Report – 29 January 2016

 

Lightning Tournament

 

The tournament calendar commenced tonight with the club Lightning Tournament (5 minutes per player, no increments).

 

A respectable entry of 12 players played in the first round, with John Ryland taking the bye in this round and joining the tournament in Round Two to make 13 entries.

 

The club welcomed three new players with Theodora Brewster plus juniors Daniel Sheldon and Jacques Van Rensberg playing in their first tournament at the club.

 

In addition three faces we had not seen in five years returned: Nathan Shaw (who won this tournament in 2010); Gary Sands (last appeared 2011 Flood Cup) and Rob Joyce (last appeared 2010 Allegro).

 

With 13 rounds to get through on a humid night, it was quite a challenge for the players.

It was also a challenge for the Director of Play Shane Mather who managed the tournament well ensuring the rounds were proceeded with promptly and 12 of the 13 rounds were completed on the night.

 

The tournament favourite Andrew Mather surprisingly lost to Tony Morris in the first round, but then managed to win all of his remaining games despite a few close scares.

 

Joshua Morris continued his steady improvement with a strong performance only losing to Andrew Mather and Gary Sands. Gary had a stellar night, losing only twice to achieve a result that belies his rating.

 

Nathan and Rob each showed signs of rustiness with their efforts, but are likely to improve their performance in the second week of play.

 

 

Lightning 2016: Current standings

All players to play 24 games

No.

NAME

POINTS

PLAYED

1

Andrew Mather

10.0

11

2

Joshua Morris

9.0

11

3

Gary Sands

9.0

11

4

Tony Morris

7.5

11

5

Andrew Robinson

7.5

11

6

Martin Laizans

7.0

11

7

Nathan Shaw

6.0

11

8

Theodora Brewster

6.0

12

9

Rob Joyce

4.0

11

10

Adam Morris

3.0

11

11

Daniel Sheldon

2.0

11

12

John Ryland

1.0

11

13

Jacques Van Rensberg

0.0

11

Lightning Tournament 2016 results in detail

 

Week One results

No.   Player                  Rating      1     2     3     4     5     6     7     8     9      10    11    12    13    Total

1     Martin Laizans          1397!       X           1     0     1     1     1     0     1      1     0     1     0     7.0  

2     Andrew Mather           1812!             X     0     1     1     1     1     1     1      1     1     1     1     10.0 

3     Tony Morris             1392!       0     1     X           1     1     1     0     0      1     ½     1     1     7.5  

4     Joshua Morris           1509!!      1     0           X     1     1     1     0     1      1     1     1     1     9.0  

5     Adam Morris             571         0     0     0     0     X           1     0     0      0     0     1     1     3.0  

6     Daniel Sheldon          539?        0     0     0     0           X     1     0     0      0     0     1     0     2.0  

7     Jacques Van Rensberg    unrated     0     0     0     0     0     0     X           0      0     0     0     0     0.0  

8     Gary Sands              1356!       1     0     1     1     1     1           X     1      1     0     1     1     9.0  

9     Nathan Shaw             1465?       0     0     1     0     1     1     1     0     X            0     1     1     6.0  

10    Rob Joyce               1440??      0     0     0     0     1     1     1     0           X     0     1     0     4.0  

11    Andrew Robinson         1612!       1     0     ½     0     1     1     1     1     1      1     X           0     7.5  

12    John Ryland             898         0     0     0     0     0     0     1     0     0      0           X     0     1.0  

13    Theodora Brewster       1412?       1     0     0     0     0     1     1     0     0      1     1     1     X     6.0  

(14 bye)

 

Round

Week one – Pairings

1

1 - 13

3 - 2

5 - 4

7 - 6

9 - 8

11 - 10

14 - 12

2

4 - 1

2 - 13

6 - 3

8 - 5

10 - 7

12 - 9

14 - 11

3

6 - 1

4 - 2

8 - 3

10 - 5

12 - 7

14 - 9

11 - 13

4

1 - 8

2 - 6

3 - 10

13 - 4

5 - 12

7 - 14

9 - 11

5

10 - 1

8 - 2

12 - 3

6 - 4

14 - 5

7 - 11

9 - 13

6

1 - 12

2 - 10

3 - 14

4 - 8

5 - 11

13 - 6

7 - 9

7

14 - 1

12 - 2

11 - 3

10 - 4

5 - 9

8 - 6

13 - 7

8

1 - 11

2 - 14

3 - 9

4 - 12

5 - 7

6 - 10

8 - 13

9

9 - 1

11 - 2

3 - 7

14 - 4

13 - 5

12 - 6

10 - 8

10

1 - 7

2 - 9

3 - 5

4 - 11

6 - 14

12 - 8

10 - 13

11

1 - 5

7 - 2

13 - 3

9 - 4

11 - 6

14 - 8

12 - 10

12

1 - 3

2 - 5

4 - 7

6 - 9

8 - 11

14 - 10

13 - 12

13

2 - 1

4 - 3

5 - 6

7 - 8

9 - 10

11 - 12

13 - 14

 

 

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