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.

KO Cup/Plate/ Final Matches/Summer Cup

As we approach the final games of the Season, thought I would just lay out a schedule for the next few weeks

21st March Divisional Cup Matches

Coventry B v Kenilworth
Coventry D v Nuneaton B
Nuneaton D v Coventry E

Please note Coventry F v Coventry University - cancelled

28th March KO Cup

We have two teams in the KO Cup, so we could have an all Coventry final !

Kenilworth v Coventry A
Coventry B v Rugby A (double header)

Plate match

Coventry D v Rugby B

There is also a re-arranged match for Coventry G v Newdigate

4th April Divisional Cup Matches

Coventry C v Kenilworth
Coventry B v Coventry D

11th April Plate/KO Cup final

Coventry D v Coventry C
and hopefully we will have one or two Coventry teams in the final

18th April - Easter Tuesday

Club open for friendlies

25th April First Round of Summer Cup -

2nd May Second Round

9th May Third Round

16th May Fourth Round

23rd May Fifth Round

30th May Sixth Round


We will then hold our AGM - Date to be advised. Election of Officers.

As usual the club will be open over the Summer for friendly matches

Summer Cup - Round 6 Results

The final round of the Summer Cup was completed yesterday evening and Congratulations must go to Andy Ward who has won the Summer Cup with an impressive 5.5/6

The Runner up is Dave Ireland on 4.5/6. The Winner of the inaugral Gordon Cornell U120 trophy is Howard Jones with 4/6.

A special mention must go to Dragomir who on his first Summer Cup tournament was challenging for the top spot right from the start and only falling at the last hurdle to Andy Ward the eventual winner. Dragomir tied in third place on 3.5 points with Ed Goodwin and Bava.

Ed Goodwin again had a good tournament finishing in the top 3 spot. Bava also had an excellent tournament and could easily have secured the runners up position if he had won against Dave Ireland. But Dave won and Bava just missed out again on finishing in the top two positions.

The Gordon Cornell trophy has given added incentive to players graded U120 and seems to have been very successful, with a number of players potentially able to win the trophy on the last round.

However, Howard Jones was the eventual winner, with 4 points out of 6 and was undefeated through the tournament with a solid 4 draws and two wins. Paul Sweatman continued his steady improvement and finished with a draw against Pete Smith. Gordon Cornell finished on three points and nearly won the Gordon Cornell trophy !

A number of players finished on the target that a lot of players have ... 3 points - Pete Smith, Stan Whitmore, Dave Filer, Bob Holmes, Paul Sweatman, David Adams and Gordon Cornell - a good steady tournament performance. David Adams also finished strongly in his first Summer Cup tournament on 3 points - very encouraging for the new season.

The trophies for the winners will be presented at the AGM - date to be announced.

I would like to say Thank you to all the players who took part and made it an enjoyable inter club tournament and hope everyone who played, enjoyed the Tournament and found it a good way to finish playing competitve chess until the start of next season.

Hope everyone has a good summer break and if we do not see you at the AGM we will see you at the start of the new season - which is only 16 weeks away !

The results from last night are below with the final positions:-


Results from 10/5/2016

 A.Ward 1 0 Dragomir
 D.Ireland 1 0 Bava
H.Jones 1 0 C.Blackburn
E.Goodwin 1 0 D.Adams
P.Smith .5 .5 P.Sweatman
S.Whitmore 1 0 I.Evans
J.Loughane 1 0 T.White
N.Weaver 0 1 G.Cornell
J.Conway 1 0 T.Gazee
A.Franklin 0 N.Morris

  FINAL RESULTS
A.Ward       5.5  - Winner of John Evans Summer Cup
D.Ireland     4.5 - Runner Up
Dragomir    4
H.Jones       4 U120 - Winner of Gordon Cornell trophy
Bava            3.5
Ed Goodwin 3.5
D.Filer        3
Bob Holmes 3
C.Blackburn 3 U120
D.Adams     3  U120
P.Sweatman 3 U120
P.Smith       3 U120
S.Whitmore 3 U120
G.Cornell    3   U120
J.Loughnane 2.5 U120
S.Weaver     2 U120
W.Beeston   2 U120
A.Franklin   2  U120
M.Johnson  1.5
I.Evans        1.5    U120
T.White       1    U120
T.Gazee       0   U120
N.Weaver     0 UI20


Finally, I have mentioned over the last few weeks how the stronger players are winning the end games - have a look at this  it may help !

Summer Cup - Round 3 Results

Round 3 of the Summer Cup was held last night and the very close position of the top 10 players continues, for both the Main Competition and the U120 Gordon Cornell Trophy.
Dave Filer continued his winning ways and is still the clear leader on 3 points - is he the Leicester City of the Summer Cup !

Dave Ireland manged to win against Bob Holmes in a very tight end game, this now gives Dave 2.5 points. Andy Ward won against Wesley Beeston to give him 2.5 points.
Paul Sweatman again played well after his win last week and got a hard fought draw against Howard Jones -  a contender for the Gordon Cornell Cup?

Dragomir, drew with Ed Goodwin, the second First Division player he has held to a draw.

Clive Blackburn also won after Ian Evans sacrificed his queen ! when in time trouble. 

There were also wins for  Pete Smith, Stan Whitmore, Alan Franklin, David Adams and Simon Weaver.

The full results are below.

4th Round to be held next week 26/4/2016 normal start time 7.30pm.


D.Filer 1 0 Bava
D.Ireland 1 0 R.Holmes
A.Ward 1 0 W.Beeston
E.Goodwin .5 .5 Dragomir
H.Jones .5 .5 P.Sweatman
P.Smith 1  0  G.Cornell
S.Whitmore 1  0 T.White
C.Blackburn  1  0 I.Evans
A.Franklin 1 0 J.Loughnane
D.Adams  10  N.Weaver
S.Weaver 1 0 T.Gazee

Outstanding Round 2 match played 18/4/2016

E.Goodwin 1 0 S.Weaver 

Overall Scores:

D.Filer        3
D.Ireland     2.5
A.Ward        2.5
C.Blackburn 2 U120
S.Whitmore 2 U120
P.Smith       2 U120
H.Jones       2 U120
Dragomir    2
Ed Goodwin 2
Bava            1.5
Bob Holmes 1.5
W.Beeston   1.5 U120
P.Sweatman 1.5 U120
G.Cornell    1   U120
T.White       1    U120
I.Evans        1    U120
S.Weaver     1.5 U120
A.Franklin   1   U120
D.Adams     1  U120
M.Johnson  1
N.Weaver     0 UI20
J.loughnane  0 U120
T.Gazee       0   U120

Summer Cup - Round 2 Results

The secound round of the Summer Cup matches, took place last night and all top three boards drew their matches. This now means after only two rounds there is only one player with 2 points - Dave Filer - I can not ever remember this happening in the Cup at such an early stage.

Dragomir did exceptionally well in drawing with Dave Ireland - the final position was a dead draw.

Howard Jones also did very well against  new club member Andy Ward, again gaining a draw after being a pawn down for a large part of the game.

As I mentioned earlier Dave Filer now has two points after completing a win against Pete Smith and is top of the table. Gordon Cornell also won last night - does this mean he may be the first winner of the Gordon Cornell U120 Trophy!

Paul Sweatman had an impressive win over John Conway, who is graded 126. An excellent result for Paul.

There was also the KO Cup final held between Kenilworth and Chelmsley Wood. Chelmsley Wood did win the final as Mark Page surprisingly lost on Board 1 and Mike Donnelly drew on Board 2. So with the handicap Chelmsley Wood are the winners.

However, two things arose which are worth noting, a Chelmsley Wood players mobile went off (three times) so his opponent could have claimed the game - three times!

Secondly, a basic rule of chess, but again this situation arose on Board 1 in the Cup match and a game in the Summer Cup.
The player was using one hand to move the piece and the other hand to operate the clock. Clearly this is not allowed and in a time scramble it can be critical.

Round 3 next week:-  Tuesday 19th April. 7.30pm 

Here are all the results from last night:

12/4/16 Round 2 

D.Ireland   .5  .5 Dragomir
A.Ward     .5  .5  H.Jones
Bava         .5  .5  W.Beeston
R.Holmes  1  0  S.Whitmore
D.Filer       1  0  P.Smith
A.Franklin 0  1  I.Evans
J.Loughnane 0 1 G.Cornell
C.Blackburn 1 0 T.Gazee
P.Sweatman  1 0 J.Conway
T.White         1 0 N.Weaver



Overall Scores
D.Filer        2
D.Ireland     1.5
A.Ward        1.5
Bava            1.5
Bob Holmes 1.5
Ed Goodwin 1.5
W.Beeston   1.5 U120
H.Jones       1.5 U120
Dragomir    1.5
P.Sweatman 1 U120
C.Blackburn 1 U120
M.Johnson  1
S.Whitmore 1 U120
P.Smith       1 U120
G.Cornell    1   U120
T.White       1    U120
I.Evans        1    U120
S.Weaver     .5 U120
J.loughnane  0 U120
T.Gazee       0   U120
A.Franklin   0   U120
D.Adams      0  U120
N.Weaver     0 UI20

Summer Cup - Round 1 Results

The first matches in the Summer Cup were played yesterday evening (5/4/16) and despite this being the first round with the seeds expected to win early the first match did not finish until well past 9.30pm. So none of the seeds had an easy ride, even in the first round. However the only unseeded player to eventually win was Stan Whitmore with an excellent win over John Conway. Bob Holmes also drew with Simon Weaver.

Next Round is next week Tuesday 12th April. 7.30pm start.

Full list of results

D.Ireland 1 0 J.Loughnane
A.Ward    1 0 P.Sweatman
Bava        1 0 T.Gazee
M.Johnson 1 0 G.Cornell
D.Filer       1 0 T.White
J.Conway  0 1 S.Whitmore
Bob Holmes .5 .5 S.Weaver
W.Beeston   1 0 I.Evans
H.Jones       1 0 A.Franklin
Dragomir 1 0 C.Blackburn
P.Smith     1 0 D.Adams

As mentioned before this year we have a brand new trophy for players graded U120. I have highlighted these players below. 


D.Ireland     1
A.Ward        1
Bava            1
M.Johnson  1
D.Filer        1
S.Whitmore 1 U120
W.Beeston   1 U120
H.Jones       1 U120
Dragomir    1
P.Smith       1 U120
Bob Holmes .5
S.Weaver     .5 U120
J.loughnane  0 U120
P.Sweatman  0 U120
T.Gazee       0   U120
G.Cornell    0   U120
T.White       0    U120
I.Evans         0    U120
A.Franklin    0   U120
C.Blackburn 0 U120
D.Adams      0  U120

Summer Cup Round 5 Results

Round 5 Results

D.Ireland 1 0 D.Filer
R.Parekh 1 0 C.Blackburn
E.Goodwin 1 0 J.Harris
R.Holmes .5 .5 P.Smith
R.B. Manickam .5 .5 P.Sweatman
D.Sheward 0 1 I.Evans
S.Whitmore 1 0 T.Beesley
S.Vats          1 0 R.Sian
S.Curry       0 1 G.Cornell

Rajan continues his success with a win over Clive. Dave Ireland won again and now only needs to win in the Final Round to secure the Summer Cup. The Runners up position can still be won by 5 or 6 players. So everything to play for in the last round .


Scores After 5 Rounds


D.Ireland 4.5
R.Parekh   4
D.Filer       3
B.Graff       3.5
E.Goodwin   3.5
R.Holmes        3
 P.Smith         3
C.Blackburn   2.5
J.Harris           2.5
R.B.Manickam 2.5
D.Sheward      2
P.Sweatman    2.5
S.Whitmore    2.5
T.Beesley        1.5
S.Vats             2.5
I.Evans           2.5
S.Weaver      1
S.Curry         1
T,White          0
T.Gazee         .5
G.Cornell       1

Summer Cup Round 4 Results

Another evening of very close games and whilst Dave Ireland is out in front at the moment there are any number of players who could still win the tournament and  take the Runners Up spot.

Dave Ireland won the battle of the two front runners winning against Rajen. Ben Graff secured a win against Bava to move back into contention.

Next Round 27th May Tuesday 7.30pm

Full results as follows:-

R.Parekh  0 1 D.Ireland
R.Holmes .5 .5 E.Goodwin
R.B.Manickam 0 1 B.Graff
I.Evans            0  1 P.Smith
C.Blackburn    1 0 S.Vats
J.Harris            1 0 T.Beesley
T.Gazee           .5 .5 D.Sheward
P.Sweatman     1  0 R.Sian
S.Weaver         1 0 G.Cornell
T.White            0 1 S.Curry

D.Ireland 3.5
R.Parekh   3
D.Filer       3
B.Graff       3
E.Goodwin   2.5
R.Holmes        2.5
P.Smith           2.5
C.Blackburn   2.5
J.Harris           2.5
R.B.Manickam 2
D.Sheward      2


P.Sweatman    2
S.Whitmore    1.5
T.Beesley        1.5
S.Vats             1.5
I.Evans           1.5
S.Weaver      1
S.Curry         1
T,White          0
T.Gazee         .5
G.Cornell       0

Summer Cup Round 3 Results

The 3rd round of the Summer Cup produced some very close games.

Dave Ireland was in a loosing position but managed to win due to a blunder by Bob. Rajen managed to win against Ben Graff in a very close match... at the last minute Rajen found a checkmate.
Ed Goodwin and Bava were level throughout their game and finally agreed a draw with only a few minutes left on each player's clock.

Trevor Beesley and Don Sheward continued there good run drawing their game ..giving them 1.5 points each.
Paul Sweatman picked up his first point of the tournament.

The above results mean only 2 players are now on 3 points.... Dave and Rajen. So this means they will be playing each other next week.

Here are the full results:-

D.Ireland    .5  .5  R.Holmes AMENDED RESULT
B.Graff       0  1  R.Parekh
E.Goodwin .5 .5 R.B.Manickam
D.Filer        1  0 P.Smith
C.Blackburn .5 .5 J.Harris
S.Whitmore  .5 .5 S.Vats
T.Beesley     .5  .5 D.Sheward
I.Evans         1   0 G.Cornell
P.Sweatman  1  0  T.White
R.Sian           1 0  T.Gazee


 D.Ireland 2.5
R.Parekh   3
D.Filer       2.5
B.Graff      2
E.Goodwin      2.5
R.Holmes        1.5
P.Smith           1.5
R.B.Manickam 2
C.Blackburn   1.5
J.Harris           1.5
S.Whitmore    1.5
T.Beesley        1.5
S.Vats             1.5
D.Sheward     1.5
I.Evans           1.5
P.Sweatman    1
T,White          0
T.Gazee         0
G.Cornell       0

Summer Cup Round 2 Results

Round 2 Summer Cup Results

D. Ireland 1 0 I.Evans
E.Goodwin .5 .5 P.Smith
B.Graff      1 0 C.Blackburn
R. Holmes .5 .5 R.B Manickam
R.Parekh   1  0 J.Harris
D.Filer      1 0 P.Sweatman
T.Beesley  1 0 R.Sian
T.White     0 1 D.Sheward
G.Cornall  0 1 S.Vats
T.Gazee    0  1 S.Whitmore

The above results mean that after 2 rounds only three players are on 2 points :-

D.Ireland  2
R.Parekh  2
B.Graff     2

E.Goodwin 1.5
R.Holmes    1.5
D.Filer         1.5
P.Smith        1.5
R.B.Manickam 1.5
C.Blackburn   1
J.Harris           1
S.Whitmore    1
T.Beesley        1
S.Vats             1
D.Sheward     1
I.Evans           .5
P.Sweatman    0
T,White          0
T.Gazee         0
G.Cornell      0

Next Round Tuesday 13th May 2014 7.30pm.

It is hoped to have the Club AGM on the 24th June 2014 8pm. Will confirm the date later in the month.

Summer Cup Round 1 Results

The first round of the Summer Cup results are as follows:

D.Ireland        1 0 D.Sheward
E.Goodwin     1 0 T.Beesley
B.Graff           1 0 R.Sian
R.Holmes       1 0 S.Vats
C.Blackburn   1 0 P.Sweatman
J.Harris          1 0 G.Cornell
D.Filer           .5 .5  I.Evans
P.Smith          1 0 T.White
R.B.Manickam 1 0 S.Whitmore
R.Parekh      1 0 S.Weaver
D.Rowlands  Default
T.Gazee        Default


There were no surprise results in the first round, although there still some very close matches. There will also be a new holder of the Summer Cup as Joshua Pink has had to withdraw due to work commitments.

Next Round of the Cup Tuesday 6th May 7.30pm start.
 

Summer Cup - John Evans Memorial Trophy

The first round of the The Summer Cup will start on Tuesday 29th April 2014. Normal format.

Swiss Tournament. Six Rounds. Free Entry to Coventry Chess Club members. This year to be graded games.

It is intended to run the competition over the following consecutive Tuesdays with the final round taking place on 3rd June 2014.

I have tried to contact everyone to see if they wish to participate but if I have not spoken to yet and you want to play do give me a call or email me. So far there are 21 entrants.

If you can not make any particular week do please let me know.

This year the defending Champion is Joshua Pink - who will be able to topple him ? Good Luck to everyone.

Simon