The western masters series of 5-round tournaments have been completed.
Congratulations to the following winners:
Western Masters – Bruce Williams (4/5)
Western Major – Daniel Gusain (4.5/5)
Western Minor – Regina Edwards (4/5)
Western Swiss – Matthew Whitford (5/5)
The swiss event round 3 results are below (10 players). Matthew has won all 3 of his games so far:
No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total 1 Dogaris, George 1033 [2] 0:1 Whitford, Matthew 775 [2] 2 Castles, Tommy [1] 1:0 Liu, Jim 461 [1] 3 O'Leary, Mike 395 [1] 0:1 Hu, Timothy Tianmeng 870 [1] 4 Shelev, Petar 521 [0] 1:0 Doust, Aidan 451 [1] 5 Trofimovs, Joel [.5] 1:0 Liu, William 311 [0]
The swiss event round 4 pairings are below:
No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total 1 Whitford, Matthew 775 [3] : Castles, Tommy [2] 2 Hu, Timothy Tianmeng 870 [2] : Dogaris, George 1033 [2] 3 Liu, Jim 461 [1] : Trofimovs, Joel [1.5] 4 Doust, Aidan 451 [1] : O'Leary, Mike 395 [1] 5 Liu, William 311 [0] .5:0 BYE 6 Shelev, Petar 521 [1] 0:0 BYE
The Western Minor event has Chris and Regina on equal first after 3 rounds:
| Cross Table | Loc | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Total |
| Phil Minichelli | 1264 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.5 | |||
| Chris Mullen | 1370 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Guy Russo | 1370 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 1.5 | |||
| Myesha Maunders | 1137 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 1.5 | |||
| Regina Edwards | 1364 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Angelo Kostakakis | 1044 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 |
The Western Major event has Steven on 3 out of 3:
| Cross Table | Loc | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Total |
| Daniel Gusain | 1654 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 2.5 | |||
| Derek Richards | 1446 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Charlie McIntyre | 1421 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ruben Nowak | 1512 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Steven Hogan | 1591 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Tony Ramos | 1496 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 |
The Western Masters events has Dean and Bruce on 3 out of 3:
| Cross Table | Loc | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Total |
| Dean Hogg | 2038 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Mark Salanowski | 1663 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Narelle Szuveges | 1767 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tony Davis | 1869 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Bruce Williams | 2128 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Nathan Hibberd | 2033 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
The western masters, major, minor and swiss events (4 events!) have started. The first 3 events are round robin of 6 players each, the swiss has started with 9 players. The starting lineups for the round robins are:
| Masters | Major | Minor |
| Dean Hogg | Daniel Gusain | Phil Minichelli |
| Mark Salanowski | Derek Richards | Chris Mullen |
| Narelle Szuveges | Charlie McIntyre | Guy Russo |
| Tony Davis | Ruben Nowak | Myesha Maunders |
| Bruce Williams | Steven Hogan | Regina Edwards |
| Nathan Hibberd | Tony Ramos | Angelo Kostakakis |
The swiss event round 1 results are below:
No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total 1 O'Leary, Mike 395 [0] 0:1 Dogaris, George 1033 [0] 2 Whitford, Matthew 775 [0] 1:0 Liu, William 311 [0] 3 Shelev, Petar 521 [0] 0:1 Liu, Jim 461 [0] 4 Doust, Aidan 451 [0] 1:0 Trofimovs, Joel [0] 5 Castles, Tommy [0] .5:0 BYE
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