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Summer Tournament with only 3 weeks of competition left

The standings, after 18 weeks of chess and only 3 weeks of competition left. Whos winning. Whos close - and a reminder that players need to play 2 out of the last 3 weeks...

We have had some brilliant chess over the summer. With a drop-in format so that players can just turn up and play - its always fun.

The view of cricket on the grounds of the social club adds to the summer evenings.

On week 18 we had  12 players and a couple of upsets. Robert Lavery was beating Chris Armstrong when suddenly Chris played a sacrifice that led to an attack and the winning back of some pawns - Chris went on to draw the game. Mean while Bobby Thompson beat David Ruben and David Seaby brought Stewart McConaghy to a pawn endgame that was close but Stewart Queened first and won the game. Barney McGahan drew against Roy Stafford a pawn up but with Rooks still on the board there was no way to force a win. Ciaran Rowan won against Jim McLean and he goes into the lead of the Junior section with a score of 70%.

For full results - see the competition results page : https://www.ulsterchess.org/competitions/competitions/comp-3032/cvt_event/standings/560#tabhead

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We are not into the last 3 weeks - so the 3 week rules come into effect:

Rules
1. Players must complete 10 games to be considered for prizes.
2. If a player does not play in two of the last three rounds they will be assumed to have played and lost 2 games. If they play only one then they will forfeit one game.
3. However if a player has played 14 or more games then they are exempt from rule 2.
4. Scores will be calculated on a percentage basis.

 

Name Rating Played Points %
Senior Section
Mark Newman 1664 9 7 77.78
Robert Lavery 1683 11 7 63.64
Ian Woodfield 1576 13 8 61.54
Peter Wilson 1415 1 0.5 50.00
David Ruben 1572 15 7 46.67
Bobby Thompson 1490 9 4 44.44
Chris Armstrong 1421 14 5.5 39.29
Richard Gould 1563 2 0.5 25.00
Christopher Kelly 1528 2 0 0.00
Intermediate Section
Peter McGuckin 1348 2 1.5 75.00
Cathal Murphy 1306 9 6.5 72.22
Roy Stafford 1121 16 11 68.75
Bernard Jaffa 1376 11 6 54.55
Barney McGahan 1195 12 6 50.00
Stewart McConaghy 1307 14 7 50.00
Adrian Dornford-Smith 1217 14 6.5 46.43
Junior Section
Ciaran Rowan 984 10 7 70.00
David Seaby 1023 15 9.5 63.33
Geoff Hindley 980 13 7 53.85
Derek Truesdale 938 13 6 46.15
Paul Anderson 903 13 4 30.77
McLean, Jim 1067 17 4.5 26.47
James Fairley 914 5 1 20.00
Andy Boal 804 6 0 0.00
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