A “Fischer Random” (also known as Chess960) Tournament was on Friday, 8th July, 2016. Players were each given 10 minutes with a 5 second increment per move.
The Tournament ran for five rounds; each round featuring a computerised random selection from one of 960 possible starting configurations (thanks to Owen Courtis for setting this up).
By adopting a randomized starting position, Fischer Random Chess takes players out of the forest of theoretical opening variations, into unfamiliar scenarios requiring creative thinking.
Reza Daneshvar adapted best to the strange new landscape, conceding only half a point to Michael Sugrue, to take out first place overall. Please see below for results:
Round 1
No Name Result Name 1 Davis, G (5) 0:1 Sugrue, M (1) 2 Daneshvar, R (2) 1:0 Sopovski, S (6) 3 Smith, J (7) 1:0 Barber, G (3) 4 Courtis, O (4) 1:0 Ashworth, C (8)
Round 2
No Name Result Name 1 Sugrue, M (1) 1:0 Courtis, O (4) 2 Smith, J (7) 0:1 Daneshvar, R (2) 3 Barber, G (3) 1:0 Sopovski, S (6) 4 Ashworth, C (8) 0:1 Davis, G (5)
Round 3
No Name Result Name 1 Daneshvar, R (2) .5:.5 Sugrue, M (1) 2 Davis, G (5) 0:1 Barber, G (3) 3 Courtis, O (4) 1:0 Smith, J (7) 4 Sopovski, S (6) 1:0 Ashworth, C (8)
Round 4
No Name Result Name 1 Sugrue, M (1) .5:.5 Barber, G (3) 2 Courtis, O (4) 0:1 Daneshvar, R (2) 3 Sopovski, S (6) 0:1 Davis, G (5) 4 Ashworth, C (8) 0:1 Smith, J (7)
Round 5
No Name Result Name 1 Barber, G (3) 0:1 Daneshvar, R (2) 2 Ashworth, C (8) 0:1 Sugrue, M (1) 3 Davis, G (5) 0:1 Courtis, O (4) 4 Smith, J (7) 0:1 Sopovski, S (6)
Final Standings
Place Name Feder Rtg Loc Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.
1 Daneshvar, Reza 1743 4.5 7.5 13.5 13.5
2 Sugrue, Michael 1867 4 7.5 12.0 12.5
3 Courtis, Owen 1634 3 8.0 12.5 9.0
4 Barber, Geoff 1635 2.5 8.0 14.5 8.0
5-7 Smith, Jack 1200 2 7.5 12.0 7.0
Davis, Geoff 1458 2 7.5 11.5 6.0
Sopovski, Sam 1300 2 6.5 11.0 4.0
8 Ashworth, Chris 1000 0 7.0 13.0 0.0
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