Chandler’s Ford Chess Club’s Book Prize Tournament Round 8 has been completed. Tournament organiser Peter Przybycin gives an update and results from Round 8, and he announces the pairings for Round 9.

Book Prize Tournament Round 8

Round 8 is now complete.

Mike Henbury wins again!

With John Kooner losing his round 8 game, it puts Mike into a half point lead over Rob Sims with just three rounds to go.

Round 8 Results

• Rob Sims 1 – John Kooner 0
• Steve Saunders 0 – Steve Dunleavy 1
• Nobby George 0 – Keven Lamb 1
• Don Creasey 0 – Mike Henbury 1
• Rose Saunders 1 – Rob Strachan 0
• Suzan Dunleavy 0 – Geoffrey Parish 1

Scores to date:

• Mike Henbury 7
• Rob Sims 6½
• John Kooner 6
• Rob Strachan 5
• Keven Lamb 5
• Don Creasey 4½
• Rose Saunders 4
• Geoffrey Parish 3
• Steve Dunleavy 3
• Nobby George 2
• Steve Saunders 2
• Suzan Dunleavy 0

Round 9 Pairings:

• Keven Lamb v Steve Saunders
• John Kooner v Geoffrey Parish
• Rose Saunders v Suzan Dunleavy
• Steve Dunleavy v Rob Strachan
• Rob Sims v Don Creasey
• Mike Henbury v Nobby George

As ever, the player named first has the white pieces.

Deadline for finishing round 9 is Saturday 3^rd April 2021.

All the best,

Peter.

Rules Recap

• The Book Prize Tournament is an all-play-all contest, so with 12 players that makes 11 Rounds.
• Although players will sometimes play consecutive games with the same colour, each player will end up having played at least 4 games as white.
• Each Round should be completed within 3 weeks, but there can be some flexibility.
• The games are to be played online – on lichess.org.
• The time control is 90 minutes each per game.
• The winner (or white if drawn) should notify Peter of the result.