A crowd of 97 players (10 more than last year) took part in the 2018 Best in the West event. Hobsons Bay players Steven Hogan, Daniel Gusain and Derek Richards among the prize winners.
Thanks to all who participated, but most of all to Tony Davis who organised and ran yet another very successful event. More Tuesday night regulars gave Best in the West a shot this year; it is always a thoroughly enjoyable weekend.
Prizewinners
Equal 1st: IM Kanan Izzat, IM Mark Berkovich, FM Luis Chan, FM Domagoj Dragicevic, Ray Yang ($430 each)
RG1: Nicholas Ilic & Richard Voon ($100 each)
RG2: Jimmy Deng, Paula Chen, Derek Richards, Steven Hogan, Shawn Zillmann ($40 each)
RG3: Chao Xin Cheng ($200)
RG4: Mena Nawar & Ryan Dang ($100 each)
Best Junior: Amit Ben Harim & Daniel Gusain ($100 each)
Biggest Upset: Chuyue Angie Li – defeated James Watson 896 rating points difference ($200)
Best in the West 2018 Final Crosstable
Pos NAME Rtg T Fed Pts | 1 2 3 4 5 | Buc1 BucT --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Izzat,Kanan 2560 IM OS 4.5 | +B31 +W10 +B6 +W25 =B5 | 15.5 18.5 2 Berkovich,Mark 2339 IM ISR 4.5 | +W30 +B18 +W24 =B3 +W14 | 14.5 17.5 3 Chan,Luis 2256 FM VIC 4.5 | +B41 +W28 +B16 =W2 +B13 | 14.5 17.0 4 Dragicevic,Domagoj 2277 FM VIC 4.5 | +B60 +W36 =B13 +W15 +B12 | 13.5 15.5 5 Yang,Ray 2109 VIC 4.5 | +B67 +W26 +B40 +W11 =W1 | 13.5 15.5 6 Ben Harim,Amit 1999 VIC 4.0 | +W51 +B45 -W1 +B33 +W32 | 13.0 15.5 7 Davis,Tony J 1908 CM VIC 4.0 | +W66 +B37 -B11 +W39 +B25 | 12.5 14.5 8 Ilic,Nicholas 1817 VIC 4.0 | +B46 +W62 =B12 +W29 =B11 | 12.5 14.5 9 Gusain,Daniel 2011 VIC 4.0 | -B75 +W34 +B30 +W26 +B35 | 12.0 13.5 10 Voon,Richard 1674 VIC 4.0 | +W81 -B1 +W69 +B58 +W24 | 11.0 12.5 11 Canfell,Gregory J 2258 FM VIC 3.5 | +W76 +B32 +W7 -B5 =W8 | 15.5 18.0 12 Nemeth,John 2256 VIC 3.5 | +W71 +B20 =W8 +B43 -W4 | 14.5 16.5 13 Savige,Colin B 1935 VIC 3.5 | +W77 +B47 =W4 +B27 -W3 | 14.5 16.0 14 Milojevic,Miodrag 1937 VIC 3.5 | +B65 +W49 =BYE +W19 -B2 | 14.0 16.0 15 Narenthran,Tharmarat 1910 CM VIC 3.5 | +B73 +W38 =BYE -B4 +W44 | 13.5 15.5 16 Lim,Cassandra 1806 WCM VIC 3.5 | +W72 +B48 -W3 +B45 =W17 | 13.0 15.0 17 Bhat,Vishal 2054 CM VIC 3.5 | +B78 -W40 +B31 +W28 =B16 | 12.0 13.5 18 Barber,Geoffrey 1696 VIC 3.5 | +B79 -W2 =BYE +W41 +B48 | 12.0 13.5 19 Daneshvar,Reza 1835 VIC 3.5 | =W58 +B53 +W75 -B14 +W47 | 10.0 11.5 20 Lu,Lillian 1633 VIC 3.5 | +B86 -W12 +B78 +W59 =B29 | 10.0 11.0 21 Tsagarakis,Angelo 1751 VIC 3.5 | +W61 =B75 =W42 =B44 +W43 | 9.5 11.0 22 Gill,Geoffrey 1866 VIC 3.5 | -B59 +W61 +B60 =W42 +W49 | 9.0 11.0 23 Watson,James 1741 VIC 3.5 | -B63 +W80 =BYE +BYE +B42 | 9.0 10.5 24 Rashid,Abdulwahab 1949 FM VIC 3.0 | +W52 +B44 -B2 +W40 -B10 | 13.5 16.0 25 Jiang,Bill 2012 VIC 3.0 | +W64 +B33 +W59 -B1 -W7 | 13.5 15.5 26 Poberezovsky,Daniel 1601 VIC 3.0 | +W57 -B5 +W52 -B9 +W65 | 13.5 15.5 27 Lojanica,Milenko 1991 VIC 3.0 | +B55 +W39 =BYE -W13 =B36 | 13.0 15.5 28 Li,Oliver 1619 VIC 3.0 | +W56 -B3 +W51 -B17 +W64 | 13.0 15.0 29 Hogg,Dean 2083 VIC 3.0 | +W69 +B54 =W43 -B8 =W20 | 12.5 14.5 30 Deng,Jimmy 1325 VIC 3.0 | -B2 +W79 -W9 +B72 +W70 | 12.5 14.0 31 Chen,Paula 1347 VIC 3.0 | -W1 +B81 -W17 +B66 +W61 | 12.0 13.5 32 Nothdurft,John D 1657 VIC 3.0 | +B68 -W11 +B67 +W62 -B6 | 11.5 13.5 33 Soetanto,Brandon 1597 VIC 3.0 | +B84 -W25 +B55 -W6 +B59 | 11.5 12.5 34 Cheng,Chao Xin 913 VIC 3.0 | -W50 -B9 +W53 +W60 +B62 | 11.0 13.0 35 Cheema,Mohammad 1728 VIC 3.0 | +W80 -B59 +W71 +B37 -W9 | 11.0 12.5 36 Cook,Patrick 1636 VIC 3.0 | +W87 -B4 =W64 +B77 =W27 | 11.0 12.0 37 Richards,Derek 1448 VIC 3.0 | +B85 -W7 +B63 -W35 +B68 | 11.0 12.0 38 Hogan,Steven 1460 VIC 3.0 | +W70 -B15 =BYE =W46 +B63 | 10.5 12.5 39 Zillmann,Shawn 1541 VIC 3.0 | +W83 -B27 +W66 -B7 +W58 | 10.5 12.0 40 Chin,Nathan 1568 VIC 2.5 | +W90 +B17 -W5 -B24 =W52 | 13.5 14.5 41 Kolak,Tanya 1304 VIC 2.5 | -W3 +B57 =W50 -B18 +W80 | 13.0 14.5 42 Ilic,Milan 1530 VIC 2.5 | =BYE +W63 =B21 =B22 -W23 | 12.5 14.5 43 Maunders,Myiesha 1361 VIC 2.5 | +W91 +B50 =B29 -W12 -B21 | 12.5 13.5 44 Nowak,Ruben 1534 VIC 2.5 | +B74 -W24 +B73 =W21 -B15 | 12.0 14.0 45 Wang,Ruicheng 1550 VIC 2.5 | +B89 -W6 +B65 -W16 =B46 | 12.0 13.0 46 Kannan,Archit 940 VIC 2.5 | -W8 +B91 =W47 =B38 =W45 | 12.0 13.0 47 Nemeth,Laszlo 1462 VIC 2.5 | +B94 -W13 =B46 +W56 -B19 | 12.0 12.5 48 Chiverton,Fergus 1428 VIC 2.5 | +B95 -W16 =BYE +B50 -W18 | 12.0 12.0 49 Salanowski,Mark 1520 VIC 2.5 | +W93 -B14 =BYE +W75 -B22 | 11.0 11.5 50 Ilic,Goran 1775 VIC 2.5 | +B34 -W43 =B41 -W48 +B79 | 10.5 12.0 51 Barnett,Caitlin 1133 VIC 2.5 | -B6 +W89 -B28 +W88 =B54 | 10.5 11.5 52 Gao,James Lequan 1096 VIC 2.5 | -B24 +W74 -B26 +W84 =B40 | 10.5 11.5 53 Wang,Cunmeng 747 VIC 2.5 | =BYE -W19 -B34 +W85 +B78 | 10.5 11.5 54 Ogden,Marcus W 1604 VIC 2.5 | +B88 -W29 =BYE =B64 =W51 | 10.0 11.0 55 Prince,Alan 1114 VIC 2.5 | -W27 +B93 -W33 =B57 +W83 | 10.0 10.5 56 Nawar,Mena 539 VIC 2.5 | -B28 =BYE +W82 -B47 +W77 | 9.5 11.0 57 Dang,Ryan 512 VIC 2.5 | -B26 -W41 +B95 =W55 +B75 | 9.5 9.5 58 Chiverton,Barnaby 998 VIC 2.0 | =B19 +BYE =BYE -W10 -B39 | 13.5 15.5 59 Davis,Sophie 1011 VIC 2.0 | +W22 +W35 -B25 -B20 -W33 | 13.0 16.0 60 Smith,Jack 1324 VIC 2.0 | -W4 +B87 -W22 -B34 +W90 | 12.0 13.0 61 Das,Gabriel 895 VIC 2.0 | -B21 -B22 +W90 +W67 -B31 | 12.0 13.0 62 Brockman,Roland 1444 VIC 2.0 | +W97 -B8 +W72 -B32 -W34 | 12.0 12.0 63 Li,Chuyue Angie 845 VIC 2.0 | +W23 -B42 -W37 +B71 -W38 | 11.5 13.5 64 Gao,Daniel Danning 1167 VIC 2.0 | -B25 +W84 =B36 =W54 -B28 | 11.5 12.5 65 McGrath,Callum 1092 VIC 2.0 | -W14 +B70 -W45 +B74 -B26 | 11.0 13.0 66 Lim,Neiss 1013 VIC 2.0 | -B7 +W85 -B39 -W31 +B84 | 11.0 12.0 67 Mullen,Chris 1287 VIC 2.0 | -W5 +B90 -W32 -B61 +W87 | 10.5 11.5 68 Clerk,Max 714 VIC 2.0 | -W32 -B76 +W93 +B69 -W37 | 10.5 11.0 69 Cauchi,John-Paul 1224 VIC 2.0 | -B29 +W88 -B10 -W68 +B86 | 10.0 11.0 70 Venkat,Ishan 247 VIC 2.0 | -B38 -W65 +B86 +W73 -B30 | 10.0 11.0 71 Dogaris,George 1296 VIC 2.0 | -B12 +W86 -B35 -W63 +B88 | 9.5 10.5 72 Warren,Elizabeth 931 VIC 2.0 | -B16 +W95 -B62 -W30 +B85 | 9.5 9.5 73 Kamineni,Takshil 1056 VIC 2.0 | -W15 +B97 -W44 -B70 +W89 | 9.0 9.0 74 Alphonso,Aaron 369 VIC 2.0 | -W44 -B52 +W81 -W65 +B93 | 8.5 9.0 75 McIntyre,Julian 1134 VIC 1.5 | +W9 =W21 -B19 -B49 -W57 | 13.5 16.0 76 Renzies,Elliott1309 VIC 1.5 | -B11 +W68 =BYE -BYE -- | 11.5 13.5 77 Cordover,Oliver 1072 VIC 1.5 | -B13 +W94 =BYE -W36 -B56 | 11.5 12.0 78 Van Sebille,Sulia 1179 ACT 1.5 | -W17 +B83 -W20 =B80 -W53 | 11.0 12.5 79 Jing,Lang 761 VIC 1.5 | -W18 -B30 =W83 +B82 -W50 | 11.0 12.5 80 Zhao,Tiger Chengxin 785 VIC 1.5 | -B35 -B23 +W89 =W78 -B41 | 10.0 11.0 81 Cherukuvada,Tejas 729 VIC 1.5 | -B10 -W31 -B74 =W93 +B94 | 9.5 10.0 82 Sood,Pranay 1 VIC 1.5 | =BYE -BYE -B56 -W79 +B95 | 9.5 9.5 83 Das,Valentina 432 VIC 1.5 | -B39 -W78 =B79 +W94 -B55 | 8.5 9.0 84 De Silva,Yuvin 461 VIC 1.0 | -W33 -B64 +W91 -B52 -W66 | 9.5 10.5 85 Royston,Zac 100 VIC 1.0 | -W37 -B66 +W87 -B53 -W72 | 9.5 10.5 86 Kurian,Maksym 584 VIC 1.0 | -W20 -B71 -W70 +B97 -W69 | 9.5 9.5 87 Han,Allen 627 VIC 1.0 | -B36 -W60 -B85 +W96 -B67 | 9.0 10.0 88 Dang,Ryley 521 VIC 1.0 | -W54 -B69 +W97 -B51 -W71 | 9.0 9.0 89 Spiteri-Stevens,Edwa 435 VIC 1.0 | -W45 -B51 -B80 +W91 -B73 | 8.5 9.5 90 Clerk,Felix 452 VIC 1.0 | -B40 -W67 -B61 +W95 -B60 | 8.5 8.5 91 Venkat,Adi 1 VIC 1.0 | -B43 -W46 -B84 -B89 +W97 | 7.0 7.0 92 Soo,Kai Jie
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