Award Ceremony for the Summer 2018 tournament
Over the summer we have had lots of chess (some 192 games) and some excellent games. Daniil Zelenchuk led the way with a high percentage score. Also David Ruben had some excellent results. Then after some weeks James Wong and David Seaby also had good percentages. Also some new faces with good results - Aaron Wafflart and Chris Hamill took points off our regular players. Before we get to the prize winners. We had a fun handicap tournament to play.
I entered the names into the computer and did the draw and then things went wrong - the printer refused to print - funny how technical problems can be humanised. Not so funny when it delays the first round and you feel pressured to get things started. With peoples suggestions we switched everything off and restarted. and yes it suddenly worked!
What followed was 5 rounds of fun chess. The time handicap was devised by David Seaby (thanks David) and definitely leveled the playing field.
Round 1
Results
No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total 1 David Ruben 1714 [0] 0:1 Adrian Dornford-Smith 1197 [0] 2 Roy Stafford 1175 [0] 0:1 John Bradley 1684 [0] 3 Daniil Zelenchuk 1662 [0] 1:0 James Wong 975 [0] 4 Michael Wong 968 [0] 0:1 Ian Woodfield 1570 [0] 5 Ram Rajan 1500 [0] 1:0 Aaron Wafflart 950 [0] 6 Geoff Hindley 861 [0] 0:1 Robert Lavery 1469 [0] 7 Michael Sheerin 1463 [0] 1:0 Andy Boal 857 [0] 8 Brian Fitzsimons 835 [0] 1:0 David Seaby 1383 [0] 9 Cathal Murphy 1276 [0] 1:0 Adam Fitzsimons 825 [0] 10 Peter Wong 750 [0] 0:1 Adam Rushe 1244 [0] 11 Chris Hamill 925 [0] 0:1 Mark Newman 1531 [0]
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The upsets start with Adrian Dornford-Smith beating David Ruben and Brian Fitzsimons beating David Seaby.
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Round 2
Results
No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total 1 John Bradley 1684 [1] 0:1 Michael Sheerin 1463 [1] 2 Adam Rushe 1244 [1] 1:0 Daniil Zelenchuk 1662 [1] 3 Ian Woodfield 1570 [1] 1:0 Cathal Murphy 1276 [1] 4 Adrian Dornford-Smith 1197 [1] 0:1 Ram Rajan 1500 [1] 5 Robert Lavery 1469 [1] 1:0 Brian Fitzsimons 835 [1] 6 Mark Newman 1531 [1] 1:0 David Ruben 1714 [0] 7 David Seaby 1383 [0] 1:0 Geoff Hindley 861 [0] 8 Andy Boal 857 [0] 1:0 Roy Stafford 1175 [0] 9 James Wong 975 [0] 1:0 Peter Wong 750 [0] 10 Adam Fitzsimons 825 [0] 1:0 Michael Wong 968 [0] 11 Aaron Wafflart 950 [0] .5:.5 Chris Hamill 925 [0]
Some more upsets - when your tight on time its sometimes difficult to get an attacking position and so easy to make a mistake - walking a tight-rope with someone shaking it. Adam Rushe beats Daniil Zelenchuk, Andy Boal beats Roy Stafford and Michael Sheerin wins over John Bradley.
The tournament is that much richer with the diversity of skills and 22 players enthusiastic players. This is always a unique and enjoyable event.
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Round 3
Results
No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total 1 Michael Sheerin 1463 [2] 1:0 Ian Woodfield 1570 [2] 2 Ram Rajan 1500 [2] 0:1 Adam Rushe 1244 [2] 3 Mark Newman 1531 [2] 0:1 Robert Lavery 1469 [2] 4 Brian Fitzsimons 835 [1] 1:0 John Bradley 1684 [1] 5 Daniil Zelenchuk 1662 [1] 1:0 Adrian Dornford-Smith 1197 [1] 6 James Wong 975 [1] 1:0 David Seaby 1383 [1] 7 Cathal Murphy 1276 [1] 0:1 Andy Boal 857 [1] 8 Chris Hamill 925 [.5] 0:1 Adam Fitzsimons 825 [1] 9 Roy Stafford 1175 [0] 0:1 Aaron Wafflart 950 [.5] 10 David Ruben 1714 [0] 1:0 Geoff Hindley 861 [0] 11 Michael Wong 968 [0] 1:0 Peter Wong 750 [0]
Michael and Adam continue there wins. Brian Fitzsimons has an excellent win over John Bradley. Adam Fitzsimons beats Chris Hamill. Its excellent to see two Primary School students challenging the adults and giving them a good game. These players are the Ulster future top players.
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Round 4
Results
No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total 1 Robert Lavery 1469 [3] 0:1 Michael Sheerin 1463 [3] 2 Adam Rushe 1244 [3] 0:1 James Wong 975 [2] 3 Andy Boal 857 [2] 0:1 Daniil Zelenchuk 1662 [2] 4 Ian Woodfield 1570 [2] 1:0 Mark Newman 1531 [2] 5 Adam Fitzsimons 825 [2] 0:1 Ram Rajan 1500 [2] 6 Aaron Wafflart 950 [1.5] 0:1 Brian Fitzsimons 835 [2] 7 David Seaby 1383 [1] 0:1 David Ruben 1714 [1] 8 John Bradley 1684 [1] 0:1 Michael Wong 968 [1] 9 Adrian Dornford-Smith 1197 [1] 0:1 Cathal Murphy 1276 [1] 10 Geoff Hindley 861 [0] 0:1 Chris Hamill 925 [.5] 11 Peter Wong 750 [0] 0:1 Roy Stafford 1175 [0]
James Wong changes the playing field by beating Adam Rushe one of the leaders. Whilst Michael Sheerin takes the lead with 4 out of 4. But there's a pack of players on his heels.
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Round 5
Results
No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total 1 Michael Sheerin 1463 [4] 0:1 Daniil Zelenchuk 1662 [3] 2 James Wong 975 [3] 0:1 Ian Woodfield 1570 [3] 3 Ram Rajan 1500 [3] 1:0 Robert Lavery 1469 [3] 4 Brian Fitzsimons 835 [3] 0:1 Adam Rushe 1244 [3] 5 David Ruben 1714 [2] .5:.5 Adam Fitzsimons 825 [2] 6 Cathal Murphy 1276 [2] 0:1 Mark Newman 1531 [2] 7 Michael Wong 968 [2] 0:1 Andy Boal 857 [2] 8 John Bradley 1684 [1] 1:0 Aaron Wafflart 950 [1.5] 9 Chris Hamill 925 [1.5] 0:1 David Seaby 1383 [1] 10 Roy Stafford 1175 [1] 0:1 Adrian Dornford-Smith 1197 [1] 11 Peter Wong 750 [0] 0:1 Geoff Hindley 861 [0]
With 6 players on 3 - We needed Michael to win to have a single winner. But Daniil wins the game and we have several joint leaders. In with a chance were Brian Fitzsimons with 3 also James Wong and Adam Rushe. We end up with 5 players on 4 points and have to use the tie breaking scores to determine the order of the leaders.
Standings
Place Name Loc Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.
1-5 Michael Sheerin 1463 4 10.0 16.0 14.0
Daniil Zelenchuk 1662 4 10.0 16.0 11.0
Adam Rushe 1244 4 10.0 14.0 13.0
Ian Woodfield 1570 4 8.0 14.0 12.0
Ram Rajan 1500 4 7.5 13.0 12.0
6-10 Robert Lavery 1469 3 10.0 15.0 12.0
James Wong 975 3 10.0 14.0 9.0
Andy Boal 857 3 8.0 13.0 8.0
Mark Newman 1531 3 7.5 13.0 10.0
Brian Fitzsimons 835 3 7.0 12.5 10.0
11-12 Adam Fitzsimons 825 2.5 6.5 12.0 7.5
David Ruben 1714 2.5 6.5 10.5 5.5
13-17 Cathal Murphy 1276 2 8.5 14.5 7.0
Adrian Dornford-Smith 1197 2 8.5 13.5 6.0
Michael Wong 968 2 7.5 11.5 5.0
David Seaby 1383 2 7.0 11.0 5.0
John Bradley 1684 2 6.5 11.5 6.0
18-19 Aaron Wafflart 950 1.5 6.5 11.5 5.0
Chris Hamill 925 1.5 6.0 10.0 4.0
20-21 Geoff Hindley 861 1 6.0 9.0 1.0
Roy Stafford 1175 1 5.5 8.5 2.0
22 Peter Wong 750 0 6.0 11.0 0.0
Using Medium Buchan and Buchan and progressive we have....
| Winner: Micheal Sheerin |  |
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| Second: Daniil Zelenchuk |  |
| Third: Adam Rushe |  |
And finally the awarding of the Summer Tournament awards.
Tournament Winner of the Hamill Cup: Ram Rajan 80%
Tournament Second: Daniil Zelenchuk 77.27%
Top Section Winner: Ian Woodfield 56.67%
Middle Section Winner: Stewart McConaghy 52.78%
Lower Section Joint Winners: James Wong 75%, Ranjit Singh 75% - a fantastic result.
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