Target Recruitment Open 30 March-1 April 2001
2 Grand Masters, 2 International Masters, 2 FIDE Masters competed in the Masters
This was by far the strongest weekend event ever held in Northern Ireland. The Masters was won jointly by Grandmasters Bogdan Lalic and Alexander Baburin with 5 points from 6 games. Half a point behind in shared third place were the two Dutch players IM Harmen Jonkman and FM Yge Visser. In the Challengers Brendan O'Neill (RVH) and Ian Davis (Durham University) came first equal with 5 out of 6 and in the Major, former Faber Cup player Michelle Cowley (Trinity College, Dublin) tied on 5.5 out of 6 with Dublin resident and frequent visitor to Ulster tournaments Jack McCann. An impromptu blitz tournament was held on the Saturday night with IM Mark Orr beating Visser in the final, while a special 8-player youth event was won by Nicola Hood after a play-off with Shane Keers.
Masters Final Standings
Place Name Rtg Score Progr. M-Buch. Buch.
1-2 Lalic, Bogdan 2531 5 18.0 15.0 22.0
Baburin, Alexander 2515 5 16.5 14.5 21.0
3-4 Visser, Yge 2442 4.5 16.0 15.0 21.0
Jonkman, Harmen 2383 4.5 16.0 14.0 21.5
5-9 Orr, Mark 2323 4 16.0 14.5 21.5
Daly, Colm 2284 4 15.5 13.0 19.5
Clarke, Tom 2191 4 14.0 14.5 21.5
Gillen, Stephen 2264 4 14.0 13.0 19.5
Allen, Keith 2182 4 13.0 9.5 16.0
10-15 McDonnell, James 2138 3.5 13.0 14.0 20.0
Gillen, Adrian 2345 3.5 13.0 12.0 18.0
Jowett, Peter 2225 3.5 13.0 11.5 17.5
Holmes, Michael 2113 3.5 12.0 11.0 17.0
Tello, Yasser 1936 3.5 10.5 12.0 16.5
Cooper, John 1936 3.5 9.5 11.5 18.0
16-19 Gillen, Peter 2063 3 11.0 10.5 16.0
Skelton, Adrian 2024 3 9.5 12.0 19.0
O'Rourke, Ray 2021 3 8.0 10.0 16.0
Pilkiewicz, Nicholas 1966 3 6.0 8.5 14.0
20-25 Scannell, Stephen 2171 2.5 11.5 14.5 21.5
Ellison, George 2100 2.5 11.5 12.5 19.5
Forson, Desmond 1880 2.5 8.5 12.5 18.5
Moreland, Desmond 1814 2.5 8.5 10.5 15.0
Path, David 1909 2.5 8.0 12.0 17.5
Nizetic, Philip 1928 2.5 7.5 12.0 17.5
26-30 Bradley, John 1833 2 9.5 11.5 16.5
Newman, Mark 1826 2 9.0 11.5 17.5
McKeown, Paul 2084 2 8.5 11.0 17.0
Mallaghan, Daniel 1916 2 8.0 13.5 18.5
Annesley, Gareth 1883 2 7.5 11.5 17.0
31-33 MacDonald, Fred 1850 1.5 6.0 11.5 16.5
Esmonde, Tom 1887 1.5 4.5 11.5 16.0
Heathwood, George 1952 1.5 2.5 10.5 15.5
34 Morgan, Stephen 2004 1 3.5 9.5 15.0
Challengers Final Standings
Place Name Rtg Score Progr. M-Buch. Buch.
1-2 O'Neill, Brendan 1689 5 19.5 13.5 20.5
Davis, Ian 1598 5 16.5 12.5 18.0
3 McLean, Jim 1682 4.5 15.5 13.5 21.0
4-10 Parker, Tony 1606 4 16.5 16.5 24.5
Moore, Sam 1778 4 15.0 14.0 21.0
McLoughlin, Paul 1757 4 14.0 13.0 18.5
Burns, Alan 1562 4 13.5 11.5 18.0
Harvey, Gerald 1765 4 13.0 12.0 19.5
Alvarez, Fernando 1705 4 13.0 10.5 16.5
McCann, Stephen 1563 4 11.0 10.5 16.0
11-13 Jackson, David 1554 3.5 14.0 13.5 20.0
Alcorn, Tom 1600 3.5 14.0 13.0 19.5
O'Donnell, David 1506 3.5 9.0 10.0 17.0
14-20 Hiddleston, John 1650 3 14.0 14.0 20.5
Marlow, Fred 1420 3 12.5 12.5 20.0
Cooper, Neil 1429 3 11.5 16.0 22.0
Fisher, Neil 1752 3 11.0 12.0 17.5
Neila, Eva 1529 3 10.0 14.0 20.5
Henderson, Ron 1621 3 10.0 10.5 15.0
Clarke, Joe 1500 3 9.0 11.5 17.5
21-25 Strawbridge, John 1638 2.5 9.5 9.5 15.5
Collins, David 1553 2.5 8.5 12.5 18.5
McFarland, Norman 1712 2.5 8.5 11.0 16.0
McConaghy, Stuart 1773 2.5 8.0 11.5 17.0
Torres, Wenceslao 1602 2.5 4.5 11.0 16.0
26-31 McInerney, Stephen 1650 2 8.0 8.0 13.5
Storey, William 1431 2 7.5 10.5 16.0
Beckett, Alex 1451 2 7.0 10.5 16.0
Fiala, Dalibor 1717 2 5.5 10.5 17.0
Lavery, Damien 1473 2 5.0 10.5 16.0
Proctor, Richard 1446 2 5.0 10.5 15.5
32 Walshe, Brendan 1617 1.5 8.5 11.5 18.5
33 Woodfield, Jonathan 1407 1 4.5 10.0 15.5
Major Final Standings
Place Name Rtg Score Progr. Buch. M-Buch.
1-2 Cowley, Michelle 1362 5.5 19.5 21.0 13.0
McCann, Jack 1323 5.5 19.5 21.0 13.0
3-4 Higgins, Andrew 1252 4 15.0 22.5 14.5
Patterson, Harry 1158 4 14.0 21.0 13.5
5-6 Peile, Ashley 3.5 11.0 16.5 11.0
Hood, Nicola 0844 3.5 11.0 15.0 11.0
7-11 Black, Chris 1322 3 14.0 22.0 14.5
Kane, Michael 1311 3 11.0 23.0 15.0
Morgan, Ed 1262 3 11.0 15.0 11.0
Keers, Shane 3 10.0 17.0 11.0
Holmes, Louis 1388 3 9.0 16.0 10.5
12-13 Hindley, Geoff 1226 2.5 10.0 17.5 11.5
Cahoon, John 1240 2.5 10.0 16.5 11.0
14 Kelly, Mark 1004 2 6.0 15.0 11.0
15 Leitch, Calum 1 3.0 15.5 10.5
