2010 WA Open

1st & 2nd and 8th & 9th of May 2010



This year’s WA Open was held at Legacy House – one of the last tournaments that we will be holding there. I was the DOP. The tournament was played in good spirit, though people taking half point byes and withdrawing during the tournament did cause some confusion.

There were 24 players, just one more than last year. Much like last year, most of the state’s top players were unable to compete, with only two players rated over 1900. Despite this, the tournament was an enjoyable and closely fought affair. However, with another ten players, it would have been much better.

Those two highest rated players did not help their chances by throwing points away: Stephanus Kurniawan lost to the mobile phone gambit (one of three people to do so during the tournament) and I forgot to make a move in an easily winning endgame. Of those who had their phone ring, Robert Leeson was the most unlucky as it was the turning OFF of his phone that made the ringing noise.

Despite this, no credit can be taken away from David Ellis who scored 6 points, with no losses, having played almost all of his main rivals. His victory was deservedly sealed with a win in the last round against Stephanus. The three equal second placegetters (Derek Elkington, Dave Dempster and Eddy Seah) would all be satisfied with their good results.

Each of the rating group winners (Gordon Dunlop, Alex Janceski, Behrouz Ghorbanian and George Carolin-Unkovich) had good results, though Alex is probably unhappy that he lost his last two games.

The Top Junior prize was a bit of a farce. There were only 3 juniors entered, George won a higher prize and both Ryan Sam and David Stebbins had to withdraw because of prior commitments.

The three WA Closed Championship qualifying places will be allocated in the following order: 1. David Ellis, 2. Derek Elkington, 3.Eddy Seah 4. Haydn Barber, 5.Gordon Dunlop. Dave Dempster is already qualified via the 2009 Qualifying tournament.

Report by Haydn Barber.


Prize Winners


  Open
  1st 	David Ellis                6/7	 
 =2nd 	Derek Elkington            5	 
	Dave Dempster              5	 
	Eddy Seah                  5	 

  U/1850
  1st 	Gordon Dunlop              4½	 
 =2nd 	Dennis Holland             4	 
	Walter Stassen             4	 

  U/1800
  1st 	Alex Janceski              4	 
  2nd 	Robin Shaw                 3½	 

  U/1650
  1st 	Behrouz Ghorbanian         4	 
 =2nd 	Girma Orssengo             3½	 
	Denis McMahon              3½	 
	Gary Donaldson             3½	 

  U/1300
  1st 	George Carolin-Unkovich    3	 
  2nd 	Bernard Laugery            2	 

  Best Junior
  1st 	Ryan Sam                   1/4	 


Final Standings


Place Name                      Loc  Score  M-Buch. Progr.  

 1     Ellis, David             1848 6        22.0   24.5
 2-4   Elkington, Derek         1846 5        22.0   22.5
       Dempster, Dave           1758 5        22.0   21.0
       Seah, Eddy               1785 5        19.0   19.5
 5-6   Barber, Haydn            2065 4.5      21.5   19.5
       Dunlop, Gordon           1814 4.5      20.5   19.0
 7-11  Janceski, Alex           1755 4        22.0   20.0
       Holland, Dennis          1843 4        20.0   16.5
       Kurniawan, Stephanus     2125 4        19.0   16.0
       Stassen, Walter          1800 4        18.5   16.0
       Ghorbanian, Behrouz      1492 4        17.0   15.0
 12-15 McMahon, Denis           1559 3.5      18.0   14.0
       Orssengo, Girma          1578 3.5      17.5   13.0
       Shaw, Robin              1696 3.5      17.0   12.0
       Donaldson, Gary          1452 3.5      16.5   15.0
 16-18 Carolin-Unkovich, George 1076 3        17.5   12.0
       Tomic, Nedeljko          1703 3        16.5   12.0
       Taylor, Paul             1438 3        13.0   11.5
 19-20 Cuellar, Chris           1614 2        19.0    8.5
       Laugery, Bernard         1173 2        14.0    7.5
 21-22 Leeson, Robert           1260 1.5      15.5    5.5
       Summerfield, John        1288 1.5      13.5    3.0
 23    Sam, Ryan                1659 1         7.5    4.0
 24    Stebbins, David               0         7.0    0.0


Cross Table


 No Name                     Loc  Total  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    

 1  Ellis, David             1848 6     13:W  4:W  6:W  2:D  5:D  7:W  9:W
 2  Elkington, Derek         1846 5     12:W 17:W  7:W  1:D  3:L  5:W  4:D
 3  Dempster, Dave           1758 5     21:W  5:D  9:W  6:D  2:W  4:L  7:W
 4  Seah, Eddy               1785 5     22:W  1:L 19:W 12:D 15:W  3:W  2:D
 5  Barber, Haydn            2065 4.5   19:W  3:D 10:W  8:D  1:D  2:L 13:W
 6  Dunlop, Gordon           1814 4.5   15:W  9:W  1:L  3:D  8:D 16:W 10:D
 7  Janceski, Alex           1755 4     20:W  8:W  2:L 11:W 10:W  1:L  3:L
 8  Holland, Dennis          1843 4     11:W  7:L 13:W  5:D  6:D  9:L 15:W
 9  Kurniawan, Stephanus     2125 4     23:W  6:L  3:L 19:W 14:W  8:W  1:L
 10 Stassen, Walter          1800 4     18:D 14:W  5:L 17:W  7:L 12:W  6:D
 11 Ghorbanian, Behrouz      1492 4      8:L 24:W 17:W  7:L 12:W 13:L 16:W
 12 McMahon, Denis           1559 3.5    2:L 21:W 14:W  4:D 11:L 10:L 19:W
 13 Orssengo, Girma          1578 3.5    1:L 20:W  8:L  0:D 22:W 11:W  5:L
 14 Shaw, Robin              1696 3.5   24:W 10:L 12:L  0:D  9:L 22:W 17:+
 15 Donaldson, Gary          1452 3.5    6:L 16:W 23:W 18:D  4:L 20:W  8:L
 16 Carolin-Unkovich, George 1076 3     17:L 15:L  0:W 23:W 18:W  6:L 11:L
 17 Tomic, Nedeljko          1703 3     16:W  2:L 11:L 10:L 21:W 18:W 14:-
 18 Taylor, Paul             1438 3     10:D 19:L 22:W 15:D 16:L 17:L 20:W
 19 Cuellar, Chris           1614 2      5:L 18:W  4:L  9:L  0:D  0:D 12:L
 20 Laugery, Bernard         1173 2      7:L 13:L 21:D 22:D 23:+ 15:L 18:L
 21 Leeson, Robert           1260 1.5    3:L 12:L 20:D  0:D 17:L  0:D 22:L
 22 Summerfield, John        1288 1.5    4:L 23:L 18:L 20:D 13:L 14:L 21:W
 23 Sam, Ryan                1659 1      9:L 22:W 15:L 16:L 20:-  0:   0: 
 24 Stebbins, David               0     14:L 11:L  0:   0:   0:   0:   0: