The final Grand Prix event for 2011 - the Christmas Open (6 rounds) was held over the weekend of 3rd & 4th of December at Moresby Street Centre in Kensington. Although we only had 22 entries, this was quite a strong tournament. It was boosted by the presence of two overseas players: Ihsan Ferozkohi from Germany (who has been here a little while) and Giuseppe Reina from Italy (just in Perth for a short while). Yita Choong won the tournament, conceding just one draw to Ihsan Ferozkohi. In the critical game against Stephanus Kurniawan on Sunday morning, Stephanus� cause was not helped by arriving 30 minutes late. Second place was decided in the last round when Stephanus played Ihsan, with both players on 4 points. It looked like Ihsan was going to win, but he unfortunately lost on time. Stephanus was apologetic about his good luck, but these things happen, and I have seen Stephanus have bad luck on a number of occasions. Ihsan ultimately shared 3rd place with Dave Dempster and Dennis Holland. Dave and Dennis also took care of the U200 and U1900 prizes. It was good to see Joe Aquilina back playing in our tournaments. Apart from the patter of little feet on Saturday, the tournament ran very well. I would like to thank Gordon Dunlop for stepping in as DOP whilst I went home to host a Christmas Party for my Junior Chess Club. Report by: Haydn Barber. |
Open 1st Yita Choong 5.5 2nd Stephanus Kurniawan 5 =3rd Ihsan Ferozkohi 4 Dave Dempster 4 Dennis Holland 4 U/1700 =1st Joe Aquilina 3 George Carolin-Unkovich 3 Best Junior 1st Aston Taminsjah 3.5 |
Place Name Loc Club Score 1 Choong, Yita 2237 5.5 2 Kurniawan, Stephanus 2207 5 3-5 Ferozkohi, Ihsan 2149 4 Dempster, Dave 1989 4 Holland, Dennis 1877 4 6-9 Donaldson, Thomas 1992 3.5 Ellis, David 1951 3.5 Seah, Eddy 1994 3.5 Taminsjah, Aston 1896 Junior 3.5 10-15 Shaw, Robin 1762 3 Aquilina, Joe 1666 3 Carolin-Unkovich, George 1603 Junior 3 Reina, Giuseppe 1975 3 Vlietstra, Marc 2030 3 Tomic, Nedeljko 1757 3 16 Dunlop, Gordon 1842 2.5 17-20 Szabo, Tamas 1310 2 Summerfield, John 1368 2 Donaldson, Gary 1436 2 Shaw, Shane 1186 2 21 Xiong, Sean Junior 1.5 22 Dharmapuri, Amul Junior 0 |
No Name Feder Rtg 1 2 3 4 5 6 1. Choong, Yita 12:W 8:W 3:D 2:W 11:W 9:W 2. Kurniawan, Stephanus 13:W 9:W 7:W 1:L 6:W 3:W 3. Ferozkohi, Ihsan 14:W 10:W 1:D 6:D 7:W 2:L 4. Vlietstra, Marc 15:L 5:L 21:W 18:W 14:W 11:L 5. Seah, Eddy 16:D 4:W 6:L 8:W 9:L 12:W 6. Donaldson, Thomas 18:W 11:D 5:W 3:D 2:L 10:D 7. Dempster, Dave 17:W 15:W 2:L 14:W 3:L 13:W 8. Reina, Giuseppe 19:W 1:L 11:D 5:L 17:D 20:W 9. Ellis, David 20:W 2:L 15:W 13:D 5:W 1:L 10. Taminsjah, Aston 21:W 3:L 16:L 19:W 15:W 6:D 11. Holland, Dennis 22:W 6:D 8:D 16:W 1:L 4:W 12. Dunlop, Gordon 1:L 16:D 17:W 15:L 22:W 5:L 13. Shaw, Robin 2:L 20:W :D 9:D 16:W 7:L 14. Tomic, Nedeljko 3:L 19:W 18:W 7:L 4:L 22:W 15. Aquilina, Joe 4:W 7:L 9:L 12:W 10:L 17:W 16. Carolin-Unkovich, George 5:D 12:D 10:W 11:L 13:L 19:W 17. Donaldson, Gary 7:L 21:W 12:L 22:D 8:D 15:L 18. Summerfield, John 6:L 22:W 14:L 4:L 20:L :W 19. Szabo, Tamas 8:L 14:L 20:W 10:L :W 16:L 20. Shaw, Shane 9:L 13:L 19:L 21:+ 18:W 8:L 21. Dharmapuri, Amul 10:L 17:L 4:L 20:- : : 22. Xiong, Sean 11:L 18:L :W 17:D 12:L 14:L |