2020 Willetton Open

Played at Leeming Primary School on 24 & 25 October.

The 2020 Willetton Open (WA GP) was won by Jamie Laubbacher with 5/6, with second place shared between Rebo Fu and Saminda De Vas 4/6. Ian McAteer and Ned Tomic (4/6) shared the Under 1800 Rating prize while Emily Zhang (3) and Yonal De Vas (2.5) were the Under 1000 winners. Certainly impressive performances by juniors Jamie and Emily who showed maturity well beyond her nine years.

Report kindly provided by David Ellis.


Cross Table


 Pos NAME                 Rtg   T  Fed  Pts |   1     2     3     4     5     6  |  Buc1  BucT  
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  1  Laubbacher,Jamie     1958      WA  5.0 | +W11  -B4   +W10  +B2   +W3   +B7  |  17.0  18.5 
  2  Fu,Yihe (Rebo)       2058      WA  4.0 | +B3   +W6   +B4   -W1   -B5   +W9  |  20.5  23.0 
  3  Tomic,Nedeljko       1703      WA  4.0 | -W2   +B8   +W5   +B11  -B1   +W4  |  20.0  21.5 
  4  De Vas,Saminda       1936      WA  4.0 | +B12  +W1   -W2   +B9   +W7   -B3  |  18.5  20.0 
  5  McAteer,Ian          1751      WA  4.0 | +B10  -W7   -B3   +W13  +W2   +B8  |  16.0  17.0 
  6  Barry,David          1777      WA  3.5 | +W8   -B2   +W11  -B7   =W9   +B12 |  14.0  15.5 
  7  Ellis,David          2057      WA  3.0 | =BYE  +B5   =W9   +W6   -B4   -W1  |  19.5  22.0 
  8  Zhang,Emily           865      WA  3.0 | -B6   -W3   +B13  +W12  +B10  -W5  |  15.0  16.0 
  9  Gough,Dylan          1687      WA  2.5 | =BYE  +W13  =B7   -W4   =B6   -B2  |  17.5  18.5 
 10  De Vas,Yonal          783      WA  2.5 | -W5   +BYE  -B1   =BYE  -W8   +B11 |  16.5  18.0 
 11  Hintz,Steven         1541      WA  2.0 | -B1   +W12  -B6   -W3   +BYE  -W10 |  16.0  17.5 
 12  Owen,Geoffrey         960      WA  2.0 | -W4   -B11  +BYE  -B8   +W13  -W6  |  13.5  14.5 
 13  De Vas,Senudi           0      WA  1.5 | =BYE  -B9   -W8   -B5   -B12  +BYE |  14.0  14.5