The club where your moves matter
On a cold, icy evening when the sensible thing would have been to stay indoors [no-one else came into the pub all evening] six intrepid chess players braved the conditions and the handicapper's organisation to participate in this Xmas 20 minute time handicap.
There were a lot of very close games.
Brian's win on time over Vlad in the last round left him the clear winner on 4 points.
Tony Leon came second on 3 points. Everyone else finished equal last on 2 points!
The general consensus was that it had been a good evening.
Each game lasted 20 minutes.
Players were divided into groups according to their grades (see groups below)
and then a time handicap (see time handicaps below)
was applied based on the relative group difference between the players.
Groups:
Group 1 - Tony Farrell.
Group 2 - Brian Holdsworth, Richard Hall, Vlad Shaposhikov.
Group 3 - Robbie Merc, Tony Leon.
Time Handicaps:
Players in the same group: 10 minutes - 10 minutes.
Difference of one group: 8 minutes - 12 minutes.
Difference of two groups: 5 minutes - 15 minutes.
| Position | Name | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brian Holdsworth | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | Tony Leon | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3= | Tony Farrell | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3= | Richard Hall | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 3= | Robbie Merc | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 3= | Vlad Shaposhnikov | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |