2021 Summer Tournament
Like last year’s Summer Tournament, this year’s will not be foiled by coronavirus: games can still be played online. The pairings are made by event organiser Malcolm Clarke in the usual way, and the time control is still 90 minutes per player each game. The games can played online at lichess.org.
The Summer Tournament usually plays out at a pace of about a Round per month over the Summer. When the pairings are announced for each Round, the first-named of each pair plays White.
Summer Tournament Round 1
| White | v | Black |
| Keith Gregory | 1-0 | Nobby George |
| John Kooner | 0-1 | Graham Stuart |
| Peter Przybycin | 1-0 | Mike Henbury |
| Maha Chandar | 0-1 | David Culliford |
| Sam Murphy | 0-1 | Rob Strachan |
| Steve Dunleavy | 1-0 | Dick Meredith |
| Rob Sims | 1-0 | Steve Saunders |
| Rose Saunders | 0-1 | Kev Lamb |
| Patrick Pavey | 0-1 | Dean Shaw |
| Geoffrey Parish | 0.5– | bye |
Summer Tournament Round 2
| White | v | Black |
| Keven Lamb | 0-1 | Keith Gregory |
| Graham Stuart | 0-1 | Rob Sims |
| David Culliford | 1-0 | Steve Dunleavy |
| Dean Shaw | 0-1 | Peter Przybycin |
| Rob Strachan | 0-1 | Geoffrey Parish |
| Dick Meredith | 0-1 | Sam Murphy |
| Mike Henbury | 1-0 | Maha Chandar |
| Steve Saunders | 0-1 | John Kooner |
| Rose Saunders | 0-1 | Patrick Pavey |
| Nobby George | 0.5– | bye |
Summer Tournament Round 3
| White | v | Black |
| Keith Gregory | 0.5-0.5 | David Culliford |
| Rob Sims | 0-1 | Peter Przybycin |
| Geoffrey Parish | 0-1 | Graham Stuart |
| Patrick Pavey | 0.5-0.5 | Mike Henbury |
| Sam Murphy | 0.5-0.5 | Dean Shaw |
| Steve Dunleavy | 0-1 | Keven Lamb |
| John Kooner | 0.5-0.5 | Rob Strachan |
| Nobby George | 0-1 | Dick Meredith |
| Maha Chandar | 1-0 | Steve Saunders |
| Rose Saunders | 0.5– | Bye |
Summer Tournament Round 4
| White | v | Black |
| Peter Przybycin | 0-1 | Keith Gregory |
| David Culliford | 0-1 | Rob Sims |
| Keven Lamb | 0-1 | Graham Stuart |
| Mike Henbury | 1-0 | Sam Murphy |
| Dean Shaw | 1-0 | John Kooner |
| Rob Strachan | 0-1 | Patrick Pavey |
| Steve Dunleavy | 1-0 | Geoffrey Parish |
| Dick Meredith | 0-1 | Maha Chandar |
| Nobby George | 1-0 | Rose Saunders |
| Steve Saunders | 0.5– | Bye |
Summer Tournament Round 5
| White | v | Black |
| Rob Sims | 0-1 | Keith Gregory |
| Graham Stuart | 1-0 | Peter Przybycin |
| Maha Chandar | 1-0 | Keven Lamb |
| Geoffrey Parish | John Kooner | |
| Rob Strachan | 1-0 | Nobby George |
| Steve Saunders | 0-1 | Rose Saunders |
| Patrick Pavey | David Culliford | |
| Mike Henbury | Dean Shaw | |
| Sam Murphy | 1-0 | Steve Dunleavy |
| Dick Meredith | 0.5– | Bye |
2020 Summer Tournament
The 2020 Summer Tournament will seem a strange one in the time of COID-19 social distancing. But essentially, the core aspects remain the same: players will be paired against each other in a series of Rounds over the summer months, vying for the Kooner Cup.
It’s just the ‘how’ that will be different: games will have to be played in which the players are not facing each other across the board.
This is where online platforms such as lichess.org or chess.com provide a solution. On these platforms, games can be set up for the time control desired (in our case this is 90 minutes each as default).
Email or text or other solutions may also enable games to be played.
The Tournament organiser, Malcolm Clarke, has now made the draw for the First Round of the 2020 Chandlers Ford Summer Tournament:
2020 First Round Pairings
| White | v | Black |
| Peter Przybycin | 1-0 | Keven Lamb |
| Don Creasey | 0-1 | Phil Overton |
| James Daas | 1-0 | Rob Strachan |
| Steve Saunders | 0-1 | Sam Murphy |
| Nobby George | 0-1 | Steve Dunleavy |
| Ian Parker | 0-1 | Maha Chandar |
| Rob Sims | 1-0 | Rose Saunders |
| Bye – John Kooner |
2020 Round 2 Pairings
| White | v | Black |
| Sam Murphy | 0-1 | Peter Przybycin |
| Phil Overton | 1-0 | Maha Chandar |
| Rob Sims | 0-1 | James Daas |
| Steve Dunleavy | 0-1 | Don Creasey |
| Keven Lamb | 1-0 | Steve Saunders |
| Rob Strachan | 0-1 | John Kooner |
| Bye – Rose Saunders |
2020 Round 3 Pairings
| White | v | Black |
| James Daas | 0-1 | Phil Overton |
| Peter Przybycin | 1-0 | Rob Sims |
| Don Creasey | 0-1 | Sam Murphy |
| Maha Chandar | 1-0 | Keven Lamb |
| John Kooner | 1-0 | Steve Dunleavy |
| Rose Saunders | 0-1 | Rob Strachan |
| Bye – Steve Saunders |
2020 Round 4 Pairings
| White | v | Black |
| Phil Overton | 0.5-0.5 | Peter Przybycin |
| John Kooner | -/- | James Daas |
| Sam Murphy | 1-0 | Maha Chandar |
| Keven Lamb | 1-0 | Don Creasey |
| Steve Saunders | 0-1 | Rob Sims |
| Steve Dunleavy | 1-0 | Rose Saunders |
| Bye – Rob Strachan |
2020 Round 5 Pairings (last Round)
| White | v | Black |
| Sam Murphy | Phil Overton | |
| Peter Przybycin | 1-0 | John Kooner |
| Rob Sims | 0.5-0.5 | Maha Chandar |
| Rob Strachan | 0-1 | Steve Dunleavy |
| Rose Saunders | 0-1 | Steve Saunders |
| Bye – Don Creasey |
2019 Summer Tournament
2019 Winner: Phil Overton
The 2019 Chandlers Ford Chess Club Summer Tournament champion is Phil Overton. He was presented the prize, the Kooner Cup, by John Kooner. The 2019 tournament had been a well-fought competitive tournament.
The 2019 Summer Tournament began in April. It is organised and run by our club secretary Malcolm Clarke, and is a 5-round Swiss in its format. It is one of three of the Club’s Tournaments. When the pairings for each round are announced, the first-named player has the white pieces. The odd number of players means byes are inevitable, but no player will receive more than one bye. The winner will have their name engraved on the Tournament’s trophy, the Kooner Cup.
Round 5 Pairings
Phil v James; Rob Bird v Peter; Dick v Sam; David v Maha; John v Rob Sims; Nobby v Keven; Rob Strachan v Steve Saunders; Don v Mansa; Ian v Steve D; Rose has bye.
Round 4 Pairings
Malcolm Clarke: “With only one game to be played in this year’s summer tournament I can make most of the round 4 draw:
Definite: Peter (2.5) v Phil (3), James (2.5) v David (2.5), Keven (2) v Dick (2),, Rob Sims (2) v Sam (2), Steve S (1.5) v Rob Bird (2), Maha (1) v Don (1), Ian bye
The rest of the draw depends on the result of Steve D v Rose, but if Steve D wins or draws Mansa (1) v Rob Strachan (1), John (1) v Steve D (1 or 0.5), , Rose ((0 or 0.5) v Nobby (0.5)
– and if Rose wins Mansa (1) v John (1), Rose (1) v Rob Strachan (1), Nobby (0.5) v Steve D (0)”.
Round 3 Pairings:
| Phil Overton | Rob Sims |
| David Culliford | Peter Przybycin |
| Don Creasey | James Lesniak |
| John Kooner | Rob Bird |
| Dick Meredith | Maha Chandar |
| Rob Strachan | Keven Lamb |
| Sam Murphy | Mansa Chandar |
| Steve Saunders | Ian Parker |
| Steve Dunleavy | Rose Saunders |
| Nobby George | bye |
Previous rounds
Round 1: Phil v John, Nobby v Peter, David v Mansa, Don v Rob Sims, Dick v Ian, Rob Strachan v Maha, Sam v Steve S, Steve D v Keven, Rob Bird v Rose. First named player playing white.
Round 2: Keven (1) v Phil (1), Rob Sims (1) v Rob Strachan (1), Rob Bird (1) v David (1). Peter (1) v Dick (1), James (B) v Sam (1), Ian (0) v Don (0). Mansa (0) v Nobby (0), Maha (0) v Steve D (0), Rose (0) v John (0) Bye Steve Saunders. First named player is white and scores at end of round 1 in brackets. B means player had bye, but we need to decide whether to score byes as a full point or a half point. However no player will receive more than one bye in the competition.
The Summer Tournament: general information
The Kooner Cup and replica 2008
The Summer Tournament has been played each Summer for a number of years – since we used to meet at our former venue at Eastleigh’s Railway Institute. The games are all ECF-graded games. The Kooner Cup is presented at a sociable get-together by John Kooner who kindly provided the original trophy and the replicas.
The 2018 Summer Tournament was won jointly by Manoj Chandar and Sam Murphy.
