2026 South West Open and Allegro



The 2026 South-West Open and Allegro was held on 25th and 26th July, at the Margaret River Community Centre.

The Open was a 6 round Swiss (60 minutes + 10 seconds per move) contested by 28 players over both days. The Allegro was a 9 round Swiss held on Saturday, with 13 players. A traditional Saturday evening dinner at Settlers' Tavern was enjoyed by many players and their families.

Congratulations to the following prizewinners:

Open

  1st: GM Temur Kuybokarov (6/6)
=2nd: Bradley Lucas and Simon Voggenreiter (4.5/6)
=1st Under 1800 ACF: Florentyna Rithauddin, Uudamkhishig Togtmol and Michael Molenaar (3.5/6)
=1st Under 1200 ACF: Joshua Bartlett and Lachlan Walker (3.0/6)
=3rd Under 1200 ACF: Temuulen Uuganbaatar, Ashton Hurst and Allan Miller (2.5/6)

Allegro

  1st: Dylan Gough (8.0/9)
  2nd: Sebastian Gough (7.0/9)
=3rd: Matthew Wallis and Jamie Davidson (6.5/9)

Thank you to the Margaret River Community Centre for promoting the event and providing an excellent venue, and to the following people for their work in delivering the event:

Ian McAteer - Chief Organiser, venue liaison, initial prize allocation
Rosa Tu and Kobe Wu - Tournament organisation, social media promotion, and financial reports
Dylan Gough and Michael Molenaar - Arbiters
Tim Hare - Equipment management and transport
Mike McGregor - CAWA website promotion and reporting
Andrew Hardegen - Prize allocation, financial reports, and ACF rating

Thank you to everyone who participated, and to their families for their support. We look forward to welcoming you back next year.

Report kindly provided by Andrew Hardegen - CAWA Secretary



2026 South West Open Cross Table


 Pos NAME                       Rtg   T  Fed  Pts |   1     2     3     4     5     6   |    BH   BH/C1  
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  1  Kuybokarov,Temur          2631  GM  WA  6.0 | +B13  +W7   +B4   +W2   +B5   +W8    |   19.5   22.5 
  2  Lucas,Bradley             2165      WA  4.5 | +B25  +W15  +B3   -B1   +W6   =W4    |   21.5   23.0 
  3  Voggenreiter,Simon        1851      WA  4.5 | +B27  +W5   -W2   +B11  =B8   +W12   |   19.0   20.5 
  4  O'Mahoney,Keegan          2080      WA  4.0 | +W24  +B17  -W1   +B16  =W9   =B2    |   20.0   22.0 
  5  Hare,Tim                  2248      WA  4.0 | +W11  -B3   +W22  +B17  -W1   +B15   |   20.0   22.0 
  6  Brand,Drew                1931      WA  4.0 | =B14  =W12  +B26  +W10  -B2   +W18   |   17.5   19.0 
  7  Clarke,Daniel             1855      WA  3.5 | +W20  -B1   =HPB  =HPB  +W14  =B9    |   18.5   22.0 
  8  Davoll,Josh               2014      WA  3.5 | +W28  +B22  =HPB  =HPB  =W3   -B1    |   17.0   20.5 
  9  Holland,Dennis            2016      WA  3.5 | +B21  =W10  =HPB  =HPB  =B4   =W7    |   17.0   20.5 
 10  Rithauddin,Florentyna     1536      WA  3.5 | +W19  =B9   +W14  -B6   -B12  +W17   |   17.0   19.5 
 11  Togtmol,Uudamkhishig      1315      WA  3.5 | -B5   +W27  =B18  -W3   +B21  +W19   |   16.5   18.0 
 12  Molenaar,Michael          1723      WA  3.5 | -W22  =B6   +W28  +B20  +W10  -B3    |   16.5   17.5 
 13  Newbold,Christian         1382      WA  3.0 | -W1   =B20  +W19  =B14  -W15  +B22   |   17.0   19.0 
 14  Bartlett,Joshua              0      WA  3.0 | =W6   +B16  -B10  =W13  -B7   +B23   |   17.0   19.0 
 15  Prince,John               1562      WA  3.0 | +B23  -B2   -W16  +W25  +B13  -W5    |   16.5   18.0 
 16  Walker,Lachlan               0      WA  3.0 | +B18  -W14  +B15  -W4   -W17  +B24   |   16.0   18.0 
 17  Moseley,Paul              1488      WA  3.0 | +B26  -W4   +B25  -W5   +B16  -B10   |   16.0   17.5 
 18  Iwach,Dylan               1485      WA  3.0 | -W16  =B28  =W11  +B22  +W23  -B6    |   14.5   15.5 
 19  Uuganbaatar,Temuulen         0      WA  2.5 | -B10  =W21  -B13  +W26  +W20  -B11   |   15.0   16.5 
 20  Hurst,Ashton                 0      WA  2.5 | -B7   =W13  +B21  -W12  -B19  +W26   |   15.0   16.5 
 21  Miller,Allan              1078      WA  2.5 | -W9   =B19  -W20  +B28  -W11  +B27   |   13.5   14.5 
 22  Seale,Cameron                0      WA  2.0 | +B12  -W8   -B5   -W18  +B28  -W13   |   17.0   18.0 
 23  Uuganbaatar,Enkhnaran        0      WA  2.0 | -W15  -W25  +PAB  +B24  -B18  -W14   |   13.0   14.5 
 24  O'Donnell,Simon           1152      WA  2.0 | -B4   -W26  +B27  -W23  +B25  -W16   |   12.0   13.5 
 25  Riley,Matthew             1156      WA  1.5 | -W2   +B23  -W17  -B15  -W24  =W28   |   14.5   15.5 
 26  Vuppala,Rajesh               0      WA  1.5 | -W17  +B24  -W6   -B19  =W27  -B20   |   14.0   15.5 
 27  Madaffari,Bailey             0      WA  1.5 | -W3   -B11  -W24  +PAB  =B26  -W21   |   14.0   15.5 
 28  Rotter,Luca                984      WA  1.0 | -B8   =W18  -B12  -W21  -W22  =B25   |   14.5   16.0 



2026 South West Allegro Cross Table


 Pos NAME                      Rtg   T  Fed  Pts |   1     2     3     4     5     6     7     8     9   |    BH   BH/C1  
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  1  Gough,Dylan               1390      WA  8.0 | +B6   +W4   +B5   +W2   -W3   +B8   +W11  +B9   +W7   |   44.0   48.0 
  2  Gough,Sebastian           1019      WA  7.0 | +B7   +W3   +B4   -B1   +W8   -W5   +B10  +B6   +W11  |   45.0   49.0 
  3  Wallis,Matthew               0      WA  6.5 | +BYE  -B2   +W10  +W5   +B1   -B6   =W4   +B12  +W9   |   47.0   48.5 
  4  Davidson,Jamie             898      WA  6.5 | +W12  -B1   -W2   +B13  +B9   +W7   =B3   +W5   +W10  |   41.5   43.0 
  5  Skerman,Cameron           1055      WA  6.0 | +W9   +B10  -W1   -B3   +W7   +B2   +W6   -B4   +W12  |   45.5   47.0 
  6  Haigh,Hunter                 0      WA  5.0 | -W1   +B8   +W13  -B7   +B11  +W3   -B5   -W2   +PAB  |   45.5   47.0 
  7  Trimboli,Joaquin             0      WA  4.5 | -W2   +B9   =W8   +W6   -B5   -B4   +W13  +PAB  -B1   |   45.5   47.0 
  8  Vuppala,Vihaan               0      WA  4.5 | +B11  -W6   =B7   +W12  -B2   -W1   +PAB  -B10  +B13  |   38.5   40.0 
  9  Harriss,Gus                  0      WA  4.0 | -B5   -W7   +B11  +PAB  -W4   +B13  +W12  -W1   -B3   |   41.0   42.5 
 10  Anstiss,Daniel             650      WA  4.0 | +B13  -W5   -B3   -W11  +PAB  +B12  -W2   +W8   -B4   |   40.0   41.5 
 11  Dunstan,Jake                 0      WA  4.0 | -W8   +B12  -W9   +B10  -W6   +PAB  -B1   +W13  -B2   |   38.0   39.5 
 12  Vuppala,Ayan                 0      WA  1.5 | -B4   -W11  +PAB  -B8   =W13  -W10  -B9   -W3   -B5   |   37.0   38.5 
 13  Vuppala,Sushmitha            0      WA  1.5 | -W10  +PAB  -B6   -W4   =B12  -W9   -B7   -B11  -W8   |   34.0   35.5