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RVH Christmas Handicap

18 December 2001

The RVH Chess Club ran 3 very successful handicap blitz tournaments over the summer. The Club used the same format for a pre-Christmas entertainment, this time confined to club members. Runaway victor was Paul McLoughlin with 6 wins from his 6 games. Runner-up on 4.5 after winning his last 4 games was Michael Holmes.>

Final Cross Table

No Name                 Rtg  Total  1    2    3    4    5    6

1  McLoughlin, Paul     1546 6     22:W 15:W  7:W  4:W  5:W  3:W
2  Holmes, Michael      2090 4.5    8:L 17:D 11:W  7:W 15:W  4:W
3  Annesley, Gareth     1897 4     14:W 12:W  4:L 10:W  6:W  1:L
4  Parker, Tony         1772 4     18:W  9:W  3:W  1:L 10:W  2:L
5  Mallaghan, Danny     1854 4     17:D 16:D 13:W  9:W  1:L 11:W
6  O'Neill, Brendan     1847 4     19:W  8:D 15:D 17:W  3:L  9:W
7  Clarke, Tom          2140 3.5   21:W 10:D  1:L  2:L 13:W 16:W
8  Cunningham, Damian   1470 3.5    2:W  6:D 10:L 16:W  9:L 15:W
9  Tumilson, David      1533 3      0:W  4:L 20:W  5:L  8:W  6:L
10 Fisher, Neil         1726 3     20:W  7:D  8:W  3:L  4:L 12:D
11 Nugent, Ethna             3     12:L 19:W  2:L 14:W 17:W  5:L
12 McKenna, John        1698 3     11:W  3:L 17:L 18:W 16:D 10:D
13 Lavery, Damien       1458 3     15:L 22:W  5:L 20:W  7:L 18:W
14 Morrison, Philip     1369 3      3:L 18:W 16:L 11:L 21:W 19:W
15 Pilkiewicz, Nicholas 1926 2.5   13:W  1:L  6:D 21:W  2:L  8:L
16 McCann, Stephen      1690 2.5    0:   5:D 14:W  8:L 12:D  7:L
17 Holmes, Louis        1366 2      5:D  2:D 12:W  6:L 11:L 21:L
18 Logan, Paul               2      4:L 14:L 19:W 12:L  0:W 13:L
19 Kane, Michael        1274 2      6:L 11:L 18:L  0:W 20:W 14:L
20 Lim, Lik Thai             2     10:L 21:W  9:L 13:L 19:L  0:W
21 Black, Chris         1527 2      7:L 20:L 22:W 15:L 14:L 17:W
22 Smyth, Dan                0      1:L 13:L 21:L  0:   0:   0:
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