Season Starts with a Casual Rapidplay Tournament
A warm welcome to Anthony Davies, a new club member, who joined us for the first time.
Several members were away on the first night of the new season - Thursday 3rd September - and the nine people present decided to spend the evening with an informal 9-round Rapidplay tournament - with 10 minutes on the clocks. Ben, who had the wit to Google "chess pairing tables" on his iPad, kindly did the organisation.
Here are the results.
| Round 1 |
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| Ben | 1-0 | Bye |
| James | 1-0 | David |
| Anthony | 0-1 | Tony |
| Steve | 1-0 | Barry |
| Phil | 1-0 | Roy |
| Round 2 |
|---|
| Bye | 0-1 | Roy |
| Barry | 0-1 | Phil |
| Tony | 0-1 | Steve |
| David | 1-0 | Anthony |
| Ben | ½-½ | James |
| Round 3 |
|---|
| James | 1-0 | Bye |
| Anthony | 0-1 | Ben |
| Steve | 1-0 | David |
| Phil | 1-0 | Tony |
| Roy | 1-0 | Barry |
| Round 4 |
|---|
| Bye | 0-1 | Barry |
| Tony | 0-1 | Roy |
| David | 1-0 | Phil |
| Ben | 0-1 | Steve |
| James | 1-0 | Anthony |
| Round 5 |
|---|
| Anthony | 0-1 | Bye |
| Steve | 1-0 | James |
| Phil | 0-1 | Ben |
| Roy | 1-0 | David |
| Barry | 1-0 | Tony |
| Round 6 |
|---|
| Bye | 0-1 | Tony |
| David | 1-0 | Barry |
| Ben | ½-½ | Roy |
| James | 0-1 | Phil |
| Anthony | 0-1 | Steve |
| Round 7 |
|---|
| Steve | 1-0 | Bye |
| Phil | 1-0 | Anthony |
| Roy | 0-1 | James |
| Barry | 1-0 | Ben |
| Tony | 0-1 | David |
| Round 8 |
|---|
| Bye | 0-1 | David |
| Ben | 1-0 | Tony |
| James | 1-0 | Barry |
| Anthony | 0-1 | Roy |
| Steve | 1-0 | Phil |
| Round 9 |
|---|
| Phil | 1-0 | Bye |
| Roy | 0-1 | Steve |
| Barry | 1-0 | Anthony |
| Tony | 0-1 | James |
| David | 1-0 | Ben |
| Cumulative Scores |
|---|
| Ben | 1 | 1½ | 2½ | 2½ | 3½ | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| James | 1 | 1½ | 2½ | 3½ | 3½ | 3½ | 4½ | 5½ | 6½ |
| Anthony | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Steve | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Phil | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| Roy | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4½ | 4½ | 5½ | 5½ |
| Barry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Tony | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| David | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
Congratulations to Steve for another "master class", and to James for finishing in a well-deserved second place.
A very enjoyable evening.
