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The Gufeld Cup (6 rounds) was played over the weekend of the 31st of March & 1st of April at the Moresby Street Centre in Kensington. Because of prior bookings at the Moresby St Hall, we were forced to start the Gufeld Cup at 11.00am on the Saturday. Whether this was a factor in the poor turnout of 14, I am not sure. However, the strength of the tournament was pretty good (often the case with tournaments of this size) with 6 players rated over 1800. It was a real struggle to come up with any kind of prize list. Given the new policy of all CAWA tournaments having to make a profit, we had just about the minimum number of players. Thomas Donaldson won his first 4 games, then secured his first Gufeld Cup by finishing with 2 draws. There was a mass tie for second between Akef Saleh, Albert Chin, Marc Vlietstra, Gordon Dunlop and David Ellis. The prize for U1900 rated players was merged with the second prize. It was a bit of a change to see George Carolin-Unkovich not winning a prize, but the structure of the tournament did not suit him. Eddie Ottschoffski had a good result and should pick up some rating points. Report by Haydn Barber. |
Open 1st Tom Donaldson 5/6 =2nd Akef Saleh 4 Albert Chin 4 Marc Vlietstra 4 Gordon Dunlop 4 David Ellis 4 U/1500 + Unrated 1st Gary Donaldson 3 |
Place Name Loc Club Score
1 Donaldson, Thomas 2035 5
2-6 Saleh, Akef 1991 4
Chin, Albert 1850 4
Vlietstra, Marc 2045 4
Dunlop, Gordon 1874 4
Ellis, David 1988 4
7-8 Donaldson, Gary 1454 3
Carolin-Unkovich, George 1636 Jun 3
9-10 Ottschoffski, Eddie 1449 2.5
Singh, Surinder 2.5
11-13 Tomic, Nedeljko 1771 2
de Heer, Alex 1533 2
Yap, Ignatius 1041 Jun 2
14 Abushamleh, Ali Jun 0
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No Name Loc Club Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 1. Vlietstra, Marc 2045 4 8:W 4:W 2:L 6:L 10:W 11:W 2. Donaldson, Thomas 2035 5 9:W 7:W 1:W 3:W 5:D 6:D 3. Saleh, Akef 1991 4 10:W 6:D 4:W 2:L 7:W 5:D 4. Ellis, David 1988 4 11:W 1:L 3:L 14:W 9:W 7:W 5. Dunlop, Gordon 1874 4 12:D 8:W 6:D 10:W 2:D 3:D 6. Chin, Albert 1850 4 13:W 3:D 5:D 1:W 11:D 2:D 7. Tomic, Nedeljko 1771 2 14:W 2:L 10:L 9:W 3:L 4:L 8. Carolin-Unkovich, George 1636 Junior 3 1:L 5:L 13:W 11:L 12:W 9:W 9. de Heer, Alex 1533 2 2:L 12:W 14:W 7:L 4:L 8:L 10. Donaldson, Gary 1454 3 3:L 13:W 7:W 5:L 1:L :W 11. Ottschoffski, Eddie 1449 2.5 4:L 14:L 12:W 8:W 6:D 1:L 12. Yap, Ignatius 1041 Junior 2 5:D 9:L 11:L 13:+ 8:L 14:D 13. Abushamleh, Ali Junior 0 6:L 10:L 8:L 12:- : : 14. Singh, Surinder 2.5 7:L 11:W 9:L 4:L :W 12:D |