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The last round of this years Summer Tournament was played on Sept 18th 2019 what are the Standings?

The Summer tournament has now played for 21 weeks - A drop in tournament - setup to allow players to play during the Summer months when alot of clubs close. With plenty of exciting chess. Next week we have a fun quick play tournament and award ceremony - all welcome.

As the tournament is a drop-in tournament. The competition is calculated on the percentage of each players points. With a special rule for the last 3 weeks (if you play 14 or more games you are exempt this rule). A player has to play 2 of these 3 weeks and looses a point for each of these 2 games not played. So if you play only 1 in the last 3 weeks you loose 1 point. To qualify for the tournament you must play 10 or more games.

This year we have had some 24 players over a marathon of 21 weeks and total of 144 games.

The final winner was a tight battle between Mark Newman (Me), Ciaran Rowan and Cathal Murphy. Interestingly each player in a different section.

Both Ciaran and Cathal won their games. Ciaran was playing up a section against Roy Stafford who was also playing for a percentage that could give him a second place.

This year we have seen the same faces - players coming every week - and I wish to say many thanks for our regular players who made the competition such a delightful event. Jim McLean attended all the evenings apart from one - 20 weeks. Followed by Roy Stafford 19 weeks, David Ruben and David Seaby 18 weeks. Adrian Dornford-Smith and Stewart McConaghy 17 weeks.

With the final results in and the penalties calculated we have ( you cant win more than one prize - so if the Overall winner is in the Intermediate section then the next highest in that section wins the section ):

The Champion is : Cathal Murphy (77%)

Second Place is : Ciaran Rowan (75%)

Winner of the Senior Section: Mark Newman (70%)

Winner of the Intermediate Section: Roy Stafford (63%)

Winner of the Junior Section: Geoff Hindley (56%)

Below full standings and photos. - See you all at the award ceremony.

Click here for full results

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Senior Section

Name Rating Played Points % last
3 weeks
with
Penalty
% with
Penalty
Winners
Mark Newman 1664 10 8 80.00 1 7 70.00 1st
Robert Lavery 1683 14 8 57.14 3 8 57.14
David Ruben 1572 18 9.5 52.78 3 9.5 52.78
Ian Woodfield 1576 13 8 61.54 0 6 46.15
Bobby Thompson 1490 10 4.5 45.00 1 3.5 35.00
Chris Armstrong 1421 15 5.5 36.67 1 4.5 30.00
Richard Gould 1563 2 0.5 25.00 0 -1.5 -75.00
Christopher Kelly 1528 2 0 0.00 0 -2 -100.00
Peter Wilson 1415 1 0.5 50.00 0 -1.5 -150.00

Intermediate Section

Name Rating Played Points % last
3 weeks
with
Penalty
% with
Penalty
Winners
Cathal Murphy 1306 11 8.5 77.27 2 8.5 77.27 Overall 1st
Roy Stafford 1121 19 12 63.16 3 12 63.16 1st
Barney McGahan 1195 15 8 53.33 3 8 53.33
Adrian Dornford-Smith 1217 17 8.5 50.00 3 8.5 50.00
Stewart McConaghy 1307 17 7 41.18 3 7 41.18
Bernard Jaffa 1376 11 6 54.55 0 4 36.36
Peter McGuckin 1348 2 1.5 75.00 0 -0.5 -25.00

Junior Section

Name Rating Played Points % last
3 weeks
with
Penalty
% with
Penalty
Winners
Ciaran Rowan 984 12 9 75.00 3 9 75.00 Overall 2nd
Geoff Hindley 980 16 9 56.25 3 9 56.25 1st
David Seaby 1023 18 9.5 52.78 3 9.5 52.78
Derek Truesdale 938 16 8 50.00 3 8 50.00
Paul Anderson 903 15 6 40.00 3 6 40.00
McLean, Jim 1067 20 5 25.00 3 5 25.00
James Fairley 914 8 1.5 18.75 2 1.5 18.75
Andy Boal 804 6 0 0.00 3 0 0.00
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