MATCH NIGHT – Thurs 22nd August 24
# Name Pts Res. Pts Name
1 Drabych Vladyslav 1660 9 v 9 Wan Kam 1586
2 McLeod Alisdair 1622 9 v 6 Smilkle Joshua
3 Rowe Andy 1596 6 v 6 Sneddon Iain 1637
4 Hunter Matthew 1535 6 1 - 0 6 Thomson Steve
5 Young Colin 1427 4 v 4 Thomas Gordon 1292
6 Alijani Afshin 932 4 v 4 Kelly Conor 1378
7 Harley Trevor 1333 4 v 4 Waugh Norman 1158
8 Belen Otero Seijas Ana 1370 3 v 3 Polignano Francesco 1359
9 Atkins, Graham 1302 1 v 3 Neave Stuart 1000
10 Moore Chris 1300 1 v 1 Coleman Daniel 1205
Updated: 28/07/24: 13:35 hrs
The Bob Dunn OTB Summer Championships 2023-24
We have 3 players on full points (Vladyslav Drabych; Alisdair McLeod & Kam Wan). Unless we get a couple of shock results, it`s looking like a 2-way tie for first place for the Bob Dunn Summer, but who really knows!
Round 4 (last) draw is up on our website and takes place on Thursday 22nd August 24.
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Round 2 – 20th June 24
The second round went to the form book for the most part. Colin Young got a good win against Ray Noble, and young Joshua Smikle J13,
got a great result against one of the hardest players to beat, Andy Rowe! Well played the both of you.
We have 5 players on the full 6 points, with two rounds to go.
Round 3 draw is up on our website and takes place on Thursday 18th July 24.
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Round 1 – 9th May 24
We have an outstanding 22 players entered so for the main summer tournament, the Bob Dunn OTB Summer Championships!
You still have time to enter if you want to play in this summer extravaganza!
Round 1 of 4 was played on Thurs 9th May 24, where we had 8 matches on (two matches had already been play), and was a tense and nervous affair for some!
The big shock of the night was in form Ana Belen Otero Seijas (1370), losing to newbie, Stuart Neave! Well, done Stuart!
While the rest of the higher graded players all won, some went all the way, and one in particular, must have been taught chess by Houdini! But I am sure Andy Rowe would prefer to be Steve McQueen on his motorbike from the “Great Escape”, or was that Telly Savalas? Who loves you baby! 
The round 2 draw is up on our website and takes place on Thurs 20th June 24.
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We have 18 players entered (still time to enter!), and the round one draw is now up on the website! The deadline/Match night is Thurs 9th May 24! This means you can play any Thurs night, up to and including the match night!
Good luck to all!
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Entries are now open for the Bob Dunn OTB Summer Championship! Closing date for entries is Sun 7th April 24.
The first round match night/deadline is Thurs 9th May 24
ENTRIES (So far)
| # | NAME | GRADE |
| 1 | Drabych, Vladyslav | 1660 |
| 2 | Sneddon, Iain | 1637 |
| 3 | Rowe, Andy | 1596 |
| 4 | Wan, Kam | 1586 |
| 5 | Hunter, Matthew | 1535 |
| 6 | Noble, Ray | 1432 |
| 7 | Young, Colin | 1427 |
| 8 | Seijas Otero, Belen, Ana | 1370 |
| 9 | Polignano, Francesco | 1359 |
| 10 | Harley, Trevor | 1333 |
| 11 | Duke, Harvey | 1309 |
| 12 | Atkins, Graham | 1302 |
| 13 | Moore, Chris | 1300 |
| 14 | Thomas, Gordon | 1292 |
| 15 | Coleman, Daniel | 1205 |
| 16 | Waugh, Norman | 1158 |
| 17 | Alijani, Afshin | 932 |
| 18 | Neave, Stuart | |
| 19 | Thomson, Steve |
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The Bob Dunn OTB Summer Championships 2022-23
ROUND FOUR (Last)
Congratulations to Ray Noble (1531) on becoming the Bob Dunn Summer Champion (OTB) 2023-24 after an outstanding win against Euan Murray (1575) in the last round! It was a nailbiter which Ray just managed to hold on before a mistake by Euan put an earlier end to the match than expected!
Ray`s run included a rare win against Andy Rowe (1572) in round 3, which put him in pole position going into round 4! A draw would have tied the championship for Ray, but a win meant he got it to himself. Euan needed a win to tie for 1st place, so this was a battle and a half for both players! Ray finished on 12 points.
Alistdair McLeod (1531) & Jan Barron-Majerik (1500) both finished runners-up on 10 points. Well played the both of you!
Thank you to all players that supported this event. You are all the life blood of Castlehill Chess Club and it`s internal competitions!
Well that`s it for another season. Once again congratulations to Ray Noble, who has done the “SUMMER DOUBLE“, having also won the Summer Online (joint winner)! Not bad for an old man and chess has-been!
Until 2023-24 season which is almost here!
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ROUND THREE
With three defaults in this round, it kind of spoilt the round, but sometimes life gets in the way! There were some shock and surprise results none the less, with the big one being Alexander Barron-Majerik`s J11 (221) winning against Afshin Alijani (1200) est! Well played Alexander!
Another junior, Leonardo Devisme J12 (UG), also drew his match against Harvey Duke (1313). Leonardo has been improving over the last few months and if he keeps playing, he will be a force to contend with!
Colin Young (1394) was involved in another war of attrition, this time against Robert Jackson (1575)! It was looking good for Robert, but somehow, Colin managed to draw the game with some excellent defence play! What a game!
Old adversary’s, Ray Noble (1531) and Andy Rowe (1572) were once again paired against each other. Andy holds the advantage over Ray in recent meetings, and to be honest, probable had the better of the opening. But during the middlegame, Andy missed a few opportunities, and let Ray back into the game. Ray won the game in the end with a nice combination which won a rook, and Andy resigned. Sometimes it`s better being a lucky player than a good one!
Ray Noble leads the way going into the last round, but there is still work to be done!
Round 4 takes place (Deadline) is Thursday 24th August 23.
For all the results and standings, click the link below.
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The Bob Dunn OTB Summer Championships 2022-23
ROUND TWO
All matches went to form bar one, but OTB on the night, some players missed an opportunity to cause an upset!
Leo Devisme J12 (UG), played a blinder against Alisdair McLeod (1531), and it was a close call in the end, with Alisdair just managing to navigate the choppy waters to get the result!
Afshin Alijani (1300) est, missed a golden opportunity to win against Ray Noble (1531) in about 12 moves! Ray, thinking he was beat, kept plugging away and somehow managed one of the greatest escapes in chess history to win the match! Guess we will need to call him from now on, “Ray “Houdini” Noble“, escapologist extraordinaire!
The shock of the round was a fantastic win for Daniel Coleman (1060) against, Cosmo Bobak (1530) est with the white side. Great result Daniel, did not even need extra time, or penalties!
We have a 4-way tie at the top of the standings after 2 rounds. The 3rd round draw is now up on the website and the matches must be played by Thursday 20th July 23!
Round three summer night/deadline is Thurs 20th July 23.
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The Bob Dunn OTB Summer Championships 2022-23
Round one as usual was top versus bottom. We have an amazing 19 players entered so far, including a couple of new members!
This is a 4 round Swiss, 3 points for a win and 1 point for a draw/bye. Time-Control – 90 minutes only both players.
The only shock of the round, and I say shock, but maybe not, was young Leonardo Devisme`s (UG) win against Cosmo Bobak (1530)est! Leonardo has come on leaps and bounds over the last few month’s!
The rest went to the form book, but a few of the games could have gone either way and by the look on Andy Rowe`s face, he was having a tough battle against the under graded and experienced, Gordon Thomas! Colin Young (1394) was also in a war with new member, Chris Moore, who pushed Colin all the way, but for a missed tactic!
Round two summer night/deadline is Thurs 22nd June 23.
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BOB DUNN SUMMER TOURNAMENT
Four round Swiss: 60 minutes + 30 seconds
Due to a very congested internal competition calendar, plus possible venue uncertainty, the Bob Dunn Summer OTB competition will not take place for 2021-22.
Apologies for this but it does take time to get back to normal after the pandemic. It “WILL” return for season 2022-23!
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THE BOB DUNN SUMMER TOURNAMENT 2022
All dependent on the COVID situation, but provisional dates have been make.
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THE BOB DUNN SUMMER TOURNAMENT 2021
Congratulations to Alastair Dawson on winning the Bob Dunn Summer 2021-22! Also well played Graham Mooney, Robert Jackson, Jim McCluskey &
Ana Belen Seijas Otero for finishing equal runner-up!
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THE BOB DUNN SUMMER TOURNAMENT 2021
Round 2 Report
Most of the results went to the form book but congratulations to Marten Kats (1203) who beat junior wonder kid, Rishi Vijayakumar J9! That was some result Marten!
Trevor Harley (1333) still not fully recovered from his illness managed a fine draw against Jan Barron-Majerik (1500) who is still in “1 MINUTE BULLET” mode it seemed with the way he played! Nice draw Trevor!
Ramit Kanodia J13 (900) did a break dancing job of “dodging the bullet” and salvaging a draw after Martin Chalmers (1505) in a winning position managed to end up without enough material to win the game! Another winning opportunity going a begging again Martin!
Ed Walton (1482) and Andy Rowe (1572) both served up a corker of a match again with both having to settle for a draw in the end!
We have 4 players on full points (6) after two rounds:
Graham Mooney (1866); Alastair Dawson (1800); Robert Jackson (1575) & Marten Kats (1203), but with two rounds still to go it’s anybody’s championship!
The third round draw is now up on the website. The summer match night is Monday 26th July 21, 7:30pm on Lichess. If not suitable for some players please contact your opponent ASAP and make alternative arrangements which “MUST” be before the match night deadline!
Good luck!
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Well despite the pandemic or maybe because of it, we had a fantastic response to the summer tournament with 26 players taking part in round one. The match night was Mon 10th May, 21, with a few matches played on other nights.
The first round used accelerated pairings as we only have four rounds to get a winner. The rest of the remaining three rounds will be ordinary pairings. Remember it`s 3 points for a win and 1 point for a draw. There were no big upsets as everything more or less went to grading form. Ed Walton (1482) got a draw against Ray Noble (1591), but apart from that nothing to talk about.
The second round draw is up on our website and the match night is Monday 21st June 21, 7;30pm on Lichess.org. As we are online and if this date does not suit, players can contact their opponents and rearrange the date and time, as long as it`s played before or by the official match night!
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Entries are now being taken for the Bob Dunn Summer tournament 2021. Closing date for entries is Monday 19th April 21. Please checkout the rules tab.
ENTRIES (so far)
Round 1 will use accelerated pairings. After than normal pairing rules apply.
| # | NAME | STATUS | GRADE |
| 1 | Graham Mooney | 1866 | |
| 2 | Leyton Hackney | 1720 | |
| 3 | Ray Noble | – | 1591 |
| 4 | Robert Jackson | 1575 | |
| 5 | Andy Rowe | 1572 | |
| 6 | Euan Murray | 1510 | |
| 7 | Martin Chalmers | 1505 | |
| 8 | Jan Barron-Majerik | 1500 | |
| 9 | Ed Walton | 1481 | |
| 10 | Subhayu Banerjee | 1444 | |
| 11 | James Anderson | 1440 | |
| 12 | Rishi Vijaykumar | J9 | 1430e |
| 13 | Ana Belen Seijas Otero | 1403 | |
| 14 | Jim McCluskey | 1353 | |
| 15 | Trevor Harley | 1333 | |
| 16 | Gordon Thomas | 1312 | |
| 17 | Marten Kats | 1203 | |
| 18 | Norman Waugh | 1160 | |
| 19 | Kit McEvoy Gould | NEW | 1000 |
| 20 | Norrie Carroll | 917 | |
| 21 | Ramit Kanodia | J13 | 900 |
| 22 | Alexander Barron-Majerik | J9 | 221 |
| 23 | Ananthi Ramachandran | 0 | |
| 24 | Afdshin Alijani | NEW | 0 |
Mon 10th May 21 – Round OneRound Dates (Match night!)
- Mon 21st June 21 – Round Two
- Mon 26th July 21 – Round Three
- Mon 23rd Aug 21 – Round Four (last)
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Due to the on going COVID-19 virus pandemic, this seasons (2019-20) Bob Dunn Summer competition has been cancelled. Apologies for this and hopefully we will be back to a full calendar for 2020-21.
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Entries will open end of March
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Updated: 02/08/24
Standings (after 3 round)
# Name Grade Total Points Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4
1= Drabych Vladyslav 1660 1660 9 3 3 3
1= McLeod Alisdair 1622 9 3 3 3
1= Wan Kam 1586 1586 9 3 3 3
4= Sneddon Iain 1637 1637 6 3 3 0
4= Rowe Andy 1596 1596 6 3 0 3
4= Hunter Matthew 1535 1535 6 3 0 3
4= Kelly Conor 1378 6 0 3 3
4= Smikle, Joshua 6 3 3 0
4= Thomson Steve 6 0 3 3
10= Young Colin 1427 1427 4 1 3 0
10= Thomas Gordon 1292 1292 4 0 3 1
10= Coleman Daniel 1205 1205 4 0 3 1
10= Waugh Norman 1158 1158 4 1 0 3
10= Alijani Afshin 932 932 4 0 1 3
15= Polignano Francesco 1359 1359 3 3 0 0
15= Harley Trevor 1333 1333 3 3 0 0
15= Neave Stuart 1000 1000 3 3 0 0
18 Noble Ray 1432 1432 2 1 0 1
19= Atkins Graham 1302 1302 1 0 0 1
19= Moore Chris 1300 1300 1 0 1 0
21 Belen Otero Seijas Ana 1370 1370 0 0 0 0
MATCH NIGHT – Thurs 9th May 24
| # | Name | Pts | Res. | Pts | Name |
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| 1 | Duke Harvey 1309 | 0 - 1 | Drabych Vladyslav 1660 | ||
| 2 | Sneddon Iain 1637 | 1 - 0 | Atkins Graham 1302 | ||
| 3 | Moore Chris 1300 | 0 - 1 | Rowe Andy 1596 | ||
| 4 | Wan Kam 1586 | 1 - 0 | Thomas Gordon 1292 | ||
| 5 | Coleman Daniel 1205 | 0 - 1 | Hunter Matthew 1535 | ||
| 6 | Young Colin 1427 | ½ - ½ | Waugh Norman 1158 | ||
| 7 | Neave Stuart 1000 | 1 - 0 | Belen Otero Seijas Ana 1370 | ||
| 8 | Polignano Francesco 1359 | 1 - 0 | Alijani Afshin 932 | ||
| 9 | Thomson Steve | 0 - 1 | Harley Trevor 1333 | ||
| 10 | Kelly Conor 1378) | 0 - 1 | McLeod Alisdair (1622) | ||
| 11 | Smikle Joshua (UG) J | BYE |
MATCH NIGHT – Thurs 20th June 24
# Name Pts Res. Pts Name
1 Drabych Vladyslav 1660 3 1 - 0 3 Polignano Francesco 1359
2 Hunter Matthew 1535 3 0 - 1 3 Sneddon Iain 1637
3 McLeod Alisdair 1622 3 1 - 0 3 Neave Stuart 1000
4 Rowe Andy 1596 3 0 - 1 3 Smilkle Joshua
5 Harley Trevor 1333 3 0 - 1 3 Wan Kam 1586
6 Noble Ray 1432 1 0 - 1 1 Young Colin 1427
7 Waugh Norman 1158 1 0 - 1 0 Kelly Conor 1378
8 Belen Otero Seijas Ana 1370 0 0 - 1 0 Coleman Daniel 1205
9 Thomas Gordon 1292 0 1 - 0 0 Duke Harvey 1309
10 Atkins Graham 1302 0 0 - 1 0 Thomson Steve
11 Alijani Afshin 932 0 ½ - ½ 0 Moore Chris 1300
MATCH NIGHT – Thurs 18th July 24
# Name Pts Res. Pts Name
1 Smilkle Joshua 6 0 - 1 6 Drabych Vladyslav 1660
2 Sneddon Iain 1637 6 0 - 1 6 McLeod Alisdair 1622
3 Wan Kam 1586 6 1 - 0 4 Young Colin 1427
4 Polignano Francesco 1359 3 0 - 1 3 Rowe Andy 1596
5 Neave Stuart 1000 3 0 - 1 3 Hunter Matthew 1535
6 Kelly Conor 1378 3 1 - 0 3 Harley Trevor 1333
7 Thomson Steve 3 1 - 0 3 Belen Otero Seijas Ana 1370
8 Thomas Gordon 1292 3 ½ - ½ 1 Noble Ray 1432
9 Moore Chris 1300 1 L - W 1 Waugh Norman 1158
10 Duke Harvey 1309 0 L - W 1 Alijani Afshin 932
11 Coleman Daniel 1205 0 ½ - ½ 0 Atkins Graham 1302
OTB BOB DUNN SUMMER RULES – Revised & updated – AGM – 7th Sept 23
GENERAL
- Participation in this event therefore means acceptance of the Club Constitution, General rules (see relevant documents) and competition rules herein.
- FIDE rules of chess apply except were amended herein by Castlehill Chess Club.
- All matches will be played on a “CLUB NIGHT” on club premises, unless permission is granted by the competition organiser to play another night and place.
ELIGIBILITY
- All players must be paid up members of the club. The committee and competition organiser can grant an exception to this rule under certain circumstances (Example: new member joining late in the season?).
GRADING
- Each player shall have a grading, using the following order below:
- a) Chess Scotland published standard grading; b) Chess Scotland live grading; c) Chess Scotland published allegro grading; d) Chess Scotland live allegro grading; e) Another national association or FIDE grading, accordingly converted; f) Estimated grading given by the Internal competition organiser.
- All games results played will be sent for grading to Chess Scotland.
FORMAT
- The closing date for entries will be set by the competition organiser and these will be displayed on our website.
- Players can enter during the competition at any time.
- The OTB Bob Dunn Summer will be a 4 round Swiss event using either a computer pairing program or by hand using Swiss pairing rules.
- The draw will be made by the competition organiser and emailed to all players; published on our website and on the club notice board (if one has one!). In all rounds the first player named has white.
- Accelerated pairings maybe used in the first round only (Competition Organiser will decide if needed).
- All matches will be fixed a date by default (summer night). The match shall be played on this date unless prior agreement by the internal competition organiser.
- Any matches not played by the deadline will be defaulted by the offending player or players, unless an extension is granted by the competition organiser. If a player defaults for a second time they shall be withdrawn from competition and a report will be sent to the committee for possible further action if required.
- When the draw is published, “BOTH PLAYERS” must make a serious attempt to contact their opponent or risk defaulting the match. In the event of any problems, players must contact the competition organiser.
MATCH POINTS SYSTEM
- The scoring shall be: Win = 3 point; Draw = 1 point; Loss = Zero points.
BYES
- Any player may request a 1-point bye in the first 3 rounds only
TIME-CONTROL
- Time-Control used is 90 minutes each player (only one time control).
- Matches should start at 7:30pm, unless both players have agreed a different time (venue time limits permitting). In the event of an opponent not being present, clocks “MUST” be started 15 minutes after 7:30pm or the agreed start time.
- If a player is still not present after 30 minutes have passed on their clock, they will be defaulted unless their opponent and competition organiser are happy to reschedule (time permitting!).
PLACINGS
- Players will be placed in highest point’s order, with the player(s) with the most points after the 4 rounds becoming champion(s).
TIE-BREAKS
- No tie-breaks in the Bob Dunn Summer tournament (see trophies).
TROPHIES
- Summer Champion & Runner-up.
CONTROL
- The competition organiser and/or committee may make amendments deemed appropriate to ensure the smooth running of the tournament.