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Arved Wasser Memorial Tournament

This competition began in 1973 as a social event (not rated) to be played at Club nights while the WA State Championships and the WA Inter-Club Competition were being conducted.

Originally called the Fixed Opening Tournament, it was renamed in 1998 to honour the passing of regular Club member, Arved Wasser.

The openings selected were “less than usual openings” from world championship games. The time limit being 40 minutes per player.

Due to various circumstances, a different format for the tournament was set in 2005. A seven round Swiss with players given 30 minutes each per game. In line with the previous allocation of prizes, the winner of the tournament is awarded the A division perpetual trophy, and the player with the highest score in the lower half of the ratings list (of participating players) is awarded the B division perpetual trophy.


2009 Arved Wasser Memorial Tournament

For this year, Gordon Dunlop won the A division with a score of 6.0/7, Leon Taylor 2nd on 5.5/7 and Kelvin Taylor 3rd on 5.0/7. In the B division first place was shared by Ben Motu, Robert Pilgrim & Evan Yeung on 3.5/7.


Final Standings

Place Name                Feder Rtg Loc  Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.

  1   Dunlop, Gordon      WA        1845 6        19.5  27.5   25.0
  2   Taylor, Leon M      WA        1831 5.5      20.0  28.0   21.0
  3   Taylor, Kelvin      WA        1528 5        20.5  28.5   19.0
 4-7  Gilmetdinov, Edik   WA        1699 4        20.0  28.5   20.0
      Elkington, Derek    WA        1689 4        19.5  27.5   16.0
      Baumgartner, Robert WA        1746 4        17.0  23.0   18.0
      Deheer, Alex        WA        1450 4        14.0  20.0   15.0
8-10  Pilgrim, Robert E   WA        1442 3.5      17.0  24.0   15.0
      Motu, Ben           WA        1278 3.5      15.5  22.0    8.5
      Yeung, Evan         WA        1342 3.5      15.0  23.0   13.0
11-12 Lilly, Richard      WA        1838 3        23.0  32.5   17.5
      Howard, Bryan       WA        980  3        12.5  18.0    6.0
13-16 Mclean, Doug        WA        1437 2.5      21.0  28.0   11.5
      Laugery, Bernard A  WA        1188 2.5      16.0  21.5   10.5
      O'brien, Daniel P   WA        791  2.5      15.0  20.5    8.5
      Doherty, Tom        WA        983  2.5      11.5  17.0    8.5
17-19 Taylor, Garry G     WA        1167 2        19.0  27.0   10.0
      Lubtschenko, Wally  WA        1563 2        16.5  22.5   12.0
      Koch, Lucien        WA        1212 2        15.0  19.5    7.0
 20   Cuellar, Chris      WA        1592 1.5      17.5  21.5    5.5
 21   Dix, Peter          WA        1772 1        17.5  23.0    7.0
 22   Gaby, Miles                        0.5      13.5  19.5    2.5
 23   Bailey, Ben         WA        783  0        16.5  23.0    0.0


Cross Table

No Name                Feder Rtg  1    2    3    4    5    6    7  

1  Dunlop, Gordon      WA        13:W  5:W  2:W 11:D  3:W  4:D  8:W
2  Taylor, Leon M      WA         9:W  3:W  1:L  4:D 17:W  5:W 10:W
3  Taylor, Kelvin      WA        12:W  2:L 17:W  5:W  1:L 11:W  4:W
4  Gilmetdinov, Edik   WA        14:W 18:W 11:D  2:D 13:D  1:D  3:L
5  Elkington, Derek    WA        17:W  1:L  8:W  3:L 14:W  2:L 11:W
6  Baumgartner, Robert WA         0:   9:W 13:W  8:W 11:W  0:L  0:L
7  Deheer, Alex        WA        15:W 11:L 14:W  0:L  0:L 16:W 13:W
8  Pilgrim, Robert E   WA        23:W 10:D  5:L  6:L 19:W 13:W  1:L
9  Motu, Ben           WA         2:L  6:L 10:L 23:W 20:D 17:W 15:W
10 Yeung, Evan         WA        11:L  8:D  9:W 13:L 15:W 14:W  2:L
11 Lilly, Richard      WA        10:W  7:W  4:D  1:D  6:L  3:L  5:L
12 Howard, Bryan       WA         3:L  0:L  0:L 15:L 23:W 22:W 17:W
13 Mclean, Doug        WA         1:L 23:W  6:L 10:W  4:D  8:L  7:L
14 Laugery, Bernard A  WA         4:L 22:W  7:L 19:W  5:L 10:L 16:D
15 O'brien, Daniel P   WA         7:L 17:L 22:D 12:W 10:L 19:W  9:L
16 Doherty, Tom        WA        18:L 19:L 23:W 17:L 22:W  7:L 14:D
17 Taylor, Garry G     WA         5:L 15:W  3:L 16:W  2:L  9:L 12:L
18 Lubtschenko, Wally  WA        16:W  4:L 19:W  0:L  0:L  0:L  0:L
19 Koch, Lucien        WA        21:L 16:W 18:L 14:L  8:L 15:L 22:W
20 Cuellar, Chris      WA         0:   0:   0:  22:W  9:D  0:L  0:L
21 Dix, Peter          WA        19:W  0:L  0:L  0:L  0:L  0:L  0:L
22 Gaby, Miles                    0:  14:L 15:D 20:L 16:L 12:L 19:L
23 Bailey, Ben         WA         8:L 13:L 16:L  9:L 12:L  0:L  0:L




Previous winners


	A Division				B. Division
 
1973	R. Butcher              
1974	A. Stewart				J. Butcher
1975 	R. Butcher				R. Di Renzo     
1976	F. Kos, D. McLean & R. Pilgrim
1977	S. Byrne				A. Van Der Kooij
1978	R. Di Renzo				R. Pilgrim
1979	P. Traschel
1980	P. Traschel
1981    
1982	G. Smyth
1983	L. Engelhardt				M. Simmonds
1984	L. Engelhardt				F. Kos
1985	D. McLean
1986	D. McLean
1987	R. Lilly
1988	R. Lilly
1989	D. McLean
1990	R. Pilgrim
1991	F. Kos
1992	M. Partis
1993	M. Partis
1994	R. Pilgrim
1995	R. Pilgrim
1996	R. Lilly				L. Taylor
1997
1998	L. Taylor				J. Keith
1999	J. Keith				D. McLean
2000	A. De Heer				G. Orssengo
2001	D. McLean				D. Tay
2002	R. Lilly				K. Taylor
2003	A. Haasse				D. McLean
2004	R. Lilly				L. Szente 
2005	N. Maris				M. Garcia
2006	R. Maris				P. Taylor
2007	N. Maris				E. Yeung
2008	L. Taylor				B. Motu, K. Rabey & G. Taylor
2009	G. Dunlop				B. Motu, R. Pilgrim & E. Yeung