A pleasing 28 players played in this tournament. Given that allegro tournaments are usually quite popular, the Chess Association will investigate the possibility of running more next year. There were quite a few new faces, which is also good. Stephanus Kurniawan improved on last year's second place to convincingly win his first WA Allegro Championship, conceding just two draws along the way. Michael Horstmann was trying for three championships in a row but hit a rocky patch in the middle of the tournament, losing to Stephanus and Marc Vlietstra, before recovering to finish with four straight wins. Tim Hare continued his run of recent good results and was always threatening. Nedeljko Tomic and Guy Booth each won their umpteenth rating prize, Justin Murphy and William Williams did very well to finish on 50% and Afdhal Zainal and Sino were the best of the newcomers. All in all, everyone seemed to enjoy themselves, and there were a minimum of disputes. I must also thank Gordon Dunlop for taking charge of determining what the rules were going to be, and helping out during the event. Report by Haydn Barber. |
Open 1st Stephanus Kurniawan 8/9 =2nd Michael Horstmann & Tim Hare 7 U/2000 1st Nedeljko Tomic 6 U/1700 1st Guy Booth 5.5 U/1400 1st Justin Murphy 4.5 Junior 1st William Williams 4.5 Unrated 1st Afdhal Zainal & Sino 4 |
Place Name Loc Score M-Buch. Progr. 1 Kurniawan, Stephanus 2120 8 39.5 39.5 2-3 Hare, Tim 2025 7 39.0 35.0 Horstmann, Michael 2166 7 38.5 34.0 4-5 Vlietstra, Marc 2012 6 40.0 35.0 Tomic, Nedeljko 1733 6 36.0 29.0 6-7 Dunlop, Gordon 1791 5.5 34.0 26.5 Booth, Guy 1599 5.5 31.5 27.5 8-12 Konovalov, Eugeniy 2033 5 40.0 30.5 Chin, Albert 1865 5 38.0 27.5 Shaw, Robin 1693 5 35.5 26.0 Singh, Surinder 1700 5 35.0 26.0 Bultman, Grant 1525 5 29.5 24.0 13-16 Holland, Dennis 1830 4.5 35.0 27.5 Cuellar, Chris 1622 4.5 32.5 24.0 Murphy, Justin 1235 4.5 30.0 21.5 Williams, William 1172 4.5 29.5 21.5 17-21 Orssengo, Girma 1547 4 33.0 21.0 Nhial, Gabriel 1707 4 31.5 22.0 Williams, Rudy 961 4 26.5 19.0 Zainal, Afdhal 4 26.0 17.0 Sino, 4 25.0 17.5 22-23 Carolin-Unkovich, George 1033 3.5 28.5 17.0 Laugery, Bernard 1205 3.5 28.0 16.5 24 Duke, Matthew 3 25.0 12.0 25 Van Suhafly, 2 28.5 12.0 26-27 Mehryar, Zarnaz 1 24.5 5.0 Putra, Yoga 1 11.5 2.0 28 Marah, Nasril 0 11.0 0.0 |
No Name Loc Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1. Horstmann, Michael 2166 7 15:W 8:W 4:W 2:L 5:L 13:W 6:W 14:W 3:W 2. Kurniawan, Stephanus 2120 8 16:W 9:W 5:D 1:W 6:W 3:D 4:W 8:W 11:W 3. Konovalov, Eugeniy 2033 5 17:W 10:W 7:D 4:L 16:W 2:D 9:W 5:L 1:L 4. Hare, Tim 2025 7 18:W 11:W 1:L 3:W 9:W 5:W 2:L 6:W 12:W 5. Vlietstra, Marc 2012 6 19:W 12:W 2:D 7:W 1:W 4:L 14:D 3:W 9:L 6. Chin, Albert 1865 5 20:W 13:D 8:D 11:W 2:L 12:W 1:L 4:L 21:W 7. Holland, Dennis 1830 4.5 21:W 14:W 3:D 5:L 13:D 16:W 8:L 12:L 19:D 8. Dunlop, Gordon 1791 5.5 22:W 1:L 6:D 27:W 12:L 15:W 7:W 2:L 17:W 9. Tomic, Nedeljko 1733 6 23:W 2:L 17:W 12:W 4:L 19:W 3:L 15:W 5:W 10. Nhial, Gabriel 1707 4 24:W 3:L 13:W 16:L 15:L 22:W 11:L 27:W 14:L 11. Singh, Surinder 1700 5 25:W 4:L 19:W 6:L 17:W 14:L 10:W 13:W 2:L 12. Shaw, Robin 1693 5 26:W 5:L 18:W 9:L 8:W 6:L 16:W 7:W 4:L 13. Cuellar, Chris 1622 4.5 27:W 6:D 10:L 14:W 7:D 1:L 17:D 11:L 20:W 14. Booth, Guy 1599 5.5 28:W 7:L 22:W 13:L 18:W 11:W 5:D 1:L 10:W 15. Orssengo, Girma 1547 4 1:L 22:L 20:W 21:W 10:W 8:L 19:W 9:L 16:L 16. Bultman, Grant 1525 5 2:L 23:W 21:W 10:W 3:L 7:L 12:L 28:W 15:W 17. Murphy, Justin 1235 4.5 3:L 24:W 9:L 22:W 11:L 28:W 13:D 20:W 8:L 18. Laugery, Bernard 1205 3.5 4:L 25:W 12:L 23:W 14:L 21:L 27:D 19:L 28:W 19. Williams, William 1172 4.5 5:L 26:W 11:L 28:W 20:W 9:L 15:L 18:W 7:D 20. Carolin-Unkovich, George 1033 3.5 6:L 27:D 15:L 25:W 19:L 23:W 21:W 17:L 13:L 21. Williams, Rudy 961 4 7:L 28:W 16:L 15:L 27:W 18:W 20:L 25:W 6:L 22. Zainal, Afdhal 4 8:L 15:W 14:L 17:L 26:W 10:L 28:W 23:L 25:W 23. Duke, Matthew 3 9:L 16:L 26:W 18:L 28:L 20:L 25:W 22:W 27:L 24. Marah, Nasril 0 10:L 17:L 27:L 26:L 25:- : : : : 25. Mehryar, Zarnaz 1 11:L 18:L 28:L 20:L 24:+ 27:L 23:L 21:L 22:L 26. Putra, Yoga 1 12:L 19:L 23:L 24:W 22:L : : : : 27. Sino, 4 13:L 20:D 24:W 8:L 21:L 25:W 18:D 10:L 23:W 28. Van Suhafly, 2 14:L 21:L 25:W 19:L 23:W 17:L 22:L 16:L 18:L |