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Redbus Knockout Tournament.
(Arbiter: Jack Speigel)
Rate of play: Two games at 100 minutes per game plus 30 seconds per move. If scores were tied after these two games, two games at 10 minutes on the clock each were played. If scores had been tied after these games, the first player to win a game at five minutes on the clock each would have gone through to the next round.
Prizes: First round losers £200 each; Second round losers £400 each; Losing semi-finalists £600 each. Mickey Adams won £2,000 whilst Julian Hodgson received £1,000.
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Chris Ward GM |
½ 0 |
Adams |
1 ½ |
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Michael Adams GM |
½ 1 |
Adams |
1 ½ |
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Glenn Flear GM |
½ ½ 0 ½ |
Chandler |
0 ½ |
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Murray Chandler GM |
½ ½ 1 ½ |
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Adams |
1 1 |
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Jim Plaskett GM |
0 ½ |
Emms |
½ 0 |
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John Emms GM |
1 ½ |
Lalic |
0 ½ |
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Stuart Conquest GM |
0 0 |
Lalic |
½ 1 |
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Bogdan Lalic GM |
1 1 |
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Peter Wells GM |
½ 0 |
Davies |
½ ½ 0 0 |
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Nigel Davies GM |
½ 1 |
Hodgson |
½ ½ 1 1 |
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Julian Hodgson GM |
½ 1 |
Hodgson |
½ ½ 1 1 |
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Jonathan Rowson GM |
½ 0 |
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Hodgson |
0 0 |
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Luke McShane GM |
1 1 |
McShane |
1 ½ |
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Mark Hebden GM |
0 0 |
McShane |
½ ½ 0 0 |
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Aaron Summerscale GM |
½ 0 |
Levitt |
0 ½ |
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Jonathan Levitt GM |
½ 1 |
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Southend Open (98 competitors)
(Arbiters: Howard Grist, Alan Parsons, George Smith.)
1st Stefan Shikerov (Bulgaria) 6½/7;
2nd David Ledger (Bedford) 6;
3rd Keith Arkell (Long Eaton) 5½;
=4th Andrew Ledger (4NCL White Rose), Harriet Hunt (Cambridge Univ.), Robert Eames (Hackney), Andrew Lewis (Chiswick), Michael Twyble (Yeovil), Lawrence Trent (Ilford), Guillermo Campitelli (Argentina), Edmund Player (Stowmarket), Thomas Hinks-Edwards (Nottingham), Peter Taylor (Hayes), Donald Chaudhry (Hounslow), 5.
Grading Prizes:
176-191 Edmund Player 5;
161-175 David Howell (Crowborough), Peter Lane (Nottingham University), John Feavyour (Saxmundham) 4½;
145-160 Donald Choudhry 5;
120-145 Jason Roberts (Waltham Forest) 4½;
U120 Peter Poobalasingam (Richmond Junior), Christopher Hampton (Maldon), Graham Walker (Customs) 4.
British Championship Qualifier: Robert Eames.
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5-Round 'A' (18 competitors)
=1st Ronald Harman (Cavendish), Trevor Coote (Brentwood), David Pearse (Maldon) 4/5.
5-Round 'B' (20 competitors)
1st David Raeburn (Southend) 4/5;
=2nd Roy T Hare (Basildon), Maurice Siegel (Westcliff), John Sneesby (Basildon), Alistair Hung (Writtle) 3½
5-Round 'C' (20 competitors)
=1st Paul Baker (Braintree), James Luck (Grays), Nicholas jellett (Southend) 4/5.
5-Round 'D' (20 competitors)
1st Adam Yardley 4½/5;
=2nd George O'Toole (Southend), Steve Valentine 4.
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The Derek Field Memorial Trophy/David Wood Memorial Trust Prize for juniors was won by George O'Toole (Temple Sutton). There is now a complete set of O'Tooles names on the trophy. Alex won in 2000 and Anthony in 1999.
Lightning Tournament (20 competitors)
1st Simon Williams 4½/5;
=2nd Matthew Broomfield, Roland Payne, David Spence 4.
Thanks go to Barrie Ellen for the donation of book prizes.
