2025 Willetton Open

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The 2025 Willetton Open was played on the weekend of Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th August at Southern Suburbs Chess Club (Leeming Primary School)

Thank you for participating in the 2025 Willetton Open and congratulations to all prizewinners.The prize list for the tournament is provided below.

Report kindly provided by IA Dr Andrew Hardegen - Chief Arbiter.


Prize Winners


  1st Open: Jessie De Guzman (5.5/6)

 =2nd Open: David Ellis (4.0/6)

 =2nd Open & 1st Under 1700: Ricky Huang (4.0/6)  
 
 =3rd Open & 2nd Under 1700: Aidan Malik (3.5/6)
 
 =3rd Open: Angus Chen (3.5/6) 



Final Standings


 Pos  N     NAME                      g |  Rtg Fed |  Pts  BH/C1    BH   
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  1   3     De Guzman,Jessie          m | 1874  WA |  5.5   18.0   20.0
  2   2     Ellis,David               m | 2040  WA |  4.0   18.5   21.0 
  3   7     Huang,Yuqi (Ricky)        m | 1606  WA |  4.0   18.5   20.5 
  4  10     Malik,Aidan               m | 1415  OS |  3.5   19.5   21.5
  5   6     Chen,Angus                m | 1726  WA |  3.5   19.0   20.0
  6   1 WFM Hardegen,Kathryn          f | 2120  WA |  3.0   19.5   21.5
  7  12     Le,Quang Minh             m | 1048  WA |  3.0   17.0   18.0
  8   5     Gwezere,Cecil         (W) m | 1735  WA |  3.0   15.5   18.5
  9   4     Huang,Hui                 m | 1799  WA |  2.5   14.5   15.5
 10   8     Sethuraman,Jaswanth Ram   m | 1520  WA |  2.5   14.0   16.5
 11   9     Howard,Mark               m | 1470  WA |  2.0   16.5   18.5
 12  11     Ashok,Akash               m | 1283  WA |  2.0   12.0   14.0
 13  13     Koppolu,Asher Jayden      m |  332  WA |  1.0   13.5   14.5


Cross Table


 Pos NAME                           Rtg   T  Fed  Pts |   1     2     3     4     5     6   |  BH/C1    BH   
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  1  De Guzman,Jessie               1874      WA  5.5 | +B11  +W5   =B2   +W3   +B4   +W6   |   18.0   20.0 
  2  Ellis,David                    2040      WA  4.0 | +W10  =B4   =W1   =B6   +W7   =B5   |   18.5   21.0 
  3  Huang,Yuqi (Ricky)             1606      WA  4.0 | +W6   =B8   =W4   -B1   +W11  +B10  |   18.5   20.5 
  4  Malik,Aidan                    1415      OS  3.5 | +B9   =W2   =B3   =W5   -W1   +B12  |   19.5   21.5 
  5  Chen,Angus                     1726      WA  3.5 | +W13  -B1   +W7   =B4   =W6   =W2   |   19.0   20.0 
  6  Hardegen,Kathryn               2120 WFM  WA  3.0 | -B3   +W12  +B10  =W2   =B5   -B1   |   19.5   21.5 
  7  Le,Quang Minh                  1048      WA  3.0 | -W8   +PAB  -B5   +W9   -B2   +W13  |   17.0   18.0 
  8  Gwezere,Cecil              (W) 1735      WA  3.0 | +B7   =W3   +B9   =HPB   --    --   |   15.5   18.5 
  9  Huang,Hui                      1799      WA  2.5 | -W4   +B13  -W8   -B7   =B12  +W11  |   14.5   15.5 
 10  Sethuraman,Jaswanth Ram        1520      WA  2.5 | -B2   +W11  -W6   =HPB  +B13  -W3   |   14.0   16.5 
 11  Howard,Mark                    1470      WA  2.0 | -W1   -B10  +PAB  +W12  -B3   -B9   |   16.5   18.5 
 12  Ashok,Akash                    1283      WA  2.0 | =HPB  -B6   +W13  -B11  =W9   -W4   |   12.0   14.0 
 13  Koppolu,Asher Jayden            332      WA  1.0 | -B5   -W9   -B12  +PAB  -W10  -B7   |   13.5   14.5