Summer Cup - Round 5

Round 5 produced some more exciting games especially Dave Ireland against Ed Goodwin. The game ended as a draw however Ed only had 2 seconds left on his clock ! (Dave had just over a minute) This is where a digital clock really does come into its own as everyone could clearly see exactly how long each player had left. Ed played well especially as he had the black pieces.

Mike Donnelly and Bava also had a very close game, Mike informed me he sacrificed a piece but just couldnt quite break down Bava's defences and so they both agreed a draw.
Stan Whitmore continued his excellent form and yet again despite being outgraded, he got a draw against Dave Filer

Paul Sweatman continues to have a good Tournament and despite Pete Smith having two pawns on the seventh rank Paul managed to fight back and force a draw. Paul has only lost to Dave Ireland so far in the Tournament.

Clive Blackburn is also having a good run, his only loss was in the first round to Mike Donnelly and he won last night against Gordon Cornell.
Mike Johnson has not yet lost a match (although he did miss one week due to holidays) and won his game last night.
David Adams and Ian Evans played a very good game, coming down to a difficult end game but finally agreeing a draw.

What does all of last night's results mean for the trophy's ?

Clearly, Dave Ireland is in pole position to win the Summer Cup however if he looses next week to Mike Donnelly then he could let in Ed Goodwin or of course Mike Donnelly.

Runners up spot is even less clear  with at least 6 other players in with a chance of finishing second

The Gordon Cornell trophy is also wide open with Stan Whitmore and John Conway on 3 points both leading at the moment. However there are a number of players on 2.5 points - Clive Blackburn, Pete Smith, Paul Sweatman who are all still in real contention - All depends on next weeks results.

I thought it was interesting that the first game to finish was well past 9pm, showing that all players were fairly evenly matched. I think this shows how a Swiss Tournament should work - that eventually all players end up playing other players of roughly equal playing strength and gives everyone a fair chance to play an opponent of equal strength.


 So, final round next week and then we have our AGM the following week where we hope as many club members will join us in the election of new officers. Hopefully everyone has received a letter from Dave Filer regarding the AGM, if not let me know and I can let you have a copy (I have uploaded a copy in the Facebook group for those members on Facebook)



Match results from Round 5 (23rd May)

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


Total Scores after 5 rounds.
D. Ireland    4.5
E.Goodwin   4
M.Donnelly  4
Bava           3
D.Filer        3 
J.Harris       2
S.Whitmore  3
N.Morris       3 
P.Smith          2.5
J.Conway       3
C.Blackburn    2.5 
R.Watson        1.5
M..Houldershaw 1
M.Johnson    2.5
J.Loughnane  2
P.Sweatman  2.5
D.Adams      1.5
W.Beeston    1
A.Franklin      .5
T.White         .5
G.Cornell     1.5
I.Evans         1.5
N.Critchley   0
W.Ingram     0
S.Weaver    2


Picture from last night :

Final Round Tuesday 31st May 7.30pm

Summer Cup - Round 4

The fourth round produced some very good games. Dave Ireland won again so he is clearly the player to  beat at the moment. He is closely followed by Ed Goodwin and Mike Donnelly both on 3.5 points.
Stan Whitmore continued his good form and won against Howard Jones. Paul Sweatman also won against David Adams and is now another challenger for the Gordon Cornell cup.
Roy Watson and Clive Blackburn had a marathon game with over 80 moves! but they agreed a draw with only a King and pawn for Clive and a King and two pawns for Roy.

Here are the results from last night (16th may)

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


Total Scores after 4 rounds.
D. Ireland    4
E.Goodwin  3.5
M.Donnelly 3.5
Bava          2.5
D.Filer        2.5
H.Jones     1.5
J.Harris       2
S.Whitmore 2.5
N.Morris       2 
P.Smith        2
J.Conway    2
C.Blackburn 1.5 
R.Watson     1.5
M..Houldershaw 1
M.Johnson    1.5
J.Loughnane 2
P.Sweatman  2
D.Adams      1
W.Beeston    1
A.Franklin      .5
T.White         .5
G.Cornell     1.5
I.Evans         1
N.Critchley  0
W.Ingram     0
S.Weaver    2

Next Round May 23rd 7.30pm. Round 5. 

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 - Round 2

Another good set of Summer cup games in Round 2 with one or two surprise results. Paul Sweatman earning a draw with Clive Blackburn and Gordon Cornel getting a draw against Wesley Beeston are two results of particular note.

Althogh John Loughnane lost to John Harris he put in a great performance and analysis afterwards showed he could easily have won by playing a pawn one square forward.

Next week will see the seeded players start to play each other, which should produce some exciting games.

Results from 2nd May

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


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

Round 3 Tuesday 9th May.7.30pm - Look forward to seeing everyone next week.

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.

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 !