Dandenong Club Championship 2007
This tournament comprises 9
rounds, and is being played on Wednesdays from 3th October 2007 to
31st October, and from 14th
November to 5th December. The time control is 90 minutes plus 30
seconds per move for each player. The tournament is only open to Club Members.
New Venue;
John Pandazopoulos Hall,
A reminder to all members that there is now a $2 p/night
board fee.
A
reminder to all members that the Wednesday following the club
championship is the clubs breakup and trophy presentation night.
Food is provided and copies of the club calendar for next year will be
available. All members are encouraged to attend.
Next Wednesday, 5th December, is the final round of
the championship and
12th December is the presentation night.
ROUND 9
Congratulations to Malcolm Pyke who won his third Dandenong
Club
Championship in a row.
Malcolm becomes only the second player to win three in a row. But it will
be a challenge to emulate the last person to do it, Don Maciulaitis, who
went on to win seven straight between 1976 - 1982.
Malcolm's third win also
puts him behind only Don Maciulaitis and Don Machell in total number of
club championships, they have eight each.
Malcolm sealed tournament victory with a last round win over his only
remaining rival for first, Richard Voon.
Richard needed to win the game and with White faced Malcolm's French
Defence. Possibly trying too hard to make something out of nothing Richard
lost the exchange and was always in trouble after that.
Malcolm finished with a convincing 8 / 9, conceding draws to Bosko
Mijatovic and Mehmed Burak but beating all the other top seeds in what was
a dominating display to fully deserve his championship. At one stage he was
1-point behind top seed Domagoj Dragicevic so to finish 1.5-points clear of
the field was remarkable. He finished with six straight wins and no doubt
the turning point was round six where he defeated Domagoj to take outright
lead, never relenquishing it. It turned out to be a turning point for
Domagoj too, leading outright after round five he had a disappointing 1 / 4
finish to be 2.5-points adrift at the end.
Richard's loss put him in a tie for second with Abdulwahab Rashid and Eddie
Kocjancic on 6.5-points.
Richard and Abdulwahab were consistent throughout, (excludings Abdulwahab's
oversight against Don Machell in round three), and were expected to be
amongst the top placed. They each lost two games, both to Malcolm and
Richard also lost to Domagoj. But possibly the most outstanding result of
the tournament, (Malcolm excluded), came from Eddie. Ranked 15th he lost
only one game, everybody else apart from Malcolm lost at least two. He
played seven of his nine games against higher rated players scoring 3 wins,
3 draws and 1 loss. This tournament finished too late to be included in the
December ratings, but this result will certainly see Eddie's rating jump in
the March 2008 ratings.
Alone in fifth place on 6-points was Don Machell, followed by a group of
six players finishing on 5.5-points.
The Reserves Championship (Under 1551) went into the last round with two
equal leaders, Manny Chua and Rhys Hopkins on 4.5-points, ahead of enough
players on 4-points and 3.5-points to cause a possible 10-way tie.
Manny looked to be in a drawn rook and pawn ending against Bosko Mijatovic,
but was outplayed and lost in the end. Rhys had his chances hampered by
arriving 45 minutes late for his game against Garry Lycett. He launched a
kingside attack straight out of the opening and his position looked pretty
good. But as it got down to what was an interesting major pieces ending his
time started running down and he made a few "second best" moves that
were
costly. In the end Garry was able to win a pawn and get it to the seventh
rank. Rhys had two choices, take the pawn and lose or not take the pawn and
lose. He took the pawn and lost.
With the two leaders going down it was up to those 1/2-point behind to win
their own games. Ahmet Yilmaz managed to defeat Pezhman Ghayoori early to
go to 5-points, he then watched the remaining games
with interest. As first
Rhys and then Manny lost he knew he had at least equal first, when
Lane
Armerman. In the last game to finish Bahri refused numerous draw offers
despite being a pawn down, (rook bishop and two pawns vs rook bishop and
three pawns), in what was a clearly drawn ending. Most spectators were
wondering when Bahri would accept the inevitable, and amazingly it looked
as though a possible 10-way tie would conclude with just one outright
winner. But Bahri proved the sceptics wrong when he outmaneouvered Mendel
and facing difficulties Mendel blundered a piece and lost.
So in the end it was two players, Ahmet Yilmaz and Bahri Senturk, who won
their last round games to get to 5-points and a tie for first.
Congratulations to both players on the result.
Following are the results for Rd 9 and the final standings.
Regards: Garry Lycett
Round 9 Results
1 Voon, Richard [6.5]
0:1 Pyke, Malcolm [7]
2 Rashid, Abdulwahab [5.5] 1:0 Dragicevic,
Domagoj [5.5]
3 Kocjancic, Eddie [5.5] 1:0
Lojanica, Zdravko [5]
4 Machell, Don [5.5]
.5:.5 Lushaj, Tahir [5]
5 Redzepagic, Sadedin [5] 0:1 Silas,
Pranas [4.5]
6 Burzic, Ramo
[4.5] 0:1 Dizdarevic, Mehmed [4.5]
7 Chua, Manny
[4.5] 0:1 Mijatovic, Bosko [4.5]
8 Hopkins, Rhys [4.5]
0:1 Lycett, Garry [4.5]
9 Lane, Victor
[4] .5:.5 Shaw,
Graham [4]
10 Senturk, Bahri [4]
1:0 Armerman, Mendel [4]
11 Ghayoori, Pezhman [4] 0:1 Yilmaz,
Ahmet [4]
12 Burak, Mehmed [3.5]
1:0 Mison, Ashley [4]
13 Potter, Michael [3.5] .5:.5 Potter,
Chris [3.5]
14 Maciulaitis, Don [3] -:+
Potter, Daniel [3.5]
15 Kudric, Mirko
[3] 1:0 Gray,
Alan [3]
16 Tolpigin, George [3] .5:.5 Pispek,
Peter [3]
17 Pronk, Syf
[3] 1:0 Seehusen,
John [3]
18 Keefe, Peter [2.5]
1:0 McEachern, Graham [2.5]
19 Lee, Geoff
[1] .5:.5 Rasmussen, Henning [2.5]
Final Standings
1 Pyke,
Malcolm 2119
8
2-4 Rashid, Abdulwahab 1855 6.5
Voon,
Richard 1852
6.5
Kocjancic,
Eddie 1676 6.5
5 Machell,
Don 1921
6
6-11 Dragicevic, Domagoj 2139 5.5
Dizdarevic, Mehmedalija 1918 5.5
Lushaj,
Tahir 1847
5.5
Silas,
Pranas 1845
5.5
Mijatovic,
Bosko 1814 5.5
Lycett,
Garry 1813
5.5
12-15 Lojanica, Zdravko 2005 5
Redzepagic, Sadedin
1609 5
Senturk,
Bahri 1479 5
Yilmaz,
Ahmet 1478 5
16-23 Lojanica, Milenko 2050 4.5
Burak,
Mehmed 1740
4.5
Burzic,
Ramo 1576
4.5
Shaw,
Graham
1569 4.5
Chua,
Manny
1547 4.5
Hopkins,
Rhys 1507 4.5
Lane,
Victor
1417 4.5
Potter,
Daniel 1404 4.5
24-30 Potter, Michael
1575 4
Armerman,
Mendel 1550 4
Ghayoori,
Pezhman 1542 4
Kudric,
Mirko 1515 4
Potter,
Chris 1512 4
Pronk,
Syf
1333 4
Mison,
Ashley
Unr 4
31-33 Pispek, Peter
1449 3.5
Tolpigin,
George 1329 3.5
Keefe,
Peter
1325 3.5
34-38 Parrot, Robert
1567 3
Maciulaitis,
Don 1516 3
Seehusen,
John 1129 3
Gray,
Alan
851 3
Rasmussen, Henning
837 3
39 McEachern, Graham
1154 2.5
40 Campara, Miralem
1770 2
41 Lee,
Geoff
1086 1.5
ROUND 8
The winners of the past four club championships, Richard Voon 2003-2004
and Malcolm Pyke 2005-2006 will meet on top
board in the final round to
determine which of them will claim a third club championship.
Both players won their games last night, (Malcolm against Abdulwahab Rashid
and Richard against Mehmedalija Dizdarevic), to setup the last round
showdown. With an impressive 7 / 8 Malcolm leads
the tournament by
1/2-point from Richard and so has the advantage of a draw giving him
tournament victory. With Richard needing to force a win and having the
white pieces it should be an exciting game to watch.
After Richard there is a 1-point gap to the players in equal third place on
5.5-points. The four of them, Domagoj Dragicevic,
Abdulwahab Rashid, Don
Machell and Eddie Kocjancic, will be hoping for Malcolm to beat Richard and
give them a chance of equal second place if they can win their individual
games. Of this quartet the big surprise to some people would be Eddie's
performance. I have been saying for a while that he has improved markedly
this year and it is only a matter of time before his rating catches up with
his ability. Of the others, Domagoj reversed last weeks loss on forfeit
with a win on forfeit this week. Abdulwahab missed his chance of tournament
victory by going down to Malcolm, and Don eventually won a long game
against Garry Lycett.
There are a further three players on 5-points, Zdravko Lojanica, Tahir
Lushaj and Sadedin Redzepagic who is having a very good tournament.
The Reserves Championship (Under 1551) now has two equal leaders after
Manny Chua had to forfeit his game against Domagoj Dragicevic. He was
joined by Rhys Hopkins on 4.5-points after Rhys won a tight encounter
against the higer rated Mehmed Burak.
Next week Manny plays Bosko Mijatovic and Rhys plays Garry Lycett. A win by
either of them would ensure at least equal first.
On 4-points and waiting to pounce are no less than 6 players; Mendel
Armerman, Ahmet Yilmaz, Pezhman Ghayoori, Bahri Senturk, Ashley Mison and
Victor Lane.
With Bahri playing Mendel and Pezhman playing Ahmet next week it is likely
that a few of them will finish on 5-points, meaning Manny and Rhys will
need at least a draw. It also means the players on 3.5-points would need
some fortunate results to be able to snatch an equal first place.
Although it is possible that results could see an amazing 10 players tie
for first on 4.5-points. An unlikely scenario.
Following are the results for Rd 8 and the pairings for Rd 9.
** There were no drawn games in round eight !!
Round 8 Results
1 Pyke,
Malcolm
1:0 Rashid, Abdulwahab
2 Dizdarevic, Mehmedalija 0:1 Voon, Richard
3 Dragicevic, Domagoj +:- Chua, Manny
4 Lycett, Garry
0:1 Machell, Don
5 Silas,
Pranas
0:1 Kocjancic, Eddie
6 Armerman, Mendel
0:1 Lojanica, Zdravko
7 Lushaj,
Tahir
1:0 Ghayoori, Pezhman
8 Yilmaz,
Ahmet
0:1 Redzepagic, Sadedin
9 Mijatovic, Bosko
1:0 Senturk, Bahri
10 Hopkins,
Rhys
1:0 Burak, Mehmed
11 Burzic,
Ramo
1:0 Potter, Chris
12 Shaw,
Graham
1:0 Pronk, Syf
13 Mison,
Ashley
1:0 Kudric, Mirko
14 Lane,
Victor
1:0 Tolpigin, George
15 McEachern, Graham 0:1
Potter, Michael
16 Potter, Daniel
1:0 Keefe, Peter
17 Rasmussen, Henning 0:1 Seehusen,
John
18 Lee,
Geoff
0:1 Gray, Alan
19 Pispek,
Peter
1:0 BYE
20 Maciulaitis, Don 0:0
BYE
Round 9 Pairings
1 Voon, Richard 1852 [6.5]
: Pyke, Malcolm 2119 [7]
2 Rashid, Abdulwahab 1855 [5.5] : Dragicevic, Domagoj
2139 [5.5]
3 Kocjancic, Eddie 1676 [5.5] : Lojanica,
Zdravko 2005 [5]
4 Machell, Don 1921 [5.5]
: Lushaj, Tahir 1847 [5]
5 Redzepagic, Sadedin 1609 [5] : Silas,
Pranas 1845 [4.5]
6 Burzic, Ramo 1576 [4.5]
: Dizdarevic, Mehmed 1918 [4.5]
7 Chua, Manny 1547
[4.5] : Mijatovic, Bosko 1814 [4.5]
8 Hopkins, Rhys 1507 [4.5]
: Lycett, Garry 1813 [4.5]
9 Lane, Victor 1417
[4] : Shaw,
Graham 1569 [4]
10 Senturk, Bahri 1479 [4]
: Armerman, Mendel 1550 [4]
11 Ghayoori, Pezhman 1542 [4] : Yilmaz,
Ahmet 1478 [4]
12 Burak, Mehmed 1740 [3.5] :
Mison, Ashley Unr [4]
13 Potter, Michael 1575 [3.5] : Potter,
Chris 1512 [3.5]
14 Maciulaitis, Don 1516 [3] :
Potter, Daniel 1404 [3.5]
15 Kudric, Mirko 1515 [3]
: Gray, Alan
851 [3]
16 Tolpigin, George 1329 [3] :
Pispek, Peter 1449 [3]
17 Pronk, Syf 1333
[3] : Seehusen, John 1129
[3]
18 Keefe, Peter 1325 [2.5]
: McEachern, Graham 1154 [2.5]
19 Lee, Geoff 1086
[1] : Rasmussen, Henning 837 [2.5]
ROUND 7
The seventh round saw Malcolm Pyke take another step towards
a third
straight club championship when he defeated Don Machell to retain a
1/2-point lead over his challengers. Malcolm is on 6 / 7 with only two
players, Abdulwahab Rashid and Richard Voon, on 5.5-points.
Neither of the three have played each other in this
tournament, and the
winner is certain to be one of them as there is then a full point gap to
another seven players on 4.5-points.
The round was marred by no less than 4 forfeits, three of them notified the
DOP, (although too late for the pairings to be redone).
The most unusual was top seed Domagoj not appearing and handing Abdulwahab
a free ticket to equal second place and a matchup with Malcolm on top board
next week.
Richard Voon got to equal second with a very good win over Milenko
Lojanica. Richard looked in a bit of trouble but managed to get a rook on
the seventh causing damage and eventually converted a two pawn advantage to
victory. With this loss Milenko's chances of winning his first club
championship vanished and he then withdrew from the event. It is very
disappointing to see this, with a tie for first being decided on tiebreaks
then withdrawls and forfeits can play a big part in determining the winner,
which they shouldn't.
The two joint winners of the recent A-Grade tournament played each other,
Eddie Kocjancic vs Garry Lycett, and the result was the same as all their
previous encounters. An interesting game with chances on both
sides that
finishes in a draw.
Zdravko Lojanica vs Mehmedalija Dizdarevic was also a good game ending in
draw. Zdravko had two rooks vs Mehmedalija's queen and
extra pawn. It was
the last game to finish, eventually going into an ending with a pawn each,
both queened pawns on the same move.
The Reserves Championship (Under 1551) finally has an outright leader,
Manny Chua, who went to 4.5-points after his win over Ramo Burzic. Manny
had a clearly won ending but then blundered two pawns to end up with a
clearly drawn rook and pawn ending, which he then managed to win after Ramo
returned the favour. He is followed by four players, Mendel Armerman, Ahmet
Yilmaz, Pezhman Ghayoori and Bahri Senturk all on 4-points. Chris Potter and
Rhys Hopkins are a point behind on 3.5-points.
With Manny playing Domagoj Dragicevic next round and the others all with
tough games the Reserves is still wide open and may come down to the luck
of the draw. (It is to be hoped Domagoj turns up next week and Manny
doesn't win the Reserves with a forfeit.)
Following are the results for Rd 7 and the pairings for Rd 8.
Round 7 Results
1 Machell, Don
0:1 Pyke, Malcolm
2 Dragicevic, Domagoj -:+ Rashid, Abdulwahab
3 Voon, Richard
1:0 Lojanica, Milenko
4 Kocjancic, Eddie .5:.5 Lycett, Garry
5 Lojanica, Zdravko .5:.5 Dizdarevic, Mehmedalija
6 Potter, Chris
0:1 Silas, Pranas
7 Redzepagic, Sadedin .5:.5 Armerman, Mendel
8 Chua, Manny
1:0 Burzic, Ramo
9 Maciulaitis, Don -:+ Lushaj,
Tahir
10 Senturk, Bahri 1:0
Shaw, Graham
11 Yilmaz, Ahmet
1:0 Parrot, Robert
12 Ghayoori, Pezhman 1:0 Mison, Ashley
13 Kudric, Mirko 0:1 Hopkins, Rhys
14 Mijatovic, Bosko +:- Potter,
Michael
15 Burak, Mehmed 1:0
Rasmussen, Henning
16 Keefe, Peter
0:1 Lane, Victor
17 Campara, Miralem -:+ Tolpigin,
George
18 Pispek, Peter
0:1 Pronk, Syf
19 Gray, Alan
0:1 Potter, Daniel
20 Seehusen, John 1:0
Lee, Geoff
21 McEachern, Graham 1:0 BYE
Round 8 Pairings
1 Pyke, Malcolm 2119
[6] : Rashid, Abdulwahab 1855 [5.5]
2 Dizdarevic, Mehmed 1918 [4.5] : Voon,
Richard 1852 [5.5]
3 Dragicevic, Domagoj 2139 [4.5] : Chua,
Manny 1547 [4.5]
4 Lycett, Garry 1813 [4.5]
: Machell, Don 1921 [4.5]
5 Silas, Pranas 1845 [4.5]
: Kocjancic, Eddie 1676 [4.5]
6 Armerman, Mendel 1550 [4] :
Lojanica, Zdravko 2005 [4]
7 Lushaj, Tahir 1847
[4] : Ghayoori, Pezhman 1542 [4]
8 Yilmaz, Ahmet 1478
[4] : Redzepagic, Sadedin 1609 [4]
9 Mijatovic, Bosko 1814 [3.5] : Senturk,
Bahri 1479 [4]
10 Hopkins, Rhys 1507 [3.5] :
Burak, Mehmed 1740 [3.5]
11 Burzic, Ramo 1576 [3.5]
: Potter, Chris 1512 [3.5]
12 Shaw, Graham 1569
[3] : Pronk,
Syf 1333 [3]
13 Mison, Ashley Unr
[3] : Kudric, Mirko
1515 [3]
14 Lane, Victor 1417
[3] : Tolpigin, George 1329 [3]
15 McEachern, Graham 1154 [2.5] : Potter,
Michael 1575 [2.5]
16 Potter, Daniel 1404 [2.5] : Keefe,
Peter 1325 [2.5]
17 Rasmussen, Henning 837 [2.5] : Seehusen,
John 1129 [2]
18 Lee, Geoff 1086
[1] : Gray,
Alan 851 [2]
19 Pispek, Peter 1449 [2] 1:0
BYE
20 Maciulaitis, Don 1516 [3] : BYE
ROUND 6
Round six saw the leadership in the club championship change
hands when
defending champion Malcolm Pyke defeated top seed Domagoj Dragicevic.
Malcolm now leads with 5 / 6 by 1/2-point from five players with a further
three players 1-point back on 4.
Had Domagoj won last nights game he would have had a stranglehold on the
first place trophy, but his loss means the final three rounds could be very
interesting. Malcolm will have tough opposition, and due to a few early
draws his tiebreak is lower than four of his closest challengers. So
another draw could cost him dearly.
Next week Malcolm plays Don Machell, who had a very tough game last night
against Ramo Burzic. Well, it was a tough first 9 moves, when the 10th won
a rook and queened a pawn Ramo resigned. This is the second game Don has
won in under 15 minutes, I imagine Malcolm will make
him work a bit harder.
Apart from Domagoj the others on 4.5-points are Abdulwahab Rashid and
Milenko Lojanica who drew against each other last night, and Richard Voon
who inflicted a rare loss on Zdravko Lojanica.
The Reserves Championship (Under 1551) has three equal leaders; top seed
Mendel Armerman, Manny Chua & Chris Potter all on 3.5-points.
They are followed by six players on 3-points and a further three players on
2.5-points.
Following are the results for Rd 6 and the pairings for Rd 7.
** The following are provisional pairings and
could change depending upon
whether Miralem Campara is able to continue in the tournament. If he isn't
the bottom six boards could change and there will no Bye.
Miralem is a previous club champion and recently had quite serious kidney
surgery, he has been unable to play the last two
weeks.
All at the club wish him a speedy recovery and hope he is back soon.
Regards: Garry Lycett
Round 6 Results
1 Pyke,
Malcolm
1:0 Dragicevic, Domagoj
2 Rashid, Abdulwahab .5:.5 Lojanica,
Milenko
3 Lojanica, Zdravko
0:1 Voon, Richard
4 Burzic,
Ramo
0:1 Machell, Don
5 Dizdarevic, Mehmedalija .5:.5 Kocjancic, Eddie
6 Silas,
Pranas .5:.5
Chua, Manny
7 Lycett,
Garry
1:0 Ghayoori, Pezhman
8 Parrot, Robert
.5:.5 Lushaj, Tahir
9 Armerman, Mendel
1:0 Mijatovic, Bosko
10 Potter,
Chris
1:0 Burak, Mehmed
11 Hopkins,
Rhys
0:1 Redzepagic, Sadedin
12 Shaw,
Graham
.5:.5 Maciulaitis, Don
13 Potter, Michael .5:.5
Yilmaz, Ahmet
14 Campara, Miralem
-:+ Mison, Ashley
15 Lane,
Victor
0:1 Kudric, Mirko
16 Tolpigin, George
0:1 Senturk, Bahri
17 Pronk,
Syf
0:1 Keefe, Peter
18 Rasmussen, Henning 1:0
McEachern, Graham
19 Potter, Daniel
0:1 Pispek, Peter
20 Gray,
Alan
1:0 Seehusen, John
21 Lee,
Geoff
1:0 BYE
Round 7 Pairings
1 Machell, Don 1921 [4.5]
: Pyke, Malcolm 2119 [5]
2 Dragicevic, Domagoj 2139 [4.5] : Rashid, Abdulwahab 1855
[4.5]
3 Voon, Richard 1852 [4.5]
: Lojanica, Milenko 2050 [4.5]
4 Kocjancic, Eddie 1676 [4] :
Lycett, Garry 1813 [4]
5 Lojanica, Zdravko 2005 [3.5] : Dizdarevic,
Mehmed 1918 [4]
6 Potter, Chris 1512 [3.5]
: Silas, Pranas 1845 [3.5]
7 Redzepagic, Sadedin 1609 [3.5] : Armerman,
Mendel 1550 [3.5]
8 Chua, Manny 1547
[3.5] : Burzic, Ramo 1576 [3.5]
9 Maciulaitis, Don 1516 [3] :
Lushaj, Tahir 1847 [3]
10 Senturk, Bahri 1479 [3]
: Shaw, Graham 1569 [3]
11 Yilmaz, Ahmet 1478 [3]
: Parrot, Robert 1567 [3]
12 Ghayoori, Pezhman 1542 [3] : Mison,
Ashley Unr [3]
13 Kudric, Mirko 1515 [3]
: Hopkins, Rhys 1507 [2.5]
14 Mijatovic, Bosko 1814 [2.5] : Potter,
Michael 1575 [2.5]
15 Burak, Mehmed 1740 [2.5] :
Rasmussen, Henning 837 [2.5]
16 Keefe, Peter 1325 [2.5]
: Lane, Victor 1417 [2]
17 Campara, Miralem 1770 [2] :
Tolpigin, George 1329 [2]
18 Pispek, Peter 1449 [2]
: Pronk, Syf 1333 [2]
19 Gray, Alan 851
[2] : Potter, Daniel 1404 [1.5]
20 Seehusen, John 1129 [1]
: Lee, Geoff 1086 [1]
21 McEachern, Graham 1154 [1.5] : BYE
ROUND 5
There were three equal leaders going into round 5, but as
the tournament
passed the halfway mark top seed Domagoj Dragicevic emerged in front with a
win over Richard Voon taking him to 4.5 / 5. The other leader going into
round 5, Don Machell, lost a long battle to Milenko
Lojanica.
Domagoj now leads by 1/2-point from three players, defending champion
Malcolm Pyke, Milenko Lojanica & Abdulwahab Rashid.
There are another 6 players within a point on 3.5, including Eddie
Kocjancic and Ramo Burzic who last night both defeated much higher rated
players in Bosko Mijatovic and Mehmed Burak.
The eventual winner will have their name etched on the honour board, which
is now mounted at the new premises.
The Reserves Championship (Under 1551) has two equal leaders; Manny Chua &
Pezhman Ghayoori on 3-points, followed by 5 players all on 2.5-points;
Mendel Armerman, Don Maciulaitis, Ahmet Yilmaz, Chris Potter & Rhys
Hopkins.
A reminder that next Wednesday, 7th November is a free night and round six
is in a fortnight, 14th November.
Following are the results for Rd 5 and the pairings for Rd 6.
Regards: Garry Lycett
Round 5 Results
1 Dragicevic, Domagoj 1:0 Voon,
Richard
2 Lojanica, Milenko 1:0
Machell, Don
3 Silas, Pranas
0:1 Pyke, Malcolm
4 Lushaj, Tahir 0:1
Rashid, Abdulwahab
5 Yilmaz, Ahmet
0:1 Lojanica, Zdravko
6 Maciulaitis, Don
0:1 Dizdarevic, Mehmedalija
7 Mijatovic, Bosko
0:1 Kocjancic, Eddie
8 Burak, Mehmed
0:1 Burzic, Ramo
9 Lycett, Garry 1:0
Armerman, Mendel
10 Campara, Miralem -:+
Ghayoori, Pezhman
11 Redzepagic, Sadedin .5:.5 Potter, Chris
12 Chua,
Manny
1:0 Potter, Michael
13 Senturk, Bahri
0:1 Parrot, Robert
14 Potter, Daniel
0:1 Shaw, Graham
15 Kudric, Mirko
.5:.5 Tolpigin, George
16 Keefe, Peter
0:1 Hopkins, Rhys
17 Mison, Ashley
1:0 Pispek, Peter
18 Seehusen, John
0:1 Lane, Victor
19 Pronk,
Syf
1:0 Gray, Alan
20 McEachern, Graham 1:0 Lee,
Geoff
21 Rasmussen, Henning 1:0 BYE
Round 6 Pairings
1 Pyke, Malcolm 2119 [4]
: Dragicevic, Domagoj 2139 [4.5]
2 Rashid, Abdulwahab 1855 [4] : Lojanica,
Milenko 2050 [4]
3 Lojanica, Zdravko 2005 [3.5] : Voon,
Richard 1852 [3.5]
4 Burzic, Ramo 1576 [3.5]
: Machell, Don 1921 [3.5]
5 Dizdarevic, Mehmed 1918 [3.5] : Kocjancic,
Eddie 1676 [3.5]
6 Silas, Pranas 1845 [3]
: Chua, Manny 1547 [3]
7 Lycett, Garry 1813 [3]
: Ghayoori, Pezhman 1542 [3]
8 Parrot, Robert 1567 [2.5] : Lushaj,
Tahir 1847 [2.5]
9 Armerman, Mendel 1550 [2.5] : Mijatovic,
Bosko 1814 [2.5]
10 Potter, Chris 1512 [2.5] : Burak,
Mehmed 1740 [2.5]
11 Hopkins, Rhys 1507 [2.5] :
Redzepagic, Sadedin 1609 [2.5]
12 Shaw, Graham 1569 [2.5] :
Maciulaitis, Don 1516 [2.5]
13 Potter, Michael 1575 [2] : Yilmaz,
Ahmet 1478 [2.5]
14 Campara, Miralem 1770 [2] : Mison,
Ashley Unr [2]
15 Lane, Victor 1417 [2]
: Kudric, Mirko 1515 [2]
16 Tolpigin, George 1329 [2] : Senturk,
Bahri 1479 [2]
17 Pronk, Syf 1333
[2] : Keefe,
Peter 1325 [1.5]
18 Rasmussen, Henning 837 [1.5] : McEachern, Graham
1154 [1.5]
19 Potter, Daniel 1404 [1.5] : Pispek,
Peter 1449 [1]
20 Gray, Alan 851
[1] : Seehusen, John 1129
[1]
21 Lee, Geoff 1086
[0] 1:0 BYE
ROUND 4
The two equal leaders, Don Machell and Domagoj Dragicevic,
faced each other
on top board in the fourth round. Instead of producing a clear leader the
resultant draw allowed Richard Voon to join them on 3.5 / 4, making three
equal leaders.
Richard managed a victory over Mehmed Burak in an interesting fight.
These three are only 1/2-point ahead of four players;
Milenko Lojanica who drew yet another game against brother Zdravko.
Malcolm Pyke who was just too good for Garry Lycett
Pranas Silas who defeated Michael Potter
Abdulwahab Rashid who recovered from the previous week’s disaster to
defeat
Miralem Campara
There are a further 10 players still within 1-point of the top on
2.5-points
The Reserves Championship (Under 1551) also has three equal leaders; Mendel
Armerman, Don Maciulaitis & Ahmet Yilmaz all on 2.5-points, followed by 4
players on 2-point.
Following are the results for Rd 4 and the pairings for Rd 5.
Regards: Garry Lycett
Round 4 Results
1 Machell,
Don
.5:.5 Dragicevic, Domagoj
2 Voon,
Richard
1:0 Burak, Mehmed
3 Lojanica, Zdravko .5:.5
Lojanica, Milenko
4 Pyke,
Malcolm
1:0 Lycett, Garry
5 Dizdarevic, Mehmedalija .5:.5 Mijatovic, Bosko
6 Rashid, Abdulwahab 1:0
Campara, Miralem
7 Kocjancic, Eddie .5:.5
Lushaj, Tahir
8 Potter, Michael
0:1 Silas, Pranas
9 Burzic,
Ramo
.5:.5 Redzepagic, Sadedin
10 Parrot, Robert
0:1 Maciulaitis, Don
11 Armerman, Mendel
1:0 Potter, Daniel
12 Tolpigin, George
0:1 Yilmaz, Ahmet
13 Pispek, Peter
0:1 Chua, Manny
14 Ghayoori, Pezhman 1:0
Lane, Victor
15 Potter,
Chris
1:0 Pronk, Syf
16 Gray,
Alan
0:1 Senturk, Bahri
17 Shaw,
Graham
1:0 Mison, Ashley
18 Kudric,
Mirko
1:0 McEachern, Graham
19 Hopkins,
Rhys
1:0 Rasmussen, Henning
20 Lee,
Geoff
0:1 Keefe, Peter
21 Seehusen, John
1:0 BYE
Round 5 Pairings
1 Dragicevic, Domagoj 2139 [3.5] : Voon,
Richard 1852 [3.5]
2 Lojanica, Milenko 2050 [3] :
Machell, Don 1921 [3.5]
3 Silas, Pranas 1845
[3] : Pyke, Malcolm 2119
[3]
4 Lushaj, Tahir 1847 [2.5]
: Rashid, Abdulwahab 1855 [3]
5 Yilmaz, Ahmet 1478 [2.5]
: Lojanica, Zdravko 2005 [2.5]
6 Maciulaitis, Don 1516 [2.5] : Dizdarevic,
Mehmed 1918 [2.5]
7 Mijatovic, Bosko 1814 [2.5] : Kocjancic,
Eddie 1676 [2.5]
8 Burak, Mehmed 1740 [2.5]
: Burzic, Ramo 1576 [2.5]
9 Lycett, Garry 1813
[2] : Armerman, Mendel 1550 [2.5]
10 Campara, Miralem 1770 [2] :
Ghayoori, Pezhman 1542 [2]
11 Redzepagic, Sadedin 1609 [2] : Potter,
Chris 1512 [2]
12 Chua, Manny 1547
[2] : Potter, Michael 1575 [2]
13 Senturk, Bahri 1479 [2]
: Parrot, Robert 1567 [1.5]
14 Potter, Daniel 1404 [1.5] : Shaw,
Graham 1569 [1.5]
15 Kudric, Mirko 1515 [1.5] :
Tolpigin, George 1329 [1.5]
16 Keefe, Peter 1325 [1.5]
: Hopkins, Rhys 1507 [1.5]
17 Mison, Ashley Unr
[1] : Pispek, Peter 1449
[1]
18 Seehusen, John 1129 [1]
: Lane, Victor 1417 [1]
19 Pronk, Syf 1333
[1] : Gray,
Alan 851 [1]
20 McEachern, Graham 1154 [.5] : Lee,
Geoff 1086 [0]
21 Rasmussen, Henning 837 [.5] : BYE
ROUND 3
After three rounds there are only two players still on full
points.
Domagoj Dragicevic took most of the night to eventually wear down
Mehmedalija Dizdarevic.
Don Machell took about 15 minutes to win his game, I didn't see it but
Abdulwahab Rashid must have done something very wrong in the opening.
Both Domagoj and Don are now on 3 / 3 and will meet in round 4.
They are followed by three players; Milenko Lojanica, Richard Voon and
Mehmed Burak on 2.5-points.
Mehmed looked as though he would also get to 3-points when he went into an
ending against Malcolm Pyke that looked to be winning. With a bishop and
two connected passed pawns against a rook Mehmed just couldn't find a way
to win against very good defence from Malcolm.
There are a further 12 players on 2-points.
The Reserves Championship (Under 1551) still has no clear leader. Currently
ahead are Mendel Armerman, Don Maciulaitis, Ahmet Yilmaz, Daniel Potter &
George Tolpigin, all on 1.5-points, followed by 10 players on 1-point.
Following are the results for Rd 3 and the pairings for Rd 4.
Regards: Garry Lycett
Round 3 Results
1 Dragicevic, Domagoj 1:0 Dizdarevic,
Mehmedalija
2 Machell,
Don
1:0 Rashid, Abdulwahab
3 Burak, Mehmed
.5:.5 Pyke, Malcolm
4 Lojanica, Milenko 1:0
Armerman, Mendel
5 Yilmaz, Ahmet
0:1 Voon, Richard
6 Mijatovic, Bosko .5:.5
Lycett, Garry
7 Chua,
Manny
0:1 Lojanica, Zdravko
8 Potter, Chris
-:+ Lushaj, Tahir
9 Senturk, Bahri
0:1 Silas, Pranas
10 Pronk,
Syf
0:1 Campara, Miralem
11 Mison, Ashley
0:1 Kocjancic, Eddie
12 Redzepagic, Sadedin .5:.5 Parrot, Robert
13 Gray,
Alan
0:1 Burzic, Ramo
14 Maciulaitis, Don 1:0
Hopkins, Rhys
15 Rasmussen, Henning 0:1 Tolpigin,
George
16 McEachern, Graham 0:1
Ghayoori, Pezhman
17 Keefe, Peter
.5:.5 Kudric, Mirko
18 Pispek, Peter
1:0 Seehusen, John
19 Lane, Victor
1:0 Lee, Geoff
20 Potter, Daniel .5:.5
Potter, Michael
21 Shaw, Graham
-:- BYE
Round 4 Pairings
1 Machell, Don 1921
[3] : Dragicevic, Domagoj 2139 [3]
2 Voon, Richard 1852 [2.5] :
Burak, Mehmed 1740 [2.5]
3 Lojanica, Zdravko 2005 [2] : Lojanica,
Milenko 2050 [2.5]
4 Pyke, Malcolm 2119 [2]
: Lycett, Garry 1813 [2]
5 Dizdarevic, Mehmed 1918 [2] : Mijatovic,
Bosko 1814 [2]
6 Rashid, Abdulwahab 1855 [2] : Campara,
Miralem 1770 [2]
7 Kocjancic, Eddie 1676 [2] : Lushaj,
Tahir 1847 [2]
8 Potter, Michael 1575 [2] :
Silas, Pranas 1845 [2]
9 Burzic, Ramo 1576
[2] : Redzepagic, Sadedin 1609 [1.5]
10 Parrot, Robert 1567 [1.5] : Maciulaitis,
Don 1516 [1.5]
11 Armerman, Mendel 1550 [1.5] : Potter,
Daniel 1404 [1.5]
12 Tolpigin, George 1329 [1.5] : Yilmaz,
Ahmet 1478 [1.5]
13 Pispek, Peter 1449 [1]
: Chua, Manny 1547 [1]
14 Ghayoori, Pezhman 1542 [1] : Lane, Victor
1417 [1]
15 Potter, Chris 1512 [1]
: Pronk, Syf 1333
[1]
16 Gray, Alan 851
[1] : Senturk, Bahri 1479
[1]
17 Shaw, Graham 1569 [.5]
: Mison, Ashley Unr [1]
18 Kudric, Mirko 1515 [.5] :
McEachern, Graham 1154 [.5]
19 Hopkins, Rhys 1507 [.5] :
Rasmussen, Henning 837 [.5]
20 Lee, Geoff 1086
[0] : Keefe,
Peter 1325 [.5]
21 Seehusen, John 1129 [0] :
BYE
ROUND 2
Round 2 of the club championship proved tough for the top
seeds who would
have expected an easier time this early in a swiss.
Top seed Domagoj Dragicevic overcame Pranas Silas in an interesting game,
but 2nd and 3rd seeds Malcolm Pyke and Milenko Lojanica could only manage
draws against Bosko Mijatovic and Garry Lycett respectively. 4th seed
Zdravko Lojanica went further and lost his game to Mehmed Burak in a queen
and 4 pawns vs queen and 3 pawns ending.
Don Machell, Mehmedalija Dizdarevic and Abdulwahab Rashid restored some
pride for the higher rated players to join Domagoj and Mehmed as the only
five players with 2 / 2. They are followed by eight players on 1.5-points.
One of the best combinations last night was not played over the board, only
in the mind. Don Maciulaitis, (a blind player), spent about 15 minutes
thinking until he worked out a wonderful forced mate in twelve (!!). This
was very impressive, almost. Unfortunately for Don the very first move was
illegal, (bishops cannot jump over knights), and all that thought was
wasted. Surprisingly Don did have the correct position on his braille
board, he wouldn't normally make an error like that.
The Reserves Championship (U1551) is currently being led by Mendel Armerman
and Ahmet Yilmaz, both on 1.5-points, followed by many players on 1-point.
Following are the results for Rd 2 and the pairings for Rd 3.
Regards: Garry Lycett
Round 2 Results
1 Silas, Pranas 0:1
Dragicevic, Domagoj
2 Pyke, Malcolm .5:.5 Mijatovic,
Bosko
3 Lycett, Garry .5:.5 Lojanica,
Milenko
4 Lojanica, Zdravko 0:1 Burak, Mehmed
5 Kocjancic, Eddie 0:1 Machell, Don
6 Dizdarevic, Mehmed 1:0 Redzepagic, Sadedin
7 Burzic, Ramo 0:1
Rashid, Abdulwahab
8 Voon, Richard .5:.5 Potter, Michael
9 Campara, Miralem .5:.5 Yilmaz, Ahmet
10 Shaw, Graham 0:1
Armerman, Mendel
11 Lushaj, Tahir 1:0 Rasmussen,
Henning
12 Parrot, Robert 1:0 Pispek, Peter
13 Lane, Victor 0:1 Chua,
Manny
14 Ghayoori, Pezhman 0:1 Potter, Daniel
15 Tolpigin, George .5:.5 Maciulaitis, Don
16 Kudric, Mirko 0:1 Pronk, Syf
17 Keefe, Peter 0:1
Potter, Chris
18 Hopkins, Rhys .5:.5 McEachern, Graham
19 Seehusen, John 0:1 Senturk, Bahri
20 Lee, Geoff
0:1 Mison, Ashley
21 Gray, Alan 1:0
BYE
Round 3 Pairings
1 Dragicevic, Domagoj 2139 [2] : Dizdarevic,
Mehmed 1918 [2]
2 Machell, Don 1921
[2] : Rashid, Abdulwahab 1855 [2]
3 Burak, Mehmed 1740
[2] : Pyke, Malcolm 2119
[1.5]
4 Lojanica, Milenko 2050 [1.5] : Armerman,
Mendel 1550 [1.5]
5 Yilmaz, Ahmet 1478 [1.5]
: Voon, Richard 1852 [1.5]
6 Mijatovic, Bosko 1814 [1.5] : Lycett,
Garry 1813 [1.5]
7 Chua, Manny 1547
[1] : Lojanica, Zdravko 2005 [1]
8 Potter, Chris 1512
[1] : Lushaj, Tahir 1847
[1]
9 Senturk, Bahri 1479 [1]
: Silas, Pranas 1845 [1]
10 Pronk, Syf 1333
[1] : Campara, Miralem 1770 [1]
11 Mison, Ashley Unr
[1] : Kocjancic, Eddie 1676 [1]
12 Redzepagic, Sadedin 1609 [1] : Parrot,
Robert 1567 [1]
13 Gray, Alan 851
[1] : Burzic, Ramo
1576 [1]
14 Maciulaitis, Don 1516 [.5] : Hopkins,
Rhys 1507 [.5]
15 Rasmussen, Henning 837 [.5] : Tolpigin,
George 1329 [.5]
16 McEachern, Graham 1154 [.5] : Ghayoori,
Pezhman 1542 [0]
17 Keefe, Peter 1325
[0] : Kudric, Mirko 1515
[0]
18 Pispek, Peter 1449 [0]
: Seehusen, John 1129 [0]
19 Lane, Victor 1417
[0] : Lee,
Geoff 1086 [0]
20 Potter, Daniel 1404 [1]
: Potter, Michael 1575 [1.5]
21 Shaw, Graham 1569 [.5]
: BYE
40 players have entered this years club championship with
top seed being
Domagoj Dragicevic, ahead of reigning club champion of the past two years,
Malcolm Pyke. Third seed is Milenko Lojanica; he has won everything else at
some point but he has never won the club championship, always finding a way
to fall at the last hurdle. Zdravko Lojanica, Don Machell, Mehmedalija
Dizdarevic, Abdulwahab Rashid and Richard Voon will provide the top seeds
with plenty of competition, but Domagoj convincingly won the recent
Premier-Grade event against these same challengers and is the deserving
favorite.
The club’s Honour Board, which lists the club champions, will be set up
at
the new venue in the near future.
There is also a Reserves Championship available, this is open to all
players rated 1550 and below, top seed for this being Mendel Armerman.
ROUND 1
The first round went mostly according to ratings with
the only upsets being
Mendel Armerman and Henning Rasmussen drawing with the higher rated Miralem
Campara and Graham Shaw respectively.
Not all the games were easy for the higher rated players though. Syf Pronk
gave Garry Lycett a tough time and was probably better for most of the
game, it was only a blunder which cost Syf the point.
Don Maciulaitis put
up a good fight against Zdravko Lojanica in a long game but eventually
Zdravko prevailed.
Alan Gray played well to reach a drawn king and pawn ending against Michael
Potter, but these can be tricky. With two main choices of move Alan had to
decide, play the h-pawn to h5 or the g-pawn to g5. One drew and one lost
and Alan chose wrongly, but looking at it later he probably learned more
from the loss than he would have from the draw. Along with bishop and wrong
coloured rook pawn endings from a previous game Alan will file it away
under the "something I won't fall for again" category. I didn't see
the
Ashley Mison vs Ramo Burzic game but Ramo complained later that it was
silly for Ashley to be unrated as he played very well and was difficult to
beat, so I'm guessing it must have been close.
Despite the rating difference Chris Potter always seems to play well
against Mehmedalija Dizdarevic, and last night was no exception. In a very
interesting game both players had attacking chances and both had very open
kings. With both players very short of time Mehmedalija finally wrapped it
up forcing Chris' king into a mating net.
Following are the results for Rd 1 and the pairings for Rd 2.
The second round pairings are provisional and may be adjusted, mainly
depending on confirmation of Tahir Lushaj playing the rest of the
tournament after forfeiting round one.
Regards: Garry Lycett
Round 1 Results
1 Dragicevic, Domagoj 2139 1:0 Parrot,
Robert 1567
2 Chua, Manny 1547
0:1 Pyke, Malcolm 2119
3 Lojanica, Milenko 2050 1:0 Ghayoori,
Pezhman 1542
4 Maciulaitis, Don 1516 0:1 Lojanica,
Zdravko 2005
5 Machell, Don 1921
1:0 Kudric, Mirko 1515
6 Potter, Chris 1512 0:1
Dizdarevic, Mehmed 1918
7 Rashid, Abdulwahab 1855 1:0 Hopkins,
Rhys 1507
8 Senturk, Bahri 1479 0:1 Voon,
Richard 1852
9 Lushaj, Tahir 1847 -:+
Yilmaz, Ahmet 1478
10 Pispek, Peter 1449 0:1
Silas, Pranas 1845
11 Mijatovic, Bosko 1814 1:0 Lane,
Victor 1417
12 Pronk, Syf 1333
0:1 Lycett, Garry 1813
13 Burak, Mehmed 1740 1:0
Keefe, Peter 1325
14 McEachern, Graham 1154 0:1 Kocjancic,
Eddie 1676
15 Redzepagic, Sadedin 1609 1:0 Seehusen,
John 1129
16 Mison, Ashley Unr 0:1
Burzic, Ramo 1576
17 Potter, Michael 1575 1:0 Gray,
Alan 851
18 Rasmussen, Henning 837 .5:.5 Shaw,
Graham 1569
19 Armerman, Mendel 1550 .5:.5 Campara, Miralem
1770
20 Tolpigin, George 1329 -:- BYE
21 Potter, Daniel 1404 -:- BYE
Round 2 Pairings
1 Silas, Pranas 1845
: Dragicevic, Domagoj 2139
2 Pyke, Malcolm 2119
: Mijatovic, Bosko 1814
3 Lycett, Garry 1813
: Lojanica, Milenko 2050
4 Lojanica, Zdravko 2005 : Burak,
Mehmed 1740
5 Kocjancic, Eddie 1676 : Machell,
Don 1921
6 Dizdarevic, Mehmed 1918 : Redzepagic, Sadedin
1609
7 Burzic, Ramo 1576
: Rashid, Abdulwahab 1855
8 Voon, Richard 1852
: Potter, Michael 1575
9 Campara, Miralem 1770 : Yilmaz,
Ahmet 1478
10 Shaw, Graham 1569 :
Armerman, Mendel 1550
11 Lushaj, Tahir 1847 :
Rasmussen, Henning 837
12 Parrot, Robert 1567 :
Pispek, Peter 1449
13 Lane, Victor 1417
: Chua, Manny 1547
14 Ghayoori, Pezhman 1542 : Potter,
Daniel 1404
15 Tolpigin, George 1329 : Maciulaitis,
Don 1516
16 Kudric, Mirko 1515 :
Pronk, Syf 1333
17 Keefe, Peter 1325
: Potter, Chris 1512
18 Hopkins, Rhys 1507 :
McEachern, Graham 1154
19 Seehusen, John 1129 :
Senturk, Bahri 1479
20 Mison, Ashley Unr
: BYE
21 Gray, Alan
851 : BYE
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