e2e4 Uxbridge Premier & Young Masters

[Sean Hewitt]

After 3 rounds there are just 2 players in each section with 3/3. Jack Rudd plays Keith Arkell this morning in the Premier, whilst Lateefah Messam-Sparkes and Charlie Nettleton are on maximum points in the Young Masters.

Results, Pairings and all games for both sections are available to download from the website www.e2e4.org.uk

[Sean Hewitt]

Jack beat Keith. James Holland followed up victory against 2nd seed GM Aaron Summerscale with a draw against 3rd seen IM Graeme Buckley.

Round 5 pairings are online. Top 2 boards are

1 Holland, James P 3.0 ENG 2034 IM Rudd, Jack 4.0 ENG 2251
2 GM Arkell, Keith C 3.0 ENG 2439 Shaw, Peter 3.5 ENG 2164

I'll leave it to Alex to explain the odd looking pairings!

[Alex Holowczak]

I'll leave it to Alex to explain the odd looking pairings!

Doh!

Rudd and Shaw both had 3W 1B, having just had 2W in a row. So they couldn't play each other, because the FIDE Laws don't permit you to have three games with the same colour in a row! The ECF pairing rules do...

I think you'll be quite happy for this though, as it decelerates things nicely; Rudd and Shaw might well end up playing in a later round...

[Alex Holowczak]

In an attempt to raise awareness of a potential clash of heads before it happens, is the Young Masters being rated (and paid for) as an APA or a Swiss?

[Sean Hewitt]

In an attempt to raise awareness of a potential clash of heads before it happens, is the Young Masters being rated (and paid for) as an APA or a Swiss?

Given that all the players have not played in every round, it's a swiss.

[Rob Thompson]

Is James Holland possibly up for an IM norm?

[Sean Hewitt]

Is James Holland possibly up for an IM norm?

He needs a result with black against Keith Arkell in Round 7, and then 1.5 (possibly 2) against two foreign players in the last 2 rounds.

[Ben Purton]

I feel this a good time to mention my former coach Dino who coaches both James Holland and James Adair. He is by far the best coach I've ever had in chess , and this includes people like Artur Kogan and Igor Nataf. He was one of the most under appreciated coaches in Britain. He is living proof that titles dont make coaches.

I mean there is no doubt that he is a special coach, nearly every junior he takes turns in to a competitive one at their age group, i have never seen a coach have such results in Britain. He coached me for free for many months after my mother died to help me improve and he is defo deserves credit for both James's success without a doubt.

Ben

[Sean Hewitt]

Going into the final day, the leading scores are

Premier

Name Score Fed. Rating TPR W-We
GM Arkell, Keith C 6 ENG 2439 2463 0.14
IM Rudd, Jack 5.5 ENG 2251 2424 1.53
GM Summerscale, Aaron P 5 ENG 2419 2357 -0.26
IM Buckley, Graeme N 5 ENG 2397 2319 -0.43
FM Lyell, Mark 4.5 ENG 2202 2252 0.51
Lock, Gavin R 4.5 ENG 2198 2124 -0.53
Holland, James P 4.5 ENG 2034 2350 2.34


Young Masters
Name Score Fed. Rating TPR W-We
Messam-Sparks, Lateefah 6.5 ENG 1928 2174 1.29
Nettleton, Charlie 5.5 ENG 1824 1897 0.58
Foord, Dominic 5 ENG 2071 1873 -1.09
Juciute, Einora 4.5 LTU 1843 1984 1.14

[Sean Hewitt]

Going into the final round, the standings are

Premier

Name Score Fed. Rating TPR W-We
IM Rudd, Jack 6.5 ENG 2251 2446 1.96
GM Arkell, Keith C 6 ENG 2439 2380 -0.39
GM Summerscale, Aaron P 6 ENG 2419 2433 0.27
IM Buckley, Graeme N 5.5 ENG 2397 2307 -0.69

Young Masters

Name Score Fed. Rating TPR W-We
Messam-Sparks, Lateefah 6.5 ENG 1928 1998 0.61
Foord, Dominic 6 ENG 2071 1930 -0.9
Juciute, Einora 5.5 LTU 1843 1984 1.14
Nettleton, Charlie 5.5 ENG 1824 1859 0.39

Final Pairings are

Table White Score Fed. Rating Black Score Fed. Rating Result
1 IM Rudd, Jack 6.5 ENG 2251 Lock, Gavin R 5.0 ENG 2198
2 GM Arkell, Keith C 6.0 ENG 2439 IM Buckley, Graeme N 5.5 ENG 2397
3 Clark, Robert 5.0 ENG 2027 GM Summerscale, Aaron P 6.0 ENG 2419

Table White Flags Score Fed. Rating Black Flags Score Fed. Rating Result
201 Nettleton, Charlie Drunken Knights 5.5 ENG 1824 Cavendish, Joshua 0.5 ENG 0 *
202 Archer-Lock, Adrian Wellington Coll 5.0 ENG 1862 Foord, Dominic Willesden & Bre 6.0 ENG 2071
205 Juciute, Einora Lithuania 5.5 LTU 1843 Messam-Sparks, Lateefah West Nottingham 6.5 ENG 1928

[Christopher Kreuzer]

I see the two juniors (Holland and Foster) who are both doing well (on 5/9 with good TPRs) have been paired in the final round. Should be interesting. And I see that Arkell beat Summerscale, leaving Rudd in the lead for the final round!

[Christopher Kreuzer]

In an attempt to raise awareness of a potential clash of heads before it happens, is the Young Masters being rated (and paid for) as an APA or a Swiss?

Given that all the players have not played in every round, it's a swiss.

Really? What sort of swiss is it where you know the pairings for all rounds and where the pairings are not determined by the score each player has? It looks like an APA to me, albeit one with defaults and byes. I guess the answer is that it is neither. Unless of course the draw for each round was done the way the draw is normally done for a Swiss. I suppose you could look at the pairings and the colours and try and work out how the pairings were done (i.e. whether it was Swiss pairings or APA pairings).

[Jon D'Souza-Eva]

And I see that Arkell beat Summerscale

No, Summerscale beat Arkell in round 8, giving Jack Rudd a great chance of winning the tournament.

[Sean Hewitt]

In an attempt to raise awareness of a potential clash of heads before it happens, is the Young Masters being rated (and paid for) as an APA or a Swiss?

Given that all the players have not played in every round, it's a swiss.

Really? What sort of swiss is it where you know the pairings for all rounds and where the pairings are not determined by the score each player has?

The sort where it's an all play all but not all the players play all their games.

All events are rated as swisses, unless every player plays every other player - in which case it's an all play all.

[Christopher Kreuzer]

And I see that Arkell beat Summerscale

No, Summerscale beat Arkell in round 8, giving Jack Rudd a great chance of winning the tournament.

Sorry. I mistyped that. Of course I meant the other way round!