On Thursday, the first round of our annual Club Championship took place. 28 of the 41 entrants were in action, and all 14 games were decisive, with not a single draw!
That’s not uncommon in a single-section tournament like this, with the full range of playing strengths represented, from novice to master. The first round often sees fairly unbalanced pairings, with the top half of the seeding facing the bottom half.
The games all went according to rating, with one exception: Maximo Pollack, rated 1367, defeated our Chairman Chris Rogal, rated over 400 points higher! Congratulations to him.
The second round of the tournament takes place on Thursday 20th June (full calendar).
If you’re a club member and a member of the ECF at Bronze level or higher, it’s not too late to enter: see here for full details and a link to the entry form.
| White | Black | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert F Willmoth | 2202 | 1 - 0 | Riya Aude Barbier-Ramaiah | 1470 |
| 2 | David Lewis | 1416 | 0 - 1 | David Amior | 1920 |
| 3 | Jonathan Rubeck | 1907 | 1 - 0 | Stanley G Jacobs | 1414 |
| 4 | Jonathan Samuel | 1790 | 1 - 0 | Michael Paulins | 1381 |
| 5 | Maximo Pollack | 1367 | 1 - 0 | Chris S Rogal | 1771 |
| 6 | Brendan O'Gorman | 1757 | 1 - 0 | Jonathan Rosen-Webb | 1346 |
| 7 | Tony Artman | 1300 | 0 - 1 | Armaan Nilim | 1748 |
| 8 | Andrew Medworth | 1743 | 1 - 0 | Nick Goulbourne | 1300 |
| 9 | Damien Sobolevski | 1055 | 0 - 1 | Salvatore Pepe | 1705 |
| 10 | Daniel Moosdeen Mui | 1587 | 1 - 0 | Bahram Salehzehi | 996 |
| 12 | Sundip Tailor | 1475 | 1 - 0 | Xuanyi Cai | |
| 13 | Vadim Sobolevski | 0 - 1 | Rohan Theo Barbier-Ramaiah | 1472 | |
| 14 | Kunal Ramchandani | 1462 | 1 - 0 | Pranav Kuckian |