Tuesday, January 24, 2006

Queenstown Classic 2006

Our friend The Closet Grandmaster was reporting about this event in detail. He also played there and finally made 4 points. Good luck in the future events!

GM Murray Chandler of England won this prestigious tournament by scoring 8,5 points out of 10 rounds. Best placed NZD player was IM Igor Bjelobrk with 7,5 points.

1 comment:

Smith-Morra said...

FYI: Best placed NZD player and winner of the 2006 NZ Championship title was GM Murray Chandler, who is still a NZ citizen. FM (not IM) Igor Bjelobrk was 2nd placed NZ player, and scored an IM norm for his efforts. Bjelobrk, like Chandler, does not actually live in NZ. Bjelobrk was 4th= overall, along with about 8 others, including NZ players FM Lukey (gained an IM norm too), and IM Ker.