Summer Cup - Round 1

The first round of the Summer Cup got under way last night (Tuesday 25th April) and yet again produced some surprise results.
There were 12 matches and here is a quick review of some of the games.

John Loughnane drew with Mike Johnson - a really good result for John a 35 point grading difference. Pete Smith won against Nigel Morris again about a 30 point difference in grading.
Special mention must go to Stan Whitmore who came within 30 seconds of winning against Bava. The game went right to the end with Bava only having 20-30 seconds left on his clock. Stan seemed to have the upper hand for a lot of the game and only lost in a time scramble at the end.Stan very sportingly resigned when he was a piece down.

Gordon Cornell put a valliant effort against Dave Filer and their match was the last to finish with Dave eventually winning on time.
We also welcomed two new players to the Summer Cup Wayne Ingram and Matthew Houldershaw, who took part in their first competitive game.
The first round certainly produced some very competitive chess and very interesting games, so my Thanks to all players for last night, it makes it a pleasure to organise the Tournament.

FULL RESULTS - Round 1

D.Ireland     1 0 P.Sweatman
E.Goodwin  1 0 A.Franklin
M.Donnelly 1 0 C.Blackburn
Bava            1 0 S.Whitmore
N.Morris     0  1 P.Smith
H.Jones       1 0 I.Evans
J.Harris       1 0 D.Adams
M.Johnson  .5 .5 J.Loughnane
D.Filer        1 0 G.Cornell
R.Watson    1 0  N.Critchley
W.Beeston   0 1 J.Conway
W.Ingram    0 1 M.Houldershaw


D. Ireland    1
E.Goodwin  1
M.Donnelly 1
Bava            1
H.Jones       1
J.Harris       1
D.Filer        1
R.Watson    1
J.Conway    1
M..Houldershaw 1
P.Smith        1
M.Johnson    .5
J.Loughnane .5
P.Sweatman  0
A.Franklin    0
C.Blackburn 0
S.Whitmore  0
I.Evans         0
D.Adams      0
G.Cornell     0
N.Critchley  0
W.Beeston   0
W.Ingram    0


Round 2 Tuesday - 2nd May

Massey Ferguson have advised me that next week there may be some building work going on in the room where we normally play, so we may have to play in the lounge behind the bar or in the Hall after Zumba has finished.