2024 Willetton Open

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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.


Prize Winners


  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)


Final Standings


 Pos  N     NAME                      g |  Rtg Fed |  Pts   BH-C1   BH   
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  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


Cross Table


 Pos NAME                           Rtg   T  Fed  Pts |   1     2     3     4     5     6   |  BH-C1   BH   
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  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