Club Championship 2006

The 2006 Club Championship, played from 22 May to 17 July, has been won by Guy Hinton with 4½/5, ahead of six players who all scored 3½. The Under 16 prize goes to Eric Williamson (3½) whose sum of progressive scores placed him ahead of Daniel Lin and Aarav Gupta-Kaistha on tie-break. The Under 11 prize was won by Andrew Garside with 2 points, beating Oliver Williamson on tie-break.

Congratulations to all the winners!

See the Rules for more information about time limits etc.

Final standings

PosID12345Total
1 04Guy Hinton=bye+13w+09b+07b+01w
2 01David Levens+11w+15b=07w+06b–04b
3 06Eric Williamson+16b+12w+03b–01w=02b
4 07Daniel Lin+17w+10b=01b–04w+12b
5 03John Collins+14w+08b–06w=12w+16b
6 02Ian Kingston–12b+05w+10w+08b=06w
7 13Aarav Gupta-Kaistha=bye–04b+14w+11w+09w
8 09John Crawley+19w+11b–04w+16w*–13b3
9 08Robert Willoughby+18b–03w+15b–02w+14b3
10 05Toby Thurgood–15w–02b+17w+18b+10w3
11 12Tracey Clegg+02w–06b+18w=03b–07w
12 16Reece Needham–06w+20b+19w*–09b*–03w2
13 10Eamonn Lim+20b–07w–02b+15w–05b2
14 11Andrew Garside–01b–09w+20w–13b+15b*2
15 20Oliver Williamson–10w–16w–11b+19b+18w*2
16 14Philip Rhodes–03b=bye–13b+17w*–08w
17 15Michael Zhang+05b–01w–08w–10b–11w*1
18 18Arun Maini–08w+bye–12b–05w–20b*1
19 19Sam Henegan–09b+bye–16b*–20w*1
20 17Yash Gupta–07b=bye–05b–14b*½

Yash Gupta and Sam Henegan have withdrawn.

Key:

+ : Win
= : Draw
– : Loss
w : white
b : black
* : won/lost by default
=bye : half-point bye (claimed in advance)
+bye : full-point bye (no opponent)
( ): Provisional result of postponed game, used for pairing subsequent round
The numbers after the +, – or = signs are the opposing players’ tournament IDs (Column 2 of the table).

Results

Round 1 – 22 May

David Levens10Andrew Garside
Tracey Clegg10Ian Kingston
John Collins10Philip Rhodes
Toby Thurgood01Michael Zhang
Reece Needham01Eric Williamson
Daniel Lin10Yash Gupta
Arun Maini01Robert Willoughby
John Crawley10Sam Henegan
Oliver Williamson01Eamonn Lim
Aarav Gupta-KaisthaHalf-point bye
Guy HintonHalf-point bye

Round 2 – 5 June

Michael Zhang01David Levens
Eric Williamson10Tracey Clegg
Robert Willoughby01John Collins
Eamonn Lim01Daniel Lin
Andrew Garside01John Crawley
Guy Hinton10Aarav Gupta-Kaistha
Ian Kingston10Toby Thurgood
Oliver Williamson01Reece Needham
Philip RhodesHalf-point bye
Yash GuptaHalf-point bye
Sam HeneganBye
Arun MainiBye

Round 3 – 19 June

David Levens½½Daniel Lin
John Collins01Eric Williamson
John Crawley01Guy Hinton
Ian Kingston10Eamonn Lim
Michael Zhang01Robert Willoughby
Tracey Clegg10Arun Maini
Reece Needham10Sam Henegan
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Toby Thurgood10Yash Gupta
Aarav Gupta-Kaistha10Philip Rhodes
Andrew Garside10Oliver Williamson

Round 4 – 3 July

Eric Williamson01David Levens
Daniel Lin01Guy Hinton
John Collins½½Tracey Clegg
John Crawley10Reece Needham
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Robert Willoughby01Ian Kingston
Aarav Gupta-Kaistha10Andrew Garside
Eamonn Lim10Michael Zhang
Arun Maini01Toby Thurgood
Philip Rhodes10Yash Gupta
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Sam Henegan
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01Oliver Williamson

Round 5 – 17 July

Guy Hinton10David Levens
Ian Kingston½½Eric Williamson
Aarav Gupta-Kaistha10John Crawley
Reece Needham01John Collins
Tracey Clegg01Daniel Lin
Toby Thurgood10Eamonn Lim
Philip Rhodes01Robert Willoughby
Michael Zhang
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01Andrew Garside
Oliver Williamson10Arun Maini
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Rules

Games will be played on the dates listed only – there will be no reserve days. If you cannot play in a particular round for any reason, you may claim a half-point bye by informing David Levens at least a week before the round is due to be played. You may not claim a half-point bye in Round 5.

Any player who defaults two games will be withdrawn from the tournament.

Games will be played at the rate of 30 moves in 75 minutes followed by a 15 minute rapidplay finish.

Prizes will not be shared. Any ties will be broken in the following order: (1) the individual results between the tied players; (2) the sum of progressive scores; and (3) a single ‘Armageddon’ blitz game: White has 6 minutes and Black has 5 minutes, but in the event of a draw Black is considered to have won. If an Armageddon game is necessary it will be played immediately after the conclusion of the last round.

All games will start at 7:30 p.m., so juniors who normally attend the early session should instead come for the later 7:30 session.

The results of the competition will be submitted for grading.

There are three categories: Club Champion; under 16; and under 11. For the latter two categories you must be under the required age on 1 September 2005. Players can only win one title.

There is a £2.00 per player fee to take part, which must be paid before the end of the first round.