CAWA Grand Prix (Paul Meyer Awards)


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 will be 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 the previous year (for the 2023 Grand Prix the December 2022 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.

2022 WA Grand Prix

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
Leading Scores 


 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



Previous Grand Prix Winners

PREMIER MAJOR MINOR JUNIOR COUNTRY
1996  Danny Dwyer  Michael Wilkins  Petar Rados
1997  David Ellis  Tristan Boyd  Leon Taylor
1998  Timo Farber  Leon Taylor  Natalie Taylor
1999  Michael Wilkins  Leon Taylor  Andrew Hardegen
2000  David Ellis  Leon Taylor  Zhengbo Wang
2001  Jay Lakner  Andrew Hardegen  Zhengbo Wang
2002  Jay Lakner  John Fedec  Daniel Van Heerden
2003  Tim Hare  Nedeljko Tomic  Dennis Holland
2004  Tristan Boyd  Tom Donaldson  Yita Choong & Alex DeHeer
2005  Haydn Barber  Tom Donaldson  Mick Pavlovic
2006  David Ellis  Gordon Dunlop  Gary Donaldson
2007  Michael Wilkins  Robert Galvin  Ryan Sam
2008  Stephanus Kurniawan  Nedeljko Tomic  Chris Cuellar  Tom Donaldson
2009  Dennis Holland  Dennis Holland  Gary Donaldson  Yita Choong
2010  Stephanus Kurniawan  Nedeljko Tomic  Gary Donaldson  George Carolin-Unkovich
2011  Tom Donaldson & Dave Dempster  Nedeljko Tomic  Gary Donaldson  George Carolin-Unkovich
2012  Marc Vlietstra  Gordon Dunlop  Gary Donaldson  George Carolin-Unkovich
2013  David Ellis  George Carolin-Unkovich  Gary Donaldson  George Carolin-Unkovich
2014  Ihsan Ferozkohi  Nedeljko Tomic  Ignatius Yap  Ignatius Yap
2015  Yita Choong  Gordon Dunlop  Paul Moseley  Ignatius Yap
2016  Ihsan Ferozkohi  Andrey Lugovsky  Gary Donaldson  Patrick Gong  Gary Donaldson
2017  Andrew Hardegen  Sri Krishnan Dharmapuri  David Barry  Patrick Gong  Gary Donaldson
2018  Andrew Hardegen  Brent Geronimo  Gary Donaldson  Brent Geronimo  Gary Donaldson
2019  Kathryn Hardegen  Nedeljko Tomic  Gary Donaldson  Oscar Gao  Gary Donaldson
2020  Jamie Laubbacher  Nedeljko Tomic  Geoffrey Owen  Jamie Laubbacher  
2021  Yihe Fu (Rebo)  Dylan Gough  Celine Ong  Yihe Fu (Rebo)  John Prince
2022  Yihe Fu (Rebo)  Rui Gen Teh  Eric Deng  Yihe Fu (Rebo)  Boyd McCammon