The Winter Rapid was a six round Swiss Tournament held on Friday 27th May and Friday 3rd June, 2016. It replaced the originally advertised Baroque Chess event.
Players were given 15 minutes each to complete all moves, with no time increments.
It attracted a good field of ten players – please see results below:
Friday 27th May – Rounds 1-3
The first three rounds saw good performances from both Nick Mcclaren and Jack Smith, putting them both within striking range of the lead. Kingsley Chung also played well, being unlucky to lose against Michael Sugrue in a technically drawn position.
Cross Table
No Name Feder Rtg 1 2 3 1. Sugrue, Michael 1895 6:W 2:W 8:W 2. Daneshvar, Reza 1657 7:W 1:L 5:W 3. Barber, Geoff 1648 8:D 6:D 4:W 4. Courtis, Owen 1634 9:D 5:W 3:L 5. Ristic, Mio 1470 10:W 4:L 2:L 6. Davis, Geoff 1456 1:L 3:D 7:L 7. Mcclaren, Nick 1350 2:L 10:W 6:W 8. Chung, Kingsley 1300 3:D 9:W 1:L 9. Smith, Jack 1200 4:D 8:L 10:W 10. Ashworth, Chris 1000 5:L 7:L 9:L
Standings at the half way mark:
Place Name Feder Rtg Loc Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.
1 Sugrue, Michael 1895 3 1.5 4.0 6.0
2-4 Daneshvar, Reza 1657 2 2.0 6.0 4.0
Barber, Geoff 1648 2 1.5 3.5 3.5
Mcclaren, Nick 1350 2 0.5 2.5 3.0
5-7 Chung, Kingsley 1300 1.5 2.0 6.5 3.5
Courtis, Owen 1634 1.5 1.5 4.5 3.5
Smith, Jack 1200 1.5 1.5 3.0 2.5
8 Ristic, Mio 1470 1 1.5 3.5 3.0
9 Davis, Geoff 1456 0.5 2.0 7.0 1.0
10 Ashworth, Chris 1000 0 1.5 4.5 0.0
Friday 3rd June – Rounds 4-6
Round 4:
Kingsley Chung and Geoff Barber both win with the black pieces against higher rated opponents:
No Name Result Name 1 Mcclaren, N (7) 0:1 Sugrue, M (1) 2 Daneshvar, R (2) 0:1 Barber, G (3) 3 Courtis, O (4) 0:1 Chung, K (8) 4 Ristic, M (5) 1:0 Smith, J (9) 5 Davis, G (6) 1:0 Ashworth, C (10)
Round 5:
Geoff Barber upsets Michael Sugrue to share first place overall on 4/5:
No Name Result Name 1 Sugrue, M (1) 0:1 Barber, G (3) 2 Chung, K (8) 0:1 Daneshvar, R (2) 3 Davis, G (6) 0:1 Ristic, M (5) 4 Smith, J (9) 1:0 Mcclaren, N (7) 5 Ashworth, C (10) 0:1 Courtis, O (4)
Round 6:
Sugrue and Barber both win to tie on 5/6.
No Name Result Name 1 Barber, G (3) 1:0 Ristic, M (5) 2 Ashworth, C (10) 0:1 Sugrue, M (1) 3 Daneshvar, R (2) 1:0 Smith, J (9) 4 Courtis, O (4) 1:0 Mcclaren, N (7) 5 Chung, K (8) 0:1 Davis, G (6)
Cross Table
No Name Feder Rtg 1 2 3 4 5 6 1. Sugrue, Michael 1895 6:W 2:W 8:W 7:W 3:L 10:W 2. Daneshvar, Reza 1657 7:W 1:L 5:W 3:L 8:W 9:W 3. Barber, Geoff 1648 8:D 6:D 4:W 2:W 1:W 5:W 4. Courtis, Owen 1634 9:D 5:W 3:L 8:L 10:W 7:W 5. Ristic, Mio 1470 10:W 4:L 2:L 9:W 6:W 3:L 6. Davis, Geoff 1456 1:L 3:D 7:L 10:W 5:L 8:W 7. Mcclaren, Nick 1350 2:L 10:W 6:W 1:L 9:L 4:L 8. Chung, Kingsley 1300 3:D 9:W 1:L 4:W 2:L 6:L 9. Smith, Jack 1200 4:D 8:L 10:W 5:L 7:W 2:L 10. Ashworth, Chris 1000 5:L 7:L 9:L 6:L 4:L 1:L
Final Standings
Place Name Feder Rtg Loc Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.
1-2 Barber, Geoff 1648 5 13.0 20.5 15.5
Sugrue, Michael 1895 5 11.0 16.0 19.0
3 Daneshvar, Reza 1657 4 13.0 20.0 13.0
4 Courtis, Owen 1634 3.5 10.0 15.0 11.0
5 Ristic, Mio 1470 3 12.5 17.5 11.0
6-8 Chung, Kingsley 1300 2.5 15.0 22.5 11.0
Davis, Geoff 1456 2.5 12.5 17.5 6.5
Smith, Jack 1200 2.5 11.0 15.0 9.0
9 Mcclaren, Nick 1350 2 12.5 17.5 9.0
10 Ashworth, Chris 1000 0 11.5 18.5 0.0
A good performance from Geoff Barber – the only player to remain undefeated!
Geelong Chess Club 