The 2016 Spring Rapid Tournament was a six-round Swiss Tournament, held over three Fridays – 19th August, 26th August, and 2nd September (i.e. the beginning of Spring).
Two rounds were played each night, with a time limit of 20 minutes plus 5 seconds per move increment.
This tournament used the same format as will be adopted for the 2016 Rapid Play Championship, commencing on Friday, 25th November.
Reza Daneshvar and Michael Sugrue shared first place on 5/6, with Zoran Babic outright third on 4/6.
Friday 19th August
The tournament kicked off with a healthy field of ten entries, including both current defending Club Champions.
Round 1
Round 1 witnessed the surprise victory of Paul Wendrich over current co-Champion Geoff Barber.
1 Sugrue, M (1) 1:0 Ristic, M (6) 2 Davis, G (7) 0:1 Babic, Z (2) 3 Daneshvar, R (3) 1:0 Mcclaren, N (8) 4 Wendrich, P (9) 1:0 Barber, G (4) 5 Courtis, O (5) 1:0 Smith, J (10)
Round 2
Round 2 saw Reza Daneshvar topple the highly-rated Michael Sugrue, to share the joint lead with current co-Champion Zoran Babic.
1 Daneshvar, R (3) 1:0 Sugrue, M (1) 2 Babic, Z (2) 1:0 Courtis, O (5) 3 Ristic, M (6) 1:0 Wendrich, P (9) 4 Barber, G (4) 1:0 Mcclaren, N (8) 5 Smith, J (10) 0:1 Davis, G (7)
Friday 26th August
Round 3
Zoran Babic defeats Reza Daneshvar to take the outright lead on 3/3:
1 Babic, Z (2) 1:0 Daneshvar, R (3) 2 Sugrue, M (1) 1:0 Wendrich, P (9) 3 Davis, G (7) 0:1 Barber, G (4) 4 Courtis, O (5) 0:1 Ristic, M (6) 5 Mcclaren, N (8) 1:0 Smith, J (10)
Round 4
Geoff Barber (left) gains a material advantage over fellow 2016 Club Champion Zoran Babic but fails to convert. Babic wins to take the lead on 4/4.
1 Barber, G (4) 0:1 Babic, Z (2) 2 Ristic, M (6) 0:1 Daneshvar, R (3) 3 Smith, J (10) 0:1 Sugrue, M (1) 4 Mcclaren, N (8) 0:1 Courtis, O (5) 5 Wendrich, P (9) 0:1 Davis, G (7)
Friday 2nd September
Geoff Barber makes his apologies, and withdraws from the tournament.
Round 5
From an inferior position, Michael Sugrue overcomes Zoran Babic, Sugrue and Babic now share the lead with Reza Daneshvar.
1 Sugrue, M (1) 1:0 Babic, Z (2) 2 Daneshvar, R (3) 1:0 Courtis, O (5) 3 Davis, G (7) .5:.5 Ristic, M (6) 4 Wendrich, P (9) 1:0 Mcclaren, N (8) 5 Smith, J (10) 1:0 BYE
Round 6
Reza Daneshvar enters a seemingly lost position against Geoff Davis, but finds a neat tactical breakthrough to win and share first place with Michael Sugrue:
1 Babic, Z (2) 0:1 Ristic, M (6) 2 Daneshvar, R (3) 1:0 Davis, G (7) 3 Courtis, O (5) 0:1 Sugrue, M (1) 4 Smith, J (10) 1:0 Wendrich, P (9) 5 Mcclaren, N (8) 1:0 BYE
Final Standings
Place Name Feder Rtg Loc Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.
1-2 Daneshvar, Reza 1743 5 12.0 18.5 17.0
Sugrue, Michael 1867 5 11.5 18.0 16.0
3 Babic, Zoran 1751 4 14.0 21.0 18.0
4 Ristic, Mio 1551 3.5 13.5 20.5 11.0
5 Davis, Geoff 1458 2.5 12.5 19.0 9.0
6-10 Courtis, Owen 1634 2 14.0 20.5 9.0
Wendrich, Paul 1300 2 10.5 17.0 8.0
Mcclaren, Nick 1350 2 10.0 16.5 5.0
Smith, Jack 1250 2 9.5 16.0 3.0
Barber, Geoff 1635 2 7.0 12.5 7.0
Cross Table
No Name Feder Rtg 1 2 3 4 5 6 1. Sugrue, Michael 1867 6:W 3:L 9:W 10:W 2:W 5:W 2. Babic, Zoran 1751 7:W 5:W 3:W 4:W 1:L 6:L 3. Daneshvar, Reza 1743 8:W 1:W 2:L 6:W 5:W 7:W 4. Barber, Geoff 1635 9:L 8:W 7:W 2:L : : 5. Courtis, Owen 1634 10:W 2:L 6:L 8:W 3:L 1:L 6. Ristic, Mio 1551 1:L 9:W 5:W 3:L 7:D 2:W 7. Davis, Geoff 1458 2:L 10:W 4:L 9:W 6:D 3:L 8. Mcclaren, Nick 1350 3:L 4:L 10:W 5:L 9:L :W 9. Wendrich, Paul 1300 4:W 6:L 1:L 7:L 8:W 10:L 10. Smith, Jack 1250 5:L 7:L 8:L 1:L :W 9:W
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