Basildon Chess Club

Basildon Rapidplay 2016 The tournament took place on Thursday 9th June 2016, with 14 competitors. The format was a 6 round Swiss tournament, with 10 minutes plus 5 seconds per move. Sum Of Progressive Scores was used as a tie breaker in cases where scores were level.

It was a competition of fluctuating fortunes. Paul Savin lost in the 1st round to Bill Rippon, but then went on a 4 game winning spree. Dave Kraszewski started with 3 victories, then draw with Sean Clarke in round 4 (the only other 100%er) and David Millward in round 5.

Dave and Paul met in the final round, with Paul requiring a win. A somewhat flawed encounter swung back and forth before Dave found a perpetual with little time remaining, thus claiming the trophy.

Very well played to all who participated and thanks to David Millward for managing the Swiss pairings and Sean for organising the competition.

Note: In the table below, SPS is Sum Of Progressive Scores and SOS is Sum Of Opponents Scores.

6 Round Swiss - 9th June 2016

Pos	Name	Grade	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Pts	SPS	SOS
1	David Kraszewski	184a	1 b12+	2 w9+	3 b3+	3½ w6=	4 b7=	4½ w2=	4½	18	20½
2	Paul A Savin	163b	0 b8-	1 w14+	2 b11+	3 w12+	4 b6+	4½ b1=	4½	14½	15
3	Arunas Gedvilas	164B	1 w10+	2 b5+	2 w1-	3 b8+	3 w4-	4 w6+	4	15	21
4	Tamas Somogyi	168e	1 w5+	1 b6-	2 w10+	2 b7-	3 b3+	4 w8+	4	13	20
5	Daniel A R Hardy-Wallace	139a	0 b4-	0 w3-	1 b14+	2 w11+	3 b9+	4 w7+	4	10	16½
6	Sean A Clarke	154D	1 b14+	2 w4+	3 w7+	3½ b1=	3½ w2-	3½ b3-	3½	16½	20½
7	David J Millward	166A	1 b11+	2 w8+	2 b6-	3 w4+	3½ w1=	3½ b5-	3½	15	21
8	William T Rippon	108b	1 w2+	1 b7-	2 b9+	2 w3-	3 w13+	3 b4-	3	12	21
9	Peter R Laundy	158E	1 w13+	1 b1-	1 w8-	2 b10+	2 w5-	3 b12+	3	10	17½
10	Robert Hewitt	132E	0 b3-	1 w12+	1 b4-	1 w9-	2 b11+	2 w13-	2	7	17
11	Neil G Axe	134c	0 w7-	1 b13+	1 w2-	1 b5-	1 w10-	2 b14+	2	6	16
12	Anthony M Miles	140e	0 w1-	0 b10-	1 w13+	1 b2-	2 w14+	2 w9-	2	6	16
13	Tom Hedaux	92b	0 b9-	1 w11-	1 b12-	1 w14+	2 b8-	2 b10+	2	4	12
14	Ken Laundy	71d	0 w6-	0 b2-	0 w5-	0 b13-	0 b12-	0 w11-	0	0	18