Round 5 of the Book Prize Tournament is now complete, and organiser Peter Przybycin announces the pairings for Round 6 of the club tournament.

Round 5 of the Book Prize Tournament is now complete. You people are keen!

This round saw Geoffrey Parish break his duck with a win against Steve Saunders. Well Done.

John Kooner now has a clear lead with an impressive maximum score.

Round 5 Results

White		Black
Nobby George	1-0	Rose Saunders
Mike Henbury	1-0	Suzan Dunleavy
Don Creasey	1-0	Steve Dunleavy
John Kooner	1-0	Keven Lamb
Steve Saunders	0-1	Geoffrey Parish
Rob Sims	1-0	Rob Strachan

Scores to date:

• John Kooner 5
• Rob Strachan 4
• Mike Henbury 4
• Rob Sims 3½
• Keven Lamb 3
• Don Creasey 3
• Rose Saunders 2½
• Nobby George 2
• Steve Dunleavy 1
• Steve Saunders 1
• Geoffrey Parish 1
• Suzan Dunleavy 0

To see the individual results for the tournament round by round, see the Book Prize Tournament Page.

Round 6 Pairings

• Steve Saunders v Rob Sims
• Geoffrey Parish v Nobby George
• Mike Henbury v Rob Strachan
• Steve Dunleavy v John Kooner
• Suzan Dunleavy v Keven Lamb
• Rose Saunders v Don Creasey

As ever, the player named first has the white pieces. Deadline for finishing round six is now Saturday 14th February 2021.

All the best,

Peter.

Rules Recap

• The Book Prize Tournament is an all-play-all contest, so with 12 players that makes 11 Rounds.
• Although players will sometimes play consecutive games with the same colour, each player will end up having played at least 4 games as white.
• Each Round should be completed within 3 weeks, but there can be some flexibility.
• The games are to be played online – on lichess.org.
• The time control is 90 minutes each per game.
• The winner (or white if drawn) should notify Peter of the result.