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16th - 17th Sept
2006
Liverpool Congress at
the World Museum
www.liverpoolcongress.chess-events.org.uk/
The tournament was
very popular again in 2006.
Round 4, Sunday
afternoon 17th September.
The event was
held in the first floor horseshoe gallery overlooking St. John's
Gardens.
The NCCU
Individual Championship Trophy
2006 Winner:
Christopher Dossett
The MCA Open
Championship Cup
2006 Winner:
Peter Brocklebank
MCA Lightning Team Championships 2006
8th June
2006 - Liverpool Institute
for Performing Arts again hosted this years very successful MCA
Lightning event. Teams of four competed over six friendly but
competitive rounds against the 10 second buzzer. The games started
promptly at 7.30pm with Atticus 1 and Prescot KA neck and neck
throughout. Following a brief analysis of the pairing cards at the end
by Arbiters Dave Welch and Ian Campbell, Atticus 1 were declared winners
on tie-break from Prescot KA, both teams having scored 18pts.
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Final table
MCA Lightning 2006 |
Pts |
Pos |
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Atticus 1 |
18 |
1st= |
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Prescot & KA |
18 |
1st= |
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Liverpool 1 |
13 |
3rd= |
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Atticus II |
13 |
3rd= |
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Aigburth |
12 |
5th |
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Waterloo 1 |
10½ |
6th |
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Southport |
9 |
7th |
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Waterloo/Liverpool |
8 |
8th |
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Atticus III |
7½ |
9th |
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Atticus 1 |
Atticus II |
Atticus III |
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Bd1 |
FM Dave James |
Andy Legge
(Wallasey CC) |
Jim Wiseman |
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Bd2 |
Richard Savory |
Steve Connor |
Jo Badger |
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Bd3 |
Dave Stuttard |
Luke Boumphrey |
Dave Hurley |
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Bd4 |
John Redmond |
Richard Noonan |
Tom Lawton |
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Winners - Atticus 1: (left
to right) John Redmond, Dave James, Richard Savory and Dave
Stuttard. In the blue shirt,
Dave Welch Tournament Controller and FIDE Arbiter.
Jim McDonald (left, Prescot & Knotty Ash)
in play with newly appointed President of the
MCA Jim Wiseman (Atticus III).
Alongside is Jo Badger, Dave Hurley and Tom Lawton.
Richard Savory (Atticus 1)
in play (or is he asleep?) on board 2 against Joe Ormrod
(Prescot & Knotty Ash).
On board 1, Frank Ryan
(Liverpool 1) moving as the buzzer sounds against Roger
Williamson (Aigburth 1).
FIDE Arbiter David Welch and
ECF Arbiter Ian Campbell busy doing the pairings.
JMU Professor of Marketing
Nick Hawkins (left, Liverpool CC) in play with Colin Horton
(Waterloo). Very good
concentration is needed to deal with this lightning stuff....and it
shows!
Joe Sidall (right,
Liverpool 1) in a complex ending against Richard Savory. Having finished his
game,
Dave Stuttard looks on.
Steve McGrane
(Waterloo 1) in play with Jo Badger (Atticus III) in a closely fought ending
which saw Steve
eventually prevail.
Provisional date for 2007 event: Thursday 7th June at LIPA.
MCA Team Lightning 2005
21st June
2005 - The event was held at the Liverpool Institute
for Performing Arts (LIPA),
resurrected by former pupil Sir Paul McCartney and opened in
1995. Nine teams of four players competed against
each other over
seven exciting rounds using the 10 second buzzer. The games were
underway by 7.30pm with Waterloo 1
eventually taking top
spot with 24½ point ahead of Liverpool and Aigburth who came equal second
with 20.
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