The 2008 WA State Championship was held over 9 consecutive Sundays, from the 6th of July to the 31st of August at Legacy House in South Perth. Congratulations to defending Champion, Tristan Boyd for successfully defending his 2007 title.
Prize Winners
| State Champion | Tristan Boyd |
| Runner Up | Haydn Barber |
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3rd |
Tim Hare |
| Reserves Champion | Ganesh Viswanath |
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Women's Champion |
Veronica Williams |
| U/1900 | Ganesh Viswanath |
| U/1650 | Chris Cuellar |
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U/1200 |
Chirag Saroha & Veronica Williams |
| Best Game - Open | Haydn Barber (Barber V Seah - Round 9) |
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Best Game - Reserves |
Ganesh Viswanath (Seah V Viswanath - Round 8) |
| Biggest Upsets | Lee Harris-Brown (Harris-Brown V Orssengo - Round 3) Chris Cuellar (Cuellar V Ellis - Round 4) |
Final Standings
Place Name Feder Rtg Loc Score Buch. M-Buch. Progr.
1 Boyd, Tristan 2276 8 38.0 50.0 40.0
2 Barber, Haydn 2086 7.5 37.0 49.0 36.5
3 Hare, Tim 1968 6.5 38.5 50.0 37.5
4-5 Kurniawan, Stephanus 2145 6 39.0 50.5 32.0
Choong, Yita 1969 6 36.0 47.5 29.5
6-7 Viswanath, Ganesh 1812 5.5 38.0 49.0 29.5
Ellis, David 1939 5.5 30.0 40.0 25.5
8-13 Dunlop, Gordon 1889 5 38.0 48.0 29.0
Seah, Eddy 1896 5 37.5 49.0 30.0
Jahangirian, Mohammad 1673 5 34.5 45.5 25.0
Cuellar, Chris 1556 5 32.0 39.5 22.0
Holland, Dennis 1792 5 31.0 38.0 24.0
Johnstone, Ray 1758 5 28.5 37.5 22.5
14-17 Vlietstra, Marc 1922 4.5 35.0 46.0 27.5
Dempster, Dave 1919 4.5 33.5 44.5 25.0
Sam, Ryan 1595 4.5 31.5 41.0 21.0
Boni, Christopher 1391 4.5 29.0 36.0 18.0
18-22 Booth, Guy 1554 4 32.0 39.5 23.0
Saroha, Chirag 1164 4 31.0 39.5 17.0
Pavlovic, Mick 1518 4 26.5 34.5 17.0
Williams, Veronica 1059 4 26.5 33.0 16.0
Yeung, Evan 1222 4 26.5 33.0 15.0
23-24 Harris-Brown, Lee 3.5 30.5 37.0 19.0
Laugery, Bernard 1198 3.5 24.5 30.5 12.0
25-26 Tomic, Nedeljko 1850 3 31.5 40.5 22.0
Orssengo, Girma 1600 3 24.0 33.0 15.0
27-28 Williams, William 1020 2.5 28.0 35.0 12.5
Vahala, Karel 1149 2.5 27.5 34.0 13.5
29 Carolin-Unkovich, George 929 2 25.5 32.5 8.5
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Final Cross Table
No Name Feder Rtg 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1. Boyd, Tristan 2276 8 15:W 8:W 4:D 10:W 5:W 9:W 3:D 2:W 12:W 2. Kurniawan, Stephanus 2145 6 16:W 9:W 5:L 14:W 11:W 3:L 12:W 1:L 10:W 3. Barber, Haydn 2086 7.5 17:W 10:D 8:W 4:D 7:W 2:W 1:D 5:W 9:W 4. Choong, Yita 1969 6 18:W 11:W 1:D 3:D 9:L 12:L 16:+ 7:W 17:W 5. Hare, Tim 1968 6.5 20:W 12:W 2:W 7:W 1:L 10:W 15:W 3:L 6:D 6. Ellis, David 1939 5.5 21:W 13:D 7:L 18:L 24:W 19:D 11:W 15:W 5:D 7. Vlietstra, Marc 1922 4.5 22:W 19:W 6:W 5:L 3:L 15:L 13:W 4:L 21:D 8. Dempster, Dave 1919 4.5 23:W 1:L 3:L 20:W 17:W 11:W 9:L 10:D 13:L 9. Seah, Eddy 1896 5 24:W 2:L 17:W 15:W 4:W 1:L 8:W 12:L 3:L 10. Dunlop, Gordon 1889 5 25:W 3:D 13:W 1:L 18:W 5:L 19:W 8:D 2:L 11. Tomic, Nedeljko 1850 3 26:W 4:L 19:W 29:W 2:L 8:L 6:L 14:L 23:- 12. Viswanath, Ganesh 1812 5.5 27:W 5:L 18:D 13:W 14:W 4:W 2:L 9:W 1:L 13. Holland, Dennis 1792 5 28:W 6:D 10:L 12:L 27:W 18:W 7:L 19:D 8:W 14. Johnstone, Ray 1758 5 29:W 15:L 21:W 2:L 12:L 17:D 24:D 11:W 19:W 15. Jahangirian, Mohammad 1673 5 1:L 14:W 20:W 9:L 29:W 7:W 5:L 6:L 26:+ 16. Orssengo, Girma 1600 3 2:L 24:W 29:L 22:W 19:L 20:W 4:- 17:- : 17. Sam, Ryan 1595 4.5 3:L 23:W 9:L 21:W 8:L 14:D 25:W 16:+ 4:L 18. Cuellar, Chris 1556 5 4:L 26:W 12:D 6:W 10:L 13:L 29:D 25:W 24:W 19. Booth, Guy 1554 4 :W 7:L 11:L 25:W 16:W 6:D 10:L 13:D 14:L 20. Pavlovic, Mick 1518 4 5:L 25:W 15:L 8:L 28:W 16:L 22:W 21:L 27:+ 21. Boni, Christopher 1391 4.5 6:L 28:W 14:L 17:L 26:D 29:D :W 20:W 7:D 22. Yeung, Evan 1222 4 7:L 27:D 24:D 16:L :D 26:D 20:L 23:W 25:W 23. Laugery, Bernard 1198 3.5 8:L 17:L :D 24:L 25:D 28:D 27:W 22:L 11:+ 24. Saroha, Chirag 1164 4 9:L 16:L 22:D 23:W 6:L 27:W 14:D :W 18:L 25. Vahala, Karel 1149 2.5 10:L 20:L 28:W 19:L 23:D :W 17:L 18:L 22:L 26. Williams, Veronica 1059 4 11:L 18:L 27:D :D 21:D 22:D 28:W 29:W 15:- 27. Williams, William 1020 2.5 12:L 22:D 26:D :D 13:L 24:L 23:L 28:W 20:- 28. Carolin-Unkovich, George 929 2 13:L 21:L 25:L :W 20:L 23:D 26:L 27:L 29:D 29. Harris-Brown, Lee 3.5 14:L :W 16:W 11:L 15:L 21:D 18:D 26:L 28:D |