The second of the NICS Alan Burns Grandprix
This series of tournaments is a celebration of chess and one of its passionate players - Alan Burns.
We alternate a Sunday afternoon of intense chess (15mins) and then one of lacksidasical ( 20mins with 5sec increment). Players can enjoy the excellent lunches in the relaxing surrounds of the Pavillion Restaurant.
The chess is fun. The games are still a series of beautiful positions, attacking openings, tactical middles games and challenging complex endgames. Art in motion.
This afternoon was an intense with 8 rounds following in quick sucession.
Round 1
No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total 1 John Bradley 1695 [0] 0:1 Nigel Telford 1405 [0] 2 CJ Murphy 1267 [0] 0:1 Brendan Jamison 1648 [0] 3 Robert Lavery 1581 [0] 1:0 Colin Fenton 1227 [0] 4 Adrian Dornford-Smith 1141 [0] 1:0 David Jackson 1506 [0] 5 Mikhail Pavlov 1500 [0] 1:0 Dmitry Zelenchuk 1090 [0] 6 Daniil Zelenchuk 900 [0] 0:1 Martin Kelly 1468 [0]
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Some early upsets with Adrian Dornford-Smith beating David Jackson and Nigel Telford winning over John Bradley. Making the tournament interestingly open.
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Round 2
No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total 1 Brendan Jamison 1648 [1] 1:0 Adrian Dornford-Smith 1141 [1] 2 Martin Kelly 1468 [1] 0:1 Robert Lavery 1581 [1] 3 Nigel Telford 1405 [1] 0:1 Mikhail Pavlov 1500 [1] 4 Colin Fenton 1227 [0] 0:1 John Bradley 1695 [0] 5 David Jackson 1506 [0] 0:1 Daniil Zelenchuk 900 [0] 6 Dmitry Zelenchuk 1090 [0] 0:1 CJ Murphy 1267 [0]
Daniil Zelenchuk the lowest rated beats David Jackson over 600 points different. Daniil has been playing in the chess league for Ballynafiegh and his game is on the way up.
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Round 3
No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total 1 Robert Lavery 1581 [2] 0:1 Brendan Jamison 1648 [2] 2 Mikhail Pavlov 1500 [2] 0:1 John Bradley 1695 [1] 3 CJ Murphy 1267 [1] .5:.5 Martin Kelly 1468 [1] 4 Adrian Dornford-Smith 1141 [1] 0:1 Nigel Telford 1405 [1] 5 Daniil Zelenchuk 900 [1] 1:0 Colin Fenton 1227 [0] 6 Dmitry Zelenchuk 1090 [0] 0:1 David Jackson 1506 [0]
Daniil continues to gain points. Whilst Brendan remains undefeated with 3 out of 3. Cahal Murphy gets a good result against Martin Kelly.
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Round 4
No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total 1 Brendan Jamison 1648 [3] 1:0 Mikhail Pavlov 1500 [2] 2 John Bradley 1695 [2] 0:1 Daniil Zelenchuk 900 [2] 3 Nigel Telford 1405 [2] 0:1 Robert Lavery 1581 [2] 4 David Jackson 1506 [1] 1:0 CJ Murphy 1267 [1.5] 5 Martin Kelly 1468 [1.5] 1:0 Adrian Dornford-Smith 1141 [1] 6 Colin Fenton 1227 [0] 1:0 Dmitry Zelenchuk 1090 [0]
Daniil doesn't just gain points but beats the highest rated player in the tournament. Gaining the Giant Slayer prize.
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Round 5
No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total 1 Daniil Zelenchuk 900 [3] 0:1 Brendan Jamison 1648 [4] 2 Robert Lavery 1581 [3] 0:1 John Bradley 1695 [2] 3 Nigel Telford 1405 [2] 1:0 Martin Kelly 1468 [2.5] 4 Mikhail Pavlov 1500 [2] 0:1 David Jackson 1506 [2] 5 CJ Murphy 1267 [1.5] 0:1 Colin Fenton 1227 [1] 6 Adrian Dornford-Smith 1141 [1] 0:1 Dmitry Zelenchuk 1090 [0]
Daniil earning a place at top table faces the unbeaten (GrandMaster slayer) Brendan Jamison, but fails to win.
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Round 6
No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total 1 Brendan Jamison 1648 [5] 1:0 Nigel Telford 1405 [3] 2 David Jackson 1506 [3] 0:1 Robert Lavery 1581 [3] 3 John Bradley 1695 [3] 1:0 CJ Murphy 1267 [1.5] 4 Dmitry Zelenchuk 1090 [1] 0:1 Daniil Zelenchuk 900 [3] 5 Martin Kelly 1468 [2.5] 1:0 Mikhail Pavlov 1500 [2] 6 Colin Fenton 1227 [2] 1:0 Adrian Dornford-Smith 1141 [1]
A family game. Daniil v Dmitry. The younger Zelenchuk wins.
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Round 7
No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total 1 John Bradley 1695 [4] 0:1 Brendan Jamison 1648 [6] 2 Robert Lavery 1581 [4] 1:0 Daniil Zelenchuk 900 [4] 3 Dmitry Zelenchuk 1090 [1] 0:1 Martin Kelly 1468 [3.5] 4 Nigel Telford 1405 [3] 1:0 David Jackson 1506 [3] 5 Mikhail Pavlov 1500 [2] 1:0 Colin Fenton 1227 [3] 6 CJ Murphy 1267 [1.5] 1:0 Adrian Dornford-Smith 1141 [1]
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Round 8
No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total 1 Brendan Jamison 1648 [7] 1:0 Martin Kelly 1468 [4.5] 2 Robert Lavery 1581 [5] 1:0 Dmitry Zelenchuk 1090 [1] 3 Daniil Zelenchuk 900 [4] 1:0 Nigel Telford 1405 [4] 4 Adrian Dornford-Smith 1141 [1] 0:1 John Bradley 1695 [4] 5 David Jackson 1506 [3] .5:.5 Colin Fenton 1227 [3] 6 CJ Murphy 1267 [2.5] 0:1 Mikhail Pavlov 1500 [3]
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Standings
Place Name Rtg Score M-book. Book. Progr. 1 Brendan Jamison 1648 8 25.0 32.0 36.0 2 Robert Lavery 1581 6 25.5 34.5 26.0 3-4 Daniil Zelenchuk 900 5 26.5 35.5 22.0 John Bradley 1695 5 25.0 34.0 21.0 5 Martin Kelly 1468 4.5 22.5 31.5 21.0 6-7 Nigel Telford 1405 4 28.0 37.0 20.0 Mikhail Pavlov 1500 4 23.0 32.0 18.0 8-9 Colin Fenton 1227 3.5 21.0 28.0 12.5 David Jackson 1506 3.5 20.0 27.0 15.5 10 CJ Murphy 1267 2.5 21.5 30.5 12.0 11-12 Adrian Dornford-Smith 1141 1 23.0 32.0 8.0 Dmitry Zelenchuk 1090 1 23.0 30.0 4.0
Brendan finishes the day with the unbeaten score of 8 out of 8. Followed by Robert Lavery. Daniil Zelenchuk wins the grading prize and for a rating of 900 gains an outstanding 3rd place and everybody enjoyed a great afternoon of chess, See you at the next tournament on April 10th same time and same place. All details press here.
