The 2024 WIlletton Open was played on the weekend of Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th August at the Canning Bridge Community Space, 63 Kishorn Road, Mount Pleasant WA. The full results of the tournament are posted at: https://chess-results.com/tnr988773.aspx?lan=1&art=4 Special thanks to Ian McAteer, Chief Organiser, for securing the fine venue for the event and for his efforts in promoting the tournament and setting up on the day. Thanks also to Hui Huang for taking some excellent photos. Congratulations to those of you who won prizes. The prize list for the tournament is provided below. Report kindly provided by IA Andrew Hardegen - Chief Arbiter. |
1st: CM Gyula Plaganyi (5.5/6) 2nd: WFM Kathryn Hardegen (5.0/6) =3rd & =1st U1800: Abhinav Verma & Gary Donaldson (4.0/6) =5th & 1st U1500: Ricky Huang (3.5/6) =5th & 3rd U1800: Angus Chen (3.5/6) =5th: Ian McAteer & Derek Elkington (3.5/6) =2nd U1500: Florentyna Rithauddin & Hardy Dai (3.0/6) |
Pos N NAME g | Rtg Fed | Pts BH-C1 BH ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 2 CM Plaganyi,Gyula m | 2017 WA | 5.5 18.0 20.0 2 1 WFM Hardegen,Kathryn f | 2068 WA | 5.0 18.0 20.5 3 19 Verma,Abhinav m | 1040 WA | 4.0 17.5 20.0 4 10 Donaldson,Gary m | 1697 WA | 4.0 16.0 17.0 5 5 McAteer,Ian m | 1807 WA | 3.5 21.5 24.5 6 15 Huang,Yuqi (Ricky) m | 1462 WA | 3.5 18.0 20.5 7 3 Elkington,Derek m | 1876 WA | 3.5 17.0 19.5 8 9 Chen,Angus m | 1702 WA | 3.5 15.5 19.0 9 7 Gunawan,Marco m | 1739 WA | 3.0 19.5 22.0 10 6 Huang,Hui m | 1785 WA | 3.0 19.0 20.0 11 8 Tran,Thien Huy m | 1714 WA | 3.0 18.0 20.0 12 18 Rithauddin,Florentyna f | 1207 WA | 3.0 15.0 16.0 13 17 Dai,Hardy m | 1292 WA | 3.0 13.0 14.5 14 13 Gong,Leo m | 1490 WA | 2.5 16.5 19.0 15 11 Liyanage,Nithuli f | 1674 WA | 2.5 16.0 17.0 16 4 Gunawan,Tjermin m | 1830 WA | 2.5 15.5 18.0 17 14 While,Lyndon m | 1470 WA | 2.5 14.5 17.0 18 12 Sethuraman,Jaswanth Ram m | 1539 WA | 2.0 17.5 19.0 19 16 Cotterill,Graeme m | 1394 WA | 1.0 14.0 15.0 20 20 Gilmour,Tristan (W) m | 563 QLD | 1.0 12.0 13.0 21 21 O'Hara,Matthew (W) m | 0 WA | 0.0 0.0 0.0 |
Pos NAME Rtg T Fed Pts | 1 2 3 4 5 6 | BH-C1 BH --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Plaganyi,Gyula 2017 CM WA 5.5 | +W18 +B10 +W5 +W9 =B2 +W6 | 18.0 20.0 2 Hardegen,Kathryn 2068 WFM WA 5.0 | =B15 +W14 +B8 +W11 =W1 +B5 | 18.0 20.5 3 Verma,Abhinav 1040 WA 4.0 | -B4 +BYE +W10 -B7 +W15 +W9 | 17.5 20.0 4 Donaldson,Gary 1697 WA 4.0 | +W3 -B5 -B16 +W19 +B11 +W10 | 16.0 17.0 5 McAteer,Ian 1807 WA 3.5 | +B6 +W4 -B1 =W8 +B9 -W2 | 21.5 24.5 6 Huang,Yuqi (Ricky) 1462 WA 3.5 | -W5 =B12 +W17 +B15 +W7 -B1 | 18.0 20.5 7 Elkington,Derek 1876 WA 3.5 | +B14 +W11 -B9 +W3 -B6 =W8 | 17.0 19.5 8 Chen,Angus 1702 WA 3.5 | +B20 =BYE -W2 =B5 +W18 =B7 | 15.5 19.0 9 Gunawan,Marco 1739 WA 3.0 | +B13 +W16 +W7 -B1 -W5 -B3 | 19.5 22.0 10 Huang,Hui 1785 WA 3.0 | +W19 -W1 -B3 +B12 +W16 -B4 | 19.0 20.0 11 Tran,Thien Huy 1714 WA 3.0 | +W12 -B7 +W18 -B2 -W4 +B16 | 18.0 20.0 12 Rithauddin,Florentyna 1207 WA 3.0 | -B11 =W6 =B13 -W10 +B19 +W17 | 15.0 16.0 13 Dai,Hardy 1292 WA 3.0 | -W9 =B17 =W12 -B14 +W20 +B18 | 13.0 14.5 14 Gong,Leo 1490 WA 2.5 | -W7 -B2 =BYE +W13 -B17 +BYE | 16.5 19.0 15 Liyanage,Nithuli 1674 WA 2.5 | =W2 -B18 +B20 -W6 -B3 +W19 | 16.0 17.0 16 Gunawan,Tjermin 1830 WA 2.5 | +W17 -B9 +W4 =BYE -B10 -W11 | 15.5 18.0 17 While,Lyndon 1470 WA 2.5 | -B16 =W13 -B6 +BYE +W14 -B12 | 14.5 17.0 18 Sethuraman,Jaswanth Ram 1539 WA 2.0 | -B1 +W15 -B11 +W20 -B8 -W13 | 17.5 19.0 19 Cotterill,Graeme 1394 WA 1.0 | -B10 -W20 +BYE -B4 -W12 -B15 | 14.0 15.0 20 Gilmour,Tristan (W) 563 QLD 1.0 | -W8 +B19 -W15 -B18 -B13 -- | 12.0 13.0 21 O'Hara,Matthew (W) 0 WA 0.0 | -- -- -- -- -- -- | 0.0 0.0 |