Final night of Summer Tournament

The final night of the Summer Tournament was held Weds 21st September. 22 players. The final results are in. Next week is prize giving and a handicap tournament.

The final game of the Summer tournament. The winner is decided - Daniil Zelenchuk has the highest percentage and cant be beaten, decides quite rightly to have a rest and watch the rest play.

For the Middle section Martin Kelly plays against C J Murphy to decide the winner. A tough game ends in a draw and Cathal wins the section.

The lower section has Adrian just beat Alan to second in the section and win the section as Daniil is Winner of the tournament

In the top section Sergio Esteve Sanchez came top and gained second place in the tournament. With Mikhail Pavlov winning the section.

Next week we have the prize giving and the handicap fun tournament. See you there at 7:30pm. The Bankers Club.

A big thankyou to all the players over the summer for attending and making wednesdays such a fun evening.

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name Rating Played Points % % with
Penalty
Winners
Sergio Esteve Sanchez 1858 14 10.5 75.00 75.00 Overall 2nd
Mikhail Pavlov 1631 14 9 64.29 64.29 1st
Gareth Annesley 1927 10 6 60.00 60.00
Stephen Rush 1728 10 6 60.00 60.00
Bobby Thompson 1662 9 5 55.56 55.56
Richard Gould 1530 10 6.5 65.00 55.00
Robert Lavery 1594 16 8.5 53.13 53.13
Stephen Scannell 1983 3 2.5 83.33 50.00
David Ruben 1539 18 8 44.44 44.44
John Bryars 1550 13 6 46.15 38.46
Ian Woodfield 1650 13 5 38.46 38.46
Mark Newman 1748 11 6 54.55 36.36
Pat Coleman 1700 10 3.5 35.00 25.00
John McKenna 1517 9 2.5 27.78 16.67
Christopher Kelly 1542 4 1 25.00 -25.00
John Masterson 1766 1 0.5 50.00 -150.00
Nicholas Pilkiewicz 1883 1 0 0.00 -200.00
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CJ Murphy 1353 12 7.5 62.50 62.50 1st
Martin Kelly 1360 10 6 60.00 60.00
Chris Armstrong 1445 15 9 60.00 60.00
Neil Green 1417 9 5 55.56 55.56
Stewart McConaghy 1367 17 9 52.94 52.94
Ram Rajan 1289 15 7.5 50.00 50.00
Roy Stafford 1222 19 9 47.37 47.37
William Storey 1342 12 5.5 45.83 45.83
Bernard Jaffa 1428 10 3.5 35.00 15.00
Patrick McKillen 1369 4 1 25.00 -25.00
Peter McGuckin 1472 2 0.5 25.00 -75.00
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Robert Clarke 1 1 100.00 -100.00
Daniil Zelenchuk 1003 16 12.5 78.13 78.13 Overall 1st
Adrian Dornford-Smith 1123 12 8.5 70.83 70.83 1st
Alan York 1149 10 6.5 65.00 65.00
Dmitry Zelenchuk 1128 17 11 64.71 64.71
Aaron Rush 922 3 1.5 50.00 -16.67
Ben Campbell 2 1 50.00 0.00
Barney McGahan 1005 17 8.5 50.00 50.00
Derek Truesdale 1019 20 7.5 37.50 37.50
David Seaby 1111 19 7 36.84 36.84
Geoff Hindley 1087 17 6 35.29 35.29
James Fairley 906 18 4.5 25.00 25.00
Mary McCabe 1000 11 1.5 13.64 13.64

Full details of the tournament : http://www.ulsterchess.org/competitions/competitions/comp-3032/cvt_event/standings/359#tabhead

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