Dandenong Rapid Play Tournament 2007
A reminder to all Dandenong members;
Wednesday 26th September - free night
Wednesday 3rd October - 1st Round of
Club Championship
(9 rounds 3 /10 / 07 -> 5 / 12 / 07 with a
break 7th Nov for postponed games)
New Venue;
John Pandazopoulos Hall, 78 Power Road, Doveton, 3177.
Early entries to the club championship will make it easier on the first night
to
get the first round underway.
If you intend playing and have not already entered please let Garry Lycett know.
Dandenong Rapid Play 2007
Round 7
The two leaders, Milenko Lojanica & Amir Mahic, both went to 6 / 7 with
wins over Don Machell and Zdravko Lojanica.
The only likely challenger was
Abdulwahab Rashid who beat Miralem
Campara to be on 5.5. After this round
there were eight players on 4.5 in equal 4th place, but with only two
rounds remaining it looked hard for anyone to catch the top three. Eddie
Kocjancic managed to lose his fourth game in a row,
(to Graham Shaw),
something he couldn't recall ever doing before.
Round 8
Neither leader managed to win in this round. Amir lost to Abdulwahab whilst
Milenko could only manage a draw in a rook and pawn
ending against Richard
Voon. Milenko remained
equal leader, but equal with Abdulwahab as both were
now on 6.5. Amir remained on 6 while four players; Mehmedalija Dizdarevic,
Mehmed Burak, Don Machell
and Zdravko Lojanica still
remained in the hunt
on 5.5. The best finish I saw in this round was
Chris Potter's win over
Mendel Armerman. Despite being a piece down and his
king under what was
close to a mating attack Chris managed to produce a counter attack that was
decisive.
Eddie managed to get back on the winners list with a victory over Ashley
Mison.
Round 9
The first game finished was when Abdulwahab
Rashid cleaned up Mehmed Burak
in the opening 5 minutes to finish on 7.5-points and at least a share of
first. The only person who could catch him now was Milenko
and his game
against Mehmedalija was the last game finished.
Although the exchange down
Mehmedalija had what looked to be a good attack going
but was running very
short on time. Milenko managed to swap off material
and had probably
reached a winning ending just as Mehmedalija's time
ran out. This allowed
Milenko to join Abdulwahab
in first place. Equal third were Amir Mahic and
Zdravko Lojnaica a point
behind on 6.5, equal fifth were Don Machell and
Bahri Senturk on 6. Bahri had a great night winning all three games.
Following are the final standings and the results for Rds
7 - 9.
Final Standings
1-2 Lojanica, Milenko
2090 7.5
Rashid, Abdulwahab
1946 7.5
3-4 Mahic, Amir
1915 6.5
Lojanica, Zdravko 1887 6.5
5-6 Machell,
Don
1840 6
Senturk, Bahri
1479 6
7-9 Dizdarevic, Mehmedalija
1952 5.5
Campara, Miralem
1767 5.5
Burak, Mehmed
1740 5.5
10-13 Voon,
Richard 1942
5
Yilmaz, Ahmet
1478 5
Ghayoori, Pezhman 1437 5
Potter,
Chris 1244 5
14-19 Lycett,
Garry 1797
4.5
Burzic, Ramo
1576 4.5
Kudric, Mirko
1480 4.5
Parrot,
Robert 1447 4.5
Potter,
Daniel 1302 4.5
Hopkins, Rhys
1042 4.5
20-24 Kocjancic,
Eddie 1671 4
Shaw,
Graham
1603 4
Lane,
Victor
1417 4
Potter,
Michael 1247 4
Chua,
Manny
1169 4
25-26 Redzepagic, Sadedin
1796 3.5
Armerman,
Mendel 1407 3.5
27-29 Mison,
Ashley Unr 3
Guozdic, Drazen Unr 3
Keskic,
Lee
791 3
30 Seehusen,
John 1134 2.5
31-32 Vitkovic,
Nick 1351 2
McEachern,
Graham 1284 2
33 Lay,
Shane
Unr 1.5
34 Barta,
Gerard 1527
0.5
Results Round 7
1 Lojanica, Milenko
1:0 Machell, Don
2 Lojanica, Zdravko
0:1 Mahic, Amir
3 Campara, Miralem
0:1 Rashid, Abdulwahab
4 Chua, Manny 0:1 Dizdarevic, Mehmed
5 Kudric, Mirko
0:1 Voon, Richard
6 Lay, Shane -:+
Hopkins, Rhys
7 Burak, Mehmed
1:0 Armerman, Mendel
8 Parrot, Robert 0:1 Lycett,
Garry
9 Burzic, Ramo
0:1 Ghayoori, Pezhman
10 Senturk, Bahri
1:0 Potter, Michael
11 Potter, Chris 1:0 Yilmaz,
Ahmet
12 Kocjancic, Eddie 0:1 Shaw,
Graham
13 Guozdic, Drazen
0:1 Lane, Victor
14 Vitkovic, Nick -:+ Mison, Ashley
15 Potter, Daniel 1:0 Keskic,
Lee
16 Seehusen, John 1:0 McEachern, Graham
Results Round 8
1 Rashid, Abdulwahab 1:0 Mahic, Amir
2 Voon, Richard
.5:.5 Lojanica, Milenko
3 Dizdarevic, Mehmed
1:0 Campara, Miralem
4 Lycett,
Garry 0:1 Lojanica,
Zdravko
5 Machell, Don 1:0
Hopkins, Rhys
6 Ghayoori, Pezhman
0:1 Burak, Mehmed
7 Senturk, Bahri
1:0 Chua, Manny
8 Armerman, Mendel
0:1 Potter, Chris
9 Burzic, Ramo
.5:.5 Kudric, Mirko
10 Shaw, Graham 0:1
Potter, Daniel
11 Yilmaz, Ahmet
1:0 Lane, Victor
12 Potter, Michael 0:1 Parrot, Robert
13 Kocjancic, Eddie 1:0
Mison, Ashley
14 Keskic,
Lee 1:0 Seehusen, John
15 McEachern, Graham 1:0 Guozdic, Drazen
Results Round 9
1 Lojanica, Milenko
1:0 Dizdarevic, Mehmed
2 Burak, Mehmed
0:1 Rashid, Abdulwahab
3 Mahic, Amir
.5:.5 Machell, Don
4 Lojanica, Zdravko
1:0 Voon, Richard
5 Potter, Chris 0:1 Senturk, Bahri
6 Campara, Miralem
1:0 Lycett, Garry
7 Hopkins, Rhys 0:1 Yilmaz, Ahmet
8 Kudric, Mirko
.5:.5 Parrot, Robert
9 Chua, Manny 0:1 Ghayoori, Pezhman
10 Potter, Daniel .5:.5 Kocjancic,
Eddie
11 Armerman, Mendel 0:1 Burzic, Ramo
12 Lane, Victor 1:0 Keskic, Lee
13 Seehusen, John
0:1 Shaw, Graham
14 Potter, Michael 1:0 McEachern,
Graham
15 Guozdic, Drazen
1:0 Mison, Ashley
Round 4 saw the six equal leaders whittled down to three when Milenko
Lojanica, Abdulwahab Rashid
and Amir Mahic defeated
Eddie Kocjancic,
Zdravko Lojanica and Rhys
Hopkins to go to 3.5 / 4. Amir and Rhys used
almost all the time available with Rhys eventually running out of time
while Amir had about 5sec remaining. There were three
players on 3 / 4
chasing the leaders.
Round 5 and three leaders became two when Milenko Lojanica defeated
Abdulwahab Rashid and Amir Mahic easily accounted for
Garry Lycett. Both
players were on 4.5 and now had a full 1-point lead over the seven players
in equal second place after Don Machell and Miralem Campara fought out a
draw. Sadedin Redzepagic,
Richard Voon, Zdravko Lojanica and Rhys Hopkins
were able to move into equal second with wins.
Round 6 saw the two leaders battle it out. The best result for those
chasing would be if Mahic vs
Lojanica,M was a draw and this was just what
happened, leaving both players on 5 / 6. This allowed Abdulwahab
Rashid,
Miralem Campara, Zdravko Lojanica and Don Machell
to close to within
1/2-point of the leaders on 4.5. Following these six players is Manny Chua
who won all three games to go to 4-points; there are a further eight
players on 3.5.
Next week is the final three rounds (7 - 9) of the rapidplay.
Following are the pairings for Rd 7 and the results for Rds
4 - 6.
Regards: Garry Lycett
Pairings Round 7
1 Lojanica, Milenko
2090 [5] : Machell,
Don 1840 [4.5]
2 Lojanica, Zdravko
1887 [4.5] : Mahic, Amir
1915 [5]
3 Campara, Miralem
1767 [4.5] : Rashid, Abdulwahab 1946
[4.5]
4 Chua, Manny 1169
[4] : Dizdarevic, Mehmed 1952 [3.5]
5 Kudric, Mirko
1480 [3.5] : Voon,
Richard 1942 [3.5]
6 Redzepagic, Sadedin
1796 [3.5] : Armerman, Mendel
1407 [3.5]
7 Burak, Mehmed
1740 [3.5] : Hopkins, Rhys 1042 [3.5]
8 Parrot, Robert 1447 [3]
: Lycett, Garry
1797 [3.5]
9 Burzic, Ramo
1576 [3] : Ghayoori, Pezhman 1437 [3]
10 Senturk, Bahri
1479 [3] : Potter, Michael 1247 [3]
11 Potter, Chris 1244 [3]
: Yilmaz, Ahmet
1478 [3]
12 Kocjancic, Eddie 1671
[2.5] : Shaw, Graham 1603 [2]
13 Guozdic, Drazen
Unr [2] : Lane, Victor
1417 [2]
14 Vitkovic, Nick 1351
[2] : Mison,
Ashley Unr [2]
15 Potter, Daniel 1302 [2]
: Keskic,
Lee 791 [2]
16 Seehusen, John 1134
[1.5] : McEachern, Graham 1284 [1]
17 Lay, Shane Unr [1.5] : BYE
Results Round 4
1 Kocjancic,
Eddie 0:1 Lojanica, Milenko
2 Lojanica, Zdravko
0:1 Rashid, Abdulwahab
3 Hopkins,
Rhys
0:1 Mahic, Amir
4 Machell,
Don
1:0 Kudric, Mirko
5 Lycett,
Garry
1:0 Potter, Daniel
6 Burak, Mehmed
.5:.5 Redzepagic, Sadedin
7 Senturk, Bahri
0:1 Campara, Miralem
8 Dizdarevic, Mehmedalija
1:0 Vitkovic, Nick
9 Voon,
Richard
1:0 Potter, Chris
10 Shaw,
Graham
.5:.5 Burzic, Ramo
11 Yilmaz, Ahmet
1:0 Potter, Michael
12 Parrot, Robert
1:0 Mison, Ashley
13 Ghayoori, Pezhman
1:0 Guozdic, Drazen
14 Chua,
Manny
1:0 Lane, Victor
15 Barta,
Gerard
-:+ Keskic, Lee
16 Armerman, Mendel
1:0 Seehusen, John
17 McEachern,
Graham 0:1 Lay, Shane
Results Round 5
1 Lojanica, Milenko
1:0 Rashid, Abdulwahab
2 Mahic, Amir
1:0 Lycett, Garry
3 Campara, Miralem
.5:.5 Machell, Don
4 Redzepagic, Sadedin
1:0 Dizdarevic, Mehmedalija
5 Burak, Mehmed
0:1 Voon, Richard
6 Lojanica, Zdravko
1:0 Kocjancic, Eddie
7 Burzic, Ramo
0:1 Hopkins, Rhys
8 Kudric, Mirko
1:0 Ghayoori, Pezhman
9 Vitkovic,
Nick 0:1 Senturk,
Bahri
10 Potter, Daniel 0:1 Yilmaz, Ahmet
11 Parrot, Robert 1:0 Keskic, Lee
12 Lay, Shane
0:1 Chua, Manny
13 Potter, Chris .5:.5 Shaw, Graham
14 Lane, Victor 0:1
Armerman, Mendel
15 Potter, Michael 1:0 Guozdic, Drazen
16 Mison,
Ashley 0:1 Seehusen, John
17 McEachern, Graham
1:0 BYE
Results Round 6
1 Mahic, Amir
.5:.5 Lojanica, Milenko
2 Rashid, Abdulwahab
1:0 Redzepagic, Sadedin
3 Voon,
Richard
0:1 Campara, Miralem
4 Hopkins,
Rhys
0:1 Lojanica, Zdravko
5 Machell,
Don
1:0 Senturk, Bahri
6 Lycett,
Garry .5:.5 Kudric, Mirko
7 Chua,
Manny
1:0 Parrot, Robert
8 Yilmaz, Ahmet
0:1 Burak, Mehmed
9 Armerman,
Mendel 1:0 Kocjancic, Eddie
10 Dizdarevic, Mehmedalija
1:0 Potter, Daniel
11 Shaw,
Graham
0:1 Potter, Michael
12 Keskic,
Lee
0:1 Burzic, Ramo
13 Ghayoori, Pezhman
1:0 Vitkovic, Nick
14 Seehusen,
John
0:1 Potter, Chris
15 Mison,
Ashley
1:0 Lay, Shane
16 Lane,
Victor
1:0 McEachern, Graham
17 Guozdic, Drazen
1:0 BYE
The first
three rounds of the rapid play (All / 30) were held and 34
players managed to find their way to the new venue;
John Pandazopoulos Hall, 78 Power Road, Doveton, 3177.
This event involves three games a night for three weeks to make a 9-round
tournament.
A few teething problems in the new hall, (next week we will try a different
table arrangement to utilise the space better),
didn't stop the tournament
starting around 8.00pm. It was also pleasing to see two newcomers, Shane
Lay and Drazen Guozdic,
taking part.
Next week round four should be starting at the usual time of 7.30pm.
Round 1 saw most of the top board favorites win. One exception was Don
Machell who went down to Daniel Potter. Further down Gerard Barta
fell to
Drazen Guozdic who made a
good start to his chess career. Other upsets
involved Chris Potter and Manny Chua who held Miralem
Campara and Mehmed
Burak to draws in the longest games, while Rhys
Hopkins defeated Mirko
Kudric. But these upsets were based on rapidplay ratings and clearly the
rapidplay ratings of Chris, Manny and Rhys have
little to do with their
ability. In each case they are 300-500 points below their normal rating.
Round 2 and top seed Milenko Lojanica
went to 2 / 2 but three of the next
four seeds were held to draws; Mehmedalija Dizdarevic by Eddie Kocjancic,
Richard Voon by Ramo Burzic and Amir Mahic by Daniel Potter. Rhys Hopkins
had a good win over Sadedin Redzepagic
while the same four players who drew
in round one managed to do it again in the second round. This time Campara
vs Burak and Potter,C vs
Chua.
Round 3 and there were only four players on 2 / 2 going into it and they
all managed to draw against each other. The Lojanica
brothers produced the
usual 30-second struggle before calling it a night but on board two Rhys
Hopkins concluded a very good night for him with a draw against Abdulwahab
Rashid.
These players were joined on 2.5-points by Eddie Kocjancic
who knocked over
Richard Voon pretty quickly, and Amir
Mahic who was the winner in the
nights longest game against Mehmedalija
Dizdarevic.
Following these six players there are nine players on two points so next
weeks rounds 4 - 6 should be very interesting and hard fought.
Following are the pairings for Round 4.
Regards: Garry Lycett
1 Kocjancic, Eddie 1671 [2.5]
: Lojanica, Milenko
2090 [2.5]
2 Lojanica, Zdravko
1887 [2.5] : Rashid, Abdulwahab 1946
[2.5]
3 Hopkins, Rhys 1042 [2.5] : Mahic, Amir
1915 [2.5]
4 Machell, Don 1840 [2]
: Kudric, Mirko
1480 [2]
5 Lycett, Garry
1797 [2] : Potter, Daniel 1302
[2]
6 Burak, Mehmed
1740 [2] : Redzepagic, Sadedin 1796 [2]
7 Senturk, Bahri
1479 [2] : Campara, Miralem 1767 [2]
8 Dizdarevic, Mehmed
1952 [1.5] : Vitkovic,
Nick 1351 [2]
9 Voon, Richard
1942 [1.5] : Potter, Chris 1244 [1.5]
10 Shaw, Graham 1603 [1]
: Burzic, Ramo
1576 [1.5]
11 Yilmaz, Ahmet
1478 [1] : Potter, Michael 1247 [1]
12 Parrot, Robert 1447 [1] : Mison, Ashley Unr [1]
13 Ghayoori, Pezhman
1437 [1] : Guozdic, Drazen Unr
[1]
14 Chua, Manny 1169 [1]
: Lane, Victor 1417 [1]
15 Barta, Gerard 1527
[.5] : Keskic,
Lee 791 [1]
16 Armerman, Mendel 1407 [.5]
: Seehusen, John
1134 [.5]
17 McEachern, Graham 1284 [0]
: Lay, Shane Unr [.5]
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