Kennedy sole leader in club championship

Thursday 9 June, 2011

Recent joiner Craig Kennedy moved into the lead in the club championship after 4 rounds, by beating new member Mehdi Kosari. Ionica Dragomir and Simon Warman share 2nd place, after they drew on top board.

Games

WhiteBlack
1Warman, Simon M196½ - ½Dragomir, Ionica-
2Kennedy, Craig1781 - 0Kosari, Mehdi-
3Bennett, Michael K178½ - ½Willmoth, Robert F204
4Murphy, Nick1120 - 1Eden, Tomer203
5Iwi, David1610 - 1Raoof, Adam N188
6Ainscow, Faye128½ - ½Rogal, Chris S142
7Landau, Jonathan1641 - 0Jones, David139
8Lum, Chris-0 - 1Pattni, Kishan133
9Cooper, John-0 - 1Pliskin, Raymond98
10Goulbourne, Nick-1 - 0Lennard, Graeme119
11Ikuomola, Parris-1 - 0Kosari, Aria-

Byes

  • Half-point: Kent, Kamath, Ainley
  • Zero-point: Jordan, Sabin

Standings

  • 1: Kennedy (4/4)
  • 2-3: Dragomir, Warman (3½/4)
  • 4-5: Raoof, Eden (3/4)
  • 6-9: Bennett, Willmoth, Pattni, Landau (2½/4)
  • 10-16: Iwi, Mehdi, Murphy, Rogal, Ainscow, Ikuomola, Pliskin (2/4)
  • 17-21: Kent, Goulbourne, Jones, Ainley, Kamath (1½/4)
  • 22-24: Lum, Cooper, Jordan (1/4)
  • 25-26: Lennard, Sabin (0/4)

Withdrawn: Lennard

Next round

Very provisional top pairings for Round 5 (unless any of the players below tell Adam they want a bye):

  • Dragomir v Kennedy
  • Eden v Warman
  • Raoof v Bennett
  • Willmoth v Landau
  • Byes: Jones

Other pairings will be done on the night.

Our championship will be graded by Norman Went of Docklands Rapidplay (https://www.spanglefish.com/docklandschessclub/news.asp) – thanks Norman! Norman and yElena also do the excellent refreshments at our regular Golders Green Rapidplay.