, Howard           1836 Box Hill             4      66:L  92:W  0:W 11:L  2:L 21:W  4:W
9   Krstevski, Tristan  1532 1185 Canterbury Juniors 2 4       1:L   0:  52:W  5:L 82:W 87:W  0:W
10  Chew, Jason         1638 1394 Canterbury Juniors 2 4      14:W  55:D 18:L  0:  49:D 73:W  0:W
11  Dale, Ari           2061 1999 Canterbury Juniors 1 4      34:W  31:W  2:+  8:W  0:   0:   0: 
12  Li, Dmitry          1777 1422 Canterbury Juniors 1 3.5     0:   35:W  0:   0:  29:W 75:D  6:W
13  Fan, Enoch          1806 1682 Canterbury Juniors 2 3.5     0:    3:L 31:D 63:W  4:L 88:W  0:W
14  Puccini, Jack       1771 1653 Canterbury Juniors 1 3.5    10:L   0:  17:W 22:W 57:W  0:  27:D
15  Romete, Claude                Ranges               3.5    40:L   0:  67:W 31:D  0:  37:W 18:W
16  Kelsen, Paul                  Noble Park           3.5     0:   33:L 74:W  0:   7:D 83:W 81:W
17  Hibberd, Nathan     1806 1749 Hobsons Bay          3       0:  100:W 14:L 39:W  0:  41:W  1:L
18  Gibson, Kyle        1698 1798 Croydon              3      45:L  25:W 10:W  0:   0:  89:W 15:L
19  Martinez, Octavio   1888 1762 Box Hill             3      42:W  54:W  0:W 25:L  0:   0:  49:L
20  Anderson, Alistair  1935 1908 Geelong              3      63:L   0:   4:L  0:  59:W 36:W 58:W
21  Tan, Kim                      Ranges               3       0:   74:W  0:  59:D 25:D  8:L 31:W
22  Brown, Kevin M      1742 1732 Box Hill             3      39:L   0:   0:W 14:L 76:D 29:D 82:W
23  Widjaja, Abraham         1205 Ranges               3      28:L 101:W 68:W 95:W  1:L 33:L  0: 
24  Oswald, Franz       1664 1516 Noble Park           3      31:L   0:W 30:L  0:W 63:W  0:   0: 
25  Chew Lee, Max       1808 1784 Canterbury Juniors 1 2.5     0:   18:L 36:L 19:W 21:D  7:W  2:L
26  Chan, Luis               845  BHCC Darkhorse       2.5    36:L   0:   0:W 41:D 44:L  0:   0:W
27  Wolf, Peter         1928 1875 Hobsons Bay          2.5    46:W 102:W  0:   0:   0:   0:  14:D
28  Antolis, Cedric     1884 2236 Melbourne University 2.5    23:W   2:D  0:   0:  30:W  0:   0: 
29  Livic, Vinko             1633 Ranges               2.5    69:L  89:W  7:L  0:  12:L 22:D 84:W
30  Chan, Kris          1650 1105 BHCC Darkhorse       2       2:L   0:  24:W  3:L 28:L  0:   0:W
31  Birchall, Ian            1937 Croydon              2      24:W  11:L 13:D 15:D  3:L  0:  21:L
32  Stojic, Milan       1504 1217 Noble Park           2      35:L   0:  46:W  0:W  5:L  0:  38:L
33  Cook, Geoff L       1778 1620 Box Hill             2       0:   16:W  0:   0:   0:  23:W  0: 
34  Grabovac, Marko     1629      Canterbury Juniors 2 2      11:L  41:L 59:W  0:  65:L  0:   0:W
35  Kloprogge, Ion           1302 Croydon              2      32:W  12:L  0:   0:  81:W  0:  57:L
36  Davis, Tony J       1934 1887 Hobsons Bay          2      26:W   0:  25:W  4:L 64:L 20:L  0: 
37  D'Onofrio, Gus      1719 1676 Box Hill             2      97:W   0:   0:W  0:   0:  15:L  0: 
38  Schulz, Chris            1349 Geelong              2      67:L   0:  42:L 74:W  0:   0:  32:W
39  Tosevski, Tony           1577 Melbourne            2      22:W   7:L 78:W 17:L  0:  58:L  0: 
40  Gare, Saul                    Melbourne University 2      15:W   6:L  0:   0:  93:W  0:   0: 
41  Power, Paul              1579 Geelong              2      70:L  34:W  0:  26:D 51:D 17:L  0: 
42  Fazel, Amin              1830 Melbourne            2      19:L  63:W 38:W  2:L  0:   0:   0: 
43  Guo, Zhi Lin             1131 Canterbury Juniors 2 2      48:L   0:   0:  75:W  0:  90:W  0: 
44  Lai, Gene           1795 1596 Melbourne University 2      47:W   0:   0:   0:  26:W  0:   0: 
45  Espejo, Elvis       1640 1472 Noble Park           2      18:W   0:   0:   0:W  0:   0:   0: 
46  Loucas, Carl             763  BHCC Darkhorse       2      27:L  47:L 32:L 56:L 77:D 59:D 85:W
47  Van Scheepen, Frits      1148 Ranges               2      44:L  46:W  5:L 96:W  0:   0:   0: 
48  Dale, Finley        1610 1336 Canterbury Juniors 1 2      43:W   0:   0:  50:W  0:   0:   0: 
49  Chmiel, Rad         1825 1762 Melbourne            1.5     0:    0:   0:   0:  10:D  0:  19:W
50  Flude, David A      1783 1633 Box Hill             1.5     0:    0:   0:  48:L  6:D  0:  83:W
51  Yung, Jamie              1357 Croydon              1.5     0:    0:   0:   0:  41:D 74:W  0: 
52  Watson, Jean        1591 1404 Croydon              1.5    54:D   0:   9:L  0:   0:  91:W  0: 
53  Loveband, Rob            1770 Ballarat             1.5     3:D   0:   0:   0:  92:W  0:   0: 
54  Sy, Joseph          1653 1368 Noble Park           1.5    52:D  19:L  0:   0:W  0:   0:   0: 
55  Daneshvar, Reza          1567 Geelong              1.5     5:W  10:D  0:   0:   0:   0:   0: 
56  Stokie, William          1568 Geelong              1.5    79:D   0:   0:  46:W  0:   0:   0: 
57  Davies, Stephen P   1634 1524 Ranges               1       0:    0:   0:   0:  14:L  0:  35:W
58  Sucevic, Milic      1689 1470 Noble Park           1       0:    0:   0:   0:   0:  39:W 20:L
59  Yung, Cameron       1637 1364 Croydon              1       0:    1:L 34:L 21:D 20:L 46:D  0: 
60  Chew Lee, Alanna    1559 1056 Canterbury Juniors 1 1       0:    0:   0:   0:   0:  62:W  0: 
61  Voon, Richard       1904 1869 Melbourne            1       0:    0:   0:   0:   0:  92:W  0: 
62  Cameron, Jesse                Ballarat             1     103:W   0:   0:   0:   0:  60:L  0: 
63  Cook, Patrick       1677 1623 Ballarat             1      20:W  42:L  0:  13:L 24:L  0:   0: 
64  Sharman, Scot A     2000 1685 Box Hill             1       0:    0:   0:   0:  36:W  0:   0: 
65  Frayle, Ben         1549 1293 Melbourne            1       0:    0:   0:   0:  34:W  0:   0: 
66  Schmidt, Simon      1945 1951 Melbourne            1       8:W   0:   3:L  0:   0:   0:   0: 
67  Eldridge, James     1488 1424 Ballarat             1      38:W   0:  15:L  0:   0:   0:   0: 
68  Jacobs, Rodney M         1628 Ballarat             1     104:W   0:  23:L  0:   0:   0:   0: 
69  Baron, Michael      2352 2384 Melbourne University 1      29:W   0:   0:   0:   0:   0:   0: 
70  Oppenheim, Tom           1117 Ballarat             1      41:W   0:   0:   0:   0:   0:   0: 
71  Ni, John                 1344 Canterbury Juniors 2 1       0:  103:W  0:   0:   0:   0:   0: 
72  Dingfelder, Carl         1192 Noble Park           .5      0:    0:   0:   0:   0:   0:   3:D
73  Swartz, Hannibal              Melbourne University .5      0:    0:   0:   0:   0:  10:L 74:D
74  Middleton, Jody          627  BHCC Darkhorse       .5      6:L  21:L 16:L 38:L  0:  51:L 73:D
75  Watson, James            1379 Ballarat             .5      0:    0:   0:  43:L  0:  12:D  0: 
76  Salanowski, Mark         1544 Hobsons Bay          .5      0:    0:   0:   0:  22:D  0:   0: 
77  Nguyen, Nghia                 Melbourne University .5      0:    0:   0:   0:  46:D  0:   0: 
78  Kersten, Ben             1512 Geelong              .5     80:D   0:  39:L  0:   0:   0:   0: 
79  Symons, Steven           1796 Ballarat             .5     56:D   0:   0:   0:   0:   0:   0: 
80  Miitel, Peter J          1558 Ballarat             .5     78:D   0:   0:   0:   0:   0:   0: 
81  McClaren, Nicholas            Geelong              0       0:    0:   0:   0:  35:L  6:L 16:L
82  Fagundes, Victor              Melbourne            0       0:    0:   0:   0:   9:L  0:  22:L
83  Warren, Elizabeth        727  Melbourne            0       0:    0:   0:   6:L  0:  16:L 50:L
84  Scott, Steve             886  Croydon              0       0:    0:   0:   0:   0:   0:  29:L
85  Mchmeti, Dritan               Melbourne University 0       0:    0:   0:   0:   0:   0:  46:L
86  Sannidhanam, Anurag 1738 1702 Noble Park           0       0:    0:   0:   0:   0:   4:L  0: 
87  Jeffs, Mark                   Melbourne University 0       0:    0:   0:   0:   0:   9:L  0: 
88  Glahn, Michael                Melbourne University 0       0:    0:   0:   0:   0:  13:L  0: 
89  Cheah, Matthew           1458 BHCC Darkhorse       0       0:   29:L  0:   0:   0:  18:L  0: 
90  Swarup, Alakshendra           Melbourne University 0       0:    0:   0:   0:   0:  43:L  0: 
91  Yang, Ray                683  BHCC Darkhorse       0       0:    0:   0:   0:   0:  52:L  0: 
92  Tuglaci, Serif           1655 Noble Park           0       0:    8:L  0:   0:  53:L 61:L  0: 
93  Lin, Emily               516  BHCC Darkhorse       0       0:    0:   0:   0:  40:L  0:   0: 
94  Lin, Gary                     Canterbury Juniors 2 0       0:    0:   0:   7:L  0:   0:   0: 
95  Fleming, John M          1168 Croydon              0       0:    0:   0:  23:L  0:   0:   0: 
96  Yung, Pearl              907  Croydon              0       0:    0:   0:  47:L  0:   0:   0: 
97  Karumbi, Simon           1442 Melbourne            0      37:L   5:L  0:   0:   0:   0:   0: 
98  Van Riel, Bas       1909 1617 Ballarat             0       0:    4:L  0:   0:   0:   0:   0: 
99  Wemyss, Andrew M         1716 Geelong              0       7:L   0:   0:   0:   0:   0:   0: 
100 Harris, Anthony     1747 1495 Melbourne University 0       0:   17:L  0:   0:   0:   0:   0: 
101 Maligin, William         914  BHCC Darkhorse       0       0:   23:L  0:   0:   0:   0:   0: 
102 Anton, Sarah        1802 1704 Melbourne University 0       0:   27:L  0:   0:   0:   0:   0: 
103 Liu, Kelvin                   Geelong              0      62:L  71:L  0:   0:   0:   0:   0: 
104 Severin, Michael              Geelong              0      68:L   0:   0:   0:   0:   0:   0: 

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  1. Hi Kerry, just some ideas for future vic teams events. I've found trying to organise a team over a long period of time quite difficult. At the start everyone says they're available, but unforeseen things tend to come up. Also later in the year school exams, international competitions etc mean players become unavailable. Just some suggestions :
    1. short season of consecutive weeks on a set day at a set venue. Venue could rotate around "host" clubs.
    2. perhaps have small sections with a round robin - winner going through to a semi-final/final. That way clubs in close proximity to each other can have a local section.
    3. if you have shorter seasons of consecutive weeks early in the year, then perhaps you could have a second season later in the year.

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  2. Firstly, let me say that the efforts of the volunteer initiators and administrators of the competition are greatly appreciated. Thank you for giving up your time to organise it and keep us informed.

    However, a number of issues have occurred over the 3 years since the rebirth of the competition that have caused concern - communications, imposed rules, poorly communicated rule changes, team entry (are they in or out?) and competition structure. I suggest the following for future competitions:

    1. That a meeting of CV officials and interested club representatives occurs early in year to finalise the rules, entry conditions and set dates of that year's competition. This to be based on club feedback from the previous year.
    2. That the rules, entry conditions and set dates be communicated to clubs via email well before entries close for the competition. No entries should be accepted after the closing date.
    3. That the communication procedures be set before the competition. e.g. Captain/manager contact details provided to all captains/managers via email. That one website is specified as the official website for publication of rules, pairings and results. That any general communications to teams are published on the website.

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    4. The Swiss tournament for B-grade seemed to work well. However, the 'finals' round seemed pointless. Not sure if the finals idea for either division worked.

    5. The original idea of promotion and relegation doesn't appear to be working. Perhaps clubs should just provide their teams and team lists and then CV decides which teams should play in which division (perhaps based on average rating of top 4 players?). That way A-div could always have a 5, 6 or 7 round round robin, while B-div has a 7 round Swiss. If and when the tournament stabilises over the years with a large number of teams then a C-div might be re-considered.

    6. Limiting the number of registered players to 7 is pointless. Players should be able to be added as required. The conditions should be that they haven't played for another team and they meet the other rules of the competition(e.g. there could be a rating limit, such as any added player should have a rating less than 100 points more than the current top registered player}


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    1. Just one other thing regarding the B-div Swiss:

      7. There were problems this year because teams have to wait for the pairings to be published before organising their next game. This causes pressures if the matches are not arranged quickly and pairings for the next round are delayed. Perhaps pairings should be made by a certain date each month using provisional 2-2 results for unfinished matches, so that everybody is not held up by one or two matches.

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