Fourth Alan Burns Grand Prix held on 30th April
Ten players gathered - ready for an afternoon of exciting chess. It was agreed we would play 20mins with 5 seconds increment - and watching the games and discussing with the players it was felt that this leads to better quality chess and excellent endings. All the players played great chess and alot of the games were closer than the final result would suggest. Who would win the Alan Burns Senior and Junior Grand Prix - now with two elegent trophies:
Round 1
Results
No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total 1 Modestas Razbadauskas 1659 [0] 1:0 Nigel Telford 1411 [0] 2 Colin Fenton 1241 [0] 0:1 Mark Newman 1559 [0] 3 Ram Rajan 1521 [0] 0:1 Vincent O'Brien 1180 [0] 4 Geoff Hindley 876 [0] 0:1 Ian Woodfield 1506 [0] 5 Robert Lavery 1604 [0] .5:.5 BYE 6 David Jackson 1447 [0] .5:.5 BYE 7 Mikhail Pavlov 1442 [0] .5:.5 BYE
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Vincent gets a good win playing Ram Rajan. As we initially had an odd number I played to make nos even. The late arrivals were given 1/2 point byes.
Round 2
Results
No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total 1 Ian Woodfield 1506 [1] 0:1 Modestas Razbadauskas 1659 [1] 2 Vincent O'Brien 1180 [1] 0:1 Robert Lavery 1604 [.5] 3 David Jackson 1447 [.5] 1:0 Mikhail Pavlov 1442 [.5] 4 Colin Fenton 1241 [0] .5:.5 Ram Rajan 1521 [0] 5 Nigel Telford 1411 [0] 1:0 Geoff Hindley 876 [0]
Modestas continues to win. Colin gets a draw against Ram. The below photos show some of the interesting end-games.
Round 3
Results
No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total 1 Modestas Razbadauskas 1659 [2] 1:0 David Jackson 1447 [1.5] 2 Robert Lavery 1604 [1.5] .5:.5 Ian Woodfield 1506 [1] 3 Vincent O'Brien 1180 [1] 0:1 Nigel Telford 1411 [1] 4 Mikhail Pavlov 1442 [.5] 0:1 Colin Fenton 1241 [.5] 5 Ram Rajan 1521 [.5] 1:0 Geoff Hindley 876 [0]
With round 3 it looks like it is Modestas who has to be beaten. Colin Fenton gets a win against Mikhail.
Round 4
Results
No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total 1 Robert Lavery 1604 [2] 0:1 Modestas Razbadauskas 1659 [3] 2 Nigel Telford 1411 [2] .5:.5 Ram Rajan 1521 [1.5] 3 Ian Woodfield 1506 [1.5] 1:0 Colin Fenton 1241 [1.5] 4 David Jackson 1447 [1.5] 1:0 Vincent O'Brien 1180 [1] 5 Geoff Hindley 876 [0] 0:1 Mikhail Pavlov 1442 [.5]
Round 4 and Modestas leads undefeated. Followed by Nigel Telford, Ian Woodfield and David Jackson on 2.5.
Round 5
Results
No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total 1 Modestas Razbadauskas 1659 [4] 1:0 Ram Rajan 1521 [2] 2 Ian Woodfield 1506 [2.5] .5:.5 David Jackson 1447 [2.5] 3 Nigel Telford 1411 [2.5] 0:1 Robert Lavery 1604 [2] 4 Mikhail Pavlov 1442 [1.5] 1:0 Vincent O'Brien 1180 [1] 5 Colin Fenton 1241 [1.5] 1:0 Geoff Hindley 876 [0]
Modestas wins in style well ahead of the rest of the players. With this win he has won several tough tournaments this year - including the Belfast Rapidplay senior Championships, the third Alan Burns.
Standings
Place Name Feder Loc Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr. 1 Modestas Razbadauskas s 1659 5 8.5 13.5 15.0 2-4 Ian Woodfield s 1506 3 8.5 13.5 9.0 Robert Lavery s 1604 3 8.0 14.0 9.0 David Jackson j 1447 3 8.0 14.0 9.0 5-7 Colin Fenton j 1241 2.5 7.5 10.5 6.0 Nigel Telford j 1411 2.5 6.0 11.0 8.0 Mikhail Pavlov j 1442 2.5 6.0 9.0 5.5 8 Ram Rajan s 1521 2 6.0 11.0 6.0 9-10 Vincent O'Brien j 1180 1 8.0 13.0 5.0 Mark Newman s 1559 1 2.5 2.5 1.0 11 Geoff Hindley j 876 0 7.5 12.5 0.0
Winner: Modestas Razbadauskas
Second:Ian Woodfield
Grading prize; Colin Fenton
The results were put into a spreadsheet and the Senior and Junior Grandprix points calculated.
Tournament 1 | Tournament 2 | Tournament 3 | Tournament 4 | ||||||||
Total | Senior | Junior | Senior | Junior | Senior | Junior | Senior | Junior | |||
1506 | Ian Woodfield | 30 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 7 | |||||
1659 | Modestas Razbadauskas | 29 | 9 | 10 | 10 | ||||||
1604 | Robert Lavery | 26.5 | 10 | 4 | 5.5 | 7 | |||||
1521 | Ram Rajan | 20 | 4 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5 | |||||
1615 | Daniil Zelenchuk | 17 | 8 | 9 | |||||||
1559 | Mark Newman | 10.5 | 2.5 | 4 | 4 | ||||||
1534 | Richard Gould | 8 | 7 | 1 | |||||||
1621 | John Bradley | 7 | 7 | ||||||||
1690 | Brendan Jamison | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||||||||
1531 | Christopher Kelly | 2.5 | 2.5 |
Tournament 1 | Tournament 2 | Tournament 3 | Tournament 4 | ||||||||
Total | Senior | Junior | Senior | Junior | Senior | Junior | Senior | Junior | |||
1447 | David Jackson | 25.5 | 10 | 5.5 | 10 | ||||||
1442 | Mikhail Pavlov | 19.8 | 5.5 | 8 | 6.3 | ||||||
1411 | Nigel Telford | 13.3 | 7 | 6.3 | |||||||
1405 | Martin Kelly | 12.5 | 5.5 | 7 | |||||||
1452 | Richard Morrow | 10 | 10 | ||||||||
1180 | Vincent O'Brien | 7.5 | 3.5 | 4 | |||||||
1241 | Colin Fenton | 7.3 | 1 | 6.3 | |||||||
1266 | Dmitry Zelenchuk | 6.5 | 3.5 | 3 | |||||||
1205 | Adrian Dornford-Smith | 5.5 | 5.5 | ||||||||
1362 | David McAlister | 5.5 | 5.5 | ||||||||
1272 | Chris Armstrong | 5 | 5 | ||||||||
1200 | Paul Seacroft | 3.5 | 3.5 | ||||||||
1356 | William Storey | 3.5 | 3.5 | ||||||||
1326 | Edward Doak | 3 | 3 | ||||||||
1434 | Michael Sheerin | 3 | 3 | ||||||||
Geoff Hindley | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
1448 | Niall Troughton | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||||||||
1018 | Paul Anderson | 2 | 2 |
The winners of the Grandprix
Senior Winner: Ian Woodfield
Junior Winner: David Jackson
Best place NICS member: David Jackson
Ending another years brilliant Alan Burns Grandprix - see you next year.