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Country
  
New Zealand

Peak rating
  
2350

FIDE rating
  
2340

Name
  
Scott Wastney

Title
  
FIDE Master


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

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Chess career

Wastney has represented New Zealand in four Chess Olympiads between 1996 and 2002. 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.

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

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.

Notable games

  • Paul Garbett vs Scott Wastney, 109th NZ Championship, Christchurch (2001/02), Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation, (D91), 0-1

    • References

    Scott Wastney Wikipedia
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