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QUB Blitz, Students' Union, 8 June 2009

This was another in the series of blitz events organised by QUB Chess Club President, Chris Millar.

QUB student Eamonn Walls won for the second successive event. Calum Leitch and John Bradley shared the under 1800 grading prize. Other prizes went to Patrick Cielen (best newcomer), Karina Kruk (best female player), Matthew Chapman (best unrated player) and Robert Lavery (David v. Goliath prize).

Final crosstable

No Name              Rtg  Total  1    2    3    4    5  

1  Eamonn Walls      1834 5     27:W 16:W 15:W  7:W  4:W
2  Stephen Scannell  2119 4.5   29:W  8:D 17:W 10:W  7:W
3  Calum Leitch      1779 4      5:W 15:L 19:W 14:W  9:W
4  John Bradley      1743 4     19:W  9:W 18:W  8:W  1:L
5  Patrick Cielen         3.5    3:L 28:W 11:W 15:W  6:D
6  Karina Kruk       1415 3.5   23:W 10:W  7:L 18:W  5:D
7  John Cairns       2020 3     20:W 11:W  6:W  1:L  2:L
8  Andrew Higgins    1666 3     30:W  2:D 12:W  4:L 16:D
9  Robert Lavery     1040 3     24:W  4:L 26:W 16:W  3:L
10 Mark Newman       1758 3     25:W  6:L 20:W  2:L 19:W
11 David McAlister   1654 3     21:W  7:L  5:L 17:W 18:W
12 Guych Nuriyev     1518 3     22:W 17:D  8:L 20:W 15:D
13 Matthew Chapman        3     17:L 22:W 16:L 23:W 21:W
14 Gordon Ingram     1346 3     18:L 30:W 25:W  3:L 22:W
15 Martin Kelly      1440 2.5   28:W  3:W  1:L  5:L 12:D
16 Shane Keers       1551 2.5   26:W  1:L 13:W  9:L  8:D
17 Tomasz Sobolewski 1816 2.5   13:W 12:D  2:L 11:L 27:W
18 Ciara Pugh             2     14:W 29:W  4:L  6:L 11:L
19 Sylwek Furman          2      4:L 24:W  3:L 26:W 10:L
20 CJ Murphy         1030 2      7:L 21:W 10:L 12:L 28:W
21 Dominic Krynicki       2     11:L 20:L 24:W 25:W 13:L
22 Barry McGalie          2     12:L 13:L 29:W 27:W 14:L
23 Helena Pugh            2      6:L 25:L 30:W 13:L 26:W
24 Jason Spence           2      9:L 19:L 21:L 30:W 25:W
25 Nick Earl              1     10:L 23:W 14:L 21:L 24:L
26 James McCullough       1     16:L 27:W  9:L 19:L 23:L
27 Jonathan Beattie       1      1:L 26:L 28:W 22:L 17:L
28 Patrick Meier          1     15:L  5:L 27:L 29:W 20:L
29 Patrick Magee     1039 1      2:L 18:L 22:L 28:L 30:W
30 Gary Keers             0      8:L 14:L 23:L 24:L 29:L
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