Southport Chess Club News

The results of the 3rd round games played on Tues 25th Oct are below.  Round 4 won’t be played until Tues 22nd Nov due to Merseyside league matches. Geoff Sage 1-0 Phil Ramsey Ken Payne 0-1 Louis Burt Chris Kaye 0-1 Danny Green Kevin Walsh 0-1 Jane Reece Harry Baybutt 0-1 Iain Smith Barry Pursall 0-1 Tony Yih 0.5-pt byes for Charlie Fletcher, Andy Williams, Harris Khalid and Harry Pollock. The scores after 3 rounds are: 3: Geoff Sage 2.5: Louis Burt 2: Phil Ramsey, Danny Green, Charlie Fletcher, Jane Reece, Harry Pollock 1.5: Iain Smith, Tony Yih 1: Chris Kaye, Ken Payne, Harry Baybutt, Andy Williams, Kevin Walsh 0.5: Harris Khalid 0: Barry Pursall Cheers, Phil

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The draw for the 3rd round, to be played on Tues 25th Oct, is as follows: Geoff Sage (2) vs Phil Ramsey (2) Harry Pollock (1.5) vs Louis Burt (1.5) Chris Kaye (1) vs Ged Varney (1) Ken Payne (1) vs Jane Reece (1) Harry Baybutt (1) vs Danny Green (1) Iain Smith (0.5) vs Tony Yih (0.5) Barry Pursall (0) vs Harris Khalid (0) Charlie Fletcher 0.5-pt bye Andy Williams 0.5-pt bye Any problems, please let Phil know.

The results of the games played on Tues 18th Oct were as follows: Danny Green (1) 0-1 Geoff Sage (1) Phil Ramsey (1) 1-0 Ken Payne (1) Louis Burt (1) 0.5-0.5 Chris Kaye (0.5) Andy Williams (0.5) 0-1 Harry Pollock (0.5) Tony Yih (0.5) 0-1 Charlie Fletcher (0.5) Jane Reece (0) 1-0 Barry Pursall (0) Harry Baybutt (0) 1-0 Harris Khalid (0) Iain Smith (0) 0.5-pt bye Ged Varney (0.5) 0.5-pt bye

2nd round to be played on Tues 18th Oct at 7.45pm Danny Green (1) vs Geoff Sage (1) Phil Ramsey (1) vs Ken Payne (1) Louis Burt (1) vs Chris Kaye (0.5) Andy Williams (0.5) vs Ged Varney (0.5) Tony Yih (0.5) vs Charlie Fletcher (0.5) Jane Reece (0) vs Barry Pursall (0) Harry Baybutt (0) vs Harris (0) Iain Smith 0.5-pt bye Any problems please let me know. Phil

The Club Championship started last Tuesday.  The games were hard fought but the results eventually followed the seeding, except well done to Andy for holding Charlie to a dramatic and well deserved draw.  The 1st round results were: Geoff Sage  1 - 0  Jane Reece Iain Smith  0 - 1  Phil Ramsey Ken Payne  1 - 0  Harry Baybutt Barry Pursall  0 - 1  Danny Green Charlie Fletcher  0.5 - 0.5  Andy Williams Harris  0 - 1  Louis Burt Chris Kaye  0.5 bye Ged Varney  0.5 bye Tony Yih  0.5 bye The 2nd round will be played on Tues 18th Oct.  The draw will be made a week before.  Anyone requiring a half-point bye for the next round, please let Phil know before the draw is made.

The Club Championship will be held on 5 Tuesdays before Xmas, on 4th Oct, 18th Oct, 25th Oct, 22nd Nov and 6th Dec. The time limit will be 1 hour for each player. A half-point bye (one per person) will be available on any round if you inform Phil the week before. A tie-break will be played if the top scores are level after 5 rounds. Sign-up at the club or by email to Phil, by 7:35pm on Tues 4th Oct.  Round 1 will start at 7:45pm. Results and pairings will be posted on the website.