Summer Tournament 2024 announced

The Summer Tournament 2024 starts as its organiser Malcolm Clarke announces the player pairings for the first Round.

The Summer Tournament runs during the summer, and is a 5-round Swiss format between May and September. Usually in the Summer Tournaments, the winner’s name is engraved on the Kooner Cup and the winner receives a replica of the Cup. The organiser is Malcolm Clarke.

The Summer Tournament is usually 5 Rounds over the summer months – about a month per Round. The winner receives the Kooner Cup for a year and usually gets to keep a replica. The games are standard play in terms of time control, 90 minutes each player.

Summer Tournament prize: the Kooner Cup
Summer Tournament prize: the Kooner Cup

Whilst all the results will show on the Summer Tournament Page, see LMS (League Management System) for more up to date results as it will be updated more frequently.

Player Pairings for Round 1

  • Iwan Cave v John Davis
  • Patrick Pavey v Keith Gregory
  • Matthew Staniforth v John Kooner
  • Rob Strachan v Eric Jones
  • Graham Stuart v Alan Weaver
  • Hin Long Isaac Yip v Peter Przybycin
  • Andrew Mills v James Gray
  • Geoff Parish v David Culliford
  • Sam Murphy v Rose Saunders
  • Steve Dunleavy v Robert Sims
  • Keven Lamb v Steve Saunders
  • Theo Horne v Cary Xie
  • Alikhan Menseitov v Mike Davis

Summer Tournament 2024 Rules

  • The Summer Tournament is a 5-round swiss event.
  • Rate of play: games can be played at either 80 mins + 10 secs or 90 mins for the whole game. If players cannot agree on time control 90 mins is to be used.
  • When the Round Pairings are announced, the first-named plays as white.
  • Notify Malcolm Clarke of the results.

Click on the button below to see the Summer Tournament 2023 Page: