Tournament organiser Steve Dunleavy announces the start of the Knockout 2025 competition. This year 28 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 28 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.
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 2025 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 2025 Preliminary Round
| White | v | Black |
| Steve Saunders | 0-1 | David Culliford |
| Stephen Kirby | 0-1 | Matthew Staniforth |
| James Gray | 0-1 | William Purkiss |
| Theo Horne | Geoff Parish | |
| Rob Strachan | 1-0 | Andrew Mills |
| Sam Spencer | 0.5 – 0.5 | John Davis |
| Ian Parker | 0-1 | Richard Meredith |
| Steve Dunleavy | Hin Long Isaac Yip | |
| Peter Przybycin | 0-1 | Robert Sims |
| John Kooner | Rose Saunders | |
| Eric Jones | Graham Stuart | |
| Alan Weaver | Keven Lamb |
Preliminary Round Byes: Patrick Pavey, Stephen Lineker Miller, Chris Button, Sam Murphy.
Round 1
| White | v | Black |
The Quarter-finals – Round 2
| White | v | Black |
Round 3: the Semi-finals
| White | v | Black |
Round 4: the Final
| White | v | Black |