Round 7 Completed...... results are in!!

Congratulations to the winners, who are:

Club Championship: Gustavo Leon Cazares

Gustavo finished on 6 points, a point clear of a group of players on 5. Well done! Champion for the second year running.

Plate: Mark McKay

A solid performance with 5 points, only dropping points in games against significantly higher rated players.

Challengers: Alan Green

4.5 points. An excellent set of results for somebody who was a newcomer to competitive OTB chess this year. Was also second to Mark in the Plate.

Juniors: Lev Drobiazko

2.5 points. Won on tiebreak ahead of Aaron Cheung who also finished with 2.5. An excellent result for Lev having been drawn against some strong opponents.

The final table is shown below

2023 Club Champion

Gustavo Leon Cazares

Gustavo's first year with the club has been a very sucessfull one. As well as supporting our Empire team cement theiir place in Division 1 he managed an impressive 5 wins and 1 draw for a total of 5.5 out of 6 to be crowned the 2023 Club Champion!

2023 Major winner

Ray Devenne

After a hard fought playoff this year Ray managed to defeat Paul 1.5 v .5 to secure the Major title!

2023 Minor Winner

Paul Costello

A great result for one of our senior members, even had a hard fought playoff to try and win the Major!

2022 / 23 Club Championship

Final Standings

Congratulations to Gustavo Leon who, as already announced, is our Club Champion for this year.

Congratulations to Emma Salazar who is our Junior Champion.

Ray Devennery and Paul Costello are playing a two round play-off to decide who will be Major winner. Paul will be Minor winner even if he loses the playoff, so congratulations to him as well.

There are a couple of contenders for most improved player in the Club Championship based on October 2022 ratings. I am awarding this prize to David Prichard who was rated 1450 in October 2022 and got a creditable 3 points, so congratulations to him as well.

Prizes will be presented at our AGM in October.

Thanks to everyone who participated in the Club Championship. We ended up with 23 players. Three others dropped out, all for reasons unconnected with chess. All but one game were completed, nearly all on time despite the busy chess schedule we now have.

I will appreciate any suggestions as to how the Club Championship might be improved next year. We can start earlier in the year which will allow a bit more time between rounds.

Name Competition Pts

Leon Cazares Gustavo Open 5½

Hartman Stefan Open 5

Armbruster David Open 4½

Ross James W Open 4

Casos Huerta Marcos Open 4

Pollock Murray Open 4

Riding Mick D Open 4

Costello Paul T Minor 3½

Liddle John Open 3½

Devenney Ray Major 3½

Prichard David Minor 3

Shanbhag Shruti Major 3

Eggleston Steven Major 3

Salazar Eyre Emma Major/Junior 3

Chester Ian B Major 3

Heyman Robert Major 2½

Wilde Steven Minor 2½

Steven Laura Major 2½

Wu Feitong Minor/Junior 2½

McGuinness Ken Minor 2

Tong Daniel Minor/Junior 2

Cheung Aaron Minor/Junior 2

Chan Joe Major 1

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