Leo Wilkinson Open 1st 2nd and 3rd = $1750 combined.

Congratulations to Kiamehr Baneshi for winning the Leo Wilkinson Memorial title for 2023!

The six players who finished on 5/6 will share the Open placings prize money – = $292 each

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Pos NAME                           Rtg   T  Fed  Pts |   1     2     3     4     5     6    |  BH-C1     ARO      SB 
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  1 Baneshi,Kiamehr                1949     IRI  5.0 | +B62  +W18  +B4   +W5   =B2   =W3    |   23.5   1538    20.50 
  2 Leong,Benjamin                 1840  CM AUS  5.0 | +W37  +B30  +W23  +B35  =W1   =W6    |   21.0   1801    19.00 
  3 Chakrabarty,Reyaansh           1764     AUS  5.0 | +W14  +B40  +W24  =B22  +W8   =B1    |   21.0   1598    19.50 
  4 Qiang,Elaina                   1318     AUS  5.0 | +W74  +B10  -W1   +B28  +W23  +F22   |   20.5   1541    17.50 
  5 Chen,Austin                    1707     AUS  5.0 | +W78  +B38  +W7   -B1   +W22  +B16   |   20.5   1484    17.00 
  6 Renjith,Sravan                 2262  FM NZL  5.0 | +W71  =B11  +W53  +B17  +W13  =B2    |   20.0   1567    17.25

Rating Group A = $200

4 players tied on 4.5/6 for a share of $200 = $50 each

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Pos score  N NAME                 | Rtg   T  Fed |   BH-C1     ARO      SB 
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  1  4.5  18 Fu,Neil              | 1546     AUS |    18.5   1375    14.25 
  2  4.5  13 Praveen,Jeeva        | 1660     AUS |    18.5   1287    14.25 
  3  4.5  23 Tang,Calen           | 1501     AUS |    18.0   1528    14.00 
  4  4.5  24 Cooper,Joshua        | 1489     AUS |    17.5   1307    13.25

Rating Group B = $175

3 players tied on 4/6 to share Group B …Mark C Stokes won the Best? Senior +65 y/o prize so Max and Dimitri each win $87.50

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Pos score  N NAME                 | Rtg   T  Fed |   BH-C1     ARO      SB 
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  1  4.0  29 Windsor,Maximilian   | 1397     AUS |    17.5   1055     9.50 
  2  4.0  25 Stokes,Mark C        | 1443     AUS |    16.0   1048    10.75 
  3  4.0  27 Zou,Xuyuan (Dimitri) | 1413     AUS |    15.0   1121     8.00

Rating Group C = $150

Elaina Qiang finished on 5/6 and took a share of the Open prize money, and so the next 2 in the group finished on 3.5/6 – so Sophie and Brian each earn $75

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Pos score  N NAME                 | Rtg   T  Fed |   BH-C1     ARO      SB 
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  1  5.0  37 Qiang,Elaina         | 1318     AUS |    20.5   1541    17.50 
  2  3.5  39 Davis,Sophie         | 1315     AUS |    19.0   1379     8.25 
  3  3.5  40 Indrawan,Brian Josep | 1310     AUS |    16.5   1209     7.50

Rating Group D = $125

Yuwei Wang was the sole winner of Group D finishing on 4/6 – I watched 2 of Yuwei’s end games and he is a player to watch out for in the future – well done Yuwei!

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Pos score  N NAME                 | Rtg   T  Fed |   BH-C1     ARO      SB 
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  1  4.0  52 Wang,Yuwei           | 1007     AUS |    20.0   1443    10.50

Rating Group E = $100

Mason and Olivia shared the $100 for Group E – Mason’s 6th round finishing smile was something to behold! His most gracious opponent Kotaro was also genuinely pleased for Mason.

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Pos score  N NAME                 | Rtg   T  Fed |   BH-C1     ARO      SB 
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  1  3.0  64 Lin,Mason            |  738     AUS |    14.5   1217     4.00 
  2  3.0  72 Chu,Olivia           |  563     AUS |    12.5   1160     5.50

Best Senior over 65 = $150

The race for the Best Senior over 65 y/o was like watching the “Last Survivor” – Which senior player would survive the junior onslaught!

For the 2nd tournament in a row…Mark Stokes won his 3 Sunday games to finish on 4/6 – to ease out Tony Weller on 3/6.

Best Female unrated Cadet = $60

Gail Young sponsored the $60 for this prize – and Grace Wang was the highest placed.

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Pos score  N NAME                 | Rtg   T  Fed |   BH-C1     ARO      SB 
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6  2.0  84 Wang,Grace           |    0     AUS |    14.5    904     4.00

Best Male unrated Cadet = $60

Gail Young sponsored the $60 for this prize as well – and a tie between Alden and Shubham!

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10  1.0  83 Shen,Alden           |    0     AUS |    13.5    980     2.00 
11  1.0  78 Karthikeyan,Shubham  |    0     AUS |    13.5    893     3.00