Tournament organiser Steve Dunleavy announces the start of the Knockout 2024 competition. This year 29 have entered. Through a series of knock-out rounds, one will emerge the winner.
Knockout 2024 main features
The Knockout 2024 competition comprises a Preliminary Round, with 3 byes, which reduce the original 29 entrants (a new record) 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.
Whilst all the results will show on this Page, see LMS (League Management System) for more up to date results as it will be updated more frequently.
Knockout 2024 Rules
- a. The player named first plays with white.
- b. Games to be played at a rate of play of 80+10.
- c. 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.
- d. In the event of a draw colours are to be reversed and the game still to be played by the 21st April.
- e. 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.
- f. There were 29 entries, 3 byes, and 13 preliminary games will take us to 16 and then 8,4,2 thereafter.
- g. Enjoy the competition!
The Knockout 2023 Preliminary Round
| White | v | Black |
| Keven Lamb | 0-1 | Matt Staniforth |
| Nobby George | 0-1 | Philip Tarrant-Edwards |
| Daniel Phillips | 0.5 – 0.5 | Eric Jones |
| Keith Gregory | 1-0 | Graham Stuart |
| John Kooner | 1-0 (def) | Theo Horne |
| Peter Przybycin | 1-0 | James Gray |
| Patrick Pavey | 0-1 | Ian Parker |
| Steve Dunleavy | 1-0 | Rose Saunders |
| Geoff Parish | 0-1 | Bill Purkiss |
| Alikhan Menseitov | 1-0 | Steve Saunders |
| Andy Mills | 1-0 (def) | Peter Eales |
| Alan Weaver | 0-1 | David Culliford |
| Rob Strachan | 0-1 | Iwan Cave |
| Eric Jones | 1-0 | Daniel Phillips |
Preliminary Round Byes: Sam Murphy, Christian Westbrook, Rob Sims.
Round 1
| White | v | Black |
| Christian Westbrook | 0-1 | Iwan Cave |
| Peter Przybycin | 1-0 | Sam Murphy |
| Rob Sims | 0.5 – 0.5 | John Kooner |
| Matthew Staniforth | 1-0 | Eric Jones |
| Keith Gregory | 1-0 | Alikhan Menseitov |
| Philip Tarrant-Edwards | 1-0 | Steve Dunleavy |
| Andy Mills | 0.5 – 0.5 | David Culliford |
| Ian Parker | 0-1 | Bill Purkiss |
| John Kooner | 0.5 – 0.5 | Rob Sims |
| David Culliford | 0-1 | Andrew Mills |
Round 2: the Quarter-finals
| White | v | Black |
| Matthew Staniforth | 1-0 | Keith Gregory |
| William Purkiss | 0(def)-1 | Andrew Mills |
| John Kooner | 0-1 | Peter Przybycin |
| Philip Tarrant-Edwards | 0-1 | Iwan Cave |
Round 3: the Semi-finals
| White | v | Black |
| Iwan Cave | 1-0 | Matthew Staniforth |
| Peter Przybycin | 0-1 | Andrew Mills |
Round 4: the Final
| White | v | Black |
| Iwan Cave | Andrew Mills |