Basildon Chess Club

Basildon Club Rapid 2018 The tournament took place on Thursday 21st June 2018, with 14 competitors (although there were 3 dropouts after round 2). 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.

There was less tension compared to previous years, as the red-hot David Millward raced to a faultless 5/5, thus winning the tournament with a round to spare. Sean Clarke prised half a point from David in the final round to secure the runners-up spot.
Special mention also to Bill Rippon who scored a very creditable 3½ in a very strong field.

Many thanks to all who participated and in particular David Millward for managing the Swiss pairings.

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

6 Round Swiss - 21st June 2018

Pos	Name	Grade	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Pts	SPS	SOS
1	David J Millward	164A	1 b11+	2 w8+	3 b6+	4 w5+	5 b3+	5½ w2=	5½	20½	19
2	Sean A Clarke	165C	1 w12+	1 b6-	2 w9+	3 b4+	4 w7+	4½ b1=	4½	15½	20½
3	David Kraszewski	176D	1 b7+	2 w4+	2½ b5=	3 w6=	3 w1-	4 b8+	4	15½	22½
4	Peter R Laundy	154C	1 w10+	1 b3-	2 b8+	2 w2-	3 b9+	4 w5+	4	13	19½
5	Paul A Savin	164D	1 w13+	2 b12+	2½ w3=	2½ b1-	2½ w6+	3½ b4-	3½	15	21
6	Arunas Gedvilas	161D	1 b14+	2 w2+	2 w1-	2½ b3=	2½ b5-	3½ w10+	3½	13½	21½
7	William T Rippon	136D	0 w3-	1 b13+	1½ w10=	2½ b11+	2½ b2-	3½ bye	3½	11	13
8	Radu V Bara	188E	1 w9+	1 b1-	1 w4-	2 b10+	3 w11+	3 w3-	3	11	18½
9	Tye A Byram	149c	0 b8-	1 w14+	1 b2-	2 bye	2 w4-	3 b11+	3	9	14
10	Justin P Baptie	196b	0 b4-	1 w11+	1½ b7=	1½ w8-	2½ bye	2½ b6-	2½	9	14
11	Tom Hedaux	091D	0 w1-	0 b10-	1 bye	1 w7-	1 b8-	1 w9-	1	4	16
12	Shyam Chatti		0 b2-	0 w5-	withdrawn				0	0	8
13	Bhavana Chatti		0 b5-	0 w7-	withdrawn				0	0	6½
14	Bhavana Chatti		0 w6-	0 b9-	withdrawn				0	0	6