The 2009 WA Lightning Championship was held at Legacy House last Sunday, September 20th. There was a very good turnout, both in terms of total numbers (26) and in terms of playing strength (8 players over 2000). The really pleasing aspect of this was the re-appearance of a number of old friends that we rarely see these days, including Bozidar Mandic, Boyd McCamon, Michael Wilkins, Eugene Knovalov and Mike Partis. I will not say much about the actual Chess, except to say that it was an exceptional result by Tristan Boyd to achieve 10.5/11 in such a strong field. Stephanus Kurniawan also played very well, losing just one game to Mike Partis. These two were comfortably ahead of the rest at the finish. On the list of prizewinners below, it should be noted that Bozidar Mandic and Yita Choong came equal 3rd, and were only listed separately for convenience. The pre-tournament discussion on the rules that were going to apply was wide-ranging and animated but it seemed to do the trick � there were few disputes, for which I was very grateful. It seems that Lightning and Allegro tournaments are more attractive to our members than regular tournament Chess, so we will make an attempt to introduce more of them into our calendar, next year. Anyone who has any ideas along these lines, please get in touch with me. Report by Haydn Barber. |
1st: Tristan Boyd 10.5, 2nd : Stephanus Kurniawan 9.5, 3rd :Bozidar Mandic 8. U-2000: Yita Choong 8. =U-1750: Andrzej Patron 5.5, Guy Booth 5.5, Chris Cuellar 5.5, Nedeljko Tomic 5.5. =U-1500: Alex DeHeer 5.5, Gary Donaldson 5.5. Junior U-1500:George Carolin-Unkovich 3. |
Place Name Loc Score M-Buch. Progr. 1 Boyd, Tristan 2259 10.5 58.5 62.5 2 Kurniawan, Stephanus 2120 9.5 59.0 58.5 3-4 Choong, Yita 1939 8 60.0 48.0 Mandic, Bozidar 2303 8 60.0 46.0 5-7 Partis, Mike 2019 6.5 60.5 42.0 McCamon, Boyd 2122 6.5 60.0 43.5 Donaldson, Tom 1980 6.5 58.5 42.0 8-11 Holland, Dennis 1830 6 57.5 39.0 Wilkins, Michael 2062 6 56.0 37.0 Konovalov, Eugene 2033 6 52.5 34.5 Gilmetdinov, Edik 1770 6 45.5 34.5 12-18 Patron, Andrzej 1637 5.5 56.5 37.0 Booth, Guy 1599 5.5 46.0 31.5 Cuellar, Chris 1622 5.5 45.5 32.5 Donaldson, Gary 1418 5.5 41.5 31.0 DeHeer, Alex 1498 5.5 41.0 31.5 Tomic, Nedeljko 1733 5.5 41.0 26.0 Dunlop, Gordon 1791 5.5 39.0 28.0 19-21 Hare, Tim 2025 5 52.0 35.0 Shaw, Robin 1693 5 44.5 26.0 McMahon, Denis 1499 5 39.5 27.0 22 Elkington, Derek 1755 3.5 51.5 25.0 23 Carolin-Unkovich, George 1033 3 45.0 17.0 24 Duke, Matthew 2 44.5 14.0 25 Mehryar, Zarnaz 1.5 42.5 9.0 26 Laugery, Bernard 1205 0 40.5 0.0 |
No Name Loc Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1. Mandic, Bozidar 2303 8 14:W 7:W 4:L 13:W 10:W 2:L 8:L 11:W 9:W 3:W 5:W 2. Boyd, Tristan 2259 10.5 15:W 9:W 5:W 10:W 4:D 1:W 11:W 3:W 8:W 7:W 17:W 3. McCamon, Boyd 2122 6.5 16:W 10:L 6:W 14:W 11:W 4:L 5:W 2:L 20:W 1:L 8:D 4. Kurniawan, Stephanus 2120 9.5 17:W 11:W 1:W 5:W 2:D 3:W 9:W 8:L 10:W 6:W 18:W 5. Wilkins, Michael 2062 6 18:W 12:W 2:L 4:L 14:W 11:L 3:L 24:W 7:W 8:W 1:L 6. Konovalov, Eugene 2033 6 19:D 13:W 3:L 8:D 9:L 16:W 22:W 7:L 17:W 4:L 21:W 7. Hare, Tim 2025 5 20:W 1:L 14:L 24:W 18:W 9:L 19:W 6:W 5:L 2:L 13:L 8. Partis, Mike 2019 6.5 21:D 19:W 10:L 6:D 22:W 17:W 1:W 4:W 2:L 5:L 3:D 9. Donaldson, Tom 1980 6.5 22:W 2:L 16:W 17:D 6:W 7:W 4:L 18:W 1:L 10:L 19:W 10. Choong, Yita 1939 8 23:W 3:W 8:W 2:L 1:L 13:W 15:W 17:W 4:L 9:W 11:W 11. Holland, Dennis 1830 6 24:W 4:L 18:W 22:W 3:L 5:W 2:L 1:L 14:W 16:W 10:L 12. Dunlop, Gordon 1791 5.5 25:W 5:L 17:L 19:L 20:L 26:W 16:W 22:D 23:W 15:L 14:W 13. Gilmetdinov, Edik 1770 6 26:W 6:L 20:W 1:L 16:W 10:L 17:L 25:W 18:D 14:D 7:W 14. Elkington, Derek 1755 3.5 1:L 21:W 7:W 3:L 5:L 18:L 23:W 19:L 11:L 13:D 12:L 15. Tomic, Nedeljko 1733 5.5 2:L 22:L 19:L 23:W 25:W 20:W 10:L 26:D 16:L 12:W 24:W 16. Shaw, Robin 1693 5 3:L 23:W 9:L 25:W 13:L 6:L 12:L 21:W 15:W 11:L 26:W 17. Patron, Andrzej 1637 5.5 4:L 24:W 12:W 9:D 19:W 8:L 13:W 10:L 6:L 25:W 2:L 18. Cuellar, Chris 1622 5.5 5:L 25:W 11:L 20:W 7:L 14:W 21:W 9:L 13:D 23:W 4:L 19. Booth, Guy 1599 5.5 6:D 8:L 15:W 12:W 17:L 21:L 7:L 14:W 24:W 26:W 9:L 20. McMahon, Denis 1499 5 7:L 26:W 13:L 18:L 12:W 15:L 24:W 23:W 3:L 21:L 25:W 21. DeHeer, Alex 1498 5.5 8:D 14:L 22:L 26:W 24:W 19:W 18:L 16:L 25:W 20:W 6:L 22. Donaldson, Gary 1418 5.5 9:L 15:W 21:W 11:L 8:L 25:W 6:L 12:D 26:W 24:L 23:W 23. Laugery, Bernard 1205 0 10:L 16:L 25:L 15:L 26:L 24:L 14:L 20:L 12:L 18:L 22:L 24. Carolin-Unkovich, George 1033 3 11:L 17:L 26:W 7:L 21:L 23:W 20:L 5:L 19:L 22:W 15:L 25. Duke, Matthew 2 12:L 18:L 23:W 16:L 15:L 22:L 26:W 13:L 21:L 17:L 20:L 26. Mehryar, Zarnaz 1.5 13:L 20:L 24:L 21:L 23:W 12:L 25:L 15:D 22:L 19:L 16:L |