Alan Burns Lacksidasical March 2018
The Civil Service Chess club organise 4 tournaments every year. Played after lunch so if players wish to enjoy the excellent cuisine of the Social Club they can. With a time limit of 20min + 5 sec increments. The four tournaments add points to the Alan Burns Grand-prix. The winner of which will be announced at the fourth tournament.
Round 1
Results
No Name Rtg Total Result Name Rtg Total 1 John Masterson 1782 [0] 1:0 Colin Burcombe 1379 [0] 2 Peter Wilson 1245 [0] 0:1 Ting Yan Lee 1550 [0] 3 Richard Gould 1534 [0] 1:0 Vincent O'Brien 1242 [0] 4 Adrian Dornford-Smith 1203 [0] 0:1 Robert Lavery 1517 [0] 5 Geoff Hindley 870 [0] 1:0 BYE 6 Chris Armstrong 1263 [0] .5:.5 BYE
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Round one and all the games went to rating.
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Round 2
Results
No Name Rtg Total Result Name Rtg Total 1 Robert Lavery 1517 [1] 0:1 John Masterson 1782 [1] 2 Ting Yan Lee 1550 [1] 1:0 Geoff Hindley 870 [1] 3 Chris Armstrong 1263 [.5] 0:1 Richard Gould 1534 [1] 4 Colin Burcombe 1379 [0] 1:0 Adrian Dornford-Smith 1203 [0] 5 Vincent O'Brien 1242 [0] 0:1 Peter Wilson 1245 [0]
It was brilliant to see John Masterson come through the door - someone of his calibre of play brings out the best play in their opponents. John continues his wins. and again the games go to rating.
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Left{ Robert Lavery v John Masterson - Black has an excellent attack on the King
Right: Vincent O'Brien v Peter Wilson - Black has sacrificed his Queen for three minor pieces - a fascinating game.
Round 3
Results
No Name Rtg Total Result Name Rtg Total 1 Richard Gould 1534 [2] .5:.5 Ting Yan Lee 1550 [2] 2 John Masterson 1782 [2] 1:0 Peter Wilson 1245 [1] 3 Geoff Hindley 870 [1] 0:1 Robert Lavery 1517 [1] 4 Colin Burcombe 1379 [1] 0:1 Chris Armstrong 1263 [.5] 5 Adrian Dornford-Smith 1203 [0] 0:1 Vincent O'Brien 1242 [0]
John keeps wining. and with a draw on the top table leaves the 3rd round out in front.
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Round 4
Results
No Name Rtg Total Result Name Rtg Total 1 Ting Yan Lee 1550 [2.5] .5:.5 John Masterson 1782 [3] 2 Robert Lavery 1517 [2] 0:1 Richard Gould 1534 [2.5] 3 Chris Armstrong 1263 [1.5] 1:0 Geoff Hindley 870 [1] 4 Vincent O'Brien 1242 [1] 0:1 Colin Burcombe 1379 [1] 5 Peter Wilson 1245 [1] 1:0 Adrian Dornford-Smith 1203 [0]
Ting Yan Lee takes a 1/2 point off John Masterson. Richard Gould stays in contention and in fact is sharing the lead with John.
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Round 5
Results
No Name Rtg Total Result Name Rtg Total 1 John Masterson 1782 [3.5] 1:0 Richard Gould 1534 [3.5] 2 Ting Yan Lee 1550 [3] 0:1 Chris Armstrong 1263 [2.5] 3 Colin Burcombe 1379 [2] .5:.5 Peter Wilson 1245 [2] 4 Vincent O'Brien 1242 [1] 0:1 Robert Lavery 1517 [2] 5 Geoff Hindley 870 [1] 0:1 Adrian Dornford-Smith 1203 [0]
John wins the battle against Richard. Chris Armstrong gets a good win against Ting Yan Lee.
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Standings
Place Name Loc Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.
1 John Masterson 1782 4.5 8.5 14.5 14.0
2-3 Richard Gould 1534 3.5 9.5 15.0 12.5
Chris Armstrong 1263 3.5 8.0 12.0 8.5
4-5 Ting Yan Lee 1550 3 9.5 14.5 11.5
Robert Lavery 1517 3 5.5 10.5 9.0
6-7 Colin Burcombe 1379 2.5 7.0 12.5 6.5
Peter Wilson 1245 2.5 6.5 12.0 6.5
8-10 Geoff Hindley 870 1 8.5 13.0 5.0
Vincent O'Brien 1242 1 8.0 12.5 3.0
Adrian Dornford-Smith 1203 1 6.0 9.5 1.0
After soon exciting play and with the increment some excellent endgames. John Masterson wins the tournament with Richard Gould second and Chris Armstrong winning the rating prize.
Look out on this site for the dates of the remaining tournaments.
