Dandenong Chess Club Grades tournament

[Bereaved]

Dear all,
this is copied from the Dandenong email chess circular. I understand that the time control will be 90 minutes + 30 Seconds a move from move one.

I would suggest that if people were interested in this event they could ring Don Maciulaitis on 9791 3541 or email/ pm me, or contact Dandenong chess club through their website, which is at dandychess.org.au

Starting next Wednesday 13th July are the Dandenong Grades Events.
Eight-player round-robin tournaments where the players are grouped by
ratings these have proved very popular in the past. Entries close 7.30pm on
the night.




All the best, Take care, and God Bless, Macavity

[Bereaved]

And just for fun, here is the report on their lightning championships held last Wednesday:

The Dandenong Lightning Championship 2005 was won by Milenko Lojanica with
8.5 / 9 ahead of Mehmedalija Dizdarevic on 8.

These two were well ahead the others and it was clear with two rounds
remaining that the title would go to one of them.
In an interesting final round Dizdarevic disposed of Amir Mahic very
quickly which meant Milenko had to defeat Richard Voon to claim outright
victory. Voon looked to have a good position and was about 30s ahead on
time. But Voon missed a tactic and spent too long trying to retrieve the
situation, only to lose on time and hand Milenko the title.
Following is the crosstable for the Lightning Championship.

Regards: Garry Lycett

1  Lojanica, Milenko       2010 8.5   35:W 21:W  3:W  2:D  6:W  8:W  4:W
7:W 10:W
2  Dizdarevic, Mehmedalija 1945 8     39:W 31:W 12:W  1:D  4:W  6:D  3:W
15:W  7:W
3  Lushaj, Tahir           1745 6.5   20:W 22:W  1:L 15:W 12:W  5:W  2:L
8:D 14:W
4  Wong, NY                2081 6.5   30:W 34:W 14:D  7:W  2:L 12:W  1:L
6:W  8:W
5  Pyke, Malcolm           1988 6     26:L 17:W 25:W  9:W 34:W  3:L  8:L
21:W 15:W
6  Lojanica, Zdravko       1885 5.5   18:W  9:W 13:W 14:W  1:L  2:D  7:L
4:L 21:W
7  Mahic, Amir             1839 5.5   32:W 26:W 11:D  4:L 16:W 21:W  6:W
1:L  2:L
8  Redzepagic, Sadedin     1619 5.5   22:L 20:W 18:W 37:W 10:W  1:L  5:W
3:D  4:L
9  Potter, Matthew         1581 5.5   23:W  6:L 17:W  5:L 27:W 10:D 14:D
29:W 11:D
10 Voon, Richard           1901 5.5   27:W 12:L 30:W 11:W  8:L  9:D 25:W
13:W  1:L
11 Rashid, Abdulwahab      1996 5.5   36:W 19:W  7:D 10:L 13:D 30:W 15:L
25:W  9:D
12 Biondo, Sam             1608 5     28:W 10:W  2:L 16:W  3:L  4:L 17:L
35:W 29:W
13 Burzic, Ramo            1536 5     41:W 16:W  6:L 21:D 11:D 34:D 19:W
10:L 20:D
14 Silas, Frank            1872 5     37:W 25:W  4:D  6:L 21:L 26:W  9:D
17:W  3:L
15 Kocjancic, Eddie        1601 5     17:L 32:W 33:W  3:L 26:W 35:W 11:W
2:L  5:L
16 Campara, Miralem        1843 5     33:W 13:L 36:W 12:L  7:L 20:D 24:W
23:W 18:D
17 Atem, Andrew                 5     15:W  5:L  9:L 36:W 30:L 27:W 12:W
14:L 25:W
18 Kudric, Mirko           1436 5      6:L 23:W  8:L 25:L 24:D 32:W 22:W
30:W 16:D
19 Shaw, Graham            1626 5     24:W 11:L 26:L 22:W 39:W 25:L 13:L
28:W 27:W
20 Potter, Michael         1327 5      3:L  8:L 40:W 30:L 28:W 16:D 37:W
31:W 13:D
21 Deng, Kuol                   4.5   38:W  1:L 39:W 13:D 14:W  7:L 31:W
5:L  6:L
22 Drew, Phillip           1223 4.5    8:W  3:L 27:D 19:L 33:W 31:L 18:L
32:W 30:W
23 Mihovil, Krulyac             4.5    9:L 18:L 29:W 32:W 35:L 37:W 30:D
16:L 36:W
24 Potter, Daniel          1240 4.5   19:L 36:L 42:W 39:L 18:D 33:W 16:L
38:W 31:W
25 Senturk, Bahri          1533 4     42:W 14:L  5:L 18:W 37:W 19:W 10:L
11:L 17:L
26 Pramod, T.G.                 4      5:W  7:L 19:W 34:L 15:L 14:L 28:L
42:W 35:W
27 Potter, Christopher     1442 4     10:L 28:D 22:D 38:W  9:L 17:L 36:W
33:W 19:L
28 Seehusen, John          1083 4     12:L 27:D 32:D 35:L 20:L 41:W 26:W
19:L 37:W
29 Baxter, Craig           1276 4     34:L 30:L 23:L 41:W 40:W 39:W 35:W
9:L 12:L
30 Vitkovic, Nick          1531 3.5    4:L 29:W 10:L 20:W 17:W 11:L 23:D
18:L 22:L
31 Armerman, Mendel        1611 3.5   40:W  2:L 37:L 33:D 36:W 22:W 21:L
20:L 24:L
32 Tolpigin, George        1362 3.5    7:L 15:L 28:D 23:L 38:W 18:L 42:W
22:L 41:W
33 Zamora, John            1377 3.5   16:L 41:W 15:L 31:D 22:L 24:L 38:W
27:L 40:W
34 Lycett, Garry           1663 3.5   29:W  4:L 35:W 26:W  5:L 13:D
35 Yilmaz, Ahmet           1500 3      1:L 38:W 34:L 28:W 23:W 15:L 29:L
12:L 26:L
36 Gungordu, Ismet         1480 3     11:L 24:W 16:L 17:L 31:L 42:W 27:L
40:W 23:L
37 Pronk, Syf              1430 3     14:L 42:W 31:W  8:L 25:L 23:L 20:L
41:W 28:L
38 McEachern, Graham       1243 2.5   21:L 35:L 41:W 27:L 32:L 40:D 33:L
24:L 42:W
39 Nagendirarajah, Anteney 1443 2      2:L 40:W 21:L 24:W 19:L 29:L
40 Lamech, Albert          1223 1.5   31:L 39:L 20:L 42:W 29:L 38:D 41:L
36:L 33:L
41 Williams, Luke               1     13:L 33:L 38:L 29:L 42:L 28:L 40:W
37:L 32:L
42 Porter, Joel                 1     25:L 37:L 24:L 40:L 41:W 36:L 32:L
26:L 38:L

all the best, God Bless, Macavity

[Bereaved]

Hi everybody,

Until Gary Lycett sends me the remaining seeding numbers in the other groups, I can't post all the information in those tournaments regard.

As far as the premier grade, the results as they stand are:

Round 1 

 1 Mehmedalija Dizdarevic 1945    1:0    Malcolm L Pyke   1988
 2 Richard Voon           1901    1:0    Milenko Lojanica 2010
 3 Abdulwahab Rashid      1996   .5:.5   Zdravko Lojanica 1885
 4 Ascaro Pecori          2067     P:P     Don Machell      1949

I'll post the remaining pairings in the next post for this grade, and the pairings for the other grades as they are provided to me,

all the best and God Bless, Macavity

[Bereaved]

Hi Everybody,
Here are the remaining pairings. Also I failed to mention that the top group is planned to be FIDE rated and that Don Machell is to play his postponed games when he returns from Europe,
all the best and God bless, Macavity

Round 1 

 1 Mehmedalija Dizdarevic 1945    1:0    Malcolm L Pyke   1988
 2 Richard Voon           1901    1:0    Milenko Lojanica 2010
 3 Abdulwahab Rashid      1996   .5:.5   Zdravko Lojanica 1885
 4 Ascaro Pecori          2067    P : P    Don Machell      1949


Round 2 

 1 Malcolm L Pyke         1988   P : P    Don Machell       1949
 2 Zdravko Lojanica       1885     :     Ascaro Pecori     2067
 3 Milenko Lojanica       2010     :     Abdulwahab Rashid 1996
 4 Mehmedalija Dizdarevic 1945     :     Richard Voon      1901


Round 3

 1 Richard Voon      1901     :     Malcolm L Pyke         1988
 2 Abdulwahab Rashid 1996     :     Mehmedalija Dizdarevic 1945
 3 Ascaro Pecori     2067     :     Milenko Lojanica       2010
 4 Don Machell       1949     :     Zdravko Lojanica       1885


Round 4 

 1 Malcolm L Pyke         1988     :     Zdravko Lojanica  1885
 2 Milenko Lojanica       2010     :     Don Machell       1949
 3 Mehmedalija Dizdarevic 1945     :     Ascaro Pecori     2067
 4 Richard Voon           1901     :     Abdulwahab Rashid 1996


Round 5

 1 Abdulwahab Rashid 1996     :     Malcolm L Pyke         1988
 2 Ascaro Pecori     2067     :     Richard Voon           1901
 3 Don Machell       1949     :     Mehmedalija Dizdarevic 1945
 4 Zdravko Lojanica  1885     :     Milenko Lojanica       2010


Round 6

 1 Malcolm L Pyke         1988     :     Milenko Lojanica 2010
 2 Mehmedalija Dizdarevic 1945     :     Zdravko Lojanica 1885
 3 Richard Voon           1901     :     Don Machell      1949
 4 Abdulwahab Rashid      1996     :     Ascaro Pecori    2067


Round 7

 1 Ascaro Pecori    2067     :     Malcolm L Pyke         1988
 2 Don Machell      1949     :     Abdulwahab Rashid      1996
 3 Zdravko Lojanica 1885     :     Richard Voon           1901
 4 Milenko Lojanica 2010     :     Mehmedalija Dizdarevic 1945

I will post these things in a like way for the other Grades once I receive the details from Gary Lycett,

Take care again, Macavity

[bobby1972]

AVERAGE RATING IS 1967

[Bereaved]

Hello everyone,

I am about to post all the grades, and the reports issued on the events so far, and am also reposting the premier grade with the fide ratings included,

God Bless, and take care, Macavity

to be continued...

[Bereaved]

For starters,

Round 1 

 1 Mehmedalija Dizdarevic 2110 1945    1:0    Malcolm L Pyke   2074 1988
 2 Richard Voon           2114 1901    1:0    Milenko Lojanica 2100 2010
 3 Abdulwahab Rashid      2296 1996   .5:.5   Zdravko Lojanica      1885
 4 Ascaro Pecori          2129 2067    P :P     Don Machell           1949

Round 2 

 1 Malcolm L Pyke         2074 1988     P:P     Don Machell            1949
 2 Zdravko Lojanica            1885    1:0    Ascaro Pecori     2129 2067
 3 Milenko Lojanica       2100 2010    1:0    Abdulwahab Rashid 2296 1996
 4 Mehmedalija Dizdarevic 2110 1945   .5:.5   Richard Voon      2114 1901

Round 3

 1 Richard Voon      2114 1901    P :P     Malcolm L Pyke         2074 1988
 2 Abdulwahab Rashid 2296 1996     :     Mehmedalija Dizdarevic 2110 1945
 3 Ascaro Pecori     2129 2067     :     Milenko Lojanica       2100 2010
 4 Don Machell            1949     :     Zdravko Lojanica            1885


Round 4 

 1 Malcolm L Pyke         2074 1988     :     Zdravko Lojanica       1885
 2 Milenko Lojanica       2100 2010     :     Don Machell            1949
 3 Mehmedalija Dizdarevic 2110 1945     :     Ascaro Pecori     2129 2067
 4 Richard Voon           2114 1901     :     Abdulwahab Rashid 2296 1996


Round 5

 1 Abdulwahab Rashid 2296 1996     :     Malcolm L Pyke         2074 1988
 2 Ascaro Pecori     2129 2067     :     Richard Voon           2114 1901
 3 Don Machell            1949     :     Mehmedalija Dizdarevic 2110 1945
 4 Zdravko Lojanica       1885     :     Milenko Lojanica       2100 2010


Round 6 

 1 Malcolm L Pyke         2074 1988     :     Milenko Lojanica 2100 2010
 2 Mehmedalija Dizdarevic 2110 1945     :     Zdravko Lojanica      1885
 3 Richard Voon           2114 1901     :     Don Machell           1949
 4 Abdulwahab Rashid      2296 1996     :     Ascaro Pecori    2129 2067


Round 7 

 1 Ascaro Pecori    2129 2067     :     Malcolm L Pyke         2074 1988
 2 Don Machell           1949     :     Abdulwahab Rashid      2296 1996
 3 Zdravko Lojanica      1885     :     Richard Voon           2114 1901
 4 Milenko Lojanica 2100 2010     :     Mehmedalija Dizdarevic 2110 1945

Take care, God Bless, Macavity
To be continued

[Bereaved]

Hello Everyone,
here are the full pairings of the a grade, and results to date,

Round 1

 1 Graham L Shaw      1626    0:1    Hong Lin        1701
 2 Sadedin Redzepagic 1619   .5:.5   Miralem Campara 1843
 3 Tahir Lushaj       1745    1:0    Mendel Armerman 1611
 4 Frank Silas        1872   .5:.5   Garry Lycett    1663

Round 2

 1 Hong Lin        1701    1:0    Garry Lycett       1663
 2 Mendel Armerman 1611    1:0    Frank Silas        1872
 3 Miralem Campara 1843   .5:.5   Tahir Lushaj       1745
 4 Graham L Shaw   1626    0:1    Sadedin Redzepagic 1619


Round 3 

 1 Sadedin Redzepagic 1619     :     Hong Lin        1701
 2 Tahir Lushaj       1745     :     Graham L Shaw   1626
 3 Frank Silas        1872     :     Miralem Campara 1843
 4 Garry Lycett       1663     :     Mendel Armerman 1611

Round 4

 1 Hong Lin           1701     :     Mendel Armerman 1611
 2 Miralem Campara    1843     :     Garry Lycett    1663
 3 Graham L Shaw      1626     :     Frank Silas     1872
 4 Sadedin Redzepagic 1619     :     Tahir Lushaj    1745


Round 5 

 1 Tahir Lushaj    1745     :     Hong Lin           1701
 2 Frank Silas     1872     :     Sadedin Redzepagic 1619
 3 Garry Lycett    1663     :     Graham L Shaw      1626
 4 Mendel Armerman 1611     :     Miralem Campara    1843

Round 6

 1 Hong Lin           1701     :     Miralem Campara 1843
 2 Graham L Shaw      1626     :     Mendel Armerman 1611
 3 Sadedin Redzepagic 1619     :     Garry Lycett    1663
 4 Tahir Lushaj       1745     :     Frank Silas     1872


Round 7

 1 Frank Silas     1872     :     Hong Lin           1701
 2 Garry Lycett    1663     :     Tahir Lushaj       1745
 3 Mendel Armerman 1611     :     Sadedin Redzepagic 1619
 4 Miralem Campara 1843     :     Graham L Shaw      1626

Take Care and God Bless, Macavity

To be continued

[Bereaved]

Hello everyone,

Here are the complete pairings for B Grade, and the results so far,

Round 1

 1 Don Maciulaitis   1557    0:1    T.G. Pramod        
 2 Ramo Burzic       1536    0:1    Matthew Potter 1581
 3 Henk Scherrenberg 1578    0:1    Robert Parrot  1535
 4 Eddie Kocjancic   1601    1:0    Bob Spiric     1563

Round 2 

 1 T.G. Pramod             1:0    Bob Spiric        1563
 2 Robert Parrot   1535    1:0    Eddie Kocjancic   1601
 3 Matthew Potter  1581    1:0    Henk Scherrenberg 1578
 4 Don Maciulaitis 1557    0:1    Ramo Burzic       1536


Round 3

 1 Ramo Burzic       1536     :     T.G. Pramod         
 2 Henk Scherrenberg 1578     :     Don Maciulaitis 1557
 3 Eddie Kocjancic   1601     :     Matthew Potter  1581
 4 Bob Spiric        1563     :     Robert Parrot   1535

Round 4 

 1 T.G. Pramod              :     Robert Parrot     1535
 2 Matthew Potter  1581     :     Bob Spiric        1563
 3 Don Maciulaitis 1557     :     Eddie Kocjancic   1601
 4 Ramo Burzic     1536     :     Henk Scherrenberg 1578


Round 5

 1 Henk Scherrenberg 1578     :     T.G. Pramod         
 2 Eddie Kocjancic   1601     :     Ramo Burzic     1536
 3 Bob Spiric        1563     :     Don Maciulaitis 1557
 4 Robert Parrot     1535     :     Matthew Potter  1581

Round 6 

 1 T.G. Pramod                :     Matthew Potter  1581
 2 Don Maciulaitis   1557     :     Robert Parrot   1535
 3 Ramo Burzic       1536     :     Bob Spiric      1563
 4 Henk Scherrenberg 1578     :     Eddie Kocjancic 1601


Round 7 

 1 Eddie Kocjancic 1601     :     T.G. Pramod           
 2 Bob Spiric      1563     :     Henk Scherrenberg 1578
 3 Robert Parrot   1535     :     Ramo Burzic       1536
 4 Matthew Potter  1581     :     Don Maciulaitis   1557

Take care and God Bless, Macavity

To be continued...

[Bereaved]

Hello everyone,
Here is a complete set of pairings for C Grade and the results to date,

Round 1

 1 Anteny Nagendirarajah 1443    0:1    Ahmet Yilmaz  1500
 2 Christopher Potter    1442    1:0    Nick Vitkovic 1531
 3 Peter Pispek          1515   .5:.5   Mirko Kudric  1436
 4 Bahri Senturk         1533    0:1    Victor Lane   1449


Round 2 

 1 Ahmet Yilmaz          1500    0:1    Victor Lane        1449
 2 Mirko Kudric          1436   .5:.5   Bahri Senturk      1533
 3 Nick Vitkovic         1531    0:1    Peter Pispek       1515
 4 Anteny Nagendirarajah 1443    0:1    Christopher Potter 1442


Round 3

 1 Christopher Potter 1442     :     Ahmet Yilmaz          1500
 2 Peter Pispek       1515     :     Anteny Nagendirarajah 1443
 3 Bahri Senturk      1533     :     Nick Vitkovic         1531
 4 Victor Lane        1449     :     Mirko Kudric          1436


Round 4

 1 Ahmet Yilmaz          1500     :     Mirko Kudric  1436
 2 Nick Vitkovic         1531     :     Victor Lane   1449
 3 Anteny Nagendirarajah 1443     :     Bahri Senturk 1533
 4 Christopher Potter    1442     :     Peter Pispek  1515


Round 5 

 1 Peter Pispek  1515     :     Ahmet Yilmaz          1500
 2 Bahri Senturk 1533     :     Christopher Potter    1442
 3 Victor Lane   1449     :     Anteny Nagendirarajah 1443
 4 Mirko Kudric  1436     :     Nick Vitkovic         1531


Round 6

 1 Ahmet Yilmaz          1500     :     Nick Vitkovic 1531
 2 Anteny Nagendirarajah 1443     :     Mirko Kudric  1436
 3 Christopher Potter    1442     :     Victor Lane   1449
 4 Peter Pispek          1515     :     Bahri Senturk 1533


Round 7 

 1 Bahri Senturk 1533     :     Ahmet Yilmaz          1500
 2 Victor Lane   1449     :     Peter Pispek          1515
 3 Mirko Kudric  1436     :     Christopher Potter    1442
 4 Nick Vitkovic 1531     :     Anteny Nagendirarajah 1443

Take care and God Bless, Macavity

To be continued...

[Bereaved]

Hello everyone,

here are the complete pairings for the D grade, and the results so far,

Round 1 

 1 Michael Potter  1327    0:1    Peter Keefe  1341
 2 Andrew Atem             1:0    John Zamora  1377
 3 George Tolpigin 1362   .5:.5   Craig Baxter 1276
 4 Daniel Jonas    1416    1:0    Steven Doon  1328


Round 2 

 1 Peter Keefe    1341     P:P     Steven Doon     1328
 2 Craig Baxter   1276    0:1    Daniel Jonas    1416
 3 John Zamora    1377    0:1    George Tolpigin 1362
 4 Michael Potter 1327    1:0    Andrew Atem         


Round 3 

 1 Andrew Atem              :     Peter Keefe    1341
 2 George Tolpigin 1362     :     Michael Potter 1327
 3 Daniel Jonas    1416     :     John Zamora    1377
 4 Steven Doon     1328     :     Craig Baxter   1276


Round 4 

 1 Peter Keefe    1341     :     Craig Baxter    1276
 2 John Zamora    1377     :     Steven Doon     1328
 3 Michael Potter 1327     :     Daniel Jonas    1416
 4 Andrew Atem             :     George Tolpigin 1362


Round 5 

 1 George Tolpigin 1362     :     Peter Keefe    1341
 2 Daniel Jonas    1416     :     Andrew Atem        
 3 Steven Doon     1328     :     Michael Potter 1327
 4 Craig Baxter    1276     :     John Zamora    1377


Round 6 

 1 Peter Keefe     1341     :     John Zamora  1377
 2 Michael Potter  1327     :     Craig Baxter 1276
 3 Andrew Atem              :     Steven Doon  1328
 4 George Tolpigin 1362     :     Daniel Jonas 1416


Round 7 

 1 Daniel Jonas 1416     :     Peter Keefe     1341
 2 Steven Doon  1328     :     George Tolpigin 1362
 3 Craig Baxter 1276     :     Andrew Atem         
 4 John Zamora  1377     :     Michael Potter  1327

Take care, and God Bless, Macavity

to be continued

[Bereaved]

Hello everyone,

E Grade is a 10 player swiss, and as such I can only post the first two rounds results; I presume that it will also be 7 rounds

Round 1 

 1 Milivoje Savic   1288   .5:.5   James Kuok        1150
 2 Geoff Lee        1143    1:0    Frank Drazzi      1252
 3 Graham McEachern 1243   .5:.5   John Seehusen     1083
 4 Huny Yam         1030    0:1    Daniel Potter     1240
 5 Phillip Drew     1223    1:0    Henning Rasmussen 806 
 6 Timothy Koo              0:1    Albert Lamech     1223


Round 2

1 Potter, Daniel     1240  ½:½  Drew, Phillip       1223
2 Lamech, Albert     1223  1:0  Lee, Geoff          1143
3 Seehusen, John     1083  1:0  Savic, Milivoj      1288
4 Kuok, James         Unr  1:0  McEachern, Graham   1243
5 Drazzi, Frank      1252  0:1  Yam, Huny           1030
6 Rasmussen, Henning  806  1:0  Koo, Timothy         Unr

Round 3 Pairings

1 Potter, Daniel     (1½) 1240 : Lamech, Albert     (2) 1223
2 Drew, Phillip      (1½) 1223 : Kuok, James        (1½) Unr
3 Lee, Geoff          (1) 1143 : Seehusen, John     (1½)1083
4 Yam, Huny           (1) 1030 : Rasmussen, Henning (1)  806
5 Savic, Milivoj      (½) 1288 : McEachern, Graham  (½) 1243
6 Koo, Timothy        (0)  Unr : Drazzi, Frank      (0) 1252

and after this will be the reports,

Take care and God Bless, Macavity

[Bereaved]

Dandenong Grades Tournaments 2005

52 players entered the Dandenong Grades tournaments this year, making up
five 8-player round robins with the remaining 12-players in a seven round
swiss.
This years event is much stronger than in previous years with much higher
average ratings in each grade. This is evidenced by the fact that last
years winners in A and C-Grade are now playing in a lower grade. Indeed
only one of the players in last years A-Grade event is playing in it this
year, and he only scraped in as the lowest rated player, after his rating
improved over 50-points !! There is also only one player from last years
B-Grade event who held his ground, with all others now in lower grades.

The Premier Grade will be FIDE Rated, and with six of the eight players
having FIDE ratings is a good opportunity for the remaining two to get a
FIDE rating. Ascaro Pecori (2067) is top seed, but with the event having an
average ACF rating of 1968 he will have a lot of tough battles. Zdravko
Lojanica (1885) is the bottom seed, but he is coming off equal first in the
Autumn Open so is in good form.
The first round eventually concluded at about 12.30am when Mehmedalija
Dizdarevic finally overcame Malcolm Pyke. Malcolm had sacrificed a piece
for three pawns that looked too far advanced to be stopped. But
Mehmedalija defended very well and when the smoke cleared his bishop and
pawn were going to win against Malcolm's two remaining pawns. Later
analysis (Fritz) will possibly find ways Malcolm could have won or drawn,
but as both players were playing with only the 30-second increments there
were no doubt mistakes on both sides in what was a very complicated
position. But it made for very good viewing.

A-Grade has Frank Silas (1872) as top seed with his main opposition coming
from former club champion Miralem Campara (1843). But both could only draw
their first round games. Tahir Lushaj (1745) and newcomer Hong Lin (1701)
were the two winners in this groups first round.

B-Grade should be a close event with only 66-points between top seed Eddie
Kocjancic (1601) and bottom seed Bob Parrot (1535). Eddie won the B-Grade
last year but will be challenged this year by Matthew Potter and newcomer
T.G Pramod, who we know nothing about but his win over Don Maciulaitis was
impressive.

C-Grade should also be a hard fought event, Bahri Senturk (1533) is top
seed but lost in round one to Victor Lane (1449). Mirko Kudric (1436) is
the bottom seed but if in form could go close. This is probably the hardest
to pick as anyone in this group is capable of beating anyone else, it will
come down to who is in the best form at the moment.

D-Grade has Daniel Jonas (1416) as top seed but his last tournament result
was very poor after a six month break and Michael Potter (1327) , Craig
Baxter (1272) and Peter Keefe (1341) would all be thinking they are a
chance to win this.

E-Grade is a swiss event due to having twelve players. The two youngsters,
Daniel Potter (1240) and Phillip Drew (1223), both think they should win
this and both won in the first round. But they don't want to get too
overconfident, Geoff Lee (1143) made a welcome return to form with a
dazzling display against Frank Drazzi (1252) and Albert Lamech (1223) were
the other first round winners. And Graham McEachern (1243) has improved a
lot recently to be no pushover.

Regards: Garry Lycett


Take care and God Bless, Macavity

[Bereaved]

Dandenong Grades Tournaments 2005

A reminder that the Dandenong Chess Club website can be found at:
www.dandychess.org.au with all the details of the club, 2005 tournaments
and current tournament results and pairings.

The second round of the Grades Event saw the lowest rated player up
against the highest rated player in each of the five round-robin
tournaments.

An indication of how closely contested these tournaments are is that in the
"Premier", "A-Grade" and "B-Grade" the lowest rated player won , with
Zdravko Lojanica, Mendel Armerman and Bob Parrot causing upsets against
Ascaro Pecori, Frank Silas and Eddie Kocjancic respectively. In "C-Grade"
Mirko Kudric held Bahri Senturk to a draw and it was only in "D-Grade" that
the highest rated player was victorious with Daniel Jonas defeating Craig
Baxter. Even in the "E-Grade" Swiss tournament the top seeds were both
beaten.
Both Mendel and Bob have provided their games for the next club newsletter
to show the rest of us how it's done.

The Premier Grade leaders are Mehmedalija Dizdarevic, Richard Voon and
Zdravko Lojanica on 1½. But there are two postponed games; Pecori v Machell
and Pyke v Machell to be taken into account. Round 2 saw Milenko Lojanica
win comfortably against Abdulwahab Rashid and although he tried hard
Mehmedalija Dizdarevic could not break through Richard Voons defences and
the game was drawn. But most attention was on the game where Zdravko
Lojanica sacrificed a piece for 3-pawns against Ascaro Pecori. Despite
defending grimly against the well advanced pawns Ascaro had to concede
defeat in the end.

A-Grade saw newcomer Hong Lin as the only player to go to 2-points
following his win over Garry Lycett. Sadedin Redzepagic and Tahir Lushaj
moved to 1½ whilst Mendel Armerman got his first point with a very
impressive 21-move win over top seed Frank Silas.

B-Grade has three leaders with T.G.Pramod, Matthew Potter and Bob Parrot
all on 2. Bob had a good win against top seed Eddie Kocjancic, who now has
an important game against Matthew Potter next week to stay in touch.

C-Grade will likely provide an upset winner. The two leaders on 2, Chris
Potter and Victor Lane, are both rated in the bottom four players.
Meanwhile the two top seeds have only ½ a point between them, and play each
other next week.

D-Grade is the only one of the six tournaments in which the top seed is
actually leading, although the second seed is on zero. On 2 is Daniel Jonas
a ½-point ahead of George Tolpigin. Peter Keefe on 1-point with a postponed
game could catch Daniel.

E-Grade had a draw between the two favorites Daniel Potter and Phillip
Drew, this puts them ½-point behind Albert Lamech who leads on 2-points.

Regards: Garry Lycett

Take care all and God Bless, Macavity

[antichrist]

Macavity, when you next meet that Voon chap ask him if he remembers about 30 years ago in Sydney being attacked by a Ukrainian with a chair and he rushes with a few quick jabs to make him drop it? They were gambling on a game while an Aussie championship was on I think it was.