The 2021 Launceston Cup was a great success, thanks to the friendly spirit of all players and the brilliant organisation and hospitality of the Launceston Chess Club. It was a shame that Eddy had to withdraw from the tournament before Round 6, especially as he was a strong favourite for the title at the time of his forced withdrawal. Congratulations to all the winners: Ian, Denis, Jeeva and Zach. Congratulations also to John (Top Junior), Udani and Chamath (Ratings) and Ella (Womens). Big congratulations also to Bayani who won the big raffle. Here are the round-by-round details:
The Launceston Cup 2021
Cross Table at round 7 sorted by score
Pos NAME Rtg T Fed Pts | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | Buc1 BucT
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1 Rout,Ian C 2050 TAS 5.0 | +W14 =B7 +W17 +B19 -W5 +B6 =B3 | 25.5 27.5
2 Praveen,Jeeva 1352 QLD 5.0 | -W5 +B18 =W11 =B4 +W13 +B9 +W8 | 24.5 26.5
3 Lim,Zacharias 2069 TAS 5.0 | +B15 -W8 +B10 +W12 +B6 =B7 =W1 | 24.0 27.0
4 McMahon,Denis 1874 TAS 5.0 | =B12 -W9 +B14 =W2 +B10 +W11 +B7 | 22.5 25.0
5 Amos,Eddy (W) 1985 TAS 4.5 | +B2 +W13 +B8 =W6 +B1 -- -- | 30.0 33.0
6 Cohen,Scott 1865 TAS 4.5 | +W21 +B11 +W7 =B5 -W3 -W1 +B13 | 26.0 28.5
7 Ivancic,Fabian 1730 SA 4.0 | +B16 =W1 -B6 +W10 +B8 =W3 -W4 | 26.5 29.0
8 Patrick,John 1711 TAS 4.0 | +W20 +B3 -W5 +B9 -W7 +W12 -B2 | 26.5 27.0
9 Keerthiratne,Himash 1903 TAS 3.5 | -W17 +B4 +W13 -W8 +B15 -W2 =B12 | 24.5 27.5
10 Perera,Chamath 0 TAS 3.5 | +BYE =B17 -W3 -B7 -W4 +W20 +B15 | 24.0 24.5
11 Hartwell,Thomas 1825 TAS 3.5 | +B19 -W6 =B2 -W17 +W16 -B4 +B18 | 23.0 25.0
12 Amarasekara,Udani 1300 TAS 3.5 | =W4 =B14 +W15 -B3 +W19 -B8 =W9 | 23.0 25.0
13 Djatschenko,Addison 1776 TAS 3.0 | +W18 -B5 -B9 +W20 -B2 +B19 -W6 | 22.5 23.0
14 Brown,Monty 1353 TAS 3.0 | -B1 =W12 -W4 =B16 +BYE -W15 +B19 | 21.0 23.0
15 Thain,Ella 1447 TAS 3.0 | -W3 +W16 -B12 +B18 -W9 +B14 -W10 | 20.0 22.0
16 Beeton,Luwanna 939 TAS 3.0 | -W7 -B15 +BYE =W14 -B11 =W18 +B20 | 17.0 17.5
17 Duboudin,Christian (W) 1333 TAS 2.5 | +B9 =W10 -B1 +B11 -- -- -- | 24.0 27.0
18 Dunn,Mark 992 TAS 2.5 | -B13 -W2 +BYE -W15 +B20 =B16 -W11 | 19.0 19.5
19 Boyle,Isaac 1090 TAS 2.0 | -W11 +B21 +B20 -W1 -B12 -W13 -W14 | 20.0 20.5
20 Beeton,Bayani 749 TAS 1.0 | -B8 +BYE -W19 -B13 -W18 -B10 -W16 | 17.0 19.0
21 Soriano,Matthew (W) 1144 TAS 1.0 | -B6 -W19 -BYE +BYE -- -- -- | 17.0 18.5