There are 10 entrants for this venture. The players have been rated 1 to 10 based on standard play grades. Pool A consists of the odd numbers :Colin Davison, Geoff Laurence, John-Paul Taylor, Jack Staniland and Jake Darlington.
Pool B has the even numbers : Tony Soames, Joachim Trier, Ant Brough, John Astley and Ed Watts.
The format is simple - every player in each pool will play the others in that pool, once with white and once with black. I would expect both games to be played against an opponent on one night.
Thus everyone should have 4 nights of games. The winners of each pool will play-off (again with each colour) to determine the overall winner.
In the event of the final ending 1-1, there will be no play-off and there will therefore be joint winners.
The Rate of Play is 20 minutes each with 10 secs per move.
I will remind all players that an illegal move will result in 2 minutes being added to the opponent's clock (good luck with that) but a 2nd illegal move automatically loses the game.
Tony Soames has qualified for the final from pool B but, an organiser's nightmare results in the need for a tie-break in pool A. Colin will play J-P again (sudden death - first to win goes through). Thus the competition will finish in September!
Pool A Results
28/03/22 Colin Davison 1 - 0 Jack Staniland P W D L Pts
Jack Staniland 0 - 1 Colin Davison Colin Davison 8 5 1 2 11
04/04/22 John-Paul Taylor 1 - 0 Jack Staniland John-Paul Taylor 8 5 1 3 11
Jack Staniland 1 - 0 John-Paul Taylor Geoff Laurence 8 4 1 3 9
Colin Davison 1 - 0 Geoff Laurence Jake Darlington 6 1 1 4 3
Geoff Laurence 1 - 0 Colin Davison Jack Staniland 6 1 0 5 2
11/04/22 Jake Darlington 0.5-0.5 Colin Davison
Colin Davison 1 - 0 Jake Darlington
Geoff Laurence 0.5-0.5 John-Paul Taylor
John-Paul Taylor 1 - 0 Geoff Laurence
09/05/22 Jack Staniland 0 - 1 Geoff Laurence
Geoff Laurence 1 - 0 Jack Staniland
23/05/22 Jake Darlington 1 - 0 Geoff laurence
Geoff Laurence 1 - 0 Jake Darlington
John-Paul Taylor 1 - 0 Colin Davison
Colin Davison 1 - 0 John-Paul Taylor
John-Paul Taylor 1 - 0 Jake Darlington
Jake Darlington 0 - 1 John-Paul Taylor
Pool B Results
28/03/22 Ant Brough 0 - 1 Joachim Trier P W D L Pts
Joachim Trier 0 - 1 Ant Brough Tony Soames 8 7 1 0 15
04/04/22 Joachim Trier 0 - 1 Tony Soames Ant Brough 8 5 1 2 11
Tony Soames 1 - 0 Joachim Trier Joachim Trier 8 5 0 3 10
Ant Brough 1 - 0 Ed Watts John Astley 8 2 0 6 4
Ed Watts 0 - 1 Ant Brough Ed Watts 8 0 0 8 0
11/04/22 Tony Soames 1 - 0 Ant Brough
Ant Brough 0.5-0.5 Tony Soames
25/04/22 John Astley 0 - 1 Ant Brough
Ant Brough 1 - 0 John Astley
John Astley 0 - 1 Tony Soames
Tony Soames 1 - 0 John Astley
09/05/22 John Astley 0 - 1 Joachim Trier
Joachim Trier 1 - 0 John Astley
16/05/22 Tony Soames 1 - 0 Ed Watts
Ed Watts 0 - 1 Tony Soames
Joachim Trier 1 - 0 Ed Watts
Ed Watts 0 - 1 Joachim Trier
John Astley 1 - 0 Ed Watts
Ed Watts 0 - 1 John Astley