2nd Kingston Invitational (24-28 July 2023)

[SMoss]

We are now able to confirm the details of, and fields for, the second edition of the Kingston Invitational:

https://kingstonchess.com/tournaments/

Thanks to all those who have agreed to take part. Apologies for the poor female representation. This was not for want of trying on my part. I promise to do better next year.

Thanks also to Lance Leslie-Smith for agreeing to act as tournament controller and Mark Hogarth for agreeing to act as arbiter.

One or two players in the end preferred to play at the British championship, but we were not unduly inconvenienced. I would, though, encourage the ECF to give as much notice of the dates for the British as possible, so other summer chess festivals such as ours can be organised around them.

Stephen Moss
Secretary, Kingston Chess Club

[SMoss]

Chukwunonso Oragwu has had to withdraw from the norm tournament. IM Chris Baker takes his place. Many thanks to Chris for stepping in.

[John Saunders]

Round 1 of the Kingston Invitational tournament is now in progress.

The IM norm event is being broadcast live on Chess.com and Lichess.org - the links are:

https://www.chess.com/events/2023-kings ... norm/games

https://lichess.org/broadcast/ii-kingst ... 0/jUGLvzuv

Round 1 started at 15.30 but one game scheduled for round four was played in advance this morning, in which IM Peter Large (Black) defeated IM Graeme Buckley.

Chess-results link to the event: https://chess-results.com/tnr698789.asp ... ES&flag=30

[John Saunders]

IM Tournament

Round 1 on 2023/07/24 at 15:30
Bo. No. Rtg Name Result Name Rtg No. PGN
1 1 2452 IM Conor E Murphy ½ - ½ IM Andrew J Muir 2225 10 PGN
2 2 2345 IM Graeme N Buckley 1 - 0 FM Roland Bezuidenhout 2217 9 PGN
3 3 2235 IM Peter G Large ½ - ½ IM Chris W Baker 2254 8 PGN
4 4 2243 CM David Henry Maycock Bates 1 - 0 CM Peter D Lalic 2103 7 PGN
5 5 2294 CM Vladimir Li 1 - 0 CM Ranesh Ratnesan 2216 6 PGN

A.P.A. Tournament

Round 1 on 2023/07/24 at 15:30
Bo. No. Rtg Name Result Name Rtg No.
6 1 2173 Alistair Hill ½ - ½ WCM Zoe Varney 2020 10
7 2 2086 Timothy P Seymour 1 - 0 William J Taylor 1985 9
8 3 2224 Daniel Johnson 0 - 1 Michael W Healey 2136 8
9 4 2169 Stefan Bergsson 1 - 0 Philip J Makepeace 2055 7
10 5 2175 CM Mark Josse ½ - ½ CM Robert F Willmoth 2129 6

Round 2 starts at 10.00 UK time...

Round 2 on 2023/07/25 at 10:00
Bo. No. Rtg Name Result Name Rtg No. PGN
1 10 2225 IM Andrew J Muir CM Ranesh Ratnesan 2216 6
2 7 2103 CM Peter D Lalic CM Vladimir Li 2294 5
3 8 2254 IM Chris W Baker CM David Henry Maycock Bates 2243 4
4 9 2217 FM Roland Bezuidenhout IM Peter G Large 2235 3
5 1 2452 IM Conor E Murphy IM Graeme N Buckley 2345 2

Round 2 on 2023/07/25 at 10:00
Bo. No. Rtg Name Result Name Rtg No.
6 10 2020 WCM Zoe Varney CM Robert F Willmoth 2129 6
7 7 2055 Philip J Makepeace CM Mark Josse 2175 5
8 8 2136 Michael W Healey Stefan Bergsson 2169 4
9 9 1985 William J Taylor Daniel Johnson 2224 3
10 1 2173 Alistair Hill Timothy P Seymour 2086 2

[John Saunders]

Round 2 on 2023/07/25 at 10:00
Bo. No. Rtg Name Result Name Rtg No. PGN
1 10 2225 IM Andrew J Muir ½ - ½ CM Ranesh Ratnesan 2216 6 PGN
2 7 2103 CM Peter D Lalic ½ - ½ CM Vladimir Li 2294 5 PGN
3 8 2254 IM Chris W Baker ½ - ½ CM David Henry Maycock Bates 2243 4 PGN
4 9 2217 FM Roland Bezuidenhout ½ - ½ IM Peter G Large 2235 3 PGN
5 1 2452 IM Conor E Murphy 1 - 0 IM Graeme N Buckley 2345 2 PGN
Round 3 on 2023/07/25 at 15:30
Bo. No. Rtg Name Result Name Rtg No. PGN
1 2 2345 IM Graeme N Buckley IM Andrew J Muir 2225 10
2 3 2235 IM Peter G Large IM Conor E Murphy 2452 1
3 4 2243 CM David Henry Maycock Bates FM Roland Bezuidenhout 2217 9
4 5 2294 CM Vladimir Li ½ - ½ IM Chris W Baker 2254 8
5 6 2216 CM Ranesh Ratnesan CM Peter D Lalic 2103 7

A.P.A. Tournament

Round 2 on 2023/07/25 at 10:00
Bo. No. Rtg Name Result Name Rtg No. PGN
6 10 2020 WCM Zoe Varney ½ - ½ CM Robert F Willmoth 2129 6
7 7 2055 Philip J Makepeace ½ - ½ CM Mark Josse 2175 5
8 8 2136 Michael W Healey 1 - 0 Stefan Bergsson 2169 4
9 9 1985 William J Taylor ½ - ½ Daniel Johnson 2224 3
10 1 2173 Alistair Hill ½ - ½ Timothy P Seymour 2086 2
Round 3 on 2023/07/25 at 15:30
Bo. No. Rtg Name Result Name Rtg No. PGN
6 2 2086 Timothy P Seymour WCM Zoe Varney 2020 10
7 3 2224 Daniel Johnson Alistair Hill 2173 1
8 4 2169 Stefan Bergsson William J Taylor 1985 9
9 5 2175 CM Mark Josse ½ - ½ Michael W Healey 2136 8
10 6 2129 CM Robert F Willmoth Philip J Makepeace 2055 7
A.P.A.Tournament

[John Saunders]

Round 4 of the Kingston Invitational starts at 10.00...

Round 4 on 2023/07/26 at 10:00
Bo. No. Rtg Name Result Name Rtg No. PGN
1 10 2225 IM Andrew J Muir CM Peter D Lalic 2103 7
2 8 2254 IM Chris W Baker CM Ranesh Ratnesan 2216 6
3 9 2217 FM Roland Bezuidenhout CM Vladimir Li 2294 5
4 1 2452 IM Conor E Murphy CM David Henry Maycock Bates 2243 4
5 2 2345 IM Graeme N Buckley 0 - 1 IM Peter G Large 2235 3 PG

The game between Buckley and Large was played in advance on Monday so there are just four games to follow this morning.

Conor Murphy now leads with 2.5/3 ahead of Vladimir Li 2/3 and Peter Large and Graeme Buckley on 2/4.

The A.P.A. event...

Round 4 on 2023/07/26 at 10:00
Bo. No. Rtg Name Result Name Rtg No. PGN
6 10 2020 WCM Zoe Varney Philip J Makepeace 2055 7
7 8 2136 Michael W Healey CM Robert F Willmoth 2129 6
8 9 1985 William J Taylor CM Mark Josse 2175 5
9 1 2173 Alistair Hill Stefan Bergsson 2169 4
10 2 2086 Timothy P Seymour Daniel Johnson 2224 3

Michael Healey leads with 2.5/3 from Alistair Hill and Tim Seymour on 2.

Photo-reports are available on the Kingston CC website: https://kingstonchess.com/tournaments/

Live on LiChess: https://lichess.org/broadcast/ii-kingst ... 0/Qqx2HiVo

Live on Chess.com: https://www.chess.com/events/2023-kings ... norm/games

[Jon D'Souza-Eva]

The name "Will Taylor" (playing in the all-play-all event) seemed vaguely familiar and I've finally worked out why - he was the guy who started the Road to Grandmaster blog some twelve or so years ago:
http://roadtograndmaster.com

[Geoff Chandler]

Hi Jon,

The thread here went on for 19 pages. viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2235

[Jon D'Souza-Eva]

Thanks Geoff. I'd forgotten about that thread. One of the last comments on it is by Mark Josse, who Will is playing at this very moment!
[Update] A win for Mark.

[John Saunders]

Yesterday's results and today's pairings...

IM Norm Section

Round 4 on 2023/07/26 at 10:00
Bo. No. Rtg Name Result Name Rtg No. PGN
1 10 2225 IM Andrew J Muir ½ - ½ CM Peter D Lalic 2103 7 PGN
2 8 2254 IM Chris W Baker ½ - ½ CM Ranesh Ratnesan 2216 6 PGN
3 9 2217 FM Roland Bezuidenhout ½ - ½ CM Vladimir Li 2294 5 PGN
4 1 2452 IM Conor E Murphy 1 - 0 CM David Henry Maycock Bates 2243 4 PGN
5 2 2345 IM Graeme N Buckley 0 - 1 IM Peter G Large 2235 3 PGN

Round 5 on 2023/07/26 at 15:30
Bo. No. Rtg Name Result Name Rtg No. PGN
1 3 2235 IM Peter G Large ½ - ½ IM Andrew J Muir 2225 10 PGN
2 4 2243 CM David Henry Maycock Bates 0 - 1 IM Graeme N Buckley 2345 2 PGN
3 5 2294 CM Vladimir Li ½ - ½ IM Conor E Murphy 2452 1 PGN
4 6 2216 CM Ranesh Ratnesan 0 - 1 FM Roland Bezuidenhout 2217 9 PGN
5 7 2103 CM Peter D Lalic 1 - 0 IM Chris W Baker 2254 8 PGN

Round 6 on 2023/07/27 at 10:00
Bo. No. Rtg Name Result Name Rtg No. PGN
1 10 2225 IM Andrew J Muir IM Chris W Baker 2254 8
2 9 2217 FM Roland Bezuidenhout CM Peter D Lalic 2103 7
3 1 2452 IM Conor E Murphy CM Ranesh Ratnesan 2216 6
4 2 2345 IM Graeme N Buckley CM Vladimir Li 2294 5
5 3 2235 IM Peter G Large CM David Henry Maycock Bates 2243 4

FIDE All-Play-All Section

Round 4 on 2023/07/26 at 10:00
Bo. No. Rtg Name Result Name Rtg No. PGN
6 10 2020 WCM Zoe Varney ½ - ½ Philip J Makepeace 2055 7 PGN
7 8 2136 Michael W Healey ½ - ½ CM Robert F Willmoth 2129 6 PGN
8 9 1985 William J Taylor 0 - 1 CM Mark Josse 2175 5 PGN
9 1 2173 Alistair Hill 1 - 0 Stefan Bergsson 2169 4 PGN
10 2 2086 Timothy P Seymour ½ - ½ Daniel Johnson 2224 3 PGN

Round 5 on 2023/07/26 at 15:30
Bo. No. Rtg Name Result Name Rtg No. PGN
6 3 2224 Daniel Johnson 1 - 0 WCM Zoe Varney 2020 10 PGN
7 4 2169 Stefan Bergsson 0 - 1 Timothy P Seymour 2086 2 PGN
8 5 2175 CM Mark Josse ½ - ½ Alistair Hill 2173 1 PGN
9 6 2129 CM Robert F Willmoth ½ - ½ William J Taylor 1985 9 PGN
10 7 2055 Philip J Makepeace 1 - 0 Michael W Healey 2136 8 PGN

Round 6 on 2023/07/27 at 10:00
Bo. No. Rtg Name Result Name Rtg No. PGN
6 10 2020 WCM Zoe Varney 1 - 0 Michael W Healey 2136 8
7 9 1985 William J Taylor Philip J Makepeace 2055 7
8 1 2173 Alistair Hill CM Robert F Willmoth 2129 6
9 2 2086 Timothy P Seymour CM Mark Josse 2175 5
10 3 2224 Daniel Johnson Stefan Bergsson 2169 4

You will note that today's all-play-all section featured a quick win for Zoe Varney against Michael Healey. Here is the score...

[Event "Kingston FIDE All-Play-All"] [Site "Kingston"] [Date "2023.07.27"] [Round "6"] [White "Varney, Zoe"] [Black "Healey, Michael W"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C47"] [WhiteElo "2020"] [BlackElo "2136"] [PlyCount "33"] [EventDate "2023.07.24"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceVersionDate "2023.07.27"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 Be7 12. Rfe1 Rb8 13. Rab1 h6 14. Bxh6 gxh6 15. Qe3 Be6 16. Qxh6 Rb4 {(=)} 17. Re5 1-0

Mike Healey accompanied his final move with a draw offer but sadly for him it was a blunder. Black has a playable position after 16...Bd6.

[John Saunders]

The late Andras Adorjan will be turning in his grave. Black most definitely wasn't OK in this morning's round of the Kingston Invitational. White scored 5-0 in the IM Norm section and 2-0 with 3 draws in the FIDE APA.

Round 6 on 2023/07/27 at 10:00
Bo. No. Rtg Name Result Name Rtg No. PGN
1 10 2225 IM Andrew J Muir 1 - 0 IM Chris W Baker 2254 8
2 9 2217 FM Roland Bezuidenhout 1 - 0 CM Peter D Lalic 2103 7
3 1 2452 IM Conor E Murphy 1 - 0 CM Ranesh Ratnesan 2216 6
4 2 2345 IM Graeme N Buckley 1 - 0 CM Vladimir Li 2294 5
5 3 2235 IM Peter G Large 1 - 0 CM David Henry Maycock Bates 2243 4

This afternoon's line-up...

Round 7 on 2023/07/27 at 15:30
Bo. No. Rtg Name Result Name Rtg No. PGN
1 4 2243 CM David Henry Maycock Bates IM Andrew J Muir 2225 10
2 5 2294 CM Vladimir Li IM Peter G Large 2235 3
3 6 2216 CM Ranesh Ratnesan IM Graeme N Buckley 2345 2
4 7 2103 CM Peter D Lalic IM Conor E Murphy 2452 1
5 8 2254 IM Chris W Baker FM Roland Bezuidenhout 2217 9

The FIDE All-Play-All Results and Pairings...

Round 6 on 2023/07/27 at 10:00
Bo. No. Rtg Name Result Name Rtg No. PGN
6 10 2020 WCM Zoe Varney 1 - 0 Michael W Healey 2136 8
7 9 1985 William J Taylor ½ - ½ Philip J Makepeace 2055 7
8 1 2173 Alistair Hill ½ - ½ CM Robert F Willmoth 2129 6
9 2 2086 Timothy P Seymour 1 - 0 CM Mark Josse 2175 5
10 3 2224 Daniel Johnson ½ - ½ Stefan Bergsson 2169 4

Round 7 on 2023/07/27 at 15:30
Bo. No. Rtg Name Result Name Rtg No. PGN
6 4 2169 Stefan Bergsson WCM Zoe Varney 2020 10
7 5 2175 CM Mark Josse Daniel Johnson 2224 3
8 6 2129 CM Robert F Willmoth Timothy P Seymour 2086 2
9 7 2055 Philip J Makepeace Alistair Hill 2173 1
10 8 2136 Michael W Healey William J Taylor 1985 9

[John Saunders]

With two rounds left to play today, Conor Murphy leads the IM norm event with 6/7 ahead of Graeme Buckley on 5. The last outside chance of a norm was if Roland Bezuidenhout had won his final three games but he drew in round 7.

IM Norm group: round 7 Results

Round 7 on 2023/07/27 at 15:30
Bo. No. Rtg Name Result Name Rtg No. PGN
1 4 2243 CM David Henry Maycock Bates 1 - 0 IM Andrew J Muir 2225 10 PGN
2 5 2294 CM Vladimir Li ½ - ½ IM Peter G Large 2235 3 PGN
3 6 2216 CM Ranesh Ratnesan 0 - 1 IM Graeme N Buckley 2345 2 PGN
4 7 2103 CM Peter D Lalic 0 - 1 IM Conor E Murphy 2452 1 PGN
5 8 2254 IM Chris W Baker ½ - ½ FM Roland Bezuidenhout 2217 9 PGN

Screenshot 2023-07-28 070649.png

IM Norm group: Friday pairings

Round 8 on 2023/07/28 at 10:00
Bo. No. Rtg Name Result Name Rtg No. PGN
1 10 2225 IM Andrew J Muir FM Roland Bezuidenhout 2217 9
2 1 2452 IM Conor E Murphy IM Chris W Baker 2254 8
3 2 2345 IM Graeme N Buckley CM Peter D Lalic 2103 7
4 3 2235 IM Peter G Large CM Ranesh Ratnesan 2216 6
5 4 2243 CM David Henry Maycock Bates CM Vladimir Li 2294 5

Round 9 on 2023/07/28 at 15:30
Bo. No. Rtg Name Result Name Rtg No. PGN
1 5 2294 CM Vladimir Li IM Andrew J Muir 2225 10
2 6 2216 CM Ranesh Ratnesan CM David Henry Maycock Bates 2243 4
3 7 2103 CM Peter D Lalic IM Peter G Large 2235 3
4 8 2254 IM Chris W Baker IM Graeme N Buckley 2345 2
5 9 2217 FM Roland Bezuidenhout IM Conor E Murphy 2452 1

FIDE All-Play-All: Tim Seymour leads with 5/7 from Alistair Hill 4½.

FIDE All-Play-All: Round 7 results

Round 7 on 2023/07/27 at 15:30
Bo. No. Rtg Name Result Name Rtg No. PGN
6 4 2169 Stefan Bergsson 1 - 0 WCM Zoe Varney 2020 10 PGN
7 5 2175 CM Mark Josse ½ - ½ Daniel Johnson 2224 3 PGN
8 6 2129 CM Robert F Willmoth ½ - ½ Timothy P Seymour 2086 2 PGN
9 7 2055 Philip J Makepeace ½ - ½ Alistair Hill 2173 1 PGN
10 8 2136 Michael W Healey 1 - 0 William J Taylor 1985 9 PGN

Screenshot 2023-07-28 070712.png

FIDE All-Play-All: Friday Pairings

Round 8 on 2023/07/28 at 10:00
Bo. No. Rtg Name Result Name Rtg No. PGN
6 10 2020 WCM Zoe Varney William J Taylor 1985 9
7 1 2173 Alistair Hill Michael W Healey 2136 8
8 2 2086 Timothy P Seymour Philip J Makepeace 2055 7
9 3 2224 Daniel Johnson CM Robert F Willmoth 2129 6
10 4 2169 Stefan Bergsson CM Mark Josse 2175 5

Round 9 on 2023/07/28 at 15:30
Bo. No. Rtg Name Result Name Rtg No. PGN
6 5 2175 CM Mark Josse WCM Zoe Varney 2020 10
7 6 2129 CM Robert F Willmoth Stefan Bergsson 2169 4
8 7 2055 Philip J Makepeace Daniel Johnson 2224 3
9 8 2136 Michael W Healey Timothy P Seymour 2086 2
10 9 1985 William J Taylor Alistair Hill 2173 1

Photo-Report at the Kingston CC blog: https://kingstonchess.com/tournaments/

Live broadcast at lichess.org: https://lichess.org/broadcast/ii-kingst ... 0/xuwbapAJ

Live broadcast at chess.com: https://www.chess.com/events/2023-kings ... norm/games

Results: https://chess-results.com/tnr698789.asp ... ES&flag=30

[John Saunders]

As expected, the top rated competitor, Irish IM Conor Murphy, was the comfortable winner of the 2023 Kingston Invitational Masters tournament, held at Kingston University from 24-28 July. He finished with 7½/9, 1½ points of Peter Large and Graeme Buckley.

Final Crosstable

Screenshot 2023-07-29 112754.png

Round 8 on 2023/07/28 at 10:00
Bo. No. Rtg Name Result Name Rtg No. PGN
1 10 2225 IM Andrew J Muir ½ - ½ FM Roland Bezuidenhout 2217 9 PGN
2 1 2452 IM Conor E Murphy 1 - 0 IM Chris W Baker 2254 8 PGN
3 2 2345 IM Graeme N Buckley ½ - ½ CM Peter D Lalic 2103 7 PGN
4 3 2235 IM Peter G Large 1 - 0 CM Ranesh Ratnesan 2216 6 PGN
5 4 2243 CM David Henry Maycock Bates 0 - 1 CM Vladimir Li 2294 5 PGN

Round 9 on 2023/07/28 at 15:30
Bo. No. Rtg Name Result Name Rtg No. PGN
1 5 2294 CM Vladimir Li ½ - ½ IM Andrew J Muir 2225 10 PGN
2 6 2216 CM Ranesh Ratnesan ½ - ½ CM David Henry Maycock Bates 2243 4 PGN
3 7 2103 CM Peter D Lalic 0 - 1 IM Peter G Large 2235 3 PGN
4 8 2254 IM Chris W Baker ½ - ½ IM Graeme N Buckley 2345 2 PGN
5 9 2217 FM Roland Bezuidenhout ½ - ½ IM Conor E Murphy 2452 1 PGN

The FIDE All-Play-All ended in a tie between Tim Seymour and Alistair Hill on 6½/9, with Tim receiving the trophy on tie-break (rating performance). Robb Willmoth, Mike Healey and Mark Josse shared 3rd place on 4½.

Screenshot 2023-07-29 113252.png

Round 8 on 2023/07/28 at 10:00
Bo. No. Rtg Name Result Name Rtg No. PGN
6 10 2020 WCM Zoe Varney ½ - ½ William J Taylor 1985 9 PGN
7 1 2173 Alistair Hill 1 - 0 Michael W Healey 2136 8 PGN
8 2 2086 Timothy P Seymour 1 - 0 Philip J Makepeace 2055 7 PGN
9 3 2224 Daniel Johnson ½ - ½ CM Robert F Willmoth 2129 6 PGN
10 4 2169 Stefan Bergsson ½ - ½ CM Mark Josse 2175 5 PGN

Round 9 on 2023/07/28 at 15:30
Bo. No. Rtg Name Result Name Rtg No. PGN
6 5 2175 CM Mark Josse ½ - ½ WCM Zoe Varney 2020 10 PGN
7 6 2129 CM Robert F Willmoth ½ - ½ Stefan Bergsson 2169 4 PGN
8 7 2055 Philip J Makepeace ½ - ½ Daniel Johnson 2224 3 PGN
9 8 2136 Michael W Healey ½ - ½ Timothy P Seymour 2086 2 PGN
10 9 1985 William J Taylor 0 - 1 Alistair Hill 2173 1 PGN

[Graham Borrowdale]

Thanks for these updates, John. Alongside the goings on in Leicester, it’s been a good week for us online chess addicts. +6 is a tremendous score by Conor Murphy.

[John Saunders]

Thanks for these updates, John. Alongside the goings on in Leicester, it’s been a good week for us online chess addicts. +6 is a tremendous score by Conor Murphy.

Thanks, Graham. The Kingston tournament was really enjoyable and well-organised by Stephen Moss. As for Conor, he's an extremely talented player and close to clinching the GM title (it's thought he just needs to reach the required rating). Also, a very pleasant and personable young man.