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Koshnitsky Cup – penultimate round

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With just one round to go, the top two rated players (David and Daniel) square off to decide the winner.

Round 6 results

  1 = Maunders,Myiesha     ( 4.0) - Beaumont,David       ( 5.0) =   7 -   2 = 0 - 1
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  2 = McIntyre,Julian      ( 3.5) - Gusain,Daniel        ( 4.0) =  11 -   3 = 0 - 1
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  3 = Davis,Tony J         ( 3.0) - Whitford,Matthew     ( 3.0) =   4 -  12 = 1 - 0
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  4 = Humphreys,Scott      ( 3.0) - Saric,Sergey         ( 3.0) =   5 -  14 = 1 - 0
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  5 = Kamineni,Takshil     ( 3.0) - Nowak,Ruben          ( 3.0) =  22 -   8 = 1 - 0
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  6 = Richards,Derek       ( 3.0) - Hogan,Steven         ( 3.0) =   9 -  10 = 1 - 0
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  7 = Salanowski,Mark      ( 2.0) - Kurian,Maksym        ( 2.0) =   6 -  20 = 1 - 0
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  8 = McIntyre,Charlie     ( 2.0) - Paul,Cijo            ( 2.0) =  13 -  29 = 0 - 1
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  9 = Johns,Brent          ( 2.0) - Matijas,Dejan        ( 2.0) =  15 -  28 = 0 - 1
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 10 = Nawar,Mena           ( 2.0) - Jing,Lang            ( 2.0) =  24 -  16 = 0 - 1
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 11 = Clerk,Felix          ( 2.0) - Annapureddy,Dhruthin ( 2.0) =  19 -  21 = 0 - 1
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 12 = Bejjanki,Pranav Sai  ( 1.5) - Deng,Tina            ( 1.0) =  23 -  27 = 1 - 0
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 13 = Clerk,Max            ( 1.0) - Brokies,Alwyn        ( 1.0) =  18 -  26 = 0 - 1
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 14 = Zhang,Benjamin       ( 1.0) - Zhang,Eric           ( 1.0) =  32 -  33 = 0 - 1
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 15 = Watson,Nicolas       ( 0.0) - Kostakakis,Angelo    ( 0.5) =  25 -  17 = 0 - 1

Round 7 draw (provisional)

  1 = Beaumont,David       ( 6.0) - Gusain,Daniel        ( 5.0) =   2 -   3 =  ... 
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  2 = Davis,Tony J         ( 4.0) - Maunders,Myiesha     ( 4.0) =   4 -   7 =  ... 
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  3 = Richards,Derek       ( 4.0) - Humphreys,Scott      ( 4.0) =   9 -   5 =  ... 
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  4 = Hogan,Steven         ( 3.0) - Kamineni,Takshil     ( 4.0) =  10 -  22 =  ... 
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  5 = Saric,Sergey         ( 3.0) - Salanowski,Mark      ( 3.0) =  14 -   6 =  ... 
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  6 = Paul,Cijo            ( 3.0) - Nowak,Ruben          ( 3.0) =  29 -   8 =  ... 
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  7 = Matijas,Dejan        ( 3.0) - Whitford,Matthew     ( 3.0) =  28 -  12 =  ... 
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  8 = Jing,Lang            ( 3.0) - Annapureddy,Dhruthin ( 3.0) =  16 -  21 =  ... 
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  9 = Waadhwa,Rakesh       ( 2.5) - Bejjanki,Pranav Sai  ( 2.5) =  31 -  23 =  ... 
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 10 = Nawar,Mena           ( 2.0) - McIntyre,Charlie     ( 2.0) =  24 -  13 =  ... 
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 11 = Johns,Brent          ( 2.0) - Brokies,Alwyn        ( 2.0) =  15 -  26 =  ... 
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 12 = Zhang,Eric           ( 2.0) - Clerk,Felix          ( 2.0) =  33 -  19 =  ... 
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 13 = Kurian,Maksym        ( 2.0) - Waadhwa,Ehsaas       ( 2.0) =  20 -  30 =  ... 
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 14 = Kostakakis,Angelo    ( 1.5) - Clerk,Max            ( 1.0) =  17 -  18 =  ... 
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 15 = Deng,Tina            ( 1.0) - Zhang,Benjamin       ( 1.0) =  27 -  32 =  ... 
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 16 = Watson,Nicolas       ( 0.0) - ( bye )              ( 0.0) =  25 -   0 = 1
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Koshnitsky Cup Round 5

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This event is now at the pointy end, with just 2 rounds to go. David is undefeated, being chased by Daniel and Myiesha.

Round 5 results

 1 = Beaumont,David       ( 4.0) - Kamineni,Takshil     ( 3.0) =   2 -  17 = 1 - 0
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  2 = Gusain,Daniel        ( 3.0) - Davis,Tony J         ( 3.0) =  30 -   3 = 1 - 0
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  3 = Maunders,Myiesha     ( 3.0) - Richards,Derek       ( 3.0) =  31 -   7 = 1 - 0
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  4 = Whitford,Matthew     ( 2.5) - Humphreys,Scott      ( 2.5) =   8 -   4 = ½ - ½
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  5 = McIntyre,Julian      ( 2.5) - McIntyre,Charlie     ( 2.0) =  27 -   9 = 1 - 0
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  6 = Nowak,Ruben          ( 2.0) - Matijas,Dejan        ( 2.0) =   6 -  22 = 1 - 0
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  7 = Hogan,Steven         ( 2.0) - Johns,Brent          ( 2.0) =  32 -  11 = 1 - 0
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  8 = Reddy Annapureddy,Dh ( 2.0) - Saric,Sergey         ( 2.0) =  24 -  10 = 0 - 1
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  9 = Waadhwa,Rakesh       ( 1.5) - Nawar,Mena           ( 2.0) =  26 -  19 = 1 - 0
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 10 = Waadhwa,Ehsaas       ( 1.0) - Clerk,Max            ( 1.0) =  25 -  14 = 1 - 0
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 11 = Zhang,Benjamin       ( 1.0) - Clerk,Felix          ( 1.0) =  34 -  15 = 0 - 1
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 12 = Kurian,Maksym        ( 1.0) - Deng,Tina            ( 1.0) =  16 -  21 = 1F-0F
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 13 = Brockies,Alwyn       ( 0.0) - Watson,Nicolas       ( 0.0) =  33 -  20 = 1 - 0
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 14 = Zhang,Eric           ( 0.0) - ( bye )              ( 0.0) =  35 -   0 = 1

Best in the West for 2019

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Another successful ‘Best in the West’ 5-round event was held over the Father’s Day weekend (80 players). There was a 5-way tie for first (4.5/5) that included our club’s member and event organiser, Tony Davis, as well as Daniel Gusain. Also, Takshil Kamineni won the rating group 3 prize with a score of 3.0 (ahead of 20 players in his rating group). By my reckoning, there were 17 club members playing in the event.

Koshnitsky Cup update

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This 7 round event has been running for 4 weeks now, so an update is in order. The round 4 results are below; Derek and David were undefeated to round 3, so they played each other in round 4. Sorry for the haphazard update for this event. The Round 5 draw is also below.

Round 4 Results

  1 = Richards,Derek       ( 3.0) - Beaumont,David       ( 3.0) =   7 -   2 = 0 - 1
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  2 = Davis,Tony J         ( 2.0) - McIntyre,Julian      ( 2.5) =   3 -  27 = 1 - 0
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  3 = Gusain,Daniel        ( 2.0) - Nowak,Ruben          ( 2.0) =  30 -   6 = 1 - 0
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  4 = Salanowski,Mark      ( 2.0) - Kamineni,Takshil     ( 2.0) =   5 -  17 = 0F-1F
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  5 = McIntyre,Charlie     ( 2.0) - Maunders,Myiesha     ( 2.0) =   9 -  31 = 0 - 1
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  6 = Paul,Cijo            ( 2.0) - Whitford,Matthew     ( 1.5) =  23 -   8 = 0 - 1
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  7 = Humphreys,Scott      ( 1.5) - Bejjanki,Pranav Sai  ( 1.5) =   4 -  18 = 1 - 0
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  8 = Matijas,Dejan        ( 1.5) - Jing,Lang            ( 1.0) =  22 -  12 = ½ - ½
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  9 = Clerk,Felix          ( 1.0) - Hogan,Steven         ( 1.0) =  15 -  32 = 0 - 1
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 10 = Saric,Sergey         ( 1.0) - Kurian,Maksym        ( 1.0) =  10 -  16 = 1 - 0
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 11 = Johns,Brent          ( 1.0) - Waadhwa,Ehsaas       ( 1.0) =  11 -  25 = 1 - 0
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 12 = Nawar,Mena           ( 1.0) - Clerk,Max            ( 1.0) =  19 -  14 = 1 - 0
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 13 = Kostakakis,Angelo    ( 0.5) - Reddy Annapureddy,Dh ( 1.0) =  13 -  24 = 0 - 1
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 14 = Deng,Tina            ( 0.0) - ( bye )              ( 0.0) =  21 -   0 = 1    
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 15 = Zhang,Eric           ( 0.0) - Waadhwa,Rakesh       ( 0.5) =  35 -  26 = 0 - 1
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 16 = Brockies,Alwyn       ( 0.0) - Zhang,Benjamin       ( 0.0) =  33 -  34 = 0 - 1
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 17 = Hibberd,Nathan       ( 3.0) - ( not paired )       ( 0.0) =   1 -   0 = 0    
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 18 = Watson,Nicolas       ( 0.0) - ( not paired )       ( 0.0) =  20 -   0 = 0

Western Series Final Results

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With all 5 rounds now completed for the Western Masters, Major, Minor and Swiss events, it is a time to praise the winners! Well done to the following winners:

Western Masters – Daniel (5/5)
Western Major – Julian & Steven (4/5)
Western Minor – Sergey (5/5)
Western Swiss – Cijo & Shashi (4/5)

Masters

Cross Table Loc 1 2 3 4 5 6 Score
Tony Davis 1808 X 0.5 0 1 1 1 3.5
Narelle Szuveges 1703 0.5 X 0 1 1 1 3.5
Daniel Gusain 1965 1 1 X 1 1 1 5
Ruben Nowak 1496 0 0 0 X 0 0 0
Mohammad Cheema 1591 0 0 0 1 X 1 2
Anthony Mann 1691 0 0 0 1 0 X 1

Major

Cross Table Loc 1 2 3 4 5 6 Score
Phil Minichelli 1279 X 0.5 0 1 0 1 2.5
Matthew Whitford 1401 0.5 X 0 1 0.5 1 3
Steven Hogan 1451 1 1 X 0.5 0.5 1 4
Derek Richards 1454 0 0 0.5 X 0 1 1.5
Julian McIntyre 1408 1 0.5 0.5 1 X 1 4
Charlie McIntyre 1330 0 0 0 0 0 X 0

Minor

Cross Table Loc 1 2 3 4 5 6 Score
Angelo Kostakakis 829 X 0 0 1 0 1 2
Sergey Saric 1238 1 X 1 1 1 1 5
Lang Jing 879 1 0 X 0 0 1 2
Max Clerk 791 0 0 1 X 1 1 3
Brent Johns 959 1 0 1 0 X 1 3
Kevin Deraniyagala 727 0 0 0 0 0 X 0

Swiss

Pos  Pts  ID  NAME                         | Rtg  PRtg Fed |   Buc1    BucT  
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  1  4.0  11     Paul,Cijo                 |    0  577     |    13.5 
  2  4.0   9     Mathew,Shashi             |    0  354 NSW |    12.5 
  3  3.5  10     Matijas,Dejan             |    0  340     |    14.0 
  4  3.0   2     Kurian,Maksym             |  678  125 VIC |    12.0 
  5  2.5  12     Waadhwa,Ehsaas            |    0  315 AUS |    11.5 
  6  2.0   1     Clerk,Felix               |  695  278 VIC |    11.5    13.0 
  7  2.0   6     De Rooy,Jack              |  127  143 VIC |    11.5    13.0 
  8  2.0   4     Nawar,Mena                |  460   67 VIC |    10.5    11.0 
  9  2.0   5     Watson,Nicolas            |  311    0 VIC |    10.5    11.0 
 10  2.0  13     Waadhwa,Rakesh            |    0    0 VIC |    10.5    11.0 
 11  1.5   3     Bejjanki,Pranav Sai   (W) |  572   42 AUS |    11.5 
 12  1.0   8     Deng,Tina                 |    0    0 VIC |     8.5 
 13  0.0   7     De Rooy,Samuel            |    0    0 VIC |     9.5

Western Series Event Update

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With 3 of 5 rounds now completed for the Western Masters, Major, Minor and Swiss events, it is a time for a quick update to the results and the round 4 pairings for the Swiss event.

Masters

Cross Table Loc 1 2 3 4 5 6 Score
Tony Davis 1808 X 0.5 0 0.5
Narelle Szuveges 1703 0.5 X 1 1 2.5
Daniel Gusain 1965 1 X 1 1 3
Ruben Nowak 1496 0 X 0 0 0
Mohammad Cheema 1591 0 0 1 X 1
Anthony Mann 1691 0 1 X 1

Major

Cross Table Loc 1 2 3 4 5 6 Score
Phil Minichelli 1279 X 0.5 0 1 1.5
Matthew Whitford 1401 0.5 X 0.5 1 2
Steven Hogan 1451 1 X 0.5 0.5 2
Derek Richards 1454 0.5 X 0 1 1.5
Julian McIntyre 1408 0.5 0.5 1 X 2
Charlie McIntyre 1330 0 0 0 X 0

Minor

Cross Table Loc 1 2 3 4 5 6 Score
Angelo Kostakakis 829 X 1 1
Sergey Saric 1238 X 1 1 2
Lang Jing 879 X 0 0 1 1
Max Clerk 791 0 1 X 1 2
Brent Johns 959 0 1 0 X 1
Kevin Deraniyagala 727 0 0 X 0

Swiss

Round 4 pairings

  1 = Matijas,Dejan        ( 2.5) - Mathew,Shashi        ( 3.0) =  10 -   9 =  ... 
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  2 = Paul,Cijo            ( 2.0) - Kurian,Maksym        ( 2.0) =  11 -   2 =  ... 
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  3 = Clerk,Felix          ( 1.0) - De Rooy,Jack         ( 1.5) =   1 -   6 =  ... 
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  4 = Watson,Nicolas       ( 1.0) - Waadhwa,Ehsaas       ( 1.5) =   5 -  12 =  ... 
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  5 = Waadhwa,Rakesh       ( 1.0) - Bejjanki,Pranav Sai  ( 1.0) =  13 -   3 =  ... 
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  6 = De Rooy,Samuel       ( 0.0) - Nawar,Mena           ( 1.0) =   7 -   4 =  ... 
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  7 = Deng,Tina            ( 0.0) - ( bye )              ( 0.0) =   8 -   0 = 1

Lightning #2 results

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This week was a bit of fun chess, 7 rounds of 5-minute + 3 seconds chess. Daniel won with a picket fence score.

Standing at round 7 (last round)

Pos  Pts  ID  NAME                         | Rtg  PRtg Fed |   Buc1    BucT  
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  1  7.0   1     Gusain,Daniel             | 1965 2169 VIC |    26.5 
  2  5.0  13     Davis,Sophie              | 1108 1324 VIC |    29.0 
  3  5.0   5     Cheema,Mohammad           | 1591 1335 VIC |    28.0 
  4  5.0   3  CM Davis,Tony J              | 1808 1083 VIC |    27.0 
  5  5.0   4     Humphreys,Scott           | 1598  931 VIC |    25.0 
  6  4.5   9     Hogan,Steven              | 1451 1468 VIC |    28.5 
  7  4.5  11     Whitford,Matthew          | 1401  917 VIC |    24.5 
  8  4.5  10     McIntyre,Julian           | 1408  620 VIC |    18.5 
  9  4.0  16     Kurian,Maksym             |  678 1000 VIC |    26.5 
 10  4.0  12     Saric,Sergey              | 1238  973 VIC |    25.0 
 11  4.0   6     Salanowski,Mark           | 1550  603 VIC |    21.5 
 12  4.0  29     Paul,Cijo                 |    0  912 AUS |    21.0 
 13  3.5  14     Clerk,Max                 |  791  527 AUS |    20.5 
 14  3.0   7     Nowak,Ruben               | 1496  750 VIC |    26.0    28.0 
 15  3.0  18     Nawar,Mena            (W) |  460 1229 VIC |    26.0    27.0 
 16  3.0  25     Matijas,Dejan             |    0 1022 AUS |    25.0 
 17  3.0  24     Mathew,Shashi             |    0  732 NSW |    23.5 
 18  3.0   8     Richards,Derek            | 1454  482 VIC |    23.0 
 19  3.0  26     McIntyre,Cameron          |    0  806 VIC |    21.0 
 20  3.0  17     Bejjanki,Pranav Sai       |  572  321 VIC |    18.5 
 21  2.5  27     Waadhwa,Ehsaas            |    0  589 VIC |    22.5 
 22  2.5  15     Deraniyagala,Kevin        |  727  321 VIC |    20.0 
 23  2.5  20     De Rooy,Jack              |  127  232 VIC |    18.0 
 24  2.0  19     Watson,Nicolas        (W) |  311  898 VIC |    22.0 
 25  2.0  28     Waadhwa,Rakesh            |    0  510 VIC |    18.0 
 26  2.0  21     De Rooy,Samuel            |    0  379 VIC |    15.5 
 27  1.5  22     Deng,Tina                 |    0   50 VIC |    15.0 
 28  1.0  23     Dissanayake,Pehansa       |    0  168 VIC |    18.5

Hobsons Bay Cup, final results

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Please see attached the final round results and standings for the Hobsons Bay Cup. Well done to Daniel for taking out the tournament.
Next week we will play a 7 round lightning event, and will also vote on themes for the remaining two allegro evenings for the year.
Pos  Pts  ID  NAME                         | Rtg  PRtg Fed |   Buc1    BucT  
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  1  6.0   1     Gusain,Daniel             | 2043 2247 VIC |    28.5 
  2  5.5   3  CM Davis,Tony J              | 1822 1762 VIC |    24.5 
  3  5.0  33     Beaumont,David            | 1998 1477 VIC |    25.5 
  4  5.0  12     Whitford,Matthew          | 1321 1260 VIC |    25.0 
  5  4.5   5     Humphreys,Scott       (W) | 1593 1577 VIC |    26.5 
  6  4.5  13     Saric,Sergey              | 1168 1461 VIC |    26.0 
  7  4.5   2     Hogg,Dean                 | 1985 1440 VIC |    25.0 
  8  4.0  10     Richards,Derek            | 1452 1005 VIC |    24.0 
  9  4.0   6     Salanowski,Mark           | 1583 1065 VIC |    22.5    25.0 
 10  4.0  11     McIntyre,Julian           | 1358 1018 VIC |    22.5    24.5 
 11  4.0   7     Nowak,Ruben               | 1492  850 VIC |    21.5 
 12  3.5   8     Hogan,Steven              | 1477 1405 VIC |    28.0 
 13  3.5  16     Jing,Lang                 |  841  842 VIC |    23.0 
 14  3.5  14     Lim,Neiss                 | 1054 1059 VIC |    22.0 
 15  3.5  17     Kostakakis,Angelo         |  816  840 VIC |    21.0 
 16  3.5  34     Matijas,Dejan             |    0  311 VIC |    20.5 
 17  3.5  20     Clerk,Max                 |  668  839 VIC |    20.0 
 18  3.0   4     Enano,Ronald          (W) | 1706 1409 VIC |    26.0 
 19  3.0  21     Kurian,Maksym             |  610 1096 VIC |    23.5 
 20  3.0  28     McIntyre,Cameron          |    0  720 AUS |    21.5 
 21  3.0  26     Annapureddy,Dhruthin      |    0  629 VIC |    19.5    21.0 
 22  3.0  35     Kirkpatrick,Oscar         |    0  271 VIC |    19.5    20.0 
 23  3.0  29     Waadhwa,Ehsaas            |    0  383 VIC |    18.5 
 24  3.0  23     De Rooy,Jack              |  186  698 VIC |    17.5 
 25  2.5  15     Johns,Brent               | 1027  748 AUS |    23.5 
 26  2.5  37     Paul,Cijo                 |    0  458 VIC |    19.0 
 27  2.0  36     Pawlus,Malachy        (W) |    0 1036 VIC |    22.5 
 28  2.0  18     Deraniyagala,Kevin        |  715  583 VIC |    22.0 
 29  2.0  22     Nawar,Mena                |  471  342 VIC |    20.5 
 30  2.0  30     Bejjanki,Pranav Sai       |  591  151 VIC |    19.0 
 31  1.5  19     Clerk,Felix               |  685  497 VIC |    22.5 
 32  1.5  24     De Rooy,Samuel            |    0  639 VIC |    19.5 
 33  1.0  27     Dissanayake,Pehansa       |    0    0 AUS |    21.5 
 34  1.0   9     Hibberd,Nathan        (W) | 1967    0 VIC |    20.0    22.0 
 35  1.0  32     McIntyre,Charlie      (W) | 1330    0 VIC |    20.0    22.0 
 36  1.0  25     Deng,Tina                 |    0    0 VIC |    20.0    21.0 
 37  0.5  31     Watson,Nicolas            |  313    0 VIC |    20.0