Castlehill Chess Club

Castlehill Chess Club

INTER-CLUB ALLEGRO TOURNAMENT

Page Last Updated: 24/01/2012

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ROUNDS 2011/12

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Mon 24 Oct	Mon 12 Dec	Mon 16 Jan 12	Mon 2 April 12	Mon 7 May 12	Mon 28 May 12

Please come down on these nights and give this new competition a try!

This is only the second year of competition between both Chess Clubs in Dundee. All players from both clubs are eligible to play in 1, 2, 3 or all match nights. It's up to the player.
Players earn points for there Chess club and themselves individual.
The club & Individual with the most points after 6 events is the winner.
More info and more detailed rules to follow shortly!

CLUB	PTS		PTS	CLUB
CASTLEHILL (Holders)	24	v	21	DUNDEE & VICTORIA

2011-12

Player Leader Board (after 3 Events)
(1st=5pts; 2nd=4; 3rd=3; 4th=2; 5th=1)

PLAYERS	CLUB	1	2	3	4	5	6	PTS
Spencer, Ed	DV	5	0	5				10
Payada, Dmitriy (Champion)	CH	3.5	5	1				9.5
Dawson, Alastair	DV		3.5	1				4.5
Weir, Gary	DV	0		4				4
Rutherford, Elaine (WFM)	CH	3.5						3.5
Grove, Mikey	CH		3.5					3.5
McCluskey, Jim	CH	0	1.5	1				2.5
Walsh, Peter	DV		1.5					1.5
Babin, Andre	CH	1	0	0				1
Chalmers, Martin	CH	1	0					1
Rowe, Andrew	DV	1						1
Noble, Ray	CH	0	0	1				1
Atkins, Graham	CH	0		1				1
Paulin, Andy	CH		0	1				1
Rose, Keith S	CH	0	0	0
Anderson, James	DV	0	0
Robertson, John, Snr	DV	0	0
Robertson, John Jnr	DV	0	0
Shafi, Paul	CH	0		0
Shafi, Declan (J11)	CH	0		0
Paton, Lisa	CH	0		0
Whyte, Nigel	DV	0	0	0
Wallace, Bruce	DV	0	0
Duke, Harvey	DV	0	0	0
Martin, Kevin	DV	0
Mcleod, Robert	CH	0	0	0
Morrison, Norrie	CH	0
Sani, Fabio	CH	0
Sani, Leonardo (J12)	CH	0		0
Flood, Raymond	DV
Dawson, Ewen	DV		0	0
Borwell, Alan	DV		0
Stevenson, Frank	DV		0
Burnett, Robert	DV		0	0
Ironside, Calum	DV		0
Thom, Steve	DV		0
Young, Colin	CH		0	0

EVENT ONE:

Monday 24th October 2011 at Castlehill

1st Inter-Club Allegro
An Allegro list event

Pool	Name	Club	Status	Grade	R1 Opp	R1 Res	R2 Opp	R2 Res	R3 Opp	R3 Res	R4 Opp	R4 Res	R5 Opp	R5 Res	Pts
1	Spencer, Edwin A	DV	-	2129	14w	1	4b	1	2w	1	3b	1	11w	1	5
2	Rutherford, Elaine (WFM)	CH	-	2120	15b	1	9w	1	1b	0	7w	1	5b	1	4
3	Payada, Dmitriy	CH	-	1950	16w	1	8b	1	11w	1	1w	0	21b	1	4
4	Babin, Andre	CH	-	1828	17b	1	1w	0	21b	1	13w	1	8w	½	3½
5	Weir, Gary	DV	-	1797	18w	1	14b	0	10w	1	6b	1	2w	0	3
6	Chalmers, Martin M	CH	-	1737	19b	1	21w	½	7b	1	5w	0	13b	1	3½
7	Robertson, John	DV	-	1634	20w	1	10b	1	6w	0	2b	0	23w	1	3
8	Rowe, Andrew	CH	-	1630	13b	1	3w	0	17b	1	15w	1	4b	½	3½
9	Anderson, James	DV	-	1619	22w	1	2b	0	20w	½	11b	0	12w	1	2½
10	Shafi, Paul	CH	-	1579	23b	1	7w	0	5b	0	26w	1	V	0	2
11	Rose, Keith S	CH	-	1548	26w	½	22b	1	3b	0	9w	1	1b	0	3
12	Flood, Raymond	DV	-	1471	25b	0	15w	0	23b	0	24w	1	9b	0	1
13	Noble, Ray	CH	-	1442	8w	0	18b	1	16w	1	4b	0	6w	0	2
14	Atkins, Graham	CH	-	1339	1b	0	5w	1	19b	½	21w	0	18b	0	1½
15	McCluskey, James (Jnr)	CH	-	1335	2w	0	12b	1	25w	1	8b	0	17w	0	2
16	Whyte, Nigel	DV	-	1332	3b	0	25w	1	13b	0	23w	0	22w	1	2
17	Wallace, Bruce	DV	-	1327	4w	0	26b	1	8w	0	25b	1	15b	1	3
18	Duke, Harvey	DV	-	1310	5b	0	13w	0	24b	1	22b	1	14w	1	3
19	Robertson, John Charles	DV	-	1269	6w	0	24b	1	14w	½	20b	0	25b	½	2
20	Shafi, Declan	CH	J11	1235	7b	0	23w	1	9b	½	19w	1	V	0	2½
21	Martin, Kevin	DV	-	1210	24w	1	6b	½	4w	0	14b	1	3w	0	2½
22	Paton, Lisa	CH	-	1122	9b	0	11w	0	26b	0	18w	0	16b	0	0
23	Mcleod, Robert	CH	-	914	10w	0	20b	0	12w	1	16b	1	7b	0	2
24	Sani, Fabio	CH	-	867	21b	0	19w	0	18w	0	12b	0	V	0	0
25	Morrison, Norman	CH	-	849	12w	1	16b	0	15b	0	17w	0	19w	½	1½
26	Sani, Leonardo	CH	J12	712	11b	½	17w	0	22w	1	10b	0	V	0	1

Winner

R/Up

A fantastic 26 players turned out for the 1st Inter-Club Allegro of the 3rd season at Castlehill Chess Club. Castlehill are the defending champions and got there campaign off to a winning start taking the match 9 - 6 on the night.

Of the 26 players, Castlehill had 15 & Dundee/Victoria 11 players.

Average grades; Castlehill 1371; Dun/Vic 1545

The Individual leader after the first match is Ed Spencer (DV) with a perfect 5/5; The defending Individual champion, Dmitriy Payada(CH) finished equal 2nd with Castlehill`s newest member, and very strong player Elaine Rutherford(WFM) 4/5;
Equal 4th Andre Babin & Martin Chalmers both Castlehill, and Andy Rowe from Dundee/Victoria;3.5

The first round draw saw the two Dundee & Angus winners go head to head. Andre Babin (CH) the Major winner, and Bruce Wallace (DV), the Minor winner. Andre had the Major success, while Bruce had a Minor setback!

Castlehill had three new players, plus one returning prodigal son. Father & Son Fabio & Leonardo (J12) Sani, Elaine Rutherford(WFM) and the old/new player Jim McCluskey!
Dundee & Victoria also had there own prodigal son, Raymond Flood, a blast from the past!
Welcome all of you and enjoy our chess clubs!

Well done to all and see you all at Dundee & Victoria Chess Club on Monday 12th December for number 2 in the series of six!

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EVENT TWO:

Monday 12th December 2011 at Dundee/Victoria
The 2nd Inter-club Allegro DV v CH

Pool	Name	Club	Grade	R1 Opp	R1 Res	R2 Opp	R2 Res	R3 Opp	R3 Res	R4 Opp	R4 Res	R5 Opp	R5 Res	Pts
1	Spencer, Edwin A	DV	2129	14w	1	6b	1	4w	0	3w	0	11b	1	3
2	Borwell, Alan P	DV	1994	12b	1	3w	0	7b	1	9w	0	18b	1	3
3	Payada, Dmitriy	CH	1950	15w	1	2b	1	10w	1	1b	1	4w	1	5
4	Grove, Michael	CH	1874	24b	1	13w	1	1b	1	10w	1	3b	0	4
5	Babin, Andre	CH	1828	17w	1	10b	0	15w	1	8b	0	19b	1	3
6	Chalmers, Martin M	CH	1737	18b	1	1w	0	9b	1	19w	1	13b	0	3
7	Stevenson, Frank C	DV	1687	19w	½	23b	1	2w	0	12b	0	15w	0	1½
8	Robertson, John	DV	1634	11b	1	9w	0	13b	½	5w	1	16b	0	2½
9	Dawson, Alastair G	DV	1632	21w	1	8b	1	6w	0	2b	1	12w	1	4
10	Anderson, James	DV	1619	22b	1	5w	1	3b	0	4b	0	21w	1	3
11	Paulin, Andrew	CH	1607	8w	0	17b	1	23w	0	15b	1	1w	0	2
12	Rose, Keith S	CH	1548	2w	0	14b	1	18b	1	7w	1	9b	0	3
13	Walsh, Peter W	DV	1540	16b	1	4b	0	8w	½	23b	1	6w	1	3½
14	Ironside, Calum	DV	1468	1b	0	12w	0	20b	1	16w	0	24w	1	2
15	Burnett, Robert	DV	1413	3b	0	22w	1	5b	0	11w	0	7b	1	2
16	McCluskey, James (Jnr)	CH	1335	13w	0	24b	1	19w	½	14b	1	8w	1	3½
17	Whyte, Nigel	DV	1332	5b	0	11w	0	22b	1	21w	0	20w	1	2
18	Wallace, Bruce	DV	1327	6w	0	21b	1	12w	0	20b	1	2w	0	2
19	Duke, Harvey	DV	1310	7b	½	20w	1	16b	½	6b	0	5w	0	2
20	Robertson, John Charles	DV	1269	23w	½	19b	0	14w	0	18w	0	17b	0	½
21	Young, Colin	CH	1249	9b	0	18w	0	24w	1	17b	1	10b	0	2
22	Mcleod, Robert	CH	914	10w	0	15b	0	17w	0	24b	1	23w	½	1½
23	Dawson, Euan	DV	535	20b	½	7w	0	11b	1	13w	0	22b	½	2
24	Thom, Steve	DV	0	4w	0	16w	0	21b	0	22w	0	14b	0	0

Being the lead up to Christmas, the Dundee Social Club rooms were fully booked up and we had no alternative but to hold the competition in the main bar area, which was great for getting a drink, not so good for other things. In attendance was Jean Chalmers & Martin Chalmers. Also here but not playing was David Findlay Ray Noble and John Lynch.

A minutes silence was held in memory of Jim Chalmers who past away on Friday (9th Dec). Jim a long time member of Dundee & Victoria Chess Club and president for over 15 years will be sadly missed by his family and friends and the Chess community at large for all the work he did promoting chess in this area. Up to the last minute , even thou ill health was taking it toll he still worked tirelessly in chess as the currant TAFCA President. RIP

His funeral is Friday 16thth December 2011, 1:15pm at the Dundee crematorium.

For the first time in a long time, Castlehill out graded there opponents on average;

Dundee/Victoria - 1492; - Castlehill - 1560

This despite Dundee/Victoria (15) having more players than Castlehill (9).

After the first two rounds it was all square team wise, but the last three rounds proved to be very fruitful for Castlehill, coming out winners on the night.

Dundee/Victoria 5 v 10 Castlehill

This gives Castlehill a lead of 8 points after two events with the total score;

Castlehill 19; Dundee/Victoria 11.

Dmitriy Payada (Castlehill) finished top with a perfect 5/5 beating Ed Spencer (DV) & Mikey Grove (CH) along the way. Mikey and Alastair Dawson (DV) finished equal 2nd, with Peter Walsh(DV) & Jim McCluskey equal 4th.

Dmitriy now leads Ed by 3.5 in the Individual race.

Winners

r/up

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EVENT THREE:

Monday 16th January 2012 at Castlehill

Pool	Name	Club	Status	Grade	R1 Opp	R1 Res	R2 Opp	R2 Res	R3 Opp	R3 Res	R4 Opp	R4 Res	R5 Opp	R5 Res	Pts
1	Spencer, Edwin A	DV	-	2129	11w	1	8b	1	7w	1	4w	1	2b	1	5
2	Payada, Dmitriy	CH	-	1950	9b	0	16w	1	12b	1	3w	1	1w	0	3
3	Babin, Andre	CH	-	1828	13w	½	19b	1	5w	½	2b	0	6w	½	2½
4	Weir, Gary	DV	-	1797	16b	1	9w	1	6w	1	1b	0	11b	1	4
5	Dawson, Alastair G	DV	-	1632	15w	1	6b	½	3b	½	9w	1	V	0	3
6	Paulin, Andrew	CH	-	1607	14b	1	5w	½	4b	0	8w	1	3b	½	3
7	Shafi, Paul	CH	-	1579	17w	1	10b	1	1b	0	14w	½	V	0	2½
8	Rose, Keith S	CH	-	1548	18b	1	1w	0	14b	½	6b	0	13w	0	1½
9	Noble, Ray	CH	-	1442	2w	1	4b	0	15w	1	5b	0	10w	1	3
10	Burnett, Robert	DV	-	1413	12b	1	7w	0	19b	1	11w	0	9b	0	2
11	Atkins, Graham	CH	-	1339	1b	0	18w	1	13b	1	10b	1	4w	0	3
12	McCluskey, James (Jnr)	CH	-	1335	10w	0	13b	1	2w	0	16w	1	19b	1	3
13	Whyte, Nigel	DV	-	1332	3b	½	12w	0	11w	0	18b	1	8b	1	2½
14	Duke, Harvey	DV	-	1310	6w	0	17b	1	8w	½	7b	½	15w	0	2
15	Young, Colin	CH	-	1249	5b	0	20w	1	9b	0	19w	0	14b	1	2
16	Shafi, Declan	CH	J11	1235	4w	0	2b	0	17w	1	12b	0	V	0	1
17	Paton, Lisa	CH	-	1122	7b	0	14w	0	16b	0	20b	0	18w	0	0
18	Mcleod, Robert	CH	-	914	8w	0	11b	0	20w	1	13w	0	17b	1	2
19	Sani, Leonardo	CH	J12	712	20b	1	3w	0	10w	0	15b	1	12w	0	2
20	Dawson, Euan	DV	J10	535	19w	0	15b	0	18b	0	17w	1	V	0	1

Winner

R/up

Dundee/Victoria win 10 - 5 on the night and close the gap on Castlehill. This despite having a player disadvantage. 20 players took part with Castlehill having 13 players and Dundee/Victoria 7! Out of 7 players, D&V had 3 of the top five players, including the number one player Ed Spencer.

Average grading was; Castlehill 1373; Dundee/Victoria 1449

Castlehill were once again out graded and missing a few top players, we had the numbers, but failed to defend our score. Dundee & Victoria deserved their victory and close the gap to; Castlehill 24; Dundee/Victoria 21, a gap of only 3 points with 3 matches left!

Ed Spencer took 1st place on the night with Gary Weir in 2nd. There was a 6 way tie for 3rd place; Dmitriy Payada, Alastair Dawson, Ray Noble, Graham Atkins, Andy Paulin & Jim McCluskey. The results meant that Ed Spencer overtook Dmitriy at the top of the Individual table with 10pts. Dmitriy in 2nd place with 9.5. Dmitriy was unlucky in that he was late due to uni stuff and lost his first round match due to time. There were still a lot of players missing from both clubs, especially the top players. Lets hope the next one will see their return!

Well-played Dundee & Victoria! May be only turning up with 7 players is a new tactic that worked!

All to play for over the next 3 events.

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EVENT FOUR:

Monday 2nd April 2012 at Dundee/Victoria

Winner

R/Up

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EVENT FIVE:
Monday 7th May 2012 at Castlehill

Winner

R/Up

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