Summer Cup - Round 3

Round 3 of the Summer Cup held last night with a bumper turnout of 28 players !

So, we are now already half way through the competition and the competition for the top places is getting very tight. We now have two clear leaders in the competition and both players have just recently returned to OTB chess. Mike Donnelly is now on 3 points - with an impressive win over Bob Holmes - who has been a Runner Up on a number of occasions - and Bernard Charnley who had a win over the current holder of the Cup, Dave Ireland.

Although in hot pursuit are a number of players on 2 & 2.5 points of which any are capable of putting together a winning run.

Last night saw a number of players secure there first points of the competition... Paul Sweatman, Ravi Sian and  David Adams. Newcomer Tom Stamper also secured his first win.

Round 4 will be held next week - Tuesday 5th May

Thank you to all players for your participation so far !

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Results from Round 3

D.Ireland 0 1 B.Charnley

M.Donnelly 1 0 R.Holmes

S.B. Manickam 1 0 P.Smith

E.Goodwin .5 .5 M.Johnson

R.Parekh 1 0 I.Evans

B.Graff 1 0 C.Blackburn

W.Beeston 1 0 D.Sheward

Tom Stamper 1 0 N.Weaver

P.Sweatman 1 0 S.Williamson

S.Whitmore 1 0 T.Gazee

T.White 0 1 D.Filer

D.Adams 1 0 J. Matthews

R.Sian 1 0 G.Cornell

Points after 3 Rounds

M.Donnelly 3

B.Charnley 3

R.Parekh    2.5

D.Ireland   2

R.Parekh    2.5

J.Pink         2.5

E.Goodwin 2

M.Johnson  2

W.Beeston  2

Bava          2

D.Filer       2

R.Holmes    1.5

B.Graff         1.5

T.Stamper   1.5

P.Sweatman 1

N.Weaver   1

P.Smith       1

S.Weaver   1 

T.White      1

I.Evans       1

D.Sheward  1

C.Blackburn .5

S.Whitmore 1 

D.Adams     1

T.Gazee       0

G.Cornell     0

R.Sian        1

J.Matthews  0