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The turnout of only 15 for this event was not only disappointing, but unexpected. Perhaps we were victims of the WA Elections, I am not sure. Though missing many of our strongest players, the field had a very solid look about it. I felt a bit sorry for the four players in the U1600 rating group, who were heavily out-gunned by just about everybody. However, for the most part, they acquitted themselves well. Marc Vlietstra and Akef Saleh took control of the tournament. Marc had the lead by courtesy of Aileen Fisher's draw with Akef, and looked very likely to win the title, but he dropped a bit of a bombshell before the last round: he had a prior engagement and would have to take a zero point bye in the last round!! I am not sure that I have ever seen this happen before. Anyway, this gave Akef a chance to repeat his WA Open win of 2012, if only he could defeat young George Carolin-Unkovich. He was not able to do so and Marc and Akef finished equal first. This title is decided by tie-break and Marc had the best of both tie-break methods and is the 2013 WA Open Champion. There was a mass of players behind the first two, with 12 players finishing within two points of each other. In the end, three players shared third place. David Ellis has had many such results over the years, but both George Carolin-Unkovich and Gabriel Nhial are on the improve. Once again, we only had one woman player, so there was no competition for the WA Womens Championship with Aileen Fisher winning the title. We initiated a WA Senior Championship in this event. At least, we had two competitors here: David Ellis and Nedeljko Tomic, with David winning fairly comfortably. The three qualifying places for the WA Closed Championship go to: Marc Vlietstra, Akef Saleh, and Gabriel Nhial. The first reserve is David Ellis and the second reserve is George Carolin-Unkovich. Report by: Haydn Barber, DOP |
WA OPEN CHAMPION Marc Vlietstra WA WOMENS CHAMPION Aileen Fisher WA SENIOR CHAMPION David Ellis Open =1st Marc Vlietstra 5.5/7 Akef Saleh 5.5 =3rd Gabriel Nhial 4.5 David Ellis 4.5 George Carolin-Unkovich 4.5 U/1900 =1st Gabriel Nhial 4.5 George Carolin-Unkovich 4.5 U/1600 =1st Ignatius Yap 3 Evan Yeung 3 Sean Xiong 3 |
Place Name Loc Club Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.
1-2 Vlietstra, Marc 2052 5.5 20.5 28.5 25.0
Saleh, Akef 1916 5.5 17.0 23.5 22.5
3-5 Nhial, Gabriel 1846 4.5 19.0 27.5 18.0
Ellis, David 1995 4.5 18.0 26.5 17.0
Carolin-Unkovich, George 1715 Junior 4.5 16.5 25.0 19.0
6-7 Kelly, Adam 1757 Junior 4 16.0 23.0 10.0
Dunlop, Gordon 1854 4 16.0 21.0 13.0
8-9 Fisher, Aileen 1771 3.5 18.5 24.5 14.0
Tomic, Nedeljko 1821 3.5 14.5 21.0 11.0
10-13 Yap, Ignatius 1079 Junior 3 20.0 28.5 15.0
Xiong, Sean 1266 Junior 3 18.0 23.0 13.0
Yeung, Evan 1490 3 17.5 25.5 13.0
de Yaak, Peter 1971 3 17.0 22.0 13.5
14 Janceski, Alex 1890 2.5 18.5 27.0 14.0
15 Donaldson, Gary 1504 1 17.0 25.0 5.0
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No Name Loc Club Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1. Vlietstra, Marc 2052 5.5 8:W 5:W 2:W 4:D 11:W 7:W :L 2. Ellis, David 1995 4.5 10:W 7:D 1:L 9:D 14:W 6:D 3:W 3. de Yaak, Peter 1971 3 11:D 6:D 13:W 15:L 8:L 12:W 2:L 4. Saleh, Akef 1916 5.5 12:W 9:D 7:W 1:D 15:W 13:W 11:D 5. Janceski, Alex 1890 2.5 13:W 1:L 14:W 11:D 7:L 10:L 8:L 6. Dunlop, Gordon 1854 4 14:L 3:D 10:W 7:L 12:W 2:D 15:W 7. Nhial, Gabriel 1846 4.5 15:W 2:D 4:L 6:W 5:W 1:L 13:W 8. Tomic, Nedeljko 1821 3.5 1:L 12:W 15:L 10:L 3:W 9:D 5:W 9. Fisher, Aileen 1771 3.5 :W 4:D 11:L 2:D 13:L 8:D 12:W 10. Kelly, Adam 1757 Junior 4 2:L 13:L 6:L 8:W :W 5:W 14:W 11. Carolin-Unkovich, George 1715 Junior 4.5 3:D 14:W 9:W 5:D 1:L 15:W 4:D 12. Donaldson, Gary 1504 1 4:L 8:L :W 14:L 6:L 3:L 9:L 13. Yeung, Evan 1490 3 5:L 10:W 3:L :W 9:W 4:L 7:L 14. Xiong, Sean 1266 Junior 3 6:W 11:L 5:L 12:W 2:L :W 10:L 15. Yap, Ignatius 1079 Junior 3 7:L :W 8:W 3:W 4:L 11:L 6:L |