The Gold Coast Chess Club hosted the 4th Annual Arianne Caoili Memorial Weekender over the weekend.
For the first time the tournament was spit into two divisions - Open and Minor.
The Open Division was held as a FIDE rated event and included two of Australia's famous Grandmasters, GM Zong-Yuan Zhao and GM David Smerdon who were the joint winners of the 2023 event.
The event took place at the prestigious Broadbeach Cultural Centre, a world-class venue located in the heart of the Gold Coast. Just steps away from The Star Casino and Pacific Fair Shopping Centre, many players took advantage of the prime location, enjoying visits to the nearby beach between rounds.
Thank you to all participants in the 2024 Arianne Caoili Memorial Event. Special thank you to all the titled players who joined the event in honour of WIM Arianne Caoili.
More information about the life of Arianne Caoili can be found here.
Open
Equal 1st GM Zong-Yuan Zhao and GM David C Smerdon 6/7 $1100 each
2nd Jaymarc Gutierrez 5/7 $700
Top Female WCM Ekaterina Gratchev 4/7 $300
Rating A U1800 Dimitri Zou and Micah Young 4.5/7 $125 each
Rating B U1500 Daniil Yelkhovsky 4/7 $150
Minor
Equal 1st Carlos Claros Cachaya and Austin Chen 5/6 $600 each
Equal 2nd Terrence Li, Hossein Ghodosi, Oleg Kitikov and Max Phillips 4.5/6 $75 each
Top Female Abigail Rowe 3.5/6 $300
Rating A U1400 and also Eq 2nd Overall Morgan Lawson and Joshua Le Cong 4.5/6 $100 each
Rating B U1000 Marlon Chen/Rayden Tiong/Jeremy Zhang 3.5/6 $67 each
Unrated Angelo Maynes 3.5/6 $200
Results
Open (Final Standings)
Minor (Standings )
Tournament games: https://livechess.aunz.net/2024-arianne-caoili-memorial/view-games/
Join us for our next Gold Coast Chess Club Inc. weekend event - Sat October 26th, Upper Coomera Centre, The Coomera Halloween Rapid - FIDE Rated Rapid Open Division and an U800 Junior Division - Best Costume Prizes too!
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