Lockdown Summer Tournament: weeks 15 - 18
We have had 87 slow games of chess - 1hour 30mins each player.
Here are some interesting positions from the lattest weeks of the tournament.
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Michael Hood v Robert Lavery: https://lichess.org/15AYSx00 A fascinating position. Michael went on to obtain a draw. |
In a very difficult but interesting endgame - Robert misses Bc7 that could break the deadlock. |
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I think its very easy to miss a move on the screen that you might have spotted over the board. here we have Joseph Gunning v Barney Mcghan https://lichess.org/NRJkgRBj - Joseph playing White misses Qxc5 threatening both rooks.
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It took me going through this game to spot the lovely discovered check of the White Bishop playing Bxh7+ that saves White from loosing a piece on c3. |
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Michael Mckimm v Robert Lavery : https://lichess.org/NRJkgRBj Michael does a fascinating sacrifice of Bxc5 followed by d6 and Rxf7. |
Michaels play leads to a win when Robert blunders with Qxc3.
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David Corr v Joseph Gunning : https://lichess.org/ZyI4iP7H Whats interesting here is that White has played b4 and its flagged as ?? a blunder. Recommendinh the alternative of Bc5. Joseph went on to win the game. |
Now we are in the last few weeks the usual rules come into play:
Rules
1. Players must complete 10 games to be considered to qualify.
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.
| Week15 | |||||||
| Rating | White | lichess userId | Score | Rating | Black | lichess userId | |
| 1377 | Chris Armstrong | pcmorphy | 0 - 1 | 1614 | Michael Sheerin | RDWRER | https://lichess.org/mu7Y8TYq |
| 1370 | Andrew Todd | Toddy-Aberdeen | 1 - 0 | 1192 | Michael Mckimm | Meitnerium | https://lichess.org/xrbBTp2d |
| 1200 | Joseph Gunning | Josephgun | 0 - 1 | 1215 | Bernard McGahan | jtsdad | https://lichess.org/NRJkgRBj |
| 1218 | Stephen Cullen | steviec44 | 1 - 0 | 895 | Paul Anderson | Number_8 | https://lichess.org/91K69f9N |
| Week16 | |||||||
| Rating | White | lichess userId | Score | Rating | Black | lichess userId | |
| 961 | Michael Hood | michaelhood | 1/2 - 1/2 | 1645 | Robert Lavery | Yreval | https://lichess.org/15AYSx00 |
| 1200 | Joseph Gunning | Josephgun | 1 - 0 | 1400 | john Sweeney | Johnsweeney | https://lichess.org/Jwicv1op |
| 1000 | David Corr | MrScrumps | 0 - 1 | 1377 | Chris Armstrong | pcmorphy | https://lichess.org/agIc3HR4 |
| 1215 | Bernard McGahan | jtsdad | 1 - 0 | 1218 | Stephen Cullen | steviec44 | https://lichess.org/pCEI9Yyj |
| 895 | Paul Anderson | Number_8 | 0 - 1 | 1259 | Adrian Dornford-Smith | Dornford | https://lichess.org/NSdTjhw2 |
| Week17 | |||||||
| Rating | White | lichess userId | Score | Rating | Black | lichess userId | |
| 1645 | Robert Lavery | Yreval | 1 - 0 | 1200 | Joseph Gunning | Josephgun | https://lichess.org/CzNqEvYN |
| 1614 | Michael Sheerin | RDWRER | 1 - 0 | 1000 | David Corr | MrScrumps | https://lichess.org/ei8l0BVf |
| 1377 | Chris Armstrong | pcmorphy | 0 - 1 | 1215 | Bernard McGahan | jtsdad | https://lichess.org/9ohSsIWo |
| 1218 | Stephen Cullen | steviec44 | 0 - 1 | 1259 | Adrian Dornford-Smith | Dornford | https://lichess.org/TfboBmXq |
| Week18 | |||||||
| Rating | White | lichess userId | Score | Rating | Black | lichess userId | |
| 1192 | Michael Mckimm | Meitnerium | 1 - 0 | 1645 | Robert Lavery | Yreval | https://lichess.org/7yDUZxzS |
| 1642 | Mark Newman | ishi100 | 1 - 0 | 1377 | Chris Armstrong | pcmorphy | https://lichess.org/MgkcIzWx |
| 1259 | Adrian Dornford-Smith | Dornford | 0 - 1 | 1215 | Bernard McGahan | jtsdad | https://lichess.org/eDrRGBYJ |
| 1000 | David Corr | MrScrumps | 0 - 1 | 1200 | Joseph Gunning | Josephgun | https://lichess.org/ZyI4iP7H |
The standings - we have Andrew Todd whos been busy playing other chess events, on 94.4% and practically has an unassailable lead.
Followed by Michael Mckimm on an excellent score of 83.3% and Mark Newman on 81.8%. Two players who have also had an excellent tournament are Michael Hood and David Corr who have had some excellent results.
I would like to thank all players for making this event possible.
| Rating | Name | lichess user | Score | Played | % | |
| 1 | 1600 | Cathal Keany | Ckeany | 1 | 1 | 100.00 |
| 2 | 1370 | Andrew Todd | Toddy-Aberdeen | 8.5 | 9 | 94.44 |
| 3 | 1192 | Michael Mckimm | Meitnerium | 7.5 | 9 | 83.33 |
| 4 | 1642 | Mark Newman | ishi100 | 9 | 11 | 81.82 |
| 5 | 961 | Michael Hood | michaelhood | 8.5 | 12 | 70.83 |
| 6 | 1645 | Robert Lavery | Yreval | 10 | 15 | 66.67 |
| 7 | 1215 | Bernard McGahan | jtsdad | 7 | 12 | 58.33 |
| 8 | 1000 | David Corr | MrScrumps | 6 | 11 | 54.55 |
| 9 | 1614 | Michael Sheerin | RDWRER | 3 | 6 | 50.00 |
| 10 | 1377 | Chris Armstrong | pcmorphy | 6.5 | 15 | 43.33 |
| 11 | 1259 | Adrian Dornford-Smith | Dornford | 5.5 | 13 | 42.31 |
| 12 | 1200 | Joseph Gunning | Josephgun | 6.5 | 16 | 40.63 |
| 13 | 1053 | Kyle Milligan | pinallwizard | 3 | 8 | 37.50 |
| 14 | 1218 | Stephen Cullen | steviec44 | 2.5 | 8 | 31.25 |
| 15 | 895 | Paul Anderson | Number_8 | 2 | 14 | 14.29 |
| 16 | 1400 | john Sweeney | Johnsweeney | 0.5 | 5 | 10.00 |
| 17 | 1464 | Richard Gould | nir8888 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
| 18 | 1245 | Chris Dorrian | faunorcival | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
| 19 | 1241 | Vincent O'Brien | V_blunders | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
| 20 | 640 | George Gamble | ChessGeorge13 | 0 | 6 | 0.00 |
