Dandenong Chess Club Championships 2005

[Bereaved]

Hi everyone,

The details of the rapid I really should have posted in a separate thread but as it is we have arriived at the near to start of the next event in Dandenong, so I will post the last round results of the rapid and the email circular it is contained in here as there are also the details of the upcoming Dandenong Chess Club Championships within it.

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.

Dandenong Club Championship 2005

A reminder to all players that the Dandenong Club Championship 2005
commences in two weeks;
9 - Round Swiss
Dates: Wednesday nights - 5th October to 7th December (*9th November is a
free night)
Time Control: All moves in 90-minutes with 30-seconds per move from move 1.
Entry: Free to all Dandenong Chess Club members
$50 standard and $40 concession which includes membership up to
March 31st 2006
and free entry into Dandenong Summer Swiss being held early
2006.
Entries will be taken up to 7.30pm Wednesday 5th October.
Senior Citizens Centre, Latham Cres, Dandenong North, 3175.

This years tournament will have probably the strongest field yet for
Dandenong's Club Championship.
Richard Voon will be attempting to defend the title he has won in the last
two years but will be challenged
by up to 10-players rated between 1900 and 2100 looking to claim the
honours.

Dandenong Rapidplay Tournament 2005

The Dandenong Rapidplay tournament concluded Wed 21st September with rounds
6 - 9 being played.
Congratulations to Tahir Lushaj who started the night 0.5 - point ahead of
two players but finished with a very convincing 1.5 - point margin over
second place.

In the seventh round Tahir disposed of one challenger when he beat Zdravko
Lojanica with a clever exchange sacrifice that gave him a passed pawn he
was able to push down the board. On board two Garry Lycett managed for the
first time to defeat Mehmedalija Dizdarevic, and with Frank Silas and
Milenko Lojanica drawing on board three it left Lushaj 0.5 - point ahead of
Lycett, who was a further 1 - point ahead of third place.

In the eighth round Lushaj only needed to defeat Lycett to wrap up the
tournament with a round to spare. Three weeks earlier these two players met
in the last round of the 'A' - Grade event, where a win by either player
would give them first place. The main difference between the two games was
that this was rapidplay, the result was the same but it just happened
sooner. Lushaj outplayed Lycett with unfortunately too much ease to go to
7.5 / 8 and lead by 1.5 - points over three players heading into the final
round.

Tahir could have taken it easy in the last round but showed no desire to
relax when he broke through the defence of Frank Silas to record yet
another victory. Garry Lycett recovered to beat Zdravko Lojanica in an
interesting endgame, Lycett's Queen and Knight forcing victory against
Lojanica's Queen and two connected passed pawns, this gave Lycett outright
second place. On board three Milenko Lojanica drew with Abdulwahab Rashid,
after winning his first three games Milenko seemed in a very peacable mood,
drawing 5 of his last 6 games, this cost him any chance of victory. Matthew
Potter joined a group of six players in equal 4th place with a very good
win over Mehmedalija Dizdarevic whilst Sadedin Redzepagic capped off a good
tournament with a win over Ramo Burzic to finish with 3 / 3 for the night
and jump into outright third place.

With a score of 8.5 / 9 Tahir fully deserved his victory in the tournament.
With the pre-tournament favorites finishing further down the field than
normal, second and third places were suprising. But Lycett lost only one
game, to the eventual winner and Sadedin was the only player to play Tahir
without losing, getting a draw in the fourth round.

Following are the final standings for the event.

Regards: Garry Lycett

Dandenong Rapidplay Tournament 2005 - final standings
  1   Tahir Lushaj           8.5
  2   Garry Lycett           7
  3   Sadedin Redzepagic     6.5
 4-9  Zdravko Lojanica       6
      Abdulwahab Rashid      6
      Frank Silas            6
      Miralem Campara        6
      Matthew Potter         6
      Andrew Atem            6
10-12 Milenko Lojanica       5.5
      Sujendra Premaka       5.5
      Kuol Deng              5.5
13-21 Mehmedalija Dizdarevic 5
      Anteney Nagendirarajah 5
      Robert Parrot          5
      Ramo Burzic            5
      Mendel Armerman        5
      Phillip Drew           5
      Daniel Jonas           5
      Bob Spiric             5
      Henk Scherrenberg      5
22-23 Eddie Kocjancic        4.5
      Christopher Potter     4.5
24-32 Mick Krugac            4
      Craig Baxter           4
      Frank Drazzi           4
      Sam Biondo             4
      Albert Lamech          4
      Daniel Potter          4
      Bahri Senturk          4
      Graham McEachern       4
      Ahmet Yilmaz           4
33-37 Ismet Gungordu         3.5
      James Kuok             3.5
      Michael Potter         3.5
      John Seehusen          3.5
      Nick Vitkovic          3.5
 38   John Zamora            3
39-40 Mirko Kudric           2.5
      Hunyi Yam              2.5
 41   Geoff Lee              2
42-43 George Tolpigin        1
      Steven Doon            1
44-45 Joel Porter            0.5
      Luke Williams          0.5
 46   Gerard Barta           0

Hi everyone again.

I think that the final standings are wrong, as I am fairly sure that Tahir drew with Pranas in the last round but when I find out more, I will inform you all.

In any case it would have been equal third.

Oh and last years club championship at Dandenong had the following field, and results.

Final Standings
 1-2  Voon, Richard       1915  7.5  40.0  52.0
      Pyke, Malcolm       1956  7.5  40.0  51.0
  3   Lin, Wilson Zhigen  1723  7    40.5  52.0
  4   Silas, Frank        1926  6.5  40.0  51.0
 5-8  Lojanica, Milenko   2042  6    37.5  49.0
      Potter, Matthew     1494  6    36.5  47.5
      Maciulaitis, Don    1519  6    36.0  44.5
      Lycett, Garry       1713  6    33.5  42.0
9-13  Dizdarevic, Mehmed  1981  5.5  40.0  51.5
      Machell, Don        2012  5.5  39.0  51.0
      Campara, Miralem    1844  5.5  39.0  50.0
      Lojanica, Zdravko   1867  5.5  31.5  42.0
      Scherrenberg, Henk  1582  5.5  30.0  40.0
14-25 Cook, Geoff         1779  5    40.0  51.0
      Lushaj, Tahir       1850  5    38.0  49.5
      Holden, Greg        1397  5    36.5  46.0
      Mahic, Amir         1847  5    36.0  45.5
      Kocjancic, Eddie    1503  5    33.0  41.0
      Spiric, Bob         1609  5    32.0  42.0
      Pronk, Syf          1365  5    30.5  40.0
      Biondo, Sam         1625  5    30.0  38.5
      Armerman, Mendel    1584  5    30.0  38.5
      Potter, Michael     1081  5    29.0  38.5
      Yilmaz, Ahmet       1592  5    29.0  37.0
      Parrot, Robert      1544  5    28.0  36.0
26-28 Lane, Victor        1489  4.5  29.0  37.0
      Drew, Phillip        961  4.5  26.0  34.0
      Potter, Daniel      1149  4.5  25.0  32.0
29-36 Slivovac, Branko     Unr  4    34.5  43.0
      Doon, Steven         Unr  4    32.5  40.5
      Nagendirarajah, A   1477  4    31.0  41.0
      Gungordu, Ismet     1506  4    31.0  40.5
      Tolpigin, George    1456  4    29.5  39.5
      Potter, Christopher 1418  4    29.5  38.0
      Jaske, Zdenka       1340  4    28.5  38.0
      Baxter, Craig       1392  4    27.0  35.0
37-43 Burzic, Ramo        1595  3.5  33.5  42.5
      Shaw, Graham        1673  3.5  31.0  40.5
      Kudric, Mirko       1549  3.5  31.0  39.0
      McEachern, Graham   1093  3.5  30.5  40.0
      Zamora, John        1356  3.5  29.5  38.0
      Lamech, Albert      1275  3.5  27.5  35.0
      Lee, Geoff          1253  3.5  26.0  34.0
44-47 Barta, Gerard        Unr  3    29.5  37.5
      Seehusen, John      1157  3    23.5  31.0
      Van Dijk, Marieke    719  3    23.5  30.0
      Rasmussen, Henning   824  3    23.0  30.0
48-50 Keefe, Peter        1329  2.5  29.5  38.0
      Linton, Max         1219  2.5  28.0  36.0
      Zheng, Winston       714  2.5  23.5  31.5
 51   Herbert, John       1617  2    13.0  22.5
 52   Blashki, Joel        Unr  0.5  22.5  29.5

Regards: Garry Lycett


Take care and God Bless, Macavity

[Bereaved]

Dandenong Rapidplay Tournament 2005

A correction to the results of the Dandenong Rapidplay Tournament.

The result of the final round game between Tahir Lushaj and Pranas Silas had
been recorded as a win for Tahir, was actually a draw. In an overwhelmingly
won position Tahir, with the tournament victory secure, kindly accepted
Pranas' draw offer. This enabled Pranas to finish equal third on 6.5 -
points.

Following are the corrected final standings for the event and a crosstable.

Regards: Garry Lycett

Dandenong Rapidplay Tournament 2005 - final standings

  1   Tahir Lushaj           8
  2   Garry Lycett           7
 3-4 Pranas Silas            6.5
      Sadedin Redzepagic     6.5
 5-9  Zdravko Lojanica       6
      Abdulwahab Rashid      6
      Miralem Campara        6
      Matthew Potter         6
      Andrew Atem            6
10-12 Milenko Lojanica       5.5
      Sujendra Premaka       5.5
      Kuol Deng              5.5
13-21 Mehmedalija Dizdarevic 5
      Anteney Nagendirarajah 5
      Robert Parrot          5
      Ramo Burzic            5
      Mendel Armerman        5
      Phillip Drew           5
      Daniel Jonas           5
      Henk Scherrenberg      5
      Bob Spiric             5
22-23 Eddie Kocjancic        4.5
      Christopher Potter     4.5
24-32 Mick Krugac            4
      Craig Baxter           4
      Frank Drazzi           4
      Sam Biondo             4
      Albert Lamech          4
      Daniel Potter          4
      Bahri Senturk          4
      Graham McEachern       4
      Ahmet Yilmaz           4
33-37 Ismet Gungordu         3.5
      James Kuok             3.5
      Michael Potter         3.5
      John Seehusen          3.5
      Nick Vitkovic          3.5
 38   John Zamora            3
39-40 Mirko Kudric           2.5
      Hunyi Yam              2.5
 41   Geoff Lee              2
42-43 George Tolpigin        1
      Steven Doon            1
44-45 Joel Porter            0.5
      Luke Williams          0.5
 46   Gerard Barta           0

No Name                   Total  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9
1  Tahir Lushaj           8     19:W 26:W 30:W  4:D 10:W 13:W  5:W  2:W  3:D
2  Garry Lycett           7     28:W 15:D 20:W 22:D 24:W 14:W 13:W  1:L  5:W
3  Pranas Silas           6.5   13:L 44:W 39:W 20:W 22:D 12:W 10:D 14:W  1:D
4  Sadedin Redzepagic     6.5   34:W 23:W  6:W  1:D 13:L  7:L 26:W 11:W 16:W
5  Zdravko Lojanica       6                    37:W 21:W 17:W  1:L  8:W  2:L
6  Abdulwahab Rashid      6      8:W 21:W  4:L 15:W 17:L 24:W 22:D 12:W 10:D
7  Miralem Campara        6                    16:W 14:L  4:W 11:L 24:W 19:W
8  Matthew Potter         6      6:L 41:W 16:L 31:W 25:W 27:W  9:W  5:L 13:W
9  Andrew Atem            6     40:L 18:D 37:W 29:W 15:D 28:W  8:L 17:W 14:W
10 Milenko Lojanica       5.5   24:W 16:W 33:W  0:D  1:L 22:D  3:D 13:D  6:D
11 Sujendra Premaka       5.5   12:W 22:D 15:L 39:D 30:W 21:W  7:W  4:L 18:D
12 Kuol Deng              5.5   11:L 29:D 34:W 35:W 33:W  3:L 15:W  6:L 22:W
13 Mehmedalija Dizdarevic 5      3:W 14:W 27:W  0:D  4:W  1:L  2:L 10:D  8:L
14 Anteney Nagendirarajah 5     44:W 13:L 31:W 27:W  7:W  2:L 17:W  3:L  9:L
15 Robert Parrot          5     45:W  2:D 11:W  6:L  9:D 26:D 12:L 25:D 30:W
16 Ramo Burzic            5     43:W 10:L  8:W  7:L 26:L 33:W 27:+ 22:W  4:L
17 Mendel Armerman        5     29:L 36:W 23:W 33:W  6:W  5:L 14:L  9:L 24:W
18 Phillip Drew           5     20:L  9:D 35:D  0:D  0:D  0:D 39:W 26:W 11:D
19 Daniel Jonas           5      1:L 33:L 36:W 23:W 27:L 32:W 21:W 30:W  7:L
20 Henk Scherrenberg      5     18:W 40:W  2:L  3:L 28:L 38:W 24:L 36:W 25:W
21 Bob Spiric             5     41:W  6:L 28:W 25:W  5:L 11:L 19:L 33:W 29:W
22 Eddie Kocjancic        4.5   42:W 11:D 29:W  2:D  3:D 10:D  6:D 16:L 12:L
23 Christopher Potter     4.5   39:W  4:L 17:L 19:L 40:D 31:W 29:D 27:W 32:D
24 Mick Krugac            4     10:L 43:W 40:W 30:W  2:L  6:L 20:W  7:L 17:L
25 Craig Baxter           4     27:L 32:W  0:W 21:L  8:L  0:D 34:W 15:D 20:L
26 Frank Drazzi           4     33:L  1:L 32:W 43:+ 16:W 15:D  4:L 18:L 28:D
27 Sam Biondo             4     25:W 31:W 13:L 14:L 19:W  8:L 16:- 23:L 34:W
28 Albert Lamech          4      2:L 45:+ 21:L 41:W 20:W  9:L 30:L 32:D 26:D
29 Daniel Potter          4     17:W 12:D 22:L  9:L 34:L 35:W 23:D 39:W 21:L
30 Bahri Senturk          4     36:W 35:W  1:L 24:L 11:L 39:W 28:W 19:L 15:L
31 Graham McEachern       4     32:W 27:L 14:L  8:L 41:W 23:L 33:L 37:W 38:W
32 Ahmet Yilmaz           4     31:L 25:L 26:L 34:W 37:W 19:L 38:W 28:D 23:D
33 Ismet Gungordu         3.5   26:W 19:W 10:L 17:L 12:L 16:L 31:W 21:L 36:D
34 James Kuok             3.5    4:L 37:D 12:L 32:L 29:W 40:W 25:L 35:W 27:L
35 Michael Potter         3.5   37:W 30:L 18:D 12:L 39:L 29:L 42:+ 34:L 40:W
36 John Seehusen          3.5   30:L 17:L 19:L 42:W 38:L 41:W 40:W 20:L 33:D
37 Nick Vitkovic          3.5   35:L 34:D  9:L  5:L 32:L 42:W 41:W 31:L 39:W
38 John Zamora            3                    40:W 36:W 20:L 32:L 41:W 31:L
39 Mirko Kudric           2.5   23:L 42:W  3:L 11:D 35:W 30:L 18:L 29:L 37:L
40 Hunyi Yam              2.5    9:W 20:L 24:L 38:L 23:D 34:L 36:L 46:W 35:L
41 Geoff Lee              2     21:L  8:L 42:W 28:L 31:L 36:L 37:L 38:L 46:W
42 George Tolpigin        1     22:L 39:L 41:L 36:L  0:W 37:L 35:-  0:   0:
43 Steven Doon            1     16:L 24:L  0:W 26:-  0:   0:   0:   0:   0:
44 Joel Porter            .5    14:L  3:L  0:D  0:   0:   0:   0:   0:   0:
45 Luke Williams          .5    15:L 28:-  0:D  0:   0:   0:   0:   0:   0:
46 Gerard Barta           0      0:   0:   0:   0:   0:   0:   0:  40:L 41:L

Take care all and God Bless, Macavity

Ps to anyone who can tell me how to put in a horizontal scroll thing so the crosstable fits, or can do so, and is allowed to, please feel welcome. Doesn't sem to let me stop it wrapping

[Rincewind]

Ps to anyone who can tell me how to put in a horizontal scroll thing so the crosstable fits, or can do so, and is allowed to, please feel welcome. Doesn't sem to let me stop it wrapping

I was able to update it with the usual chesschat editor without too many problems. It appears to have hard carriage returns in the text which, once removed, stopped wrapping. Perhaps if you PM me with the process you go through to produce and upload the crosstable I could help. But maybe it is one of those things I would need to be watchnig over your shoulder at the time to really work out what was going on. However, more than happy to try to assist.

[Bereaved]

Thanks for the help!!

Will try and find that editor at some stage

Take care and God Bless, Macavity

PS round 1 result to follow

[Bereaved]

Hello everyone,
once again I will be copying and pasting the email bulletin from Gary Lycett here on the board.

Dandenong Club Championship 2005

52 players entered the 9-round Dandenong Club Championship with another
being added for round 2.
Richard Voon will be defending the title he has won for the last two years
but it wont be easy for the sixth seed.
As the first round of a swiss involves the top half of the draw playing the
bottom half the results are generally predictable.
Probably the biggest surprise in the first round was no lower rated player
managed to win. Normally there is at least a couple of upsets.
Five lower rated players did manage to hold their opponents to a draw. It
was no surprise that two of them were young Potter's, one day their ratings
will catch up with their ability. Graham McEachern and Gerard Barta also
did well to hold much higher rated players to a draw, whilst newcomer
Sujendra Premaka was obviously stronger than the provisional rating given
to him to do the pairings as he made Frank Silas struggle. In the end Frank
was probably lucky to scrape a draw in what looked to be a winning endgame
for Sujendra.

Although all other games went with the ratings there were some good fights
put up, most notably Craig Baxter who was finally ground down by TG Pramod
in a long game finishing after midnight. Craig had fought back from what
looked to be a hopeless position, but whenever he reached a stage where it
looked as though he would win he would overlook the best move and let TG
back in it. Eventually these slight miscalculations took their toll and
TG's passed pawns came through.
Geoff Lee and Mirko Kudric also put up good resistance before finally going
down against Ramo Burzic and Mehmedalija Dizdarevic respectively.

This year the Reserves Championship, (top scoring player in the bottom half
of the draw), is for players rated less than 1500.

Following are the results of round 1 and the pairings for round 2.

Regards: Garry Lycett

Results: Round 1
 1 Lojanica, Milenko       2043  [0]  1:0   Lane, Victor        1469  [0]
 2 Nagendirarajah, Anteney 1435  [0]  0:1   Pyke, Malcolm       2005  [0]
 3 Dizdarevic, Mehmedalija 1997  [0]  1:0   Kudric, Mirko       1433  [0]
 4 Pispek, Peter           1415  [0]  0:1   Machell, Don        1949  [0]
 5 Lojanica, Zdravko       1923  [0]  1:0   Pronk, Syf          1410  [0]
 6 Doon, Steven            1404  [0]  0:1   Voon, Richard       1852  [0]
 7 Silas, Frank            1850  [0] .5:.5  Premaka, Sujendra   Unr   [0]
 8 Jonas, Daniel           1386  [0]  0:1   Campara, Miralem    1825  [0]
 9 Lushaj, Tahir           1789  [0]  1:0   Keefe, Peter        1349  [0]
10 Potter, Michael         1345  [0] .5:.5  Deng, Kuol          Unr   [0]
11 Lycett, Garry           1681  [0]  1:0   Sljivovac, Branko   1317  [0]
12 Baxter, Craig           1316  [0]  0:1   Pramod, T.G.        Unr   [0]
13 Armerman, Mendel        1643  [0]  1:0   Drew, Phillip       1279  [0]
14 Lamech, Albert          1276  [0]  0:1   Potter, Matthew     1634  [0]
15 Biondo, Sam             1608  [0] .5:.5  Potter, Daniel      1264  [0]
16 Zamora, John            1263  [0]  0:1   Kocjancic, Eddie    1607  [0]
17 Shaw, Graham            1570  [0] .5:.5  McEachern, Graham   1219  [0]
18 Drazzi, Frank           1194  [0]  0:1   Spiric, Bob         1569  [0]
19 Maciulaitis, Don        1568  [0]  1:0   Kuok, James         1191  [0]
20 Lee, Geoff              1106  [0]  0:1   Burzic, Ramo        1538  [0]
21 Yilmaz, Ahmet           1537  [0]  1:0   Seehusen, John      1104  [0]
22 Kenmure, Jamie          1102  [0]  0:1   Scherrenberg, Henk  1505  [0]
23 Gungordu, Ismet         1497  [0] .5:.5  Barta, Gerard       1082  [0]
24 Auimatagi, Joshua       Unr   [0]  0:1   Vitkovic, Nick      1495  [0]
25 Atem, Andrew            1493  [0]  1:0   Yam, Hunyi          970   [0]
26 Rasmussen, Henning      918   [0]  0:1   Potter, Christopher 1476  [0]

Pairings: Round 2
 1 Potter, Matthew     1634  [1]   :  Lojanica, Milenko       2043  [1]
 2 Pyke, Malcolm       2005  [1]   :  Armerman, Mendel        1643  [1]
 3 Kocjancic, Eddie    1607  [1]   :  Dizdarevic, Mehmedalija 1997  [1]
 4 Machell, Don        1949  [1]   :  Spiric, Bob             1569  [1]
 5 Burzic, Ramo        1538  [1]   :  Lojanica, Zdravko       1923  [1]
 6 Voon, Richard       1852  [1]   :  Maciulaitis, Don        1568  [1]
 7 Campara, Miralem    1825  [1]   :  Yilmaz, Ahmet           1537  [1]
 8 Scherrenberg, Henk  1505  [1]   :  Lushaj, Tahir           1789  [1]
 9 Vitkovic, Nick      1495  [1]   :  Lycett, Garry           1681  [1]
10 Pramod, T.G.        Unr   [1]   :  Atem, Andrew            1493  [1]
11 Potter, Christopher 1476  [1]   :  Silas, Frank            1850  [.5]
12 Deng, Kuol          Unr   [.5]  :  Gungordu, Ismet         1497  [.5]
13 McEachern, Graham   1219  [.5]  :  Biondo, Sam             1608  [.5]
14 Potter, Daniel      1264  [.5]  :  Shaw, Graham            1570  [.5]
15 Premaka, Sujendra   Unr   [.5]  :  Potter, Michael         1345  [.5]
16 Barta, Gerard       1082  [.5]  :  Rashid, Abdulwahab      1968  [0]
17 Lane, Victor        1469  [0]   :  Lamech, Albert          1276  [0]
18 Drew, Phillip       1279  [0]   :  Nagendirarajah, Anteney 1435  [0]
19 Kudric, Mirko       1433  [0]   :  Zamora, John            1263  [0]
20 Drazzi, Frank       1194  [0]   :  Pispek, Peter           1415  [0]
21 Pronk, Syf          1410  [0]   :  Lee, Geoff              1106  [0]
22 Kuok, James         1191  [0]   :  Doon, Steven            1404  [0]
23 Seehusen, John      1104  [0]   :  Jonas, Daniel           1386  [0]
24 Keefe, Peter        1349  [0]   :  Kenmure, Jamie          1102  [0]
25 Sljivovac, Branko   1317  [0]   :  Auimatagi, Joshua       Unr   [0]
26 Yam, Hunyi          970   [0]   :  Baxter, Craig           1316  [0]
27 Rasmussen, Henning  918   [0]  1:0 BYE

Take care and God Bless, Macavity

[ursogr8]

^^

Good morning maci

Nice posts of yours above ...tks. And also I read with heart-felt emotions your post about leaving Sydney...courageous.


I have calculated the competitive indicies for the first two rounds of DCC Championship
as 441, 327.

starter

[Bereaved]

Hello Everyone,

here is the next bulletin,

Dandenong Club Championship 2005

Round 2 saw the 21 equal leaders whittled down to just 10 players now on 2
/ 2.
But it wasn't as easy for the top seeds as the ratings may have suggested.
Matthew Potter and Mendel Armerman put up strong resistance before both
eventually lost to Milenko Lojanica and Malcolm Pyke. Winner of the last
two club championships, Richard Voon, made a strange blunder against Don
Maciulaitis. After Don, who is blind, told Richard his move Bh6, Richard
wrote the correct move but played Ba6 on the board. A few moves later Don
won a rook playing Bxc1 and Richard realised his mistake. Richard was able
to win nevertheless to keep up his hopes of a "threepeat". Meanwhile Tahir
Lushaj looked lost against Henk Scherrenberg, a piece down and with Henk's
queen and bishop threatening his king it looked as though all Tahir could
do was get a perpetual with his queen against Henk's king. Henk may have
been overconfident as a few moves later, trying to avoid perpetual, he lost
his extra piece and the game.
Meanwhile a few lower rated players managed to cause some upsets, Nick
Vitkovic played very well to easily account for Garry Lycett and Geoff Lee
managed to regain some form to defeat Syf Pronk.

Following are the results for Rd 2 and the provisional pairings for Rd 3.

Regards: Garry Lycett

Results Round 2
 1 Potter, Matthew     1634  [1]   0:1  Lojanica, Milenko       2043  [1]
 2 Pyke, Malcolm       2005  [1]   1:0  Armerman, Mendel        1643  [1]
 3 Kocjancic, Eddie    1607  [1]   -:+  Dizdarevic, Mehmedalija 1997  [1]
 4 Machell, Don        1949  [1]   1:0  Spiric, Bob             1569  [1]
 5 Burzic, Ramo        1538  [1]   0:1  Lojanica, Zdravko       1923  [1]
 6 Voon, Richard       1852  [1]   1:0  Maciulaitis, Don        1568  [1]
 7 Campara, Miralem    1825  [1]   1:0  Yilmaz, Ahmet           1537  [1]
 8 Scherrenberg, Henk  1505  [1]   0:1  Lushaj, Tahir           1789  [1]
 9 Vitkovic, Nick      1495  [1]   1:0  Lycett, Garry           1681  [1]
10 Pramod, T.G.        Unr   [1]   1:0  Atem, Andrew            1493  [1]
11 Potter, Christopher 1476  [1]   0:1  Silas, Frank            1850  [.5]
12 Deng, Kuol          Unr   [.5]  +:-  Gungordu, Ismet         1497  [.5]
13 McEachern, Graham   1219  [.5]  0:1  Biondo, Sam             1608  [.5]
14 Potter, Daniel      1264  [.5]  0:1  Shaw, Graham            1570  [.5]
15 Premaka, Sujendra   Unr   [.5]  0:1  Potter, Michael         1345  [.5]
16 Barta, Gerard       1082  [.5]  0:1  Rashid, Abdulwahab      1968  [0]
17 Lane, Victor        1469  [0]   1:0  Lamech, Albert          1276  [0]
18 Drew, Phillip       1279  [0]  .5:.5 Nagendirarajah, Anteney 1435  [0]
19 Kudric, Mirko       1433  [0]   1:0  Zamora, John            1263  [0]
20 Drazzi, Frank       1194  [0]   0:1  Pispek, Peter           1415  [0]
21 Pronk, Syf          1410  [0]   0:1  Lee, Geoff              1106  [0]
22 Kuok, James         1191  [0]   0:1  Doon, Steven            1404  [0]
23 Seehusen, John      1104  [0]   0:1  Jonas, Daniel           1386  [0]
24 Keefe, Peter        1349  [0]  .5:.5 Kenmure, Jamie          1102  [0]
25 Sljivovac, Branko   1317  [0]   1:0  Auimatagi, Joshua       Unr   [0]
26 Yam, Hunyi          970   [0]   0:1  Baxter, Craig           1316  [0]
27 Rasmussen, Henning  918   [0]   1:0  BYE

Pairings Round 3
 1 Lojanica, Milenko       2043  [2]    :  Voon, Richard           1852 [2]
 2 Campara, Miralem        1825  [2]    :  Pyke, Malcolm           2005 [2]
 3 Lushaj, Tahir           1789  [2]    :  Dizdarevic, Mehmedalija 1997 [2]
 4 Pramod, T.G.            Unr   [2]    :  Machell, Don            1949 [2]
 5 Lojanica, Zdravko       1923  [2]    :  Vitkovic, Nick          1495 [2]
 6 Silas, Frank            1850  [1.5]  :  Biondo, Sam             1608 [1.5]
 7 Deng, Kuol              Unr   [1.5]  :  Shaw, Graham            1570 [1.5]
 8 Potter, Michael         1345  [1.5]  :  Lycett, Garry           1681 [1]
 9 Rashid, Abdulwahab      1968  [1]    :  Potter, Christopher     1476 [1]
10 Armerman, Mendel        1643  [1]    :  Lane, Victor            1469 [1]
11 Pispek, Peter           1415  [1]    :  Potter, Matthew         1634 [1]
12 Kocjancic, Eddie        1607  [1]    :  Kudric, Mirko           1433 [1]
13 Spiric, Bob             1569  [1]    :  Doon, Steven            1404 [1]
14 Maciulaitis, Don        1568  [1]    :  Jonas, Daniel           1386 [1]
15 Baxter, Craig           1316  [1]    :  Burzic, Ramo            1538 [1]
16 Yilmaz, Ahmet           1537  [1]    :  Sljivovac, Branko       1317 [1]
17 Lee, Geoff              1106  [1]    :  Scherrenberg, Henk      1505 [1]
18 Atem, Andrew            1493  [1]    :  Rasmussen, Henning      918 [1]
19 Drew, Phillip           1279  [.5]   :  Premaka, Sujendra       Unr [.5]
20 Kenmure, Jamie          1102  [.5]   :  Gungordu, Ismet         1497 [.5]
21 Nagendirarajah, Anteney 1435  [.5]   :  Potter, Daniel          1264 [.5]
22 Barta, Gerard           1082  [.5]   :  Keefe, Peter            1349 [.5]
23 Pronk, Syf              1410  [0]    :  McEachern, Graham       1219 [.5]
24 Lamech, Albert          1276  [0]    :  Kuok, James             1191 [0]
25 Zamora, John            1263  [0]    :  Seehusen, John          1104 [0]
26 Auimatagi, Joshua       Unr   [0]    :  Drazzi, Frank           1194 [0]
27 Yam, Hunyi              970   [0]   1:0 BYE

Take care all and God Bless, Macavity

[Altecman]

Macavity, do u know if there are any rating oprizes, if so what are they and how much money does the winner recieve?

[Bereaved]

Hello, Altecman,

I thought that you knew that only the Autumn open has cash prizes; every other event at Dandenong only gives out trophies.

I think one of the earlier posts mentions something about a reserve champion, I think that is the only other category other than 1st, 2nd and 3rd.

ah here it is:

This year the Reserves Championship, (top scoring player in the bottom half
of the draw), is for players rated less than 1500. - Gary Lycett

Any way take care and God Bless, and see you tomorrow, Macavity

[Bereaved]

Hello, Everyone.

Here is the next bulletin from Gary Lycett.


Dandenong Club Championship 2005

The third round finished with five players remaining on 3 / 3, they are
already a full point ahead as oddly enough nobody is on 2.5
Richard Voon's hopes of defending his title took a setback with his loss to
Milenko Lojanica. Milenko was joined at the top by Malcolm Pyke,
Mehmedalija Dizdarevic and Zdravko Lojanica who each overcame strong
opposition. The fifth member of the leading group was a surprise with the
more fancied Don Machell going down to TG Pramod. TG has been playing well
since recently joining the club, with an equal first in the "B" Grade
tournament, but this was still an unexpected victory.

Although it is still early in the tournament the top two boards in round
four look to be very important games in determining the eventual winner.

In other games Chris Potter did very well to hold Abdulwahab Rashid to a
draw, while Peter Pispek could be returning to some form as he managed to
hold Matthew Potter to a draw also. Geoff Lee made Henk Scherrenberg work
long and hard for his point and Graham McEachern grabbed some more rating
points, this time from Syf Pronk who looks a bit rusty after a couple of
months off.

Following are the results for Rd 3 and the provisional pairings for Rd 4.

Regards: Garry Lycett

Results Round 3
 1 Lojanica, Milenko   2043 [2]      1:0    Voon, Richard       1852 [2]
 2 Campara, Miralem    1825 [2]      0:1    Pyke, Malcolm       2005 [2]
 3 Lushaj, Tahir       1789 [2]      0:1    Dizdarevic, M.      1997 [2]
 4 Pramod, T.G.         Unr [2]      1:0    Machell, Don        1949 [2]
 5 Lojanica, Zdravko   1923 [2]      1:0    Vitkovic, Nick      1495 [2]
 6 Silas, Frank        1850 [1.5]   .5:.5   Biondo, Sam         1608 [1.5]
 7 Deng, Kuol           Unr [1.5]   .5:.5   Shaw, Graham        1570 [1.5]
 8 Potter, Michael     1345 [1.5]    0:1    Lycett, Garry       1681 [1]
 9 Rashid, Abdulwahab  1968 [1]     .5:.5   Potter, Christopher 1476 [1]
10 Armerman, Mendel    1643 [1]      1:0    Lane, Victor        1469 [1]
11 Pispek, Peter       1415 [1]     .5:.5   Potter, Matthew     1634 [1]
12 Kocjancic, Eddie    1607 [1]      1:0    Kudric, Mirko       1433 [1]
13 Spiric, Bob         1569 [1]      0:1    Doon, Steven        1404 [1]
14 Maciulaitis, Don    1568 [1]      1:0    Jonas, Daniel       1386 [1]
15 Baxter, Craig       1316 [1]      0:1    Burzic, Ramo        1538 [1]
16 Yilmaz, Ahmet       1537 [1]      1:0    Sljivovac, Branko   1317 [1]
17 Lee, Geoff          1106 [1]      0:1    Scherrenberg, Henk  1505 [1]
18 Atem, Andrew        1493 [1]      1:0    Rasmussen, Henning   918 [1]
19 Drew, Phillip       1279 [.5]    .5:.5   Premaka, Sujendra    Unr [.5]
20 Kenmure, Jamie      1102 [.5]    .5:.5   Gungordu, Ismet     1497 [.5]
21 Nagendirarajah, A.  1435 [.5]    .5:.5   Potter, Daniel      1264 [.5]
22 Barta, Gerard       1082 [.5]    .5:.5   Keefe, Peter        1349 [.5]
23 Pronk, Syf          1410 [0]      0:1    McEachern, Graham   1219 [.5]
24 Lamech, Albert      1276 [0]      0:1    Kuok, James         1191 [0]
25 Zamora, John        1263 [0]      0:1    Seehusen, John      1104 [0]
26 Auimatagi, Joshua    Unr [0]     .5:.5   Drazzi, Frank       1194 [0]
27 Yam, Hunyi           970 [0]      1:0    BYE

Pairings Round 4
 1 Dizdarevic, Mehmedalija 1997 [3]   :  Lojanica, Milenko       2043 [3]
 2 Pyke, Malcolm           2005 [3]   :  Lojanica, Zdravko       1923 [3]
 3 Voon, Richard           1852 [2]   :  Pramod, T.G.            Unr  [3]
 4 Machell, Don            1949 [2]   :  Kocjancic, Eddie        1607 [2]
 5 Maciulaitis, Don        1568 [2]   :  Silas, Frank            1850 [2]
 6 Burzic, Ramo            1538 [2]   :  Campara, Miralem        1825 [2]
 7 Vitkovic, Nick          1495 [2]   :  Lushaj, Tahir           1789 [2]
 8 Scherrenberg, Henk      1505 [2]   :  Deng, Kuol              Unr  [2]
 9 Lycett, Garry           1681 [2]   :  Yilmaz, Ahmet           1537 [2]
10 Doon, Steven            1404 [2]   :  Armerman, Mendel        1643 [2]
11 Biondo, Sam             1608 [2]   :  Atem, Andrew            1493 [2]
12 McEachern, Graham       1219 [1.5] :  Rashid, Abdulwahab      1968 [1.5]
13 Potter, Matthew         1634 [1.5] :  Potter, Michael         1345 [1.5]
14 Potter, Christopher     1476 [1.5] :  Pispek, Peter           1415 [1.5]
15 Premaka, Sujendra       Unr  [1]   :  Baxter, Craig           1316 [1]
16 Spiric, Bob             1569 [1]   :  Drew, Phillip           1279 [1]
17 Potter, Daniel          1264 [1]   :  Gungordu, Ismet         1497 [1]
18 Lane, Victor            1469 [1]   :  Kuok, James             1191 [1]
19 Rasmussen, Henning      918  [1]   :  Nagendirarajah, Anteney 1435 [1]
20 Kudric, Mirko           1433 [1]   :  Lee, Geoff              1106 [1]
21 Jonas, Daniel           1386 [1]   :  Kenmure, Jamie          1102 [1]
22 Keefe, Peter            1349 [1]   :  Yam, Hunyi              970  [1]
23 Sljivovac, Branko       1317 [1]   :  Barta, Gerard           1082 [1]
24 Seehusen, John          1104 [1]   :  Drazzi, Frank           1194 [.5]
25 Lamech, Albert          1276 [0]   :  Auimatagi, Joshua       Unr  [.5]
26 Zamora, John            1263 [0]   :  Pronk, Syf              1410 [0]
27 Shaw, Graham            1570 [2]   :  BYE

Take care all and God Bless, Macavity

[Bereaved]

But it wasn't as easy for the top seeds as the ratings may have suggested.
Matthew Potter and Mendel Armerman put up strong resistance before both
eventually lost to Milenko Lojanica and Malcolm Pyke.

Results Round 2
 2 Pyke, Malcolm       2005  [1]   1:0  Armerman, Mendel        1643  [1]

Hello everyone,

I found the above comment a bit odd about the difficulty. Let us see the important positions.

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After move 27...Bd4??, I must win the exchange. After the following exchanges we reach the position after Black's 35...Bd5 ( 35...exf5?? is forbidden because after 36.Rd6, and Rxb6 the white pawns will be unstoppable); is this really such a difficult position to be won? Agreed, I actually made a a meal of it; both 48.Rd1, and 49.Rd1 were much clearer ways to progress, but was there something significant that Black missed? I did feel during the game that 50...Ke6 or 50...Kd6 would have been a pest, but felt that they could be overcoma via triangulating against g6, and via the plan of the game of infiltrating on the c-file after Kb2.

Would be interested ( and appreciative) if anyone can point out what I have missed?

Take care and God Bless, Macavity

PS perhaps the comment was about the time taken to play the game?? I was the last finished for the evening...

[Bereaved]

Hello, everyone,

Here is the next email report,

Dandenong Club Championship 2005

The fourth round resulted in only one of the leading five players going to
4 / 4. Zdravko Lojanica was able to capitalise on some mistakes from
Malcolm Pyke to put himself in outright first place. But with five rounds
to go and ten players within a point of him Zdravko still faces a tough
fight to become club champion. On board one Milenko Lojanica and
Mehmedalija Dizdarevic drew and are both 1/2-point behind Zdravko. The
other leader going into the round was TG Pramod who looked to be joining
Zdravko on 4 when he was two exchanges and two pawns up against Richard
Voon. Another loss by Richard would certainly end his chances of a third
straight championship and so he kept resisting, first getting back one
exhange and eventually achieving a position where TG was forced to go for a
perpetual check rather than lose. So TG is also on 3.1/2-points with no
less than seven players on 3-points.

Leading the Reserves Championship is one of the new Sudanese players,
Andrew Atem who defeated Sam Biondo in this round to be on 3. Henk
Scherrenberg could have joined him, but Henk found trying to mate with a
bishop and knight beyond him. In his game against Kuol Deng 70 moves passed
before the start of the 50-move limit for Henk to find a mate. Spectators
thought they were in for a long battle but Henk only reeled off about
fifteen moves before stalemating Kuol.

Next week the tournament passes the halfway stage, and if the usual draw
between the brothers Lojanica eventuates then wins by the players on
3-points would keep them very much in the running and should setup an
exciting last four rounds.

Speaking of brothers playing drawn games, round four saw Michael and
Matthew Potter play each other. In an exciting game with many twists and
turns a draw was eventually agreed in a position where some spectators
thought Matthew was winning. Their opinion was based on Matthew's better
positioned knight, although others thought Michael's position looked better
due to a better pawn structure. You be the judge........

White: Matthew Potter Black: Michael Potter

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Following are the results for Rd 4 and the provisional pairings for Rd 5.

Regards: Garry Lycett

Results Rd 4

 1 Dizdarevic, Mehmedalija 1997 [3]   .5:.5  Lojanica, Milenko       2043 [3]
 2 Pyke, Malcolm           2005 [3]    0:1   Lojanica, Zdravko       1923 [3]
 3 Voon, Richard           1852 [2]   .5:.5  Pramod, T.G.            Unr [3]
 4 Machell, Don            1949 [2]    1:0   Kocjancic, Eddie        1607 [2]
 5 Maciulaitis, Don        1568 [2]   .5:.5  Silas, Frank            1850 [2]
 6 Burzic, Ramo            1538 [2]    0:1   Campara, Miralem        1825 [2]
 7 Vitkovic, Nick          1495 [2]    0:1   Lushaj, Tahir           1789 [2]
 8 Scherrenberg, Henk      1505 [2]   .5:.5  Deng, Kuol              Unr [2]
 9 Lycett, Garry           1681 [2]    1:0   Yilmaz, Ahmet           1537 [2]
10 Doon, Steven            1404 [2]    0:1   Armerman, Mendel        1643 [2]
11 Biondo, Sam             1608 [2]    0:1   Atem, Andrew            1493 [2]
12 McEachern, Graham       1219 [1.5]  0:1   Rashid, Abdulwahab    1968 [1.5]
13 Potter, Matthew         1634 [1.5] .5:.5  Potter, Michael         1345 [1.5]
14 Potter, Christopher     1476 [1.5]  1:0   Pispek, Peter           1415 [1.5]
15 Premaka, Sujendra       Unr  [1]    +:-   Baxter, Craig           1316 [1]
16 Spiric, Bob             1569 [1]    1:0   Drew, Phillip           1279 [1]
17 Potter, Daniel          1264 [1]    1:0   Gungordu, Ismet         1497 [1]
18 Lane, Victor            1469 [1]    0:1   Kuok, James             1191 [1]
19 Rasmussen, Henning      918  [1]    0:1   Nagendirarajah, Anteney 1435 [1]
20 Kudric, Mirko           1433 [1]    1:0   Lee, Geoff              1106 [1]
21 Jonas, Daniel           1386 [1]    0:1   Kenmure, Jamie          1102 [1]
22 Keefe, Peter            1349 [1]    1:0   Yam, Hunyi              970 [1]
23 Sljivovac, Branko       1317 [1]    0:1   Tolpigin, George        1319 [1]
24 Seehusen, John          1104 [1]    0:1   Drazzi, Frank           1194 [.5]
25 Lamech, Albert          1276 [0]   .5:.5  Auimatagi, Joshua       Unr [.5]
26 Zamora, John            1263 [0]    1:0   Pronk, Syf              1410 [0]
27 Shaw, Graham            1570 [2]   .5:.5  BYE
28 Barta, Gerard           1082 [1]   .5:.5  BYE

Pairings Rd 5

 1 Lojanica, Zdravko       1923 [4]    :  Lojanica, Milenko       2043 [3.5]
 2 Pramod, T.G.            Unr  [3.5]  :  Dizdarevic, Mehmedalija 1997 [3.5]
 3 Lushaj, Tahir           1789 [3]    :  Pyke, Malcolm           2005 [3] 
 4 Armerman, Mendel        1643 [3]    :  Machell, Don            1949 [3]
 5 Campara, Miralem        1825 [3]    :  Lycett, Garry           1681 [3]
 6 Atem, Andrew            1493 [3]    :  Voon, Richard           1852 [2.5]
 7 Rashid, Abdulwahab      1968 [2.5]  :  Maciulaitis, Don        1568 [2.5]
 8 Silas, Frank            1850 [2.5]  :  Scherrenberg, Henk      1505 [2.5]
 9 Deng, Kuol              Unr  [2.5]  :  Potter, Christopher     1476 [2.5]
10 Shaw, Graham            1570 [2.5]  :  Potter, Matthew         1634 [2]
11 Premaka, Sujendra       Unr  [2]    :  Kudric, Mirko           1433 [2]
12 Potter, Michael         1345 [2]    :  Biondo, Sam             1608 [2]
13 Kocjancic, Eddie        1607 [2]    :  Doon, Steven            1404 [2]
14 Tolpigin, George        1319 [2]    :  Spiric, Bob             1569 [2]
15 Kuok, James             1191 [2]    :  Burzic, Ramo            1538 [2]
16 Yilmaz, Ahmet           1537 [2]    :  Potter, Daniel          1264 [2]
17 Kenmure, Jamie          1102 [2]    :  Vitkovic, Nick          1495 [2]
18 Nagendirarajah, Anteney 1435 [2]    :  Keefe, Peter            1349 [2]
19 Pispek, Peter           1415 [1.5]  :  Barta, Gerard           1082 [1.5]
20 Drazzi, Frank           1194 [1.5]  :  McEachern, Graham       1219 [1.5]
21 Gungordu, Ismet         1497 [1]    :  Zamora, John            1263 [1]
22 Lee, Geoff              1106 [1]    :  Lane, Victor            1469 [1]
23 Auimatagi, Joshua       Unr  [1]    :  Jonas, Daniel           1386 [1]
24 Yam, Hunyi              970  [1]    :  Sljivovac, Branko       1317 [1]
25 Seehusen, John          1104 [1]    :  Baxter, Craig           1316 [1]
26 Drew, Phillip           1279 [1]    :  Rasmussen, Henning      918  [1]
27 Pronk, Syf              1410 [0]    :  Lamech, Albert          1276 [.5]

Take care and God Bless, Macavity

[four four two]

SHAME SHAME SHAME

The Potter brothers should be embarrassed at agreeing to a 2 move draw,even IM's playing for a cash prize usually play at least 6 moves . They werent in a commanding position in the tournament and they still used this woeful tactic. Its these kind of antics that affect the credibility of tournament chess. Can anyone tell me if the ACF has a number of moves limit rule for tournaments,and if not why they dont.This kind of rubbish should be stamped out.

[Altecman]

Somehow, Garry managed to get the game wrong the moves were 1.b4 d5 draw agreed i dont really know how he could get a game that lasted 1 move wrong!!

Quite Funny, Altecman

[Carl Gorka]

Hello everyone,



After move 27...Bd4??, I must win the exchange. After the following exchanges we reach the position after Black's 35...Bd5 ( 35...exf5?? is forbidden because after 36.Rd6, and Rxb6 the white pawns will be unstoppable); is this really such a difficult position to be won? Agreed, I actually made a a meal of it; both 48.Rd1, and 49.Rd1 were much clearer ways to progress, but was there something significant that Black missed? I did feel during the game that 50...Ke6 or 50...Kd6 would have been a pest, but felt that they could be overcoma via triangulating against g6, and via the plan of the game of infiltrating on the c-file after Kb2.

Would be interested ( and appreciative) if anyone can point out what I have missed?

Take care and God Bless, Macavity

PS perhaps the comment was about the time taken to play the game?? I was the last finished for the evening...

I don't think you need to get to the position 35...Bd5. Instead of 32.Red1, what is wrong with 32.Qe2? White recentralises his queen, defends his c-pawn, and if Black grabs the a-pawn, then 33.Rd7 is very strong. Black may play 32..Rc7, but then white has 33.Qc2+ defending a4, and can then play 34.Red1 threatening Rd7. White appears an exchangeup for nothing. Just a thought