Club Championship blown wide open in round 5!

Friday 15 July, 2022

The Club Championship was blown wide open in the penultimate round last night, as David Amior defeated the leader Salvatore Pepe with the Black pieces!

Going into next Thursday’s sixth and final round, the tournament is led by David, Harry Croasdale and JC Sartenaer on 4/5. With Harry taking a bye next week, it seems virtually certain that David and JC will play each other for the trophy!

If either player wins, they will be the champion; however, if that game is drawn, there will probably be a big tie for first place, which has not happened for a number of years.

Games

White Black
1 Pepe, Salvatore 1701 0 - 1 Amior, David 1884
2 Duma, Daniel 2042 0 - 1 Croasdale, Harry J 1832
3 Sartenaer, Jean-Claude 1822 1 - 0 Rubeck, Jonathan 1919
4 David, Barry 1668 0 - 1 Funk, Alexander 1914
5 Wylde, Martin 1558 0 - 1 Medworth, Andrew 1805
7 Bolchover, Anthony 1824 1 - 0 Lewis, David 1525
8 Baxter, James 1621 0 - 1 Ainscow, Matthew R 1743
9 Alamri, Abdulaziz 0 - 1 Murphy, Nick 1726
10 Garcia, Tom 1762 1 - 0 Cabrera, Ramos Javier 1705
12 Jacobs, Stanley G 1391 1 - 0 Artman, Tony 1343
13 Rogal, Chris S 1786 1 - 0 Christidis, Athanasios 1533
14 Pollack, Maximo 1227 0 - 1 Willmoth, Robert F 2199
15 Kapur, Gul 1487 1 - 0 Spybey, Joshua
16 Landman, Aharon 1572 1 - 0 Sobolevski, Damien 957

Byes

  • Full-point: Ainscow, Faye; Goulbourne, Nick
  • Half-point: Tombs, Samuel; Berkley, Stephen W; Kent, Anthony R; Maganti, Lalit; Mahtani, Arun
  • Zero-point: Bryant, Harry; Ramaraju, Siddarth; Advay, Dhoot

Standings

  • 1-3: David Amior, Harry J Croasdale, Jean-Claude Sartenaer (4)
  • 4-8: Samuel Tombs, Salvatore Pepe, Andrew Medworth, Faye Ainscow, Alexander Funk (3½)
  • 9-14: Daniel Duma, Nick Murphy, Matthew R Ainscow, Anthony R Kent, Anthony Bolchover, Lalit Maganti (3)
  • 15-22: Barry David, Harry Bryant, Jonathan Rubeck, Tom Garcia, Martin Wylde, Stephen W Berkley, Nick Goulbourne, Stanley G Jacobs (2½)
  • 23-30: James Baxter, Arun Mahtani, Abdulaziz Alamri, Ramos Javier Cabrera, Chris S Rogal, Robert F Willmoth, David Lewis, Gul Kapur (2)
  • 31-34: Siddarth Ramaraju, Tony Artman, Athanasios Christidis, Aharon Landman (1½)
  • 35-36: Joshua Spybey, Maximo Pollack (1)
  • 37: Dhoot Advay (½)
  • 38: Damien Sobolevski (0)