Tournament organiser Steve Dunleavy announces the Knockout 2023 Round 1 draw. The Preliminary Round saw the field of players reduced from 28 to 16.

The Knockout 2023 Round 1 draw

• Iwan Cave vs Philip Tarrant Edwards
• Andy Mills vs Geoff Parish
• Rob Sims vs Kev Lamb
• Keith Gregory vs Ian Parker
• Patrick Pavey vs Mike Davis
• Daniel Phillips vs Graham Stuart
• Alan Weaver vs Cary Xie
• John Davis vs Connor Frost

Knockout 2023 Rules

• There are a Maximum of 5 rounds: Preliminary, 16, 8, 4, 2.
• The draw for the Preliminary round will be in May.
• Please email Steve Dunleavy the result and let him know if you are having difficulty completing your game by the deadline date
•  Both clocks to be set at 90 minutes
• The name drawn first plays with white in the event of a draw colours are to be reversed and the game is still to be played(if possible) within the original deadline.
• If possible games to be played over the board at club on a club night, if not both players can agree a mutually convenient venue to play at.
• All results to be sent for grading
• Good luck and enjoy!
• Please keep Steve Dunleavy informed as to what date you have agreed to play to enable him to monitor the progress of this competition.

Book Prize Tournament 2022-23 organiser Peter Przybycin outlines the situation so far, and announces the Round 8 player pairings. Games should be played by 12th July please.

The Premier section winner is still undecided as Iwan and Keith have yet to play their final round game. Iwan needs a draw to clinch it, but Keith needs to win.

As already reported, the Major section has been won by Nobby George.

The minor section still has two rounds to play, and it’s going to be between Lee Mundy and Daniel Phillips for the book prize. Lee is currently half a point ahead of Daniel, and they play each other in this coming round. Mathematically, no other player can now win the minor section.

Peter Przybycin

Book Prize 2022-23 Round 8 pairings:

Minor Section

• Alan Weaver v Steve Saunders
• Daniel Phillips v Lee Mundy
• John Davis v Geoff Parish
• Steve Dunleavy v Ian Parker
• Rob Strachan v Rose Saunders

Games still to play from round 7:

Minor section

Alan Weaver v Rob Strachan

Major Section

Peter Eales v John Kooner

Premier Section

• Iwan Cave v Keith Gregory
• Pablo Vidal v Robert Sims

Book Prize 2022-23 Current Positions:

Premier section:

• Iwan Cave 6 (from 6)
• Keith Gregory 5½ (from 6)
• Graham Stuart 3½
• Cary Xie 3½
• Peter Przybycin 2½
• Sam Murphy 2½
• Pablo Vidal 2 (from 6)
• Rob Sims ½ (from 6)

Major section:

• Nobby George 6
• Keven Lamb 4½  
• Andy Mills 4½
• Dick Meredith 3½
• John Pellegrini 2½
• Peter Eales 2 (from 6)
• John Kooner 2 (from 6)
• Patrick Pavey 2

Minor section:

• Lee Mundy 6½
• Daniel Phillips 6
• John Davis 4½
• Rob Strachan 3½ (from 6)
• Geoff Parish 3
• Rose Saunders 3
• Alan Weaver 2½ (from 6)
• Steve Saunders 2
• Ian Parker 2
• Steve Dunleavy 1

Book Prize Tournament 2022-23 Rules Summary

The first named player has the white pieces.

Rate of play is 90 minutes each, for the whole game.

Games will be played over-the-board at chess club, or at the home of the player with the white pieces. Score sheets and clocks must be used.

Both players should inform me Peter Przybycin of each game’s result via email.