Toukley Open 2007 Report

The Toukley White Knight Open 2007

Report by Director of Play Keith Farrell

There will be a few touch-ups to this report in the next few days - pictures, for instance.

Joe stares intently	But can only find the draw
both heading for a win ! - Gary of the Game and the Open while Alex eventually top-scored Division 2, not bad since this tournament last year was his first adult tournament and now has the cudos of playing board 1 - and against Gary Lane !	the last game of the tournament kept us on edge, Michael and Victor try their hardest to find a win - but a draw sometimes is a draw no matter how closely you look

This is a Myer Tan Chess Grand Prix 2007 event - a third weekender (and if you include the City of Sydney which took up two weekends this year in quick succession (for NSW players at any rate), All players had been battle-hardened.

` A rather mystifyingly low turn-out, but all very keen and out for blood.

Round 1 went mostly as ratings expected - except for Gary Losh overcoming a 200 point deficit against Victor and a mighty Tussle between Radisav and the number 2 seed in extra time with promoted Queens flying every which way until hostilities ran out of promise and a draw agreed. Alex Biucu was struggling in a fairly lost position and down to his last minute when he spied a loose piece and proved that no position is blunder-proof.

Round 2 Boards 2 and 3 drew leaving Gary (Lane) just in front even at this early stage

Round 3

Round 4 Back to the drawing board for Graeme (all 3 fighting draws were to higher rated opponents and one who was in form enough to snare a draw with the NSW Country Champion), Graeme was one of the few who remained unscathed (well, lossless then) on Day 1 the other(s) being Gary and Paul - day 2 promised to be interesting indeed.

Day 2 - the storm builds
Round 5 Both fresh after a good night's rest Seeds 1 and 2 faced off - with Gary emerging with the full point.

This is only the second round so far that contained only the single draw - the others having two or three - indeed that game could have ended if the draw offer had been heard earlier - so if you offer a draw speak up, don't be shy. A round where no-one gave any quarter led to Gary out in front with a perfect score followed by a pack of five ( 5 !! ) on 3½ and a further 2 only half a point behind that group.

Round 6 Wins by both Gary, who continued his winning way, and Paul edged into clear 2nd - though he had a small determined posse at his heels. Now it seemed as if the battleground was third place, apart from the various divisional prizes.

Round 7 In the finale three shared third place - Paul finished a point ahead of them but the standout ws of course Gary Lane with a score that would be hard to improve upon ( 7 from 7 played).

Clear Winner of the Seond Division was Alex Mehan with Mike Weltner, Graeme Deacon, George Smit equal second

Winners of the Open Division were Gary Lane First, Paul Broekhuyse Second and Richard Eccles; Ben Ryan; Trent Parker all equal third (Trent and Ben coming from the lower division to snare their places.

All-in-all a successful tournament thanks to The Toukley RSL management and support staff who supplied a lovely room (made even more spacious by the low numbers, the room could have easily catered for triple the number (as it has in the past) and ensured our refrehments were always at hand. Many thanks also to ACE for providing Sets, Boards and clocks, and not least the players who played hard, uncompromising chess and in the spirit of the sportsmen they are.


  1   Lane, Gary W      2452 7    
  2   Broekhuyse, Paul  2135 5.5  
 3-5  Eccles, Richard   1611 4.5  
      Ryan, Ben         1448 4.5  
      Parker, Trent     1483 4.5  
 6-8  Phillips, Andrew  1717 4    
      Losh, Gary        1438 4    
      Buciu, Aurel-John 1485 4    
9-12  Tubic, Luka       1486 3.5  
      Barnes, Stephen   1653 3.5  
      Egan, Bill        1530 3.5  
      Mehan, Alex       1390 3.5  
13-15 Deacon, Graeme    1403 3    
      Weltner, Michael  1422 3    
      Smit, George      1429 3    
16-17 Frias, Joe        1507 2.5  
      Buciu, Alex       833  2.5  
18-19 Liuga, Victor     1676 2    
      Ivanovic, Radisav 1449 2    
 20   Momot, Alex       848  0


 No  Name              Loc  Total  1     2     3     4     5     6     7   

1.  Lane, Gary W      2452 7     11:1   8:1   6:1   3:1   2:1   9:1  18:1 
2.  Broekhuyse, Paul  2135 5.5   12:.5  7:1   5:1   9:1   1:0  13:1   3:1 
3.  Phillips, Andrew  1717 4     13:1   9:.5 14:1   1:0  17:1   6:.5  2:0 
4.  Liuga, Victor     1676 2     14:0  15:1   9:0  18:0  20:.5 10:0  16:.5
5.  Barnes, Stephen   1653 3.5   15:1  14:.5  2:0  11:1   6:0  17:.5  7:.5
6.  Eccles, Richard   1611 4.5   16:1  20:1   1:0  13:.5  5:1   3:.5 11:.5
7.  Egan, Bill        1530 3.5   17:.5  2:0  16:.5 14:0  15:1  12:1   5:.5
8.  Frias, Joe        1507 2.5   18:1   1:0  12:1  17:.5 13:0  11:0  14:0 
9.  Tubic, Luka       1486 3.5   19:1   3:.5  4:1   2:0  14:1   1:0  13:0 
10. Buciu, Aurel-John 1485 4     20:0  16:1  13:0  12:1  11:0   4:1  17:1 
11. Parker, Trent     1483 4.5    1:0  18:1  20:1   5:0  10:1   8:1   6:.5
12. Ivanovic, Radisav 1449 2      2:.5 17:.5  8:0  10:0  19:1   7:0  15:0 
13. Ryan, Ben         1448 4.5    3:0  19:1  10:1   6:.5  8:1   2:0   9:1 
14. Losh, Gary        1438 4      4:1   5:.5  3:0   7:1   9:0  18:.5  8:1 
15. Smit, George      1429 3      5:0   4:0  17:0  19:1   7:0  20:1  12:1 
16. Weltner, Michael  1422 3      6:0  10:0   7:.5 20:1  18:0  19:1   4:.5
17. Deacon, Graeme    1403 3      7:.5 12:.5 15:1   8:.5  3:0   5:.5 10:0 
18. Mehan, Alex       1390 3.5    8:0  11:0  19:1   4:1  16:1  14:.5  1:0 
19. Momot, Alex       848  0      9:0  13:0  18:0  15:0  12:0  16:0  20:0 
20. Buciu, Alex       833  2.5   10:1   6:0  11:0  16:0   4:.5 15:0  19:1

No  Name              Loc  Score Exp. Chg*K  Rav Rprfm

1.  Lane, Gary W      2452 7.0/7 7.00     0 1618  2617
2.  Broekhuyse, Paul  2135 5.5/7 6.65   -12 1676  1906
3.  Phillips, Andrew  1717 4.0/7 3.57     4 1710  1760
4.  Liuga, Victor     1676 2.0/7 6.09   -41 1355  1197
5.  Barnes, Stephen   1653 3.5/7 4.27    -8 1576  1576
6.  Eccles, Richard   1611 4.5/7 3.85     7 1573  1675
7.  Egan, Bill        1530 3.5/7 3.22     3 1561  1561
8.  Frias, Joe        1507 2.5/7 2.80    -3 1580  1478
9.  Tubic, Luka       1486 3.5/7 1.82    17 1673  1673
10. Buciu, Aurel-John 1485 4.0/7 4.41    -4 1388  1438
11. Parker, Trent     1483 4.5/7 2.73    18 1562  1664
12. Ivanovic, Radisav 1449 2.0/7 3.22   -12 1477  1319
13. Ryan, Ben         1448 4.5/7 2.59    19 1541  1643
14. Losh, Gary        1438 4.0/7 2.31    17 1566  1616
15. Smit, George      1429 3.0/7 4.34   -13 1342  1292
16. Weltner, Michael  1422 3.0/7 4.27   -13 1339  1289
17. Deacon, Graeme    1403 3.0/7 2.24     8 1539  1489
18. Mehan, Alex       1390 3.5/7 2.03    15 1547  1547
19. Momot, Alex       848  0.0/7 0.28    -3 1351   352
20. Buciu, Alex       833  2.5/7 0.14    24 1422  1320

before we get over-excited - the above guesstimates are SwissPerfect calculations based upon pre-glicko days, I bumped the multiplier up to 25 but it doesn't take RD into account etc etc