Dandenong Summer Swiss 2009
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Results Round 1
1 Machell, Don 1924 [0] 1:0 Vitkovic, Nick 1438 [0]
2 Chong, Reginald 1381 [0] 1:0 Rashid, Abdulwahab 1822 [0]
3 Gungordu, Ismet 1492 [0] 0:1 Keefe, Peter 1319 [0]
4 Hewitt, Frank 1295 [0] 0:1 Burzic, Ramo 1641 [0]
5 Chua, Manny 1588 [0] 1:0 McEachern, Graham 1100 [0]
6 Seehusen, John 1095 [0] 0:1 Drew, Philip 1547 [0]
7 Ghayoori, Pezhman 1543 [0] 1:0 Dales, Ray 1000 [0]
8 Lee, Geoff 976 [0] 0:1 Armerman, Mendel 1511 [0]
9 Kudric, Mirko 1506 [0] 1:0 Gray, Alan 943 [0]
10 Yilmaz, Ahmet 1547 [0] 0:1 Lojanica, Milenko 2043 [0]
11 Lane, Victor 1420 [0] 1:0 Kinnear, Eve 500 [0]
12 Hopkins, Rhys 1662 [0] .5:.5 Lycett, Garry 1799 [0]
The second round saw 12 players added to the event. A number of players returned from holidays and there are also six new members which was pleasing.Some players simply couldn't play round one due to the extreme heat the previous Wednesday, hopefully the president Chris Potter will remember to talk to the centre management so we can figure out which buttons to press
to use the airconditioning.The games all went according to rating except for Rhys Hopkins repeating last years club championship result in again beating Abdulwahab Rashid. I think would be the first time Abdulwahab has started a tournament at Dandenong with two losses. The lucky recipient of this is Alan Gray who next week gets to play an opponent nearly twice his rating.
Results Round 2
1 Lojanica, Milenko 2043 [1] 1:0 Ghayoori, Pezhman 1543 [1]
2 Armerman, Mendel 1511 [1] 0:1 Machell, Don 1924 [1]
3 Burzic, Ramo 1641 [1] .5:.5 Kudric, Mirko 1506 [1]
4 Keefe, Peter 1319 [1] 0:1 Chua, Manny 1588 [1]
5 Drew, Philip 1547 [1] 1:0 Lane, Victor 1420 [1]
6 Dizdarevic, Mehmed 1972 [.5] -:+ Chong, Reginald 1381 [1]
7 Voon, Richard 1859 [.5] 1:0 Potter, Chris 1531 [.5]
8 Campara, Miralem 1800 [.5] 1:0 Potter, Daniel 1472 [.5]
9 Lycett, Garry 1799 [.5] 1:0 Pispek, Peter 1387 [.5]
10 Potter, Matthew 1627 [.5] 1:0 Mison, Ashley 1117 [.5]
11 Rashid, Abdulwahab 1822 [0] 0:1 Hopkins, Rhys 1662 [.5]
12 Rasmussen, Henning 861 [0] 0:1 Yilmaz, Ahmet 1547 [0]
13 Neilson, Cain 850 [0] +:- Gungordu, Ismet 1492 [0]
14 Vitkovic, Nick 1438 [0] 1:0 Lee, Geoff 976 [0]
15 Ang, Nathan 849 [0] 0:1 Hewitt, Frank 1295 [0]
16 McEachern, Graham 1100 [0] 1:0 Ang, Natalie 848 [0]
17 Gray, Alan 943 [0] 0:1 Seehusen, John 1095 [0]
18 Kinnear, Eve 500 [0] 0:1 Sissian, Jirair 1001 [0]
19 Dales, Ray 1000 [0] 0:1 Mather, Craig 461 [0]
Another two players brought the total to 40 which is a great turnout for the first tournament of the year. Even more pleasing is that 8 of them are brand new to the club. Top seeds Milenko Lojanica and Don Machell continued on their merry way with wins against Manny Chua and Reginald Chong, although both were very hard fought with Milenko especially fortunate to eke out a win in a king
and pawn ending. Reginald showed that his rating of 1381 will increase soon and that his first round win over Abdulwahab Rashid was no fluke, although in the end Don proved just too strong.
These two were joined on 3 / 3 by Philip Drew who defeated Richard Voon with a spectacular rook sacrifice to force mate that nobody saw coming.Philip had played very well and seemed to be in good position for most of the game, except for one move where he left his queen on prise to a straightforward two-move combination. Philip realised what he had done, but Richard returned to the board and without thinking played an obvious move, whereupon Philip, with great relief, removed the threat and went on to victory. I am sure that just 10 seconds thought by Richard and he would have seen it.
A very good result was Frank Hewitt's draw against Zdravko Lojanica, a 600-point rating gap. And it was Zdravko who was lucky to
scramble a draw from a clearly lost position.
Results Round 3
1 Chua, Manny 1588 [2] 0:1 Lojanica, Milenko 2043 [2]
2 Machell, Don 1924 [2] 1:0 Chong, Reginald 1381 [2]
3 Drew, Philip 1547 [2] 1:0 Voon, Richard 1859 [1.5]
4 Kudric, Mirko 1506 [1.5] 0:1 Campara, Miralem 1800 [1.5]
5 Hopkins, Rhys 1662 [1.5] 1:0 Potter, Matthew 1627 [1.5]
6 Yilmaz, Ahmet 1547 [1] 0:1 Burzic, Ramo 1641 [1.5]
7 Hewitt, Frank 1295 [1] .5:.5 Lojanica, Zdravko 1893 [1]
8 Ghayoori, Pezhman 1543 [1] 1:0 McEachern, Graham 1100 [1]
9 Seehusen, John 1095 [1] 0:1 Armerman, Mendel 1511 [1]
10 Sissian, Jirair Unr [1] 0:1 Vitkovic, Nick 1438 [1]
11 Lane, Victor 1420 [1] 1:0 Neilson, Cain Unr [1]
12 Mather, Craig 461 [1] 0:1 Keefe, Peter 1319 [1]
13 Potter, Chris 1531 [.5] 0:1 Pispek, Peter 1387 [.5]
14 Potter, Daniel 1472 [.5] 1:0 Mison, Ashley 1117 [.5]
15 Gray, Alan 943 [0] 0:1 Rashid, Abdulwahab 1822 [0]
16 Rasmussen, Henning 861 [0] 0:1 Gungordu, Ismet 1492 [0]
17 Ang, Natalie Unr [0] 0:1 Dales, Ray Unr [0]
18 Lee, Geoff 976 [0] 1:0 Ang, Nathan Unr [0]
19 Elefterijadis, Dimitri Unr [0] 0:1 Espejo, Elvis Unr [0]
20 Kinnear, Eve Unr [0] 0:0 BYE
21 Lycett, Garry 1799 [1.5] 0:0 BYE
Another 5 players joined the tournament to make 45 in total, including 13 new players to the club. Even better is that 6 of them are juniors, meaning the annual most improved junior trophy can be given to someone other than Daniel Potter or Rhys Hopkins.
Last night the two top seeds, Milenko Lojanica and Don Machell, moved to 4/4 and as the only players on that score they will meet next week. Milenko overcame Philip Drew's Sicilian Dragon after an oversight by Philip allowed Milenko to smash through on the kingside. Don had a harder fight against Miralem Campara but his constant pressure finally succeeded in a breakthrough.
These two are followed by Rhys Hopkins whose win over Ramo Burzic took him to 3.5-points.
There are also rating prizes in the U1600, U1400 and Unrated categories. The U1600 is being led by Mendel Armerman, Philip Drew, Reginald Chong and Manny Chua, all on 3-points. The U1400 is being led by John Seehusen and Peter Keefe, both on 2-points. The Unrated is being led by Elvis Espejo on 2-points.
Following are the results for Rd4 and the pairings for Rd5
Results Round 4
1 Lojanica, Milenko 2043 [3] 1:0 Drew, Philip 1547 [3]
2 Campara, Miralem 1800 [2.5] 0:1 Machell, Don 1924 [3]
3 Burzic, Ramo 1641 [2.5] 0:1 Hopkins, Rhys 1662 [2.5]
4 Vitkovic, Nick 1438 [2] 0:1 Chua, Manny 1588 [2]
5 Chong, Reginald 1381 [2] 1:0 Ghayoori, Pezhman 1543 [2]
6 Armerman, Mendel 1511 [2] 1:0 Lane, Victor 1420 [2]
7 Keefe, Peter 1319 [2] 0:1 Lycett, Garry 1799 [1.5]
8 Lojanica, Zdravko 1893 [1.5] =:= Kudric, Mirko 1506 [1.5]
9 Voon, Richard 1859 [1.5] 1:0 Potter, Daniel 1472 [1.5]
10 Potter, Matthew 1627 [1.5] 1:0 Hewitt, Frank 1295 [1.5]
11 Pispek, Peter 1387 [1.5] 0:1 Gungordu, Ismet 1492 [1]
12 Rashid, Abdulwahab1822 [1] 1:0 Sissian, Jirair Unr [1]
13 Dales, Ray Unr [1] 0:1 Yilmaz, Ahmet 1547 [1]
14 Espejo, Elvis Unr [1] 1:0 Lee, Geoff 976 [1]
15 McEachern, Graham 1100 [1] =:= Mather, Craig 461 [1]
16 Neilson, Cain Unr [1] 0:1 Seehusen, John 1095 [1]
17 Mison, Ashley 1117 [.5] 0:1 Potter, Chris 1531 [.5]
18 Ang, Nathan Unr [0] 0:1 Gray, Alan 943 [0]
19 Kinnear, Eve Unr [0] 1:0 Rasmussen, Henning 861 [0]
20 Ang, Natalie Unr [0] 0:1 Elefterijadis, Dimitri Unr [0]
Don Machell took the sole lead with an extremely well played victory overtop seed Milenko Lojanica. Don is now on 5 / 5 and leads a group of four players by a full point.
Leading the U1600 is Manny Chua & Philip Drew, both on 4 / 5, ahead of Mendel Armerman on 3.5-points and 3 others on 3-points. Leading the U1400 is Reginald Chong with 3 / 5, a full point ahead of a group of 5 players.. Leading the Unrated is Elvis Espejo and Jirair Sissian, both on 2 / 5,
ahead of a large group all within a point.
Following are the results for Rd5 and the pairings for Rd6
Results Round 5
1 Machell, Don 1924 [4] 1:0 Lojanica, Milenko 2043 [4]
2 Hopkins, Rhys 1662 [3.5] .5:.5 Armerman, Mendel 1511 [3]
3 Drew, Philip 1547 [3] 1:0 Chong, Reginald 1381 [3]
4 Chua, Manny 1588 [3] 1:0 Burzic, Ramo 1641 [2.5]
5 Campara, Miralem 1800 [2.5] 1:0 Voon, Richard 1859 [2.5]
6 Ghayoori, Pezhman 1543 [2] .5:.5 Potter, Matthew 1627 [2.5]
7 Lane, Victor 1420 [2] 0:1 Lojanica, Zdravko 1893 [2]
8 Seehusen, John 1095 [2] 0:1 Rashid, Abdulwahab 1822 [2]
9 Yilmaz, Ahmet 1547 [2] 1:0 Vitkovic, Nick 1438 [2]
10 Kudric, Mirko 1506 [2] 1:0 Keefe, Peter 1319 [2]
11 Gungordu, Ismet 1492 [2] 1:0 Espejo, Elvis Unr [2]
12 Potter, Chris 1531 [1.5] 1:0 McEachern, Graham 1100 [1.5]
13 Potter, Daniel 1472 [1.5] 1:0 Pispek, Peter 1387 [1.5]
14 Hewitt, Frank 1295 [1.5] .5:.5 Habib, Hessari Unr [1]
15 Sissian, Jirair Unr [1] 1:0 Neilson, Cain Unr [1]
16 Gray, Alan 943 [1] 1:0 Dales, Ray Unr [1]
17 Lee, Geoff 976 [1] +:- Mather, Craig 461 [1]
18 Mison, Ashley 1117 [.5] 1:0 Elefterijadis, Dimitri Unr [1]
19 Alikhail, Masood Unr [.5] 0:1 Alphonso, Joe Unr [.5]
20 Kinnear, Eve Unr [0] 0:1 Rasmussen, Henning 861 [0]
21 Ang, Natalie Unr [0] 0:1 Ang, Nathan Unr [0]
22 Alphonso, Trent Unr [0] 0:0 Alphonso, Tyler Unr [0]
Going into round 6 it looked as though there was no stopping Don Machell from progressing to a tournament win.
His sixth round opponent, Manny Chua, didn't stop him, but he managed to slow him down with a draw.
This keeps Don, who leads with 5.5 / 6, within striking distance of at least three players, Milenko Lojanica 5-points, Philip Drew and MannyChua 4.5-points.
Next week it is Philip's turn to try and knock off the leader. Hopefully if he reaches the same position he did last night against Mendel Armerman he will get more than 1/2-point from it. With well positioned knights dominating Mendel's locked in bishops it looked only a matter of patience and slowly strengthening his position for Philip to get the win. But Philip chose to allow a mass exchange of pieces, Mendel took full advantage to equalise and the game finished in a draw. Equal leader in his rating group but facing Don next week, that extra 1/2-point could have been valuable to Philip.
The board two game between Milenko Lojanica & Rhys Hopkins was interesting, not long after the round began I noticed they had already reached a double rook and pawns ending. How they ripped though the opening and middlegame so
quickly was beyond me, I imagine it was theory they were both familiar with. Shortly after that Rhys lost a pawn and although he fought hard he eventually went down to the tournament's top seed.
Next week Milenko faces Abdulwahab Rashid who started the event poorly but has won the last 4-rounds to bring himself back into contention. If he defeats Milenko it would likely produce an interesting last round as he would be a dangerous opponent for whoever was leading.
Unfortunately Mirko Kudric was unable to play last night as he is in hospital. I am sure all members of the club wish Mirko a speedy recovery and hope he is back next week.
The leaders of the rating groups are; U1600 - Philip Drew & Manny Chua 4.5-points, Ahmet Yilmaz & Mendel
Armerman 4-points U1400 - FrankHewitt, Reginald Chong & Peter Keefe 3-points, Peter Pispek
2.5-points Unrated - Elvis Espejo 3-points, Hessari Habib & Joe Alphonso 2.5-points
Following are the results of Rd6 and the pairings for Rd7
Regards; Garry Lycett
Results Rd6
1 Chua, Manny 1588 [4] .5:.5 Machell, Don 1924 [5]
2 Lojanica, Milenko 2043 [4] 1:0 Hopkins, Rhys 1662 [4]
3 Armerman, Mendel 1511 [3.5] .5:.5 Drew, Philip 1547 [4]
4 Lojanica, Zdravko 1893 [3] .5:.5 Campara, Miralem 1800 [3.5]
5 Rashid, Abdulwahab 1822 [3] +:- Kudric, Mirko 1506 [3]
6 Potter, Matthew 1627 [3] 1:0 Gungordu, Ismet 1492 [3]
7 Chong, Reginald 1381 [3] 0:1 Yilmaz, Ahmet 1547 [3]
8 Voon, Richard 1859 [2.5] 1:0 Ghayoori, Pezhman 1543 [2.5]
9 Burzic, Ramo 1641 [2.5] 1:0 Potter, Chris 1531 [2.5]
10 Senturk, Bahri 1533 [2.5] 0:1 Potter, Daniel 1472 [2.5]
11 Vitkovic, Nick 1438 [2] 1:0 Seehusen, John 1095 [2]
12 Espejo, Elvis Unr [2] 1:0 Lane, Victor 1420 [2]
13 Keefe, Peter 1319 [2] 1:0 Sissian, Jirair Unr [2]
14 Lee, Geoff 976 [2] 0:1 Hewitt, Frank 1295 [2]
15 Pispek, Peter 1387 [1.5] 1:0 Gray, Alan 943 [2]
16 McEachern, Graham 1100 [1.5] 0:1 Habib, Hessari Unr [1.5]
17 Alphonso, Joe Unr [1.5] 1:0 Mison, Ashley 1117 [1.5]
18 Elefterijadis, Dimitri Unr [1] 0:1 Dales, Ray Unr [1]
19 Rasmussen, Henning 861 [1] 1:0 Neilson, Cain Unr [1]
20 Alphonso, Tyler Unr [0] 0:1 Alikhail, Masood Unr [.5]
21 Ang, Nathan Unr [1] 1:0 Kinnear, Eve Unr [0]
22 Alphonso, Trent Unr [0] 0:1 Ang, Natalie Unr [0]
Don Machell only managed to draw with Philip Drew but it was enough to keep the outright lead as Milenko Lojanica and Manny Chua could also manage only 1/2-points in their own games. Don moved to 6 / 7 and retains a slender 1/2-point advantage over Milenko,
further back on 5-points are Manny Chua, Philip Drew and Mendel Armerman who are all having very good tournaments.
Next week Milenko must rely on his brother Zdravko to at least draw with Don next week, while he himself will be trying to get a victory and a share of first.
Leaders in the Rating Groups;
U1600: Manny Chua, Philip Drew, Mendel Armerman 5-points, Ahmet
Yilmaz, Mirko Kudric, Nick Vitkovic 4-points
U1400: Peter Pispek, Reginald Chong 3.5-points, Peter Keefe, Frank
Hewitt, John Seehusen, Geoff Lee 3-points
Unrated: Hessari Habib 3.5-points, Elvis Espejo, Jirair Sissair
3-points, Masood Alikhail, Joe Alphonso 2.5-points
Following are the results for round 7 and the pairings for round 8.
Regards; Garry Lycett
Results Rd7
1 Machell, Don 1924 [5.5] .5:.5 Drew, Philip 1547 [4.5]
2 Rashid, Abdulwahab 1822 [4] .5:.5 Lojanica, Milenko 2043 [5]
3 Hopkins, Rhys 1662 [4] .5:.5 Chua, Manny 1588 [4.5]
4 Yilmaz, Ahmet 1547 [4] 0:1 Campara, Miralem 1800 [4]
5 Armerman, Mendel 1511 [4] +:- Potter, Matthew 1627 [4]
6 Potter, Daniel 1472 [3.5] -:+ Lojanica, Zdravko 1893 [3.5]
7 Burzic, Ramo 1641 [3.5] 0:1 Voon, Richard 1859 [3.5]
8 Hewitt, Frank 1295 [3] 0:1 Kudric, Mirko 1506 [3]
9 Gungordu, Ismet 1492 [3] .5:.5 Chong, Reginald 1381 [3]
10 Keefe, Peter 1319 [3] 0:1 Vitkovic, Nick 1438 [3]
11 Potter, Chris 1531 [2.5] 1:0 Espejo, Elvis Unr [3]
12 Ghayoori, Pezhman 1543 [2.5] 1:0 Alphonso, Joe Unr [2.5]
13 Pispek, Peter 1387 [2.5] 1:0 Senturk, Bahri 1533 [2.5]
14 Habib, Hessari Unr [2.5] 1:0 Lane, Victor 1420 [2]
15 Seehusen, John 1095 [2] 1:0 Rasmussen, Henning 861 [2]
16 Sissian, Jirair Unr [2] 1:0 Ang, Nathan Unr [2]
17 Gray, Alan 943 [2] 0:1 Lee, Geoff 976 [2]
18 Dales, Ray Unr [2] 0:1 Alikhail, Masood Unr [1.5]
19 Mison, Ashley 1117 [1.5] 0:1 McEachern, Graham 1100 [1.5]
20 Neilson, Cain Unr [1] 0:1 Elefterijadis, Dimitri Unr [1]
21 Alphonso, Tyler Unr [0] 1:0 Ang, Natalie Unr [1]
22 Kinnear, Eve Unr [0] 1:0 Alphonso, Trent Unr [0]
A reminder to all members that next Wednesday March25 is the clubs Annual General Meeting.
All members are urged to attend.
Leading Milenko Lojanica by only 1/2-point going into the final round Don Machell took only 1-hour to wrap up the tournament victory when his opponent, Zdravko Lojanica, failed to arrive. This of course cost Zdravko's brother, Milenko, any chance of catching Don.
It was a disappointing way for Don to win, but certainly not his fault, and Don had led throughout and fully deserved the victory, especially after defeating top seed Milenko in their individual encounter. Congratulations to Don who finished with 7 / 8 (6 wins and 2 draws)
Milenko finished outright 2nd on 6.5-points after defeating Mendel Armerman, 3rd place went to Miralem Campara with 6-points after he disposed of Manny Chua. Equal 4th with 5.5-points was Richard Voon and Abdulwahab Rashid after they
overcame Rhys Hopkins and Philip Drew respectively.
With Mendel, Manny and Philip all losing it allowed Mirko Kudric to catch them on 5-points and they shared the U1600 rating prize.
All four had very good tournaments, Mirko scoring 5 / 7 after missing one round by being in hospital.
The U1400 rating prize was won outright by Peter Pispek who finished the event well to get 4.5-points. He finished just ahead of Reginal Chong and Geoff Lee, both on 4-points. Reginald looked as though he might have won last nights game when a piece up against Chris Potter although it was a tough ending, made tougher when Chris won Reginald's rook and the game finished in a draw. Meanwhile Geoff had his best tournament for quite a while and capped it off with a very well played win against Peter Keefe.
The Unrated prize was a close tussle between Elvis Espejo and Hessari Habib but in the Hessari defeated Ismet Gungordu in the last round to also get to 4.5-points and take the prize. Elvis was only 1/2-point behind. It was an
extremely impressive performance by Hessari who started the tournament in Rd4 and ended up scoring 4.5 / 5
Prizes;
1st Don Machell 7-points
U1600 Manny Chua, Philip Drew, Mendel Armerman, Mirko Kudric
5-points
U1400 Peter Pispek 4.5-points,
Unrated Hessari Habib 4.5-points,
Following are the results for Rd8
** The ratings shown are from Mar'09 but the tournament was played and the
rating prizes based on Dec'08 ratings.
Regards; Garry Lycett
Results Rd8
1 Lojanica, Zdravko 1893 [4.5] -:+ Machell, Don 1935 [6]
2 Lojanica, Milenko 1979 [5.5] 1:0 Armerman, Mendel 1485 [5]
3 Campara, Miralem 1789 [5] 1:0 Chua, Manny 1570 [5]
4 Drew, Philip 1559 [5] 0:1 Rashid, Abdulwahab 1844 [4.5]
5 Voon, Richard 1888 [4.5] 1:0 Hopkins, Rhys 1693 [4.5]
6 Kudric, Mirko 1554 [4] 1:0 Yilmaz, Ahmet 1476 [4]
7 Vitkovic, Nick 1399 [4] .5:.5 Burzic, Ramo 1601 [3.5]
8 Potter, Daniel 1512 [3.5] -:+ Ghayoori, Pezhman 1515 [3.5]
9 Chong, Reginald 1381 [3.5] .5:.5 Potter, Chris 1592 [3.5]
10 Habib, Hessari [3.5] 1:0 Gungordu, Ismet 1495 [3.5]
11 Hewitt, Frank 1295 [3] 0:1 Pispek, Peter 1367 [3.5]
12 Lee, Geoff 951 [3] 1:0 Keefe, Peter 1319 [3]
13 Espejo, Elvis [3] 1:0 Seehusen, John 1140 [3]
14 Lycett, Garry 1803 [2.5] 0:0 Sissian, Jirair [3]
15 Alikhail, Masood [2.5] 0:1 Senturk, Bahri 1455 [2.5]
16 Alphonso, Joe [2.5] .5:.5 McEachern, Graham 1160 [2.5]
17 Lane, Victor 1456 [2] 1:0 Rasmussen, Henning 821 [2]
18 Dales, Ray [2] 1:0 Ang, Nathan [2]
19 Elefterijadis, Dimitri [2] 0:1 Gray, Alan 1005 [2]
20 Ang, Natalie [1] 0:1 Mison, Ashley 1098 [1.5]
21 Kinnear, Eve [1] 0:1 Alphonso, Tyler [1]
22 Neilson, Cain [1] 1:0 Alphonso, Trent [0]
