Scott Wastney

Scott Wastney

Wastney receiving the NZ Chess Championship Silver Rook trophy in 2013
Personal information
Born	(1970-11-17) 17 November 1970 (age 54) New Zealand
Chess career
Country	New Zealand
Title	FIDE Master (2001)
FIDE   rating	2304 (May 2021)
Peak rating	2370 (April 2016)

Scott Wastney (born 1970) is a New Zealand chess player who holds the title of 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, in Wellington 2013 and in 2017. ^[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

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

References

1. Scott Wastney FIDE player profile, www.fide.com
2. Scott Wastney player profile, www.chessgames.com
3. 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 Archived 21 April 2013 at the Wayback Machine Australian Chess Federation

External links

• Scott Wastney rating card at FIDE