Isle of Man Chess Club.

Manx Table 2019

• Baard Dahl 4 (dwwdw) qualified.
• Li Wu 3½ (wddwd) qualified.
• Keith Allen 3½ (dwddw) qualified.
• Henrik Fabri 3 (dwwdl) qualified.
• Sanjay Gumireddy 1 (lllwl)
• Silvester Sipos 0 (lllll)

Candidates Table 2019

• Glenn Cross 4½ (wwwwd) qualified.
• Francis Thoday 3½ (wdwdd) qualified.
• Howard Dobson 2½ (ddwdl) qualified.
• Brian Woodard 2 (ddldd) qualified.
• Sandor Talas 1½ (dlldd)
• John Costello 1 (dlldl)

• Challengers Table 2019

• Sjors Tromp 4 (wlwww) qualified.
• Vincent Hodgson 3½ (wdwwl) qualified.
• Antony Jackson 3 (dlwdw) qualified. (Sonneborn-Berger Method)
• Harry Minor 3 (ddwwl) qualified. (Sonneborn-Berger Method)
• Steve Parry 1½ (lwldl) 
• Farid Louka 0 (lllll)

• Henrik Fabri (w) v Howard Dobson (b) ½-½
• Keith Allen (w) v Glenn Cross (b) 1-0
• Sanjay Gumireddy (w) v Zahed Miah (b) 1-0
• Vince Hodgson (w) v John Costello (b) W/O 0-1
• Brian Woodard (w) v Sjors Tromp (b) 0-1
• Harry Minor 1pt bye.  (sorry)

• Li Wu (w) v Henrik Fabri (b) ½ – ½
• Howard Dobson (w) v Sanjay Gumireddy (b) 1 – 0
• Glenn Cross (w) v Vincent Hodgson (b) 1 – 0
• Keith Allen (w) v Brian Woodard (b) w/o
• Sandor Talas (w) v Paul Smith (b) w/o
• John Costello (w) v Harry Minor (b) w/o
• Sjors Tromp (w) v Antony Jackson (w) w/o
• Baard Dahl – ½ bye.
• Zahed Miah – ½ bye.

• Manx Liberty 2 made their debut in the 4 Nations Chess League                 Division 3 North last weekend.
• 1st match against MM4 – both teams stronger on 3 boards – draw predicted.
• Liberty come out on top with wins on boards 1 / 3 & draws on boards 2 / 5 / 6.
• Mr Fabri decided to take his game well past 7pm – dinner out was cancelled.
• Seriously, he battled hard and salvaged a draw which gave Liberty the win instead of a draw.
• 2nd match against MM3 – Liberty were outgunned on 5 boards – loss predicted.
• Liberty came out on top with wins on boards 1 / 3 / 6 & draws on boards 2 & 4.
• 100% in tact.

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• Sadly no picture of Mr Costello.

Division 3 North Round 1 Results – 10/11/18

• Manchester Manticores 2 4½ – 1½ Bolton & Worsley
• Bradford DCA Knights B 2½ – 3½ Holmes Chapel
• Jorvik 3 – 2½ Cheddleton 2
• Bradford DCA Knights C ½ – 4½ 3Cs 2
• Spirit of Atticus B 1½ – 4½ Shropshire 1
• Manchester Manticores 3 1 – 4 White Rose 2
• Manchester Manticores 4 2½ – 3½ Manx Liberty 2

Manchester Manticores v Manx Liberty 2. 

1. Adam Tyton (w) v Gareth J Haslinger 0 – 1
2. Jon I Lonsdale (b) v Henrik Fabri ½ – ½
3. David F Newell (w) v Robert Akeya-Price 0 – 1
4. Nigel R Livesy (b) v  Mike J Haslinger 1 – 0
5. John Grindrod (w) v John Costello ½ – ½
6. David Pardoe (b) v Brian Woodard  ½ – ½      

Division 3 North Round 2 Results – 11/11/18

• Holmes Chapel 1 – 5 Manchester Manticores 2
• Bradford DCA Knights B 5½ – ½ Bolton & Worsley
• Shropshire 1 3½ – 2 Jorvik
• Cheddleton 2 2½ – 3½ Spirit of Atticus B
• White Rose 2 5 – 1 Bradford DCA Knights C
• Manx Liberty 2 4 – 2 Manchester Manticores 3
• 3Cs 2 3½ – 2½ Manchester Manticores 4

Manx Liberty 2 v Manchester Manticores 3

1. Henrik Fabri (w) v Mahima Raghavendra 1 – 0
2. Zahed Miah (b) v Paul F Timson ½ – ½
3. Robert Akeya-Price (w) v Martin J Burns 1 – 0
4. Glenn Cross (b) v Glenn Trueman ½ – ½
5. John Costello (w) v Richard A Collins 0 – 1
6. Brian Woodard (b) v Steven Potter 1 – 0

• Baard Dahl (w) v Li Wu (b) 0 -1
• Henrik Fabri (w) v Glenn Cross (b) 1 – 0
• Sanjay Gumireddy (w) v Keith Allen (b) 1 – 0
• Paul Smith (w) v Vincent Hodgson (b) 0 – 1
• Brian Woodard (w) v John Costello (b) ½ – ½
• Sjors Tromp (w) v Zahed Miah (b)   0 – 1
• Antony Jackson (w) v Sandor Talas (b) 0 – 1

Harry Minor – ½pt bye / Howard Dobson – ½pt bye.

 

The 2018 Blitz Championship had a healthy entry of 15 players with a slight change to the format. Two groups of 7 and 8 players played a round robin tournament with the winner of each group progressing to the final for a one match play off.

Henrik Fabri took group A with a maximum score of 6 out of 6.
Silvester Sipos took group B with a score of 6 out 7.

 

 

The Final:

Henrik won the toss and proceeded to squeeze Silvester and eventually dominated the king side space – Silvester hit time trouble, simply that was the end.

That’s all folks!