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City of Belfast 2013 report

The 2013 City of Belfast Championships were played at the Ballynafeigh Community Development Centre over the 18-19 May weekend.

There were two trophies being competed for by the 24 players - the Nemtzov Cup (for the top eight rated players) and the Henderson Cup. Top seed Stephen Scannell lost in the first round to Ian Woodfield, but then won four straight to share the overall lead with second seed Gareth Annesley going into the last round. These two played out a highly complicated middlegame with final victory in the game and the Nemtzov going to Scannell. This was Scannell's third win in the Nemtzov but when Karina Kruk beat her main rival Shane Keers in Round 6 she was winning the Henderson for the fourth year in a row.

Final crosstable

No Name                Total  1    2    3    4    5    6  

1 Steve Scannell 5 8:L 9:W 17:W 16:W 2:W 4:W
2 Danny Mallaghan 4.5 21:W 8:W 4:W 0:D 1:L 7:W
3 Karina Kruk 4.5 9:D 24:W 6:W 4:L 15:W 10:W
4 Gareth Annesley 4 24:W 7:W 2:L 3:W 5:W 1:L
5 Stewart McConaghy 4 14:D 18:W 15:W 0:D 4:L 8:W
6 Robert Lavery 4 19:W 16:W 3:L 7:L 18:W 13:W
7 Brendan Jamison 3.5 10:W 4:L 13:W 6:W 8:D 2:L
8 Ian Woodfield 3.5 1:W 2:L 14:W 18:W 7:D 5:L
9 Ross Harris 3.5 3:D 1:L 19:W 10:L 14:W 18:W
10 Shane Keers 3.5 7:L 21:D 24:W 9:W 16:W 3:L
11 Stephen Scarborough 3.5 12:D 14:D 18:L 0:D 23:W 15:W
12 Mond Parissis 3.5 11:D 13:L 0:L 20:W 22:W 19:W
13 Pat McKillen 3 16:L 12:W 7:L 17:W 19:W 6:L
14 Roy Stafford 2.5 5:D 11:D 8:L 0:D 9:L 22:W
15 William Storey 2.5 0:D 20:W 5:L 21:W 3:L 11:L
16 Mohamed Saad 2.5 13:W 6:L 22:W 1:L 10:L 17:D
17 Cathal Murphy 2.5 0:D 22:D 1:L 13:L 20:W 16:D
18 Martin Kelly 2 23:W 5:L 11:W 8:L 6:L 9:L
19 Micheal Morgan 2 6:L 23:W 9:L 22:W 13:L 12:L
20 Tanya Jones 1.5 0:D 15:L 21:L 12:L 17:L 23:W
21 Steven Eachus 1.5 2:L 10:D 20:W 15:L 0: 0:
22 Geoff Hindley 1 0:D 17:D 16:L 19:L 12:L 14:L
23 Honor Parissis 1 18:L 19:L 0:L 24:W 11:L 20:L
24 Peter McGuckin 0 4:L 3:L 10:L 23:L 0: 0:

Prizewinners

Nemtzov Cup

Winner        Stephen Scannell
Runner-up     Danny Mallaghan
Performance  Gareth Annesley 

Henderson Cup

Winner        Karina Kruk
Runner-up     Stewart McConaghy 
Under 1500   Robert Lavery
Under 1000   Stephen Scarborough

 

 

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