The third in the Alan Burns tournaments 2019
The Alan Burns series of tournaments continued in the bowling club of the NICS pavilion. We had 12 players with a nice spread of ratings and a tough competition. The time setup meant that no game was overly rushed and hence the name - The Lacksidacials.
Overlooking the bowling green a very atmospheric view - contemplative.
Round 1
Results
No Name Rtg Total Result Name Rtg Total 1 Danny Roberts 1799 [0] 1:0 Chris Armstrong 1412 [0] 2 Joseph Gunning 1300 [0] 0:1 Mark Newman 1676 [0] 3 Ian Woodfield 1570 [0] 0:1 Vincent O'Brien 1237 [0] 4 Ciaran Rowan 1182 [0] 0:1 Robert Lavery 1566 [0] 5 Christopher Kelly 1534 [0] 1:0 James Wong 1125 [0] 6 Paul Anderson 924 [0] 0:1 Peter Wilson 1524 [0]
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The first round saw the upset of Vincent O'Brien beating Ian Woodfield. All other games went to rating.
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Round 2
Results
No Name Rtg Total Result Name Rtg Total 1 Peter Wilson 1524 [1] 0:1 Danny Roberts 1799 [1] 2 Mark Newman 1676 [1] 0:1 Christopher Kelly 1534 [1] 3 Robert Lavery 1566 [1] 1:0 Vincent O'Brien 1237 [1] 4 Ciaran Rowan 1182 [0] 0:1 Ian Woodfield 1570 [0] 5 Chris Armstrong 1412 [0] 1:0 Paul Anderson 924 [0] 6 James Wong 1125 [0] 0:1 Joseph Gunning 1300 [0]
Round two sees Christopher Kelly getting a good win over Mark Newman. Danny Roberts continues his wins. So Chris, Danny and Robert Lavery lead on two points.
Round 3
Results
No Name Rtg Total Result Name Rtg Total 1 Danny Roberts 1799 [2] .5:.5 Robert Lavery 1566 [2] 2 Christopher Kelly 1534 [2] 1:0 Peter Wilson 1524 [1] 3 Vincent O'Brien 1237 [1] 0:1 Mark Newman 1676 [1] 4 Ian Woodfield 1570 [1] 1:0 Chris Armstrong 1412 [1] 5 Joseph Gunning 1300 [1] 1:0 Ciaran Rowan 1182 [0] 6 Paul Anderson 924 [0] 0:1 James Wong 1125 [0]
Round 3 and we are over halfway. Robert draws against Danny and opens up the competition. With this and his win over Peter Wilson, Christopher Kelly takes the lead on 3 points.
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Round 4
Results
No Name Rtg Total Result Name Rtg Total 1 Robert Lavery 1566 [2.5] 0:1 Christopher Kelly 1534 [3] 2 Mark Newman 1676 [2] 1:0 Danny Roberts 1799 [2.5] 3 Joseph Gunning 1300 [2] 0:1 Ian Woodfield 1570 [2] 4 Peter Wilson 1524 [1] 0:1 Vincent O'Brien 1237 [1] 5 Chris Armstrong 1412 [1] 1:0 James Wong 1125 [1] 6 Ciaran Rowan 1182 [0] 1:0 Paul Anderson 924 [0]
Mark has a lucky win over Danny Roberts and knocks his chances of winning the competition. Whilst Christopher Kelly maintains his lead on full points. Vincent O;Brien gets another good win this time over Peter Wilson.
Round 5
Results
No Name Rtg Total Result Name Rtg Total 1 Christopher Kelly 1534 [4] 0:1 Ian Woodfield 1570 [3] 2 Robert Lavery 1566 [2.5] 1:0 Mark Newman 1676 [3] 3 Danny Roberts 1799 [2.5] 1:0 Ciaran Rowan 1182 [1] 4 Vincent O'Brien 1237 [2] 0:1 Chris Armstrong 1412 [2] 5 Paul Anderson 924 [0] 0:1 Joseph Gunning 1300 [2] 6 James Wong 1125 [1] 1:0 Peter Wilson 1524 [1]
The last round and Christopher Kelly's series of wins is upset by Ian Woodfield and they share the lead on 4 points. Robert Lavery beats Mark Newman. James Wong gets a good win over Peter Wilson.
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Standings
Place Name Rtg Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr. 1-2 Christopher Kelly 1534 4 8.5 13.5 14.0 Ian Woodfield 1570 4 8.0 13.0 10.0 3-4 Robert Lavery 1566 3.5 8.5 13.5 11.5 Danny Roberts 1799 3.5 7.0 11.5 11.5 5-7 Mark Newman 1676 3 10.0 16.0 10.0 Chris Armstrong 1412 3 7.5 11.5 7.0 Joseph Gunning 1300 3 6.0 10.0 8.0 8-9 Vincent O'Brien 1237 2 9.5 14.5 7.0 James Wong 1125 2 7.0 11.0 4.0 10-11 Ciaran Rowan 1182 1 10.0 14.0 2.0 Peter Wilson 1524 1 7.5 11.5 5.0 12 Paul Anderson 924 0 6.0 10.0 0.0
With the early lead and better M-Buch Christopher Kelly wins the tournament. Ian Woodfield is second and Joseph Gunning picks up the rating prize.
An afternoon of fun chess.