| Commenced | 6th April, 2017 |
| Ended | 6th April, 2017 |
| Number of Rounds | 5 |
| Format | Swiss |
| Rate of Play | 10 minutes (plus or minus handicap) |
| Increment | 0 seconds |
| ACF Rated Tournament Type |
No Novelty |
The Ten Minute Handicap is a novelty event, designed to level the playing field between higher and lower rated players.
Each player started with 10 minutes each to complete all their moves. The higher rated player was then deducted 1 minute, and the lower rated player awarded 1 minute extra playing time, for each 100 points difference (rounded down to the nearest 100 points, with a maximum penalty of 9 minutes).
This made for a much closer contest!
The Tournament attracted a keen field of twelve players, with the club welcoming Connor Liu and Jim Higgins to their first tournament, and the return of Kingsley Chung.
Geoff Barber won with an impressive score of 4.5, conceding only one draw to third placed Owen Courtis to finish half a point ahead of Reza Danehsvar. Connor Liu also played well, defeating former champ Michael Sugrue to tie equal fourth with Zoran Babic.
Final Standings
Pos NAME Rtg Pts | 1 2 3 4 5 | Buc1 BucT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Barber, Geoffrey 1685 4.5 | +B12 +W6 +W2 +B4 =B3 | 13.0 13.0 2 Daneshvar, Reza 1739 4.0 | +B3 +W7 -B1 +W8 +B4 | 13.5 15.5 3 Courtis, Owen M 1335 3.5 | -W2 +B11 +W10 +B5 =W1 | 13.5 14.5 4 Liu, Connor 1000 3.0 | +B9 +W5 +B6 -W1 -W2 | 14.0 16.0 5 Babic, Zoran 1689 3.0 | +W10 -B4 +B7 -W3 +B9 | 11.0 13.0 6 Sugrue, Michael 1898 2.5 | +W8 -B1 -W4 =B7 +W12 | 12.0 12.0 7 Davis, Geoff 1409 2.5 | +B11 -B2 -W5 =W6 +B8 | 11.5 12.5 8 Smith, Jack 1350 2.0 | -B6 +W12 +B9 -B2 -W7 | 11.0 11.0 9 Chung, Kingsley 1400 2.0 | -W4 +B10 -W8 +B11 -W5 | 10.0 11.0 10 Benne, Theo 1100 2.0 | -B5 -W9 -B3 +W12 +W11 | 9.5 9.5 11 Slade, Daniel 1000 1.0 | -W7 -W3 +B12 -W9 -B10 | 10.0 10.0 12 Higgins, Jim 1000 0.0 | -W1 -B8 -W11 -B10 -B6 | 11.0 12.0
Round-by-round results are shown below, with minutes allocated per player in the right hand column.
Round 1
1 Sugrue, Michael 1 - 0 Smith, Jack 5-15 2 Courtis, Owen M 0 - 1 Daneshvar, Reza 14-6 3 Babic, Zoran 1 - 0 Benne, Theo 5-15 4 Higgins, Jim 0 - 1 Barber, Geoffrey 16-4 5 Chung, Kingsley 0 - 1 Liu, Connor 5-15 6 Slade, Daniel 0 - 1 Davis, Geoff 14-6
Round 2
1 Barber, Geoffrey 1 - 0 Sugrue, Michael 12-8 2 Daneshvar, Reza 1 - 0 Davis, Geoff 7-13 3 Liu, Connor 1 - 0 Babic, Zoran 17-3 4 Benne, Theo 0 - 1 Chung, Kingsley 13-7 5 Smith, Jack 1 - 0 Higgins, Jim 7-13 6 Slade, Daniel 0 - 1 Courtis, Owen M 12-8
Round 3
1 Barber, Geoffrey 1 - 0 Daneshvar, Reza 10-10 2 Sugrue, Michael 0 - 1 Liu, Connor 2-18 3 Davis, Geoff 0 - 1 Babic, Zoran 12-8 4 Chung, Kingsley 0 - 1 Smith, Jack 10-10 5 Courtis, Owen M 1 - 0 Benne, Theo 8-12 6 Higgins, Jim 0 - 1 Slade, Daniel 10-10
Round 4
1 Liu, Connor 0 - 1 Barber, Geoffrey 16-4 2 Daneshvar, Reza 1 - 0 Smith, Jack 7-13 3 Babic, Zoran 0 - 1 Courtis, Owen M 7-13 4 Davis, Geoff .5-.5 Sugrue, Michael 14-6 5 Slade, Daniel 0 - 1 Chung, Kingsley 12-8 6 Benne, Theo 1 - 0 Higgins, Jim 9-11
Round 5
1 Courtis, Owen M .5-.5 Barber, Geoffrey 13-7 2 Liu, Connor 0 - 1 Daneshvar, Reza 18-2 3 Chung, Kingsley 0 - 1 Babic, Zoran 12-8 4 Smith, Jack 0 - 1 Davis, Geoff 10-10 5 Sugrue, Michael 1 - 0 Higgins, Jim 2-18 6 Benne, Theo 1 - 0 Slade, Daniel 9-11
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