North Belfast Handicap Rapidplay 2009
After the UCU Summer Tournament ends each year, it is customary to hold the prizegiving the following week alongside a rapidplay handicap tournament.
Prizewinners (l to r) Murphy, Holmes and Lavery
This year was no different and 20 players turned out at North Belfast Chess Club for a five round swiss. Total time on the clock in each game was 20 minutes with players handicapped according to the difference in their ratings, calculated on the Seaby scale.
Damien Lavery won his first four games and a draw in the final round against Michael Holmes (who had earlier dropped a half-point to Martin Kelly) was enough to secure overall victory. Holmes was joined on 4 points by Cathal Murphy, whose only loss came in the first round to Lavery.
Final standings
Place Name Rtg Score 1 Damien Lavery 1721 4.5 2-3 Michael Holmes 2034 4 Cathal Murphy 1079 4 4 Stephen Scannell 2113 3.5 5-7 Eamonn Walls 1893 3 William Storey 1367 3 Ciaran Holmes 1377 3 8-13 Martin Kelly 1443 2.5 Raymond Smith 1223 2.5 Craig Kelly 778 2.5 Karina Kruk 1483 2.5 Ian Woodfield 1660 2.5 Ron Henderson 1423 2.5 14-15 John Monaghan 1082 2 Mark Newman 1791 2 16-17 Alexander Beckett 1327 1.5 Peter Ratcliffe 940 1.5 18-20 Geoff Hindley 996 1 David Seaby 1071 1 Sylwek Furman 1775 1
Crosstable (players given in handicap order)
No Name Rtg Total 1 2 3 4 5 1. Stephen Scannell 2113 3.5 11:W 8:D 15:W 2:L 9:W 2. Michael Holmes 2034 4 12:W 9:D 7:W 1:W 6:D 3. Eamonn Walls 1893 3 13:W 14:W 6:L 15:W 16:L 4. Mark Newman 1791 2 14:L 13:W 16:L 12:L 17:W 5. Sylwek Furman 1775 1 15:L 17:L 19:D 10:L 18:D 6. Damien Lavery 1721 4.5 16:W 20:W 3:W 9:W 2:D 7. Ian Woodfield 1660 2.5 17:W 15:L 2:L 13:D 19:W 8. Karina Kruk 1483 2.5 18:W 1:D 9:L 20:W 11:L 9. Martin Kelly 1443 2.5 19:W 2:D 8:W 6:L 1:L 10. Ron Henderson 1423 2.5 20:L 16:L 18:D 5:W 13:W 11. Ciaran Holmes 1377 3 1:L 18:W 20:L 17:W 8:W 12. William Storey 1367 3 2:L 19:W 14:L 4:W 15:W 13. Alexander Beckett 1327 1.5 3:L 4:L 17:W 7:D 10:L 14. Raymond Smith 1223 2.5 4:W 3:L 12:W 16:L 20:D 15. John Monaghan 1082 2 5:W 7:W 1:L 3:L 12:L 16. Cathal Murphy 1079 4 6:L 10:W 4:W 14:W 3:W 17. David Seaby 1071 1 7:L 5:W 13:L 11:L 4:L 18. Geoff Hindley 996 1 8:L 11:L 10:D 19:L 5:D 19. Peter Ratcliffe 940 1.5 9:L 12:L 5:D 18:W 7:L 20. Craig Kelly 778 2.5 10:W 6:L 11:W 8:L 14:D
