T17 – Fischer Random Rapid

The tournament ran pretty smoothly with 8 participants – a round robin format was agreed on on the night, though this took longer than expected and some players did have to leave early.
Luckily, Alistair Anderson came to watch and was able to fill in for missing players for rounds 5 and 6. (Alistair’s results did not impact the top 3 standings.)

Mio’s only loss came against Jack after a 1 move blunder in a better position, allowing a pawn fork of Queen and Rook.

Jack’s only loss came against Geoff Gill, in a similar lapse of consciousness at the tail-end of a crazy game, where Geoff’s bishop forked king and rook in devastating fashion. Geoff Gill slid into 3rd place with 5.5/7, having drawn with Louis Fevrier.

Final Standings:
1 – 2. Mio Ristic 6
Jack Smith 6
3. Geoffrey Gill 5.5
4. Louis Fevrier 3.5
5. Rodel Sicat 3
6. Fin Hutton 2.5
7. Toby Mew 2
8. Elizabeth 0

Results for all rounds:
Round 1:
Rodel vs Jack 0-1
Toby vs Geoff Gill 0-1
Elizabeth vs Fin 0-1
Louis vs Mio 0-1

Round 2:
Jack vs Mio 1-0
Fin vs Louis 0-1
Geoff vs Elizabeth 1-0
Rodel vs Toby 1-0

Round 3:
Toby vs Jack 0-1
Elizabeth vs Rodel 0-1
Louis vs Geoff 1/2 – 1/2
Mio vs Fin 1-0

Round 4:
Jack vs Fin 1-0
Geoff vs Mio 0-1
Rodel vs Louis 1-0
Toby vs Elizabeth 1-0

Round 5:
Elizabeth vs Jack 0-1
Louis vs Toby 1-0
Mio vs Rodel 1-0
Fin vs Geoff 0-1 (Alistair played white)

Round 6:
Jack vs Geoff 0-1
Rodel vs Fin 0-1 (Alistair played Black)
Toby vs Mio 0-1
Elizabeth vs Louis 0-1

Round 7:
Louis vs Jack 0-1
Mio vs Elizabeth 1-0
Fin vs Toby 1/2 – 1/2 (not played)
Geoffrey vs Rodel 1-0