Date: Friday 8th April, 2016
A 5-minute “lightning” tournament was held at the Geelong Chess Club on Friday 8th April, 2016. Each player had five minutes to complete all moves, in a one-night event, which proved great practice for the Club Lightning Championship later this year. A good field of eleven players entered, with seven rounds of play.
The club welcomed Toby Mew and Stuart Cuxson, both playing in their first tournament at the club; and returning player Chris Ashworth.
Lightning chess tends to favor younger competitors, who typically have quicker reflexes than older “wiser” heads, more used to calculating at length. However, on the night, experience prevailed with the current “long play” club champions, Zoran Babic and Michael Sugrue, taking 1st and 2nd place. Please see below for results:
List of Players
No Name Feder Rtg Loc 1. Sugrue, Michael 1895 2. Babic, Zoran 1751 3. Daneshvar, Reza 1657 4. Courtis, Owen 1634 5. Ristic, Mio 1470 6. Davis, Geoff 1456 7. Chung, Kingsley 1300 8. Cuxson, Stuart 1200 9. Mew, Toby 1200 10. Smith, Jack 1200 11. Ashworth, Chris 1000
Round 1
No Name Result Name 1 Davis, G (6) 0:1 Sugrue, M (1) 2 Babic, Z (2) 1:0 Chung, K (7) 3 Cuxson, S (8) 0:1 Daneshvar, R (3) 4 Courtis, O (4) 1:0 Mew, T (9) 5 Smith, J (10) 1:0 Ristic, M (5) 6 Ashworth, C (11) 1:0 BYE
Round 2
No Name Result Name 1 Sugrue, M (1) 1:0 Courtis, O (4) 2 Ashworth, C (11) 0:1 Babic, Z (2) 3 Daneshvar, R (3) 1:0 Smith, J (10) 4 Ristic, M (5) 1:0 Cuxson, S (8) 5 Chung, K (7) 0:1 Davis, G (6) 6 Mew, T (9) 1:0 BYE
Round 3
No Name Result Name 1 Babic, Z (2) 0:1 Sugrue, M (1) 2 Courtis, O (4) 0:1 Daneshvar, R (3) 3 Mew, T (9) 0:1 Ristic, M (5) 4 Davis, G (6) 0:1 Ashworth, C (11) 5 Smith, J (10) 0:1 Chung, K (7) 6 Cuxson, S (8) 1:0 BYE
Round 4
No Name Result Name 1 Sugrue, M (1) 1:0 Daneshvar, R (3) 2 Ristic, M (5) 0:1 Babic, Z (2) 3 Ashworth, C (11) 0:1 Mew, T (9) 4 Chung, K (7) 1:0 Courtis, O (4) 5 Cuxson, S (8) 0:1 Davis, G (6) 6 Smith, J (10) 1:0 BYE
Round 5
No Name Result Name 1 Sugrue, M (1) 1:0 Ashworth, C (11) 2 Daneshvar, R (3) 1:0 Babic, Z (2) 3 Davis, G (6) .5:.5 Ristic, M (5) 4 Mew, T (9) 0:1 Smith, J (10) 5 Chung, K (7) 1:0 Cuxson, S (8) 6 Courtis, O (4) 1:0 BYE
Round 6
No Name Result Name 1 Smith, J (10) 0:1 Sugrue, M (1) 2 Daneshvar, R (3) .5:.5 Chung, K (7) 3 Babic, Z (2) 1:0 Mew, T (9) 4 Ristic, M (5) 1:0 Courtis, O (4) 5 Ashworth, C (11) 0:1 Cuxson, S (8) 6 Davis, G (6) 1:0 BYE
Round 7
No Name Result Name 1 Sugrue, M (1) 1:0 Ristic, M (5) 2 Davis, G (6) 1:0 Daneshvar, R (3) 3 Babic, Z (2) 1:0 Smith, J (10) 4 Courtis, O (4) 1:0 Ashworth, C (11) 5 Cuxson, S (8) 1:0 Mew, T (9) 6 Chung, K (7) 1:0 BYE
Final Standings
Place Name Feder Rtg Loc Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.
1 Sugrue, Michael 1895 7 17.0 23.5 28.0
2 Babic, Zoran 1751 5 16.0 24.5 20.0
3-5 Daneshvar, Reza 1657 4.5 18.0 27.5 22.0
Davis, Geoff 1456 4.5 18.0 26.5 14.5
Chung, Kingsley 1300 4.5 17.0 24.5 14.0
6 Ristic, Mio 1470 3.5 16.5 25.0 14.5
7-9 Smith, Jack 1200 3 20.5 29.0 14.0
Courtis, Owen 1634 3 17.0 25.5 11.0
Cuxson, Stuart 1200 3 16.5 22.5 8.0
10-11 Ashworth, Chris 1000 2 17.5 26.0 12.0
Mew, Toby 1200 2 14.5 21.0 10.0
Cross Table
No Name Feder Rtg 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1. Sugrue, Michael 1895 6:W 4:W 2:W 3:W 11:W 10:W 5:W 2. Babic, Zoran 1751 7:W 11:W 1:L 5:W 3:L 9:W 10:W 3. Daneshvar, Reza 1657 8:W 10:W 4:W 1:L 2:W 7:D 6:L 4. Courtis, Owen 1634 9:W 1:L 3:L 7:L :W 5:L 11:W 5. Ristic, Mio 1470 10:L 8:W 9:W 2:L 6:D 4:W 1:L 6. Davis, Geoff 1456 1:L 7:W 11:L 8:W 5:D :W 3:W 7. Chung, Kingsley 1300 2:L 6:L 10:W 4:W 8:W 3:D :W 8. Cuxson, Stuart 1200 3:L 5:L :W 6:L 7:L 11:W 9:W 9. Mew, Toby 1200 4:L :W 5:L 11:W 10:L 2:L 8:L 10. Smith, Jack 1200 5:W 3:L 7:L :W 9:W 1:L 2:L 11. Ashworth, Chris 1000 :W 2:L 6:W 9:L 1:L 8:L 4:L by Swiss Perfect (TM) www.swissperfect.com
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