Kennedy sole leader in club championship

Thursday 9 June, 2011

Recent joiner Craig Kennedy moved into the lead in the club championship after 4 rounds, by beating new member Mehdi Kosari. Ionica Dragomir and Simon Warman share 2nd place, after they drew on top board.

Games

White Black
1 Warman, Simon M 196 ½ - ½ Dragomir, Ionica -
2 Kennedy, Craig 178 1 - 0 Kosari, Mehdi -
3 Bennett, Michael K 178 ½ - ½ Willmoth, Robert F 204
4 Murphy, Nick 112 0 - 1 Eden, Tomer 203
5 Iwi, David 161 0 - 1 Raoof, Adam N 188
6 Ainscow, Faye 128 ½ - ½ Rogal, Chris S 142
7 Landau, Jonathan 164 1 - 0 Jones, David 139
8 Lum, Chris - 0 - 1 Pattni, Kishan 133
9 Cooper, John - 0 - 1 Pliskin, Raymond 98
10 Goulbourne, Nick - 1 - 0 Lennard, Graeme 119
11 Ikuomola, Parris - 1 - 0 Kosari, Aria -

Byes

  • Half-point: Kent, Kamath, Ainley
  • Zero-point: Jordan, Sabin

Standings

  • 1: Kennedy (4/4)
  • 2-3: Dragomir, Warman (3½/4)
  • 4-5: Raoof, Eden (3/4)
  • 6-9: Bennett, Willmoth, Pattni, Landau (2½/4)
  • 10-16: Iwi, Mehdi, Murphy, Rogal, Ainscow, Ikuomola, Pliskin (2/4)
  • 17-21: Kent, Goulbourne, Jones, Ainley, Kamath (1½/4)
  • 22-24: Lum, Cooper, Jordan (1/4)
  • 25-26: Lennard, Sabin (0/4)

Withdrawn: Lennard

Next round

Very provisional top pairings for Round 5 (unless any of the players below tell Adam they want a bye):

  • Dragomir v Kennedy
  • Eden v Warman
  • Raoof v Bennett
  • Willmoth v Landau
  • Byes: Jones

Other pairings will be done on the night.

Our championship will be graded by Norman Went of Docklands Rapidplay (https://www.spanglefish.com/docklandschessclub/news.asp) – thanks Norman! Norman and yElena also do the excellent refreshments at our regular Golders Green Rapidplay.