Alan Burns Tournament Series Begins
Coinciding with the last day of the London Chess Classic 2015 we had the games of these top players on the large TV in the playing arena. Could we produce that level of chess. Well we can try! The time limit was set at 20mins with 5 secs increment. 16 players set to focus on an 8x8 board and find some beautiful combinations. Art at its dynamic, strategic best. Perhaps to add to this mix we had a new face from Russia via Scotland and Downpatrick, Mikhail Pavlov who studied and sings Opera and had just travelled from visiting the London Chess Classic - an opportunity for some excellent conversations.
NICS Lacksidasical
Round1
No Name Rtg Total Result Name Rtg Total 1 Calum Leitch 1694 [0] 1:0 Richard Morrow 1415 [0] 2 Patrick McKillen 1400 [0] 1:0 Niall Troughton 1593 [0] 3 Ian Woodfield 1574 [0] 1:0 Colin Fenton 1332 [0] 4 Tony Redden 1316 [0] 0:1 Chris Armstrong 1398 [0] 5 David Jackson 1556 [0] 1:0 Adrian Dornford-Smith 1093 [0] 6 Dmitry Zelenchuk 1050 [0] 0:1 Robert Lavery 1539 [0] 7 Mikhail Pavlov 1500 [0] 1:0 Paul Anderson 956 [0] 8 Daniil Zelenchuk 850 [0] 0:1 Nigel Telford 1456 [0]
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The first round went to rating apart from Pat McKillen beating the excellent player Niall Troughton.
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Round2
No Name Rtg Total Result Name Rtg Total 1 Mikhail Pavlov 1500 [1] 0:1 Calum Leitch 1694 [1] 2 Nigel Telford 1456 [1] 0:1 Ian Woodfield 1574 [1] 3 Chris Armstrong 1398 [1] 0:1 David Jackson 1556 [1] 4 Robert Lavery 1539 [1] 1:0 Patrick McKillen 1400 [1] 5 Niall Troughton 1593 [0] 1:0 Adrian Dornford-Smith 1093 [0] 6 Richard Morrow 1415 [0] 0:1 Dmitry Zelenchuk 1050 [0] 7 Colin Fenton 1332 [0] .5:.5 Daniil Zelenchuk 850 [0] 8 Paul Anderson 956 [0] 0:1 Tony Redden 1316 [0]
Two upsets from the same family. Daniil Zelenchuk drew against Colin Fenton and Dmitry Zelenchuk beat Richard Morrow.
Round3
No Name Rtg Total Result Name Rtg Total 1 Calum Leitch 1694 [2] 1:0 David Jackson 1556 [2] 2 Ian Woodfield 1574 [2] 0:1 Robert Lavery 1539 [2] 3 Tony Redden 1316 [1] .5:.5 Niall Troughton 1593 [1] 4 Patrick McKillen 1400 [1] 0:1 Mikhail Pavlov 1500 [1] 5 Dmitry Zelenchuk 1050 [1] 0:1 Nigel Telford 1456 [1] 6 Daniil Zelenchuk 850 [.5] 0:1 Chris Armstrong 1398 [1] 7 Richard Morrow 1415 [0] 1:0 Colin Fenton 1332 [.5] 8 Adrian Dornford-Smith 1093 [0] 1:0 Paul Anderson 956 [0]
A play off between the top scoring players. Calum continued his wins by beating David jackson. Robert Lavery gained full points by bearing Ian Woodfield.
Round4
No Name Rtg Total Result Name Rtg Total 1 Robert Lavery 1539 [3] 0:1 Calum Leitch 1694 [3] 2 Chris Armstrong 1398 [2] .5:.5 Ian Woodfield 1574 [2] 3 David Jackson 1556 [2] 0:1 Mikhail Pavlov 1500 [2] 4 Nigel Telford 1456 [2] 0:1 Tony Redden 1316 [1.5] 5 Niall Troughton 1593 [1.5] 1:0 Dmitry Zelenchuk 1050 [1] 6 Adrian Dornford-Smith 1093 [1] 0:1 Richard Morrow 1415 [1] 7 Colin Fenton 1332 [.5] 0:1 Patrick McKillen 1400 [1] 8 Paul Anderson 956 [0] 0:1 Daniil Zelenchuk 850 [.5]
A fight off on board 1. Between Robert and Calum. Calum winning. Against the expected grading results - Chris Armstrong beat Ian Woodfield and Mikhail defeated David Jackson.and Tony Redden won against Nigel Telford.
Round5
No Name Rtg Total Result Name Rtg Total 1 Calum Leitch 1694 [4] 1:0 Chris Armstrong 1398 [2.5] 2 Mikhail Pavlov 1500 [3] 1:0 Robert Lavery 1539 [3] 3 Ian Woodfield 1574 [2.5] 0:1 Niall Troughton 1593 [2.5] 4 Tony Redden 1316 [2.5] 1:0 David Jackson 1556 [2] 5 Patrick McKillen 1400 [2] 1:0 Nigel Telford 1456 [2] 6 Daniil Zelenchuk 850 [1.5] 0:1 Richard Morrow 1415 [2] 7 Dmitry Zelenchuk 1050 [1] 0:1 Adrian Dornford-Smith 1093 [1] 8 Paul Anderson 956 [0] 1:0 Colin Fenton 1332 [.5]
Calum Leitch won without dropping a point. Mikhail only dropped one game coming a clear second. The biggest upset was board 8 where Paul Anderson beat Colin Fenton a fantasic result for Paul.
A day of excellent chess - I had the opportunity of watching the games and enjoyed the challenge of seeing some seriously complicated positions.
Standings
Place Name Feder Rtg Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.
1 Calum Leitch UCU 1694 5 8.5 14.5 15.0
2 Mikhail Pavlov SCO 1500 4 8.0 14.0 11.0
3-4 Niall Troughton UCU 1593 3.5 7.5 12.0 8.5
Tony Redden UCU 1316 3.5 6.5 11.0 8.5
5-7 Robert Lavery UCU 1539 3 9.5 15.5 12.0
Patrick McKillen UCU 1400 3 8.5 13.0 8.0
Richard Morrow UCU 1415 3 4.5 10.0 6.0
8-9 Chris Armstrong UCU 1398 2.5 8.0 14.5 9.0
Ian Woodfield UCU 1574 2.5 7.5 11.5 10.0
10-12 David Jackson UCU 1556 2 10.0 17.0 9.0
Nigel Telford UCU 1456 2 7.0 11.5 8.0
Adrian Dornford-Smith UCU 1093 2 6.0 10.5 4.0
13 Daniil Zelenchuk UCU 850 1.5 5.5 9.0 4.0
14-15 Dmitry Zelenchuk UCU 1050 1 8.0 13.5 4.0
Paul Anderson UCU 956 1 7.0 11.5 1.0
16 Colin Fenton UCU 1332 0.5 7.0 11.0 2.0
17 Peter McGuckin UCU 1565 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Adrian Dornford-Smith (Civil Service Chess Club) handed out the trophies:
Winner Calum Leitch
2nd Mikhail Pavlov
Grading Prize (1400 & under) Tony Redden
Under 1080 Winner Daniil Zelenchuk
A day of conversations and chess - a fond way of remembering our friend Alan Burns.
Thanks Players and see you at our next Alan Burns tournament.
