THE GAP CHESS CLUB

Martin Laizans Cup 2025

 

Time Controls: 60 minutes plus 10 seconds per move (from move one)

Start date of tournament: 7 November 2025

Finish date of tournament: 5 December 2025

 

ROUND 1 -- 7 November 2025

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Score

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Score

Date

Howes, Tony

1

Halloran, Isaac

0

7/11

Herrero, Diego

0.5

Pendrith, Mark

0.5

7/11

Dennis, Jonathan

1

Herrero, Mateo

0

7/11

Robinson, Andrew

0.5

BYE

 

7/11

Samtani, Mahender

0.5

BYE

 

7/11

 

ROUND 2 -- 14 November 2025

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Date

Pendrith, Mark

0

Howes, Tony

1

14/11

Robinson, Andrew

0.5

Herrero, Diego

0.5

14/11

Halloran, Isaac

1

Herrero, Mateo

0

14/11

Dennis, Jonathan

0.5

BYE

 

14/11

Samtani, Mahender

0

BYE

 

14/11

 

ROUND 3 -- 21 November 2025

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Score

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Score

Date

Dennis, Jonathan

0

Robinson, Andrew

1

21/11

Samtani, Mahender

1

Halloran, Isaac

0

21/11

Pendrith, Mark

1

BYE

 

21/11

Howes, Tony

0.5

BYE

 

21/11

Herrero, Diego

0.5

BYE

 

21/11

Herrero, Mateo

0.5

BYE

 

21/11

 

ROUND 4 -- 28 November 2025

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Score

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Score

Date

Howes, Tony

0.5

Robinson, Andrew

0.5

28/11

Herrero, Diego

0.5

Samtani, Mahender

0.5

28/11

Halloran, Isaac

1

Dennis, Jonathan

0

28/11

Herrero, Mateo

0

Pendrith, Mark

1

28/11

 

ROUND 5 -- 05 December2025

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Martin Laizans Cup 2025: After Round 4

Place

Name

Score

1

Howes, Tony

3.0

2

Robinson, Andrew

2.5

3

Pendrith, Mark

2.5

4

Herrero, Diego

2.0

5

Samtani, Mahender

2.0

6

Halloran, Isaac

2.0

7

Dennis, Jonathan

1.5

8

Herrero, Mateo

0.5

 

 

Entries

No.

NAME

ACF Rating

Sep 2025

1

Robinson, Andrew

1452

2

Howes, Tony

1207

3

Pendrith, Mark

1126

4

Dennis, Jonathan

unrated

5

Halloran, Isaac

unrated

6

Herrero, Diego

unrated

7

Herrero, Mateo

unrated

8

Samtani, Mahender

unrated

 

 

 

Tournament Rules

== Games will be played on the night scheduled for each round.

== Clocks will start at or before 7.45 p.m. on the night.

== Players can receive a maximum of two half-point byes during the tournament. No byes will be given in the final round.

== The default time for all tournament games at The Gap Chess Club is 30 minutes (as per article 6.7.1 of FIDE Laws of Chess 2018).

 

Tie-Breaks

Places will be decided by points, then Buchholz tie-breaks, as represented in the Vega pairing program. If players tie for first place, the title is shared.

 

 

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