The club where your moves matter
Despite the handicap the tournament standings ended more or less in grade order. A first appearance for Andrew Drabble saw a perfect six out of six score.
Matthew had a baptism of fire playing all of the top group in rounds 1-3 with 18 minutes to their two minutes.
It was impossible to make this an all-play-all but that was part of the unintended handicap.
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 Pogson, Andrew Drabble, Andy Butterworth.
Group 2 - Richard Hall, Neil Todd, John Stevens.
Group 3 - Robbie Merc, John Fozard, Tony Leon.
Group 4 - Matthew Nunns.
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.
Difference of three groups: 2 minutes - 18 minutes.
| Position | Name | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrew Drabble | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | Andy Butterworth | 1 | 1½ | 2½ | 3½ | 4½ | 5 |
| 3 | Tony Pogson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 4= | John Stevens | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3½ |
| 4= | Neil Todd | 1 | 1½ | 2½ | 2½ | 2½ | 3½ |
| 6 | Richard Hall | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 7= | Robbie Merc | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 7= | John Fozard | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Matthew Nunns | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Tony Leon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |