Book Prize Tournament organiser Peter Przybycin announces the start of the new Book Prize 2022-3. The Book Prize tournament is more popular than ever and comprises three Sections, 25 players in all. The Book Prize Tournament 2022-2023 is one of four Chandler’s Ford Chess Club tournaments that are played each year. This year’s Book Prize Tournament started at the beginning of October 2022.
Book Prize Tournament 2022-2023
The 2022-23 Book Prize Tournament is now active.
This year the tournament is divided into three all-play-all sections: Premier, Major, and Minor.
The Premier section has eight contestants, as does the Major, but the Minor section has nine players.
I plan to allow four weeks for each round to be completed but, if the Minor section completes any round before the deadline, I might start the following round for that section immediately. This is to allow for the fact that there will be two extra rounds in the Minor section.
Rate of play is 90 minutes each, for the whole game.
Games will be played over-the-board at chess club, or at the home of the player with the white pieces. Score sheets and clocks must be used.
Both players should inform me of each game’s result via email.
In the event of a tie for first place in any section, the book prize will be awarded to whoever wins their individual game. If this is a draw, a tie break game will be necessary, colours reversed. If there is still a tie, then the player with the lower most recent grade will take the prize.
Round 1
Here are the pairings for round 1, all games to be played by 28th October:
Premier section:
- Iwan Cave v Sam Murphy
- Robert Sims v Graham Stuart
- Pablo Vidal v Keith Gregory
- Cary Xie v Peter Przybycin
Major section:
- Andy Mills v Peter Eales
- Patrick Pavey v Nobby George
- John Pellegrini v Dick Meredith
- John Kooner v Keven Lamb
Minor section:
- Alan Weaver v Rose Saunders
- Lee Mundy v Ian Parker
- Rob Strachan v Geoff Parish
- Steve Dunleavy v Steve Saunders
- Bye: Daniel Phillips
The first named player has the white pieces.