Venue – Promenade Methodist Church, Lock Promenade, Douglas, IM1 2BT.
Sunday 1st September 2024.
Clocks – 2pm.
7 Boards.
Time Control – 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds from move 1.
Games will be FIDE rated.
FIDE Arbiter – Brian Towers.
Press Opportunity.
Refreshments will be provided.
Entries Closed.
Olympiad Team.
Board. | Player. | Title. | FIDE Rating. | Cap No. |
1. | Li Wu. | FM | 2328 | 001. |
2. | Dietmar Kolbus. | IM | 2234 | 003. |
3. | Henrik Fabri. | 1941 | 002. | |
4. | Alan Ormsby. | 1914 | 004. | |
5. | Sanjay Gumireddy. | 1907 | 005. | |
6. | Glenn Cross. | 1845 | TC 001. | |
7. | Colin Watkinson | 1791 | ||
Cap No = Historical number given for playing for the IOM Federation in an International Team Match. TC = Team Captain.
Youth Challenge.
Yannik Harkort v Patrick Craythorne (coin flip for colours). |
IOMCA Team.
Players. |
Keith Allen. |
Neil Davies. |
Zahed Miah. |
John Costello. |
Howard Dobson. |
Play – Off. |
Play – Off. |
Board positions to be confirmed |
IOMCA Team Select Play-Off.
Board. | ||||
1. | Howard Dobson | v | Patrick Craythorne. | 1-0 (d/w) |
2. | Brian Woodard | v | Vince Hodgson. | |
3. | Paul Smith | v | Antony Jackson. | |
flip for colours on the night. |
d/w = default win.
Venue – Promenade Methodist Church, Lock Promenade, Douglas, IM1 2BT.
Tuesday 20th August 2024.
Clocks – 7.30pm (Please arrive by 7.10pm).
3 Boards (flip for colours on the night).
Time Control – 75 minutes, with an increment of 30 seconds per move for the whole game.
Tie Break – Arbiter present – 5 minute blitz game -reversed colours – game drawn – coin flip.
Tie Break – Arbiter not present – coin flip.
Games will be ECF rated.
Arbiter – To be confirmed.
Players – if you can not attend on the 20th August please let Brian know by the 12th July and we will endeavor to find a neutral venue and date acceptable to your opponent – if this is not possible the player who cannot attend on the 20th August will incur a default loss. Tie break rules as above.
IOMCA Squad.
Ranking. | Player. | FIDE Rating – 01/07/24 | ECF Rating – 01/07/24 | Mean Average. |
1. | Keith Allen. | 2098 | 2144 | 2121 |
2. | Neil Davies. | 1869 | 1910 | 1890 |
3. | Zahed Miah. | 1895 | 1801 | 1848 |
4. | John Costello. | 1824 | 1829 | 1827 |
5. | Howard Dobson. | 1796 | 1721 | 1759 |
6. | Brian Woodard. | 1786 | 1711 | 1749 |
7. | Paul Smith. | 1799 | 1688 | 1744 |
8. | Patrick Craythorne. | 1657 | 1723 | 1690 |
9. | Vince Hodgson. | 1668 | 1530 | 1599 |
10. | Antony Jackson. | 1623 | 1472 | 1548 |