The Alan Burns' Series of Tournaments Continues
With Sunday lunch and a game of chess. These tournaments are to celebrate and enjoy a Sunday game of Chess. In this case games. To vary the format slightly we set the time limits to 15mins to each player and no increment. Hopefully giving the weaker players a better chance of taking a scalp.
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Round 1
Results
No Name Rtg Total Result Name Rtg Total 1 Nicholas Pilkiewicz 1877 [0] 1:0 Chris Armstrong 1382 [0] 2 Tony Redden 1340 [0] 0:1 Gavin Fong 1800 [0] 3 Desmond Moreland 1762 [0] 1:0 Colin Fenton 1266 [0] 4 David Seaby 1239 [0] 0:1 Ian Woodfield 1648 [0] 5 Mark Newman 1613 [0] 0:1 Chris Cao 1100 [0] 6 Adrian Dornford-Smith 1010 [0] 0:1 David Jackson 1611 [0] 7 Niall Troughton 1598 [0] 1:0 Ben Campbell 800 [0] 8 Robert Lavery 1506 [0] .5:.5 BYE
by Swiss Perfect (TM) www.swissperfect.com
Round 1 saw an upset with Chris Cao winning over Mark Newman. All other games went to grading.
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Round 2
Results
No Name Rtg Total Result Name Rtg Total 1 Ian Woodfield 1648 [1] 0:1 Nicholas Pilkiewicz 1877 [1] 2 Gavin Fong 1800 [1] 0:1 Niall Troughton 1598 [1] 3 David Jackson 1611 [1] 0:1 Desmond Moreland 1762 [1] 4 Chris Cao 1100 [1] 1:0 Robert Lavery 1506 [.5] 5 Chris Armstrong 1382 [0] 0:1 David Seaby 1239 [0] 6 Ben Campbell 800 [0] 0:1 Tony Redden 1340 [0] 7 Colin Fenton 1266 [0] 1:0 Adrian Dornford-Smith 1010 [0]
Gavin Fong was beaten by Niall Troughton, Chris Cao kept his winning streak beating Robert Lavery and David Seaby beat Chris Armstrong. So maybe the time limit was causing some upset together of course with some good playing and a little luck.
Round 3
Results
No Name Rtg Total Result Name Rtg Total 1 Nicholas Pilkiewicz 1877 [2] 1:0 Niall Troughton 1598 [2] 2 Desmond Moreland 1762 [2] 0:1 Chris Cao 1100 [2] 3 Colin Fenton 1266 [1] .5:.5 Gavin Fong 1800 [1] 4 Tony Redden 1340 [1] 0:1 Ian Woodfield 1648 [1] 5 David Seaby 1239 [1] 0:1 David Jackson 1611 [1] 6 Robert Lavery 1506 [.5] 0:1 Chris Armstrong 1382 [0] 7 Adrian Dornford-Smith 1010 [0] 0:1 Ben Campbell 800 [0]
Chris Cao continues to win beating Desmond Moreland. On the top table Nicholas looks unassailable. Who can beat him?
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Round 4
Results
No Name Rtg Total Result Name Rtg Total 1 Chris Cao 1100 [3] 0:1 Nicholas Pilkiewicz 1877 [3] 2 Niall Troughton 1598 [2] 0:1 Desmond Moreland 1762 [2] 3 Ian Woodfield 1648 [2] 0:1 David Jackson 1611 [2] 4 Gavin Fong 1800 [1.5] 1:0 David Seaby 1239 [1] 5 Ben Campbell 800 [1] 0:1 Colin Fenton 1266 [1.5] 6 Chris Armstrong 1382 [1] .5:.5 Tony Redden 1340 [1] 7 Robert Lavery 1506 [.5] 1:0 Adrian Dornford-Smith 1010 [0]
Nicholas stops Chris.
Round 5
Results
No Name Rtg Total Result Name Rtg Total 1 Nicholas Pilkiewicz 1877 [4] 1:0 Desmond Moreland 1762 [3] 2 David Jackson 1611 [3] 0:1 Chris Cao 1100 [3] 3 Ian Woodfield 1648 [2] 0:1 Gavin Fong 1800 [2.5] 4 Colin Fenton 1266 [2.5] 1:0 Niall Troughton 1598 [2] 5 Tony Redden 1340 [1.5] 0:1 Robert Lavery 1506 [1.5] 6 Ben Campbell 800 [1] 0:1 Chris Armstrong 1382 [1.5] 7 David Seaby 1239 [1] 1:0 Adrian Dornford-Smith 1010 [0]
Chris Cao continues to win the games.
Round 6
Results
No Name Rtg Total Result Name Rtg Total 1 Gavin Fong 1800 [3.5] .5:.5 Nicholas Pilkiewicz 1877 [5] 2 Chris Cao 1100 [4] 0:1 Colin Fenton 1266 [3.5] 3 Desmond Moreland 1762 [3] .5:.5 Robert Lavery 1506 [2.5] 4 Chris Armstrong 1382 [2.5] 0:1 David Jackson 1611 [3] 5 Niall Troughton 1598 [2] 1:0 Tony Redden 1340 [1.5] 6 David Seaby 1239 [2] 1:0 Ben Campbell 800 [1] 7 Adrian Dornford-Smith 1010 [0] 0:1 Ian Woodfield 1648 [2]
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Round 7
Results
No Name Rtg Total Result Name Rtg Total 1 Nicholas Pilkiewicz 1877 [5.5] 1:0 Colin Fenton 1266 [4.5] 2 David Jackson 1611 [4] 0:1 Gavin Fong 1800 [4] 3 Tony Redden 1340 [1.5] 1:0 Chris Cao 1100 [4] 4 Ben Campbell 800 [1] 0:1 Desmond Moreland 1762 [3.5] 5 Robert Lavery 1506 [3] 0:1 David Seaby 1239 [3] 6 Ian Woodfield 1648 [3] 0:1 Chris Armstrong 1382 [2.5] 7 Adrian Dornford-Smith 1010 [0] 0:1 Niall Troughton 1598 [3]
David Seaby beats Robert Lavery and Chris Armstrong beats Ian Woodfield.
Civil Service Rapidplay - Round 8
Results
No Name Rtg Total Result Name Rtg Total 1 David Jackson 1611 [4] 0:1 Nicholas Pilkiewicz 1877 [6.5] 2 Desmond Moreland 1762 [4.5] 1:0 Gavin Fong 1800 [5] 3 Colin Fenton 1266 [4.5] 1:0 David Seaby 1239 [4] 4 Niall Troughton 1598 [4] 1:0 Chris Armstrong 1382 [3.5] 5 Robert Lavery 1506 [3] 0:1 Ian Woodfield 1648 [3] 6 Tony Redden 1340 [2.5] 0:1 Adrian Dornford-Smith 1010 [0]
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Nicholas Pilkiewicz wins the tournament only dropping 1/2 point to Gavin Fong.
Colin Fenton wins the grading prize for highest placed under 1400 player.
Some exciting positions even a draw with two clocks dropping their flags in a blitz finish.
Everybody agreed a very enjoyable Sunday afternoon with plenty of games of brilliant chess.
The next tournament is on Sunday March 22nd see you there.
Standings
Place Name Feder Rtg Loc Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.
1 Pilkiewicz, Nicholas UCU 1877 1877 7.5 28.0 37.0 34.5
2-3 Moreland, Desmond UCU 1762 1762 5.5 27.0 36.0 24.5
Fenton, Colin UCU 1266 1266 5.5 25.5 34.0 23.0
4-5 Fong, Gavin 1800 1800 5 28.0 38.0 23.5
Troughton, Niall UCU 1598 1598 5 23.5 32.0 21.0
6-9 Jackson, David UCU 1611 1611 4 26.5 35.0 22.0
Woodfield, Ian UCU 1648 1648 4 22.0 30.5 18.0
Cao, Chris 1100 1100 4 21.5 31.5 21.0
Seaby, David UCU 1239 1239 4 21.0 27.5 16.0
10 Armstrong, Chris UCU 1382 1382 3.5 22.5 31.5 14.5
11 Lavery, Robert UCU 1506 1506 3 22.5 29.0 14.5
12 Redden, Tony UCU 1340 1340 2.5 21.5 27.5 11.5
13-14 Dornford-Smith, Adrian UCU 1010 1010 1 22.5 29.5 1.0
Campbell, Ben 800 800 1 20.5 27.0 5.0
15 Newman, Mark UCU 1613 1613 0 4.5 4.5 0.0
