2005 Vic Open News

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29.06.05 - Winning Game
 
The judge of the best game prize, GM Darryl Johansen, has declared Adrian Flitney the winner of the best game competition for his Round 3 game against IM Peter Froehlich. Congratulations Adrian.
There were 14 games submitted. 
Gerrit Hartland - tournament organiser
 










 

(99) Froehlich,P (2374) - Flitney,A (1954) [D40]
2005 Victorian Open Championship Box Hill (3.2), 12.06.2005
 

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.a3 a6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.b4 Bd6 10.Be2 0-0 11.0-0 Bc7 12.Bb2 Qd6 13.g3 Bh3 14.Re1 Rad8 15.b5 Ne5 16.Nxe5 Qxe5 17.Na4 Qf5 18.b6 Ne4 19.Bf3 Ng5 20.Be2 Qe4 21.f3 Qxe3+ 22.Kh1 Qf2 23.Rg1 Rde8 24.Qd4 Qxd4 25.Bxd4 Rxe2 26.Nc3 Rc2 27.bxc7 Nxf3 0-1

  

13.06.05 - GM Darryl Johansen wins the 2005 Vic Open!
=2nd IM Guy West
=2nd Milenko Lojanica

Full results to follow soon.

Play now enters the final day and it's getting pretty exciting. Can Domagoj beat the competitions only player to have won all his games thus far, GM Darryl Johansen? (He beat GM Ian Rogers last year.) Watch the live games to find out. Full results will be posted at the completion of each round on the results page.

11.06.05 - Without any fuss, the games have commenced on-time. Keep an eye on the results page for live games and results throughout the day.

31.05.05 - At the end of the early bird discount entry period there are 68 entrants with several titled players putting their rating on the line:
GM Darryl Johansen who won in 90, 94, and shared in 95 is confident of a good result 10 years on.
IM Guy West who won in 92, is making a welcome return to the tournament.
IM Peter Froehlich who shared first prize with IM David Smerdon last year, hoping to go one better.
WIM Narelle Szuveges who had a good tournament last year now with the confidence a women's international master title has given her expects to do well.

Although the discount entry fees are now finished there are still plenty of places left for you to join these and other well-known Victorian players

16.03.05 An Appeal for funds by Gerrit Hartland, tournament organiser

As commercial sponsorship remains a distant dream, the organisers have again launched an appeal for private donations for the Vic Open and the Vic Junior events combined. All donations will be acknowledged in the list below and we say thank you to those friends coming in so quickly.

Name Amount Paid
A lazy arbiter $200 pledged
Marieke Van Dijk $100 paid
Rowan Fell $100 Paid
Whitehorse Junior Chess $450 paid
CV auditor $300 pledged
Elliot Renzies $115 paid
Dark Knight Bookshop $500 pledged
Total as at 30.03.05 $1765  

The list below of place getters in the Vic. Opens from 1990 to 2004 has been compiled with the help of Bill Gletsos, Trevor Stanning and Ian Rout. Thanks to all.

Year Winner Number of participants
2004 IM Peter Froehlich and IM David Smerdon 6/7 97 players
2003  IM Stephen Solomon 7/7 66 players
2002 * Scott Wastney, Milenko Lojanica, Bill Jordan, and Paul Dozsa 5.5/7 62 players
2001 Mark Chapman 6/7 75 players
2000 * Igor Bjelobrk, Michael Baron, and  
IM Mark Chapman 5.5/7		 55 players
1999 * Wayne Guy and Mark Chapman 5.5/7 62 players
1998 IM Michael Gluzman 6/7 62 players
1997 * Erik Teichmann and Daniela Nutu-Gagic 5.5/7 54 players
1996 GM Darryl Johansen and Mark Chapman 6/7 67 players
1995 IM Darryl Johansen 6.5/7 70 players
1994 GM Stefan Duric 6.5/7 99 players
1993 IM Guy West 6/7 58 players
1992 Chris Depasquale 6/7 46 players
1991 IM Darryl Johansen 6/7 72 players
1990 IM Laszlo Hazai 6/7 68 players

*Indicates that first place was taken by a computer

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