Chandler’s Ford Chess Club Knock-out 2021

The Chandler’s Ford Chess Club Knock-out tournament 2021 is organised by Steve Dunleavy. 20 players start this year: after a Preliminary round 16 will remain, then in subsequent Rounds the number of players is halved.

Preliminary Round

White	Black	Result
Joseph Henbury	Peter Przybycin	0 – 1
Rose Saunders	Maha Chandar	0 – 1
John Kooner	Sam Murphy	0 – 1
Nobby George	Patrick Pavey	1 – 0

Round 1

White	Black	Result
Rob Strachan	Geoffrey Parish	1 – 0
Mike Whitford	Dick Meredith	0 – 1
Peter Przybycin	Nobby George	1 – 0
Dean Shaw	Rob Sims	1 – 0
Steve Saunders	Sam Murphy	0 – 1
Keven Lamb	Mike Henbury	0 – 1
Graham Stuart	Andrew Vagg	1 – 0
Steve Dunleavy	Maha Chandar	0 – 1

Round 2

White	Black	Result
Dick Meredith	Sam Murphy	1-0
Peter Przybycin	Graham Stuart	1-0
Rob Strachan	Maha Chandar	0-1
Dean Shaw	Mike Henbury	0-1

Round 3: Semi-Finals

White	Black	Result
Peter Przybycin	Dick Meredith	1-0
Mike Henbury	Maha Chandar	1-0

The Final

White	Black	Result
Peter Przybycin	Mike Henbury	1-0

The Chandler’s Ford Knock-out champion 2021 is Peter Przybycin.

Chandler’s Ford Chess Club Knock-out 2020

The 2020 Chandlers Ford Chess Club Knock-out starts in June with a Preliminary Round to determine which 8 of the club players go through to the next Round of the tournament. 

The Knockout is one of three internal club tournaments at the club. It is organised by Steve Dunleavy.

2020 Knockout Preliminary Round Pairings

White	Black	Result
Peter Przybycin	Rob Strachan	1-0
Don Creasey	Rob Sims	0-1
Rob Bird	Sam Murphy	1-0
James Daas	Steve Saunders	1-0
Patrick Pavey	Keven Lamb	1-0
Rose Saunders	Peter Eales	Rose goes through

2020 Knockout Round 1

White	Black	Result
Rose Saunders	Steve Dunleavy	0.5-0.5; Rose won replay
James Daas	Peter Przybycin	0-1
Patrick Pavey	Rob Sims	1-0
Rob Bird	John Kooner	1-0

2020 Knockout Semi Finals

White	Black	Result
Rob Bird	Peter Przybycin	0-1
Rose Saunders	Patrick Pavey	0-1

2020 Knockout Final

White	Black	Result
Patrick Pavey	Peter Przybycin	0-1

2020 Knock Out Tournament winner Peter Przybycin presented with Trophy

Peter Przybyin won this year’s Knockout Tournament. The tournament was organised by Steve Dunleavy, who presented the Trophy to Peter (in a socially safe way) last weekend (November 2020).

The 2020 Knockout additional guidance notes are as follows:

1. All games can be played on the internet (lichess.org or chess.com), by email, text or telephone – or whatever format that is agreed by both players;
2. All games played on the internet to have a 90 minute/player time control. Other formats can dispense with the time control unless both players can agree on a method to have a time control
3. All players named first to play with white
4. All games to be completed within 3 weeks(by the 11/07/20) and all results to be emailed to me as soon as possible thereafter, in the event of a draw the time period can be extended by another week(to the 18/07/20) but the game and result must be played/settled by that date

The 2019 Knock-Out

The 2019 winner

The 2019 Winner of the Knock-out tournament was Peter Przybycin. He was presented with the Knock-out Trophy at the Christmas Curry on 12th December.

Preliminary pairings

The Preliminary matches brought the number of players for Round 1 down to 16 players. These were the Pairings of the preliminaries:

THE DRAW FOR THE ABOVE IS AS FOLLOWS(THE FIRST NAMED PERSON TO PLAY WITH WHITE):

1. SAM M VERSUS PETE P
2. IAN P V ROB STRACHAN
3. DICK M V STEVE S

Round 1

Round 1 began on 5th May, and saw 8 of the 16 eliminated. These were the Round 1 pairings:

THE DRAW FOR THE ABOVE IS AS FOLLOWS.THE PERSON NAMED FIRST PLAYS WITH WHITE)

1. JAMES –L   V PETER-P
2. MAHA-C V MANSA C
3. KEV-L V JOHN-K
4. ROB SIMS V NOBBY-G
5. MANOJ-C V ROSE-S
6. ROB STRACHAN  V PHIL-O
7. DON C V STEVE-D
8. DICK M V ROB BIRD

Round 2

Round 2 started on 9th June with these pairings:

THE DRAW IS AS FOLLOWS(WITH THE PLAYER NAMED FIRST PLAYING WITH WHITE):

1)MANOJ C V PHIL O

2)MANSA C V PETE P

3)ROB SIMS V ROB BIRD

4) DON C V JOHN K

Round 2 is due to end on 2nd July, although if the last game(s) are drawn that might move things back a week if there are re-plays.

Tournament rules for the Knock-Out

Tournament organiser Steve Dunleavy sets out the Knock-out tournament rules below:

1. ALL GAMES TO BE COMPLETED BY THE ROUND DEADLINE AND ALL RESULTS TO BE MAILED TO ME ASAP AFTER THE RESULT HAS BEEN DETERMINED
2. CLOCKS TO BE SET AT 90 MINUTES AND ALL MOVES RECORDED
3. IN THE EVENT OF A DRAW THE OPTIONS ARE EITHER A) PLAY A RAPID PLAY THE SAME NIGHT( DURATION TO BE AGREED BY BOTH PLAYERS)OR B)ARRANGE ANOTHER 90 MINUTE GAME PROVIDING BOTH PLAYERS ARE 100% COMMITTED TO COMPLETEING THE REPLAYED GAME BY THE DEADLINE(TO FACILITATE THE SMOOTH RUNNING OF SUBSEQUENT ROUNDS)
4. I WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF ALL DATES THAT GAMES ARE ARRANGED TO BE PLAYED ARE EMAILED TO ME ONCE AGREED SO THAT I CAN MONITER THE PROGRESS OF THE COMPETITION
5. GAMES CAN BE PLAYED AT THE CLUB OR ANY OTHER VENUE AGREED BY BOTH PLAYERS
6. PLEASE EMAIL ME THE RESULTS AS SOON AS THE GAMES ARE COMPLETED
7. ENJOY
8. ALL RESULTS WILL BE SUBMITTED FOR GRADING PURPOSES