This event was held over the Foundation Day long weekend on the 2nd, 3rd & 4th of June at the Moresby Street Centre, Kensington. This year’s Foundation Day Tournament was a bit of an experiment. We have not had a three day weekender for a few years. With a generous time limit, and being FIDE rated, the event sounded almost prestigious. However, it lacked one vital element – a decent prize list. I, personally, would like to see it repeated next year, but only if we are able to raise some funds to complete the package. IM George Xie may have been mislead by the entry form, as he seemed determined to come and play, even after the CAWA Council decided that it was unable to assist him financially. His visit proved popular with the locals and would be well worth repeating, but only if we could put together a decent package and, maybe, arrange for any visitors to stay a little longer. The story of the tournament was simple enough: he came, he saw, he conquered! From my perspective (mostly slumped over my desk) George did not seem to have much trouble, though he may have had a few anxious moments in the battle of the Georges. The rest of the field was tightly grouped, and the Chess was mostly hard fought. One feature of this tournament was the number of newish faces playing. Three of these (Aileen Fisher, Surinder Singh and Sean Xiong) should have now played enough games to acquire an ACF rating. I would like to especially thank Gordon Dunlop (and Christine) who billeted George over the weekend and drove him wherever he needed to go. Gordon also took over the DOP duties on Saturday afternoon which allowed me to go home and allow the Huntingdale Junior Chess Club to meet. Haydn Barber, DOP |
Open 1st IM George Xie 6/6 =2nd Marc Vlietstra 4 Jose Madriaga 4 Peter De Yaak 4 George Carolin-Unkovich 4 U/1900 Merged with =2nd prize U/1600 + Unrated =1st Clint Stewart 3˝ Aileen Fisher 3˝ |
Place Name Rtg Loc Score 1 Xie, George 2408 2424 6 2-5 Vlietstra, Marc 1997 2058 4 De Yaak, Peter 1862 4 Carolin-Unkovich, George 1686 4 Madriaga, Jose 1890 4 6-8 Dunlop, Gordon 1926 1851 3.5 Stewart, Clint 1531 3.5 Fisher, Aileen 3.5 9-11 Chin, Albert 1894 3 Singh, Surinder 3 Tomic, Nedeljko 1746 3 12-15 Saleh, Akef 1959 2018 2.5 Ahmed, Sakib 2.5 Summerfield, John 1371 2.5 Donaldson, Gary 1528 2.5 16-17 Xiong, Sean 2 Shaw, Robin 1886 1800 2 18 Yeung, Evan 1530 1.5 19 Filose, Anthony 1198 1 |
No Name Rtg Loc Club Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 1. Xie, George 2408 2424 6 10:W 6:W 4:W 5:W 2:W 7:W 2. Vlietstra, Marc 1997 2058 4 11:W 7:D 5:D 8:W 1:L 18:W 3. Saleh, Akef 1959 2018 2.5 12:W 8:D 6:L 16:W 5:L 17:L 4. Chin, Albert 1894 3 13:W 9:W 1:L 7:D 18:D 6:L 5. Madriaga, Jose 1890 4 14:W 19:W 2:D 1:L 3:W 10:D 6. De Yaak, Peter 1862 4 15:W 1:L 3:W 17:W 7:L 4:W 7. Dunlop, Gordon 1926 1851 3.5 16:W 2:D 8:D 4:D 6:W 1:L 8. Shaw, Robin 1886 1800 2 17:W 3:D 7:D 2:L : : 9. Tomic, Nedeljko 1746 3 18:W 4:L 16:L 12:W 10:L :W 10. Carolin-Unkovich, George 1686 Junior 4 1:L 15:W 18:D 11:W 9:W 5:D 11. Stewart, Clint 1531 3.5 2:L 14:W 19:D 10:L 13:W 16:W 12. Yeung, Evan 1530 1.5 3:L 17:L 13:L 9:L :W 19:D 13. Donaldson, Gary 1528 2.5 4:L 16:L 12:W 15:+ 11:L 14:D 14. Summerfield, John 1371 2.5 5:L 11:L 17:L :W 19:W 13:D 15. Filose, Anthony 1198 1 6:L 10:L :W 13:- : : 16. Ahmed, Sakib 2.5 7:L 13:W 9:W 3:L 17:D 11:L 17. Fisher, Aileen 3.5 8:L 12:W 14:W 6:L 16:D 3:W 18. Singh, Surinder 3 9:L :W 10:D 19:W 4:D 2:L 19. Xiong, Sean Junior 2 :W 5:L 11:D 18:L 14:L 12:D |