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Two weeks remaining of the Winter Tournament 2021

Follow the progress of the competition to date. We have two weeks remaining with Danny Roberts ahead with a fantastic 85.7% and Michael Hood 2nd on a very good 68.8%.

The standings of the three sections after week20s games.

Danny Roberts leads the competition with 85.71%, followed by Michael Hood on a very good (having played some tough matches) 68.75%.

Then the leaders of the 3 sections - as in previous tournaments the leaders exclude the 2 top players.

Section 1 leader: Chris Kelly 50%, Alex Goss 50%

Section 2 leader: Chris Armstrong 60%

Section 3 leader: David Corr 50%

Section 1
Rating Name lichess user Score Played % Place
1 1706 Damien Lavery Kentuckian 2 2 100.00
2 1812 Danny Roberts DannyRoberts1 12 14 85.71 1st Overall
3 1642 Mark Newman ishi100 10 12 83.33
4 1900 Steve Scannell lastoutpost 1 2 50.00
5 1801 Alex Goss Kek2000 8.5 17 50.00 1st
6 1614 Michael Sheerin RDWRER 0.5 1 50.00
7 1534 Chris Kelly chriskelly 6 12 50.00 1st
8 1645 Robert Lavery Yreval 2 8 25.00
9 1712 Ernie Crozier Sandyhill 0.5 5 10.00
10 1581 James O'fee JamesOFee 0 2 0.00
Section 2
Rating Name lichess user Score Played % Place
1 1209 James Wong messagemetosayhi 1 1 100.00
2 1377 Chris Armstrong pcmorphy 12 20 60.00 1st
3 1259 Adrian Dornford-Smith Dornford 9 17 52.94
4 1200 Joseph Gunning Josephgun 9 18 50.00
5 1400 john Sweeney Johnsweeney 3.5 8 43.75
6 1139 Gary Johnston bluethecat 3.5 13 26.92
7 1245 Chris Dorrian faunorcival 1 5 20.00
8 1215 Bernard McGahan jtsdad 0.00
9 1192 Michael Mckimm Meitnerium 0.00
Section 3
Rating Name lichess user Score Played % Place
1 961 Michael Hood michaelhood 11 16 68.75 2nd Overall
2 1053 Kyle Milligan pinallwizard 3.5 6 58.33
3 1000 Calum Glendinning CalumGlendinning2005 1 2 50.00
4 1000 David Corr MrScrumps 10 20 50.00 1st
5 895 Paul Anderson Number_8 4 10 40.00
6 640 George Gamble ChessGeorge13 1 9 11.11
7 827 Geoff Sterrett GeoffSterrett 0 2 0.00

The rule for the last 3 weeks has kicked in - but alot of players have played the necessary 14 weeks to be excluded from it.

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.

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