(Photos kindly provided by Dante Osorio)
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Firstly, a very warm welcome to WA chess scene for IM Temur Kuybokarov! Temur is already well-known in Australia, being a joint winner of the 2017 Australian Open. Temur will be residing in WA for around 12 months. We hope he participates in many more tournaments while he is here, particularly the upcoming WA Championship. Thanks to David Ellis for organising the tournament, and for his work on the day in setting up and collecting entries which ensured that we were able to start more or less on time. David had to leave half-way through the afternoon to participate in a music rehearsal, so I filled in as playing arbiter for the second half of the tournament. Thanks to my wife Kathryn (who was also playing) for her essential work which ensured that the day ran smoothly, particularly for handling the Vega side of things, and to everyone else who helped us all throughout the event. The tournament ran almost 45 minutes ahead of schedule. I only discovered just before the final round that David had taken the prize fund with him! I hoped that there would be a need for title playoffs, so that the tournament would continue at least until David returned. Fortunately, he did return (with the prize fund) once the final round was underway. And we didn't need any playoffs. The tournament was not only stronger than many other WA events, as we have come to expect with WA Lightning Championships, but also well attended. Well done to all 34 players for making this tournament a very successful one. Report kindly provided by Andrew Hardegen. |
2017 WA Lightning Champion: FM Tristan Boyd (9.0/11) 2nd: IM Temur Kuybokarov (8.5/11) Equal 3rd: Tim Hare, Ihsan Ferozkohi & FM Patrick Gong (8.0/11) 2017 WA Women's Lightning Champion: WFM Kathryn Hardegen (5.5/11) 2017 WA Seniors' Lightning Champion: Craig Kinsman (6.5/11) 1st Under 2000: Chirag Saroha (6.5/11) 1st Under 1750: Sri Krishna Dharmapuri (6.5/11) 1st Under 1550 and Unrated: Neville Shah (6.0/11) |
Pos NAME Rtg T Fed Pts | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Boyd, Tristan 2426 FM WA 9.0 | +W27 +B8 =W4 +B6 -W2 +B15 =B5 +W7 +W3 +B13 +W11 2 Kuybokarov Temur 2504 IM UZB 8.5 | +B24 +W13 +B3 =W5 +B1 =W7 +B4 -W8 =B6 +W10 +B12 3 Hare, Tim 2043 WA 8.0 | +W21 +B9 -W2 +B17 +W15 -B4 +W6 +W5 -B1 +B7 +W16 4 Ferozkohi, Ihsan 2232 WA 8.0 | +B10 +W22 =B1 +W12 -B5 +W3 -W2 +B13 +B7 +W19 =B6 5 Gong, Patrick 2302 FM WA 8.0 | +W25 +B7 +W12 =B2 +W4 +B6 =W1 -B3 +W8 -B11 +W13 6 Choong, Yita 2327 FM WA 7.0 | +B16 +W19 +B14 -W1 +B13 -W5 -B3 +W20 =W2 +B8 =W4 7 Saroha, Chirag 1903 WA 6.5 | +B26 -W5 +B16 +W18 +B8 =B2 +W12 -B1 -W4 -W3 +B20 8 Kelly, Adam 2009 CM WA 6.5 | +B30 -W1 +B24 =W20 -W7 +B17 +W10 +B2 -B5 -W6 +B19 9 Kinsman, Craig C 1860 WA 6.5 | +B31 -W3 -B18 +W30 +B26 +W20 -B13 =W11 -B10 +W17 +B22 10 Dharmapuri, Sri Kris 1703 WA 6.5 | -W4 +B29 +B22 -W13 +B19 =W11 -B8 +W18 +W9 -B2 +W15 11 Hardegen, Andrew 2078 WA 6.5 | +W23 -B15 -W17 =W19 +B31 =B10 +W25 =B9 +W16 +W5 -B1 12 Pavez Cuevas Luciano 2052 CHI 6.0 | +B18 +W20 -B5 -B4 +W16 +W24 -B7 +B15 -W13 +B14 -W2 13 Carolin-Unkovich, Ge 1957 WA 6.0 | +W28 -B2 +W15 +B10 -W6 +B25 +W9 -W4 +B12 -W1 -B5 14 Shah, Neville 0 WA 6.0 | +W17 +B27 -W6 -B15 -B24 +W31 -B20 +W22 +B23 -W12 +W21 15 Holland, Dennis 1885 WA 5.5 | +B34 +W11 -B13 +W14 -B3 -W1 +B24 -W12 +B25 =W20 -B10 16 De Vas Gunawardhana, 1722 WA 5.5 | -W6 +B32 -W7 +B28 -B12 +W26 +B22 =W19 -B11 +W25 -B3 17 Dagza, Ben 1751 WA 5.5 | -B14 +W30 +B11 -W3 =B18 -W8 +B26 +W23 -B19 -B9 +W33 18 Hurst, Benjamin 1684 WA 5.5 | -W12 +B33 +W9 -B7 =W17 -B23 +W21 -B10 -W22 +B32 +W27 19 Hardegen, Kathryn 1887 WFM WA 5.5 | +W32 -B6 =W25 =B11 -W10 +B29 +W23 =B16 +W17 -B4 -W8 20 Janceski, Alex 1848 WA 5.5 | +W33 -B12 +W23 =B8 =W25 -B9 +W14 -B6 +W29 =B15 -W7 21 France, George 1580 WA 5.0 | -B3 -W31 +B34 -W24 +B30 -W22 -B18 +W33 +B28 +W29 -B14 22 Escalante, Lorenzo 1861 WA 5.0 | +W29 -B4 -W10 -B25 +W28 +B21 -W16 -B14 +B18 +W31 -W9 23 Curtis, Martin 1686 WA 5.0 | -B11 +W34 -B20 =W31 +B27 +W18 -B19 -B17 -W14 +W26 =B24 24 Wolstencroft, Alan 1738 WA 5.0 | -W2 +B28 -W8 +B21 +W14 -B12 -W15 -B29 =W27 +B30 =W23 25 Koehler, Colin 1721 WA 5.0 | -B5 +W26 =B19 +W22 =B20 -W13 -B11 +W28 -W15 -B16 +BYE 26 Sun, Victor 1387 WA 4.5 | -W7 -B25 +W33 +B27 -W9 -B16 -W17 =B32 +W34 -B23 +B29 27 Smith, Jonathan 1723 WA 4.5 | -B1 -W14 +B32 -W26 -W23 -B28 +W34 +B31 =B24 +W33 -B18 28 McAteer, Ian 1495 WA 4.0 | -B13 -W24 +B31 -W16 -B22 +W27 +B30 -B25 -W21 +W34 -B32 29 Dharmapuri, Kundan 937 WA 4.0 | -B22 -W10 -B30 +W32 +B34 -W19 +B33 +W24 -B20 -B21 -W26 30 Gale, Brian 1557 WA 3.5 | -W8 -B17 +W29 -B9 -W21 =B33 -W28 -B34 +W32 -W24 +B31 31 Pimenov, Alex 782 WA 3.5 | -W9 +B21 -W28 =B23 -W11 -B14 +W32 -W27 +B33 -B22 -W30 32 Cunningham, Robert 1285 WA 2.5 | -B19 -W16 -W27 -B29 -W33 +B34 -B31 =W26 -B30 -W18 +W28 33 Vearncombe, Sebastia 675 WA 2.0 | -B20 -W18 -B26 =W34 +B32 =W30 -W29 -B21 -W31 -B27 -B17 34 Yong, Aimos 1200 AUS 1.5 | -W15 -B23 -W21 =B33 -W29 -W32 -B27 +W30 -B26 -B28 -BYE |