| Commenced | 24th May, 2018 |
| Ended | 24th May, 2018 |
| Number of Rounds | 5 (all played on the one night) |
| Format | Swiss |
| Rate of Play | 10 minutes (plus or minus handicap) |
| Increment | 2 seconds |
| ACF Rated Tournament Type |
No Novelty |
The 2018 Ten Minute Handicap was 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!
Final Standings
Pos NAME Rtg Pts | 1 2 3 4 5 | Buc1 BucT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Daneshvar,Reza 1853 4.0 | +B10 +W2 +B4 -W3 +B6 | 13.0 13.0 2 Gill,Geoffrey 1863 4.0 | +W6 -B1 +W8 +B5 +B3 | 12.5 14.5 3 Barber,Geoffrey 1655 3.5 | +W8 +B4 =W5 +B1 -W2 | 13.5 15.5 4 Sugrue,Michael 1887 3.0 | +B7 -W3 -W1 +B8 +W5 | 12.5 14.5 5 Courtis,Owen M 1420 2.5 | +B9 +W7 =B3 -W2 -B4 | 13.0 14.0 6 Smith,Jack 1269 2.5 | -B2 +W9 +B10 =W7 -W1 | 11.5 11.5 7 Chung,Kingsley 1400 2.5 | -W4 -B5 +W9 =B6 +W10 | 9.0 9.0 8 Slade,Daniel 1100 2.0 | -B3 +W10 -B2 -W4 +B9 | 11.5 11.5 9 Higgins,Jim 1000 1.0 | -W5 -B6 -B7 +W10 -W8 | 9.5 9.5 10 Brown,Paul 1100 0.0 | -W1 -B8 -W6 -B9 -B7 | 11.0 12.0
Round 1
1 Chung,Kingsley 0 - 1 Sugrue,Michael 2 Gill,Geoffrey 1 - 0 Smith,Jack 3 Brown,Paul 0 - 1 Daneshvar,Reza 4 Barber,Geoffrey 1 - 0 Slade,Daniel 5 Higgins,Jim 0 - 1 Courtis,Owen M
Round 2
1 Sugrue,Michael 0 - 1 Barber,Geoffrey 2 Daneshvar,Reza 1 - 0 Gill,Geoffrey 3 Courtis,Owen M 1 - 0 Chung,Kingsley 4 Smith,Jack 1 - 0 Higgins,Jim 5 Slade,Daniel 1 - 0 Brown,Paul
Round 3
1 Barber,Geoffrey .5-.5 Courtis,Owen M 2 Sugrue,Michael 0 - 1 Daneshvar,Reza 3 Gill,Geoffrey 1 - 0 Slade,Daniel 4 Brown,Paul 0 - 1 Smith,Jack 5 Chung,Kingsley 1 - 0 Higgins,Jim
Round 4
1 Daneshvar,Reza 0 - 1 Barber,Geoffrey 2 Courtis,Owen M 0 - 1 Gill,Geoffrey 3 Smith,Jack .5-.5 Chung,Kingsley 4 Slade,Daniel 0 - 1 Sugrue,Michael 5 Higgins,Jim 1 - 0 Brown,Paul
Round 5
1 Barber,Geoffrey 0 - 1 Gill,Geoffrey 2 Smith,Jack 0 - 1 Daneshvar,Reza 3 Sugrue,Michael 1 - 0 Courtis,Owen M 4 Chung,Kingsley 1 - 0 Brown,Paul 5 Higgins,Jim 0 - 1 Slade,Daniel
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