44TH SOUTHEND EASTER CHESS CONGRESS
| SOUTHEND OPEN | REDBUS KNOCKOUT |
| Players Schedule Results |
Players Schedule Results |
Top Half
King-Adams --- Adams-Emms
Wells-Emms ---- Adams
Rowson-Miles --- Rowson-Turner Rowson
Turner-Flear
Bottom Half ---------------- FINAL Adams-Lalic
[Adams wins]
Speelman-Ward --- Speelman-Hebden Hebden
Chandler-Hebden ----
Lalic-Davies --- Lalic-McShane Lalic
Plaskett-McShane
John Henderson's
Round 1 report.
John Henderson's
Quarter-Final report.
John Henderson's
Semi-Final report.
John Henderson's Final
report.
Final
Michael Adams vs Bogdan Lalic both normal time rate games were drawn as were both ten minute games, the first sudden death playoff game was won by Michael Adams.
Round 3 Results:
Jonathan Rowson - Michael Adams 1/2
1/2
Adams won the second 10 minute game with black to reach the
final.
Mark Hebden - Bogdan Lalic 0-1 1/2
Round 2 Results:
Michael Adams - John Emms 1-0
1/2
Jonathan Rowson - Matthew Turner 1-0 1/2
Jon Speelman -
Mark Hebden 0-1 1-0
Bogdan Lalic - Luke McShane 1-0
1/2
Tie break: Mark Hebden won the sudden death game with black against
Jon Speelman after both ten minute games were drawn.
Round 1 results:
Jim Plaskett
2515 - Luke McShane 2438 0-1 1/2
Bogdan Lalic 2548 - Nigel
Davies 2497 1-0 0-1
Daniel King 2514 - Michael Adams 2715 0-1
1/2
Peter Wells 2494 - John Emms 2546 1-0 0-1
Jonathan Rowson
2499 - Tony Miles 2579 1-0 0-1
Matthew Turner 2489 - Glenn Flear
2519 1/2 1/2
Murray Chandler 2527 - Mark Hebden 2493 0-1 1/2
Jon Speelman 2604 - Chris Ward 2509 1-0 0-1
In the first round of
the 10 min quickplay, Lalic beat Davies 2-0; Emms beat Wells 1.5-0.5; Rowson
1-1 Miles (first two drawn, Rowson going through after winning first 5-min
sudden death); Turner 2-0 Flear; Speelman 1-1 Ward (first two 10min drawn;
Speelman going through after winning the fifth 5-min sudden death).
The time control is 100 minutes plus 30 seconds
per move for the whole game with one round per day and two games per round.
Matches tied at 1-1 will be decided by two ten minute games followed by sudden
death blitz if necessary. The prize fund is £7,400 with the eight first
round losers receiving 200 pounds, second round losers receive 400 pounds,
semi-finalists take home 600 pounds. The two finalists will split 3000 pounds
with 2000 going to the winner if the match is settled without speed
chess.
All Games
in PGN
Games in a Java Viewer
Report on last years event.
Games in
PGN from the original knockout
Last Years Games in a Java Viewer
Last year Bogdan
Lalic and Jim Plaskett shared first place and then had a two game playoff later
in the year.
Games in PGN for the
Lalic-Plaskett playoff match
Games
annotated in Javascript
Report from last years
tournament at Redbus
Credits:
Webmaster -
Alexis Harakis
Managing Director -
Malcolm Pein
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