The 3rd tournament in the Alan Burns Series
Enjoying lunch and an afternoon of chess - what could be better?
Twenty players of all abilities faced off.
Round one started shortly after 1:30pm. This was the top player Sergio's first appearance at the Alan Burns series of tournaments. Also with Queens club growing in size and becoming a significant club in the Ulster scene. It was good to see new players from Queens.
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Round 1
No Name Rtg Total Result Name Rtg Total 1 Sergio Esteve Sanchez 1858 [0] 1:0 Christopher Roe 1300 [0] 2 Daniil Zelenchuk 1295 [0] 0:1 Brendan Jamison 1762 [0] 3 Damien Cunningham 1722 [0] 1:0 Ram Rajan 1236 [0] 4 Liam Ferris 1162 [0] 1:0 Mikhail Pavlov 1616 [0] 5 Robert Lavery 1603 [0] 1:0 Dmitry Zelenchuk 1138 [0] 6 Adrian Dornford-Smith 1134 [0] 0:1 Richard Gould 1545 [0] 7 Ian Woodfield 1541 [0] 1:0 Ben Campbell 1000 [0] 8 Vincent Crean 1000 [0] 0:1 Callum Ormerod 1482 [0] 9 David Jackson 1450 [0] 0:1 Alan York 1000 [0] 10 Geoff Hindley 942 [0] 0:1 Ian Kilpatrick 1382 [0]
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Round one starts with a few upsets. Liam Ferris (1162) beats Mikhail Pavlov (1616). Whilst Alan York (1000) beats David Jackson (1450).
Round 2
No Name Rtg Total Result Name Rtg Total 1 Callum Ormerod 1482 [1] 0:1 Sergio Esteve Sanchez 1858 [1] 2 Brendan Jamison 1762 [1] 1:0 Ian Woodfield 1541 [1] 3 Ian Kilpatrick 1382 [1] 1:0 Damien Cunningham 1722 [1] 4 Alan York 1000 [1] 0:1 Robert Lavery 1603 [1] 5 Richard Gould 1545 [1] .5:.5 Liam Ferris 1162 [1] 6 Mikhail Pavlov 1616 [0] 1:0 Adrian Dornford-Smith 1134 [0] 7 Dmitry Zelenchuk 1138 [0] 0:1 David Jackson 1450 [0] 8 Christopher Roe 1300 [0] 0:1 Vincent Crean 1000 [0] 9 Ben Campbell 1000 [0] 0:1 Daniil Zelenchuk 1295 [0] 10 Ram Rajan 1236 [0] 1:0 Geoff Hindley 942 [0]
A suprise resut with Ian Kilpatirck beating Damien Cunningham. Whilst the rest of the big hitters continue adding to their points. Liam Ferris has a good result beating Richard Gould. Whilst Vincent Crean also does well against fellow Queens player Chris Roe.
Round 3
No Name Rtg Total Result Name Rtg Total 1 Sergio Esteve Sanchez 1858 [2] .5:.5 Ian Kilpatrick 1382 [2] 2 Robert Lavery 1603 [2] 0:1 Brendan Jamison 1762 [2] 3 Damien Cunningham 1722 [1] 1:0 Richard Gould 1545 [1.5] 4 Liam Ferris 1162 [1.5] .5:.5 Callum Ormerod 1482 [1] 5 Daniil Zelenchuk 1295 [1] 1:0 Mikhail Pavlov 1616 [1] 6 Ian Woodfield 1541 [1] 1:0 Alan York 1000 [1] 7 David Jackson 1450 [1] 0:1 Ram Rajan 1236 [1] 8 Vincent Crean 1000 [1] 1:0 Dmitry Zelenchuk 1138 [0] 9 Geoff Hindley 942 [0] 0:1 Christopher Roe 1300 [0] 10 Adrian Dornford-Smith 1134 [0] 1:0 Ben Campbell 1000 [0]
Possibly a tournament defining game Ian Kilpatrick draws against Sergio Esteve Sanchez. Thereby allowing Brendan Jamison (Grandmaster Slayer) to lead the tournament. The young Daniil gets an excellent result against Mikhail Pavlov and Liam Ferris continues to do well drawing against Callum Ormerod.
Round 4
No Name Rtg Total Result Name Rtg Total 1 Brendan Jamison 1762 [3] 0:1 Sergio Esteve Sanchez 1858 [2.5] 2 Ian Kilpatrick 1382 [2.5] 1:0 Robert Lavery 1603 [2] 3 Liam Ferris 1162 [2] 0:1 Damien Cunningham 1722 [2] 4 Ram Rajan 1236 [2] 1:0 Ian Woodfield 1541 [2] 5 Vincent Crean 1000 [2] 0:1 Daniil Zelenchuk 1295 [2] 6 Richard Gould 1545 [1.5] .5:.5 Callum Ormerod 1482 [1.5] 7 Mikhail Pavlov 1616 [1] 0:1 David Jackson 1450 [1] 8 Christopher Roe 1300 [1] 0:1 Adrian Dornford-Smith 1134 [1] 9 Alan York 1000 [1] 1:0 Ben Campbell 1000 [0] 10 Dmitry Zelenchuk 1138 [0] 1:0 Geoff Hindley 942 [0]
The Big fight Brendan falls to the sword of Sergio. Who now jointly leads with Ian Kilpatrick who gets a good win against Robert Lavery. Damien Cunningham is coming up on the inside track.
Round 5
No Name Rtg Total Result Name Rtg Total 1 Sergio Esteve Sanchez 1858 [3.5] .5:.5 Ram Rajan 1236 [3] 2 Daniil Zelenchuk 1295 [3] 0:1 Ian Kilpatrick 1382 [3.5] 3 Damien Cunningham 1722 [3] 0:1 Brendan Jamison 1762 [3] 4 Robert Lavery 1603 [2] .5:.5 Liam Ferris 1162 [2] 5 David Jackson 1450 [2] 0:1 Richard Gould 1545 [2] 6 Ian Woodfield 1541 [2] .5:.5 Vincent Crean 1000 [2] 7 Callum Ormerod 1482 [2] 1:0 Alan York 1000 [2] 8 Adrian Dornford-Smith 1134 [2] 1:0 Dmitry Zelenchuk 1138 [1] 9 Christopher Roe 1300 [1] 0:1 Mikhail Pavlov 1616 [1] 10 Ben Campbell 1000 [0] 1:0 Geoff Hindley 942 [0]
With 6 people in the throw for the top. The draw gives the two top players what should be relatively straghtforward pairings. But Ram provides an upset and gains a draw against Sergio. Leaving the result in Ians hands - who beats Daniil to win the tournament. Other good results from Vincent Crean drawing against Ian Woodfield and Liam Ferris who had an excellent tournament drawing against Robert Lavery.
Standings
Place Name Rtg Loc Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.
1 Ian Kilpatrick 1382 1382 4.5 8.5 12.5 13.5
2-3 Sergio Esteve Sanchez 1858 1858 4 10.5 16.0 13.0
Brendan Jamison 1762 1762 4 8.5 15.0 13.0
4 Ram Rajan 1236 1236 3.5 7.5 11.5 9.5
5-9 Damien Cunningham 1722 1722 3 10.5 17.5 10.0
Daniil Zelenchuk 1295 1295 3 8.5 14.0 9.0
Richard Gould 1545 1545 3 8.5 13.5 9.0
Callum Ormerod 1482 1482 3 8.0 14.0 8.5
Adrian Dornford-Smith 1134 1134 3 4.0 8.0 6.0
10-13 Robert Lavery 1603 1603 2.5 8.5 14.0 9.5
Liam Ferris 1162 1162 2.5 8.5 13.5 9.0
Ian Woodfield 1541 1541 2.5 8.0 13.0 8.5
Vincent Crean 1000 1000 2.5 6.5 10.5 7.5
14-16 Mikhail Pavlov 1616 1616 2 7.5 11.5 5.0
David Jackson 1450 1450 2 7.0 11.5 6.0
Alan York 1000 1000 2 7.0 11.0 7.0
17-19 Christopher Roe 1300 1300 1 7.5 11.5 3.0
Ben Campbell 1000 1000 1 7.5 10.5 1.0
Dmitry Zelenchuk 1138 1138 1 7.0 10.0 2.0
20 Geoff Hindley 942 942 0 5.5 11.0 0.0
Outright winner is Ian Kilpatrick with a rating of 1382 - a fantastic result.
Second Sergio Esteve Sanchez.
Grading Prize (Below or Equal 1300) Ram Rajan
Watch out for the fourth and final 2016 Alan Burns tournament Sunday 5th June.
Thanks to all the players - the games were excellent to watch and no disputes
