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Grand Prix awards are determined by accumulating points in each CAWA Grand Prix tournament. For classical tournaments points are awarded as follows: 1st = 24, 2nd = 20, 3rd = 16, 4th = 14, 5th = 12, 6th = 10, 7th = 8, 8th = 6 and participation = 2 (if no other points are scored).
For 2022, the CAWA Grand Prix was made up of classical, rapid, allegro and blitz tournaments with points awarded in the ratio of 4: 3: 2: 1 so, for example, the winner of a classical tournament will gain 24 points, a rapid tournament 18 points, an allegro tournament 12 points and a blitz tournament 6 points. Participation points are only awarded for classical tournaments. All players are included in the Premier, all players Under 1850 will qualify for the Major, and all players Under 1550 for the Minor. Ratings are taken from the final rating list of previous year (for the 2022 Grand Prix the December 2021 ratings will be used). These ratings continue for whole year despite official periodic changes. The awards, known as the PAUL MEYER AWARDS, commemorate the life and work in chess of the late Paul Meyer. The awards seek to encourage regular participation and therefore will not necessarily be won by the best players in each category but by those who not only perform well but also, of equal importance, are prepared to front up regularly. The 2022 CAWA Grand Prix consisted of 15 tournaments - 5 Classical (Perth Open, Gufeld Cup, SW Open, Willetton Open & Kingsley Open), 2 Rapid (Summer Rapid & Winter Rapid), 3 Allegro (WA Allegro Championship, Autumn Allegro & Spring Allegro) and 5 Blitz (State Library Blitz, UWA Blitz, WA Blitz Championship, The Saint Blitz & Xmas Blitz). A total of 160 people played in one or more GP events over the 15 tournaments, with an average of 25 players in each one. Special mentions to Dylan Gough for getting along to 12 of them and to Eamon Harris for taking out prizes in both the U1850 and U1550 divisions! Eamon started the year with no classical rating and only an ACF rating of 1102. He finished 8th overall and ended the year with an ACF of 1884? - a great effort. Final Placings: Open 1st: Yihe Fu (Rebo), 2nd: Tim Hare, 3rd: FM Patrick Gong Major (U/1850) 1st: Rui Gen Teh, 2nd: Josh Davoll, 3rd: Eamon Harris Minor (U/1550) 1st: Eric Deng, 2nd: Eamon Harris, 3rd: Naveen Umasankar Ramnat Ian McAteer - CAWA GP Coordinator |
Position Rating # GP Pts PREMIER 1 Fu, Yihe (Rebo) 2273 9 94.5 2 Hare, Tim 2180 9 76.1 3 Gong, Patrick FM 2490 6 69.0 4 Teh, Rui Gen 1675 7 62.0 5 Shah, Neville 2063 6 53.4 6 Gao, Oscar 1971 8 42.1 7 Kuybokarov, Temur GM 2683 3 42.0 8 Harris, Eamon 1102 10 34.1 9 Davoll, Josh 1818 7 31.0 10 O'Mahoney, Keegan 2117 2 27.8 MAJOR (Under 1850 *) 1 Teh, Rui Gen 1675 7 81.5 2 Davoll, Josh 1818 7 60.7 3 Harris, Eamon 1102 10 53.3 4 Gough, Dylan 1699 12 48.2 5 Dharmapuri, Sri 1715 6 48.2 6 Deng, Eric 1498 10 46.8 7 Tomic, Nedjkelo 1689 6 41.7 8 Plaganyi, Gyula 1748 5 36.7 9 Ashworth, Matthew 1600 5 33.5 10 Barry, David 1834 4 31.6 MINOR (Under 1550 *) 1 Deng, Eric 1498 11 100.3 2 Harris, Eamon 1102 10 77.7 3 Umasankar,Naveen Ramnat 1081 7 73.6 4 Chen, Angus 1501 4 60.7 5 Rafiel, Darani Daryoush 1004 5 57.1 6 Hansen, Niels 1478 7 51.8 7 Raptis, Liam 1113 7 35.9 8 Moseley, Paul 1529 2 33.5 9 Teh, Rui Zhe 1416 2 30.0 10 Xiao, Zhou Ning 1400 4 24.6 * Ratings as of December 2021 |