The Book Prize Tournament 2023-24 latest: Round 8 has been announced by organiser Peter Przybycin.

The Book Prize Tournament 2023-24 main features:

• It has three Sections, the Premier, the Major, and the Minor.
• There are 30 players, ten in each Section.
• The tournament has 9 Rounds, with one round every 5 weeks.
• The rate of play is 90 minutes.
• Please advise organiser Peter Przybycin of the result of your game.
• The games are ECF rated.
• The Book Prize this year, for each Section, is Nail It Like Nepo, by Zenon Franco. See picture below.

Round 8 player pairings :

Premier Section:

Bill Purkiss has kindly stepped in to play Connor Frost’s remaining games.

Round 8 Pairings:

• Iwan Cave v Andy Mills
• Sam Murphy v Peter Eales
• Graham Stuart v Cary Xie
• Bill Purkiss v Peter Przybycin
• Philip Tarrant-Edwards v Rob Sims

Still to play from round 7:

• Cary Xie v Peter Przybycin
• Rob Sims v Peter Eales

Still to play from round 6:

• Rob Sims v Bill Purkiss

Major Section:

Round 8 Pairings:

• Frazer Burlinson v Nobby George
• John Pellegrini v Patrick Pavey
• John Davis v Richard Meredith 
• Keven Lamb v Alikhan Menseitov
• Daniel Phillips v John Kooner

Minor Section:

Round 8 Pairings:

• Lee Mundy v James Gray
• Geoff Parish v Rose Saunders
• Alan Weaver v Rob Strachan
• Ian Parker v Steve Saunders
• Steve Dunleavy bye

Please play the above games by 26^th June 2024

LMS

Results so far, and current positions, can be viewed on the LMS website pages for the 3 Sections of the Book Prize Tournament:

LMS for the Premier Section

LMS for the Major Section

LMS for the Minor Section