Report from Dylan Gough:
Perth Chess Club has recently completed its annual Wolfgang Leonhardt and John Brooke Cups for 2023.
Firstly, the Wolfgang Leonhardt cup saw 24 people play 7 rounds of chess with a rating level of 1600 or higher. At the end of the seven rounds the results showed an equal place finish at the top of the leader board by the two highest ranked players in the competition.
Derwent Maggs and Jay Lakner both scored 6 points out of 7 with some brilliant chess playing and were only separated at the end of the tournament by 0.5 tiebreak points, indicating the quality and level both gentlemen played.
In third place CM Gyula Plaganyi finished with a commendable 5 out of 7. Newcomer Michael Selby finished strongly with some great results to finish outright 4th with 4.5 out of 7.
Thank you to all for your commitment and flexibility to make this tournament a success.
In the John Brooke Cup a last game save from Calan Curtis against veteran player Mark Howard, who played such a great game, resulted in a draw after many movers and handed the outright win to Calan with 6 points out of 7.
Very well played by Calan, who played well above his rating to win the division. Second place was shared between Mark Howard, Martin Leech and young Jaswanth Ram Sethuraman who also played above his rating to finish on 5 out of 7.
The John Brooke cup consisted of 29 players and was played over 7 rounds.
Much thanks go to Rob Maris, Daniel Clarke and Marc Saxon for their assistance and support throughout the tournament.
Cross tables are shown below the games (PGN file).
Board viewer made with Canvas Chess.
Pos NAME Rtg Perf T Fed Pts | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | Buc1 BucT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Maggs,Derwent 2251 2319 WA 6.0 | +W11 +B17 +W6 +B3 +W5 -W2 +B7 | 26.5 29.5 2 Lakner,Jay 2144 2311 WA 6.0 | +B12 -W3 +W16 +B6 +W9 +B1 +W5 | 26.0 29.5 3 Plaganyi,Gyula 1972 2135 CM WA 5.0 | +W14 +B2 +W15 -W1 -B7 +B16 +W13 | 26.5 29.5 4 Selby, Michael 1600 2026 WA 4.5 | =BYE -B15 +W21 =B16 =BYE +W10 +W9 | 20.5 23.0 5 Maris,Rob 2044 2057 WA 4.0 | =BYE =W9 +B10 +W11 -B1 +W15 -B2 | 26.0 29.0 6 Davoll,Josh 1917 2097 WA 4.0 | +B22 +W7 -B1 -W2 =BYE =BYE +B15 | 26.0 28.0 7 Saxon,Marc 2053 1948 WA 4.0 | +W21 -B6 =W18 +B19 +W3 =B9 -W1 | 24.0 26.5 8 Kerr,Carter 1485 1841 WA 4.0 | -B20 -B14 +W23 -W10 +B22 +W18 +B17 | 17.5 18.5 9 Clarke,Daniel 1902 1891 WA 3.5 | +W13 =B5 +W20 =BYE -B2 =W7 -B4 | 26.5 29.5 10 O'Shaughnessy,Dave 1977 1709 WA 3.5 | =BYE =B18 -W5 +B8 +W13 -B4 =W11 | 23.0 25.5 11 Stortz,Robert 1796 1905 WA 3.5 | -B1 +W24 +W17 -B5 -B20 +W19 =B10 | 22.5 24.5 12 Gough,Dylan 1762 1827 WA 3.5 | -W2 =B13 +W14 -B15 =B17 =BYE +W21 | 22.0 24.5 13 Kerr,Lennon 1576 1824 WA 3.5 | -B9 =W12 +B22 +W20 -B10 +W14 -B3 | 22.0 24.0 14 Oswald,Franz 1641 1694 WA 3.5 | -B3 +W8 -B12 =BYE +W21 -B13 +W22 | 21.5 23.5 15 Janceski,Alex 1879 1738 WA 3.0 | =B23 +W4 -B3 +W12 =BYE -B5 -W6 | 25.0 26.0 16 Curthoys,Edward (W) 1848 1735 WA 3.0 | =B24 +W23 -B2 =W4 +B18 -W3 -- | 24.0 25.0 17 Gibson,Jacob 1987 1716 WA 3.0 | +B19 -W1 -B11 =BYE =W12 +B20 -W8 | 23.0 26.0 18 Roebuck,Derek J 1796 1592 WA 3.0 | =BYE =W10 =B7 =BYE -W16 -B8 +BYE | 22.0 24.0 19 Bhatia,Abhay 1678 1658 WA 3.0 | -W17 =BYE +B24 -W7 =BYE -B11 +B23 | 18.5 19.5 20 Doshi,Chirag (W) 1870 1661 WA 2.5 | +W8 =BYE -B9 -B13 +W11 -W17 -- | 22.0 25.0 21 Leonhardt,Wolfgang 1760 1529 WA 2.5 | -B7 =W22 -B4 +W24 -B14 +W23 -B12 | 19.5 20.5 22 Garang,Kuol Awan 1632 1437 WA 2.5 | -W6 =B21 -W13 +B23 -W8 +BYE -B14 | 19.5 20.5 23 Akers,Gerard 1562 1254 QLD 1.5 | =W15 -B16 -B8 -W22 +BYE -B21 -W19 | 18.0 19.5 24 Berry,Alistair (W) 1383 1424 WA 0.5 | =W16 -B11 -W19 -B21 -- -- -- | 17.0 18.5
Pos NAME Rtg Perf T Fed Pts | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | Buc1 BucT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Curtis,Calan 1300 1673 WA 6.0 | +B3 =W5 +B19 +W7 +B15 +W4 =W2 | 27.5 30.5 2 Howard,Mark 1452 1450 WA 5.0 | =W7 +B18 +W10 =BYE =B3 +W15 =B1 | 27.5 31.0 3 Sethuraman,Jaswanth Ram 824 1509 WA 5.0 | -W1 +B25 +W17 +B9 =W2 +B10 =W6 | 26.0 27.5 4 Leech,Martin 1522 1438 WA 5.0 | +B22 +W11 -B15 +W20 +W8 -B1 +W12 | 25.5 28.5 5 Boswarva,Ernest 1516 1347 WA 4.5 | +W25 =B1 =BYE -B18 +W19 +B7 =W10 | 24.5 26.0 6 Otis,Max 1300 1335 WA 4.5 | +B29 -B9 -W18 +W23 +B11 +W16 =B3 | 21.5 23.5 7 Young,Manfred 1090 1394 WA 4.0 | =B2 +W21 +B28 -B1 +W18 -W5 =B13 | 25.5 28.5 8 Buck,Oliver (W) 1300 1540 WA 4.0 | +W27 +B16 +W9 =W15 -B4 =BYE -- | 25.5 28.0 9 Brooke,John 1435 1147 WA 4.0 | +B26 +W6 -B8 -W3 -B12 +W22 +F20 | 23.5 25.0 10 Hounsome,David 1370 1260 WA 4.0 | +B24 =W19 -B2 +W27 +B16 -W3 =B5 | 23.5 25.0 11 Powell,Darren 1337 1260 WA 4.0 | +W14 -B4 -W12 +B24 -W6 +B23 +B18 | 22.5 24.0 12 Lanham,Bruce 1206 1414 WA 4.0 | -B28 +W24 +B11 -W16 +W9 +F18 -B4 | 22.5 24.0 13 Frankland,David M 1098 1147 WA 4.0 | -W16 =B27 +F29 -B19 +W14 +B17 =W7 | 20.0 22.5 14 Owen,Geoffrey 1030 1202 WA 4.0 | -B11 +W22 -B20 +W26 -B13 +W24 +B19 | 18.5 20.0 15 Ross,Leo (W) 1335 1442 WA 3.5 | +B23 +W28 +W4 =B8 -W1 -B2 -- | 28.0 30.0 16 Massam,Justin 1479 1220 WA 3.5 | +B13 -W8 =BYE +B12 -W10 -B6 +W24 | 23.5 25.0 17 Porteus,Grant 1381 926 WA 3.5 | -W19 =BYE -B3 +W21 +B25 -W13 +F22 | 20.0 21.5 18 Nauom, Rafik 0 1335 AUS 3.0 | +B20 -W2 +B6 +W5 -B7 -F12 -W11 | 26.5 30.0 19 Gough,Sebastian 1072 1214 WA 3.0 | +B17 =B10 -W1 +W13 -B5 =BYE -W14 | 25.5 28.5 20 Davoll,Dominic 1300 1237 WA 3.0 | -W18 +B26 +W14 -B4 =BYE =BYE -F9 | 23.5 25.0 21 May,Wendy 914 1022 WA 3.0 | =BYE -B7 -W27 -B17 =BYE +W26 +B25 | 16.5 18.0 22 Bordas,Lindsay 1122 930 WA 2.5 | -W4 -B14 =BYE +W29 +B27 -B9 -F17 | 21.0 23.0 23 Overste,Brian 972 N/A WA 2.0 | -W15 =BYE =BYE -B6 +F26 -W11 -F26 | 21.5 23.5 24 Markou,Victor 1039 929 WA 2.0 | -W10 -B12 +W25 -W11 +F29 -B14 -B16 | 21.0 22.5 25 Nel,Kevin 1100 N/A WA 2.0 | -B5 -W3 -B24 +BYE -W17 +B29 -W21 | 19.0 20.5 26 Jahn,Harold 1081 N/A WA 2.0 | -W9 -W20 +BYE -B14 -F23 -B21 +F23 | 19.0 20.0 27 Rennie,Mike (W) 891 986 WA 1.5 | -B8 =W13 +B21 -B10 -W22 -- -- | 21.0 23.5 28 Michael,Ashley (W) 1588 1080 WA 1.0 | +W12 -B15 -W7 -- -- -- -- | 20.5 22.5 29 Dimov, Victor (W) 0 N/A AUS 0.5 | -W6 =BYE -F13 -B22 -F24 -W25 -- | 18.0 19.5