Summer Cup Round 3 Results

Tuesday 9th April

Third round of the Summer Cup

Dave Ireland is now the only player with 3/3 after 3 rounds of the Summer Cup. Dave beat the only other player on 2 points,Warrick Scaiffe. There were wins for Kaan,Dave Filer, Roy Watson, Mike Johnson, Dave Riley, Siti Anwar, John Conway, Nicola Carrouche,Paul Sweatman, Nigle Morris, our resident Arbiter - Hok, David Adams, and Trevor Gazee.

There were some very tight games:-
Kaan won a very close game with James Harrison which went right down to a few seconds on each players clock. The game could have gone either way and as is easily done when there are only a few seconds left mistakes occur and Kaan was fortunate enough to benefit from a mistake by James.

Sam Cotterill and Bava agreed a draw again with only a few seconds left on Bava'a clock. Stan Whitmore continued his steady progress clocking up another draw.

As a side note we were also treated to a visit by Chris Baker, who was in the area on a personal matter. He was there purely in an observational capacity, some of the older members may remember Chris from a good few years ago when he played schools chess. Chris is originally from Coventry, attended King Henry V111 school, and since leaving the area has gone on to become an IM.

Results

D.Ireland 1 0 W.Scaiffe

D.Riley 1 0 Margarita
Kaan 1 0 J.Harrison
S.Cotterill .5 .5 Bava 

M.Johnson 1 0 A.Paul
D.Filer 1 0 A.Evans
Margarita 0 1 D.Riley
C.Pegler  0 1 Hok

J.Loughnane .5 .5. S.Whitmore
W.Beeston 0 1 R.Watson

N.Morris    1 0 C.Badley

P.Smith 0 1 S.Anwar
P.Sweatman 1 0 B.Evans
S.Simpson 0 1 J.Conway
A.Franklin 0 1 T.Gazee
N.Carrouche 1 0 Lana 

T.White 0 1 D.Adams

Scores After Round 3
D.Ireland 3
B.Charnley 1.5
E.Goodwin  2
S.Cotterill   2
 J.Loughnane 1.5
D.Adams 1
S.Anwar 2
C.Badley .5
J.Harrison  1.5
B.Evans .5
Bava         2
Hok            1
D.Filer        2.5
C.Pegler     0
M.Johnson 2.5
A.Franklin  0
W.Beeston 1.5
 L.Nasibova .5
D.Riley       2
 Seb            0
N.Morris   1.5
 J.March   .5
R.Watson  2.5
 A.Paul      1.5
J.Conway  2
Margarita  1.5
Kaan         2.5
P.Sweatman 1.5
S.Whitmore 1.5
 A.Evans     1.5
P.Smith       .5
 S.Simpson 1
N.Carrouche  1.5



Next Round - Third Round Tuesday April 16th  7.30pm 

Summer Cup - Round 3

We are now already half-way through the Summer Cup and a clear leader in the Tournament has emerged - Dave Ireland. Although he is closely followed by Ed Goodwin,Mike Donnelly, Bava and Dave Filer on 2.5 points.

Last night produced some very close matches.Particular Ed Goodwin against Mike Donnelly. This match went down to the last few seconds on both players clocks before they agreed a draw, in a very difficult end game for both players.

Bava also won again with less then 30 seconds left on his clock against Howard Jones. Stan Whitmore continued his excellent run against higher graded players by obtaining a draw against Nigel Morris.

The challenge for the Gordon Cornell trophy is led by three players Stan Whitmore,Pete Smith and John Conway - all on 1.5 points.

There is still all to play for as we enter the second half of the Tournament

Here is a list of all the results from the 9th May

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

D. Ireland    3
E.Goodwin  2.5
M.Donnelly 2.5
Bava          2.5
D.Filer        2.5
H.Jones     1.5
J.Harris       2
S.Whitmore  1.5
N.Morris       1.5 
P.Smith        1.5
J.Conway    1.5
C.Blackburn 1 
R.Watson     1
M..Houldershaw 1
M.Johnson    1
J.Loughnane 1
P.Sweatman  1
D.Adams      1
W.Beeston    1
A.Franklin      .5
T.White         .5
G.Cornell     .5
I.Evans         0
N.Critchley  0
W.Ingram     0
S.Weaver    2


As usual the next round is next Tuesday :- Round 4 Tuesday 16th May 7.30pm (We may have to wait for Zumba to finish again - depending on the progress of the Building work) 

Summer Cup

I can confirm that we are all set for the first round of the Summer Cup starting on Tuesday 25th April normal start time of 7.30pm.

Quick recap of rules : Based on a Swiss Tournament. Normal League rules apply :- 30 moves in an hour and a quarter, then 15 minutes to finish the game.
Toss for colours. Six Rounds starting the 25th April with the rest of the rounds each following Tuesday.
The final Round is on the 30th May. Free Entry.
If you are unable to play in any round please let me know beforehand.

Trophy for the Winner and Runner Up. Plus a trophy for the highest player finish graded under 120.

We currently have well over 20+ players confirmed and I have tried to contact everyone but if your name is not down yet it is not too late to enter, just either call or email myself.

I will try and provide cumulative scores on this site and on our Facebook page.

Good Luck to everyone in the competition !

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

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 - 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