The Williamson 2022

Players gathered for another face to face tournament on 4th - 6th February. The historic Williamson Shield. FIDE rated and held at the excellent venue of the Civil Service Pavilion.

The morning started with setup and meeting up with fellow Controller Damien Lavery who was undertaking gaining an auditor norm. Both of us setup the room. Adnan busied setting up the inteligent boards.

With the  room setup. Still with covid in mind. Players started to arrive. We were fortunate to have some new faces, players in their first tournament including Tiaman O'Muilleoir and Matthew Smyth. The current holder of the Shield Gareth Annesley and top players Mandar Thamankar,Danny Roberts, Dean Gorman and James McDonnell. Players included Primary School pupils Ethan Cole and Lorcan Rippon, both providing challenging games to their opponents. A brilliant tournment was set to start.

Pairings round 1 (Friday, 04 February 2022)

TableWhiteScoreRatingBlackScoreRatingResult
1 Adrian Dornford-Smith 0.0 1248 * Cathal J Murphy 0.0 1551 * 0-1
2 Chris Armstrong 0.0 1507 * Sett Podean 0.0 1248 * 0-1
3 Ethan Cole 0.0 1233 * Bobby Thompson 0.0 1483 * ½-½
4 Andrew Todd 0.0 1459 * Joe Gunning 0.0 1219 * 1-0
5 Peter Smyth 0.0 1200 * Liam Ferris 0.0 1433 * 0-1
6 Matthew Smyth 0.0 1400 * Daniel Cochrane 0.0 1169 * 1-0
7 Amole Mohan Thoke 0.0 1143 * Tiarnan O Muilleoir 0.0 1400 * 0-1
8 Shane Keers 0.0 1261 * Lorcan Rippon 0.0 1100 * 1-0
Bye Kyle Milligan
Pair.Alloc.Bye David Seaby

 

Round 1 of the Intermediate section and some upsets. Sett Podean gains a good win over Chris Armstrong. The young Ethan Cole gets a brilliant draw against Bobby Thompson. Lorcan Rippon gives Shane Keers a very good game on board 8, Shane eventually winning.

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Pairings round 1 (Friday, 04 February 2022)

TableWhiteScoreRatingBlackScoreRatingResult
1 Tahmankar Mandar 0.0 2099 Michael Sheerin 0.0 1683 1-0
2 Conor Spackman 0.0 1664 Gareth Annesley 0.0 1934 0-1
3 Dean Gorman 0.0 1800 * James O'Fee 0.0 1615 * 1-0
4 Adam Rushe 0.0 1610 * James McDonnell 0.0 1759 0-1
5 Robert Lavery 0.0 1685 * Cathan Gormley 0.0 1600 * 0-1
Bye Danny Roberts; Christopher Kelly
Pair.Alloc.Bye David Hill

Cathan Gormley wins against Robert Lavery.

 

Pairings round 2 (Saturday, 05 February 2022)

TableWhiteScoreRatingBlackScoreRatingResult
1 Cathal J Murphy 1.0 1551 * Shane Keers 1.0 1261 * ½-½
2 Tiarnan O Muilleoir 1.0 1400 * Andrew Todd 1.0 1459 * 1-0
3 Liam Ferris 1.0 1433 * David Seaby 1.0 1093 * 1-0
4 Sett Podean 1.0 1248 * Matthew Smyth 1.0 1400 * 0-1
5 Bobby Thompson 0.5 1483 * Kyle Milligan 0.5 1347 * 1-0
6 Joe Gunning 0.0 1219 * Ethan Cole 0.5 1233 * 0-1
7 Daniel Cochrane 0.0 1169 * Adrian Dornford-Smith 0.0 1248 * 0-1
8 Lorcan Rippon 0.0 1100 * Peter Smyth 0.0 1200 * 0-1
Bye Chris Armstrong; Amole Mohan Thoke

Shane Keers draws against top cede Cathal Murphy. Whilst new-comer Tiaman O'Muilleoir wins against one of the favourites Andrew Todd.

During the tournament as well as controlling Damien Lavery took photos of all the game scoresheets and placed the games into a pgn file - so we have the full details of all the games - a new initiative started by Damien. You can access these games : Williamson 2022 Games.

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Pairings round 2 (Saturday, 05 February 2022)

TableWhiteScoreRatingBlackScoreRatingResult
1 James McDonnell 1.0 1759 Tahmankar Mandar 1.0 2099 0-1
2 Gareth Annesley 1.0 1934 David Hill 1.0 1599 * 1-0
3 Danny Roberts 0.5 1974 Dean Gorman 1.0 1800 * 1-0
4 Christopher Kelly 0.5 1736 Robert Lavery 0.0 1685 * ½-½
5 Michael Sheerin 0.0 1683 Adam Rushe 0.0 1610 * 1-0
6 James O'Fee 0.0 1615 * Conor Spackman 0.0 1664 ½-½
Bye Cathan Gormley

Mandar continues undefeated into the next round with Gareth. Danny Roberts on his first game beats Dean Gorman. Adam Rushe is beaten by Michael Sheerin whilst Robert Lavery gets a good draw against Christopher Kelly. Its a tough section.

 

 

Pairings round 3 (Saturday, 05 February 2022)

TableWhiteScoreRatingBlackScoreRatingResult
1 Matthew Smyth 2.0 1400 * Liam Ferris 2.0 1433 * ½-½
2 Shane Keers 1.5 1261 * Tiarnan O Muilleoir 2.0 1400 * 0-1
3 Ethan Cole 1.5 1233 * Cathal J Murphy 1.5 1551 * ½-½
4 Andrew Todd 1.0 1459 * Bobby Thompson 1.5 1483 * 1-0
5 Adrian Dornford-Smith 1.0 1248 * Peter Smyth 1.0 1200 * 1-0
6 David Seaby 1.0 1093 * Sett Podean 1.0 1248 * 0-1
7 Kyle Milligan 0.5 1347 * Chris Armstrong 0.5 1507 * 0-1
8 Daniel Cochrane 0.0 1169 * Amole Mohan Thoke 0.5 1143 * 0-1
9 Lorcan Rippon 0.0 1100 * Joe Gunning 0.0 1219 * 0-1

Matthew Smyth takes a draw against Liam Ferris whilst Tiaman O'Muilleoir wins against Shane Keers and goes into the overall lead. Ethan Cole gets an excellent draw against Cathal Murphy.

 

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Pairings round 3 (Saturday, 05 February 2022)

TableWhiteScoreRatingBlackScoreRatingResult
1 Tahmankar Mandar 2.0 2099 Gareth Annesley 2.0 1934 0-1
2 Cathan Gormley 1.5 1600 * Danny Roberts 1.5 1974 0-1
3 Dean Gorman 1.0 1800 * Christopher Kelly 1.0 1736 1-0
4 David Hill 1.0 1599 * James McDonnell 1.0 1759 1-0
5 Conor Spackman 0.5 1664 Michael Sheerin 1.0 1683 ½-½
6 Robert Lavery 0.5 1685 * James O'Fee 0.5 1615 * 1-0

Gareth the current holder faces off against Mandar and continues with a win. Danny Roberts remains within contention with another win against Cathan Gormley. David Hilll gets a good win against James McDonnell.

 

 

 

Pairings round 4 (Sunday, 06 February 2022)

TableWhiteScoreRatingBlackScoreRatingResult
1 Tiarnan O Muilleoir 3.0 1400 * Matthew Smyth 2.5 1400 * 0-1
2 Liam Ferris 2.5 1433 * Ethan Cole 2.0 1233 * 0-1
3 Cathal J Murphy 2.0 1551 * Andrew Todd 2.0 1459 * 0-1
4 Bobby Thompson 1.5 1483 * Adrian Dornford-Smith 2.0 1248 * 1-0
5 Amole Mohan Thoke 1.5 1143 * Shane Keers 1.5 1261 * 0-1
6 Peter Smyth 1.0 1200 * Chris Armstrong 1.5 1507 * 0-1
7 Joe Gunning 1.0 1219 * David Seaby 1.0 1093 * 1-0
8 Kyle Milligan 0.5 1347 * Lorcan Rippon 0.0 1100 * 1-0

Exciting stuff. New players in their first competition across the board play each other and Matthew wins against Tiaman. Possibly opening up the competition. Ethan Cole is in contention with 3 points after an excellent win against Liam Ferris. Andrew Todd takes a point off Cathal.

 

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Pairings round 4 (Sunday, 06 February 2022)

TableWhiteScoreRatingBlackScoreRatingResult
1 Gareth Annesley 3.0 1934 Danny Roberts 2.5 1974 0-1
2 Dean Gorman 2.0 1800 * Tahmankar Mandar 2.0 2099 0-1
3 Michael Sheerin 1.5 1683 Cathan Gormley 1.5 1600 * ½-½
4 James McDonnell 1.0 1759 Robert Lavery 1.5 1685 * ½-½
5 Christopher Kelly 1.0 1736 Conor Spackman 1.0 1664 0-1

 

Bye David Hill
Pair.Alloc.Bye James O'Fee

Danny Roberts breaks Gareths run of wins and takes the lead on 3 1/2. Chased by Mandar and Gareth. Robert Lavery gets a good draw against James McDonnell. Connor Spackman gets a win against Chris Kelly. Chris is getting some good positions against players but not always winning the point.

 

Pairings round 5 (Sunday, 06 February 2022)

TableWhiteScoreRatingBlackScoreRatingResult
1 Matthew Smyth 3.5 1400 * Andrew Todd 3.0 1459 * 1-0
2 Ethan Cole 3.0 1233 * Tiarnan O Muilleoir 3.0 1400 * 0-1
3 Chris Armstrong 2.5 1507 * Liam Ferris 2.5 1433 * 0-1
4 Shane Keers 2.5 1261 * Bobby Thompson 2.5 1483 * 1-0
5 Adrian Dornford-Smith 2.0 1248 * Joe Gunning 2.0 1219 * 0-1
6 Cathal J Murphy 2.0 1551 * Kyle Milligan 1.5 1347 * 1-0
7 Peter Smyth 1.0 1200 * Amole Mohan Thoke 1.5 1143 * ½-½
8 David Seaby 1.0 1093 * Lorcan Rippon 0.0 1100 * 1-0
Absent Sett Podean; Daniel Cochrane

The final round. Matthew Smyth beats Andrew Todd to win the competition unbeaten with 4 1/2 out of 5. Tiaman wins againt youngster Ethan. Shane gets a good win against Bobby.

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Pairings round 5 (Sunday, 06 February 2022)

TableWhiteScoreRatingBlackScoreRatingResult
1 Danny Roberts 3.5 1974 Tahmankar Mandar 3.0 2099 0-1
2 Cathan Gormley 2.0 1600 * Gareth Annesley 3.0 1934 1-0
3 Conor Spackman 2.0 1664 David Hill 2.5 1599 * 0-1
4 Robert Lavery 2.0 1685 * Michael Sheerin 2.0 1683 0-1
5 James McDonnell 1.5 1759 Dean Gorman 2.0 1800 * 1-0
6 James O'Fee 1.5 1615 * Christopher Kelly 1.0 1736 ½-½

The two top players batle it out and Mandar takes the point off Danny Roberts. Cathan gets a good win against Gareth. David Hill gets a good point off Conor Spackman.

RankNameScoreRatingBH-HiLoBHPSTPR Mixed12345
1 Matthew Smyth 4.5 1400 * 6.0 14.5 13.5 1708 1 1 ½ 1 1
2 Tiarnan O Muilleoir 4.0 1400 * 5.0 16.0 13.0 1539 1 1 1 0 1
3 Liam Ferris 3.5 1433 * 4.5 13.0 11.5 1436 1 1 ½ 0 1
4 Shane Keers 3.5 1261 * 4.5 11.5 10.0 1484 1 ½ 0 1 1
5 Andrew Todd 3.0 1459 * 4.5 17.0 10.0 1483 1 0 1 1 0
6 Ethan Cole 3.0 1233 * 4.0 16.0 10.0 1489 ½ 1 ½ 1 0
7 Cathal J Murphy 3.0 1551 * 4.0 13.0 9.5 1382 1 ½ ½ 0 1
8 Joe Gunning 3.0 1219 * 1.0 9.5 6.0 1299 0 0 1 1 1
9 Bobby Thompson 2.5 1483 * 3.5 13.0 8.5 1310 ½ 1 0 1 0
10 Chris Armstrong 2.5 1507 * 1.5 11.5 7.0 1307 0 = 1 1 0
11 Sett Podean 2.0 1248 * 3.5 15.0 8.0 1458 1 0 1 - -
12 Adrian Dornford-Smith 2.0 1248 * 2.5 11.0 7.0 1252 0 1 1 0 0
13 David Seaby 2.0 1093 * 2.0 11.5 6.0 1057 + 0 0 0 1
14 Amole Mohan Thoke 2.0 1143 * 1.0 12.0 5.5 1171 0 = 1 0 ½
15 Peter Smyth 1.5 1200 * 2.5 10.0 4.5 1137 0 1 0 0 ½
16 Kyle Milligan 1.5 1347 * 1.0 10.5 4.5 1217 = 0 0 1 0
17 Daniel Cochrane 1.0 1169 * 0.5 11.0 2.0 464 0 0 0 + -
18 Lorcan Rippon 0.0 1100 * 0.5 11.0 0.0 424 0 0 0 0 0

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The two new comers get placed 1st and 2nd - brilliant result for your first competition and such a strong field.

Intermediate: ChampionMatthew  Smyth
Second Tiaman O'Muilleoir
Third Liam Ferris
Grading Under 1300 Shane Keers

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Mark Newman handing over the grading prize to Shane Keers.

RankNameScoreRatingBH-HiLoBHPSTPR Mixed12345
1 Tahmankar Mandar 4.0 2099 5.0 14.0 12.0 2070 1 1 0 1 1
2 Danny Roberts 3.5 1974 5.5 14.5 11.5 2051 = 1 1 1 0
3 David Hill 3.5 1599 * 3.5 12.5 10.0 1911 + 0 1 = 1
4 Gareth Annesley 3.0 1934 4.5 15.5 12.0 1859 1 1 1 0 0
5 Cathan Gormley 3.0 1600 * 4.0 14.5 9.0 1914 1 = 0 ½ 1
6 Michael Sheerin 3.0 1683 2.0 12.5 7.5 1804 0 1 ½ ½ 1
7 James McDonnell 2.5 1759 3.0 12.5 7.0 1759 1 0 0 ½ 1
8 Dean Gorman 2.0 1800 * 3.0 13.0 8.0 1765 1 0 1 0 0
9 Conor Spackman 2.0 1664 2.0 12.0 5.5 1641 0 ½ ½ 1 0
10 Robert Lavery 2.0 1685 * 2.0 11.5 6.0 1607 0 ½ 1 ½ 0
11 James O'Fee 2.0 1615 * 1.0 8.5 4.5 1528 0 ½ 0 + ½
12 Christopher Kelly 1.5 1736 2.0 10.0 5.0 1498 = ½ 0 0 ½
13 Adam Rushe 1.0 1610 * 0.5 11.0 3.0 921 0 0 + - -

 

Williamson ChampionTahmankar Mandar
Second Danny Roberts
Third David Hill
Grading Under 1700 Cathan Gormley

The current holder of the Williamson Shield, Gareth Annesley passes the trophy to the new Champion, Tahmankar Mandar.

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winners

Above the prize winners.

Many thanks to Damien Lavery for running the tournament and to Adrian Dornford-Smith for the intelligent boards.

A brilliant tournament - thanks to all our players.

 

A selection of photos from Damien Lavery:

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