Richmond Rapidplays - 14 August 2016

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Paul McKeown
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Richmond Rapidplays - 14 August 2016

Post by Paul McKeown » Tue Aug 23, 2016 12:38 pm

Prize Winners

Open
1. GM John Nunn, 5.5, £100
2. IM Gedminas Sarakauskas, 4.5, £50
U180 GP David Shepherd and Katherine Shepherd (father and daughter) and Daniel Young, each 2.5, each £15

U160
1= Shane McCabe, Martijn Eefting and Nishchal Thatte, each 4, each £50
U135 GP Logan Fear, 3.5, £35

U120
1. Alexander Brett, 5.5, £100
2. Michael Gunn, 5, £50
U100 GP Ivan Kuzmin and Parth Malhotra, each 4, each £20

RJCC Member's Prize
Ron Usharovsky, 4 in the U120, £35
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Re: Richmond Rapidplays -14 August 2016

Post by Matt Mackenzie » Tue Aug 23, 2016 1:02 pm

Paul McKeown wrote: U180 GP David Shepherd and Katherine Shepherd (father and daughter) and Daniel Young, each £15
And of course the dad is a poster on here.
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Re: Richmond Rapidplays - 14 August 2016

Post by Christopher Kreuzer » Tue Aug 23, 2016 1:21 pm

Could someone correct the title of this thread? It should be referring to the Richmond Rapidplay that took place on 14 August 2016. It is the following one that is taking place on 9 October 2016. Paul, as you started this thread you might be able to correct this yourself without the need for a moderator to do that.

While I am being pedantic, the announcement for the 14 August 2016 Richmond Rapidplay referred to "a fabulous resumption on the 12th of June - will continue on Sunday 12th June". That mistake was so obvious that it wouldn't have confused anyone, but maybe try not to get dates mixed up in publicity material?

I'll be there for the third one on 9 October. Hopefully it will be another enjoyable day's chess. :D

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Re: Richmond Rapidplays - 14 August 2016

Post by Paul McKeown » Tue Aug 23, 2016 1:27 pm

John Nunn won the Open mostly with great ease, drawing only with Graeme Buckley in round 5. That game, though, was an act of extreme escapology, as he was totally tied up for the best part of an hour, making a mistake in the opening, after which he had to defend doggedly until the very end.

The U160 was very closely contested, with three players on 4 sharing first place. One should draw attention to Nishchal Thatte, though, one of Richmond Junior's stars. Only eight years of age, with a rapidplay grade of 113, he had played in the U120 in June, but now turned up in the U160 to be one of its joint winners. Class - and a player to watch for the future. Attention must also go to the winner of the U135 Grading Prize, Logan Fear. Again only nine years of age, and a rapidplay grade of 124, he still managed to score better than 50%.

The U120 was won by Alex Brett, with apparent ease, one might think, given his score of 5.5. However, his last round game against 11 year old Lucy Buckley, was the last to finish, and could have went either way. However, Alex kept his nerve better in the final minutes. Better luck, Lucy, next time!

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Re: Richmond Rapidplays - 14 August 2016

Post by Paul McKeown » Sun Aug 28, 2016 12:02 am

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Ranking - Richmond Rapidplays 110 - 14/08/2016 - Open
No.  PNo.  Name                          R1    R2    R3    R4    R5    R6    CB Score
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  1.    1  Nunn, John DM                 6w1   4b1   3w1  10b1   2w½  12b1    0  5.5
  2.    3  Sarakauskas, Gedminas         7b1   2w1   1b0   4w1   6b½  10w1    0  4.5
  3.    2  Buckley, Graeme Noel          8w1   3b0  10w½   9b1   1b½   5w1    0  4.0
        4  Claridge-Hansen, William      9b1   1w0  12b1   3b0   5w1   6w1    0  4.0
  5.    6  Ackley, Peter JE              1b0   9w1  13b1   5w1   3w½   4b0    0  3.5
  6.   12  Shepherd, David                 =     =   4w0   8b1   9w½   1w0    2  2.5
        9  Young, Daniel J               4w0   6b0   8w1   2w0  12b½     +    1  2.5
       10  Shepherd, Katherine M           =     =   2b½   1w0   8b1   3b0   -2  2.5
  9.   11  Okike, David                  5b1   7w1     -     -     -     -    0  2.0
 10.    5  Purdon, Colin                11w0   8b½   7w1   6b0   4b0   2b0   -2  1.5
 11.   13  Thomas, Richard Huw             -     +   6w0     -     -     -    1  1.0
 12.    8  Zupan, Leo Alexander          2b0   5w½   9b0  12w0  10w0     -    1  0.5
 13.    7  Hayward, Alan                 3w0  11b0   5b0     -     -     -   -1  0.0

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Re: Richmond Rapidplays - 14 August 2016

Post by Paul McKeown » Sun Aug 28, 2016 12:03 am

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Ranking - Richmond Rapidplays 110 - 14/08/2016 - U160
No.  PNo.  Name                          R1    R2    R3    R4    R5    R6    CB Score
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  1.    4  McCabe, Shane                   -   8b1  10w0   7w1   2b1   3b1   -1  4.0
        3  Eefting, Martijn              8w1   2b0   6w1  10b1   9b1   4w0    0  4.0
       10  Thatte, Nishchal              5b0   7w1   4b1   3w0   1w1   9b1    0  4.0
  4.    1  Kreuzer, Christopher RL       6w1   9b0   2w½   5w1  10b0   8b1    0  3.5
        9  Fear, Logan                     +   1w1   5b1   2b½   3w0  10w0    1  3.5
  6.    2  Cole, Graham L                7b1   3w1   1b½   9w½   4w0   6b0    0  3.0
        6  Bovtramovics, Vladimir        1b0   5w0   3b0   8b1   7w1   2w1    0  3.0
  8.    5  Durrant, Paul EO             10w1   6b1   9w0   1b0   8w0   7b0    0  2.0
        8  Low, Sampson                  3b0   4w0   7b1   6w0   5b1   1w0    0  2.0
 10.    7  Bhamra, Tanveer               2w0  10b0   8w0   4b0   6b0   5w1    0  1.0

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Re: Richmond Rapidplays - 14 August 2016

Post by Paul McKeown » Sun Aug 28, 2016 12:04 am

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Ranking - Richmond Rapidplays 110 - 14/08/2016 - U120
No.  PNo.  Name                          R1    R2    R3    R4    R5    R6    CB Score
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  1.    8  Brett, Alex I                21b1  26w½   7b1   5w1   9b1   1w1    0  5.5
  2.   26  Gunn, Michael J                 +   8b½  16w1   3w1   1b½  18b1   -1  5.0
  3.    1  Buckley, Lucy                14w1  10b1   6w1   2b1  26w½   8b0    0  4.5
        2  Prasad, Suyash Srikanta      15b1   9w1   5b½   1w0   6b1  16w1    0  4.5
  5.    3  Usharovsky, Ron              16w0  20b1  14w1  26b0  11w1  10b1    0  4.0
        4  Simms, Geoffrey R            17b0  21w1  18b0   7w1  12b1  14w1    0  4.0
        9  Kuzmin, Ivan                 22w1   2b0  25w1  12b1   8w0  17b1    0  4.0
       18  Malhotra, Parth               5b0  23w1   4w1  11b1  17b1  26w0    0  4.0
  9.    5  Fear, Atticus                18w1  12b1   2w½   8b0  16w0  19b1    0  3.5
       16  Kesavan, Rahul                3b1   7w½  26b0  15w1   5b1   2b0   -2  3.5
 11.    6  Buckley, David I             19b1  11w1   1b0  17w0   2w0  20b1    0  3.0
       10  Pineda, Rustico              23b1   1w0  17b0  21w1  19b1   3w0    0  3.0
       11  Mellor, Jessica              24w1   6b0  22w1  18w0   3b0  12w1    2  3.0
       14  Williams, Joseph              1b0  17w1   3b0  23w1   7b1   4b0   -2  3.0
       17  Usharovksy, Tom               4w1  14b0  10w1   6b1  18w0   9w0    2  3.0
 16.    7  Lodha, Idhant                20w1  16b½   8w0   4b0  14w0  22b1    0  2.5
       15  Lau, William                  2w0  22b0  24w1  16b0  21w½  25b1    0  2.5
 18.   12  Kesterson, Kennan            25b1   5w0  19b1   9w0   4w0  11b0    0  2.0
       19  Vaidya, Pranav                6w0  24b1  12w0  25b1  10w0   5w0    2  2.0
       20  Fear, Lavinia                 7b0   3w0  21b0  22b1  25w1   6w0    0  2.0
       21  Low, Lewis                    8w0   4b0  20w1  10b0  15b½  24w½    0  2.0
       24  Richford, Alex               11b0  19w0  15b0     +  22w½  21b½   -1  2.0
 23.   22  Brett, Toby James             9b0  15w1  11b0  20w0  24b½   7w0    0  1.5
 24.   23  Borra, Dishith               10w0  18b0     +  14b0     -     -   -1  1.0
       25  Singh, Hari                  12w0     +   9b0  19w0  20b0  15w0    1  1.0
 26.   13  Buckley, Emma                   -     -     -     -     -     -    0  0.0

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