Summer Tournament Award Ceremony and fun tournament
The last Wednesday of September and time for the fun tournament that has a time handicap - the larger the difference of the players ratings the bigger the time difference - so two players of the same rating would get 10mins each. I played a couple of games where I only had 3 mins and my opponent had 17 mins - the below results show that this did bring an interesting challenge to the higher rated players. Many thanks to David Seaby for providing the table of rating differences and the times to be allocated.
We had 16 players of a range of ratings. A nice surprise was to see the presence of two new players the brother Gerald and Stephen McLaughlin who had heard about this at the Culture Night.
Round 1
Results
No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total 1 Damien Lavery 1782 [0] .5:.5 Bobby Thompson 1280 [0] 2 Jim McLean 1254 [0] 0:1 David Ruben 1714 [0] 3 Mark Newman 1619 [0] 0:1 Adrian Dornford-Smith 1214 [0] 4 Roy Stafford 1128 [0] .5:.5 Robert Lavery 1585 [0] 5 Stewart McConaghy 1510 [0] 0:1 Andy Boal 1053 [0] 6 Stephen McLaughlin 900 [0] 0:1 Cathal Murphy 1499 [0] 7 David Seaby 1383 [0] 0:1 Geoff Hindley 889 [0] 8 Gerald McLaughin 800 [0] 0:1 Ciaran Rowan 1293 [0]
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Quite a few upsets in round 1 - Adrian Dornford-Smith beats Mark Newman. Andy Boal beats Stewart McConaghy and Geoff Hindley beats David Seaby. Bobby Thompson draws against Damien Lavery (although I think Bobby's rating should be higher than 1280!) So the time difference appears to make a difference.
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Round 2
Results
No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total 1 David Ruben 1714 [1] 1:0 Adrian Dornford-Smith 1214 [1] 2 Cathal Murphy 1499 [1] 0:1 Andy Boal 1053 [1] 3 Ciaran Rowan 1293 [1] 1:0 Geoff Hindley 889 [1] 4 Robert Lavery 1585 [.5] .5:.5 Damien Lavery 1782 [.5] 5 Bobby Thompson 1280 [.5] 1:0 Roy Stafford 1128 [.5] 6 Jim McLean 1254 [0] 0:1 Mark Newman 1619 [0] 7 Stephen McLaughlin 900 [0] 0:1 Stewart McConaghy 1510 [0] 8 Gerald McLaughin 800 [0] 1:0 David Seaby 1383 [0]
Round 2 and Andy Boal continues his wins with a win over Cathal Murphy. The two higher rated players Robert and Damien draw. Gerald McLaughin beats David Seaby.
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Round 3
Results
No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total 1 Andy Boal 1053 [2] .5:.5 David Ruben 1714 [2] 2 Bobby Thompson 1280 [1.5] 0:1 Ciaran Rowan 1293 [2] 3 Damien Lavery 1782 [1] 1:0 Cathal Murphy 1499 [1] 4 Geoff Hindley 889 [1] 0:1 Mark Newman 1619 [1] 5 Adrian Dornford-Smith 1214 [1] 0:1 Robert Lavery 1585 [1] 6 Stewart McConaghy 1510 [1] 0:1 Gerald McLaughin 800 [1] 7 Roy Stafford 1128 [.5] 1:0 Jim McLean 1254 [0] 8 David Seaby 1383 [0] 0:1 Stephen McLaughlin 900 [0]
Round 3 sees Andy getting a good draw against David Ruben. Ciaran Rowan goes into the lead with a full score of 3 out of 3.
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Round 4
Results
No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total 1 Ciaran Rowan 1293 [3] 1:0 David Ruben 1714 [2.5] 2 Andy Boal 1053 [2.5] .5:.5 Damien Lavery 1782 [2] 3 Mark Newman 1619 [2] 0:1 Gerald McLaughin 800 [2] 4 Robert Lavery 1585 [2] 1:0 Bobby Thompson 1280 [1.5] 5 Cathal Murphy 1499 [1] 1:0 Roy Stafford 1128 [1.5] 6 Geoff Hindley 889 [1] 1:0 Stewart McConaghy 1510 [1] 7 Adrian Dornford-Smith 1214 [1] 1:0 Stephen McLaughlin 900 [1] 8 Jim McLean 1254 [0] 1:0 David Seaby 1383 [0]
Ciaran continues in the lead with 4 out of 4. chased by Robert Lavery, Gerald McLaughin and Andy Boal on 3 points.
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Round 5
Results
No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total 1 Robert Lavery 1585 [3] 1:0 Ciaran Rowan 1293 [4] 2 Gerald McLaughin 800 [3] 0:1 Andy Boal 1053 [3] 3 David Ruben 1714 [2.5] 1:0 Damien Lavery 1782 [2.5] 4 Mark Newman 1619 [2] 1:0 Cathal Murphy 1499 [2] 5 Bobby Thompson 1280 [1.5] 0:1 Adrian Dornford-Smith 1214 [2] 6 Roy Stafford 1128 [1.5] 1:0 Geoff Hindley 889 [2] 7 Stephen McLaughlin 900 [1] 1:0 Jim McLean 1254 [1] 8 Stewart McConaghy 1510 [1] 0:1 David Seaby 1383 [0]
The final round 5 and the leader Ciaran Rowan is beaten by Robert Lavery and Andy Boal beats new comer Gerald McLaughin. So we have 3 players on 4 out of 5. Ciaran Rowan, Robert Lavery and Andy Boal.
Standings
Place Name Loc Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.
1-3 Ciaran Rowan 1293 4 8.5 14.0 14.0
Robert Lavery 1585 4 8.0 13.5 10.5
Andy Boal 1053 4 7.5 12.0 12.5
4 David Ruben 1714 3.5 9.5 14.5 11.5
5-7 Adrian Dornford-Smith 1214 3 8.5 14.0 8.0
Gerald McLaughin 800 3 8.0 13.0 9.0
Mark Newman 1619 3 7.0 11.0 8.0
8-9 Damien Lavery 1782 2.5 9.5 15.0 8.5
Roy Stafford 1128 2.5 5.5 10.5 6.5
10-12 Cathal Murphy 1499 2 8.0 14.0 7.0
Geoff Hindley 889 2 6.5 11.5 7.0
Stephen McLaughlin 900 2 4.0 8.0 4.0
13 Bobby Thompson 1280 1.5 9.5 16.0 6.5
14-16 Jim McLean 1254 1 7.5 12.0 2.0
Stewart McConaghy 1510 1 7.0 12.0 4.0
David Seaby 1383 1 5.0 9.0 1.0
After lots of fun we have
Winner: Ciaran Rowan, Second Robert Lavery, Third Andy Boal
The Summer Tournament Winners:
Overall Winner and presented with the Cup : Cathal Murphy
Overall Second : Ciaran Rowan
Winner Senior Section: Mark Newman
Winner Intermediate Section: Roy Stafford
Winner Junior Section: Geoff Hindley
Most attendance Award: Jim McLean,
The end to a brilliant Summer of Chess.
