MCC Allegro 2010 - Page 2 - OzChess

**Grant Szuveges** · 01-16-2010, 07:30 PM

Allegro 48 was massive - in more ways than one! Firstly we had 32 players, but secondly, 5 board 1 games were streamlined live via the dgt board, thanks to some helpful MCC members.

The fun started in the very first round when Michael Tanner scored an upset win over 2nd seed Cedric Antolis, and the upsets continued in the second round when Sylvester Urban and Richard Voon both lost. The top seeds kept falling in round 3 when Douglas Lindberg lost to Rad Chmiel. In the meantime, top seed Michael Baron just kept winning, defeating Marcus Raine, Chris Kolak and David Beaumont to get to 5/5. In the 6th round Baron continued with a win over Lindberg as black after sacrificing the exchange while Kolak-Beaumont went down to the wire on board 2 with Beaumont declaring mate with one second left - after a queen was left en prix in the time scramble! In the final round Baron was crushing Antolis but strangely lost the plot to register his only loss from the tournament. However this loss was still enough to win after Beaumont and Raine eventually drew a blocked up position from a Samisch Nimzo-Indian. Angelos Tsoukalis won the group A prize while new MCC junior Thomas Gawin won the group B prize with 3.5 points. It was great to see 8 new players playing the first MCC allegro and also great to see so many new members sign up today!

6/7 Michael BARON
5.5 Cedric ANTOLIS
5.5 David BEAUMONT
5.5 Marcus RAINE
5 Douglas LINDBERG
5 Chris KOLAK
5 Angelos TSOUKALIS
4 Sylvester URBAN
4 Richard VOON
4 Rad CHMIEL
4 Shaun HOSE
4 Deniz TUNCER
4 David STIMSON
4 Michael TANNER
3.5 Tony TOSEVSKI
3.5 Thomas GAWIN
3 Milutin KRUNIC
3 Frank LEKKAS
3 Endre SIMON
3 Tristan RAYSON - HILL
3 Rueben NOWAK
3 Sreemanth GURRAM
3 Izabella GAWIN
3 Sebastian GAWIN
3 Brook HORNUNG
2.5 Russel JARVIS
2 Bosko TOSEVSKI
2 Anthony HARRIS
2 Michael STEELE
2 Brendan McCUSKER
1 Archie BEAUMONT
1 Fitzroy BEAUMONT

**Just2Good** · 01-16-2010, 09:05 PM

Originally Posted by Grant Szuveges

Allegro 48 was massive - in more ways than one! Firstly we had 32 players, but secondly, 5 board 1 games were streamlined live via the dgt board, thanks to some helpful MCC members.

From the look of things, at least one game was shown live on an OzChess ancillary link! I wonder if it is possible to show more games, but that to an extent would probably depend on the number of DGT boards available to the MCC.

**Lekko** · 01-16-2010, 10:09 PM

Originally Posted by Just2Good

From the look of things, at least one game was shown live on an OzChess ancillary link! I wonder if it is possible to show more games, but that to an extent would probably depend on the number of DGT boards available to the MCC.

We can only show 1 game at a time due to only 1 board being available. I'm sorry I had to leave, David couldn't get the last two games going I assume?

Btw, Grant - I left my glasses beside the computer. Did you find a pair laying around or did anyone hand them up? Or were they not there when the board was being packed up?

**Grant Szuveges** · 01-23-2010, 11:13 PM

Michael Baron completely dominated Allegro 49 from start to finish. From what I saw of it all, nobody else ever stood a chance against him this week. Michael steamrolled the field and had won the tournament by the end of round 6. He then went on to play in the blitz and draw with Polish GM Soko who is here visiting for a few weeks - hopefully he can play in next weeks allegro to give Baron a challenge... Chris Kolak jumped into second defeating Douglas Lindberg and Tony Tosevski joined him by defeating Bosko Mijatovic. Elizabeth Warren won the B group with her first 4/7 in an allegro. Rueben Nowak also impressed scoring a creditable 3.5 points.

7/7 Michael BARON
5 Chris KOLAK
5 Tony TOSEVSKI
4.5 Douglas LINDBERG
4.5 Ian STONE
4 Bosko MIJATOVIC
4 Milutin KRUNIC
4 Deniz TUNCER
4 Elizabeth WARREN
3.5 Frank LEKKAS
3.5 Rueben NOWAK
3 Rad CHMIEL
3 David STIMSON
3 Adolph LEKKAS
3 Bosko TOSEVSKI
3 James MACAULAY
3 Alister MACAULAY
2 Jack HUGHES
1 Sreemanth GURRAM

**Grant Szuveges** · 01-29-2010, 01:25 AM

Here are 2 reasons to play in MCC Saturday Allegro number 50:

1. Its the 50th MCC allegro since it was relaunched! We have had allegros 50 weeks in a row!!!! Make the 50th your next (or first) allegro! Lets see if we can get 50 for 50!

2. The MCC has a new couch - in burgundy leather. So come down on Saturday, try out the couch and then stay for the allegro - what more could anyone want?

I would love to see 50 players for Allegro 50 - we could even get a photo of them all on or around the brand new couch!

**Grant Szuveges** · 01-30-2010, 11:26 PM

The MCC broke the record for allegro participant numbers for Allegro number 50, with 35 players. Michael Baron was in fine form winning the event easily with wins in all 7 of his games. Brian Fitzpatrick came second with 6 after beating Carl Gorka in the final round while a number of players shared third. Great to see Goran Ilic back at MCC after a number of years away! He scored a creditable 4 points. Also great to see so many MCC members renew their memberships today - and a few new members sign up! We have more than 50 already and its not even the end of January yet! Hopefully we break that record this year too. Of the rest, Michael Addamo started well - after losing to Baron in round 1, he won the next 4 in a row, while Jack Puccini started with a draw with Sylvester Urban and continued on the defeat Simon Karumbi who recovered brilliantly to score 4.5 points.

7/7 Michael BARON
6 Brian FITZPATRICK
5 Jesse JAGER
5 Carl GORKA
5 Chris KOLAK
5 Rad CHMIEL
4.5 David BEAUMONT
4.5 Sylvester URBAN
4.5 Simon KARUMBI
4 Ian STONE
4 Frank LEKKAS
4 Goran ILIC
4 Deniz TUNCER
4 Kam LEE
4 Michael ADDAMO
3.5 Tony TOSEVSKI
3.5 Milutin KRUNIC
3.5 Ari DALE
3.5 Shaun HOSE
3 David STIMSON
3 John WILDES
3 Jack PUCCINI
3 James MACAULAY
3 Anthony HARRIS
3 Ben FRAYLE
3 Finley DALE
3 Elizabeth WARREN
3 Jack HUGHES
2.5 Sebastian GAWIN
2 Michael SKOLNIK
2 Thomas GAWIN
2 Sohith SINGAMSETTI
1.5 Syed JAFFRY
1 Emmanual WONG
1 Sreemanth GURRAM

**MOZ** · 01-30-2010, 11:43 PM

Originally Posted by Grant Szuveges

The MCC broke the record for allegro participant numbers for Allegro number 50, with 35 players. Michael Baron was in fine form winning the event easily with wins in all 7 of his games. Brian Fitzpatrick came second with 6 after beating Carl Gorka in the final round while a number of players shared third. Great to see Goran Ilic back at MCC after a number of years away! He scored a creditable 4 points. Also great to see so many MCC members renew their memberships today - and a few new members sign up! We have more than 50 already and its not even the end of January yet! Hopefully we break that record this year too. Of the rest, Michael Addamo started well - after losing to Baron in round 1, he won the next 4 in a row, while Jack Puccini started with a draw with Sylvester Urban and continued on the defeat Simon Karumbi who recovered brilliantly to score 4.5 points.

7/7 Michael BARON
6 Brian FITZPATRICK
5 Jesse JAGER
5 Carl GORKA
5 Chris KOLAK
5 Rad CHMIEL
4.5 David BEAUMONT
4.5 Sylvester URBAN
4.5 Simon KARUMBI
4 Ian STONE
4 Frank LEKKAS
4 Goran ILIC
4 Deniz TUNCER
4 Kam LEE
4 Michael ADDAMO
3.5 Tony TOSEVSKI
3.5 Milutin KRUNIC
3.5 Ari DALE
3.5 Shaun HOSE
3 David STIMSON
3 John WILDES
3 Jack PUCCINI
3 James MACAULAY
3 Anthony HARRIS
3 Ben FRAYLE
3 Finley DALE
3 Elizabeth WARREN
3 Jack HUGHES
2.5 Sebastian GAWIN
2 Michael SKOLNIK
2 Thomas GAWIN
2 Sohith SINGAMSETTI
1.5 Syed JAFFRY
1 Emmanual WONG
1 Sreemanth GURRAM

Nice to see the two GAWIN boys continue to make the trip in from Deer Park.
Very keen.

**Lekko** · 02-07-2010, 04:02 AM

This seems to be our strongest allegro yet, with 15 players over 1650!

Code:

No  Name               Feder Rtg  Loc

1.  Baron, Michael           2192    
2.  Morris, James            2159    
3.  Jager, Jesse             2092    
4.  Lindburg, Douglas        1935    
5.  Fitzpatrick, Brian       1928    
6.  Beaumont, David          1904    
7.  Urban, Sylvester         1900    
8.  Kolak, Chris             1888    
9.  Stone, Ian               1763    
10. Kara, Barboros           1750    
11. Chmiel, Rad              1729    
12. Simutany, Kozo           1719    
13. Tsoukalas, Angelos       1678    
14. Tosevski, Tony           1667    
15. Lekkas, Frank            1651    
16. Krunic, Michael          1637    
17. Tuncer, Deniz            1621    
18. Illic, Goran             1612    
19. Hose, Shaun              1593    
20. Karumbi, Simon           1556    
21. Tanner, Michael          1478    
22. tosevski, Bosko          1373    
23. Gawin, Thomas            1234    
24. Nowak, Reubon            1206    
25. Warren, Elizabeth        1158    
26. Singamsetti, Sohit       1060    
27. Hughes, Jack             1040    
28. Gurram, Sreemath         807     
29. Fitzgerald, Bruce                
30. Schmidt, Simon

The results:

Code:

No  Name               Feder Rtg   1    2    3    4    5    6    7  

1.  Baron, Michael           2192 16:W  8:W  5:W  2:W  6:W  3:W  7:W
2.  Morris, James            2159 17:W  9:W  7:W  1:L  3:L 15:W 20:W
3.  Jager, Jesse             2092 18:W 10:W  6:L 14:W  2:W  1:L  9:W
4.  Lindburg, Douglas        1935 19:W 11:D  8:W  6:L 13:L  5:L 17:W
5.  Fitzpatrick, Brian       1928 20:W 12:W  1:L 15:W  9:W  4:W 16:W
6.  Beaumont, David          1904 21:W 13:W  3:W  4:W  1:L 16:D  8:L
7.  Urban, Sylvester         1900 22:W 14:W  2:L 10:W 16:L 19:W  1:L
8.  Kolak, Chris             1888 23:W  1:L  4:L 22:W 30:W 14:W  6:W
9.  Stone, Ian               1763 24:W  2:L 18:W 30:W  5:L 21:W  3:L
10. Kara, Barboros           1750 25:W  3:L 11:W  7:L 19:L 23:D 22:W
11. Chmiel, Rad              1729 26:W  4:D 10:L 16:L 20:L 30:D 24:W
12. Simutany, Kozo           1719 27:W  5:L 17:D 13:L 21:L 28:W 23:W
13. Tsoukalas, Angelos       1678 28:W  6:L 20:D 12:W  4:W 17:L 30:L
14. Tosevski, Tony           1667 29:W  7:L 19:W  3:L 17:W  8:L 21:W
15. Lekkas, Frank            1651 30:W 16:L 22:W  5:L 18:W  2:L 19:W
16. Krunic, Michael          1637  1:L 15:W 21:W 11:W  7:W  6:D  5:L
17. Tuncer, Deniz            1621  2:L 24:W 12:D 20:W 14:L 13:W  4:L
18. Illic, Goran             1612  3:L 25:W  9:L 23:W 15:L 20:L 27:W
19. Hose, Shaun              1593  4:L 26:W 14:L 24:W 10:W  7:L 15:L
20. Karumbi, Simon           1556  5:L 27:W 13:D 17:L 11:W 18:W  2:L
21. Tanner, Michael          1478  6:L 28:W 16:L 26:W 12:W  9:L 14:L
22. tosevski, Bosko          1373  7:L 29:W 15:L  8:L 27:W 25:W 10:L
23. Gawin, Thomas            1234  8:L 30:L 28:W 18:L 26:W 10:D 12:L
24. Nowak, Reubon            1206  9:L 17:L 27:W 19:L 25:L 29:W 11:L
25. Warren, Elizabeth        1158 10:L 18:L 30:L 28:W 24:W 22:L 29:W
26. Singamsetti, Sohit       1060 11:L 19:L 29:W 21:L 23:L 27:L 28:L
27. Hughes, Jack             1040 12:L 20:L 24:L 29:W 22:L 26:W 18:L
28. Gurram, Sreemath         807  13:L 21:L 23:L 25:L 29:W 12:L 26:W
29. Fitzgerald, Bruce             14:L 22:L 26:L 27:L 28:L 24:L 25:L
30. Schmidt, Simon                15:L 23:W 25:W  9:L  8:L 11:D 13:W

And the final standings:

Code:

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

  1   Baron, Michael           2192     7        24.0  34.0   28.0 100.00
  2   Fitzpatrick, Brian       1928     6        19.5  30.0   23.0  50.00
 3-5  Jager, Jesse             2092     5        21.0  31.0   21.0  40.00
      Morris, James            2159     5        20.5  31.0   21.0  38.52
      Kolak, Chris             1888     5        18.5  28.0   17.0  37.04
 6-7  Beaumont, David          1904     4.5      21.5  31.5   23.0  35.56
      Krunic, Michael          1637     4.5      21.5  31.5   19.0  34.07
8-11  Urban, Sylvester         1900     4        20.0  30.0   19.0  32.59
      Stone, Ian               1763     4        19.5  27.5   18.0  31.11
      Lekkas, Frank            1651     4        19.0  28.0   16.0  29.63
      Tosevski, Tony           1667     4        18.5  23.5   16.0  28.15
12-18 Lindburg, Douglas        1935     3.5      19.5  28.5   16.0  26.67
      Karumbi, Simon           1556     3.5      18.0  26.0   13.5  25.19
      Tuncer, Deniz            1621     3.5      18.0  25.0   14.5  23.70
      Schmidt, Simon                    3.5      17.5  25.0   13.0  22.22
      Tsoukalas, Angelos       1678     3.5      17.5  24.0   16.5  20.74
      Kara, Barboros           1750     3.5      16.0  23.5   14.0  19.26
      Simutany, Kozo           1719     3.5      14.5  22.5   12.5  17.78
19-24 Tanner, Michael          1478     3        18.0  23.5   13.0  16.30
      Illic, Goran             1612     3        17.0  24.0   11.0  14.81
      Hose, Shaun              1593     3        17.0  22.0   13.0  13.33
      tosevski, Bosko          1373     3        16.5  21.5   11.0  11.85
      Chmiel, Rad              1729     3        16.0  21.5   12.0  10.37
      Warren, Elizabeth        1158     3        13.5  17.0    8.0   8.89
 25   Gawin, Thomas            1234     2.5      15.5  21.5    9.0   7.41
26-28 Nowak, Reubon            1206     2        14.5  18.5    7.0   5.93
      Gurram, Sreemath         807      2        13.0  16.5    4.0   4.44
      Hughes, Jack             1040     2        12.5  16.0    6.0   2.96
 29   Singamsetti, Sohit       1060     1        12.5  15.5    5.0   1.48
 30   Fitzgerald, Bruce                 0        12.0  17.0    0.0

**Lakshman** · 02-07-2010, 09:17 AM

1. Baron, Michael 2192 16:W 8:W 5:W 2:W 6:W 3:W 7:W

Question:

Does Baron, Michael play in any other tournaments other than MCC Allegro, i.e. does he participate in any local Allegro's at other clubs, or any inter-state tournaments etc...etc... Allegro at Noble Park Chess Club is very strong...

**Pablito15** · 02-07-2010, 12:01 PM

Great report and looks like a great allegro too!!!

As for Michael he's been a very strong player for over 10 years.. I'm sure he will play a few tournaments this year, he seems to be on a bit of a slow ches hiatus though.

**Firegoat7** · 02-07-2010, 03:19 PM

This one was closer then it looks. Brian Fitzpatrick was a piece up against Michael with a better position, then hung his Queen to a knight fork. It was worth noting that Mirko Rujevic, Nick Speck and David Hacche were almost starters.

Good event and allegro continues to get stronger.

cheers,

**Lekko** · 02-07-2010, 03:27 PM

Originally Posted by Firegoat7

This one was closer then it looks. Brian Fitzpatrick was a piece up against Michael with a better position, then hung his Queen to a knight fork. It was worth noting that Mirko Rujevic, Nick Speck and David Hacche were almost starters.

Good event and allegro continues to get stronger.

cheers,

Get Speck to play next week.

**Grant Szuveges** · 02-09-2010, 05:09 PM

Michael Baron continues his good form taking out the 51st Allegro with a picket fence score. Brian Fitzpatrick came second with 6 points whilst Milutin Krunic and a number of the juniors had really good tournaments against strong fields. Great to see 30+ players in consecutive weeks. (when will we get to 40?) Another interesting thing about this allegro was the strength of it, with players rated just under 1650 starting in the bottom half!

7/7 Michael BARON
6 Brian FITZPATRICK
5 James MORRIS (IM)
5 Jesse JAGER
5 Chris KOLAK
4.5 David BEAUMONT
4.5 Milutin KRUNIC
4 Sylvester URBAN
4 Ian STONE
4 Tony TOSEVSKI
4 Frank LEKKAS
3.5 Douglas LINDBERG
3.5 Barbaros KARA
3.5 Kozo SIMUTANYI
3.5 Angelos TSOUKALIS
3.5 Deniz TUNCER
3.5 Simon KARUMBI
3.5 Simon SCHMIDT
3 Rad CHMIEL
3 Goran ILIC
3 Shaun HOSE
3 Michael TANNER
3 Bosko TOSEVSKI
3 Elizabeth WARREN
2.5 Thomas GAWIN
2 Ruben NOWAK
2 Jack HUGHES
2 Sreemanth GURRAM
1 Sohith SINGAMSETTI
0 Bruce FITZGERALD

**Lekko** · 02-14-2010, 01:01 AM

Allegro 52:

Player list:

Code:

No  Name                Feder Rtg  Loc

1.  Baron, Michael            2223    
2.  Morris, James             2153    
3.  Dowling, John             2050    
4.  Kron, Boris               2021    
5.  Partsi, Dimitri           1974    
6.  Fitzpatrick, Brian        1949    
7.  Beaumont, David           1913    
8.  Kolak, Chris              1894    
9.  Sippenauer, Florian       1800    
10. Krunic, Michael           1704    
11. Tsoukalas, Angelos        1686    
12. Tosevski, Tony            1679    
13. Lekkas, Frank             1659    
14. Tuncer, Deniz             1635    
15. Dale, Ari                 1613    
16. Karumbi, Simon            1585    
17. Addamo, Michael           1582    
18. Tanner, Michael           1485    
19. Wildes, John              1449    
20. Tosevski, Bosko           1380    
21. Puccini, Jack             1378    
22. Dale, Finley              1273    
23. Warren, Elizabeth         1169    
24. Hughes, Jack              1047    
25. Singamsetti, Sohith       1043    
26. Dowardy, Justin                   
27. Gurram, Sreemath                  
28. Martin, Jamie                     
29. Stimson, David

Final Standings:

Code:

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

 1-2  Baron, Michael            2223     6        22.0  31.0   26.0
      Morris, James             2153     6        20.5  29.5   21.0
  3   Kolak, Chris              1894     5.5      20.5  29.0   24.0
 4-5  Partsi, Dimitri           1974     5        19.5  28.0   21.0
      Lekkas, Frank             1659     5        17.5  24.0   17.0
  6   Fitzpatrick, Brian        1949     4.5      23.0  31.0   22.0
7-14  Sippenauer, Florian       1800     4        22.5  31.0   18.0
      Beaumont, David           1913     4        21.5  30.0   18.0
      Kron, Boris               2021     4        21.0  30.0   18.0
      Addamo, Michael           1582     4        19.0  28.0   17.0
      Tosevski, Tony            1679     4        18.5  27.5   16.0
      Karumbi, Simon            1585     4        18.5  25.5   14.0
      Tuncer, Deniz             1635     4        16.5  23.0   15.0
      Dale, Ari                 1613     4        16.5  22.5   14.0
15-16 Dowardy, Justin                    3.5      16.5  23.5   14.0
      Krunic, Michael           1704     3.5      15.5  22.0   15.0
17-24 Martin, Jamie                      3        19.5  27.5   13.0
      Dowling, John             2050     3        18.5  27.0   12.5
      Tanner, Michael           1485     3        18.5  23.5   13.5
      Tsoukalas, Angelos        1686     3        18.0  25.0   14.0
      Dale, Finley              1273     3        15.5  22.0    8.0
      Wildes, John              1449     3        15.5  21.5   12.0
      Warren, Elizabeth         1169     3        14.0  20.0    9.0
      Puccini, Jack             1378     3        14.0  19.0    8.0
 25   Hughes, Jack              1047     2.5      14.5  19.5    7.5
26-27 Stimson, David                     2        17.5  23.5   10.0
      Tosevski, Bosko           1380     2        13.0  18.5    8.0
 28   Singamsetti, Sohith       1043     1.5      14.0  19.0    5.5
 29   Gurram, Sreemath                   1        12.5  17.0    2.0

Crosstable:

Code:

No  Name                Feder Rtg   1    2    3    4    5    6    7  

1.  Baron, Michael            2223 16:W 11:W  7:W  6:W  8:W  2:L  4:W
2.  Morris, James             2153 17:L  3:W 16:W 12:W  9:W  1:W  6:W
3.  Dowling, John             2050 18:D  2:L 21:W 15:L 22:W 17:D 13:L
4.  Kron, Boris               2021 13:W 18:L 15:W 11:W  5:L 12:W  1:L
5.  Partsi, Dimitri           1974 19:W 10:W  8:L 14:W  4:W  9:L  7:W
6.  Fitzpatrick, Brian        1949 20:W 15:W 17:W  1:L 10:W  8:D  2:L
7.  Beaumont, David           1913 21:W 12:W  1:L  8:L 19:W 14:W  5:L
8.  Kolak, Chris              1894 22:W 28:W  5:W  7:W  1:L  6:D  9:W
9.  Sippenauer, Florian       1800 23:W 17:L 18:W 13:W  2:L  5:W  8:L
10. Krunic, Michael           1704 24:W  5:L 20:W 17:D  6:L 11:L 29:W
11. Tsoukalas, Angelos        1686 25:W  1:L 19:W  4:L 26:L 10:W 14:L
12. Tosevski, Tony            1679 26:W  7:L 28:W  2:L 17:W  4:L 18:W
13. Lekkas, Frank             1659  4:L 23:W 26:W  9:L 28:W 16:W  3:W
14. Tuncer, Deniz             1635 28:L 22:W 29:W  5:L 15:W  7:L 11:W
15. Dale, Ari                 1613 29:W  6:L  4:L  3:W 14:L 24:W 26:W
16. Karumbi, Simon            1585  1:L 25:W  2:L 18:W 29:W 13:L 28:W
17. Addamo, Michael           1582  2:W  9:W  6:L 10:D 12:L  3:D 19:W
18. Tanner, Michael           1485  3:D  4:W  9:L 16:L 27:W 26:D 12:L
19. Wildes, John              1449  5:L 24:W 11:L 25:W  7:L 23:W 17:L
20. Tosevski, Bosko           1380  6:L 27:W 10:L 26:L 24:L 29:W 22:L
21. Puccini, Jack             1378  7:L 26:L  3:L 27:W 25:W 28:L   :W
22. Dale, Finley              1273  8:L 14:L 27:W 28:L  3:L   :W 20:W
23. Warren, Elizabeth         1169  9:L 13:L 24:W 29:L   :W 19:L 27:W
24. Hughes, Jack              1047 10:L 19:L 23:L   :W 20:W 15:L 25:D
25. Singamsetti, Sohith       1043 11:L 16:L   :W 19:L 21:L 27:L 24:D
26. Dowardy, Justin                12:L 21:W 13:L 20:W 11:W 18:D 15:L
27. Gurram, Sreemath                 :  20:L 22:L 21:L 18:L 25:W 23:L
28. Martin, Jamie                  14:W  8:L 12:L 22:W 13:L 21:W 16:L
29. Stimson, David                 15:L   :W 14:L 23:W 16:L 20:L 10:L

**Grant Szuveges** · 02-21-2010, 01:15 AM

Allegro 53 attracted 33 players and was an enjoyable day at the MCC. The top seeds were FM Michael Baron and IM James Morris, with Partsi, Fitzpatrick, Kolak and Lindberg all above 1900 biting at their heels...

Baron started well defeating Kolak, Morris and Partsi and it looked like he would run away with the tournament (as usual), but then in round 6, Douglas Lindberg played a really good game to defeat him. This situation left Baron, Morris, Kolak and Lindberg all on 5/6 going into the final round.

In the final round, Morris turned the tables on Kolak to win from 2 pieces vs a rook down while Lindberg also won a game which looked certain to end in a draw against Frank Lekkas. Baron also stayed in equal first defeating Brian Fitzpatrick.

While the top was very exciting, the middle and bottom part of the event also produced competitive chess, with MCCs juniors on the rampage! Ari Dale had a great tournament to finish on 5/7 after beating 3 players much higher rated than him. Another player to impress was Jack Puccini who scored 4/7 defeating (destroying) David Stimson in the final round very quickly. Jack has long been able to play brilliant sacrificial chess, but Jack and consistency havnt always been used in the same sentence. This tournament though, he got it all right, easily accounting for the lower rated players who have traditionally given him more trouble than the higher ones! Finley Dale also impressed with 3.5 points. While only finishing on 2 points, Sreemanth Gurram also seems to have turned a corner, putting up massive fights in all of his games.

6/7 Michael BARON (FM)
6 James MORRIS (IM)
6 Douglas LINDBERG
5 Chris KOLAK
5 Ari DALE
4.5 Dimitri PARTSI
4.5 Peter WOLF
4 Brian FITZPATRICK
4 Jurgen PRATSCH
4 Kozo SIMUTANYI
4 Frank LEKKAS
4 Goran ILIC
4 Simon SCHMIDT
4 Jake KOSTRZEWA
4 Jack PUCCINI
3.5 Milutin KRUNIC
3.5 Simon KARUMBI
3.5 Justin DOWARD
3.5 Finley DALE
3 Tony TOSEVSKI
3 David STIMSON
3 Bosko TOSEVSKI
3 James MACAULAY
3 Ben FRAYLE
3 Ruben NOWAK
3 Chris MULLEN
2 Tristan RAYSON - HILL
2 Elizabeth WARREN
2 Jack HUGHES
2 Sreemanth GURRAM
1 Sohith SINGAMSETTI
.5 Alexandra RODEK
.5 Tony RODEK

01-16-2010, 07:30 PM	#16 (permalink)
Grant Szuveges Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 942	Baron wins Allegro 48 despite final round loss! Allegro 48 was massive - in more ways than one! Firstly we had 32 players, but secondly, 5 board 1 games were streamlined live via the dgt board, thanks to some helpful MCC members. The fun started in the very first round when Michael Tanner scored an upset win over 2nd seed Cedric Antolis, and the upsets continued in the second round when Sylvester Urban and Richard Voon both lost. The top seeds kept falling in round 3 when Douglas Lindberg lost to Rad Chmiel. In the meantime, top seed Michael Baron just kept winning, defeating Marcus Raine, Chris Kolak and David Beaumont to get to 5/5. In the 6th round Baron continued with a win over Lindberg as black after sacrificing the exchange while Kolak-Beaumont went down to the wire on board 2 with Beaumont declaring mate with one second left - after a queen was left en prix in the time scramble! In the final round Baron was crushing Antolis but strangely lost the plot to register his only loss from the tournament. However this loss was still enough to win after Beaumont and Raine eventually drew a blocked up position from a Samisch Nimzo-Indian. Angelos Tsoukalis won the group A prize while new MCC junior Thomas Gawin won the group B prize with 3.5 points. It was great to see 8 new players playing the first MCC allegro and also great to see so many new members sign up today! 6/7 Michael BARON 5.5 Cedric ANTOLIS 5.5 David BEAUMONT 5.5 Marcus RAINE 5 Douglas LINDBERG 5 Chris KOLAK 5 Angelos TSOUKALIS 4 Sylvester URBAN 4 Richard VOON 4 Rad CHMIEL 4 Shaun HOSE 4 Deniz TUNCER 4 David STIMSON 4 Michael TANNER 3.5 Tony TOSEVSKI 3.5 Thomas GAWIN 3 Milutin KRUNIC 3 Frank LEKKAS 3 Endre SIMON 3 Tristan RAYSON - HILL 3 Rueben NOWAK 3 Sreemanth GURRAM 3 Izabella GAWIN 3 Sebastian GAWIN 3 Brook HORNUNG 2.5 Russel JARVIS 2 Bosko TOSEVSKI 2 Anthony HARRIS 2 Michael STEELE 2 Brendan McCUSKER 1 Archie BEAUMONT 1 Fitzroy BEAUMONT __________________ People who have nothing to hide post using their real names...

01-16-2010, 09:05 PM	#17 (permalink)
Just2Good Tin Cup Champ 2004 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Cairns Posts: 6,056 ICC Handle: Advantage FICS Handle: Advantage	MCC Live Games! Originally Posted by Grant Szuveges Allegro 48 was massive - in more ways than one! Firstly we had 32 players, but secondly, 5 board 1 games were streamlined live via the dgt board, thanks to some helpful MCC members. From the look of things, at least one game was shown live on an OzChess ancillary link! I wonder if it is possible to show more games, but that to an extent would probably depend on the number of DGT boards available to the MCC. __________________ . "You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete." ~ Buckminster Fuller ~

01-16-2010, 10:09 PM	#18 (permalink)
Lekko HBK Join Date: May 2009 Location: Melbourne Posts: 1,311 ICC Handle: Heartbreak-Kid FICS Handle: HeartBreakingKid	Originally Posted by Just2Good From the look of things, at least one game was shown live on an OzChess ancillary link! I wonder if it is possible to show more games, but that to an extent would probably depend on the number of DGT boards available to the MCC. We can only show 1 game at a time due to only 1 board being available. I'm sorry I had to leave, David couldn't get the last two games going I assume? Btw, Grant - I left my glasses beside the computer. Did you find a pair laying around or did anyone hand them up? Or were they not there when the board was being packed up? __________________ Originally Posted by Iconoclast Girls attract boys. more girls playing chess = many more boys playing chess

01-23-2010, 11:13 PM	#19 (permalink)
Grant Szuveges Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 942	Baron Michael Baron completely dominated Allegro 49 from start to finish. From what I saw of it all, nobody else ever stood a chance against him this week. Michael steamrolled the field and had won the tournament by the end of round 6. He then went on to play in the blitz and draw with Polish GM Soko who is here visiting for a few weeks - hopefully he can play in next weeks allegro to give Baron a challenge... Chris Kolak jumped into second defeating Douglas Lindberg and Tony Tosevski joined him by defeating Bosko Mijatovic. Elizabeth Warren won the B group with her first 4/7 in an allegro. Rueben Nowak also impressed scoring a creditable 3.5 points. 7/7 Michael BARON 5 Chris KOLAK 5 Tony TOSEVSKI 4.5 Douglas LINDBERG 4.5 Ian STONE 4 Bosko MIJATOVIC 4 Milutin KRUNIC 4 Deniz TUNCER 4 Elizabeth WARREN 3.5 Frank LEKKAS 3.5 Rueben NOWAK 3 Rad CHMIEL 3 David STIMSON 3 Adolph LEKKAS 3 Bosko TOSEVSKI 3 James MACAULAY 3 Alister MACAULAY 2 Jack HUGHES 1 Sreemanth GURRAM __________________ People who have nothing to hide post using their real names...

01-29-2010, 01:25 AM	#20 (permalink)
Grant Szuveges Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 942	2 reasons to play in Allegro 50! Here are 2 reasons to play in MCC Saturday Allegro number 50: 1. Its the 50th MCC allegro since it was relaunched! We have had allegros 50 weeks in a row!!!! Make the 50th your next (or first) allegro! Lets see if we can get 50 for 50! 2. The MCC has a new couch - in burgundy leather. So come down on Saturday, try out the couch and then stay for the allegro - what more could anyone want? I would love to see 50 players for Allegro 50 - we could even get a photo of them all on or around the brand new couch! __________________ People who have nothing to hide post using their real names...

01-30-2010, 11:26 PM	#21 (permalink)
Grant Szuveges Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 942	Allegro 50 breaks record and Baron wins all 7! The MCC broke the record for allegro participant numbers for Allegro number 50, with 35 players. Michael Baron was in fine form winning the event easily with wins in all 7 of his games. Brian Fitzpatrick came second with 6 after beating Carl Gorka in the final round while a number of players shared third. Great to see Goran Ilic back at MCC after a number of years away! He scored a creditable 4 points. Also great to see so many MCC members renew their memberships today - and a few new members sign up! We have more than 50 already and its not even the end of January yet! Hopefully we break that record this year too. Of the rest, Michael Addamo started well - after losing to Baron in round 1, he won the next 4 in a row, while Jack Puccini started with a draw with Sylvester Urban and continued on the defeat Simon Karumbi who recovered brilliantly to score 4.5 points. 7/7 Michael BARON 6 Brian FITZPATRICK 5 Jesse JAGER 5 Carl GORKA 5 Chris KOLAK 5 Rad CHMIEL 4.5 David BEAUMONT 4.5 Sylvester URBAN 4.5 Simon KARUMBI 4 Ian STONE 4 Frank LEKKAS 4 Goran ILIC 4 Deniz TUNCER 4 Kam LEE 4 Michael ADDAMO 3.5 Tony TOSEVSKI 3.5 Milutin KRUNIC 3.5 Ari DALE 3.5 Shaun HOSE 3 David STIMSON 3 John WILDES 3 Jack PUCCINI 3 James MACAULAY 3 Anthony HARRIS 3 Ben FRAYLE 3 Finley DALE 3 Elizabeth WARREN 3 Jack HUGHES 2.5 Sebastian GAWIN 2 Michael SKOLNIK 2 Thomas GAWIN 2 Sohith SINGAMSETTI 1.5 Syed JAFFRY 1 Emmanual WONG 1 Sreemanth GURRAM __________________ People who have nothing to hide post using their real names...

01-30-2010, 11:43 PM	#22 (permalink)
MOZ Volunteer Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Ozchess is the marginalised cyber-spot where cc-Mods choose to engage with cc-banned posters. Posts: 3,495	Originally Posted by Grant Szuveges The MCC broke the record for allegro participant numbers for Allegro number 50, with 35 players. Michael Baron was in fine form winning the event easily with wins in all 7 of his games. Brian Fitzpatrick came second with 6 after beating Carl Gorka in the final round while a number of players shared third. Great to see Goran Ilic back at MCC after a number of years away! He scored a creditable 4 points. Also great to see so many MCC members renew their memberships today - and a few new members sign up! We have more than 50 already and its not even the end of January yet! Hopefully we break that record this year too. Of the rest, Michael Addamo started well - after losing to Baron in round 1, he won the next 4 in a row, while Jack Puccini started with a draw with Sylvester Urban and continued on the defeat Simon Karumbi who recovered brilliantly to score 4.5 points. 7/7 Michael BARON 6 Brian FITZPATRICK 5 Jesse JAGER 5 Carl GORKA 5 Chris KOLAK 5 Rad CHMIEL 4.5 David BEAUMONT 4.5 Sylvester URBAN 4.5 Simon KARUMBI 4 Ian STONE 4 Frank LEKKAS 4 Goran ILIC 4 Deniz TUNCER 4 Kam LEE 4 Michael ADDAMO 3.5 Tony TOSEVSKI 3.5 Milutin KRUNIC 3.5 Ari DALE 3.5 Shaun HOSE 3 David STIMSON 3 John WILDES 3 Jack PUCCINI 3 James MACAULAY 3 Anthony HARRIS 3 Ben FRAYLE 3 Finley DALE 3 Elizabeth WARREN 3 Jack HUGHES 2.5 Sebastian GAWIN 2 Michael SKOLNIK 2 Thomas GAWIN 2 Sohith SINGAMSETTI 1.5 Syed JAFFRY 1 Emmanual WONG 1 Sreemanth GURRAM Nice to see the two GAWIN boys continue to make the trip in from Deer Park. Very keen. __________________ FReedom though Fischer-Random chess to enjoy the whole game.

02-07-2010, 09:17 AM	#24 (permalink)
Lakshman Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Melbourne Posts: 329	1. Baron, Michael 2192 16:W 8:W 5:W 2:W 6:W 3:W 7:W Question: Does Baron, Michael play in any other tournaments other than MCC Allegro, i.e. does he participate in any local Allegro's at other clubs, or any inter-state tournaments etc...etc... Allegro at Noble Park Chess Club is very strong... __________________ God is Great

02-07-2010, 12:01 PM	#25 (permalink)
Pablito15 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 618	Great report and looks like a great allegro too!!! As for Michael he's been a very strong player for over 10 years.. I'm sure he will play a few tournaments this year, he seems to be on a bit of a slow ches hiatus though.

02-07-2010, 03:19 PM	#26 (permalink)
Firegoat7 Moderator Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Getting owned by White in the Dragon and trying to recover lost positions from shock paralysis OTB Posts: 1,924 ICC Handle: guest	This one was closer then it looks. Brian Fitzpatrick was a piece up against Michael with a better position, then hung his Queen to a knight fork. It was worth noting that Mirko Rujevic, Nick Speck and David Hacche were almost starters. Good event and allegro continues to get stronger. cheers, __________________ "...What I meant? Dear Mr Ian Rout (ACF news publisher) could you please put Ozchessforum in the next news letter! There is no reason to hide this forum from the Australian chess public. What they meant? Sorry, No english!- Amir Karibasic

02-07-2010, 03:27 PM	#27 (permalink)
Lekko HBK Join Date: May 2009 Location: Melbourne Posts: 1,311 ICC Handle: Heartbreak-Kid FICS Handle: HeartBreakingKid	Originally Posted by Firegoat7 This one was closer then it looks. Brian Fitzpatrick was a piece up against Michael with a better position, then hung his Queen to a knight fork. It was worth noting that Mirko Rujevic, Nick Speck and David Hacche were almost starters. Good event and allegro continues to get stronger. cheers, Get Speck to play next week. __________________ Originally Posted by Iconoclast Girls attract boys. more girls playing chess = many more boys playing chess

02-09-2010, 05:09 PM	#28 (permalink)
Grant Szuveges Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 942	Baron wins another one Michael Baron continues his good form taking out the 51st Allegro with a picket fence score. Brian Fitzpatrick came second with 6 points whilst Milutin Krunic and a number of the juniors had really good tournaments against strong fields. Great to see 30+ players in consecutive weeks. (when will we get to 40?) Another interesting thing about this allegro was the strength of it, with players rated just under 1650 starting in the bottom half! 7/7 Michael BARON 6 Brian FITZPATRICK 5 James MORRIS (IM) 5 Jesse JAGER 5 Chris KOLAK 4.5 David BEAUMONT 4.5 Milutin KRUNIC 4 Sylvester URBAN 4 Ian STONE 4 Tony TOSEVSKI 4 Frank LEKKAS 3.5 Douglas LINDBERG 3.5 Barbaros KARA 3.5 Kozo SIMUTANYI 3.5 Angelos TSOUKALIS 3.5 Deniz TUNCER 3.5 Simon KARUMBI 3.5 Simon SCHMIDT 3 Rad CHMIEL 3 Goran ILIC 3 Shaun HOSE 3 Michael TANNER 3 Bosko TOSEVSKI 3 Elizabeth WARREN 2.5 Thomas GAWIN 2 Ruben NOWAK 2 Jack HUGHES 2 Sreemanth GURRAM 1 Sohith SINGAMSETTI 0 Bruce FITZGERALD __________________ People who have nothing to hide post using their real names...

02-21-2010, 01:15 AM	#30 (permalink)
Grant Szuveges Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 942	3 way tie in Allegro 53! Allegro 53 attracted 33 players and was an enjoyable day at the MCC. The top seeds were FM Michael Baron and IM James Morris, with Partsi, Fitzpatrick, Kolak and Lindberg all above 1900 biting at their heels... Baron started well defeating Kolak, Morris and Partsi and it looked like he would run away with the tournament (as usual), but then in round 6, Douglas Lindberg played a really good game to defeat him. This situation left Baron, Morris, Kolak and Lindberg all on 5/6 going into the final round. In the final round, Morris turned the tables on Kolak to win from 2 pieces vs a rook down while Lindberg also won a game which looked certain to end in a draw against Frank Lekkas. Baron also stayed in equal first defeating Brian Fitzpatrick. While the top was very exciting, the middle and bottom part of the event also produced competitive chess, with MCCs juniors on the rampage! Ari Dale had a great tournament to finish on 5/7 after beating 3 players much higher rated than him. Another player to impress was Jack Puccini who scored 4/7 defeating (destroying) David Stimson in the final round very quickly. Jack has long been able to play brilliant sacrificial chess, but Jack and consistency havnt always been used in the same sentence. This tournament though, he got it all right, easily accounting for the lower rated players who have traditionally given him more trouble than the higher ones! Finley Dale also impressed with 3.5 points. While only finishing on 2 points, Sreemanth Gurram also seems to have turned a corner, putting up massive fights in all of his games. 6/7 Michael BARON (FM) 6 James MORRIS (IM) 6 Douglas LINDBERG 5 Chris KOLAK 5 Ari DALE 4.5 Dimitri PARTSI 4.5 Peter WOLF 4 Brian FITZPATRICK 4 Jurgen PRATSCH 4 Kozo SIMUTANYI 4 Frank LEKKAS 4 Goran ILIC 4 Simon SCHMIDT 4 Jake KOSTRZEWA 4 Jack PUCCINI 3.5 Milutin KRUNIC 3.5 Simon KARUMBI 3.5 Justin DOWARD 3.5 Finley DALE 3 Tony TOSEVSKI 3 David STIMSON 3 Bosko TOSEVSKI 3 James MACAULAY 3 Ben FRAYLE 3 Ruben NOWAK 3 Chris MULLEN 2 Tristan RAYSON - HILL 2 Elizabeth WARREN 2 Jack HUGHES 2 Sreemanth GURRAM 1 Sohith SINGAMSETTI .5 Alexandra RODEK .5 Tony RODEK __________________ People who have nothing to hide post using their real names...

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