TOURNAMENT REPORT

35th Ballarat Begonia Tournament

He has done it again..! GM Darryl Johansen won the Ballarat Begonia long weekender for the 12th time. Very convincingly, he scored 6.5/7 allowing only a draw in the last round against joint runner-up Igor Bjelobrk.

Although we were down on numbers (79) compared to last year, the top was very strong with 9 players above a 2000 rating including 3 (grand-) masters. Again, the tournament proved very popular amongst the juniors.

In the third round proceedings were hotting up with a crushing win of Bjelobrk over Baron. The 4th round saw the match between defending champion, Mirko Rujevic and Johansen, decided in favour of the latter, and a win by Bjelobrk over Guy West, who incidentally had a bad run. By round 5, most of the favourites had lost some (half) points with Stewart Booth in second spot. But he too was also rolled by Johansen in round 6, and a group including Bjelobrk, Rujevic, Booth, Baron, Sandler, and Anderson were fighting for the runner-up prices. This was shared at the end by Bjelobrk, Rujevic (who won from Sandler in a tense battle), and Baron who beat Booth in a long, final game. Chris Fenwick had a good tournament and finished 5th on 5.5 points.

The B-group was won by local hero P.Cook (5), the C-group equally by D.Schepisi, A.Ghobrial and Z..Lojanica (on 4) First prize of the D-group was equally split between the juniors D.Lindberg and S.Ferris.

 
35th BALLARAT BEGONIA TOURNAMENT
CROSS TABLE
No|Name                   |Loc |Total| 1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7  
1 |JOHANSEN, Darryl       |2528|6.5  |36:W|21:W|13:W| 3:W| 6:W|11:W| 2:D
2 |BJELOBRK, Igor         |1938|6    |53:W|68:W| 4:W|24:W| 7:D| 6:W| 1:D
3 |RUJEVIC, Mirko         |2326|6    |55:W|30:W|23:W| 1:L|15:W| 9:W| 7:W
4 |BARON, Michael         |2263|6    |42:W|18:W| 2:L|31:W|49:W|21:W|11:W
5 |FENWICK, Christopher   |1950|5.5  |47:W|28:W| 6:L|36:D|41:W|37:W|16:W
6 |CHAPMAN, Mark          |2335|5    |63:W|15:W| 5:W| 8:W| 1:L| 2:L|21:W
7 |SANDLER, Leonid        |2390|5    |41:W|33:W|14:W|11:D| 2:D|12:W| 3:L
8 |LOJANICA, Milenko      |2017|5    |56:W|10:W|29:W| 6:L|21:L|30:W|27:W
9 |DIZDAREVIC, Mehmedalija|1958|5    |58:W|34:D|22:D|17:W|48:W| 3:L|25:W
10|COOK, Patrick          |1725|5    |67:W| 8:L|40:D|54:W|60:W|22:D|23:W
11|BOOTH, Stewart         |2198|4.5  |77:W|19:W|38:W| 7:D|16:W| 1:L| 4:L
12|BEAUMONT, David        |2032|4.5  |27:W|29:L|42:W|25:W|23:W| 7:L|20:D
13|ROZYCKI, Edyta         |1992|4.5  |48:W|25:W| 1:L|19:D|22:D|49:W|15:D
14|STEAD, Kerry           |1970|4.5  |26:W|17:W| 7:L|49:L|46:W|28:D|22:W
15|DRAGICEVIC, Domagoj    |1833|4.5  |79:W| 6:L|26:W|47:W| 3:L|48:W|13:D
16|ANDERSON, Alistair     |1912|4.5  |61:W|24:D|43:W|37:W|11:L|36:W| 5:L
17|BOASMAN, Ian           |1716|4.5  |59:W|14:L|69:W| 9:L|38:D|43:W|37:W
18|PARTSI, Dimitry        |1817|4.5  |75:W| 4:L|47:L|53:W|55:W|26:D|36:W
19|McCART, Richard        |1749|4.5  |66:W|11:L|68:W|13:D|36:L|60:W|38:W
20|ALI, Mosaddeque        |1888|4.5  |68:L|50:L|52:W|57:W|62:W|47:W|12:D
21|CHOW, Sam              |1893|4    |60:W| 1:L|27:W|51:W| 8:W| 4:L| 6:L
22|LOJANICA, Zdravko      |1450|4    |32:W|37:D| 9:D|29:W|13:D|10:D|14:L
23|WILLS, Adrian          |1948|4    |57:W|49:W| 3:L|62:W|12:L|29:W|10:L
24|WEST, Guy              |2415|4    |45:W|16:D|62:W| 2:L|28:D|25:L|49:W
25|SZUVEGES, Narelle      |1758|4    |72:W|13:L|61:W|12:L|39:W|24:W| 9:L
26|GHOBRIAL, Adel         |1618|4    |14:L|67:W|15:L|69:W|31:W|18:D|35:D
27|SCHEPISI, David        |1636|4    |12:L|78:W|21:L|74:W|33:W|44:W| 8:L
28|ZIVANOVIC, Rados       |1708|4    |76:W| 5:L|70:D|40:W|24:D|14:D|32:D
29|SANTAVEC, Joe          |1790|4    |78:W|12:W| 8:L|22:L|51:W|23:L|52:W
30|FLETCHER, Steven       |1804|4    |40:W| 3:L|51:L|65:W|58:W| 8:L|47:W
31|BERGMANIS, Olgerts     |1767|4    |52:D|32:D|53:W| 4:L|26:L|51:W|50:W
32|YANG, Song             |1826|4    |22:L|31:D|60:L|73:W|40:W|50:W|28:D
33|VAN RIEL, Bas          |1873|4    |39:W| 7:L|48:L|64:W|27:L|57:W|56:W
34|COOK, Geoff            |1744|4    |71:W| 9:D|37:L|39:D|47:L|53:W|48:W
35|FLUDE, David           |1761|4    |69:L|64:W|50:D|60:L|54:W|63:W|26:D
36|SHARMAN, Scot          |1679|3.5  | 1:L|65:W|45:W| 5:D|19:W|16:L|18:L
37|CHNG, Adrian           |1917|3.5  |65:W|22:D|34:W|16:L|63:W| 5:L|17:L
38|TSAGARAKIS, Angelo     |1920|3.5  |50:W|70:W|11:L|48:L|17:D|41:W|19:L
39|LINDBERG, Douglas      |1459|3.5  |33:L|55:D|56:W|34:D|25:L|58:D|63:W
40|FERRIS, Shaun          |1436|3.5  |30:L|77:W|10:D|28:L|32:L|72:W|62:W
41|MOLLARD, Max           |1651|3.5  | 7:L|60:D|73:W|70:W| 5:L|38:L|61:W
42|ZIVANOVIC, Andjelija   |1639|3.5  | 4:L|75:W|12:L|61:D|56:D|68:W|44:D
43|SAHAR, Itshak          |1775|3.5  |54:D|69:W|16:L|50:L|66:W|17:L|65:W
44|FLITNEY, Adrian        |1927|3.5  |64:W|62:L|54:W|63:D|50:D|27:L|42:D
45|KABLE, John            |1655|3.5  |24:L|73:D|36:L|52:D|79:W|61:D|64:W
46|HEALEY, Leigh          |1722|3.5  |70:L|61:L|79:W|71:W|14:L|64:D|60:W
47|BOWEN, Leon            |1588|3    | 5:L|59:W|18:W|15:L|34:W|20:L|30:L
48|DUNCAN, Jim            |1630|3    |13:L|72:W|33:W|38:W| 9:L|15:L|34:L
49|GUTHRIE, Aaron         |1709|3    |74:W|23:L|71:W|14:W| 4:L|13:L|24:L
50|VAN BEEK, Ralph        |1522|3    |38:L|20:W|35:D|43:W|44:D|32:L|31:L
51|BECKMAN, John          |1577|3    | 0: | 0:W|30:W|21:L|29:L|31:L|68:W
52|BROWN, Cyril           |1333|3    |31:D|54:L|20:L|45:D|77:W|55:W|29:L
53|CZUCZMAN, Ken          |1576|3    | 2:L|76:W|31:L|18:L|59:W|34:L|70:W
54|FORACE, Lee            |1342|3    |43:D|52:W|44:L|10:L|35:L|79:W|58:D
55|POWER, Paul            |1639|3    | 3:L|39:D|66:D|68:W|18:L|52:L|71:W
56|BEKKER, Gary           |1631|3    | 8:L|66:D|39:L|67:W|42:D|70:W|33:L
57|ABBOTT, William        |1581|3    |23:L|74:L|78:W|20:L|69:W|33:L|66:W
58|BROCKMAN, Roland       |1606|3    | 9:L|71:L|75:W|76:W|30:L|39:D|54:D
59|DOUR, Nicolas          |1100|3    |17:L|47:L|65:L| 0:W|53:L|78:W|75:W
60|O'HIGGINS, Niall       |1495|2.5  |21:L|41:D|32:W|35:W|10:L|19:L|46:L
61|PEDERSEN, Rune         |1500|2.5  |16:L|46:W|25:L|42:D|70:D|45:D|41:L
62|WILLIAMS, Matt         |1700|2.5  |73:W|44:W|24:L|23:L|20:L|65:D|40:L
63|LINDBERG, Gordon       |1648|2.5  | 6:L|79:W|74:W|44:D|37:L|35:L|39:L
64|OGDEN, Marcus          |1576|2.5  |44:L|35:L|72:W|33:L|71:W|46:D|45:L
65|LEROY, Andrew          |1514|2.5  |37:L|36:L|59:W|30:L|74:W|62:D|43:L
66|TRUONG, Lance          |1307|2.5  |19:L|56:D|55:D|77:D|43:L|75:W|57:L
67|BEKKER, Josh           |1190|2.5  |10:L|26:L|77:D|56:L|75:L| 0:W|76:W
68|PRILLELTENSKY, Matan   |1465|2    |20:W| 2:L|19:L|55:L|76:W|42:L|51:L
69|FINLAY, Colin          |1325|2    |35:W|43:L|17:L|26:L|57:L|74:L|79:W
70|JAGER, Jesse           |1176|2    |46:W|38:L|28:D|41:L|61:D|56:L|53:L
71|NAGAO, Daichi          |1198|2    |34:L|58:W|49:L|46:L|64:L|77:W|55:L
72|FRANGAKIS, John        |1309|2    |25:L|48:L|64:L|75:D|73:W|40:L|77:D
73|GANNON, Stan           |1462|2    |62:L|45:D|41:L|32:L|72:L|76:D|78:W
74|SMITH, Wendy           |1076|2    |49:L|57:W|63:L|27:L|65:L|69:W| 0: 
75|MACHET, Richard        |1442|1.5  |18:L|42:L|58:L|72:D|67:W|66:L|59:L
76|VAN DIJK, Marieke      |883 |1.5  |28:L|53:L| 0:W|58:L|68:L|73:D|67:L
77|DAVIS, Geoff           |1637|1.5  |11:L|40:L|67:D|66:D|52:L|71:L|72:D
78|BUCHALKA, Michael      |1374|1    |29:L|27:L|57:L|79:L| 0:W|59:L|73:L
79|STEWART, Scott         |1454|1    |15:L|63:L|46:L|78:W|45:L|54:L|69:L