Club championship kicks off

Thursday 10 May, 2018

There were no surprise results in Round 1 of this year’s Club Championship, which started on Thursday.

Favourite this year is defending champion Rob Willmoth. The highest graded challenger is Sacha Brozel.

1. GOULBOURNE Nick 120 0-1 CM WILLMOTH Robert F 212
2. RUBECK Jonathan 171 1-0 ROCCO Lorenzo 119
3. AINSCOW Faye 112 0-1 ROGAL Chris S 155
4. LIMONOV Petr 153 1-0 KAPUR Gul 112
5. MAHTANI Arun 96 0-1 PEPE Salvatore 146
6. SARTENAER Jean-Claude 144 1-0 JACOBS Stanley

Half-point byes:
SHENG Benjamin 55, BROZEL Sacha 204, KENT Anthony R 151, MEDWORTH Andrew 147, MURPHY Nick 138, GUINNESS Niall 105

Round by round results & standings:
www.chess-results.com/tnr341258.aspx?lan=1&art=2&rd=1&flag=30