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MCA
Team
Lightning
Championships 2007
18th June 2007
- This year's event was held in the very large and
luxurious Sefton Room at The Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool. Twelve
well matched teams competed over six very friendly and exciting
rounds against the 10 second buzzer. David Welch FIDE
International Arbiter, responsible for the pairings was ably
assisted by MCA Secretary John Davis. The games started
promptly at 7.30pm with Atticus 2 the eventual winners with 17½
points
following their final round victory over Atticus 1.
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Final table |
Pts |
Pos |
|
Atticus 2 |
17½ |
1st |
|
Prescot & KA |
15½ |
2nd= |
|
Atticus 1 |
15½ |
2nd= |
|
Liverpool |
14 |
4th= |
|
Waterloo |
14 |
4th= |
|
Atticus 3 |
12 |
6th |
|
Aigburth |
11 |
7th= |
|
Atticus 4 |
11 |
7th= |
|
Atticus 5 |
9½ |
9th |
|
Wallasey 2 |
8 |
10th= |
|
Wallasey 1 |
8 |
10th= |
|
Southport |
4 |
12th |
Adelphi Hotel |
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The games were underway by 7.30pm.
The setting could
hardly have been more ideal.
John Carleton
(Atticus) in play with Karl Nadin (Southport) in round 1. The
game ended in a
draw.
Andrej Stancak
(Atticus) playing Kevin Sartain (Prescot & KA).
Leon
Wolszczak (Wallasey) v John Redmond (Atticus).
Roger
Williamson (Aigburth) in play with Jonathan
Blackburn (Atticus).
Kevin Sartain
(Prescot & KA) starts his game with the unusual 1.b4! against
David Lawson
(Atticus).
The stars of the
show. Louis Rothwell (left) and Liam Bibby both aged 10
from Southport Chess
Club. Their energy and enthusiasm throughout the
evening was
wonderful to see.
Louis playing on
board 3 for Southport.
Liam playing on
board 4 for Southport.
The crowd gather to
see the finish of a nail biting encounter between John
Carleton and Richard
Savory. The game ended in a draw.
Colin Horton (right,
Liverpool) in play against Andrej Stancak. The game
ended in a draw.
Richard Noonan
(Atticus 2) and Dave Robertson (Atticus 1) in the latter
stages of a hard
fought draw.
Wallasey 1 in play
against Wallasey 2.
The victorious
Atticus 2 team from left to right: Jonathan Blackburn, John
Redmond, Richard
Noonan and Luke Boumphrey.
Many thanks to
Atticus Chess Club for hosting this event and for providing the
equipment, to all the competitors some of whom made long
journeys, to David Welch for doing the pairings and to John
Davis for his support.
If anyone knows the
whereabouts of the Lightning Trophy please contact
John Davis asap.
Details and photos
from the 2006 event
here.
Lightning chess is played at 10 second move intervals, on the
buzzer. Unlike blitz chess, clocks are not used. |
