On Sunday, 30th January the 2022 Grand Prix kicked off with a Blitz tournament at the State Library. There were two separate tournaments an Open (with four rating sections) and an Under 800. The former had 36 players and the latter 12 players.
Open Tournament
Pos NAME Rtg T Fed Pts | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 | Buc1 BucT
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1 Gong,Patrick 2455 FM WA 11.0 | +W31 +B9 +W10 +B3 +W2 +W4 +B7 +W5 +B17 +B18 +W6 | 69.0 73.0
2 Fu,Yihe (Rebo) 2392 WA 9.0 | +B25 +W15 +B5 +W4 -B1 +W3 +B10 +W8 +B7 -W6 +B12 | 72.0 77.0
3 Calado,Edward 2072 WA 9.0 | +W13 +B29 +W11 -W1 +B23 -B2 +W6 +W10 +B4 +W5 +B8 | 70.5 74.5
4 Plaganyi,Gyula 1840 CM WA 7.5 | +B23 +W22 +W8 -B2 +W30 -B1 =W12 +B6 -W3 +W7 +B11 | 70.0 73.5
5 Laubbacher,Jamie 1948 WA 7.0 | +W32 +B21 -W2 -B7 +W13 +B29 +W11 -B1 +W24 -B3 +W10 | 67.5 71.0
6 Dharmapuri,Sri Krishna Kousel 1766 WA 6.5 | =W14 -B17 +W19 +B20 +W22 +B8 -B3 -W4 +W16 +B2 -B1 | 71.5 76.0
7 Murugappan,S P 1477 WA 6.5 | -B12 +W33 +B15 +W5 =W8 +B9 -W1 +B16 -W2 -B4 +W18 | 71.0 74.5
8 McCamon,Boyd 2097 FM WA 6.5 | +B24 +W28 -B4 +W17 =B7 -W6 +B19 -B2 +W22 +W10 -W3 | 65.0 69.0
9 O'Shaughnessy,Dave 1788 QLD 6.5 | +B33 -W1 -B24 +W25 +B34 -W7 =B23 +W27 =B12 =W14 +B17 | 57.5 60.5
10 Gao,Oscar 1982 WA 6.0 | +B30 +W27 -B1 +W24 +B14 +W17 -W2 -B3 +W11 -B8 -B5 | 69.0 72.5
11 Ashworth,Matthew 1600 WA 6.0 | +B18 +W12 -B3 -W23 +B24 +W14 -B5 +W15 -B10 +W17 -W4 | 63.5 68.5
12 Hare,Tim 2157 WA 6.0 | +W7 -B11 +W13 -B30 +B27 +W23 =B4 -W17 =W9 +B24 -W2 | 61.0 64.5
13 Davoll,Josh 1383 WA 6.0 | -B3 +W18 -B12 +W15 -B5 +W33 -B24 +W29 -B19 +W22 +B25 | 57.5 61.0
14 Koh,Shannon 1260 WA 6.0 | =B6 +W19 =W26 +B21 -W10 -B11 +W20 -B24 +W31 =B9 =W16 | 57.0 61.0
15 Gough,Dylan 1627 WA 6.0 | +W36 -B2 -W7 -B13 +W25 +B32 +W30 -B11 -W18 +B31 +W20 | 54.5 56.5
16 King,Thomas 1800 WA 6.0 | =W20 -B26 +W32 -B22 +W21 +B30 +B27 -W7 -B6 +W19 =B14 | 52.0 55.5
17 Harris,Eamon 1102 WA 5.5 | =B19 +W6 +W20 -B8 +W26 -B10 +W29 +B12 -W1 -B11 -W9 | 64.5 68.5
18 Deng,Eric 1077 WA 5.5 | -W11 -B13 +B33 -W29 =B28 +B25 +W21 +W23 +B15 -W1 -B7 | 58.5 62.0
19 Smith,Jonathan 1663 WA 5.5 | =W17 -B14 -B6 +W35 +W20 +B26 -W8 -B22 +W13 -B16 +W31 | 55.5 59.0
20 Ong,Celine 1297 WA 5.5 | =B16 +W35 -B17 -W6 -B19 +W28 -B14 +W26 +B27 +W21 -B15 | 53.5 57.0
21 While, Lyndon 1500 WA 5.5 | +F40 -W5 =B22 -W14 -B16 +W35 -B18 +W33 +B23 -B20 +W24 | 53.0 56.5
22 Gupta,Anoushka 1228 WA 5.0 | +F37 -B4 =W21 +W16 -B6 -W27 +B26 +W19 -B8 -B13 =W23 | 58.0 62.0
23 Gupta,Aarnav 1322 WA 5.0 | -W4 +B31 +W29 +B11 -W3 -B12 =W9 -B18 -W21 +B32 =B22 | 58.0 61.5
24 Underwood,Chas 1451 WA 5.0 | -W8 +B36 +W9 -B10 -W11 +B34 +W13 +W14 -B5 -W12 -B21 | 58.0 60.0
25 Hansen,Niels 1485 WA 5.0 | -W2 -B32 +W36 -B9 -B15 -W18 +B35 +W34 +B29 +W27 -W13 | 51.0 53.0
26 Curthoys,Edward 1636 WA 5.0 | =B35 +W16 =B14 =W27 -B17 -W19 -W22 -B20 +B28 =W30 +B29 | 48.5 52.0
27 Boucher,Kody 1500 WA 4.5 | +F39 -B10 +W34 =B26 -W12 +B22 -W16 -B9 -W20 -B25 +W36 | 52.5 54.5
28 Tomic,Nedeljko 1573 WA 4.5 | +F38 -B8 -W30 -B32 =W18 -B20 -B36 +W35 -W26 +B33 +B34 | 44.5 46.5
29 Fry,Joshua 1502 WA 4.0 | +B34 -W3 -B23 +B18 +W32 -W5 -B17 -B13 -W25 +B36 -W26 | 54.5 56.5
30 De Heer,Alex 1376 WA 4.0 | -W10 +F38 +B28 +W12 -B4 -W16 -B15 -B31 =W32 =B26 -W33 | 52.5 56.0
31 Prince,John 1486 NSW 4.0 | -B1 -W23 +B35 -W34 -B33 +W36 +B32 +W30 -B14 -W15 -B19 | 50.5 52.5
32 Barbare,Ishaan 1371 WA 3.5 | -B5 +W25 -B16 +W28 -B29 -W15 -W31 +B36 =B30 -W23 -B35 | 48.0 50.0
33 Harirajesh,Barath 1291 WA 3.5 | -W9 -B7 -W18 +B36 +W31 -B13 =W34 -B21 -W35 -W28 +B30 | 47.5 49.5
34 Lim,Jin Yu 850 WA 3.5 | -W29 +BYE -B27 +B31 -W9 -W24 =B33 -B25 -W36 +B35 -W28 | 44.0 46.0
35 Malatesta, Daniel 1100 WA 3.5 | =W26 -B20 -W31 -B19 +W36 -B21 -W25 -B28 +B33 -W34 +W32 | 44.0 46.0
36 Marinac,Mitchell 1100 WA 2.0 | -B15 -W24 -B25 -W33 -B35 -B31 +W28 -W32 +B34 -W29 -B27 | 42.5 45.5
37 Cadag,Herbert (W) 1722 WA 0.0 | -F22 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- | 37.5 38.5
38 Umasankar,Naveen Ramnat (W) 1071 WA 0.0 | -F28 -F30 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- | 37.5 38.5
39 Boubli,Rafael (W) 0 WA 0.0 | -F27 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- | 37.5 38.5
40 Singh,Karanveer (W) 0 WA 0.0 | -F21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- | 37.5 38.5
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The eleven round Open Division consisted of four ratings groups. The Open was won convincingly by Patrick Gong with a perfect score of 11/11. In the Under 1850, newcomer Guyla Plaganyi won with 7.5/11 and in the Under 1550 another newcomer, S.P. Murugappan won with 6.5/11. The Under 1200s was dominated by two of our younger players, Eamon Harris and Eric Deng, both finishing with 5.5/11. Eamon edged out Eric to take first place based on his Buchholz1 score.
A list of prize winners is given below.
Open Division
1st: Patrick Gong (11/11), 2nd:Yihe Fu (Rebo) (9/11), 3rd: Edward Calado (9/11)
Under 1850
1st: Guyla Plaganyi (7.5/11), 2nd:Sri Krishna Kousel Dharmapuri (6.5/11), 3rd: David O'Shaunghnessy (6.5/11)
Under 1550
1st: S.P. Murugappan (6.5/11), 2nd: Josh Davoll (6/11), 3rd: Shannon Koh (6/11)
Under 1200 (not a Grand Prix Division)
1st: Eamon Harris (5.5/11), 2nd: Eric Deng (5.5/11), 3rd: Jin Yu Lim (3.5/11)
Under 800 Division
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Pos NAME Rtg T Fed Pts | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 | Buc1 BucT
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1 Sethuraman,Jaswanth Ram 748 WA 8.0 | +B8 +W4 -B5 +W9 +B3 +W2 +B7 +W6 +W10 | 42.5 45.0
2 Bocancea,Daniel 542 WA 7.5 | =B3 +W11 +B4 +W8 +W5 -B1 +W9 +B12 +W7 | 39.5 39.5
3 Lee, Lucas 790 WA 6.5 | =W2 +B10 +W6 +B5 -W1 -B4 +W11 +B8 +W9 | 42.5 43.5
4 Yu,Bruce 619 WA 6.5 | +W7 -B1 -W2 +B10 +W8 +W3 =B5 +B9 +W12 | 42.0 42.0
5 Davoll,Dominic 580 WA 6.5 | +B12 +B6 +W1 -W3 -B2 +W7 =W4 +B10 +W11 | 40.5 40.5
6 Gough,Sebastian 668 WA 4.5 | +B9 -W5 -B3 +W11 -B7 +W12 =B10 -B1 +W8 | 35.5 35.5
7 Watkins,Felix 361 WA 4.0 | -B4 -W8 +B9 +W12 +W6 -B5 -W1 +B11 -B2 | 41.0 41.0
8 Walker,Sebastian 388 WA 4.0 | -W1 +B7 +W10 -B2 -B4 +W11 +B12 -W3 -B6 | 40.5 40.5
9 Perera,Kaviru 361 WA 3.0 | -W6 +B12 -W7 -B1 +B11 +W10 -B2 -W4 -B3 | 40.5 40.5
10 Young,Edward 362 WA 2.5 | +B11 -W3 -B8 -W4 +B12 -B9 =W6 -W5 -B1 | 40.0 40.0
11 Rahul,Akshaj 700 WA 1.0 | -W10 -B2 +W12 -B6 -W9 -B8 -B3 -W7 -B5 | 38.5 38.5
12 Walker,Samantha 100 WA 0.0 | -W5 -W9 -B11 -B7 -W10 -B6 -W8 -W2 -B4 | 38.5 39.5
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This division was specifically designed for our younger players with lower ratings who wanted to experience a Blitz tournament. Most of the players were Primary school students. This was a nine-round tournament which turned out to be a closely run contest between Jaswanth Ram Sethuraman and Daniel Bocancea. The game between them was very closely fought but Jaswanth kept a cool head under pressure and won on time by a few seconds. There were also strong performances from Lucas Lee, Bruce Yu and Dominic Davoll, (the only player to beat Jaswanth).
Under 800 Prize Winners:
1st: Jaswanth Ram Sethuraman (8/9), 2nd: Daniel Bocancea (7.5/9), =3rd: Lucas Lee, Bruce Yu & Dominic Davoll (6.5/9)
Special thanks to Paul Harris who acted as co-organiser and provided quick and colourful updates for each round, which considerably aided the smooth flow of the two tournaments. Thanks to Andrew Hardegen who provided me with some very useful advice on Vega prior to the tournament. Thank to David O'Shaunghessy who assisted in carrying the equipment to the car park at the end of the tournament. Last but not least thanks to the State Library whose Great Southern Room is an excellent venue for a chess tournament with air conditioning, a wall projector and an excellent view of the city from the 4th floor of the Library.
Report kindly provided by Alan Wolstencroft
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