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The final Grand Prix event for 2012 - the 2012 Christmas Open was held over the weekend of 1st & 2nd of December at the Moresby Street Centre in Kensington. Our last weekend tournament for 2012 was also our most successful. We had 24 players, with 9 of them rated over 1900! We were even able to put up a reasonable prize list, for a change. This is quite encouraging for the future. Tristan Boyd (WA's highest rated player) has had his tournament appearances severely reduced by work pressures in recent years, and it was good to see him playing again. Ian Sutton, formerly of England, was a welcome newcomer. We have had a number of imports over the last couple of years, and most of them are strong players. This can only help the future of WA Chess. The final results look quite straightforward, with the top 3 seeds taking the first 3 places, but it was a bit more complicated than that. Tristan may have been a bit rusty, but he overcame a couple of close games to win the tournament, just conceding a draw to Ihsan Ferozkohi in round 5. Ihsan drew with rapidly improving George Carolin-Unkovich in round 1, then had a very good run until he was unable to overcome Tristan in round 5. Ian Sutton took another path. After losing to Ihsan in round 2, he found himself on just half a point, but was able to reel off 4 wins in a row to grab third place. The U/2000 prize was decided by the result of the game between Robert Maris and Jose Madriaga, from which Jose emerged victorious. There was a massive log jam of players battling for the other rating prizes, and it was no surprise to see four players tie for the U/1850 and U/1700 groups. At least, the mathematics were easy, and I didn't have to drag out any shrapnel. I would like to thank Gordon Dunlop for taking over the DOP duties on Saturday afternoon while I was away at my Junior Club, and Fred Maris and Gary Donaldson who did a lot of the cleaning up at the end. Report by: Haydn Barber. |
Open 1st Tristan Boyd 5.5/6 2nd Ihsan Ferozkohi 5 3rd Ian Sutton 4.5 U/2000 1st Jose Madriaga 4 U/1850 - U/1700 =1st Nedeljko Tomic 3 Keith Jenkins 3 Fred Maris 3 Gary Donaldson 3 U/1450 1st Sorin Oprea 2.5 Best Junior 1st George Carolin-Unkovich 2.5 |
Place Name Loc Club Score
1 Boyd, Tristan 2371 5.5
2 Ferozkohi, Ihsan 2134 5
3 Sutton, Ian 2100 4.5
4-5 Vlietstra, Marc 2042 4
Madriaga, Jose 1949 4
6-10 Ellis, David 1974 3.5
Seah, Eddy 2027 3.5
Maris, Robert 1935 3.5
Dunlop, Gordon 1869 3.5
de Yaak, Peter 1981 3.5
11-14 Tomic, Nedeljko 1816 3
Jenkins, Keith 1695 3
Maris, Fred 1586 3
Donaldson, Gary 1480 3
15-18 Carolin-Unkovich, George 1726 Junior 2.5
Oprea, Sorin 2.5
Hintz, Steven 1742 2.5
Davis, Geoff 1482 2.5
19-21 Maris, Natalie 1838 2
Summerfield, John 1408 2
Xiong, Sean 1238 Junior 2
22-23 Nairn, Mike 1604 1.5
Yap, Ignatius 1313 Junior 1.5
24 Dharmapuri, Sri Krishna 777 Junior 1
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No Name Loc Club Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 1. Boyd, Tristan 2371 5.5 13:W 8:W 6:W 7:W 2:D 4:W 2. Ferozkohi, Ihsan 2134 5 14:D 3:W 9:W 5:W 1:D 10:W 3. Sutton, Ian 2100 4.5 15:D 2:L 21:W 12:W 11:W 7:W 4. Vlietstra, Marc 2042 4 16:W 9:L 14:W 8:W 5:W 1:L 5. Seah, Eddy 2027 3.5 17:W 10:W 7:D 2:L 4:L 24:W 6. de Yaak, Peter 1981 3.5 18:W 11:W 1:L 9:D 10:L 14:W 7. Ellis, David 1974 3.5 19:W 12:W 5:D 1:L 14:W 3:L 8. Madriaga, Jose 1949 4 20:W 1:L 23:W 4:L 12:W 9:W 9. Maris, Robert 1935 3.5 21:W 4:W 2:L 6:D 13:W 8:L 10. Dunlop, Gordon 1869 3.5 22:W 5:L :D 15:W 6:W 2:L 11. Maris, Natalie 1838 2 23:W 6:L 12:L 18:W 3:L 19:L 12. Tomic, Nedeljko 1816 3 24:W 7:L 11:W 3:L 8:L 20:W 13. Hintz, Steven 1742 2.5 1:L 20:D 22:W 16:W 9:L 17:L 14. Carolin-Unkovich, George 1726 Junior 2.5 2:D 15:W 4:L 17:W 7:L 6:L 15. Jenkins, Keith 1695 3 3:D 14:L 20:W 10:L 17:D 16:W 16. Nairn, Mike 1604 1.5 4:L 21:D 19:W 13:L 24:L 15:L 17. Maris, Fred 1586 3 5:L 22:D 24:W 14:L 15:D 13:W 18. Davis, Geoff 1482 2.5 6:L 23:L :W 11:L 19:D 21:W 19. Donaldson, Gary 1480 3 7:L 24:D 16:L 22:W 18:D 11:W 20. Summerfield, John 1408 2 8:L 13:D 15:L 21:D 23:W 12:L 21. Yap, Ignatius 1313 Junior 1.5 9:L 16:D 3:L 20:D 22:D 18:L 22. Xiong, Sean 1238 Junior 2 10:L 17:D 13:L 19:L 21:D 23:W 23. Dharmapuri, Sri Krishna 777 Junior 1 11:L 18:W 8:L :L 20:L 22:L 24. Oprea, Sorin 2.5 12:L 19:D 17:L :W 16:W 5:L |