The fourth round of the club championships will be played on Tuesday, 4 February. You can expect to receive an email from Andre who organises this event.
[Neil Berry]
Category Archives: Club Championships
Club President wins 2019 Blitz Championship!
Club Blitz 2019 Championship
The end of season blitz tournament was ably run by Andre on Tuesday 18th June over 7 rounds. Raj, with supplemental assistance from David, ensured that we all were all well acquainted with the blitz rules (which enabled me to swindle a win against Keith in a totally lost position!).
The competition was contested by 19 players with the trophy (to be presented at the AGM in September) finally being won by Club President Neil who achieved an unbeaten score of 6.5/7.
Neil was closely chased into second place with a score of 5.5/7 by visitor Andy (now based in Washington DC but originally from Chicago). I had quickly lost my way playing the Benko Gambit against him ….. perhaps retribution for walking off with Andy’s home town trophy way back in 1988 (run by Chicago Lawn Chess Association)!?!?
Petros took 3rd place with a score of 5/7.
A great time was had by all – an excellent evening.
Unfortunately 2018 reigning champion Sergio Bermudez was unable to participate this year – but here’s belated recognition of his win last year:
Club Championship
Well done to Mike Ridge on winning the Club Championship for the second time in three years.
Club Championship Final
Mike Ridge 1½ – ½ Mark Sanderson
Club Championship
Semi-final results:
Mark Sanderson 2 – 0 Benjamin Perez Souto
Vipin Zamvar 0 – 2 Mike Ridge
Quads – Section A
Congratulations to David Wilson on winning Section A of the Quads competition. A final game draw with Chris McIntee being enough to finish ½ a point ahead of Mike Ridge.
Round 5
Chris McIntee ½ – ½ David Wilson
Latest Standings
| DW | MR | CM | YY | Total | ||||||
| David Wilson | 1650e | x | x | 1d | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1d | 1 | 4½ |
| Mike Ridge | 1832 | 0d | 1 | x | x | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Chris McIntee | 1854 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | x | x | 0 | 1½ | |
| Yanni Yannoulis | 1697 | 0d | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | x | x | 1 | |
Club Championship Draw
Semi-final (drawn by Colin Hutchison):
Mark Sanderson v. Benjamin Perez Souto
Vipin Zamvar v. Mike Ridge
Plate – final
Will be a 3 player round robin contested by Calum McGillivray, Bill Platts and Raj Bhopal.