The first Grand Prix event for 2010 - the Kingsley Open (6 rounds) was played over the weekend on 21 & 22 February at Legacy House. The turnout for this year’s Kingsley Open was very similar to that of last year, with 22 players entering. Since I spent the whole weekend preparing documents for the AGM which followed the last round, I cannot say anything about the Chess played. The critical moment was the win by Yita Choong against Stephanus Kurniawan in round 5. Both players won all of their other games. Derek Elkington only started with 1½/3 but won his last three games to grab third place. Nedeljko Tomic started very well with three wins on the first day, but ran into some tough players on the second day. The U1550 rating group had a bit of a picnic, winning three different rating groups: Ryan Sam in the U1850, Girma Orssengo in the U1700, and Denis McMahon and Gary Donaldson in the U1550. Bernard Laugery continued his good recent run by winning the U1200 + Unrated group. Joshua Bouwman, playing for experience, won the Junior prize when his main rivals won other prizes. Report by Haydn Barber. |
Open 1st Yita Choong 6/6 2nd Stephanus Kurniawan 5 3rd Derek Elkington 4½ U/1850 1st Ryan Sam 4 U/1700 1st Girma Orssengo 3½ U/1550 1st Denis McMahon 2½ Gary Donaldson 2½ U/1200 + Unrated 1st Bernard Laugery 2½ Best Junior 1st Joshua Bouwman 1 |
Place Name Loc Score M-Buch. Progr. 1 Choong, Yita 2007 6 13.5 21.0 2 Kurniawan, Stephanus 2094 5 13.5 19.0 3 Elkington, Derek 1809 4.5 11.5 14.0 4-5 Donaldson, Tom 1869 4 14.5 16.0 Sam, Ryan 1543 4 10.5 11.0 6-8 Holland, Dennis 1854 3.5 15.5 15.0 Orssengo, Girma 1545 3.5 12.5 13.0 Viswanath, Ganesh 1902 3.5 12.5 12.0 9-13 Tomic, Nedeljko 1685 3 16.0 15.0 Booth, Guy 1603 3 13.0 10.0 Saleh, Akef 1803 3 11.5 10.0 Mechlowski, Lennard 1634 3 11.0 11.0 Dunlop, Gordon 1818 3 11.0 8.5 14-17 McMahon, Denis 1499 2.5 12.5 9.5 Donaldson, Gary 1463 2.5 12.5 6.0 Sheridan, Wallace 1574 2.5 11.0 7.5 Laugery, Bernard 1157 2.5 9.5 6.5 18-19 Dempster, Dave 1744 2 13.0 10.0 Bultman, Grant 1563 2 10.0 7.0 20 Knowles, Adelaide 1.5 10.0 4.0 21-22 Bouwman, Joshua 1 10.5 3.0 Leeson, Robert 1254 1 0.5 1.0 23 Stebbins, David 0.5 3.0 0.5 |
No Name Loc Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 1. Kurniawan, Stephanus 2094 5 12:W 8:W 4:W 10:W 2:L 5:W 2. Choong, Yita 2007 6 13:W 9:W 5:W 3:W 1:W 4:W 3. Viswanath, Ganesh 1902 3.5 14:W 10:L 16:W 2:L 6:D 17:W 4. Donaldson, Tom 1869 4 15:W 11:W 1:L 9:W 10:W 2:L 5. Holland, Dennis 1854 3.5 16:W 17:W 2:L 12:W 15:D 1:L 6. Dunlop, Gordon 1818 3 17:L 7:L 21:W 14:W 3:D 8:D 7. Elkington, Derek 1809 4.5 18:D 6:W 10:L 13:W 12:W 15:W 8. Saleh, Akef 1803 3 22:W 1:L 12:L 17:D 11:W 6:D 9. Dempster, Dave 1744 2 20:W 2:L 14:W 4:L 16:L 12:L 10. Tomic, Nedeljko 1685 3 21:W 3:W 7:W 1:L 4:L 16:L 11. Mechlowski, Lennard 1634 3 23:W 4:L 17:W 15:L 8:L 14:W 12. Booth, Guy 1603 3 1:L 18:W 8:W 5:L 7:L 9:W 13. Sheridan, Wallace 1574 2.5 2:L 20:D 18:W 7:L 17:L 21:W 14. Bultman, Grant 1563 2 3:L 21:W 9:L 6:L 20:W 11:L 15. Orssengo, Girma 1545 3.5 4:L 23:W 20:W 11:W 5:D 7:L 16. Sam, Ryan 1543 4 5:L 22:W 3:L 18:W 9:W 10:W 17. McMahon, Denis 1499 2.5 6:W 5:L 11:L 8:D 13:W 3:L 18. Donaldson, Gary 1463 2.5 7:D 12:L 13:L 16:L :W 22:W 19. Leeson, Robert 1254 1 :W : : : : : 20. Laugery, Bernard 1157 2.5 9:L 13:D 15:L 22:W 14:L :W 21. Bouwman, Joshua 1 10:L 14:L 6:L :W 22:L 13:L 22. Knowles, Adelaide 1.5 8:L 16:L :D 20:L 21:W 18:L 23. Stebbins, David .5 11:L 15:L :D : : : |