The 2023 WIlletton Open was played on the weekend of the 19th and 20th August at Leeming Primary School. Played over the Saturday and Sunday, some great games were played and some very interesting results were achieved. Congratulations to the prize winners in each of the categories. A big thank you also to Mark Howard for his contribution to the prizes issued at the conclusion. Below are a list of the prize winners: 1st place went to Tim Hare with a fantastic score of 5.5 out of 6. Well done Tim 2nd place was won by Hui Huang, who played very well for this result. In the U/1800 rating division congratulations to Gary Donaldson was his score of 4 out of 6, justifying the 5 hours trip he took to play in the tournament. As scores were high amongst various divisions and some prizes were greater than the allocated prize for that division, these people received the following prizes. 1st Under 1550 went to Ashvin Balavignan, equal 4th in the overall standings and equal second in this division was shared between Eric Deng and Angus Chen. Finally, in the under 1550 rating division the prizes were awarded as follows: There was a three way division of the prizes going to Shiju Thomas, Kobe Wu and Akash Ashok all finishing on 3 out of 6. Again well done to all prize winners and thanks to all the participants who made the tournament a success. Report kindly provided by Dylan Gough. |
Pos N NAME | Rtg PRtg Fed | Pts Buc1 BucT ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 1 Hare,Tim | 2275 2037 WA | 5.5 18.5 20.5 2 8 Huang,Hui | 1705 1470 WA | 5.0 18.5 19.5 3 10 Donaldson,Gary | 1632 1884 WA | 4.0 21.0 24.0 4 13 Balavignan,Ashvin | 1457 1550 WA | 3.5 20.0 21.0 5 11 Deng,Eric | 1588 1912 WA | 3.5 18.5 21.0 6 7 Chen,Angus | 1712 1348 WA | 3.5 16.5 18.5 7 5 Taylor,Noah | 1815 1280 WA | 3.0 16.5 18.5 8 6 Simonds,Marcus | 1764 1369 WA | 3.0 16.0 18.0 9 18 Thomas,Shiju | 0 1300 WA | 3.0 15.0 16.5 10 12 Wu,Kobe | 1523 1404 WA | 3.0 14.5 16.5 11 14 Ashok,Akash | 847 948 WA | 3.0 13.0 14.0 12 4 McAteer,Ian | 1822 1227 WA | 2.5 15.5 17.5 13 15 Sethuraman,Jaswanth Ram | 824 1215 WA | 2.5 14.0 16.0 14 16 Gong,Leo | 812 1105 WA | 2.5 12.5 13.5 15 9 De Heer,Alex | 1671 1105 WA | 2.0 16.5 17.5 16 17 Huang, Yuqi | 0 932 WA | 1.5 15.0 17.0 17 3 Gunawan,Tjermin (W) | 1910 975 WA | 1.5 13.5 15.5 18 2 Gulley,Trent (W) | 1924 1588 WA | 0.5 14.5 16.0 |
Pos NAME Rtg T Fed Pts | 1 2 3 4 5 6 | Buc1 BucT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Hare,Tim 2275 WA 5.5 | =B3 +W8 +B15 +W2 +B4 +W5 | 18.5 20.5 2 Huang,Hui 1705 WA 5.0 | +W16 +B4 +W7 -B1 +B3 +W9 | 18.5 19.5 3 Donaldson,Gary 1632 WA 4.0 | =W1 +B5 +W6 +B7 -W2 =W4 | 21.0 24.0 4 Balavignan,Ashvin 1457 WA 3.5 | +B12 -W2 +B16 +W10 -W1 =B3 | 20.0 21.0 5 Deng,Eric 1588 WA 3.5 | =B18 -W3 +B8 +W12 +B6 -B1 | 18.5 21.0 6 Chen,Angus 1712 WA 3.5 | +B14 +W10 -B3 =BYE -W5 +B13 | 16.5 18.5 7 Taylor,Noah 1815 WA 3.0 | +B11 +W15 -B2 -W3 -B9 +W12 | 16.5 18.5 8 Simonds,Marcus 1764 WA 3.0 | =W13 -B1 -W5 +B15 +BYE =W11 | 16.0 18.0 9 Thomas,Shiju 0 WA 3.0 | -W15 -W11 +BYE +B13 +W7 -B2 | 15.0 16.5 10 Wu,Kobe 1523 WA 3.0 | +W17 -B6 +W11 -B4 -W13 +B15 | 14.5 16.5 11 Ashok,Akash 847 WA 3.0 | -W7 +B9 -B10 =W16 +BYE =B8 | 13.0 14.0 12 McAteer,Ian 1822 WA 2.5 | -W4 +B13 =BYE -B5 +W14 -B7 | 15.5 17.5 13 Sethuraman,Jaswanth Ram 824 WA 2.5 | =B8 -W12 +B14 -W9 +B10 -W6 | 14.0 16.0 14 Gong,Leo 812 WA 2.5 | -W6 =B17 -W13 +BYE -B12 +W16 | 12.5 13.5 15 De Heer,Alex 1671 WA 2.0 | +B9 -B7 -W1 -W8 +B16 -W10 | 16.5 17.5 16 Huang, Yuqi 0 WA 1.5 | -B2 +BYE -W4 =B11 -W15 -B14 | 15.0 17.0 17 Gunawan,Tjermin (W) 1910 WA 1.5 | -B10 =W14 =BYE =BYE -BYE -- | 13.5 15.5 18 Gulley,Trent (W) 1924 WA 0.5 | =W5 -- -- -- -- -- | 14.5 16.0 |