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                      Dandenong Easter Cup 2009
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                      This 5-round tournament has an unusual format,
                       1 x 60min per player game worth 5 points
                       2 x 10min per player game worth 1 point each
                       with a total of 7-point available each round.


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The first round of the Easter Cup mostly went with ratings, although some points and half-points were grabbed in the minor games by the lower rated players.

The only major upset was Syf Pronk, who recovered from losses in the two minor games to overcome Chris Potter in the main game and take the round 5-2. Syf hasn't played for quite a while and all members were pleased to see him back, with the possible exception of Chris.

Although both Habib Hessari and Elvis Espejo are unrated, they were given provisional ratings placing them in the top half of the draw, (based on their results in the Summer Swiss). And they didn't disappoint the DOP as both managed 7-0 victories, but both will finally meet some strong opposition next week which should test them.

Regards; Garry Lycett
                                                  Results Rd1

1 Machell, Don       1935 [0.0] 7.0:0.0 Senturk, Bahri        1455 [0.0]
2 Alphonso, Joe       Unr [0.0] 0.0:7.0 Rashid, Abdulwahab    1844 [0.0]
3 Lycett, Garry      1803 [0.0] 6.5:0.5 Vitkovic, Nick        1399 [0.0]
4 Chong, Reginald    1381 [0.0] 1.0:6.0 Campara, Miralem      1789 [0.0]
5 Hopkins, Rhys      1693 [0.0] 7.0:0.0 Keefe, Peter          1319 [0.0]
6 Tolpigin, George   1311 [0.0] 0.0:7.0 Potter, Matthew       1679 [0.0]
7 Burzic, Ramo       1601 [0.0] 7.0:0.0 Hewitt, Frank         1295 [0.0]
8 Pronk, Syf         1292 [0.0] 5.0:2.0 Potter, Chris         1592 [0.0]
9 Chua, Manny        1570 [0.0] 7.0:0.0 McEachern, Graham     1160 [0.0]
10 Froiland, Gunner   1159 [0.0] 1.0:6.0 Kudric, Mirko         1554 [0.0]
11 Ghayoori, Pezhman  1515 [0.0] 7.0:0.0 Seehusen, John        1140 [0.0]
12 Dales, Ray          Unr [0.0] 1.0:6.0 Potter, Daniel        1512 [0.0]
13 Habib, Hessari      Unr [0.0] 7.0:0.0 Mison, Ashley         1098 [0.0]
14 Lee, Geoff         0951 [0.0] 0.0:7.0 Gungordu, Ismet       1495 [0.0]
15 Armerman, Mendel   1485 [0.0] 7.0:0.0 Elefterijadis, Dimitri Unr [0.0]
16 Ang, Nathan         Unr [0.0] 0.0:7.0 Yilmaz, Ahmet         1476 [0.0]
17 Espejo, Elvis       Unr [0.0] 7.0:0.0 Ang, Natalie           Unr [0.0]
18 Kinnear, Eve        Unr [0.0] 0.0:7.0 Lane, Victor          1456 [0.0]
19 Rasmussen, Henning 0821 [0.0] 7.0:0.0 BYE
20 Sissian, Jirair     Unr [0.0] 3.5:0.0 BYE
21 Masood, Alikhail    Unr [0.0] 3.5:0.0 BYE

                             Results Rd2

1 Habib, Hessari          Unr [7.0]  1.0:6.0  Machell, Don      1935 [7.0]
2 Rashid, Abdulwahab     1844 [7.0]  7.0:0.0  Armerman, Mendel  1485 [7.0]
3 Gungordu, Ismet        1495 [7.0]  1.0:6.0  Hopkins, Rhys     1693 [7.0]
4 Potter, Matthew        1679 [7.0]  7.0:0.0  Espejo, Elvis      Unr [7.0]
5 Yilmaz, Ahmet          1476 [7.0]  1.5:5.5  Burzic, Ramo      1601 [7.0]
6 Lane, Victor           1456 [7.0]  0.0:7.0  Chua, Manny       1570 [7.0]
7 Rasmussen, Henning     0821 [7.0]  0.0:7.0  Ghayoori, Pezhman 1515 [7.0]
8 Campara, Miralem       1789 [6.0]  3.5:3.5  Lycett, Garry     1803 [6.5]
9 Kudric, Mirko          1554 [6.0]  1.0:6.0  Potter, Daniel    1512 [6.0]
10 Masood, Alikhail        Unr [3.5]  1.0:6.0  Pronk, Syf        1292 [5.0]
11 Potter, Chris          1592 [2.0]  2.0:5.0  Chong, Reginald   1381 [1.0]
12 Dales, Ray              Unr [1.0]  0.0:7.0  Froiland, Gunner  1159 [1.0]
13 Vitkovic, Nick         1399 [.5]   0.0:7.0  Senturk, Bahri    1455 [0.0]
14 Mison, Ashley          1098 [0.0]  0.0:7.0  Alphonso, Joe      Unr [0.0]
15 Keefe, Peter           1319 [0.0]  7.0:0.0  Lee, Geoff        0951 [0.0]
16 Elefterijadis, Dimitri  Unr [0.0]  0.0:7.0  Tolpigin, George  1311 [0.0]
17 Hewitt, Frank          1295 [0.0]  7.0:0.0  Ang, Nathan        Unr [0.0]
18 McEachern, Graham      1160 [0.0]  7.0:0.0  Ang, Natalie       Unr [0.0]
19 Seehusen, John         1140 [0.0]  7.0:0.0  Kinnear, Eve       Unr [0.0]
20 Sissian, Jirair         Unr [3.5]  0.0:0.0  BYE


The the third round saw the four equal leaders meeting on the top two boards, Manny Chua vs Abdulwahab Rashid and Pezhman Ghayoori vs Matthew Potter. The higher rated Abdulwahab and Matthew each won both 1-point 10-minute games, but Manny and Pezhman played will with both 5-point 1-hour games drawn. So now none of the four are still leading. Insead it is Don Machell (6-1 vs Rhys Hopkins) and Daniel Potter (7-0 vs Ramo Burzic) who swept past them all and into the joint the lead with  19 /21. They will meet on top board next week. Abdulwahab and Matthew are both 18.5-points and meet on board two next week.Given the scoring system in this event 1/2-point is very little with 14-points on offer in the final two rounds. But these four have established a slight break on the remainder of the field, with Garry Lycett 17-points, Manny Chua and Pezhman Ghayoori 16.5-points and Miralem Campara 15.5-points.
Miralem played a very good game giving up a bishop for an attack and finally forcing checkmate against Ahmet Yilmaz. Garry had a very lucky escape against Syf Pronk. Despite being rated 511-points lower, Syf had outplayed Garry and was the exchange up with a better position and twenty minutes on the clock to his opponents two. Garry set one last desperate cheap trap and Syf needlessly rushed his move and fell for it.
Following are te results of Rd3 & the pairings for Rd4.
Regards; Garry Lycett

                                                     Results Rd3

1 Chua, Manny       1570 [14.0] 2.5:4.5 Rashid, Abdulwahab     1844 [14.0]
2 Ghayoori, Pezhman 1515 [14.0] 2.5:4.5 Potter, Matthew        1679 [14.0]
3 Machell, Don      1935 [13.0] 6.0:1.0 Hopkins, Rhys          1693 [13.0]
4 Potter, Daniel    1512 [12.0] 7.0:0.0 Burzic, Ramo           1601 [12.5]
5 Pronk, Syf        1292 [11.0] 0.0:7.0 Lycett, Garry          1803 [10.0]
6 Yilmaz, Ahmet     1476 [8.5]  1.0:6.0 Campara, Miralem       1789 [9.5]
7 Froiland, Gunner  1159 [8.0]  0.0:7.0 Habib, Hessari          Unr [8.0]
8 Kudric, Mirko     1554 [7.0]  6.0:1.0 Gungordu, Ismet        1495 [8.0]
9 Armerman, Mendel  1485 [7.0]  6.0:1.0 Keefe, Peter           1319 [7.0]
10 Espejo, Elvis      Unr [7.0]  2.0:5.0 Hewitt, Frank          1295 [7.0]
11 Tolpigin, George  1311 [7.0]  7.0:0.0 Lane, Victor           1456 [7.0]
12 Senturk, Bahri    1455 [7.0]  7.0:0.0 McEachern, Graham      1160 [7.0]
13 Alphonso, Joe      Unr [7.0]  6.5:0.5 Seehusen, John         1140 [7.0]
14 Forster, Kevin    1386 [7.0]  7.0:0.0 Rasmussen, Henning     0821 [7.0]
15 Chong, Reginald   1381 [6.0]  7.0:0.0 Masood, Alikhail        Unr [4.5]
16 Sissian, Jirair    Unr [3.5]  0.0:7.0 Potter, Chris          1592 [4.0]
17 Vitkovic, Nick    1399 [.5]   7.0:0.0 Dales, Ray              Unr [1.0]
18 Ang, Nathan        Unr [0.0]  0.0:7.0 Mison, Ashley          1098 [0.0]
19 Ang, Natalie       Unr [0.0]  0.0:7.0 Lee, Geoff             0951 [0.0]
20 Kinnear, Eve       Unr [0.0]  0.0:7.0 Elefterijadis, Dimitri  Unr [0.0]


After four rounds the most surprising thing about the standings is that the top five places are held by the top five rated players, in sequence. Don Machell moved into outright lead when he defeated Daniel Potter 7-0. The scoreline doesn't really reflect how well Daniel played, he was the exchange up and in a good position. But Don is very good at spotting and then setting up possible tactics, in case his opponent goes wrong, which Daniel did, allowing Don a forced mate.

Don is now 26 / 28 and a 1.5-point leader over his final round opponent Abdulwahab Rashid. The two 1-point 10 minute games will be crucial in this encounter, if Don splits them 1-1 he will only need a draw in the main game to finish ahead of Abdulwahab. But if Abdulwahab takes them 2-0 he will be the one only needing a draw.

And of course hoping for a draw on top board will be Garry Lycett, 2-points behind Don, he would need a 7-0 win over Rhys Hopkins to have a chance. Given his recent record against Rhys, (1 loss, 1 draw), this seems unlikely.

Even Miralem Campara with a 7-0 win over Bahri Senturk and the right result on top board has a chance of winning.

Following are the results from Rd4 and the pairings for Rd5.

Regards; Garry Lycett

                                Results Rd4

1 Potter, Daniel     1512 [19.0]  0.0:7.0  Machell, Don           1935 [19.0]
2 Rashid, Abdulwahab 1844 [18.5]  6.0:1.0  Potter, Matthew        1679 [18.5]
3 Lycett, Garry      1803 [17.0]  7.0:0.0  Chua, Manny            1570 [16.5]
4 Campara, Miralem   1789 [15.5]  7.0:0.0  Ghayoori, Pezhman      1515 [16.5]
5 Hopkins, Rhys      1693 [14.0]  7.0:0.0  Habib, Hessari          Unr [15.0]
6 Senturk, Bahri     1455 [14.0]  7.0:0.0  Forster, Kevin         1386 [14.0]
7 Alphonso, Joe       Unr [13.5]  2.0:5.0  Tolpigin, George       1311 [14.0]
8 Chong, Reginald    1381 [13.0]  7.0:0.0  Kudric, Mirko          1554 [13.0]
9 Burzic, Ramo       1601 [12.5]  4.0:3.0  Armerman, Mendel       1485 [13.0]
10 Hewitt, Frank      1295 [12.0]  3.5:3.5  Pronk, Syf             1292 [11.0]
11 Potter, Chris      1592 [11.0]  2.5:4.5  Yilmaz, Ahmet          1476 [9.5]
12 Gungordu, Ismet    1495 [9.0]   1.0:6.0  Espejo, Elvis           Unr [9.0]
13 Keefe, Peter       1319 [8.0]   5.0:2.0  Froiland, Gunner       1159 [8.0]
14 Seehusen, John     1140 [7.5]    .5:6.5  Vitkovic, Nick         1399 [7.5]
15 Lee, Geoff         0951 [7.0]   0.0:7.0  Lane, Victor           1456 [7.0]
16 McEachern, Graham  1160 [7.0]   7.0:0.0  Elefterijadis, Dimitri  Unr [7.0]
17 Mison, Ashley      1098 [7.0]   1.0:6.0  Rasmussen, Henning     0821 [7.0]
18 Masood, Alikhail    Unr [4.5]   6.0:1.0  Sissian, Jirair         Unr [3.5]
19 Dales, Ray          Unr [1.0]   0.0:7.0  Ang, Nathan             Unr [0.0]
20 Ang, Natalie        Unr [0.0]   7.0:0.0  Kinnear, Eve            Unr [0.0]


The final round of the Easter Cup started with 4 players having a chance of tournament victory. Two of them, Garry Lycett and Miralem Campara, needed 7-0 wins and a draw on the top board to have a chance. After about 15 minutes Garry was out of the running after losing both 10-minute games to Rhys Hopkins in very quick time. He was followed shortly afterwards by Miralem who also managed to lose both 10-minute games to Bahri Senturk.

This meant the tournament winner would be decided by the top board game between the top two seeded players.
Don Machell went into the final round leading by 1.5-points, and after squaring the 10-minute games with Abdulwahab Rashid 1-1, he knew that a draw would suffice to give him victory. I didn't see any of the game and so I am not sure if needing a win Abdulwahab took too many risks, but in the end it was Don who won the main 5-point game and finished clearly first in the event. Congratulations to Don Machell who has started the year well, winning both events held at Dandenong so far. He was the only player to win all five main games, and finished 7 / 10 in the rapid games.

Second and third went to Garry Lycett and Miralem Campara respectively. They both recovered to win their main games of the night, winning their matches 5-2 and moving past Abdulwahab who finished =4th / 5th  with Matthew Potter. Garry nor Miralem were the only other players apart from Don to go through the event undefeated in the main games. Both finished with 4 wins and a draw (against each other in Rd2). But their rapid skills were lacking, Garry finishing 6.5 / 10 and Miralem 5 / 10 in the quicker version.

One player who had a very good tournament was Daniel Potter, finishing 6th with 25-points, he won 4 / 5 main games. His only loss was to the winner and in that game he was probably the only player to have Don in any real trouble.

Next Wednesday 6th May is the first of the clubs four Lightning Tournaments, each players best two results going towards the overall club
Lightning Championship.
Following that the Autumn Open begins 13th May, more details will be forwarded shortly.

Following are the Rd5 results and the final crosstable.

Regards; Garry Lycett

                                    Results Rd5

1 Machell, Don           1935 [26.0]  6.0:1.0  Rashid, Abdulwahab 1844 [24.5]
2 Hopkins, Rhys          1693 [21.0]  2.0:5.0  Lycett, Garry      1803 [24.0]
3 Campara, Miralem       1789 [22.5]  5.0:2.0  Senturk, Bahri     1455 [21.0]
4 Potter, Matthew        1679 [19.5]  6.0:1.0  Chong, Reginald    1381 [20.0]
5 Tolpigin, George       1311 [19.0]  1.0:6.0  Potter, Daniel     1512 [19.0]
6 Chua, Manny            1570 [16.5]  6.0:1.0  Burzic, Ramo       1601 [16.5]
7 Ghayoori, Pezhman      1515 [16.5]  6.0:1.0  Armerman, Mendel   1485 [16.0]
8 Hewitt, Frank          1295 [15.5]  2.0:5.0  Alphonso, Joe       Unr [15.5]
9 Habib, Hessari          Unr [15.0]  7.0:0.0  Espejo, Elvis       Unr [15.0]
10 Lane, Victor           1456 [14.0]  7.0:0.0  Pronk, Syf         1292 [14.5]
11 Forster, Kevin         1386 [14.0]  0.0:7.0  Yilmaz, Ahmet      1476 [14.0]
12 Vitkovic, Nick         1399 [14.0]  7.0:0.0  McEachern, Graham  1160 [14.0]
13 Rasmussen, Henning     0821 [13.0]  1.0:6.0  Potter, Chris      1592 [13.5]
14 Kudric, Mirko          1554 [13.0]  7.0:0.0  Keefe, Peter       1319 [13.0]
15 Froiland, Gunner       1159 [10.0]  5.0:2.0  Masood, Alikhail    Unr [10.5]
16 Seehusen, John         1140 [8.0]   0.0:7.0  Gungordu, Ismet    1495 [10.0]
17 Elefterijadis, Dimitri  Unr [7.0]   0.0:7.0  Mison, Ashley      1098 [8.0]
18 Ang, Nathan             Unr [7.0]   0.0:7.0  Lee, Geoff         0951 [7.0]
19 Sissian, Jirair         Unr [4.5]   6.0:1.0  Ang, Natalie        Unr [7.0]
20 Kinnear, Eve            Unr [0.0]   7.0:0.0  Dales, Ray          Unr [1.0]

                                    Cross Table

No Name                   ACF   Total  1      2      3      4      5
1  Machell, Don           1935  32.0   8:7.0 11:6.0  7:6.0  6:7.0  4:6.0
2  Lycett, Garry          1803  29.0  14:6.5  3:3.5 27:7.0  9:7.0  7:5.0
3  Campara, Miralem       1789  27.5  15:6.0  2:3.5 12:6.0 10:7.0  8:5.0
4  Rashid, Abdulwahab     1844  25.5  16:7.0 23:7.0  9:4.5  5:6.0  1:1.0
5  Potter, Matthew        1679  25.5  18:7.0 24:7.0 10:4.5  4:1.0 15:6.0
6  Potter, Daniel         1512  25.0  40:6.0 17:6.0 20:7.0  1:0.0 18:6.0
7  Hopkins, Rhys          1693  23.0  32:7.0 22:6.0  1:1.0 11:7.0  2:2.0
8  Senturk, Bahri         1455  23.0   1:0.0 14:7.0 29:7.0 28:7.0  3:2.0
9  Chua, Manny            1570  22.5  29:7.0 13:7.0  4:2.5  2:0.0 20:6.0
10 Ghayoori, Pezhman      1515  22.5  35:7.0 31:7.0  5:2.5  3:0.0 23:6.0
11 Habib, Hessari          Unr  22.0  26:7.0  1:1.0 25:7.0  7:0.0 24:7.0
12 Yilmaz, Ahmet          1476  21.0  38:7.0 20:1.5  3:1.0 19:4.5 28:7.0
13 Lane, Victor           1456  21.0  39:7.0  9:0.0 18:0.0 30:7.0 27:7.0
14 Vitkovic, Nick         1399  21.0   2:.5   8:0.0 40:7.0 35:6.5 29:7.0
15 Chong, Reginald        1381  21.0   3:1.0 19:5.0 33:7.0 17:7.0  5:1.0
16 Alphonso, Joe           Unr  20.5   4:0.0 26:7.0 35:6.5 18:2.0 21:5.0
17 Kudric, Mirko          1554  20.0  25:6.0  6:1.0 22:6.0 15:0.0 32:7.0
18 Tolpigin, George       1311  20.0   5:0.0 37:7.0 13:7.0 16:5.0  6:1.0
19 Potter, Chris          1592  19.5  27:2.0 15:2.0 34:7.0 12:2.5 31:6.0
20 Burzic, Ramo           1601  17.5  21:7.0 12:5.5  6:0.0 23:4.0  9:1.0
21 Hewitt, Frank          1295  17.5  20:0.0 38:7.0 24:5.0 27:3.5 16:2.0
22 Gungordu, Ismet        1495  17.0  30:7.0  7:1.0 17:1.0 24:1.0 35:7.0
23 Armerman, Mendel       1485  17.0  37:7.0  4:0.0 32:6.0 20:3.0 10:1.0
24 Espejo, Elvis           Unr  15.0  36:7.0  5:0.0 21:2.0 22:6.0 11:0.0
25 Froiland, Gunner       1159  15.0  17:1.0 40:7.0 11:0.0 32:2.0 33:5.0
26 Mison, Ashley          1098  15.0  11:0.0 16:0.0 38:7.0 31:1.0 37:7.0
27 Pronk, Syf             1292  14.5  19:5.0 33:6.0  2:0.0 21:3.5 13:0.0
28 Forster, Kevin         1386  14.0   0:     0:7.0 31:7.0  8:0.0 12:0.0
29 McEachern, Graham      1160  14.0   9:0.0 36:7.0  8:0.0 37:7.0 14:0.0
30 Lee, Geoff             0951  14.0  22:0.0 32:0.0 36:7.0 13:0.0 38:7.0
31 Rasmussen, Henning     0821  14.0   0:7.0 10:0.0 28:0.0 26:6.0 19:1.0
32 Keefe, Peter           1319  13.0   7:0.0 30:7.0 23:1.0 25:5.0 17:0.0
33 Masood, Alikhail        Unr  12.5   0:3.5 27:1.0 15:0.0 34:6.0 25:2.0
34 Sissian, Jirair         Unr  10.5   0:3.5  0:0.0 19:0.0 33:1.0 36:6.0
35 Seehusen, John         1140  8.0   10:0.0 39:7.0 16:.5  14:.5  22:0.0
36 Ang, Natalie            Unr  8.0   24:0.0 29:0.0 30:0.0 39:7.0 34:1.0
37 Elefterijadis, Dimitri  Unr  7.0   23:0.0 18:0.0 39:7.0 29:0.0 26:0.0
38 Ang, Nathan             Unr  7.0   12:0.0 21:0.0 26:0.0 40:7.0 30:0.0
39 Kinnear, Eve            Unr  7.0   13:0.0 35:0.0 37:0.0 36:0.0 40:7.0
40 Dales, Ray              Unr  1.0    6:1.0 25:0.0 14:0.0 38:0.0 39:0.0