Tournament organiser Steve Dunleavy announces the draw for Round 2 of the Knockout 2023 . Eight players have made it through the Preliminary round and the first round, whilst 20 have been eliminated. Who will go through from this Round – the Quarter Finals?

Knockout 2023 Round 2 draw: the Quarter Finals

• Graham Stuart vs Rob Sims
• Andy Mills vs John Davis
• Patrick Pavey vs Iwan Cave
• Cary Xie vs Keith Gregory

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.

The Book Prize Tournament 2022-23 organiser Peter Przybycin announces Round 9 – the last Round of the event . The pairings are for the Minor, which has 9 Rounds: the other sections had fewer Rounds.

Iwan and Keith expect to play their final round game on Tuesday 18^th July. Iwan needs a draw to clinch the book prize, but Keith needs to win.

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

The Minor section title is between Lee Mundy and Daniel Phillips. Daniel is currently half a point ahead of Lee. Mathematically, no other player can now win the minor section.

Book Prize 2022-23 Round 9 pairings:

Minor Section

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

Games still to play from round 8:

Minor Section

• Alan Weaver v Steve Saunders
• Rob Strachan v Rose Saunders

Premier Section

• Iwan Cave v Keith Gregory

Please play all the above games by 15th August, when this tournament will close.

I plan for the next Book Prize Tournament to commence early in September, and I will be asking for entries shortly.

Current Positions:

Premier section:

• Iwan Cave 6 (from 6)
• Keith Gregory 5½ (from 6)
• Graham Stuart 3½
• Cary Xie 3½
• Sam Murphy 2½
• Peter Przybycin 2½
• Pablo Vidal 2½ 
• Rob Sims 1

Major section:

• Nobby George 6
• Keven Lamb 4½  
• Andy Mills 4½
• Dick Meredith 3½
• John Kooner 3
• John Pellegrini 2½
• Peter Eales 2
• Patrick Pavey 2

Minor section:

• Daniel Phillips 7
• Lee Mundy 6½
• John Davis 5½
• Rob Strachan 4½ (from 7)
• Geoff Parish 3
• Ian Parker 3
• Rose Saunders 3 (from 7)
• Alan Weaver 2½ (from 7)
• Steve Saunders 2 (from 7)
• Steve Dunleavy 1

Peter Przybycin

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.