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. |
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 |
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 |
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: |