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Summer 2012 Civil Service Tournament now roughly half-way.

The results so far of the 2012 Summer Tournament at the Civil Service.
Summer 2012 Civil Service Tournament now roughly half-way.

Players Enjoying Chess at the Civil Service Social Club

Having played 10 Rounds of the tournament to date we have 9 game weeks left followed by prize giving and quickplay competition on 26th September.

There are three bands. The winners are based on percentage. The current overall leader is William Storey on 91%. William still needs to complete10 games.

Its good to see players coming to these wednesday sessions. The following players havent missed a session: David Ruben, Robert Lavery, Garry Johnston playing 10 out of the 10 games. They have qualified. But still need to play 2 out of the last three games of the tournament.

We have had a lot of brilliant chess some total of 123 games.With a total of 40 players playing.

For full result details of the competition go to our results service: Summer Tournament 2012.

Robert Lavery playingStewart McConaghy, Summer Tournament 2012, CivilService Social Club, Belfast.

name Rating Played Points %
Senior Section
Pat Coleman 1563 5 4 80.00
Mark Newman 1781 4 3 75.00
Christopher Kelly 1580 5 3.5 70.00
Sam Flanagan 1706 6 4 66.67
Karina Kruk 1535 7 4 57.14
Edward Whiteside 1788 8 4 50.00
Ian Woodfield 1689 8 4 50.00
Bernard Jaffa 1488 4 2 50.00
Walter Wilson 1465 7 3.5 50.00
Stewart McConaghy 1440 7 3.5 50.00
David Ruben 1617 10 4.5 45.00
Ray Devenney 1828 5 2 40.00
John Bryars 1485 5 2 40.00
Ross Harris 1554 8 3 37.50
Neil Green 1554 9 2 22.22
Christopher Armstrong plays William Sorey




Intermediate Section
William Storey 1329 6 5.5 91.67
Mathew Chapman 1345 2 1.5 75.00
CJ Murphy 1270 7 5 71.43
Robert Lavery 1349 10 7 70.00
Garry Johnston 1167 10 7 70.00
Peter Wilson 1360 3 2 66.67
Kevin Agnew 1266 7 4 57.14
Alan Burns 1300 9 4.5 50.00
Derek Trusdale 1263 7 3.5 50.00
Drew Ferguson 1239 1 0.5 50.00
B Belshaw 1236 8 3.5 43.75
Ron Henderson 1354 4 1.5 37.50
Martin Kelly 1382 3 1 33.33
Roy Stafford 1244 9 2 22.22
Chris Armstrong 1365 7 1.5 21.43
Criag Kelly playing David Seaby, Summer Tournament 2012, Civil Service Social Club, Belfast.




Junior Section
David Seaby 1086 9 6.5 72.22
Owen Wilson 967 3 1.5 50.00
James Fairley 923 8 4 50.00
Patrick Maguire 858 1 0.5 50.00
Geoff Hindley 974 8 3.5 43.75
Craig Kelly 826 9 3.5 38.89
Adrian Dornford-Smith 9 3.5 38.89
A McWhinney 921 3 1 33.33
Paul Anderson 671 3 0 0.00
Philip Morrison 1025 1 0 0.00
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