Alan Burns Lacksidasical May 2018
The times for the Alan Burns Lacksidasicals allows for fairley relaxed chess. We play 20mins with 5 second increments. This means no last dashes to the finish with time scrambles and hopefully we get good long well thought out endgames. An afternoon of Chess to enjoy.
Round 1
Results
No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total 1 Stephen Scannell 2078 [0] 1:0 Colin Burcombe 1425 [0] 2 Patrick McKillen 1390 [0] 0:1 Richard Gould 1620 [0] 3 Ram Rajan 1481 [0] .5:.5 Peter Wilson 1366 [0] 4 Ross Smith 932 [0] .5:.5 David Jackson 1427 [0] 5 Nial Troughton 1653 [0] .5:.5 Mark Newman 1445 [0] 6 Tony Redden 1368 [0] .5:0 BYE
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Round one saw alot of draws. I played as we had an odd number of players. With the arrival of Tony Redden making an even no without me I only got one game! There were heavy road works on the Newtownards Road so getting to the Pavilion was quite a challenge. So good to see players turning up. As there was a Hockey tournament we were moved from Playball to the luscious surrounds of the bowling green pavilion. Which may have further confused. But we eventually got under way and also should mention the weather was beautiful.
It was good to see players I dont regularly see or havent seen for a while. Steven Scannell travelled from Banbridge - its always good to see Steven and even better to play him...
Round 2
Results
No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total 1 Richard Gould 1620 [1] 1:0 Stephen Scannell 2078 [1] 2 Peter Wilson 1366 [.5] 1:0 Nial Troughton 1653 [.5] 3 David Jackson 1427 [.5] 1:0 Ram Rajan 1481 [.5] 4 Tony Redden 1368 [.5] 1:0 Ross Smith 932 [.5] 5 Colin Burcombe 1425 [0] 0:1 Patrick McKillen 1390 [0]
Stephen looses on time in a complicated position and Richard Gould goes into the lead. Peter Wilson gets a good win over Nial. Ross Smith after an excellent draw in round 1 losses to Tony Redden - just looking at the ratings its going to be a tough competition for Ross.
Round 3
Results
No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total 1 David Jackson 1427 [1.5] .5:.5 Richard Gould 1620 [2] 2 Peter Wilson 1366 [1.5] 1:0 Tony Redden 1368 [1.5] 3 Stephen Scannell 2078 [1] 1:0 Patrick McKillen 1390 [1] 4 Nial Troughton 1653 [.5] 0:1 Ram Rajan 1481 [.5] 5 Ross Smith 932 [.5] 1:0 Colin Burcombe 1425 [0]
Ross pulls it out of the bag and wins against Colin Burcombe. David Jackson gets a good draw against Richard Gould which may open up the competition. Ram plays well and beats Nial.
Round 4
Results
No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total 1 Richard Gould 1620 [2.5] 1:0 Peter Wilson 1366 [2.5] 2 Stephen Scannell 2078 [2] 1:0 David Jackson 1427 [2] 3 Ram Rajan 1481 [1.5] 1:0 Ross Smith 932 [1.5] 4 Tony Redden 1368 [1.5] 0:1 Nial Troughton 1653 [.5] 5 Patrick McKillen 1390 [1] 0:1 Mark Newman 1445 [.5]
Round 4 see the leaders head to head. We are getting some excellent endgames due to the time increment. With Colin having to leave I get back in the game and actually win a game against Pat McKillen. Richard goes into round 5 in the lead.
Round 5
Results
No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total 1 Ram Rajan 1481 [2.5] 0:1 Richard Gould 1620 [3.5] 2 Peter Wilson 1366 [2.5] 0:1 Stephen Scannell 2078 [3] 3 David Jackson 1427 [2] 1:0 Tony Redden 1368 [1.5] 4 Mark Newman 1445 [1.5] 1:0 Ross Smith 932 [1.5] 5 Nial Troughton 1653 [1.5] 1:0 Patrick McKillen 1390 [1]
To upset the result Ram needs to win. Richard pulls off the win and wins the tournament. Followed closely by Stephen Scannell and in 3rd place the NICS player David Jackson.
Standings
Place Name Feder Rtg Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr. 1 Richard Gould UCU 1620 4.5 8.0 13.0 13.5 2 Stephen Scannell UCU 2078 4 6.5 12.0 11.0 3 David Jackson UCU 1427 3 8.0 14.0 9.0 4-7 Peter Wilson UCU 1366 2.5 9.0 15.0 9.5 Ram Rajan UCU 1481 2.5 8.0 14.0 7.5 Nial Troughton UCU 1653 2.5 6.5 10.0 5.5 Mark Newman UCU 1445 2.5 6.5 10.0 5.5 8-9 Tony Redden UCU 1368 1.5 7.5 12.0 6.5 Ross Smith UCU 932 1.5 6.5 10.5 5.5 10 Patrick McKillen UCU 1390 1 9.0 14.5 4.0 11-12 Colin Burcombe UCU 1425 0 1.5 6.5 0.0 Stephen Law UCU 1161 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Richard Gould wins out right with no looses. Second is Stephen Scannell and David Jackson wins the Grading prize. The next Alan Burns will be the fourth and final one of this series series. With the winner of the Alan Burns Grandprix being determined and awarded.....