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Shaun Press

Number of games in database: 108
Years covered: 1983 to 2019
Last FIDE rating: 1932 (1952 rapid, 1924 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2098
Overall record: +33 -38 =37 (47.7%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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B06 Robatsch (3 games)
D00 Queen's Pawn Game (3 games)
C02 French, Advance (3 games)
B33 Sicilian (2 games)
C43 Petrov, Modern Attack (2 games)

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   🏆 World Cup
   Ding Liren vs S Press (Sep-11-19) 1-0
   S Press vs Ding Liren (Sep-10-19) 0-1
   Felix Lacno vs S Press (Mar-??-19) 0-1
   S Press vs Abdulrahman A Masrahi (Oct-05-18) 0-1
   J Dempsey vs S Press (Oct-04-18) 1/2-1/2

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SHAUN PRESS
(born Oct-09-1966, 58 years old) Papua New Guinea (federation/nationality Australia)

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A FIDE Master, International Arbiter and FIDE Trainer, Press has represented Papua New Guinea in eight Olympiads, including seven consecutive events from 2000 to 2012.

http://chessexpress.blogspot.com

Wikipedia article: Shaun Press

Last updated: 2021-12-25 10:57:33

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 page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 108  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. S Press vs Gary Wilson  1-0631983ACT-jr chC60 Ruy Lopez
2. Z S Ilic vs S Press ½-½321984SimulD23 Queen's Gambit Accepted
3. S Press vs F W Vander Wal  0-1271987Orange RSL Club weekenderD00 Queen's Pawn Game
4. M Grcic vs S Press  1-0371988Belconnen MastersC55 Two Knights Defense
5. S Press vs Stan Cohen 1-0291988Doeberl CupB23 Sicilian, Closed
6. L S Fell vs S Press 1-0371989Sydney University opC56 Two Knights
7. P Connell vs S Press 0-1381994Belconnen Spring CupC40 King's Knight Opening
8. M Ninchich vs S Press  0-1291994Belconnen Club Ch.C57 Two Knights
9. S Press vs Ramakrishna  1-0331995Superleague IIC33 King's Gambit Accepted
10. S Press vs A Bagheri  0-1442000Istanbul OlympiadB16 Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation
11. M Merritt vs S Press  1-0322000Istanbul OlympiadA16 English
12. S Press vs H Neumann  ½-½422000Istanbul OlympiadB33 Sicilian
13. S Press vs J M Santa Torres  0-1452000Istanbul OlympiadB43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3
14. D Chinasamy vs S Press  0-1812000Istanbul OlympiadC84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
15. S Press vs M Simmons ½-½422002Bled OlympiadB12 Caro-Kann Defense
16. S Press vs A Miranda  ½-½352002Bled OlympiadB23 Sicilian, Closed
17. R Ngarambe vs S Press  0-1292002Bled OlympiadD94 Grunfeld
18. S Press vs G Oliver  1-0192003Club matchC11 French
19. S Press vs A Abolianin  0-1252004Calvia OlympiadA40 Queen's Pawn Game
20. D Gajadin vs S Press 0-1342004Calvia OlympiadC57 Two Knights
21. S Press vs R A Juarez Flores  ½-½562004Calvia OlympiadB06 Robatsch
22. D Malla vs S Press  0-1312004Calvia OlympiadC89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall
23. S Press vs J Mukabi  ½-½332004Calvia OlympiadD06 Queen's Gambit Declined
24. A Borg vs S Press  1-0362004Calvia OlympiadE76 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack
25. S Press vs M Merritt  0-1472004Calvia OlympiadB32 Sicilian
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Kibitzer's Corner
Oct-09-08  wordfunph: Two players, Shaun Press of Papua New Guinea and Bobby Miller of Bermuda, refused, for various reasons, to submit urine samples for analysis. Both players appeared before a FIDE disciplinary panel, which decided to cancel the players' performances Press had scored 7.5 over 14 games, while Miller had scored 3.5 points over 9 games), reducing the final score of Papua New Guinea to 15.5 (from 23.0) and that of Bermuda to 18.5 (from 22.0).
Oct-10-08  gazzawhite: Ah, that was for the 2004 Chess Olympiad, right?
Dec-06-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  GrahamClayton: <gazzawhite>Ah, that was for the 2004 Chess Olympiad, right?

Gazzawhite,
Yes, the 36th Olympiad in Calvia.

Aug-20-10  twinlark:

His opponent in this game that was played at the Calvia Olympiad, D Gajadin vs S Press, 2004, was on the panel and cast the deciding vote to cancel all Shaun's games from the Olympiad.

As <FSR> mentioned: <Evidently the concept of "conflict of interest" is unknown to Dr. Gajadin.>

Apr-04-12  wordfunph: Shaun Press' chessexpress..

http://chessexpress.blogspot.com/

Apr-28-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  OhioChessFan: Hmmmmmmmmmm
Sep-30-19  cro777: Shaun Press finished second in the Oceania zonal tournament 2019 in Guam and qualified for the FIDE World Cup 2019. In Round 1 of the World Cup he was eliminated by Ding Liren.

Shaun Press: "While I wasn't entirely happy with how I played (especially in Game 2), it was certainly an experience I never imagined I would have. Entering the 2019 Oceania Zonal wasn't about qualifying for the World Cup, or even earning titles, but simply to support the organisers in Guam, who made a huge effort to hold the tournament in a pretty remote location.

While playing Olympiad chess for the last 20 years is something I find constantly amazing, playing here was on another level entirely. Even now that I have finished I still feel like a fish out of water, especially as I know this will never happen again."

Shaun Press is a software developer and roboticist, chess FIDE master and correspondence chess player, president of the Correspondence Chess League of Australia (CCLA) and international chess arbiter.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipe...

Sep-30-19
Premium Chessgames Member
  Check It Out: I wonder, what were the "various reasons" for refusing to submit a urine sample at the 2004 World Cup?
Sep-30-19  cro777: At the Calvia Chess Olympiad (2004), when the doctor asked Shaun Press to submit to the doping control, he asked to the doctor if there was any evidence that he had used forbidden substances. When the doctor said no, he refused because he can not be obliged to produce evidence against himself.

According to Shaun, he did not know the possible sanctions at that moment. If he would have known the regulations, he first would have discussed the regulations with his teammates.

https://www.doping.nl/media/kb/2655...

Sep-30-19
Premium Chessgames Member
  Check It Out: <cro777> Thank you, you are helpful as always.

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