Remembering warmer evenings! Summer Tournament award ceremony and Fun quickplay tournamant 2022.
Due to an odd number I put myself into the ring - I am never good at fast play chess, tending to pause in the game for thought and loosing on time! and of course sometimes on the board. Many thanks to David Seaby for the original idea of the time handicap and providing the time difference matrix against the difference ratings. A difference of 780 rating points resulting in 2 mins v 18 mins. The Clocks were set to different times to match possible rating differences to save players having to set the clocks.
The Summer tournament run every weds from the beginning of May to the end of Sept - 20 weeks of chess with 3 hour rated games. The original idea (and this tournament has been running for years) was to provide an opportunity to play chess when most clubs are closed. Luckily today clubs provide other opportunities to play over the Summer. The scoring is based on percentage of scores with a rule that penalises players if they dont play in the last weeks of the tournament. This year we had some 37 players having 169 games. The Hamill Cup was awarded to Intermediate section player Adrian Dornford-Smith, there was a close battle for the Championship and its nice to see the winner being in a section other than the top group. A special award for best attendance was also awarded to Richard Morrow who didnt miss a week.
Fun Rapidplay - Round 1
Results
No Name Rtg Total Result Name Rtg Total 1 Michael Sheerin 1736 [0] 1:0 Amol Thoke 1336 [0] 2 Adrian Dornford-Smith 1247 [0] 0:1 Mark Newman 1583 [0] 3 Ethan Cole 1524 [0] 1:0 Joe Gunning 1213 [0] 4 Ashish Shambharkar 1200 [0] 0:1 Cathal Murphy 1442 [0] 5 Richard Morrow 1361 [0] 1:0 Bernard Jaffa 1149 [0] 6 Caleb McClean 1116 [0] 1:0 William Storey 1356 [0]
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The first round goes to rating apart from Caleb's win against William.
Fun Rapidplay - Round 2
Results
No Name Rtg Total Result Name Rtg Total 1 Cathal Murphy 1442 [1] 0:1 Michael Sheerin 1736 [1] 2 Mark Newman 1583 [1] 1:0 Richard Morrow 1361 [1] 3 Caleb McClean 1116 [1] 1:0 Ethan Cole 1524 [1] 4 William Storey 1356 [0] .5:.5 Joe Gunning 1213 [0] 5 Amol Thoke 1336 [0] 0:1 Ashish Shambharkar 1200 [0] 6 Bernard Jaffa 1149 [0] 1:0 Adrian Dornford-Smith 1247 [0]
Caleb continues his wins with a Good win against Ethan. Whilst the top cede Michael also wins.
Fun Rapidplay - Round 3
Results
No Name Rtg Total Result Name Rtg Total 1 Michael Sheerin 1736 [2] 1:0 Mark Newman 1583 [2] 2 Richard Morrow 1361 [1] 0:1 Caleb McClean 1116 [2] 3 Ethan Cole 1524 [1] 1:0 Cathal Murphy 1442 [1] 4 Ashish Shambharkar 1200 [1] 1:0 Bernard Jaffa 1149 [1] 5 Adrian Dornford-Smith 1247 [0] 1:0 William Storey 1356 [.5] 6 Joe Gunning 1213 [.5] 0:1 Amol Thoke 1336 [0]
The two top cedes meet and Michael wins. Can he be beaten? Caleb challenges the lead with 3 full points with a good win over Richard.
Fun Rapidplay - Round 4
Results
No Name Rtg Total Result Name Rtg Total 1 Caleb McClean 1116 [3] 0:1 Michael Sheerin 1736 [3] 2 Mark Newman 1583 [2] 0:1 Ethan Cole 1524 [2] 3 William Storey 1356 [.5] 0:1 Ashish Shambharkar 1200 [2] 4 Cathal Murphy 1442 [1] 0:1 Adrian Dornford-Smith 1247 [1] 5 Amol Thoke 1336 [1] 1:0 Bernard Jaffa 1149 [1] 6 Joe Gunning 1213 [.5] 0:1 Richard Morrow 1361 [1]
The top scorers play and Michael is trumphant. Leading the tournament into the final round.
Fun Rapidplay - Round 5
Results
No Name Rtg Total Result Name Rtg Total 1 Michael Sheerin 1736 [4] 1:0 Ethan Cole 1524 [3] 2 Ashish Shambharkar 1200 [3] .5:.5 Caleb McClean 1116 [3] 3 Amol Thoke 1336 [2] 1:0 Mark Newman 1583 [2] 4 Richard Morrow 1361 [2] 1:0 Adrian Dornford-Smith 1247 [2] 5 William Storey 1356 [.5] 0:1 Cathal Murphy 1442 [1] 6 Bernard Jaffa 1149 [1] 1:0 Joe Gunning 1213 [.5]
The top and third cede playoff. Michael again wins and ends up on 5 out of 5. Amol gets a good win against Mark. The time difference does give an interesting challenge to the tournament. A brilliant bit of fun.
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Standings
Place Name Rtg Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.
1 Michael Sheerin 1736 5 8.0 13.5 15.0
2-3 Caleb McClean 1116 3.5 9.5 15.0 12.5
Ashish Shambharkar 1200 3.5 7.0 11.0 9.5
4-6 Ethan Cole 1524 3 7.5 13.0 10.0
Amol Thoke 1336 3 7.5 13.0 6.0
Richard Morrow 1361 3 6.0 10.0 8.0
7-10 Mark Newman 1583 2 9.0 16.0 9.0
Cathal Murphy 1442 2 8.5 14.0 6.0
Bernard Jaffa 1149 2 8.0 12.0 5.0
Adrian Dornford-Smith 1247 2 6.0 9.5 5.0
11-12 Joe Gunning 1213 0.5 8.0 11.5 2.0
William Storey 1356 0.5 7.5 11.5 2.0
Michael Sheerin is champion with an unbeated 5 out of 5. Caleb second with an excellent 3.5 with ashish on same points 3rd. Considering the ratings range the time difference did flatten the field.
The event was followed by the prize giving ceremony for the annual UCU Summer tournaament.
Summer Tournament
Champion: Adrian Dornford-Smith
Second: Bernard Jaffa
Senior Section: Winner : Richard Morrow
Intermediate Section: Winner : Amol Thoke
Junior Section: Winner : Joseph Gunning
Full results below:
Senior Section
| Rating | Name | played | Points | % | Penalty | Adj Points | Adj % | |
| 2027 | Gareth Annesley | 1 | 1 | 100.00 | 0 | 1 | 100.00 | |
| 1634 | Des Moreland | 4 | 3.5 | 87.50 | 0 | 3.5 | 87.50 | |
| 1570 | Richard Morrow | 20 | 14 | 70.00 | 0 | 14 | 70.00 | Section Winner |
| 2037 | Mandar Tahmankar | 8 | 5 | 62.50 | 0 | 5 | 62.50 | |
| 1808 | Robert Wright | 4 | 2.5 | 62.50 | 0 | 2.5 | 62.50 | |
| 1876 | Alex Goss | 11 | 8.5 | 77.27 | -2 | 6.5 | 59.09 | |
| 1669 | Mark Newman | 9 | 4.5 | 50.00 | 0 | 4.5 | 50.00 | |
| 1514 | David Ruben | 17 | 8 | 47.06 | 0 | 8 | 47.06 | |
| 1708 | Robert Lavery | 8 | 3.5 | 43.75 | 0 | 3.5 | 43.75 | |
| 1630 | John Bryars | 9 | 3.5 | 38.89 | 0 | 3.5 | 38.89 | |
| 1793 | Conor Spackman | 7 | 2.5 | 35.71 | 0 | 2.5 | 35.71 | |
| 1547 | Bobby Thompson | 16 | 5.5 | 34.38 | 0 | 5.5 | 34.38 | |
| 1600 | Lesley Black | 3 | 1 | 33.33 | 0 | 1 | 33.33 |
Intermediate Section
| Rating | Name | played | Points | % | ||||
| 1257 | Adrian Dornford-Smith | 14 | 10 | 71.43 | 0 | 10 | 71.43 | 1st Place |
| 1242 | Bernard Jaffa | 12 | 8.5 | 70.83 | 0 | 8.5 | 70.83 | 2nd Place |
| 1308 | Amol Thoke | 12 | 7.5 | 62.50 | 0 | 7.5 | 62.50 | Section Winner |
| 1264 | Richard Proctor | 12 | 7 | 58.33 | 0 | 7 | 58.33 | |
| 1228 | Paddy Macgee | 17 | 9.5 | 55.88 | 0 | 9.5 | 55.88 | |
| 1405 | William Storey | 19 | 9.5 | 50.00 | 0 | 9.5 | 50.00 | |
| 1339 | Chris Armstrong | 2 | 1 | 50.00 | 0 | 1 | 50.00 | |
| 1296 | Cathal Murphy | 12 | 6.5 | 54.17 | -1 | 5.5 | 45.83 | |
| 1265 | Stewart McConaghy | 18 | 8 | 44.44 | 0 | 8 | 44.44 | |
| 1318 | Ethan Cole | 13 | 5 | 38.46 | -1 | 4 | 30.77 | |
| 1255 | Michael Devine | 4 | 1 | 25.00 | 0 | 1 | 25.00 | |
| 1277 | Pat McKillen | 7 | 1.5 | 21.43 | 0 | 1.5 | 21.43 | |
| 1300 | Yersultan Kossymov | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Junior Section
| Rating | Name | played | Points | % | ||||
| 1140 | Roy Stafford | 2 | 1.5 | 75.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 75.00 | |
| 1200 | Joseph Gunning | 17 | 11.5 | 67.65 | 0 | 11.5 | 67.65 | Section Winner |
| 1000 | Calib McClean | 16 | 8.5 | 53.13 | 0 | 8.5 | 53.13 | |
| 1100 | Dan Bondarau | 7 | 2.5 | 35.71 | 0 | 2.5 | 35.71 | |
| 1006 | Geoff Hindley | 9 | 3 | 33.33 | 0 | 3 | 33.33 | |
| 1000 | Costa Protaschik | 8 | 2 | 25.00 | 0 | 2 | 25.00 | |
| 823 | Brian Fitzsimons | 5 | 1 | 20.00 | 0 | 1 | 20.00 | |
| 1000 | Siarhei Bondarau | 7 | 1 | 14.29 | 0 | 1 | 14.29 | |
| 1203 | John Monaghan | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| 1100 | David Seaby | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| 926 | Matthew Moreland | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
