2022/23 Club Championship – Results
2023 Club Champion
Gustavo Leon Cazares
Gustavo’s first year with the club has been a very successful one. As well as supporting our Empire team cement their place in Division 1, he managed an impressive 5 wins and 1 draw for a total of 5.5 out of 6 to be crowned the 2023 Club Champion!
2023 Major winner
Ray Devenney
After a hard fought playoff this year Ray managed to defeat Paul 1.5 v 0.5 to secure the Major title!
2023 Minor Winner
Paul Costello
A great result for one of our senior members, even had a hard fought playoff to try and win the Major!
2022 / 23 Club Championship – Final Standings
Congratulations to Gustavo Leon Cazares who, as already announced, is our Club Champion for this year.
Congratulations to Emma Salazar who is our Junior Champion.
Ray Devenney and Paul Costello played a two round play-off to decide who would be Major winner. Ray won.
Despite losing the Major play-off, Paul is the Minor winner , so congratulations to him as well.
There are a couple of contenders for most improved player in the Club Championship based on October 2022 ratings. I am awarding this prize to David Pritchard who was rated 1450 in October 2022 and got a creditable 3 points, so congratulations to him as well.
Prizes will be presented at our AGM in October.
Thanks to everyone who participated in the Club Championship. We ended up with 23 players. Three others dropped out, all for reasons unconnected with chess. All but one game were completed, nearly all on time despite the busy chess schedule we now have.
I will appreciate any suggestions as to how the Club Championship might be improved next year. We can start earlier in the year which will allow a bit more time between rounds.
| Name | Competition | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| Leon Cazares Gustavo | Open | 5½ |
| Hartman Stefan | Open | 5 |
| Armbruster David | Open | 4½ |
| Ross James W | Open | 4 |
| Casos Huerta Marcos | Open | 4 |
| Pollock Murray | Open | 4 |
| Riding Mick D | Open | 4 |
| Costello Paul T | Minor | 3½ |
| Liddle John | Open | 3½ |
| Devenney Ray | Major | 3½ |
| Pritchard David | Minor | 3 |
| Shanbhag Shruti | Major | 3 |
| Eggleston Steven | Major | 3 |
| Salazar Eyre Emma | Major/Junior | 3 |
| Chester Ian B | Major | 3 |
| Heyman Robert | Major | 2½ |
| Wilde Steven | Minor | 2½ |
| Steven Laura | Major | 2½ |
| Wu Feitong | Minor/Junior | 2½ |
| McGuinness Ken | Minor | 2 |
| Tong Daniel | Minor/Junior | 2 |
| Cheung Aaron | Minor/Junior | 2 |
| Chan Joe | Major | 1 |
