Alan Burns Intense March 2017
A good number of players entered the second Alan Burns tournament this year. The Intense consists of games of 15mins each with as many rounds as possible. We were luck to have Brendan Jamison playing - especially after yesterdays tiring Blitz tournament. The range of players was well represented. From Brendans 1747 down to Chris Armstrongs 1190 although his usual rating is higher than this (some 1423).
Alan Burns - Round 1
Results
No Name Rtg Total Result Name Rtg Total 1 Brendan Jamison 1747 [0] 1:0 Ian Woodfield 1498 [0] 2 Martin Kelly 1432 [0] 0:1 Christopher Kelly 1628 [0] 3 Modestas Razbadauskas 1623 [0] 0:1 Michael Sheerin 1391 [0] 4 Nigel Telford 1386 [0] 1:0 Robert Lavery 1618 [0] 5 Daniil Zelenchuk 1541 [0] 0:1 Edward Doak 1313 [0] 6 Clark Rodriguez 1300 [0] 0:1 Richard Gould 1534 [0] 7 Mikhail Pavlov 1504 [0] 1:0 Colin Fenton 1253 [0] 8 Dmitry Zelenchuk 1235 [0] 0:1 Ram Rajan 1500 [0] 9 Chris Armstrong 1190 [0] 1:0 Mark Newman 1605 [0]
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First round saw some upsets Chris Armstrong beating Mark Newman. Michael Sheerin beating Modestas Razbadauskas.
Alan Burns - Round 2
Results
No Name Rtg Total Result Name Rtg Total 1 Michael Sheerin 1391 [1] 0:1 Brendan Jamison 1747 [1] 2 Christopher Kelly 1628 [1] .5:.5 Nigel Telford 1386 [1] 3 Edward Doak 1313 [1] 0:1 Mikhail Pavlov 1504 [1] 4 Ram Rajan 1500 [1] 1:0 Chris Armstrong 1190 [1] 5 Martin Kelly 1432 [0] 0:1 Modestas Razbadauskas 1623 [0] 6 Robert Lavery 1618 [0] 1:0 Clark Rodriguez 1300 [0] 7 Colin Fenton 1253 [0] 0:1 Daniil Zelenchuk 1541 [0] 8 Ian Woodfield 1498 [0] 1:0 Dmitry Zelenchuk 1235 [0] 9 Mark Newman 1605 [0] 0:0 BYE
Nigel Telford gets a good draw against Chris Kelly. The other games go to rating.
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Alan Burns - Round 3
Results
No Name Rtg Total Result Name Rtg Total 1 Brendan Jamison 1747 [2] 1:0 Ram Rajan 1500 [2] 2 Mikhail Pavlov 1504 [2] 1:0 Christopher Kelly 1628 [1.5] 3 Nigel Telford 1386 [1.5] 0:1 Ian Woodfield 1498 [1] 4 Modestas Razbadauskas 1623 [1] 1:0 Edward Doak 1313 [1] 5 Chris Armstrong 1190 [1] .5:.5 Robert Lavery 1618 [1] 6 Daniil Zelenchuk 1541 [1] 1:0 Michael Sheerin 1391 [1] 7 Dmitry Zelenchuk 1235 [0] .5:.5 Martin Kelly 1432 [0] 8 Clark Rodriguez 1300 [0] 0:1 Colin Fenton 1253 [0] 9 Mark Newman 1605 [0] 0:0 BYE
Brendan maintains an upbeat lead drawing with Mikhail Pavlov who get a good win over Chris Kelly. Chris Armstrong gets another good result a draw against Robert Lavery.
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Alan Burns - Round 4
Results
No Name Rtg Total Result Name Rtg Total 1 Mikhail Pavlov 1504 [3] 1:0 Brendan Jamison 1747 [3] 2 Ram Rajan 1500 [2] 0:1 Modestas Razbadauskas 1623 [2] 3 Ian Woodfield 1498 [2] 0:1 Daniil Zelenchuk 1541 [2] 4 Christopher Kelly 1628 [1.5] .5:.5 Robert Lavery 1618 [1.5] 5 Chris Armstrong 1190 [1.5] .5:.5 Nigel Telford 1386 [1.5] 6 Michael Sheerin 1391 [1] 0:1 Edward Doak 1313 [1] 7 Colin Fenton 1253 [1] .5:.5 Martin Kelly 1432 [.5] 8 Clark Rodriguez 1300 [0] 0:1 Dmitry Zelenchuk 1235 [.5]
The leaders meet. Mikhail wins and takes the lead with 4 out of 4. Colin Fenton gets a good draw against Martin Kelly.
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Alan Burns - Round 5
Results
No Name Rtg Total Result Name Rtg Total 1 Modestas Razbadauskas 1623 [3] 1:0 Mikhail Pavlov 1504 [4] 2 Brendan Jamison 1747 [3] 0:1 Daniil Zelenchuk 1541 [3] 3 Edward Doak 1313 [2] 0:1 Christopher Kelly 1628 [2] 4 Robert Lavery 1618 [2] .5:.5 Ian Woodfield 1498 [2] 5 Nigel Telford 1386 [2] 0:1 Ram Rajan 1500 [2] 6 Dmitry Zelenchuk 1235 [1.5] .5:.5 Chris Armstrong 1190 [2] 7 Michael Sheerin 1391 [1] 1:0 Colin Fenton 1253 [1.5] 8 Martin Kelly 1432 [1] 1:0 Clark Rodriguez 1300 [0]
The lead is challenged - Modestas plays Mikhail and wins. Daniil beats Brendan.
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Alan Burns - Round 6
Results
No Name Rtg Total Result Name Rtg Total 1 Daniil Zelenchuk 1541 [4] 1:0 Mikhail Pavlov 1504 [4] 2 Brendan Jamison 1747 [3] 0:1 Modestas Razbadauskas 1623 [4] 3 Christopher Kelly 1628 [3] 0:1 Ram Rajan 1500 [3] 4 Ian Woodfield 1498 [2.5] 1:0 Chris Armstrong 1190 [2.5] 5 Robert Lavery 1618 [2.5] 1:0 Dmitry Zelenchuk 1235 [2] 6 Edward Doak 1313 [2] 0:1 Martin Kelly 1432 [2] 7 Colin Fenton 1253 [1.5] 0:1 Nigel Telford 1386 [2] 8 Clark Rodriguez 1300 [0] 1:0 Michael Sheerin 1391 [2]
I decided to cap the rounds to 6 to complete by 5:00pm - I had hoped to have more rounds. To allow for more rounds I would need to finish closer to 6:00pm. With 4 players on 4 anything could happen. Daniil beats Mikhail whilst Modestas beats Brendan so we have 2 players on 5 points. We will have to use the tie breaking systems....
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Alan Burns
Standings
Place Name Loc Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.
1-2 Modestas Razbadauskas 1623 5 12.0 18.0 15.0
Daniil Zelenchuk 1541 5 10.5 16.0 15.0
3-4 Mikhail Pavlov 1504 4 13.0 19.5 18.0
Ram Rajan 1500 4 11.5 18.5 14.0
5-6 Ian Woodfield 1498 3.5 12.0 19.0 11.0
Robert Lavery 1618 3.5 10.5 15.0 10.5
7-10 Brendan Jamison 1747 3 16.5 23.5 15.0
Christopher Kelly 1628 3 13.5 19.5 12.0
Nigel Telford 1386 3 12.5 18.0 11.0
Martin Kelly 1432 3 8.5 14.5 6.5
11 Chris Armstrong 1190 2.5 12.5 18.5 10.5
12-14 Edward Doak 1313 2 15.0 22.0 9.0
Dmitry Zelenchuk 1235 2 12.5 17.5 6.0
Michael Sheerin 1391 2 11.5 17.5 8.0
15 Colin Fenton 1253 1.5 12.0 18.0 5.5
16-17 Clark Rodriguez 1300 1 10.5 15.5 1.0
Richard Gould 1534 1 1.0 1.0 1.0
18 Mark Newman 1605 0 1.5 5.5 0.0
So the final positions are:
Winner: Modestas Razbadauskas
2nd : Daniil Zelenchuk
Grading prize: Nigel Telford
Thanks to all the players for some brilliant chess. See you at the next Alan Burns Grand-prix tournament on Sunday 9th April (click here for details)
