The second in the Alan Burns tournaments 2019
The second in the Alan Burns series of tournaments. We had new faces and even a player who came up from Dublin to play.
I had a good chat with Joseph Gunning who had played chess a while back with Arthur Cootes and Eddie Whiteside. He was returning to chess after a long break.
The time control of 20mins and 5 sec increment meant there was no rush.
Round 1
Results
No Name Rtg Total Result Name Rtg Total 1 Daniel Diaz-Roncero Gonzalez 1862 [0] 1:0 Chris Armstrong 1412 [0] 2 Joseph Gunning 1300 [0] 0:1 Danny Roberts 1799 [0] 3 Stephen Cullen 1610 [0] 1:0 Adam Rushe 1263 [0] 4 Conor Aspell 1200 [0] 0:1 Robert Lavery 1566 [0] 5 Christopher Kelly 1534 [0] 1:0 Ross Halpin 1200 [0] 6 Bartlomiej Rybicki 877 [0] 0:1 Nial Troughton 1490 [0]
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No upsets in the first round. All games went to rating.
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Round 2
Results
No Name Rtg Total Result Name Rtg Total 1 Robert Lavery 1566 [1] 0:1 Daniel Diaz-Roncero Gonzalez 1862 [1] 2 Danny Roberts 1799 [1] 1:0 Christopher Kelly 1534 [1] 3 Nial Troughton 1490 [1] 1:0 Stephen Cullen 1610 [1] 4 Chris Armstrong 1412 [0] 1:0 Conor Aspell 1200 [0] 5 Ross Halpin 1200 [0] 1:0 Joseph Gunning 1300 [0] 6 Adam Rushe 1263 [0] 1:0 Bartlomiej Rybicki 877 [0]
Round 2 and a couple of upsets Nial Troughton beat Stephen Cullen and Ross Halpin was against Joseph Gunning. Stephen did comment that his rating was high because of his excellent performance at the Bangor Rapidplay and that it might be an over estimate - modesty.
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Round 3
Results
No Name Rtg Total Result Name Rtg Total 1 Daniel Diaz-Roncero Gonzalez 1862 [2] .5:.5 Danny Roberts 1799 [2] 2 Robert Lavery 1566 [1] 1:0 Nial Troughton 1490 [2] 3 Stephen Cullen 1610 [1] 1:0 Chris Armstrong 1412 [1] 4 Christopher Kelly 1534 [1] 1:0 Adam Rushe 1263 [1] 5 Conor Aspell 1200 [0] 1:0 Ross Halpin 1200 [1] 6 Joseph Gunning 1300 [0] 0:1 Bartlomiej Rybicki 877 [0]
Bartlomiej Rybicki gets a good win against Joseph Gunning. Daniel and Danny draw on the top table. So who wins will be up to one of the other players to score against either Daniel or Danny.
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Round 4
Results
No Name Rtg Total Result Name Rtg Total 1 Nial Troughton 1490 [2] 0:1 Daniel Diaz-Roncero Gonzalez 1862 [2.5] 2 Danny Roberts 1799 [2.5] 1:0 Stephen Cullen 1610 [2] 3 Christopher Kelly 1534 [2] .5:.5 Robert Lavery 1566 [2] 4 Chris Armstrong 1412 [1] 1:0 Ross Halpin 1200 [1] 5 Bartlomiej Rybicki 877 [1] 0:1 Conor Aspell 1200 [1] 6 Adam Rushe 1263 [1] 1:0 Joseph Gunning 1300 [0]
At this stage the competition is more open - with both leaders only 1/2 point ahead. But it will take someone to challenge them. They win their round 4 games.
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Round 5
Results
No Name Rtg Total Result Name Rtg Total 1 Daniel Diaz-Roncero Gonzalez 1862 [3.5] 0:1 Christopher Kelly 1534 [2.5] 2 Robert Lavery 1566 [2.5] 0:1 Danny Roberts 1799 [3.5] 3 Conor Aspell 1200 [2] 0:1 Nial Troughton 1490 [2] 4 Adam Rushe 1263 [2] 0:1 Chris Armstrong 1412 [2] 5 Stephen Cullen 1610 [2] 1:0 Joseph Gunning 1300 [0] 6 Ross Halpin 1200 [1] 0:1 Bartlomiej Rybicki 877 [1]
The last round. Chris Kelly pulls out all the stops and beats Daniel. Danny beats Robert Lavery to win the tournament. Bartlomiej has a good win over Ross Halpin.
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Standings
Place Name Rtg Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.
1 Danny Roberts 1799 4.5 9.0 12.5 13.5
2-3 Daniel Diaz-Roncero Gonzalez 1862 3.5 9.5 16.5 12.5
Christopher Kelly 1534 3.5 8.0 13.5 10.0
4-6 Stephen Cullen 1610 3 8.0 12.5 9.0
Nial Troughton 1490 3 7.5 13.0 10.0
Chris Armstrong 1412 3 7.0 11.5 7.0
7 Robert Lavery 1566 2.5 10.0 16.5 9.0
8-10 Adam Rushe 1263 2 8.0 11.5 6.0
Conor Aspell 1200 2 7.5 11.5 5.0
Bartlomiej Rybicki 877 2 5.0 8.0 4.0
11 Ross Halpin 1200 1 7.0 10.5 4.0
12 Joseph Gunning 1300 0 7.0 12.5 0.0
Winner : Danny Roberts
Second : Daniel Diaz-Roncero Gonzalez
Grading Prize (under 1400) : Adam Rushe
Some great games and positions - not playing means I get to watch alot of the action - exciting stuff.
This is part of a series of 4 competitions. The Alan Burns Grand-Prix.
The remaining tournaments will be held at the Pavilion on:
Alan Burns Grandprix
NICS Lackadaisical #3 14th April
NICS Lackadaisical #4 12th May
01:00 PM to 06:00 PM
NICS,Maynard Sinclair Pavilion, Stormont, Upper Newtownards Road, Belfast, BT4 3TA
