Due to the recent covid lockdown, chess has been paused for a few weeks, but is now scheduled to resume for Round 2 of the Western series of events from next Tuesday (3 Aug). The event calendar has been updated to reflect a revised schedule, to the end of the year.
The Western series of events (Master, Major, Swiss) started last Tuesday. These are 5 round events (round robin for the Masters and Major) over 5 weeks, pitting players with similar ratings against each other. The groupings are below. Only one round has been completed, so I will report once we have 3 rounds done, to see if there is some trend happening.
Master group
1 David Beaumont 1974
2 Matthew Whitford 1550
3 Steven Hogan 1533
4 Sergey Saric 1489
5 Aaryan Galia 1450
6 Eric Maure 1450
Major group
1 Ian Kirk 1435
2 Adem Koci 1300
3 Cijo Paul 1280
4 Julian McIntyre 1247
5 Conrado Cajes 1200
6 Dejan Matijas 1153
Swiss group
1 Annapureddy,Rheyansh Redd 1133 3 Cox,Tyler 905 4 Shelev,Petar 891 11 Pasukov,Leo 0 2 Condick,Peter 1021 5 Annapureddy,Dhruthin Redd 866 7 Davis,Sophie 824 10 Massa,Emmanuel 0 6 Clerk,Felix 828 8 Clerk,Max 725 9 Cox,Aiden 0
From our illustrious President:
Attached are the results for lightning last night. Well done to Matthew for taking out the evening with an impressive 6.5 / 7.
Next week is the start of the 5 round Western Masters. Please look to arrive before 7.30, or advise me if you’re going to be late (as a couple of people already have).
Lightning Standings
Pos N NAME g | Rtg PRtg Pts Buc1 ------------------------------------------------------ 1 2 Whitford,Matthew m | 1550 1627 6.5 27.5 2 1 Beaumont,David m | 1974 1264 6.0 26.5 3 13 Davis,Sophie f | 824 1188 5.0 25.5 4 6 Salanowski,Mark m | 1430 1060 4.5 27.0 5 4 Ilic,Milan m | 1518 1090 4.0 28.5 6 16 Galia,Aaryan f | 0 1517 4.0 27.0 7 9 Paul,Cijo m | 1280 1161 4.0 23.0 8 7 Saric,Sergey m | 1400 962 3.5 23.5 9 19 Massa,Emmanuel m | 0 1103 3.5 23.0 10 11 Cox,Tyler m | 905 612 3.5 20.5 11 20 Maure,Eric m | 0 716 3.5 19.0 12 10 Condick,Peter m | 1021 556 3.5 16.5 13 5 Kirk,Ian m | 1435 500 3.0 23.5 14 3 Hogan,Steven m | 1533 1042 3.0 23.0 15 12 Clerk,Felix m | 828 621 3.0 23.0 16 8 Dogaris,George m | 1288 874 3.0 22.0 17 14 Clerk,Max m | 725 968 3.0 19.5 18 15 Cox,Aiden m | 0 534 2.0 20.0 19 17 Gregorio,Jadyn m | 0 0 1.0 20.5 20 18 Koci,Adem f | 0 256 0.0 16.5
The round 7 results are below, with the final standings as well. Congrats to Dean winning this event, with a final round draw against Cijo.
From our illustrious President: Next week will be a lightning event, following by the commencement of the Western Masters the following week. For players new to the club this year, the Western Masters is a unique event in our calendar. Running over 5 weeks, players will be split into groups of 6 based on rating, and will play each other players in their group in separate tournaments. This provides each and every competitor with a strong chance of winning a rated event, and provides 5 games against opponents of a similar rating.
Round 7 results
1 = Paul,Cijo (5.0)-Hogg,Dean (5.5)=15- 1= ½ - ½ 2 = Salanowski,Mark (4.0)-Enano,Ronald (4.0)= 7- 3= 0 - 1 3 = Humphreys,Scott (2.5)-Condick,Peter (3.5)= 4-22= 1 - 0 4 = Galia,Aaryan (4.0)-Hogan,Steven (4.0)=25- 5= 1 - 0 5 = Whitford,Matthew (3.0)-Davis,Sophie (3.0)= 8-27= 1 - 0 6 = Matijas,Dejan (3.0)-Kirk,Ian (3.0)=16-10= 1 - 0 7 = Saric,Sergey (2.5)-Ilic,Milan (2.5)=14- 6= 0 - 1 8 = Maure,Eric (2.5)-Clerk,Felix (2.5)=26-17= ½ - ½ 9 = Clerk,Max (2.0)-Kurian,Maksym (2.0)=19-18= 1F-0F 10 = Cox,Tyler (1.5)-Bejjanki,Pranav Sai(1.0)=24-20= 0F-0F 11 = Cox,Aiden (1.0)-Watson,Nicolas (0.0)=23-21= 1F-0F
Final Standings
Pos N NAME | Rtg PRtg | Pts Buc1 -------------------------------------------------------- 1 1 Hogg,Dean | 1974 1407 | 6.0 24.5 2 15 Paul,Cijo | 1295 1794 | 5.5 26.5 3 3 Enano,Ronald | 1602 1149 | 5.0 26.5 4 25 Galia,Aaryan | 0 1590 | 5.0 22.5 5 5 Hogan,Steven | 1518 1183 | 4.0 27.5 6 7 Salanowski,Mark | 1466 1026 | 4.0 25.0 7 8 Whitford,Matthew | 1446 1150 | 4.0 23.5 8 16 Matijas,Dejan | 1011 1052 | 4.0 20.5 9 2 CM Davis,Tony J (W) | 1797 2221 | 3.5 27.0 10 4 Humphreys,Scott | 1584 978 | 3.5 23.5 11 12 McIntyre,Julian (W) | 1384 943 | 3.5 23.0 12 22 Condick,Peter | 0 1345 | 3.5 22.0 13 6 Ilic,Milan | 1518 536 | 3.5 19.5 14 10 Kirk,Ian | 1410 646 | 3.0 20.5 15 26 Maure,Eric | 0 1056 | 3.0 20.5 16 17 Clerk,Felix | 853 789 | 3.0 19.5 17 27 Davis,Sophie | 1147 614 | 3.0 19.0 18 19 Clerk,Max | 695 738 | 3.0 18.5 19 13 Mullen,Chris (W) | 1359 536 | 2.5 25.0 20 11 Nowak,Ruben (W) | 1408 1165 | 2.5 24.0 21 14 Saric,Sergey | 1355 770 | 2.5 21.0 22 18 Kurian,Maksym | 792 1431 | 2.0 24.5 23 23 Cox,Aiden | 0 292 | 2.0 18.5 24 24 Cox,Tyler | 0 1171 | 1.5 23.0 25 9 Richards,Derek (W) | 1443 548 | 1.5 19.5 26 20 Bejjanki,Pranav Sai | 533 563 | 1.0 18.5 27 21 Watson,Nicolas | 222 365 | 0.0 16.0
We now have a small collection of chess books, available to borrow for free. The aim is to read it, then return it (no hoarding please!). Books will be kept with the equipment. Feel free to add to the collection – come on, you must have some books you no longer need/read?
The round 4 and 5 results are below, with the Round 6 draw.
Round 4 results
1 = Hogan,Steven (3.0)-Davis,Tony J (3.0)= 5- 2=1F-0F 2 = Hogg,Dean (2.5)-Mullen,Chris (2.0)= 1-13=1F-0F 3 = Enano,Ronald (2.0)-Condick,Peter (2.0)= 3-22=1-0 4 = Salanowski,Mark (2.0)-Paul,Cijo (2.0)= 7-15=0-1 5 = McIntyre,Julian (2.0)-Galia,Aaryan (2.0)=12-25=0-1 6 = Clerk,Felix (1.5)-Humphreys,Scott (1.5)=17- 4=0-1 7 = Davis,Sophie (0.0)-( bye ) (0.0)=27- 0=1 8 = Clerk,Max (1.0)-Cox,Tyler (1.5)=19-24=1-0 9 = Ilic,Milan (1.0)-Maure,Eric (1.0)= 6-26=1-0 10 = Matijas,Dejan (1.0)-Whitford,Matthew (1.0)=16- 8=0-1 11 = Kirk,Ian (1.0)-Kurian,Maksym (1.0)=10-18=0-1 12 = Cox,Aiden (1.0)-Saric,Sergey (1.0)=23-14=0-1 13 = Bejjanki,Pranav Sai(0.0)-Watson,Nicolas (0.0)=20-21=1-0 14 = Richards,Derek (1.0)-( not paired ) (0.0)= 9- 0=0 15 = Nowak,Ruben (2.0)-( not paired ) (0.0)=11- 0=0
Round 5 results
1 = Hogg,Dean (3.5)-Hogan,Steven (4.0)= 1- 5=1-0 2 = Galia,Aaryan (3.0)-Enano,Ronald (3.0)=25- 3=0-1 3 = Paul,Cijo (3.0)-Humphreys,Scott (2.5)=15- 4=1-0 4 = McIntyre,Julian (2.0)-Ilic,Milan (2.0)=12- 6=½-½ 5 = Whitford,Matthew (2.0)-Clerk,Max (2.0)= 8-19=1-0 6 = Condick,Peter (2.0)-Mullen,Chris (2.0)=22-13=½-½ 7 = Cox,Tyler (1.5)-Salanowski,Mark (2.0)=24- 7=0-1 8 = Kirk,Ian (1.0)-Clerk,Felix (1.5)=10-17=1-0 9 = Cox,Aiden (1.0)-Davis,Sophie (1.0)=23-27=0-1 10 = Maure,Eric (1.0)-Bejjanki,Pranav Sai(1.0)=26-20=1-0 11 = Watson,Nicolas (0.0)-Matijas,Dejan (1.0)=21-16=0F-1F 12 = Davis,Tony J (3.0)-( half point bye ) (0.0)= 2- 0=½ 13 = Richards,Derek (1.0)-( half point bye ) (0.0)= 9- 0=½ 14 = Nowak,Ruben (2.0)-( half point bye ) (0.0)=11- 0=½ 15 = Saric,Sergey (2.0)-( not paired ) (0.0)=14- 0=0 16 = Kurian,Maksym (2.0)-( not paired ) (0.0)=18- 0=0
Just a quick note to say that we are paused from chess for 2 weeks, at this stage. So no chess on the 1st and 8th June.
From our President:
The current tournament will continue to remain 7 rounds. Myself and the committee will work through adjusting the calendar to accommodate the number of weeks we lose.
In addition to staying physically safe, myself and the committee also hope you each are doing well mentally during lockdown. Hoping we will be able to re-commence soon.
The round 3 results are below, with the Round 4 draw.
Round 3 results
1 = Davis,Tony J (2.0)- Salanowski,Mark (2.0)= 2- 7=1-0 2 = Hogan,Steven (2.0)- Nowak,Ruben (2.0)= 5-11=1-0 3 = Cox,Tyler (1.5)- Hogg,Dean (1.5)=24- 1=0-1 4 = Humphreys,Scott (1.0)- McIntyre,Julian (1.5)= 4-12=½-½ 5 = Kurian,Maksym (1.0)- Enano,Ronald (1.0)=18- 3=0-1 6 = Whitford,Matthew (1.0)- Paul,Cijo (1.0)= 8-15=0-1 7 = Condick,Peter (1.0)- Richards,Derek (1.0)=22- 9=1-0 8 = Galia,Aaryan (1.0)- Kirk,Ian (1.0)=25-10=1-0 9 = Mullen,Chris (1.0)- Maure,Eric (1.0)=13-26=1-0 10 = Clerk,Felix (0.5)- Clerk,Max (1.0)=17-19=1-0 11 = Watson,Nicolas (0.0)- Ilic,Milan (0.0)=21- 6=0-1 12 = Saric,Sergey (0.0)- Bejjanki,Pranav Sai(0.0)=14-20=1-0 13 = Davis,Sophie (0.0)- Matijas,Dejan (0.0)=27-16=0-1 14 = Cox,Aiden (0.0)- ( bye ) (0.0)=23- 0=1
The round 2 results are below, with the Round 3 draw.
Round 2 results
1 = Galia,Aaryan (0.0)- ( bye ) (0.0)= 25- 0=1 2 = Richards,Derek (1.0)- Davis,Tony J (1.0)= 9- 2=0 - 1 3 = Enano,Ronald (1.0)- Nowak,Ruben (1.0)= 3-11=0 - 1 4 = Kirk,Ian (1.0)- Hogan,Steven (1.0)= 10- 5=0 - 1 5 = Maure,Eric (1.0)- Salanowski,Mark (1.0)= 26- 7=0 - 1 6 = Paul,Cijo (0.0)- Mullen,Chris (1.0)= 15-13=1 - 0 7 = Hogg,Dean (0.5)- Kurian,Maksym (1.0)= 1-18=1 - 0 8 = McIntyre,Julian (0.5)- Clerk,Felix (0.5)= 12-17=1 - 0 9 = Ilic,Milan (0.0)- Cox,Tyler (0.5)= 6-24=0 - 1 10 = Saric,Sergey (0.0)- Bejjanki,Pranav Sai(0.0)= 14-20=0F-0F 11 = Matijas,Dejan (0.0)- Condick,Peter (0.0)= 16-22=0 - 1 12 = Clerk,Max (0.0)- Cox,Aiden (0.0)= 19-23=1 - 0 13 = Humphreys,Scott (0.5)- ( half point bye ) (0.0)= 4- 0=½ 14 = Whitford,Matthew (1.0)- ( not paired ) (0.0)= 8- 0=0 15 = Watson,Nicolas (0.0)- ( not paired ) (0.0)= 21- 0=0
The round 1 results are below, with a total of 26 players competing. This is a 7 round event.
Round 1 results
1 = Davis,Tony J (0.0) - Saric,Sergey (0.0)= 2-14=1-0 2 = Paul,Cijo (0.0) - Enano,Ronald (0.0)=15- 3=0-1 3 = Hogan,Steven (0.0) - Matijas,Dejan (0.0)= 5-16=1-0 4 = Kurian,Maksym (0.0) - Ilic,Milan (0.0)=18- 6=1-0 5 = Salanowski,Mark (0.0) - Clerk,Max (0.0)= 7-19=1-0 6 = Bejjanki,Pranav Sai(0.0) - Whitford,Matthew (0.0)=20- 8=0-1 7 = Richards,Derek (0.0) - Watson,Nicolas (0.0)= 9-21=1-0 8 = Condick,Peter (0.0) - Kirk,Ian (0.0)=22-10=0-1 9 = Nowak,Ruben (0.0) - Cox,Aiden (0.0)=11-23=1-0 10 = Cox,Tyler (0.0) - McIntyre,Julian (0.0)=24-12=½-½ 11 = Mullen,Chris (0.0) - Galia,Aaryan (0.0)=13-25=1-0 12 = Maure,Eric (0.0) - ( bye ) (0.0)=26- 0=1 13 = Hogg,Dean (0.0) - ( half point bye ) (0.0)= 1- 0=½ 14 = Humphreys,Scott (0.0) - ( half point bye ) (0.0)= 4- 0=½ 15 = Clerk,Felix (0.0) - ( half point bye ) (0.0)=17- 0=½