RVH Handicap Tournaments June-September 2002
These tournaments were organised by the RVH Chess Club on the last Tuesday of each month from April to September. Players were handicapped on a time basis with games being of 20 minutes duration.
Report on the first two tournaments in the series
In the third in the series Fisherwick player John Cairns was making his first appearance in one of these events and he ended up the only unbeaten player. He tied on 5 points with Michael Holmes, who was awarded first place on tie-break.
Prizewinners
First Michael Holmes
Second John Cairns
Third Stephen Scannell
Fourth Damien Cunningham
Grading Prizes:
Band A Chris Black
Band B Calum Leitch
Final Cross Table RVH Handicap 25 June 2002
No Name Rtg Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 HOLMES, MICHAEL 2117 5 21:W 7:W 5:W 9:W 2:L 6:W 2 CAIRNS, JOHN 1961 5 16:W 10:W 3:D 19:W 1:W 4:D 3 SCANNELL, STEPHEN P. 2158 4.5 11:W 13:W 2:D 5:L 18:W 9:W 4 CUNNINGHAM, DAMIEN 1460 4.5 5:L 15:W 22:W 18:W 9:W 2:D 5 CLARKE, TOM 2132 4 4:W 18:W 1:L 3:W 6:L 13:W 6 LEITCH, CALUM 1086 4 20:W 9:L 10:W 11:W 5:W 1:L 7 BLACK, CHRIS 1527 4 23:W 1:L 16:D 12:D 11:W 20:W 8 CURRELL, FRED 1000 4 10:L 16:L 24:W 17:W 19:W 12:W 9 BRADLEY, JOHN K. 1866 3 14:W 6:W 12:W 1:L 4:L 3:L 10 MARRON, CIARAN 1514 3 8:W 2:L 6:L 14:L 22:W 16:W 11 COOPER, NEIL 1503 3 3:L 24:W 13:W 6:L 7:L 18:W 12 PARKER, TONY 1774 3 0:D 17:W 9:L 7:D 21:W 8:L 13 MORELAND, DESMOND 1757 3 24:W 3:L 11:L 16:W 15:W 5:L 14 KANE, MICHAEL 1332 3 9:L 20:W 18:L 10:W 16:L 19:W 15 ROOPE, TIM 1216 3 18:L 4:L 23:W 22:W 13:L 21:W 16 COOPER, SCOTT 1362 2.5 2:L 8:W 7:D 13:L 14:W 10:L 17 CAHOON, JOHN 1233 2.5 19:D 12:L 20:L 8:L 24:W 23:W 18 BECKETT, TONY 1620 2 15:W 5:L 14:W 4:L 3:L 11:L 19 Mc ALISTER, DAVID 1685 2 17:D 22:D 21:W 2:L 8:L 14:L 20 Mc CANN, STEPHEN 1619 2 6:L 14:L 17:W 21:L 23:W 7:L 21 STOREY, WILLIAM 1442 2 1:L 23:W 19:L 20:W 12:L 15:L 22 Mc KENNA, JOHN 1681 1.5 0: 19:D 4:L 15:L 10:L 24:D 23 CAHOON JNR, JOHN 1000 1 7:L 21:L 15:L 24:W 20:L 17:L 24 HOLMES, LOUIS 1329 .5 13:L 11:L 8:L 23:L 17:L 22:D
Michael Holmes also won the fourth in the series.
Final Cross Table RVH Handicap 30 July 2002
No Name Rtg Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 HOLMES, MICHAEL 2117 5.5 6:W 10:D 11:W 16:W 7:W 3:W 2 CLARKE, TOM 2132 5 22:W 17:W 5:W 7:L 4:W 14:W 3 BLACK, CHRIS 1527 4 4:L 8:W 19:W 10:W 6:W 1:L 4 CURRELL, FRED 1000 4 3:W 9:L 17:W 5:W 2:L 13:W 5 WALLS, EAMONN 1000 4 14:W 13:W 2:L 4:L 10:W 9:W 6 CUNNINGHAM, DAMIEN 1460 4 1:L 20:W 21:W 9:W 3:L 7:W 7 SCANNELL, STEPHEN P. 2158 3.5 18:W 11:D 12:W 2:W 1:L 6:L 8 HOLMES, LOUIS 1329 3.5 9:D 3:L 15:W 11:L 19:W 18:W 9 BRADLEY, JOHN K. 1866 3 8:D 4:W 10:D 6:L 11:W 5:L 10 Mc CANN, STEPHEN 1619 3 20:W 1:D 9:D 3:L 5:L 16:W 11 PILKIEWICZ, NICHOLAS 1842 3 16:W 7:D 1:L 8:W 9:L 12:D 12 PARKER, TONY 1774 3 0: 15:W 7:L 13:L 17:W 11:D 13 CAIRNS, JOHN 1961 3 21:W 5:L 16:L 12:W 18:W 4:L 14 MARRON, CIARAN 1514 3 5:L 21:L 22:W 17:W 16:W 2:L 15 SMYTH, DANIEL 1000 2.5 0: 12:L 8:L 19:W 20:L 22:W 16 ROOPE, TIM 1216 2 11:L 18:W 13:W 1:L 14:L 10:L 17 BECKETT, TONY 1620 2 19:W 2:L 4:L 14:L 12:L 20:W 18 COOPER, NEIL 1503 2 7:L 16:L 20:W 21:W 13:L 8:L 19 HINDLEY, GEOFF 1132 2 17:L 22:W 3:L 15:L 8:L 21:W 20 LOGAN, PAUL 1115 2 10:L 6:L 18:L 22:W 15:W 17:L 21 KANE, MICHAEL 1332 1.5 13:L 14:W 6:L 18:L 22:D 19:L 22 ORCHIN, JOHN C. 1471 .5 2:L 19:L 14:L 20:L 21:D 15:L
The penultimate event in the series was won by Steve Scannell, who will be joining the host club next season. The winner of three of the previous four tournaments, Michael Holmes, lost in the first round to Richard Proctor and then to Scannell in Round 5.
Final Cross Table RVH Handicap 27 August 2002
No Name Rtg Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 SCANNELL, STEPHEN P. 2158 5 4:W 10:W 13:W 2:D 5:W 3:D 2 PARKER, TONY 1774 4.5 9:W 11:W 8:W 1:D 3:L 6:W 3 MORELAND, DESMOND 1757 4.5 16:W 8:L 7:W 13:W 2:W 1:D 4 CUNNINGHAM, DAMIEN 1460 4 1:L 16:W 5:L 11:W 8:W 9:W 5 HOLMES, MICHAEL 2117 4 13:L 14:W 4:W 15:W 1:L 10:W 6 BLACK, CHRIS 1527 3.5 8:L 7:D 11:W 14:W 12:W 2:L 7 LEITCH, CALUM 1086 3.5 12:W 6:D 3:L 9:L 18:W 8:W 8 PEILE, ASHLEY 1185 3 6:W 3:W 2:L 10:W 4:L 7:L 9 HOLMES, LOUIS 1329 3 2:L 12:W 10:L 7:W 15:W 4:L 10 Mc CANN, STEPHEN 1619 3 15:W 1:L 9:W 8:L 13:W 5:L 11 WALLS, EAMONN 1000 3 17:W 2:L 6:L 4:L 16:W 18:W 12 LAVERY, DAMIEN 1495 3 7:L 9:L 16:W 17:W 6:L 15:W 13 PROCTOR, RICHARD 1442 2.5 5:W 18:W 1:L 3:L 10:L 14:D 14 MARRON, CIARAN 1514 2.5 18:W 5:L 15:L 6:L 17:W 13:D 15 MORGAN, ED 1193 2 10:L 17:W 14:W 5:L 9:L 12:L 16 CAHOON, JOHN 1233 2 3:L 4:L 12:L 18:W 11:L 17:W 17 THOMPSON, ANTHONY 1475 1 11:L 15:L 18:W 12:L 14:L 16:L 18 HINDLEY, GEOFF 1132 0 14:L 13:L 17:L 16:L 7:L 11:L
The final event in the series used the new Rating List and, despite having gained about 150 points from the previous list, 13 year old Calum Leitch was the winner on tie-break from Tim Roope, who had beaten Calum in their individual game.
Prizewinners
First Calum Leitch
Second Tim Roope
Third John Bradley
Fourth David McAlister
Grading Prizes Paul McLoughlin Chris Black and Shane Keers
Final Cross Table RVH Handicap 24 September 2002
No Name Rtg Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 LEITCH, CALUM 1234 5 6:W 3:W 10:W 2:L 8:W 4:W 2 ROOPE, TIMOTHY 1253 5 11:W 4:W 8:W 1:W 10:W 3:L 3 BRADLEY, JOHN K. 1903 4 9:W 1:L 7:W 4:L 13:W 2:W 4 Mc ALISTER, DAVID 1685 4 15:W 2:L 13:W 3:W 11:W 1:L 5 BLACK, CHRIS 1462 3.5 0: 7:D 14:W 8:L 6:D 11:W 6 Mc LOUGHLIN, PAUL 1690 3.5 1:L 10:L 16:W 9:W 5:D 8:W 7 KEERS, SHANE 1000 3.5 14:W 5:D 3:L 11:L 12:W 10:W 8 HOLMES, MICHAEL 2112 3 13:W 12:W 2:L 5:W 1:L 6:L 9 FENTON, COLIN 1443 3 3:L 14:L 15:W 6:L 16:W 13:W 10 FISHER, NEIL 1736 2.5 0: 6:W 1:L 12:W 2:L 7:L 11 Mc KENNA, JOHN 1694 2.5 2:L 15:W 12:D 7:W 4:L 5:L 12 MARRON, CIARAN 1563 2.5 16:W 8:L 11:D 10:L 7:L 14:W 13 PROCTOR, RICHARD 1519 2 8:L 16:W 4:L 14:W 3:L 9:L 14 WOODFIELD, IAN 1579 2 7:L 9:W 5:L 13:L 15:W 12:L 15 HINDLEY, GEOFF 1124 2 4:L 11:L 9:L 16:W 14:L 0:W 16 SMYTH, DAN 1000 0 12:L 13:L 6:L 15:L 9:L 0:
