FoNIC Handicap

Played at the Maynard Sinclair Pavilion on Saturday 28 June 2008

This was another fundraiser to assist players competing on behalf of the UCU in international events. It was an 8 round Swiss, with players handicapped on a time basis - as set out below:

Each game to be 30 minutes total duration.

The time to be divided between both players as follows:

Within 50 grading points            15 min - 15 min
Between 51 and 100 grading points   16 min - 14 min
Between 101 and 200 grading points  18 min - 12 min
Between 201 and 300 grading points  20 min - 10 min
Between 301 and 400 grading points  22 min - 08 min
Between 401 and 500 grading points  24 min - 06 min
Between 501 and 600 grading points  26 min - 04 min
Over 600 grading points             28 min - 02 min

Final Crosstable

No Name                   Rtg  Total  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8  

1  Eamonn Walls           1857 7      9:W  4:W  3:W  6:W  8:W  2:L 11:W  7:W
2  John Masterson         1863 6.5    0:D  8:L  7:W  9:W  3:W  1:W  4:W  6:W
3  Calum Leitch           1752 5     10:W  6:W  1:L  4:W  2:L  7:W 12:W  5:L
4  David Seaby            1080 5     11:W  1:L  8:W  3:L  6:W 10:W  2:L 12:W
5  Cathal Murphy          972  4.5    0:D 12:W  6:L 10:L 11:W  9:L  8:W  3:W
6  Richard Gould          1518 4      7:W  3:L  5:W  1:L  4:L  8:W  9:W  2:L
7  Kevin O'Neill          925  4      6:L 11:W  2:L 12:W  9:W  3:L 10:W  1:L
8  Anandagopal Srinivasan 1519 3     12:L  2:W  4:L 11:W  1:L  6:L  5:L 10:W
9  Alan Burns             1412 3      1:L 10:W 12:W  2:L  7:L  5:W  6:L 11:L
10 John Monaghan          1087 3      3:L  9:L 11:W  5:W 12:W  4:L  7:L  8:L
11 David McAlister        1654 2      4:L  7:L 10:L  8:L  5:L 12:W  1:L  9:W
12 Geoff Hindley          1004 1      8:W  5:L  9:L  7:L 10:L 11:L  3:L  4:L
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