Scott Wastney

Scott Wastney
Scott Wastney receiving the NZ Chess Championship Silver Rook trophy in 2013
Country  New Zealand
Born 1970
New Zealand
Title FIDE Master
FIDE rating 2277 (Jan 2018)
Peak rating 2350 (Feb 2013)

Scott Wastney (born 1970, New Zealand) is a chess FIDE Master (FM).[1][2]

Chess career

Wastney has represented New Zealand in four Chess Olympiads between 1996 and 2002.[3] His best result was at the 34th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul 2000 when he scored 6/9, finishing in 10th place on the 2nd reserve board.[3]

Wastney won the New Zealand Chess Championship in Waitakere City 2000/01 and in Wellington 2013.[4]

Wastney scored 5.5/9, finishing 5th, in the Oceania Zonal Chess Championship on the Gold Coast, Queensland in 2001, and was awarded the FIDE Master (FM) title for his result.[5][6]

Notable games

References

  1. ↑ Scott Wastney FIDE player profile, www.fide.com
  2. ↑ Scott Wastney player profile, www.chessgames.com
  3. 1 2 Scott Wastney Chess Olympiad statistics, www.olimpbase.org
  4. ↑ The New Zealand Championships: A Brief History by Peter Stuart
  5. ↑ The Week in Chess 338, 30 April 2001 Archived 7 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Mark Crowther
  6. ↑ ACF Bulletin No. 114 – 29 April 2001 Australian Chess Federation
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