2016 Willetton Open

Played at Leeming Primary School on the 20th & 21st of August.


The Willetton Open resulted in a triple tie for 1st place between Patrick Gong, Tim Hare and newcomer Ben Dagza, all with 4.5/6. Ben was involved in two long exciting games in the final rounds with a draw in Rd 5 against Patrick and a win against Ned Tomic, who had earlier beaten Tim Hare.

It was pleasing to see players from the SW attending - Gary Donaldson from Albany and junior Ramadu Ratnayake from Australind, as well as a number of players new to the GP.

Other prize winners were:

U/1800 - Junior Sri Krishnan Dharmapuri

Junior - Ramadu Ratnayake and Kee-Ann Seet.


Final Standings


 Place Name                           Loc  Score  

 1-3   Gong, Patrick                  2183 4.5  
       Dagza, Ben                          4.5  
       Hare, Tim                      2043 4.5  
 4     Dharmapuri, Sri Krishna Kousel 1671 4    
 5-6   Tomic, Nedeljko                1831 3.5  
       Wolstencroft, Alan             1811 3.5  
 7-9   Seet, Kee-An                   1336 3    
       Rathnayake, Ramudu             1500 3    
       Donaldson, Gary                1578 3    
 10-11 Dharmapuri, Kundan             858  2.5  
       Cunningham, Robert             1283 2.5  
 12    Olejko, Chris                       2    
 13    Vearncombe, Sebastian               1.5  
 14    Edwards, Monty                 1407 0.5  
 15    Ellis, David                   2029 0    


Cross Table


 No Name                           Loc  Total  1    2    3    4    5    6    

 1  Gong, Patrick                  2183 4.5    0:D 13:W  5:W  4:W  2:D  3:D
 2  Dagza, Ben                          4.5    9:W  4:L 10:W  7:W  1:D  5:W
 3  Hare, Tim                      2043 4.5   14:W  5:L  7:W  8:W  4:W  1:D
 4  Dharmapuri, Sri Krishna Kousel 1671 4     10:W  2:W  6:W  1:L  3:L  8:W
 5  Tomic, Nedeljko                1831 3.5    7:D  3:W  1:L  6:W  9:W  2:L
 6  Wolstencroft, Alan             1811 3.5   11:W  8:W  4:L  5:L 12:W  7:D
 7  Seet, Kee-An                   1336 3      5:D 14:W  3:L  2:L 10:W  6:D
 8  Rathnayake, Ramudu             1500 3     15:W  6:L  9:W  3:L 11:W  4:L
 9  Donaldson, Gary                1578 3      2:L 12:W  8:L 13:W  5:L 14:W
 10 Dharmapuri, Kundan             858  2.5    4:L 11:W  2:L 12:D  7:L 13:W
 11 Cunningham, Robert             1283 2.5    6:L 10:L 13:W 14:W  8:L 12:D
 12 Olejko, Chris                       2     13:L  9:L 14:W 10:D  6:L 11:D
 13 Vearncombe, Sebastian               1.5   12:W  1:L 11:L  9:L 14:D 10:L
 14 Edwards, Monty                 1407 .5     3:L  7:L 12:L 11:L 13:D  9:L
 15 Ellis, David                   2029 0      8:L  0:   0:   0:   0:   0: