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

[Event "Tasmanian Open 2022"]
[Site "Somerset"]
[Date "2022.06.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivancic, Fabian"]
[Black "Rumley, William"]
[Result "0-1"]  
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Qd2 Bd7 8.0-0-0 Rc8 9.Nxc6 Bxc6 10.Bd4 Bh6 11.f4 Nf6 12.g4 e5 13.g5 Nxe4 14.Nxe4 Bxe4 15.Bb5+ Kf8 16.Bxe5 Rxc2+ 17.Qxc2 Bxc2 18.Bxd6+ Kg8 19.Kxc2 Bxg5 20.fxg5 Qxg5 21.Bc4 Kg7 22.Kb1 Rc8 23.Bb3 Qf5+ 24.Ka1 f6 25.Rhe1 Qg5 26.Bb4 Rc7 27.a3 Qg2 28.Rd8 g5 29.Rg8+ Kh6 30.h4 g4 31.Bd6 Rc6 32.Bf4+ Kh5 33.Bf7+ Kxh4 34.Rg7 ( { 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.Rd1 { Now black is winning } 38...Qf3 39.Rd4+ Kh3 40.Ka2 g2 41.Rg7 Rg5 42.Be6+ Kg3 43.Be1+ Kh2 { and 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