The 2009 O2C Doeberl Cup had an exciting finish, with all 3 tournaments having close and exciting last round games.
In the Premier section IM Deep Sengupta took a half point lead into the final round. He was paired with GM Chakkravarthy who was a point behind. After GM Gawain Jones drew with IM Sriram Jha to move to 7 points, a draw would be enough for outright first for Sengupta. However Chakkravarthy was able to win with the black pieces, leaving Sengupta, Jones and Chakkravarthy all tied for first on 7/9. Nonetheless Sengupta had reason to be happy as he scored both his second GM norm, and won the Doeberl Cup on tie-break. Tied for equal 4th on 6.5 were IM George Xie (just falling short of a GM norm after drawing with GM Reinderman), IM David Smerdon, GM Darryl Johansen, IM Sriram Jha and GM Abhijit Kunte. Junta Ikeda picked up the Bedi Cip for the best performance by an Australian junior.
In the Major there was 5 way tie for the lead going into the last round. Wins by Brendan Norman and Colin Cloudsdale left them joint winners with 6/7, while David Castor and Richard Voon finished equal third on 5.5
In the Minor Alana Chibnall proved a popular winner after a last round draw left her on 6/7. The only player who could catch her was Shanon Vuglar, but he had to defend an inferior position, and could only draw his game. This left a four way tie for 2nd with Amir Karabasic, Shanon Vuglar, Lou Damaschino and Andrew Pan all on 5.5/7.
(*edit: As noted in the comments section Alana Chibnall also picked up the Pooja Cup for best Female Australian Junior in the Minor)
Full results for the Premier and Major can be found at www.chess-results.com, while the standings for the Minor can be found in the comments section to this post.
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Place Name Feder Loc Score
1 Chibnall, Alana ACT 1333 6
2-5 Karibasic, Amir QLD 1555 5.5
Vuglar, Shanon ACT 1277 5.5
Damaschino, Lou NSW 1283 5.5
Pan, Andrew NSW 1491 5.5
6-9 Duffin, Mike QLD 1572 5
Qiao, Shan-Shan NSW 1262 5
Colliver, Scott SA 1341 5
Humphreys, Scott VIC 1417 5
10-17 Setiabudi, Megan ACT 1382 4.5
Kanagarajah, Abbie QLD 1137 4.5
Bishop, Joshua ACT 1093 4.5
Bortsova, Natasha SA 1226 4.5
Gruen, Angus ACT 984 4.5
McCook, Jake ACT 1188 4.5
Parker, Trent NSW 1553 4.5
Adler, David NSW 1454 4.5
18-28 Ng, Joshua VIC 1210 4
Ingham, Glenn ACT 1131 4
Lakshman, Vinay VIC 943 4
Forace, Lee ACT 1582 4
Derwent, Ethan ACT 1123 4
Beeman, Rob NSW 4
Greenwood, Norman NSW 1475 4
McPherson, Erick ACT 1211 4
Booth, William ACT 1366 4
Dalton, Micah VIC 1250 4
Tracey, Michael J NSW 1418 4
29-37 Bennett, Matthew ACT 974 3.5
Scully, Mark ACT 1110 3.5
Dalton, Laurie VIC 1339 3.5
Simmonds, Leteisha QLD 1169 3.5
Spooner, Andrew ACT 887 3.5
Marks, Joe ACT 1426 3.5
Lo, Willis ACT 1051 3.5
Pretorius, Jean NSW 986 3.5
Beahan, Patrick NSW 1349 3.5
38-47 Zhang, Yijun ACT 1097 3
Beare, Nick ACT 1182 3
Ang, Stephanie VIC 1165 3
Wilkie, Mary E NSW 1177 3
Jochimsen, Erik ACT 1303 3
Fernandez, Michael OS 3
Mollica, David ACT 998 3
Finlay, Colin VIC 1564 3
Eriksson, Caleb QLD 1313 3
Webb-Liddle, Miranda VIC 889 3
48-55 Rostov, Marat ACT 671 2.5
Kolotas, Harry NSW 1454 2.5
O'Rourke, Kevin NSW 1207 2.5
Sweeney, Matthew NSW 1314 2.5
Clark, David ACT 881 2.5
Carty, Jak ACT 640 2.5
Rostov, Gregory ACT 737 2.5
Bourke, Phil W NSW 1459 2.5
56-62 Renzies, Elliott VIC 1405 2
Williams, Bruce ACT 1225 2
Megirian, Rene TAS 877 2
Nater, Carl ACT 1012 2
Radisich, Matt ACT 916 2
Whelan, James NSW 2
Guo, Jamie-Lee ACT 619 2
63 O'Rourke, Ryan (1996) NSW 1073 1.5
64-66 Qi, Glen ACT 476 1
Van Dijk, Marieke VIC 623 1
Gu, Stephanie VIC 194 1
Congratulations Alana for winning the Minor and, I assume, the Pooja Cup for being for the Best Australian Female Junior in the Minor. A double win and well deserved.
Thanks Jim and Shaun! Great tournament once again :)
Well done everyone. The pgn file is almost complete with all games, but the last round seems to be missing as yet. I can understand that it was a major effort to get all the games so far entered - but will the person doing it go the final mile and complete it? I realise there may be more pressing items..
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