Kevin Bonham is the 2022 Tasmanian Open Champion. Wining the tournament with a score of six out of six. However, the picket fence included a forfeit win. The wild weather in the Northwest over the Queen’s Birthday weekend meant that Reg Harvey was unable to face Kevin in round two.
Kevin posted on ChessChat…
“Thanks for the congrats all. The 13th time I've won the Open but the first picket fence (albeit with an asterisk for a win on forfeit); I also got one in the Tas Champs 2002 and have had a few in club events and other weekenders. I missed one in the 2020 Open when I blew a won ending on move 81 in the final round. I also had a shot at one in the final game in the 2006 Open but made no effort to win with black.
Picket fences in the Open: Darryl Johansen (1985), Graham Lee (1987), Pavel Sakov (1998), Michael Hornung (2000), Phil Donnelly (2013), Kevin Bonham (2022, including one forfeit)”
Prizes
1st Kevin Bonham
2nd Wynand Pretorius
3rd Fabian Ivanovic
Best Junior Will Rumley
U1650 Zach Lim
U1500 Addison Djatschenko
An exciting game from round 4…
PGN Viewer from Chess Tempo
34.Rh8 wins eg
34.Rh8 g3 35.Rxh7+ Kg4 36.Be3 Kf5 37.Rg7 Ke5 38.Bxa7+ Kf5 39.Bg6+ Kf4 40.Bb8+ Kf3 41.Be4+ ] 34...h5 35.Rh7 Rc5 36.Bd6 Rb5 37.Bb4 g3 38.Rd1Now black is winning
38...Qf3 39.Rd4+ Kh3 40.Ka2 g2 41.Rg7 Rg5 42.Be6+ Kg3 43.Be1+ Kh2and black won
Pos NAME Rtg Perf T Fed Pts | 1 2 3 4 5 6 | Buc1 BucT
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1 Bonham,Kevin 2014 N/A TAS 6.0 | +B13 +F26 +W5 +B7 +B8 +W6 | 18.0 21.0
2 Pretorius,Wynand-Jack 0 1963 TAS 5.0 | +B16 =W14 =B10 +W4 +B9 +B7 | 17.5 20.5
3 Ivancic,Fabian 1940 1809 SA 4.5 | =W12 +B21 +B4 -W8 +B13 +W10 | 17.5 20.0
4 Lim,Zacharias 1640 1895 TAS 4.0 | +W29 +B11 -W3 -B2 +W21 +B8 | 19.0 20.0
5 Saint,Graham D 1761 1719 NSW 4.0 | +B17 +W15 -B1 -W9 +B16 +W14 | 18.0 20.5
6 Broad,Braydon 0 1642 TAS 4.0 | +B27 -W9 +B17 +W18 +B15 -B1 | 17.5 18.5
7 Kuzmic,Dylan 1740 1832 TAS 3.5 | +W25 +B19 +B9 -W1 =B10 -W2 | 20.5 22.5
8 Rumley,William 1734 1782 TAS 3.5 | +B23 =W10 +B14 +B3 -W1 -W4 | 20.5 22.5
9 McMahon,Denis 1823 1802 TAS 3.5 | +W22 +B6 -W7 +B5 -W2 =B11 | 20.0 21.5
10 Duboudin,Christian 0 1768 TAS 3.5 | +W21 =B8 =W2 +B22 =W7 -B3 | 19.0 20.5
11 Rout,Ian C 1900 1579 TAS 3.5 | +B18 -W4 +B16 =W13 =B14 =W9 | 16.5 19.5
12 Powell-Davies,Thomas 1504 1365 TAS 3.5 | =B3 -W13 -B23 +W17 +B24 +W18 | 15.5 17.5
13 Keerthiratne,Himash 1538 1697 TAS 3.0 | -W1 +B12 +W25 =B11 -W3 =B19 | 20.0 22.0
14 Cohen,Scott 1539 1710 TAS 3.0 | +W20 =B2 -W8 +B19 =W11 -B5 | 19.0 21.5
15 Hann,Thomas 0 1367 TAS 3.0 | +BYE -B5 =W19 +B25 -W6 =B21 | 16.0 18.0
16 Djatschenko,Addison 1230 N/A TAS 3.0 | -W2 +B29 -W11 +B24 -W5 +B27 | 15.5 16.5
17 Herve-Mignucci,Calliste 0 1288 TAS 3.0 | -W5 +B20 -W6 -B12 +W27 +B22 | 15.5 16.5
18 Morris,Gary 0 1216 TAS 3.0 | -W11 +B24 +W28 -B6 +W22 -B12 | 14.5 15.0
19 Kruup,Andrew 1572 1360 TAS 3.0 | +B28 -W7 =B15 -W14 +B23 =W13 | 14.0 14.5
20 Yu,Shuyang 0 1063 TAS 3.0 | -B14 -W17 +BYE -B21 +W25 +W23 | 12.5 14.0
21 Amarasekara,Udani 1367 1325 TAS 2.5 | -B10 -W3 +B27 +W20 -B4 =W15 | 17.0 18.0
22 Prieto,Esteban 0 1032 TAS 2.0 | -B9 +W23 +F26 -W10 -B18 -W17 | 15.5 17.5
23 Cowley,Caroline 0 1010 TAS 2.0 | -W8 -B22 +W12 +B28 -W19 -B20 | 14.0 14.5
24 Oud,Jonty 0 N/A TAS 2.0 | -B26 -W18 +B29 -W16 -W12 +B28 | 14.0 14.5
25 Foster,Eric 0 N/A TAS 2.0 | -B7 +W27 -B13 -W15 -B20 +W29 | 12.5 13.5
26 Harvey,Reg (W) 1664 N/A TAS 1.0 | +W24 -F1 -F22 -- -- -- | 15.0 17.0
27 Oomen,Kavya 0 N/A TAS 1.0 | -W6 -B25 -W21 +W29 -B17 -W16 | 14.5 15.5
28 Shenoy,Amartya 0 N/A TAS 1.0 | -W19 +BYE -B18 -W23 -B29 -W24 | 12.0 13.0
29 Oommen,Vaidehi 0 N/A TAS 1.0 | -B4 -W16 -W24 -B27 +W28 -B25 | 12.0 12.5