2012 Kingsley Open


The first Grand Prix event for 2012 - the Kingsley Open (6 rounds) was played over the weekend on 18th & 19th of February at the Moresby Street Centre in Kensington.

Though the turnout of 16 was disappointing, we did have a few new faces, which is always a good thing.

Tristan Boyd was playing in his first tournament for some time but, if he was worried about being rusty, it did not show in the results. Tristan played seeds 2 through 6, plus George Carolin-Unkovich, and only conceded one draw � to David Ellis, in the last round.

Marc Vlietstra kept Tristan honest, winning every game apart from his Round 4 loss to the eventual winner.

Two of our new faces, Jose Madriaga and George France, won rating prizes and hopefully we will see them again, in future tournaments.

I would like to thank Gordon Dunlop, for taking over the DOP duties for a few hours on Saturday afternoon, so that I could return home and look after my Junior Club. Fortunately, there was not much for me to do in this tournament, as I slept most of Sunday.

Report by Haydn Barber.


Prize Winners


  Open
  1st	Tristan Boyd			5.5  
  2nd  	Marc Vlietstra			5
 =3rd	David Ellis			4
	Akef Saleh			4

  U/1900
  1st 	Jose Madriaga			4

  U/1600
 =1st 	Aleksa Petranovic		2.5
	George France			2.5

  Best Junior
  1st 	George Carolin-Unkovich	        2.5


Final Standings


 Place Name                           Loc  Club   Score  

 1     Boyd, Tristan                  2349        5.5  
 2     Vlietstra, Marc                2030        5    
 3-5   Ellis, David                   1951        4    
       Madriaga, Jose                             4    
       Saleh, Akef                    1960        4    
 6     Dempster, Dave                 1989        3.5  
 7-8   Dunlop, Gordon                 1842        3    
       Tomic, Nedeljko                1757        3    
 9-12  Colic, Igor                    1620        2.5  
       Carolin-Unkovich, George       1603 Junior 2.5  
       Petranovic, Aleksa             1402        2.5  
       France, George                             2.5  
 13-15 Yeung, Evan                    1526        2    
       Yap, Ignatius                       Junior 2    
       Donaldson, Gary                1436        2    
 16    Dharmapuri, Sri Krishna Kousel      Junior 0    



Cross Table


 No Name                           Loc  Club   Total  1    2    3    4    5    6    

 1  Boyd, Tristan                  2349        5.5   10:W  7:W  6:W  2:W  5:W  3:D
 2  Vlietstra, Marc                2030        5     13:W  3:W  4:W  1:L  7:W  6:W
 3  Ellis, David                   1951        4     16:W  2:L 10:W  4:W  6:D  1:D
 4  Madriaga, Jose                             4      8:W  5:W  2:L  3:L  9:W 14:W
 5  Saleh, Akef                    1960        4     11:W  4:L  9:W  8:W  1:L 13:W
 6  Dempster, Dave                 1989        3.5   15:W  9:W  1:L  7:W  3:D  2:L
 7  Dunlop, Gordon                 1842        3     12:W  1:L 13:W  6:L  2:L  8:W
 8  Tomic, Nedeljko                1757        3      4:L 11:W 15:W  5:L 10:W  7:L
 9  Colic, Igor                    1620        2.5   14:W  6:L  5:L 15:W  4:L 10:D
 10 Carolin-Unkovich, George       1603 Junior 2.5    1:L 12:W  3:L 11:W  8:L  9:D
 11 Petranovic, Aleksa             1402        2.5    5:L  8:L 12:W 10:L 15:D  0:W
 12 France, George                             2.5    7:L 10:L 11:L 16:+ 13:W 15:D
 13 Yeung, Evan                    1526        2      2:L 16:W  7:L 14:W 12:L  5:L
 14 Yap, Ignatius                       Junior 2      9:L 15:L 16:W 13:L  0:W  4:L
 15 Donaldson, Gary                1436        2      6:L 14:W  8:L  9:L 11:D 12:D
 16 Dharmapuri, Sri Krishna Kousel      Junior 0      3:L 13:L 14:L 12:-  0:   0: