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The 2012 WA Open was played at the Moresby Street Centre in Kensington on the 10/11 & 17/18 of March.
It was disappointing to see only 20 players turn out for this event, at Moresby Street. We were also missing a few of WA's stronger players. However, those that made the effort seemed to enjoy themselves, and it only intensified the battle for qualifying places for the WA Closed Championship. The tournament was well-contested throughout. Even though Akef Saleh was always in the lead (and always seemed likely to win) other places often changed hands. Dennis Holland produced a stream of solid results, but 4 draws held him back. Thomas Pinnock had another good result but could not overcome Akef in round 5. Natalie Maris and George Carolin-Unkovich made charges for the title but both faltered in the last round. Even so, both put in very good performances, and Natalie retained the WA Women's Championship, though it would have been nice to see her have some opposition to overcome. I would like to mention the performance of one of my young students: Ignatius Yap. He had something of a breakthrough result, with 4 draws from 5 games played, and was even complaining about not having enough time on the clock! The qualifying places for the WA Closed are as follows: 1. Akef Saleh 2.Dennis Holland 3.Thomas Pinnock 1st Reserve: David Ellis 2nd Reserve: George Carolin-Unkovich Report by Haydn Barber. |
WA Open Champion AKEF SALEH WA Women's Champion NATALIE MARIS Open 1st Akef Saleh 6 =2nd Dennis Holland 5 =2nd Thomas Pinnock 5 U/1900 1st Natalie Maris 4.5 U/1750 1st George Carolin-Unkovich 4.5 U/1400 + Unrated 1st Jose Madriaga 3.5 Best Junior 1st Ignatius Yap 2.5 |
Place Name Loc Club Score M-Buch. Progr.
1 Saleh, Akef 1991 6 21.0 25.0
2-3 Holland, Dennis 1931 5 21.0 20.5
Pinnock, Thomas 1806 Junior 5 19.5 20.5
4-6 Ellis, David 1988 4.5 23.0 20.0
Carolin-Unkovich, George 1636 Junior 4.5 20.0 19.0
Maris, Natalie 1815 4.5 19.0 19.0
7-8 Dempster, Dave 2027 4 21.5 18.0
Aquilina, Joe 1816 4 18.0 15.0
10 Madriaga, Jose 3.5 18.0 13.5
Donaldson, Gary 1454 3.5 14.5 12.0
11-15 Maris, Rob 1992 3 20.0 17.0
Dunlop, Gordon 1874 3 18.0 11.5
Szabo, Tamas 1331 3 16.0 11.0
Tomic, Nedeljko 1771 3 14.5 9.0
Orssengo, Girma 1707 3 13.0 9.0
16-18 France, George 2.5 17.0 5.5
Ottschoffski, Eddie 1449 2.5 15.5 12.5
Yap, Ignatius 1041 Junior 2.5 14.5 9.5
19 Shaw, Shane 1219 2 16.5 7.0
20 Maris, Fred 1658 1.5 15.5 7.5
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No Name Loc Club 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1. Dempster, Dave 2027 10:W 8:D 3:L 15:W 7:W 5:D 9:L 2. Maris, Rob 1992 11:W 5:D 6:W :D 13:L 9:L 7:L 3. Saleh, Akef 1991 12:W 20:W 1:W 4:D 9:W 13:D 8:W 4. Ellis, David 1988 13:W 7:W 9:D 3:D 5:D 8:L 6:W 5. Holland, Dennis 1931 14:W 2:D 8:W 9:D 4:D 1:D 13:W 6. Dunlop, Gordon 1874 :D :D 2:L 8:L 18:W 14:W 4:L 7. Aquilina, Joe 1816 16:W 4:L 14:W 13:L 1:L 11:W 2:W 8. Maris, Natalie 1815 17:W 1:D 5:L 6:W 16:W 4:W 3:L 9. Pinnock, Thomas 1806 Junior 19:W 10:W 4:D 5:D 3:L 2:W 1:W 10. Tomic, Nedeljko 1771 1:L 9:L 17:L 19:W 15:W 16:W 20:L 11. Orssengo, Girma 1707 2:L 16:L 19:W 20:L 17:W 7:L 12:W 12. Maris, Fred 1658 3:L 15:D 18:D :D 14:L 19:L 11:L 13. Carolin-Unkovich, George 1636 Junior 4:L 19:W 20:W 7:W 2:W 3:D 5:L 14. Donaldson, Gary 1454 5:L 17:W 7:L 18:D 12:W 6:L 15:W 15. Ottschoffski, Eddie 1449 :D 12:D 16:W 1:L 10:L 18:D 14:L 16. Szabo, Tamas 1331 7:L 11:W 15:L 17:W 8:L 10:L :W 17. Shaw, Shane 1219 8:L 14:L 10:W 16:L 11:L :W :L 18. Yap, Ignatius 1041 Junior :D :L 12:D 14:D 6:L 15:D 19:D 19. France, George 9:L 13:L 11:L 10:L :W 12:W 18:D 20. Madriaga, Jose :W 3:L 13:L 11:W :D :L 10:W |