Gosford Open 2008 Report

The Gosford Open 2008

Report by Director of Play Keith Farrell

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Blair wins (he came 2nd at Toukley 2008 and equal 3rd at Mingara 2008)	it was good to see Aurel-John again (he played and quietly monstered the field last year too), here and now he came 2nd.
Equal third Peter Abbott did extremely well - He and Blair were the only ones to go thru unbeaten - drawing with the number 1 and 2 seeds as well as drawing with Aurel	Equal third what can we say - his only losses were to the top two placegetters	David Castor (the other equal third) was just too darn quick for the camera to capture.
Awarded the Lloyd Fell Shield - just like last year	Awarded the Lloyd Fell Shield for Juniors

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I had lots of helpers - Allen our Treasurer who couldn't play because of work (darn that - and who thought work was important ! (and eating I suppose too! ) :) and made certain our numbers added up. Rocky, Jeffrey, Ben, Gary and one or 2 others I've missed - Zach who came in and was pressed into taking photos (since his phoyos last year were so nice, though I think Jeffrey did the deeds this year (I could be wrong though). Here we see prizewinner Ben (on the right) - oh yes - and me too.

there shall be more report soon - but that is all the piccies.

This was a Myer Tan Chess ACF Grand Prix 2008 .

` We thank the Leagues Club - without their generous spoonsorship we would have lost much - the provision of the venue being particularly handy :) as it was we broke pretty much even - and when you consider for the last 3 years we have guaranteed all prizes, you can imagine our relief and happiness.

Round 1

Round 2
Round 3

Round 4

Day 2 - the storm builds
Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Place Name               Loc  Score

  1   Mandla, Blair      1984 6    
  2   Buciu, Aurel-John  1509 5.5  
 3-5  Castor, David      2005 5    
      Abbott, Peter      1774 5    
      Tan, Kevin         1351 5    
  6   Gu, Sean           1468 4.5  
7-10  Mehan, Alex        1478 4    
      Young, Jeffrey     1624 4    
      Egan, Bill         1492 4    
      Tracey, Michael J  1449 4    
11-14 Adler, David       1459 3.5  
      Parker, Trent      1531 3.5  
      Losh, Gary         1480 3.5  
      Young, Benjamin    1329 3.5  
15-16 Liuga, Victor      1616 3    
      Baldwin, A(Tony) C 1305 3    
17-19 Deacon, Graeme     1390 2.5  
      Jacobs, Rocky      1299 2.5  
      Ward, Dennis       1557 2.5  
20-21 Greenwood, Norman  1485 2    
      Winsor, Hugh       876  2    
22-23 Momot, Alex        906  1.5  
      Tragaris, Ross     969  1.5


No Name               Loc  Total  1    2    3    4    5    6    7  

1  Mandla, Blair      1984 6     11:W 20:W  2:W  7:W  3:D  5:W  4:D
2  Buciu, Aurel-John  1509 5.5   16:W  5:W  1:L  4:D  9:W  6:W  3:W
3  Castor, David      2005 5      6:W  9:W  4:D  8:W  1:D 11:W  2:L
4  Abbott, Peter      1774 5     10:W 13:W  3:D  2:D 11:D  7:W  1:D
5  Tan, Kevin         1351 5     15:W  2:L 20:W 13:W  7:W  1:L  8:W
6  Gu, Sean           1468 4.5    3:L 18:D 17:W 20:W 12:W  2:L 13:W
7  Mehan, Alex        1478 4     21:W  8:W 12:W  1:L  5:L  4:L 15:W
8  Young, Jeffrey     1624 4     17:W  7:L 14:W  3:L 21:W 12:W  5:L
9  Egan, Bill         1492 4     18:W  3:L 22:W 11:L  2:L 21:W 16:W
10 Tracey, Michael J  1449 4      4:L 22:L 15:W 23:W 17:L 20:W 11:W
11 Adler, David       1459 3.5    1:L 23:W 16:W  9:W  4:D  3:L 10:L
12 Parker, Trent      1531 3.5    0:D 14:W  7:L 19:W  6:L  8:L 20:W
13 Losh, Gary         1480 3.5   22:W  4:L 21:W  5:L 14:D 17:W  6:L
14 Young, Benjamin    1329 3.5   19:W 12:L  8:L 22:W 13:D 15:L 17:W
15 Liuga, Victor      1616 3      5:L 16:L 10:L  0:W 18:W 14:W  7:L
16 Baldwin, A(Tony) C 1305 3      2:L 15:W 11:L 21:L 23:W 22:W  9:L
17 Deacon, Graeme     1390 2.5    8:L 19:D  6:L 18:W 10:W 13:L 14:L
18 Jacobs, Rocky      1299 2.5    9:L  6:D 19:L 17:L 15:L 23:W 21:W
19 Ward, Dennis       1557 2.5   14:L 17:D 18:W 12:L  0:W  0:   0: 
20 Greenwood, Norman  1485 2     23:W  1:L  5:L  6:L 22:W 10:L 12:L
21 Winsor, Hugh       876  2      7:L  0:W 13:L 16:W  8:L  9:L 18:L
22 Momot, Alex        906  1.5   13:L 10:W  9:L 14:L 20:L 16:L 23:D
23 Tragaris, Ross     969  1.5   20:L 11:L  0:W 10:L 16:L 18:L 22:D

as always (especially now - post-glicko, glicko 2 and the ACF implementation) don't take these figures to heart - only the positive ones {grin}



No  Name               Loc  Score Exp. Chg*K  Rav Rprfm

1.  Castor, David      2005 5.0/7 6.37   -21 1616  1774
2.  Mandla, Blair      1984 6.0/7 6.44    -6 1580  1889
3.  Abbott, Peter      1774 5.0/7 4.90     1 1623  1781
4.  Young, Jeffrey     1624 4.0/7 5.32   -19 1423  1473
5.  Liuga, Victor      1616 2.0/6 4.86   -43 1369  1244
6.  Ward, Dennis       1557 1.5/4 2.88   -21 1387  1300
7.  Parker, Trent      1531 3.0/6 3.36    -6 1490  1490
8.  Buciu, Aurel-John  1509 5.5/7 2.38    46 1626  1856
9.  Egan, Bill         1492 4.0/7 4.97   -15 1337  1387
10. Greenwood, Norman  1485 2.0/7 4.48   -37 1380  1222
11. Losh, Gary         1480 3.5/7 5.18   -25 1299  1299
12. Mehan, Alex        1478 4.0/7 2.94    16 1537  1587
13. Gu, Sean           1468 4.5/7 2.94    24 1528  1630
14. Adler, David       1459 3.5/7 2.45    16 1568  1568
15. Tracey, Michael J  1449 4.0/7 4.27    -4 1371  1421
16. Deacon, Graeme     1390 2.5/7 2.87    -6 1458  1356
17. Tan, Kevin         1351 5.0/7 1.33    55 1597  1755
18. Young, Benjamin    1329 3.5/7 2.38    16 1443  1443
19. Baldwin, A(Tony) C 1305 3.0/7 3.92   -13 1261  1211
20. Jacobs, Rocky      1299 2.5/7 3.15   -10 1338  1236
21. Tragaris, Ross     969  0.5/6 0.66    -3 1317   916
22. Momot, Alex        906  1.5/7 0.42    16 1358  1128
23. Winsor, Hugh       876  1.0/6 0.12    13 1446  1173