2010 State Allegro Championship

Played at Legacy House on the 23rd of May 2010

There were 22 players in the WA Allegro Championship, which was enough for a good tournament. We started late, not for the usual reasons, but because I slept in and nearly got there too late.

The tournament was dominated by Michael Horstmann, Michael Wilkins and Thomas Donaldson who finished 2 points clear of the rest. In the end, Michael Horstmann won his third WA Allegro title, though he assured me that he had a little bit of luck along the way.

One unusual feature was the lack of ties amongst the rating prizes. Eugene Konovalov and Guy Booth were narrow winners of their divisions, Bernard Laugery continued his domination of the lower ranks, and George Carolin-Unkovich easily won the Junior prize.

By the way, if you check out the final standings, it looks like Behrouz Ghorbanian and Daniel D'Angelo entered but did not turn up to play. This is not so, and their inclusion was due to some confusion on my part. At least, no one received a free point because of this.

Report by Haydn Barber.


Prize Winners


  Open
  1st Michael Horstmann                     8.5/9  
 =2nd Michael Wilkins & Thomas Donaldson    7.5 

  U/2000 
  1st Eugene Konovalov                      5.5

  U/1700
  1st Guy Booth                             5

  U/1400 + Unrated
  1st Bernard Laugery                       4

  Best Junior 
  1st George Carolin-Unkovich               4


Final Standings


 Place Name                     Loc  Score   M-Buch. Progr. 

 1     Horstmann, Michael       2126 8.5      37.0   41.5 
 2-3   Donaldson, Thomas        1901 7.5      37.5   37.5 
       Wilkins, Michael         2078 7.5      37.0   38.5 
 4     Konovalov, Eugene        1802 5.5      40.0   28.5 
 5-9   Hare, Tim                2046 5        40.0   27.0 
       Seah, Eddy               1785 5        39.0   32.0 
       Gilmetdinov, Edik        1768 5        35.5   25.0 
       Booth, Guy               1612 5        34.0   23.0 
       Janceski, Alex           1755 5        27.5   25.0
 10-13 Shaw, Robin              1696 4.5      35.0   25.5
       Holland, Dennis          1855 4.5      35.0   22.5
       Tomic, Nedeljko          1689 4.5      29.0   21.5 
       Hintz, Steven            1426 4.5      28.5   21.5
 14-18 Dunlop, Gordon           1797 4        34.0   24.0
       Orssengo, Girma          1578 4        30.5   18.0
       Carolin-Unkovich, George 1318 4        29.5   20.0
       McMahon, Denis           1489 4        27.5   15.0
       Laugery, Bernard         1152 4        24.5   14.0
 19    Summerfield, John        1288 3        26.5   14.0
 20    Bouwman, Joshua          1095 2        25.5    8.0
 21-22 Olofsson, Patrick        1057 1        27.5    6.0
       Stebbins, David          1075 1         3.5    1.0
 23-24 D'Angelo, Daniel         1127 0         2.0    0.0
       Ghorbanian, Behrouz      1163 0         0.5    0.0


Cross Table


 No  Name                          Loc  Total  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9     
 1.  Horstmann, Michael            2126 8.5   12:W  6:W  4:D  3:W  2:W  8:W  7:W  9:W 11:W
 2.  Wilkins, Michael              2078 7.5   13:W  7:W  5:W  8:W  1:L  4:W  6:D 11:W  3:W
 3.  Hare, Tim                     2046 5     14:W  8:L 12:W  1:L 13:W  9:W  4:L  6:W  2:L
 4.  Donaldson, Thomas             1901 7.5   15:W  9:W  1:D  5:W  6:W  2:L  3:W  8:W 13:W
 5.  Holland, Dennis               1855 4.5   16:W 10:W  2:L  4:L 12:D 11:L  9:L 24:W 14:W
 6.  Konovalov, Eugene             1802 5.5   17:W  1:L 13:W  9:W  4:L 10:W  2:D  3:L  8:W
 7.  Dunlop, Gordon                1797 4     18:W  2:L  8:L 20:W 17:W 16:W  1:L 13:L 10:L
 8.  Seah, Eddy                    1785 5     24:W  3:W  7:W  2:L 10:W  1:L 12:W  4:L  6:L
 9.  Gilmetdinov, Edik             1768 5     20:W  4:L 14:W  6:L 11:W  3:L  5:W  1:L 16:W
 10. Janceski, Alex                1755 5     22:W  5:L 15:W 17:W  8:L  6:L 11:L 18:W  7:W
 11. Shaw, Robin                   1696 4.5   23:W 12:L 16:D 14:W  9:L  5:W 10:W  2:L  1:L
 12. Tomic, Nedeljko               1689 4.5    1:L 11:W  3:L 15:W  5:D 18:W  8:L 14:L 24:W
 13. Booth, Guy                    1612 5      2:L 18:W  6:L 16:W  3:L 14:W 17:W  7:W  4:L
 14. Orssengo, Girma               1578 4      3:L 22:W  9:L 11:L 20:W 13:L 15:W 12:W  5:L
 15. McMahon, Denis                1489 4      4:L 20:W 10:L 12:L 16:L 24:W 14:L   :W 22:W
 16. Hintz, Steven                 1426 4.5    5:L 24:W 11:D 13:L 15:W  7:L 20:W 17:W  9:L
 17. Carolin-Unkovich, George      1318 4      6:L 23:W 18:W 10:L  7:L 22:W 13:L 16:L   :W
 18. Summerfield, John             1288 3      7:L 13:L 17:L 22:W 24:W 12:L   :W 10:L 20:L
 19. Ghorbanian, Behrouz           1163 0       :-   :    :    :    :    :    :    :    : 
 20. Laugery, Bernard              1152 4      9:L 15:L 24:W  7:L 14:L   :W 16:L 22:W 18:W
 21. D'Angelo, Daniel              1127 0       :-   :-   :    :    :    :    :    :    : 
 22. Bouwman, Joshua               1095 2     10:L 14:L 23:L 18:L   :W 17:L 24:W 20:L 15:
 23. Stebbins, David               1075 1     11:L 17:L 22:W   :    :    :    :    :    : 
 24. Olofsson, Patrick             1057 1      8:L 16:L 20:L   :W 18:L 15:L 22:L  5:L 12:L