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Lalic wins Ten-Round Megablitz

Thursday 10 March, 2011

On 10th March 2011, Grandmaster Bogdan Lalic won the Hendon Chess Club Ten-Round Megablitz. This special event was held in the Big Hall at our usual venue. The tournament was open to all-comers, with 10 rounds of 5-minute blitz chess. First prize was £100.

Mini-report by Phil Makepeace

Great event and enormously strong. My 185 grade was only good enough for about 10th seed out of 30. Hopefully, with more notice, 50+ will turn up next time.

Top placings:

  • 1st: Lalic GM 9/10 (£100)
  • 2nd: Cherniaev GM 8/10
  • 3rd=: Georghiou, Makepeace 7½/10
  • 5th: Fry 6½/10

The top 5 just took points off each other throughout, leading to some massive downfloats after the pairings between us had been exhausted.

Cross-table
Cross-table

In addition to the above, Georghiou also drew with Tryfon Gavriel in Round 10, while Charlie Fry drew with Cristian Mures and Anthony Kent.

Organiser Adam Raoof says:

Thanks to the 30 players who made it through 10 rounds!

Prizes GM Bogdan Lalic, £100, GM Alex Cherniaev £20 and highest Hendon player prize of £10 shared by Tim Rogers and Rob Willmoth. Plus two tickets to ChessBoxing courtesy of Rajko Vujatovic won by Charlie Fry!