The Gosford Open 2006

The Gosford Weekender was a Yulgilbar-Think Big Australian Chess Grand Prix/ACF Grand Prix event They came from all over - Picton ; Canberra ; (Newcastle; Sydney etc) and our best numbers since 2004 - previous years we have been 'light' on. The competition was keen - with the greater numbers appeared quite a healthy number of players under 1200 - Very good to see.


Some Round-by-round action to go at the end - due by the 13th November 2009


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Max triumphs - only 'dropping' half a point
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Equal Second George Xie, fresh from his win at the Ryde Open
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Andrew Furst, Equal Second - losing only to Max
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The winner-take-all Rapid between was a 1-all draw , both wins with white
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Lloyd Fell Senior Shield awarded to Allen Robinson
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for the second year running Kevin Tan earns the Lloyd Fell Junior Shield as well as the Best Juunior prize - only losing to players over 2000

The Divisions !

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Mark Baterowicx =1st under 1800 , only coming adrift against Peter and Kevin
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Peter Abbott =1st under 1800 , who looked dangerous - and frequently was, coming second against Curtis and the fellow that beat Curtis !
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did Norm think he was playing Rummy - 3 losses followed by four wins , Norm Greenwood =1st under 1600
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either I am Alex's Rabbits foot or he is mine as he seems to score well when I Direct a tournament he is in - and those tournaments seems to run smoothly, =1st under 1600
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yet another prize for this cheery youngster, =1st under 1400 Neil Clark
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looking after the finances doesn't stop you from playing attractive chess, Allen Robinson =1st under 1400
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the young at heart Hughie Winsor picked up clear 1st in the under 1400 Division
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while the young Cimaine Hoang scored a solid 2nd in that Division

Open
- Open section
1st: Max Illingworth (16)
=2nd: George Xie
=2nd: Andrew Furst

- Under 1800 section
=1st: Mark Baterowicz
=1st: Peter Abbott

- Under 1600 section
=1st: Norman Greenwood
=1st: Alex Mehan

- Under 1400 section
=1st: Neil Clark
=1st: Allen Robinson

- Under 1200 section
1st: Hugh Winsor
2nd: Cimaine Hoang

Best Junior - Kevin Tan

Lloyd Fell Junior shield: Kevin Tan
Lloyd Fell Senior shield: Allen Robinson




There are some photos of the room in action to go here (waiting on me to shrink the photos)


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