CAWA Grand Prix

WA Grand Prix (Paul Meyer Awards)

Grand Prix awards are determined by accumulating points in each GP tournament. Points are awarded as follows: 1st = 12, 2nd = 10, 3rd = 8, 4th = 7, 5th = 6, 6th = 5, 7th = 4, 8th = 3 and participation = 2 (if no other points). All players are included in the Premier, all players Under 1850 for the Major & all players Under 1550 for the Minor. Ratings are taken from the final rating list of previous year. These ratings continue for whole year despite official periodic changes. The awards, known as the PAUL MEYER AWARDS, commemorate the life and work for Chess of the late Paul Meyer. The awards seek to encourage regular participation and therefore will not necessarily be won by the best players in each category but by those who not only perform well but also, of equal importance, are prepared to front up regularly.

2009 WA Grand Prix

2009 Open winner was Dennis Holland with Yita Choong runner-up and third place shared between Akef Abdat and Tom Donaldson. Dennis was also first in the Major section followed by Akef and Dave Dempster. This was the first occasion the Open winner has also won the Major. Gary Donaldson won the Minor Division with Bernard Laugery second and Grant Bultman third. Yita Choong won the Junior prize with George Carolin-Unkovich runner-up. While the five events were well supported by many of the state’s leading players the level of junior participation was well down. However this may well be due to the popularity of the Junior GPs, usually held a week before or after the main tournaments.

2009 Open Grand Prix - Prizewinners

OPEN
                              Events    1sts       Total
1    Denis Holland             5          1          41
2    Yita Choong               4          1          35.8
3=   Akef Abdat                5          -          25
     Tom Donaldson             5          -          25
5    Tristan Boyd              2          2          22.3
6=   David Ellis               4          1          21.5
     Marc Vliestra             4          1          21.5
8    Stephanus Kurniawan       2          1          19.8

MAJOR

1    Denis Holland             5          4          57.5
2    Akef Abdat                5          -          43.5
3    Dave Dempster             4          1          39.5
4    Ned Tomic                 5          -          26
5    Gary Donaldson            5          -          18.5

MINOR

1    Gary Donaldson            5          1          44
2    Bernard Laugery           4          -          34
3    Grant Bultman             3          2          30
4    Guy Booth                 2          2          24

JUNIOR

1.   Yita Choong
2.   George Carolin-Unkovich

Previous Grand Prix Winners

	Premier	Major	Minor	Junior

1996	Danny Dwyer	Michael Wilkins	Petar Rados
1997	David Ellis	Tristan Boyd	Leon Taylor
1998	Timo Farber	Leon Taylor	Natalie Taylor
1999	Michael Wilkins	Leon Taylor	Andrew Hardegen
2000	David Ellis	Leon Taylor	Zhengbo Wang
2001	Jay Lakner	Andrew Hardegen	Zhengbo Wang
2002	Jay Lakner	John Fedec	Daniel Van Heerden
2003	Tim Hare	Nedeljko Tomic	Dennis Holland
2004	Tristan Boyd	Tom Donaldson	Yita Choong & Alex DeHeer
2005	Haydn Barber	Tom Donaldson	Mick Pavlovic
2006	David Ellis	Gordon Dunlop	Gary Donaldson
2007	Michael Wilkins	Robert Galvin	Ryan Sam
2008	Stephanus Kurniawan	Nedeljko Tomic	Chris Cuellar	Tom Donaldson
2009	Dennis Holland	Dennis Holland	Gary Donaldson	Yita Choong