Isle of Man Chess Club.

Manx Cup 1st 🏆 2nd 🏆 3rd 🏆 / Manx Bowl 1st 🏆 2nd 🏆 3rd 🏆

Final Manx Cup & Bowl – Clocks 7.30pm – 16/01/2024

• 2 (w) v 1 (b)

3rd / 4th Play-Off Manx Cup & Bowl – Clocks 7.30pm – 16/01/2024

• 2 (w) v 1 (b)

Sem-Final Manx Cup & Bowl – Clocks 7.30pm – 09/01/2024

• 1 (w) v 2 (b) – Game One.
• 3 (w) v 4 (b) – Game Two.

Quarter-Final Manx Cup – Clocks 7.30pm – 12/12/2023

						👀
	Game.	White.		Black.	Result.
	1.	Paul Smith	v	Patrick Craythorne
	2.	Zahed Miah	v	Keith Allen 🏆
	3.	Henrik Fabri	v	Brian Towers
	4.	Brian Woodard	v	Glenn Cross

Quarter-Final Manx Bowl – Clocks 7.30pm – 12/12/2023

						👀
	Game.	White.		Black.	Result.
	1.	David Dunkley	v	Alex Hamilton
	2.	Colin Watkinson	v	Vince Hodgson
	3	Kyle Cross 🏆	v	Josema Fernandez
	4.	Lee Wangenheim	v	Sam Rangdale

Quarter-Final Manx Cup & Bowl – Clocks 7.30pm – 12/12/2023

• 2 (w) v 1 (b) – Game One.
• 4 (w) v 3 (b) – Game Two.
• 6 (w) v 5 (b) – Game Three.
• 8 (w) v 7 (b) – Game Four.

1st Round Manx Cup – Clocks 7.30pm – 5/12/2023

	Game.	White.		Black.	Result.
	1.	P Craythorne	v	Alex Hamilton	1-0
	2.	David Dunkley	v	Paul Smith	0-1
	3.	Keith Allen 🏆	v	Vince Hodgson	1-0 (w/o)
	4.	Colin Watkinson	v	Zahed Miah	0-1
	5.	Josema Fernandez	v	Brian Towers	0-1 (w/o)
	6.	Henrik Fabri	v	Kyle Cross 🏆	1-0
	7.	Glenn Cross	v	Sam Rangdale	1-0
	8.	Brian Woodard	v	Lee Wangenheim	1-0

Entries:

	Name.		ECF Rating.		Date.	👀
1.	Keith Allen.		2145		13/11/2023	🏆cup.
2.	Henrik Fabri.		1946		15/11/2023
3.	Brian Towers.		1864		17/11/2023
4.	Zahed Miah.		1809		20/11/2023
5.	Glenn Cross.		1773		14/11/2023
6.	Paul Smith.		1697		14/11/2023
7.	Brian Woodard.		1687		13/11/2023
8.	Sam Rangdale.		1629		16/11/2023
9.	Alex Hamilton.		1604		14/11/2023
10.	Colin Watkinson.		1534		14/11/2023
11.	Vince Hodgson.		1528		15/11/2023
12.	Kyle Cross.		1457		14/11/2023	🏆plate.
13.	David Dunkley.		1262		14/11/2023
14.	Patrick Craythorne.		0000		13/11/2023
15.	Lee Wangenheim.		0000		15/11/2023
16.	Josema Fernandez		0000		21/11/2023

• Manx Cup is a 4 round knockout tournament based on 16 entries.
• ECF rated.
• Random draw 1st round.
• First-round exit qualify for the Manx Bowl.
• All games to played at the club on the designated night.
• For those knocked out rated games can be arranged if required on the Semi-final or Final nights.
• Drawn game will result in a shoot out on the night – 5 minute blitz, opposite colours until we have a winner. (Blitz games only commence once all long play games have finished)

Entries Close & 1st Round Draw:

• 28th November 2023. (before the 5 minute blitz competition)

Time of play:

• Round One – Clocks 7.30pm. (05/12/23)
• Quarter-finals – Clocks 7.30pm. (12/12/23)
• Semi-finals – Clocks 7.30pm. (09/01/24)
• Finals – Clocks 7.30pm. (16/01/24)

Rate of play:

• All moves in 60 minutes, plus a 10 seconds per move from first move.

Default time:

• 20 minutes after clocks.

Organisers:

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

Condition of entry / Personal Information:

• You must be a member of the English Chess Federation before entry can be accepted.
• All results will be submitted to the ECF for grading and it is a condition of entry that players agree to their grading information being published on the IOM Chess Club and ECF websites.

On the Day:

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

That’s all folk!