Summer Cup Round 3 Results

 Results for 3rd Round of Summer Cup

J.Pink 1 0 Margarita Nasibova

M.Donnelly 1 0 W.Beeston

Bava 0 1 C.Badley

E.Goodwin 0 1 T.Stamper

W.Scaife 0 1 H. Jones

M.Johnson 1 0 P.Smith

J.Conway 1 0 B.Read

A.Vickers 1 0 J.Rivett

R.Watson 0 1 S.Whitmore

D.Copson .5 .5 A.Breeden

P.Dean 0 1 R.Alexander

Rankings

J.Pink 3

M.Donnelly 3

Ed Goodwin 1

Bava 1.5

W.Scaife 1.5

Margarita Nasibova 2

W.Beeston 2

B.Read 1

A.Bemi 1

M.Johnson 2

H.Jones 2

P.Smith 1

C.Badley 2

A.Vickers 1.5

David Filer .5

P.Dean 1

T.Stamper 2

J.Conway 2

S.Whitmore 1.5

D.Copson .5

J.Rivett 0

Pablo 1

A.Breeden .5

Summer Cup Round 4 Results

Tuesday 16th April

Fourth Round of the Summer Cup

Dave Ireland continued as the only player on 100% winning his game against Kaan. Dave Filer continued his good form winning against John Conway and setting up a match against Dave Ireland in the next Round. There are also still a number of players unbeaten in the Cup - Roy Watson, Ed Goodwin, Sam Cotterill, Bava, Mike Johnson, Stan Whitmore.

Margarita had a good win against Paul Sweatman and is making a strong challenge for the U120 Trophy.

Could I remind all players we are having a break for Easter so no matches next week. (The club will be open for friendly matches)  The next round will be Tuesday 30th April.


Results

D.Ireland 1 0 Kaan 
R.Watson .5 .5 M.Johnson
D.Filer 1 0 J.Conway
E.Goodwin 1 0 D.Riley
S.Cotterrill 1 0 S.Anwar
Bava 1 0 W.Scaiffe
W.Beeston .5 .5 A.Evans
S.Whitmore 1 0 D.Adams
J.Loughnane 0 1 P.Smith
J.Harrison 0 1 B.Charnley
P.Sweatman 0 1 Margarita
A.Paul 1 0 N.Carrouche
N.Morris 1 0 Hok
S.Simpson 1 0 J.March
T.Gazee .5 .5 B.Evans
C.Pegler .5 .5 T.White
A.Franklin 0 1 C.Badley

Scores After Round 4
D.Ireland 4
D.Filer        3.5
E.Goodwin  3
S.Cotterill   3
M.Johnson 3
R.Watson  3
Bava        3
Margarita  2.5
A.Paul      2.5
B.Charnley 2.5
Kaan         2.5
N.Morris   2.5
W.Beeston 2
S.Anwar 2
S.Whitmore 2
A.Evans     2
S.Simpson 2
D.Riley       2
J.Conway  2
J.Loughnane 1.5
P.Sweatman 1.5
P.Smith       1.5
N.Carrouche 1.5
C.Badley 1.5
J.Harrison  1.5
B.Evans 1
Hok           1
D.Adams 1
C.Pegler     .5
L.Nasibova .5 
J.March   .5
T.White  .5
T.Gazee .5
Seb            0
A.Franklin  0


Next Round - Fourth Round Tuesday April 30th  7.30pm 

Summer Cup Round 2 Results

Tuesday 2nd April

The Second Round of the Summer Cup has produced one of the oddest situations I have seen in chess!

After 2 Rounds and over 35 players entered into the competition only TWO players have 2 points !

Quite remarkable at such an early stage of a Swiss competition - You would have expected the top 10 or so seeds to have all gained 2 points by this stage of the competition - and of the two players one was not even seeded - making it all the more unusual !


Summary
Dave Ireland is the only seeded player to have 2 points.
Warrick Scaife (unseeded and no grade) had a great win against Bernard Charnley. Mike Johnson held Sam Cotterill to a draw and arguably had the edge in a close end game.

Margarita again showed how much she has greatly improved and drew with Bava - a fantastic result.

There were also wins for Wesley Beeston, Arun Paul, Aloise Evans, Roy Watson, John Loughnane, Sit Anwar and John Conway.

The above results show how close this competition is going to be with all the higher graded players already dropping points at such an early stage.

Results

D.Ireland 1 0 D.Riley
B.Charnley 0 W.Scaiffe
E.Goodwin .5 .5 Kaan
S.Cotterill   .5 .5 M.Johnson
J.Harrison   .5 .5 D.Filer
Bava           .5 .5 Margarita
C.Pegler     0 1 J.Loughnane
W.Beeston  1 0 J.March
N.Morris      0 1 A.Evans
R.Watson  1 0 P.Smith
P.Sweatman .5 .5 C.Badley
S.Whitmore .5 .5 S.Simpson
A.Franklin 0 1 S.Anwar
A.Paul      1 0 Lana 

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



Next Round - Third Round Tuesday April 9th  7.30pm 

Summer Cup - Round 5 Results

Round 5 produced some very interesting games, particularly Ed Goodwin v D.Filer. The game was fairly level most of the time and it would have been easy for both players to agree a draw,however both players felt they need to win the game to keep in the running for a top spot. So, this produced a very exciting end game with both players having little time left on their respective clocks. Dave Filer, eventually ran out the winner with 42 seconds left on his clock. 

There was also a very good win for John Loughnane against Wesley Beeston, John said this was the first time he had ever beaten Wes in friendlies or match play.

Dave Ireland beat W.Martin to now lead the tournament on 4.5 points and Dave does look set to win the tournament or will there be a last minute surprise!

Paul Sweatman continued his excellent run in the Tournament, securing a hard fought draw against Stan Whitmore, last years winner of the Gordon Cornell trophy. 

In the battle of the Juniors Margarita won her game against Jude Shearsby 

As we go into the last round there is all to play for with Dave Ireland in pole position and plenty of players also vying for the Runners Up spot.

The Gordon Cornell trophy looks to be between last years winner Stan Whitmore on 3 points, Paul Sweatman on 3 points, Margarita on 3 points, and Wesley Beeston 2.5 points.

Final Round is next week, normal start time 7.30pm 

Reminder for Club members - AGM is 22nd May. Same format as last year with a light buffet at the end of the meeting. 


Full results from Round 5:-

D.Ireland 1 0 W.Martin
E.Goodwin 0 1 D.Filer

W.Beeston 0 1 J.Loughnane

S.Whitmore .5 .5 P.Sweatman 

R.Watson 0 1 Bava 

A.Franklin 0 1 T.White

C.Pegler 0 1 D.Adams 

N.Morris 1 0 N.Carrouche

J.Shearsby 0 1 M.Sanchez

J.Conway 1 0 T.Gazee

D. Ireland       4.5
Bava               4
D.Filer             4
R.Watson        3
W.Beeston      2.5
S.Whitmore    3
P.Sweatman   3
E.Goodwin     2.5
N.Morris         3.5 
N.Carrouche  2.5
P.Smith           2.5
J.Conway       2
G.Cornell         1
J.Loughnane   2.5
I.Evans            1.5
A.Franklin        1
D.Adams         2
T.White            0
S.Weaver        1.5 
J.Shearsby     1
C.Pegler         1
Margarita        3
T.Gazee         .5
Wilfrid            4
M.Johnson      - 
G. Sanchez   2

Next & Final Round Tuesday May 8th 7.30pm start.

Summer Cup Second Round Results

We held the second round of the Summer Cup yesterday evening (10/42018)

Another good turnout with 26 players in total.

One surprise of the evening was Wesley Beeston winning against Ed Goodwin. Pete Smith also came very close to winning against Dave Ireland. Dave only had 1 minute 40 seconds left on his clock when Pete resigned in a very close end game.

We had our first draw of the tournament between Nigel Morris and Roy Watson. Wilfrid a new player who has recently joined ourselves completed another win over John Loughane.

Full set of results here: -

D.Ireland 1 0 P.Smith
E.Goodwin 0 1 W.Beeston

Bava 1 0 J.Conway 
D.Filer 1 0 S.Whitmore 
N.Morris .5 .5 R.Watson 
T.Gazee 0 1 
N.Carrouche 1 0 A.Franklin

W.Martin 1 0 J.Loughnane

I.Evans 1 0 C.Pegler

P.Sweatman 1 0 J.Shearsby

D.Adams 1 0 T.White

T.Holt 1 0 M. Sanchez

G.Cornell 1 0 T.Gazee

S.Weaver 1 0 G.Sanchez

D. Ireland       2
E.Goodwin     1
D.Filer             2
S.Whitmore   1 
J.Conway       1
P.Sweatman    1
Bava               2
N.Morris          1.5 
M.Johnson      - -
P.Smith           1
R.Watson        1.5
G.Cornell         1
J.Loughnane   0
I.Evans            1
A.Franklin        0
D.Adams         1
W.Beeston      2
T.White            0
S.Weaver        - 1 
J.Shearsby    0
C.Pegler        0
Margarita       0
T.Gazee        0
Wilfrid           2
N.Carrouche 2
G. Sanchez   0

Next Round Tuesday 17th April 7.30pm start.

Summer Cup - First Round

The first round of the Summer Cup is on the 27th March 2018

There will be a break over Easter then the following five rounds on each Tuesday. 10th, 17th,24th April and 1st May with the last round on the 8th May.

Currently we have over 25 entrants and I would also like to welcome several entrants from other clubs - Rugby and Kenilworth

I will try and post the results of each round on a weekly basis.

Anyone who has not put their name down yet still has time to enter. Just drop me an email to say you wish to join.

Simon

AGM & Summer Cup Presentation

The AGM was held on  June 6th along with the Presentation of the Summer Cup

Topics discussed:

The committee has a new look with two resignations last night and four new appointments

Teams for next Season - there will be 6 teams next Season

Paul Lam gave us an update on the Coventry Academy and informed us they will be entering three new teams into the League.

After the AGM we then had light refreshments

The Summer Cup trophys were also presented to Dave Ireland, Ed Goodwin and Stan Whitmore

The club will be open for friendlies during the Summer Months

Summer Cup - Round 6 Final Results

The final matches of the Summer Cup were held on the 30th May and with the Winner/Runner Up and U120 Trophy all still wide open for a number of players there was plenty to play for. Plus of course a lot of players had their own personal target, for example to get 3 points or remain unbeaten throughout the Tournament, or finish in the top ten.

For the Summer Cup Dave Ireland(Black) played Mike Donnelly(White) and the match ended up a draw with Dave under a lot of pressure for most of the game. Mike Donnelly did say in analysis after the game there was a win for himself however as he had only 7 minutes on the clock to Daves 20 minutes this was probably not long enough to have found the win in the time he had left.

Ed Goodwin beat Nigel Morris which meant he tied with Dave Ireland on 5 points - having got out my slide rule, calculator and the most powerful computer money can buy I crunched the numbers and did a count back on both their previous games and the final result is : Dave Ireland came out the Winner with Ed Good win as Runner Up - it was very close - only half a point difference between them.

For the  Gordon Cornell Trophy again any number of players could have won this, however Stan Whitmore is the overall winner on 3.5 points - again I had to use my slide rule, calculator and Deep Blue to work out the winner as he tied with John Conway on 3.5 points.


Round Up of the Competition:

Mike Donnelly secured third place with a draw against Dave Ireland.

Mike Johnson remained unbeaten throughout the Tournament with 4 draws, 1 win.

Paul Sweatman had a remarkable competition only loosing in the first round to Dave Ireland and then securing 4 draws and a win against mainly opponents who outgraded him.

Clive Blackburn also had an excellent competition again only loosing in the first round and then had four draws and a win.

As well as winning the U120 Stan Whitmore finished 5th overall in the competition.

Dave Filer was challenging all along for a top spot and only lost to Ed Goodwin in the fouth round. Dave finished fourth in the competition - an excellent result

Pete Smith finished with three points only loosing to Mike Donnelly. One win and four draws.

And that brings the competition to a close, so Congratulations to Dave Ireland, Ed Goodwin and Stan Whitmore and the trophies have been sent to the engravers and hopefully will be ready for presentation at the AGM next week.

I would just like to Thank all players for taking part and making the competition a success and I hope everyone enjoyed the Competition.

Match results from Round 6 (30th May)

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



Total Scores after 6 rounds.

D. Ireland       5 - Winner
E.Goodwin     5 - Runner Up
M.Donnelly    4.5
D.Filer           4
S.Whitmore   3.5  - UI20 Winner 
J.Conway       3.5
P.Sweatman  3
Bava             3
N.Morris         3 
M.Johnson     3
P.Smith          3
C.Blackburn    3
R.Watson        2.5
J.Harris        2.5
G.Cornell      2.5
J.Loughnane  2
I.Evans         2
A.Franklin      2
D.Adams      1.5
W.Beeston    1.5
T.White         .5
M..Houldershaw 1
N.Critchley   0
W.Ingram     0
S.Weaver    2

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