2021 State Allegro Championship


The 2021 WA Allegro Championship was played at Southern Suburbs Chess Club on 7th March. There were 29 participants. While the WA Allegro Championship usually attracts many of the big names of WA chess, the field was particularly strong on this occasion, with 11 players rated over 2000 ACF.

16-year-old Jamie Laubbacher achieved a series of wins against highly-rated opponents, winning the 2021 WA Allegro Championship with a round to spare (8.0/9). In second and third places respectively were FM Patrick Gong (7.5/9) and Ihsan Ferozkohi (6.5/9).

WFM Kathryn Hardegen scored 5.5/9 to win the WA Women's Allegro Championship for the seventh year running. In the lead-up to the tournament there were 3 female entrants: unfortunately, 2 of these players had to cancel their attendance on the morning of the tournament.

The Seniors' competition was closely fought. Tim Hare (6.0/9) secured the WA Seniors' Allegro Championship in the last round, beating the tournament winner to jump ahead of Bozidar Mandic and David Ellis. Tim becomes the seventh different winner of the WA Seniors' Allegro Championship in its seven year history.

The tournament has been submitted for ACF Quick rating and FIDE Rapid rating. Six players will gain their first FIDE ratings from this tournament.

CAWA would like to thank Leeming Primary School, for allowing us the use of their rooms, and Southern Suburbs Chess Club for providing the tea, coffee and equipment. I would also like to thank Mark Howard for dropping in to help set up the equipment on the morning of the tournament, and the many other players who provided general assistance throughout the day.

Congratulations to all prizewinners:

2021 WA Allegro Champion: Jamie Laubbacher (8.0/9)
2nd: FM Patrick Gong (7.5/9)
3rd: Ihsan Ferozkohi (6.5/9)

2021 WA Seniors' Allegro Champion: Tim Hare (6.0/9)

2021 WA Women's Allegro Champion: WFM Kathryn Hardegen (5.5/9)

1st Under 2100 ACF: Edward Calado (6.0/9)
1st Under 1900 ACF: Daniel Clarke (5.0/9)
1st Under 1500 ACF: Richard Shaw (4.5/9)

Report kindly provided by: FA Andrew Hardegen (Chief Arbiter -- 2021 WA Allegro Championship)



Final Standings


 Pos Pts  ID  T  NAME                      | Rtg  PRtg Fed |  Buc1  BucT  
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  1  8.0  16     Laubbacher,Jamie          | 1821 2545  WA |  47.5  52.5 
  2  7.5   1  FM Gong,Patrick              | 2472 2345  WA |  46.0  50.0
  3  6.5   2     Ferozkohi,Ihsan           | 2366 2169  WA |  47.5  51.0
  4  6.0   8     Calado,Edward             | 2079 2011  WA |  45.5  49.0
  5  6.0   3     Hare,Tim                  | 2233 2118  WA |  43.5  46.0
  6  6.0   6     Fu,Yihe (Rebo)            | 2145 1998  WA |  43.0  46.5
  7  5.5   9 WFM Hardegen,Kathryn          | 2070 1829  WA |  40.5  41.0
  8  5.5  13     De Vas,Saminda            | 1942 1744  WA |  38.0  40.5
  9  5.0   4     Mandic,Bozidar            | 2162 2055  WA |  48.5  52.0
 10  5.0   5     Shah,Neville              | 2159 1971  WA |  45.5  49.0
 11  5.0  10     Ellis,David               | 2064 1795  WA |  43.5  46.0
 12  5.0  11     O'Mahoney,Keegan          | 2012 1859  WA |  39.0  42.5
 13  5.0  28     Clarke,Daniel             | 1200 1516  WA |  30.0  30.5
 14  4.5  26     Shaw,Richard              | 1300 1812  WA |  39.0  41.5
 15  4.5  12     Stassen,Walter            | 1965 1769  OS |  36.0  38.5
 16  4.5  15     Andador,Dominador         | 1859 1513  WA |  33.0  33.5
 17  4.5  20     Tomic,Nedeljko            | 1574 1617  WA |  32.5  33.0
 18  4.0  14     King,David                | 1908 1763  WA |  39.0  41.5
 19  4.0  18     Gough,Dylan               | 1628 1663  WA |  37.5  38.0
 20  4.0  24     Cadag,Herbert             | 1359 1793  WA |  37.0  39.5 
 21  4.0  22     Hintz,Steven              | 1472 1607  WA |  37.0  37.5 
 22  4.0  25     Huang,Hui                 | 1300 1771  WA |  35.0  37.5
 23  4.0  19     McAteer,Ian               | 1600 1508  WA |  31.0  33.5
 24  3.0  27     De Heer,Alex              | 1244 1604  WA |  34.0  36.5
 25  3.0  30     De Vas,Yonal              | 1089 1365  WA |  31.0  33.5 
 26  3.0   7     Falasca,Valerio       (W) | 2104 1426  WA |  31.0  31.5 
 27  3.0  17     Kuzmic,Carey              | 1767 1315 TAS |  30.5  31.0
 28  1.0  31     Calway,Michael            |  800  909 AUS |  35.0  37.5
 29  1.0  21     Falasca,Marco         (W) | 1533 1450  WA |  32.5  34.5
 30  0.0  23     Hamblin,Ben           (W) | 1407    0  WA |  26.0  27.0
 31  0.0  29     Ong,Celine            (W) | 1180    0  WA |  26.0  27.0


Cross Table


 Pos NAME                 Rtg   T  Fed  Pts |   1     2     3     4     5     6     7     8     9   |  Buc1  BucT  
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  1  Laubbacher,Jamie     1821      WA  8.0 | +W3   +B4   +W6   +W2   +B9   +W10  +B11  +W7   -B5   |  47.5  52.5
  2  Gong,Patrick         2472  FM  WA  7.5 | +W16  +B11  +W18  -B1   +W4   =B3   +W5   +B10  +W9   |  46.0  50.0
  3  Ferozkohi,Ihsan      2366      WA  6.5 | -B1   +W21  +B5   +W19  +B12  =W2   +B9   +W4   -W6   |  47.5  51.0
  4  Calado,Edward        2079      WA  6.0 | +B21  -W1   +B22  +W7   -B2   +W12  +B14  -B3   +W10  |  45.5  49.0
  5  Hare,Tim             2233      WA  6.0 | +W27  =B15  -W3   +B29  +W8   =W9   -B2   +B18  +W1   |  43.5  46.0
  6  Fu,Yihe (Rebo)       2145      WA  6.0 | +B17  +W8   -B1   -B9   +W22  +W21  -B10  +W11  +B3   |  43.0  46.5
  7  Hardegen,Kathryn     2070 WFM  WA  5.5 | +W20  +B28  =W9   -B4   +W15  -B11  +W19  -B1   +W16  |  40.5  41.0
  8  De Vas,Saminda       1942      WA  5.5 | +W13  -B6   -W14  +B20  -B5   +W24  =B12  +W17  +W18  |  38.0  40.5
  9  Mandic,Bozidar       2162      WA  5.0 | +B19  +W12  =B7   +W6   -W1   =B5   -W3   +B20  -B2   |  48.5  52.0
 10  Shah,Neville         2159      WA  5.0 | +W23  -B18  +W15  +B14  +W11  -B1   +W6   -W2   -B4   |  45.5  49.0
 11  Ellis,David          2064      WA  5.0 | +B22  -W2   +B24  +W13  -B10  +W7   -W1   -B6   +W20  |  43.5  46.0
 12  O'Mahoney,Keegan     2012      WA  5.0 | +W14  -B9   +W20  +B18  -W3   -B4   =W8   =B19  +B23  |  39.0  42.5
 13  Clarke,Daniel        1200      WA  5.0 | -B8   +BYE  +W29  -B11  -W21  -W23  +B28  +B25  +W19  |  30.0  30.5
 14  Shaw,Richard         1300      WA  4.5 | -B12  +W17  +B8   -W10  =B19  +B15  -W4   -B16  +W25  |  39.0  41.5
 15  Stassen,Walter       1965      OS  4.5 | +B24  =W5   -B10  +W26  -B7   -W14  -B17  +W21  +B27  |  36.0  38.5
 16  Andador,Dominador    1859      WA  4.5 | -B2   -W22  +B25  -W24  =B17  +W28  +B27  +W14  -B7   |  33.0  33.5
 17  Tomic,Nedeljko       1574      WA  4.5 | -W6   -B14  -W27  +B28  =W16  +B29  +W15  -B8   +W24  |  32.5  33.0
 18  King,David           1908      WA  4.0 | +B25  +W10  -B2   -W12  +B24  -W19  +B21  -W5   -B8   |  39.0  41.5
 19  Gough,Dylan          1628      WA  4.0 | -W9   +B29  +W28  -B3   =W14  +B18  -B7   =W12  -B13  |  37.5  38.0
 20  Cadag,Herbert        1359      WA  4.0 | -B7   +W26  -B12  -W8   +BYE  +W25  +B23  -W9   -B11  |  37.0  39.5
 21  Hintz,Steven         1472      WA  4.0 | -W4   -B3   +BYE  +W25  +B13  -B6   -W18  -B15  +W28  |  37.0  37.5
 22  Huang,Hui            1300      WA  4.0 | -W11  +B16  -W4   +B27  -B6   -W26  +B24  -W23  +BYE  |  35.0  37.5
 23  McAteer,Ian          1600      WA  4.0 | -B10  -W25  -B26  +BYE  +W29  +B13  -W20  +B22  -W12  |  31.0  33.5
 24  De Heer,Alex         1244      WA  3.0 | -W15  +B27  -W11  +B16  -W18  -B8   -W22  +BYE  -B17  |  34.0  36.5
 25  De Vas,Yonal         1089      WA  3.0 | -W18  +B23  -W16  -B21  +W27  -B20  +BYE  -W13  -B14  |  31.0  33.5
 26  Falasca,Valerio  (W) 2104      WA  3.0 | -W29  -B20  +W23  -B15  +W28  +B22   --    --    --   |  31.0  31.5
 27  Kuzmic,Carey         1767     TAS  3.0 | -B5   -W24  +B17  -W22  -B25  +BYE  -W16  +B28  -W15  |  30.5  31.0
 28  Calway,Michael        800     AUS  1.0 | +BYE  -W7   -B19  -W17  -B26  -B16  -W13  -W27  -B21  |  35.0  37.5
 29  Falasca,Marco    (W) 1533      WA  1.0 | +B26  -W19  -B13  -W5   -B23  -W17   --    --    --   |  32.5  34.5
 30  Hamblin,Ben      (W) 1407      WA  0.0 |  --    --    --    --    --    --    --    --    --   |  26.0  27.0
 31  Ong,Celine       (W) 1180      WA  0.0 |  --    --    --    --    --    --    --    --    --   |  26.0  27.0