Season Starts with a Casual Rapidplay Tournament
A warm welcome to Anthony Davies, a new club member, who joined us for the first time.
Several members were away on the first night of the new season - Thursday 3rd September - and the nine people present decided to spend the evening with an informal 9-round Rapidplay tournament - with 10 minutes on the clocks. Ben, who had the wit to Google "chess pairing tables" on his iPad, kindly did the organisation.
Here are the results.
| Round 1 |
|---|
| Ben | 1-0 | Bye |
| James | 1-0 | David |
| Anthony | 0-1 | Tony |
| Steve | 1-0 | Barry |
| Phil | 1-0 | Roy |
| Round 2 |
|---|
| Bye | 0-1 | Roy |
| Barry | 0-1 | Phil |
| Tony | 0-1 | Steve |
| David | 1-0 | Anthony |
| Ben | ½-½ | James |
| Round 3 |
|---|
| James | 1-0 | Bye |
| Anthony | 0-1 | Ben |
| Steve | 1-0 | David |
| Phil | 1-0 | Tony |
| Roy | 1-0 | Barry |
| Round 4 |
|---|
| Bye | 0-1 | Barry |
| Tony | 0-1 | Roy |
| David | 1-0 | Phil |
| Ben | 0-1 | Steve |
| James | 1-0 | Anthony |
| Round 5 |
|---|
| Anthony | 0-1 | Bye |
| Steve | 1-0 | James |
| Phil | 0-1 | Ben |
| Roy | 1-0 | David |
| Barry | 1-0 | Tony |
| Round 6 |
|---|
| Bye | 0-1 | Tony |
| David | 1-0 | Barry |
| Ben | ½-½ | Roy |
| James | 0-1 | Phil |
| Anthony | 0-1 | Steve |
| Round 7 |
|---|
| Steve | 1-0 | Bye |
| Phil | 1-0 | Anthony |
| Roy | 0-1 | James |
| Barry | 1-0 | Ben |
| Tony | 0-1 | David |
| Round 8 |
|---|
| Bye | 0-1 | David |
| Ben | 1-0 | Tony |
| James | 1-0 | Barry |
| Anthony | 0-1 | Roy |
| Steve | 1-0 | Phil |
| Round 9 |
|---|
| Phil | 1-0 | Bye |
| Roy | 0-1 | Steve |
| Barry | 1-0 | Anthony |
| Tony | 0-1 | James |
| David | 1-0 | Ben |
| Cumulative Scores |
| Ben |
1 |
1½ |
2½ |
2½ |
3½ |
4 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
| James |
1 |
1½ |
2½ |
3½ |
3½ |
3½ |
4½ |
5½ |
6½ |
| Anthony |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| Steve |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
| Phil |
1 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
6 |
| Roy |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
4½ |
4½ |
5½ |
5½ |
| Barry |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
| Tony |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
| David |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
Congratulations to Steve for another "master class", and to James for finishing in a well-deserved second place.
A very enjoyable evening.
