wlg03

Wanstead & Woodford Chess Club

Lightning Championship – 30^th September 2003

No	Name	Grade	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
2	Julian Winkworth	170	10wW	5bW	1wW	4bD	3wD	7bD	8wW	5½
1	Li Wu	198	9bW	6wW	2bL	17wW	5bD	4wW	10bW	5½
5	Terry Whitton	145	13bW	2wL	8bW	7wW	1wD	3bW	4bD	5
3	Steve Gilmour	156	11bW	8wD	4bD	6wW	2bD	5wL	7wW	4½
4	Paul Barclay	151	12wW	17bW	3wD	2wD	8bW	1bL	5wD	4½
6	Graham Brown	140	14wW	1bL	12wW	3bL	10wL	15bW	13bW	4
9	Sid Burns	116	1wL	12bL	13wW	14bW	11wL	16bW	17bW	4
10	Rico Santaniello	114	2bL	15wW	16bW	8wL	6bW	17wW	1wL	4
11	Bob Heyman	112	3wL	14bW	7wL	16bW	9bW	8wL	bye-	4
7	David Smith	139	15bL	13wW	11bW	5bL	12wW	2wD	3bL	3½
8	John Keehner	132	16wW	3bD	5wL	10bW	4wL	11bW	2bL	3½
12	Tom Winkworth	97	4bL	9wW	6bL	15wW	7bL	bye-	14wL	3
14	Fin O'Regan	88	6bL	11wL	bye-	9wL	17bL	13wW	12bW	3
15	John Tuitt	80	7wW	10bL	17wL	12bL	bye-	6wL	16wW	3
17	Arie Niewerf	78	bye-	4wL	15bW	1bL	14wW	10bL	9wL	3
16	Ken Murray	78	8bL	bye-	10wL	11wL	13bW	9wL	15bL	2
13	Wim De Jong	89	5wL	7bL	9bL	bye-	16wL	14bL	6wL	1

Julian Winkworth is Lightning Champion, having beaten Li Wu in their individual game.

Prizes

=1 Julian Winkworth, Li Wu £7.00 each

3rd Terry Whitton £3.00

Grading (U100)

Tom Winkworth, Fin O’Regan,
John Tuitt and Arie Niewerf £1.50 each

Report by Ian Hunnable

Technology was in evidence at this event, a Swiss pairing program developed by recent former member John Campbell was being used for the second year and my old BBC Micro was programmed to produce the buzz every 10 seconds.

However, but for some quick action, the Essex County teams might have needed to seek a new home venue when shortly after the end of round 4, the buzzer was seen to be belching smoke. Appropriately enough, the alarm was raised by Sid Burns (groan). Fortunately, the conflagration was spotted in time and switching off was sufficient to avoid a disaster.

The 17-player event itself was exciting enough. In round 3, Julian Winkworth upset the form book by beating hot favourite Li Wu with the white pieces. But Julian then conceded three draws allowing Li to recover the lost ground.

After round 6, with one round to go, no fewer than three players were tied in the lead on 4½ - Li Wu, Julian Winkworth and Terry Whitton. In the final round, Terry conceded a draw to Paul Barclay but both Julian and Li won, to share first place with 5½. Julian Winkworth was declared Lightning Champion by virtue of having won their individual game. The grading prize (U100) was also tightly contested, ending in a four-way tie on 3 points, between Tom Winkworth, Fin O’Regan, John Tuitt and Arie Niewerf.

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