Emsworth Chess Club Championship 2014-2015

Scoring an average of 42.4 above grade over his best 5 results,
Darren Cook is declared Emsworth Chess Club 2014-2015 Champion.

Standings

Grading Points
No	Player	Grade	Game												Total Points	Points (5 Games)	Games Played	Grading Performance	Current Score	Current Position
			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
1	Zoltan Zagonyi	118	65	108	128	128									429	429	4	107.3	-10.8	9
2	Paul Northcott	115	118	168	128	105	105	105							729	624	6	124.8	9.8	7
3	David Jerome	78	65	168	68	168	68	50	20	50	20	68	68	68	881	540	12	108.0	30.0	2
4	Dominic Tunks	197	227	207	207	212	212	207	227	207	207				1913	1085	9	217.0	20.0	3
5	Steve Barron	70	60	60	60	50	50	60	60	60	128	128			716	436	10	87.2	17.2	4
6	Kier Eyles	162	172	146	147	127	172								765	765	5	153.0	-9.0	8
7	Paul Cooper	177	187	146	212	187	147	187	187						1254	960	7	192.0	15.0	5
8	Derek Shotton	118	115	128	28	128	50	50							527	471	7	94.2	-23.8	10
9	Nitin Parekh	120	130												130	130	1	130.0	10.0	6
10	Darren Cook	100	120	120	128	168	128	168	90						922	712	7	142.4	42.4	1

Results

	White		Black	Date	Result
1	Steve Barron	v	Paul Cooper	11/09/2014	0-1
2	Paul Northcott	v	Derek Shotton	11/09/2014	½-½
3	Zoltan Zagonyi	v	Paul Northcott	18/09/2014	0-1
4	Steve Barron	v	Derek Shotton	18/09/2014	0-1
5	Dominic Tunks	v	Paul Cooper	25/09/2014	1-0
6	Zoltan Zagonyi	v	Kier Eyles	25/09/2014	0-1
7	Dominic Tunks	v	Steve Barron	02/10/2014	1-0
8	David Jerome	v	Paul Northcott	16/10/2014	0-1
9	David Jerome	v	Derek Shotton	23/10/2014	1-0
10	Paul Northcott	v	Dominic Tunks	23/10/2014	0-1
11	Kier Eyles	v	Dominic Tunks	30/10/2014	0-1
12	Dominic Tunks	v	Kier Eyles	21/05/2015	1-0
13	David Jerome	v	Zoltan Zagonyi	21/05/2015	0-1
14	Derek Shotton	v	David Jerome	28/05/2015	0-1
15	Steve Barron	v	Darren Cook	28/05/2015	0-1
16	Darren Cook	v	Steve Barron	28/05/2015	1-0
17	Zoltan Zagonyi	v	David Jerome	04/06/2015	1-0
18	Derek Shotton	v	Steve Barron	04/06/2015	1-0
19	Kier Eyles	v	Paul Cooper	04/06/2015	0-1
20	David Jerome	v	Darren Cook	11/06/2015	0-1
21	Steve Barron	v	Dominic Tunks	11/06/2015	0-1
22	Paul Cooper	v	Steve Barron	18/06/2015	1-0
23	Darren Cook	v	Derek Shotton	18/06/2015	1-0
24	Paul Cooper	v	Dominic Tunks	25/06/2015	0-1
25	David Jerome	v	Steve Barron	25/06/2015	0-1
26	Darren Cook	v	David Jerome	02/07/2015	1-0
27	Steve Barron	v	David Jerome	09/07/2015	1-0
28	Derek Shotton	v	Darren Cook	09/07/2015	0-1
29	Dominic Tunks	v	Darren Cook	09/07/2015	1-0
30	David Jerome	v	Nitin Parekh	03/08/2015	0-1
31	Dominic Tunks	v	David Jerome	06/08/2015	1-0
32	Paul Cooper	v	Paul Northcott	06/08/2015	1-0
33	David Jerome	v	Kier Eyles	06/08/2015	0-1
34	Paul Northcott	v	Paul Cooper	11/08/2015	0-1

Rules

1. Summary

Each Player can play every other player up to two times (white & black if two games played).

The Games have been randomly sorted (in the games & results table) but can be played in any order.

Each player must play a minimum of 5 games or will not be placed at the end of the tournament.

The tournament finishes the week before the 2015 AGM.

Games do NOT have to be played. Any player can refuse any match.

The winner will be the player who returns the best grading performance compared with their tournament grade over their best 5 games.

2. Colours

When two players face each other for the first time (in this tournament), colours should be drawn.

If the players play again in this tournament then colours will be reversed.

3. Time Limit of Games

30 moves in 75 minutes.

24 moves in subsequent hours (adjournments after 3 hours play)

or Quick Play Finish (if agreed by both players at the start of the session).

Adjournments to be played within 21 days of original date (each adjourned session should be at least 2½ hours long).

4. How placings will be decided

The Winner will be judged on each player's increase or decrease in grading performance compared to their tournament grade over their best 5 games

A player's tournament grade will be taken as their July 2014 grade. Ungraded players will be allocated an estimated grade (as at the time they joined the tournament).

Players will be allocated grading points for each match they play. Points will be calculated in line with ECF grade calculations (See 6 below).

Each player's total grading points will be divided by the number of games played to reach his "grading performance".

Once a player has played more than 5 games then just his best 5 grading scores will be taken and divided by 5 to reach his "grading performance".

The player's tournament grade will be taken from their "grading performance" to arrive at each player's "Current Score".

Each player's "Current Score can be positive or negative

The player with the highest "Current Score" will be judged the winner provided that they have played at least 5 games.

5. Tie Breaking

In the event of players on the same score the following will be used for tie breaking (in this order):

The player who has played the most games.

The player who has the best result (judged on the same basis as the tournament) in the games that did not count (the games over 5 that were discarded).

The players' results against one another (the players involved in the tie).

6. ECF Grade Calculations

All games will be sent to the ECF for grading.

ECF grade calculations apply in deciding the tournament winner (see section 4 above).

Extracts from ECF Grade Calculation:

Points are allocated in respect of each game. For a win you score the opponent's grade plus 50, for a draw the opponent's grade and for a loss the opponent's grade minus 50. "Grade" means his grade current at the time of grading.

There is a proviso that if your opponent's grade differs from yours by more than 40 points it is assumed to be exactly 40 above (or below) yours. This applies whatever the result.

The grade is calculated by dividing the total number of points scored by the number of games played.

7. The Controller

In the event of any disputes, the Controller's decision is final.

Tournament Controller: Paul Cooper.

8. Fees

Fees: ECF Members Free - Non ECF Members - £2.50 per game.