Tournament organiser Steve Dunleavy announces the start of the new Knockout 2025 Tournament . He has run the Knockout since the first one in 2017. This year 30 players have entered. Through a series of knock-out rounds, one will emerge the winner.
Knockout 2025 main features
The Knockout 2025 competition comprises a Preliminary Round, with 4 byes, which will reduce the original 30 entrants to 16 players, then successive Rounds halve that to 8, 4, and 2 players, until the winner is revealed.
The first-named player of each pairing plays with white.
The rate of play is 80 minutes each plus 10 seconds increment per move.
The Preliminary Round Pairings
- Steve Saunders v David Culliford
- Stephen Kirby vs Matt Staniforth
- James Gray v William Purkiss
- Theo Horne v Geoff Parish
- Rob Strachan v Andrew Mills
- Sam Spencer v John Davis
- Ian Parker v Richard Meredith
- Steve Dunleavy v Hin Long Isaac Yip
- Peter Przybycin v Robert Sims
- John Kooner v Rose Saunders
- Eric Jones v Graham Stuart
- Alan Weaver v Keven Lamb
Preliminary Round Byes
- Patrick Pavey
- Stephen Lineker Miller
- Chris Button
- Sam Murphy
Knockout 2025 Rules
- The player named first plays with white.
- Games to be played at a rate of play of 80+10.
- All preliminary games to be played by the 21st April (3 weeks time) and the results to be reported to me Steve Dunleavy by email asap thereafter.
- In the event of a draw colours are to be reversed and the game still to be played by the 21st April.
- The draw was made today by myself Steve Dunleavy and Suzan to get the ball rolling as soon as possible after the closure date for entries of the 31st March.
- There were 30 entries, 4 byes, and 13 preliminary games will take us to 16 and then 8,4,2 thereafter.
- Enjoy the competition!
