Winners at the Summer Tournament
David Seaby suggested a handicap competition with the rating difference controlling the time difference between the players and this unique competition has ended the Summer tournament regularly for some years. Its exciting and puts pressure on the higher rated players.
Round 1No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total 1 Nicholas Pilkiewicz 1877 [0] 1:0 Chris Armstrong 1382 [0] 2 David Seaby 1239 [0] 0:1 Ian Woodfield 1648 [0] 3 Mark Newman 1613 [0] 1:0 Adrian Dornford-Smith 1010 [0] 4 Geoff Hindley 976 [0] 0:1 Robert Lavery 1506 [0] 5 Stephen Critchlow 1422 [0] 1:0 JP Corrigan 800 [0] by Swiss Perfect (TM) www.swissperfect.com
No upsets on the first round. All going to rating. |  |
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Round 2No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total 1 Robert Lavery 1506 [1] .5:.5 Nicholas Pilkiewicz 1877 [1] 2 Ian Woodfield 1648 [1] 1:0 Mark Newman 1613 [1] 3 Chris Armstrong 1382 [0] 0:1 Stephen Critchlow 1422 [1] 4 JP Corrigan 800 [0] 1:0 David Seaby 1239 [0] 5 Adrian Dornford-Smith 1010 [0] 1:0 Geoff Hindley 976 [0] The second round saw a mix of upsets. JP Corrigan beating David Seaby and Robert drawing against Nicholas. Going into the 3rd round Ian Woodfield and Stephen Critchlow led the field. |
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Round 3No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total 1 Stephen Critchlow 1422 [2] 0:1 Ian Woodfield 1648 [2] 2 Nicholas Pilkiewicz 1877 [1.5] 1:0 Adrian Dornford-Smith 1010 [1] 3 Mark Newman 1613 [1] 0:1 Robert Lavery 1506 [1.5] 4 Geoff Hindley 976 [0] 1:0 JP Corrigan 800 [1] 5 David Seaby 1239 [0] 1:0 Chris Armstrong 1382 [0] Some upsets and Ian takes the lead. |
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Round 4No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total 1 Ian Woodfield 1648 [3] 1:0 Nicholas Pilkiewicz 1877 [2.5] 2 Robert Lavery 1506 [2.5] 1:0 Stephen Critchlow 1422 [2] 3 JP Corrigan 800 [1] 1:0 Mark Newman 1613 [1] 4 Adrian Dornford-Smith 1010 [1] 1:0 David Seaby 1239 [1] 5 Chris Armstrong 1382 [0] 1:0 Geoff Hindley 976 [1] Ian beats the favourite and continues his success, now leading with 4 out of 4 - full points. |
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Round 5No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total 1 Robert Lavery 1506 [3.5] 1:0 Ian Woodfield 1648 [4] 2 Nicholas Pilkiewicz 1877 [2.5] 1:0 JP Corrigan 800 [2] 3 Stephen Critchlow 1422 [2] 0:1 Adrian Dornford-Smith 1010 [2] 4 Mark Newman 1613 [1] 0:1 Chris Armstrong 1382 [1] 5 David Seaby 1239 [1] 1:0 Geoff Hindley 976 [1]The top board has the decisive game Robert against Ian and Robert wins to take the prize. Upsets on the other boards show the balancing impact of the time differences. An exciting finish. |  |
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StandingsPlace Name Loc Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.
1 Lavery, Robert 1506 4.5 6.5 11.5 13.0
2 Woodfield, Ian 1648 4 7.5 13.0 14.0
3 Pilkiewicz, Nicholas 1877 3.5 9.0 15.5 11.0
4 Dornford-Smith, Adrian 1010 3 5.0 9.5 7.0
5-8 Critchlow, Stephen 1422 2 9.0 15.5 9.0
Seaby, David 1239 2 7.0 12.0 4.0
Corrigan, JP 800 2 5.0 9.5 6.0
Armstrong, Chris 1382 2 5.0 9.5 3.0
9-10 Newman, Mark 1613 1 9.0 15.5 5.0
Hindley, Geoff 976 1 7.0 13.5 3.0
Robert heads the leader board unbeaten with 4.5 out of 5. |
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Winners of the Summer tournament recieved certificates listing their games and giving their %. Winners were:
Nicholas Pilkiewicz - Overall Winner 81.8%
Robert Lavery - Overall Second 67.5%
Stephen Rush - Winner top section 59.4%
David Ruben - Winner middle section 62.5%
Adrian Dornford-Smith - Winner lower section 62.5%
Also awarded a special prize was David Seaby, for full attendance - not missing any of the wednesday evenings over the summer.
Thanks go to The Bankers Club for an excellent venue and to all the players for making the tournament so enjoyable and full of great chess - looking forward to seeing everyone next year. Good luck in the leagues.
