The Mackay Open was on from the 22nd to 23rd of July this year, and once again the club sent down a handful of players to compete. Here’s a few photos from the playing venue at the Harrup Park Country Club:
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This year our crew skipped the late nights and karaoke, and this was perhaps reflected in the final standings, with Townsville players claiming spots 2, 3, 4, 8, and 9 in the final standings. However, it wasn’t enough to stop IM Stephen Solomon running away with an outright victory—a result which seemed certain after his controlled win over David Castor in round 4. Brendan Pierotti had a great tournament winning the junior prize, including a solid result in round 3 against Ken Stark.
Final crosstable
Pos NAME Rtg T Fed Pts | 1 2 3 4 5 6 | DirE BucM BucT Cmlt --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Solomon, Stephen J 2424 IM QLD 6.0 | +W10 +B9 +W3 +B2 +W5 +B4 | 0.0 15.5 23.5 21.0 2 Castor, David 2161 QLD 5.0 | +B13 +W4 +B6 -W1 +B10 +W8 | 0.0 14.5 23.5 18.0 3 O'Shaughnessy, Dave 1745 QLD 4.0 | +B18 +W5 -B1 +W11 -B4 +W7 | 0.0 14.5 22.5 15.0 4 Whalley, Lee 1512 QLD 4.0 | +W17 -B2 +W15 +B16 +W3 -W1 | 0.0 13.5 21.5 15.0 5 Stokes, Mark C 1484 QLD 4.0 | +W22 -B3 +W12 +B15 -B1 +W10 | 0.0 12.5 18.5 14.0 6 Weller, Tony 1714 QLD 4.0 | +W19 +B7 -W2 -B10 +W16 +B11 | 0.0 11.5 18.5 14.0 7 Macleod, Keith 1405 QLD 3.5 | +B21 -W6 +B13 =W8 +W9 -B3 | 1.5 14.0 19.0 13.5 8 Stark, Ken 1784 QLD 3.5 | +W12 =B15 =W9 =B7 +W17 -B2 | 1.0 12.5 19.5 14.0 9 Pierotti, Brendan 1528 QLD 3.5 | +B14 -W1 =B8 +W13 -B7 +W15 | 0.5 13.0 21.5 12.0 10 Bourke, Ronald 1362 QLD 3.0 | -B1 +W11 +B18 +W6 -W2 -B5 | 0.0 16.0 24.0 12.0 11 Hellmann, Oskar 1371 NSW 3.0 | +W16 -B10 +W19 -B3 +W12 -W6 | 0.0 12.0 18.0 12.0 12 Carter, Martin 1007 QLD 3.0 | -B8 +W20 -B5 +W14 -B11 +W18 | 0.0 11.5 17.5 9.0 13 Noack, Daniel 1286 QLD 3.0 | -W2 +B17 -W7 -B9 +W21 +B16 | 0.0 11.0 17.0 8.0 14 De Thomassis, Lincol 581 QLD 3.0 | -W9 -B16 +W22 -B12 +W19 +B17 | 0.0 9.0 12.5 7.0 15 Joseph, Siju 1502 QLD 2.5 | +B20 =W8 -B4 -W5 +B18 -B9 | 0.0 13.0 19.0 10.5 16 Reed, Andrew 0 QLD 2.0 | -B11 +W14 +B20 -W4 -B6 -W13 | 0.0 13.0 19.0 9.0 17 McGrath, Dallas 533 QLD 2.0 | -B4 -W13 +B21 +W20 -B8 -W14 | 0.0 11.5 16.5 7.0 18 Hitchcock, Cameron 744 QLD 2.0 | -W3 +B22 -W10 +B19 -W15 -B12 | 0.0 10.5 14.5 8.0 19 Nolan, Vincent 685 QLD 2.0 | -B6 +W21 -B11 -W18 -B14 +W22 | 0.0 9.0 13.0 6.0 20 Comerford, Kai-Yi 500 QLD 2.0 | -W15 -B12 -W16 -B17 +W22 +B21 | 0.0 7.5 10.5 3.0 21 Penna, Dale 0 QLD 1.0 | -W7 -B19 -W17 +B22 -B13 -W20 | 0.0 9.0 12.5 3.0 22 Milles, Jordan 0 QLD 0.0 | -B5 -W18 -B14 -W21 -B20 -B19 | 0.0 9.0 14.0 0.0
Thanks go to tournament organiser Dale Noack, who once again put together a fantastic event, and also player/arbiter Lee Whalley who oversaw proceedings. Here are a few interesting games from the tournament:
Games
Keith had been having a great tournament, playing well above his rating, but disaster struck in the final round in his game against me: