2023 Gufeld Cup

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On Easter Sunday and Easter Monday, 9th and 10th April, the Gufeld Cup tournament was held at the North Woodvale Primary School. 28 players competed for the cup which was donated by Grandmaster Edward Gufeld in 1996 during a visit to Perth.

This was a six round ACF rated tournament in which our younger players dominated the event. Going into the last round it was still open with Jamie Laubbacher on 4.5 points, followed by Ian McAteer on 4 points, and five players on 3.5 points, David Barry, Eamon Harris, Carter Kerr, Noah Taylor and Naveen Ramnat Umasankar. Jamie secured the title by beating Ian, Eamon came second by beating David, Naveen and Noah drew and Carter lost to Dylan Gough. Ian, Noah and Ramnat can take some consolation as they were joint winners of the Under 1800 division along with Dylan.

The two strongest players in the Under 1600 were Paula Gruber and Carter Kerr. Paula was also the strongest female player, narrowly ahead of Kobe Wu (=3rd in the Under 1600) and Yasmina Cavosie-Pletsch. Newcomer Jordan Smith also performed well in this division and came =3rd.

The Under 1000 was closely contested amongst eight players. Going into the last round there were three players on 2 points, Hardy Dai, Jaswanth Ram Sethuraman and Lucas Wang (visitor from Queensland), plus one player on 1.5, Akash Ashok. In the last round Dai lost to Jordan Smith, Jaswanth lost to Robert Stortz, Lucas drew with Hui Hang (one of the several upsets involving junior versus senior players) and Ashok beat his brother Anish. This left Ashok and Lucas as joint winners of the Under 1000 Division.

As mentioned, this was definitely a tournament where our Juniors dominated the event. There were several upsets along the way including Carter beating Dominador Andador, Kobe beating Robert and myself losing to Yasmina. A sign of how well Junior chess is developing in Perth.

A list of prize winners is given below:

Open Division
1st: Jamie Laubbacher (5.5/6), 2nd: Eamon Harris (4.5/6)

Under 1800
=1st: Ian McAteer, Dylan Gough, Noah Taylor and Naveen Ramnat Umasankar (4.0/6)

Under 1600
=1st: Paula Gruber and Carter Kerr (3.5/6), =3rd: Kobe Wu and Jordan Smith (3.0/6)

Under 1000
=1st: Akash Ashok and Lucas Wang (2.5/6)

Special thanks to Dylan Gough as Deputy Arbiter, Ian McAteer as Deputy-Deputy Arbiter, David Barry who provided some technical assistance, Jenny Shi and Huang Hui who provided some photos and last but not least, thanks to the North Woodvale Primary School for providing such a good venue.

Report kindly proviced by Alan Wolstencroft - Chief Arbiter.

Final Standings


 Pos  N     NAME                      | Rtg  PRtg Fed |  Pts   Buc1  BucT  
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  1   1     Laubbacher,Jamie          | 1904 2023  WA |  5.5   19.5  21.5 
  2  14     Harris,Eamon              | 1617 1727  WA |  4.5   20.0  20.5
  3   8     McAteer,Ian               | 1774 1708  WA |  4.0   20.0  21.5
  4   7     Umasankar,Naveen Ramnat   | 1788 1659  WA |  4.0   19.5  21.5 
  5  10     Taylor,Noah               | 1771 1464  WA |  4.0   19.5  21.0 
  6  11     Gough,Dylan               | 1745 1506  WA |  4.0   18.0  18.5
  7   5     Andador,Dominador         | 1842 1363  WA |  4.0   16.5  18.5
  8  19     Kerr,Carter               | 1257 1565  WA |  3.5   21.0  23.5
  9   2     Barry,David               | 1897 1587  WA |  3.5   18.5  21.0
 10  15     Deng,Eric                 | 1604  931  WA |  3.5   16.5  18.0 
 11  21     Gruber,Paula              | 1076 1240  WA |  3.5   16.5  17.0 
 12   4     Wolstencroft,Alan         | 1849 1421  WA |  3.5   15.0  16.5
 13   9     Simonds,Marcus            | 1771 1279  WA |  3.5   14.5  16.0
 14  20     Wu,Kobe                   | 1206 1814  WA |  3.0   18.5  21.5
 15   3     Stortz,Robert             | 1870 1295  WA |  3.0   16.0  17.5
 16  17     Smith,Jordan              | 1500 1027  WA |  3.0   13.5  15.0
 17  12     Huang,Hui                 | 1707 1384  WA |  2.5   18.5  21.0
 18  18     Cavosie-Pletsch,Yasmina   | 1330 1406  WA |  2.5   17.5  19.0
 19   6     Roebuck,Derek J       (W) | 1804 1719  WA |  2.5   16.5  18.5 
 20  24     Ashok,Akash               |  734 1235  WA |  2.5   16.5  17.0 
 21  25     Wang,Lucas                |  671  969 QLD |  2.5   14.5  15.0
 22  16     Moseley,Paul              | 1543  996  WA |  2.5   14.0  14.5
 23  22     Kerr,Lennon               |  860 1534  WA |  2.0   17.5  18.5
 24  27     Dai,Hardy                 |    0 1109  WA |  2.0   16.0  16.5
 25  28     Gong,Leo                  |    0  814  WA |  2.0   14.5  15.0
 26  23     Sethuraman,Jaswanth Ram   |  783 1122  WA |  2.0   13.5  14.0
 27  26     Ashok,Anish               |  458  376  WA |  1.0   14.5  16.0
 28  29     Liu,Jonathan              |    0    0  WA |  1.0   13.0  13.5
 29  13     Donaldson,Gary        (W) | 1632    0  WA |  0.0   12.5  13.5


Cross Table


 Pos NAME                           Rtg   T  Fed  Pts |   1     2     3     4     5     6   |  Buc1  BucT  
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  1  Laubbacher,Jamie               1904      WA  5.5 | +B10  =W17  +B8   +W2   +B5   +W3   |  19.5  21.5 
  2  Harris,Eamon                   1617      WA  4.5 | +W28  =B4   +W6   -B1   +W15  +W9   |  20.0  20.5 
  3  McAteer,Ian                    1774      WA  4.0 | +W23  +B18  =W5   =B4   +W7   -B1   |  20.0  21.5 
  4  Umasankar,Naveen Ramnat        1788      WA  4.0 | +B11  =W2   +B17  =W3   =B8   =W5   |  19.5  21.5 
  5  Taylor,Noah                    1771      WA  4.0 | +W21  +B25  =B3   +W9   -W1   =B4   |  19.5  21.0 
  6  Gough,Dylan                    1745      WA  4.0 | +B27  =W9   -B2   +W12  =B14  +W8   |  18.0  18.5 
  7  Andador,Dominador              1842      WA  4.0 | -B8   +W26  +B11  +W18  -B3   +W14  |  16.5  18.5 
  8  Kerr,Carter                    1257      WA  3.5 | +W7   +B13  -W1   +B24  =W4   -B6   |  21.0  23.5 
  9  Barry,David                    1897      WA  3.5 | +W22  =B6   +W20  -B5   +W13  -B2   |  18.5  21.0 
 10  Deng,Eric                      1604      WA  3.5 | -W1   -B23  +W21  +B20  +W24  =B11  |  16.5  18.0 
 11  Gruber,Paula                   1076      WA  3.5 | -W4   +B21  -W7   +B27  +W20  =W10  |  16.5  17.0 
 12  Wolstencroft,Alan              1849      WA  3.5 | -W18  =B14  +W16  -B6   +W23  +B22  |  15.0  16.5 
 13  Simonds,Marcus                 1771      WA  3.5 | +B26  -W8   +B23  =W14  -B9   +W18  |  14.5  16.0 
 14  Wu,Kobe                        1206      WA  3.0 | =B19  =W12  +W15  =B13  =W6   -B7   |  18.5  21.5 
 15  Stortz,Robert                  1870      WA  3.0 | =B16  =W19  -B14  +W23  -B2   +W26  |  16.0  17.5 
 16  Smith,Jordan                   1500      WA  3.0 | =W15  -B20  -B12  +W25  =B17  +W24  |  13.5  15.0 
 17  Huang,Hui                      1707      WA  2.5 | +BYE  =B1   -W4   -B19  =W16  =B21  |  18.5  21.0 
 18  Cavosie-Pletsch,Yasmina        1330      WA  2.5 | +B12  -W3   +W25  -B7   =W22  -B13  |  17.5  19.0 
 19  Roebuck,Derek J            (W) 1804      WA  2.5 | =W14  =B15  =BYE  +W17   --    --   |  16.5  18.5 
 20  Ashok,Akash                     734      WA  2.5 | =BYE  +W16  -B9   -W10  -B11  +W27  |  16.5  17.0 
 21  Wang,Lucas                      671     QLD  2.5 | -B5   -W11  -B10  +W28  +B25  =W17  |  14.5  15.0 
 22  Moseley,Paul                   1543      WA  2.5 | -B9   +W27  -B24  +W26  =B18  -W12  |  14.0  14.5 
 23  Kerr,Lennon                     860      WA  2.0 | -B3   +W10  -W13  -B15  -B12  +BYE  |  17.5  18.5 
 24  Dai,Hardy                         0      WA  2.0 | -BYE  +B28  +W22  -W8   -B10  -B16  |  16.0  16.5 
 25  Gong,Leo                          0      WA  2.0 | +BYE  -W5   -B18  -B16  -W21  +B28  |  14.5  15.0 
 26  Sethuraman,Jaswanth Ram         783      WA  2.0 | -W13  -B7   +W28  -B22  +W27  -B15  |  13.5  14.0 
 27  Ashok,Anish                     458      WA  1.0 | -W6   -B22  +BYE  -W11  -B26  -B20  |  14.5  16.0 
 28  Liu,Jonathan                      0      WA  1.0 | -B2   -W24  -B26  -B21  +BYE  -W25  |  13.0  13.5 
 29  Donaldson,Gary             (W) 1632      WA  0.0 | -BYE   --    --    --    --    --   |  12.5  13.5