Isle of Man Chess Club.

Manx Cup Defending Champion – Keith Allen.

Manx Cup & Plate.

Pool A.

Round One – 18/11/2025.

	White	v	Black	Result
	Harry Quayle	v	Glenn Cross	1-0
	Keith Allen	v	John Costello	1/2-1/2

Round Two – 25/11/2025.

	White	v	Black	Result
	Glenn Cross	v	Keith Allen	0-1
	John Costello	v	Harry Quayle	1-0

Round Three – 2/12/2025

	White	v	Black	Result
	Harry Quayle	v	Keith Allen
	Glenn Cross	v	John Costello

Pool B.

Round One – 18/11/2025.

	White	v	Black	Result
	C Watkinson	v	Zahed Miah	1/2-1/2
	Silvester Sipos	v	Brian Towers	1-0

Round Two – 25/11/2025.

	White	v	Black	Result
	Zahed Miah	v	Silvester Sipos	0-1
	Brian Towers	v	C Watkinson	1-0

Round Three – 2/12/2025.

	White	v	Black	Result
	C Watkinson	v	Silvester Sipos
	Zahed Miah	v	Brian Towers

Pool C.

Round One – 18/11/2025.

	White	v	Black	Result
	Simon Furner	v	Brian Woodard	0-1 w/o
	Henrik Fabri	v	Sandor Talas	1-0

Round Two – 25/11/2025.

	White	v	Black	Result
	Brian Woodard	v	Henrik Fabri	0-1
	Sandor Talas	v	Simon Furner	1-0

Round Three – 2/12/2025.

	White	v	Black	Result
	Simon Furner	v	Henrik Fabri	0-1 w/o
	Brian Woodard	v	Sandor Talas

Pool D.

Round One – 18/11/2025.

	White	v	Black	Result
	Ben Bosworth	v	Howard Dobson	0-1
	Alan Ormsby	v	Paul Smith	0-1

Round Two – 25/11/2025.

	White	v	Black	Result
	Howard Dobson	v	Alan Ormsby	1/2-1/2
	Paul Smith	v	Ben Bosworth	1-0

Round Three – 2/12/2025.

	White	v	Black	Result
	Ben Bosworth	v	Alan Ormsby	1-0 w/o
	Howard Dobson	v	Paul Smith

Pool – 7 Round Swiss Tournament.

Round Three – 02/12/2025.

Board	White	v	Black	Result
1	David Dunkley	v	Antony Jackson
2	Kyle Cross	v	Naomi Corlett
3	Jack Hay	v	Tony Robinson	1-0 w/o
4	Lewis Mcgaw	v	Christian Jones
5	Simon Hogan	v	Ben Davies
	Mark McCarrick			1/2 pt bye

Round Two – 25/11/2025.

Board	White	v	Black	Result
	Antony Jackson	v	Jack Hay	1-0
	Lewis Mcgaw	v	Naomi Corlett	0-1 w/o
	Christian Jones	v	Simon Hogan	1-0
	Kyle Cross			1/2 pt bye
	Tony Robinson			1/2 pt bye
	David Dunkley			1/2 pt bye
	Mark McCarrik			1/2 pt bye

Round One – 18/11/2025.

	White	v	Black	Result
	Naomi Corlett	v	Antony Jackson	0-1
	Christian Jones	v	David Dunkley	0-1
	Simon Hogan	v	Jack Hay	0-1
	Kyle Cross			1/2 pt bye
	Tony Robinson			1/2 pt bye
	Lewis Mcgaw			1/2 pt bye
	Mark McCarrick			0 pt bye

Manx Cup Pool Entries.

	24 *	Kyle Cross (IOM)	1711	Rnd 1 & 2
	14	Antony Jackson (IOM)	1653
	16	Tony Robinson (ENG)	1579	withdrawn
	18	David Dunkley (IOM)	1439	Rnd 2
	20	Jack Hay (IOM)	0000
	21	Lewis Mcgaw (IOM)	0000	Rnd 1
	22	Naomi Corlett (IOM)	0000
	23	Christian Jones (IOM)	0000
	25 *	Simon Hogan (IOM)	0000
	26 *	Mark McCarrick (IOM)	0000	Rnd 2
	27*	Ben Davies (IOM pending)	0000
	* late entry

Qualifying Round – 11th November – Clocks 7.30pm.

Board	White	v	Black	Result
1.	Brian Towers (10)	v	Christian Jones (23)	1-0
2.	Naomi Corlett (22)	v	Sandor Talas (11)	0-1
3.	Paul Smith (12)	v	Lewis Mcgaw (21)	1-0
4.	Jack Hay (20)	v	Harry Quayle (13)	0-1 wo
5.	Antony Jackson (14)	v	Ben Bosworth (19)	0-1
6.	David Dunkley (18)	v	Colin Watkinson (15)	0-1
7.	Tony Robinson(16)	v	Simon Furner (17)	0-1

Entries Closed:

		Name.	FIDE Rating.
	1.	Keith Allen.🏆	2111 (IRL)
	2.	Silvester Sipos.	1960 (IOM)
	3.	Henrik Fabri.	1938 (IOM)
	4.	Alan Ormsby.	1889 (IOM)
	5.	Glenn Cross.	1862 (IOM)
	6.	Zahed Miah.	1830 (IOM)
	7.	Brian Woodard.	1817 (IOM)
	8.	Howard Dobson.	1802 (IOM)
	9.	John Costello.	1794 (IOM)
	10.	Brian Towers.	1792 (IOM
	11.	Sandor Talas.	1788 (IOM)
	12.	Paul Smith.	1784 (IOM)
	13.	Harry Quayle.	1717 (IOM)
	14.	Antony Jackson.	1653 (IOM)
	15.	Colin Watkinson.	1627 (IOM)
	16.	Tony Robinson.	1579 (ENG)
	17.	Simon Furner.	1479 estimated (ENG)
	18.	David Dunkley.	1439 (IOM)
	19.	Ben Bosworth.	1435 estimated (IOM)
	20.	Jack Hay.	0000 (IOM)
	21.	Lewis Mcgaw.	0000 (IOM)
	22.	Naomi Corlett.	0000 (IOM)
	23.	Christian Jones.	0000 (IOM)
	24.	Kyle Cross	1711 (IOM)	late entry
	25.	Simon Hogan.	0000 (IOM)	late entry
	26.	Mark McCarrick	0000 (IOM)	late entry
	27.	Ben Davies	0000 (IOM – Pending)	late entry

Manx Cup Quarterfinals – 4 pools of 4.

Pool A.	Pool B.	Pool C.	Pool D.
1. Keith Allen (1) 🏆	2. Silvester Sipos (2)	3. Henrik Fabri (3)	4. Alan Ormsby (4)
5. Glenn Cross (5)	6. Zahed Miah (6)	7. Brian Woodard (7)	8. Howard Dobson (8)
9. John Costello (9)	10. Brian Towers (10)	11. Sandor Talas (11)	12. Paul Smith (12)
13. Harry Quayle (13)	14. C Watkinson (15)	15. Simon Furner (17)	16. Ben Bosworth (19)

Manx Cup Semifinals – 2 pools of 4.

Pool A.	Pool B.
A1.	A2.
B2.	B1.
C1.	C2.
D2.	D1.

Plate Semifinals – 2 pools of 4.

Pool C.	Pool D.
A3.	A4.
B4.	B3.
C3.	C4.
D4.	D3.

Manx Cup – Finals.

	White.		Black.
Final.		v
3rd / 4th Play-Off.
5th / 6th Play-Off.
7th / 8th Play-Off.

Plate – Finals.

	White.		Black.
Final.		v
3rd / 4th Play-Off.
5th / 6th Play-Off.
7th / 8th Play-Off.

Terms & Conditions.

• Manx Cup is a 3 phase pool tournament consisting of 7 rounds, with a 1 round playoff if necessary, 16 only qualify for the 3 phase pool tournament.
• 16 entries & above will result in a playoff to qualify for the 3 phase pool tournament.
• FIDE rated. (1st Nov 2025 ratings will be used)
• Example – 19 entries will result in a playoff 14 v 19 / 15 v 18 / 16 v 17 – even numbers have white.
• In the event of a draw, the winner will be decided by a blitz play-off after all games have finished. The play-off will consist of blitz games until we have a winner, with reversed colours, rate of play of 5 minutes plus an increment of 2 seconds a move.
• Entries that get knocked out of the playoff round will qualify for a Round Robin Tournament.
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• Manx Cup Quarterfinal will consist of 4 pools, each pool consisting of 4 players – total of 3 rounds all play all.
• 1st and 2nd place in each pool will progress to the Manx Cup Semifinals.
• 3rd & 4th will progress to the Plate Semifinals.
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• Manx Cup Semifinal will consist of 2 pools, each pool consisting of 4 players – total of 3 rounds all play all.
• 1st in each pool will progress to the final – 2nd in each pool enter a play-off for 3rd place and so on.

Entries & 1st Round Draw:

• Entries open on the 7th October 2025 and close on the 4th November 2025.
• Playoffs if required 11th November 2025.
• Parings & colours will be drawn on the 11th November 2025.

Start of play:

• Clocks – 7.30pm.

Rate of play:

• All moves in 60 minutes, plus a 30 seconds per move from first move.

Default time:

• 20 minutes after clocks.

Byes:

• No 1/2 point byes will be given.

Re-arranged games:

• If necessary games can be re-arranged to be played on an alternative date / venue, but must be played before the Monday of the last game in that stage.
• It is the responsibility of the player who wishes to change the date to organise the re-arranged game.
• If this is not possible or your opponent doesn’t want to re-arrange then the opponent will receive a default win.
• You must inform the controller before the round in question who wishes to re-arrange the game, when and where the game is to be played; followed up by the result.

Organisers:

• The Chief Organiser is Brian Woodard.
• The Controller’s decision in all matters will be final.

Entry Requirements:

• Federation member. If you are not a federation member it will be presumed that you wish to appear in the FIDE Ratings Database under the Isle of Man Flag (subject to the international rating officers approval) and an application to this affect will be made on your behalf, subject to you providing your full name and date of birth, If, however, you are joining an alternative federation, please advise Brian Woodard. Please note that you must be a member of a federation before the start of the tournament otherwise you will not be able to take part.
• You must be available to play at the venue on the 11th November 2025 and 20th January 2026. Please do not enter if you are not available on those dates.
• Any player under the age of 18 must be accompanied by their parent / guardian for the duration of the tournament.

Tie Break:

• Result between players.
• Number of wins with or without playing.
• Number of games won over the board.
• Number of games played with black.
• Number of games won with black.
• Flip of a coin.

In the event of two players tying for first place in the Manx Cup or Plate Finals, the winner will be decided by a play-off after all games have finished. The play-off will consist of two blitz games with a rate of play of 5 minutes plus an increment of 2 seconds a move, with colours to be determined by the toss of a coin.

If the blitz match finishes equal then the winner will be determined by Armageddon with 5 minutes for White and 4 minutes for Black, plus an increment of 2 seconds a move from move 61, Black having draw odds. A toss of a coin will determine colours.

On the Day:

• No smoking is allowed in the church or its grounds.

That’s all folk!