CC 2023/24

Nov 23 2023

The club championship, organised by Jim, was a 6-round Swiss. After a 1st round hiccup Mark stormed back to win his 11th title while Walter and Richard shared joint 2nd.

# Player P 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 Mark Orr 5 1 1 1 1 0 1
2 Walter Burnett 4 0 1 0 1 1 1
3 Richard Kynoch 4 0 0 1 1 1 1
4 Jim O'Neil 3 0 1 1 0 0 1
5 Adam Walkoviak 3 0 0 0 1 1 1
6 Elliot Sloan 3 0 0 0 1 1 1
7 Dave Wallace 2 1 0 1 0
8 Donald Heron 2 0 0 0 0 1 1
9 Chris Moore 1 0 0 0 1 0
10 Fraser McIntosh 0 0 0 0

R6 30 Apr

Jim had pressure but allowed Mark to wriggle out and thus become this season's champion. Walter and Richard both won to secure joint 2nd place. Due to previous withdrawals, both Chris and Donald got a bye in this round.

  • Jim O'Neil, 0-1, Mark Orr
  • Walter Burnett, 1-0, Elliot Sloan
  • Adam Walkoviak, 0-1, Richard Kynoch
  • Chris Moore, 1*0, Dave Wallace
  • Donald Heron, 1*0, Fraser McIntosh

R5 9 Apr

Adam hung a piece against Mark while Walter, the other leader at the start of the round, was well beaten by Jim.

  • Mark Orr, 1-0, Adam Walkoviak
  • Jim O'Neil, 1-0, Walter Burnett
  • Elliot Sloan, 1-0, Chris Moore
  • Richard Kynoch, 1-0, Donald Heron

R4 26 Mar

After Mark won a tense encounter with Walter, the club championship is wide open. Adam joined the leaders with a comprehensive victory over Jim.

  • Walter Burnett, 0-1, Mark Orr
  • Adam Walkoviak, 1-0, Jim O'Neil
  • Elliot Sloan, 0-1, Richard Kynoch
  • Chris Moore, 0-1, Donald Heron

R3 13 Feb

One game from this round was delayed (Mark-Elliot, played on 22nd) and one was defaulted (Walter-David). Unfortunately, Fraser (leaving the UK) and David (health problem) have both had to drop out of the competition.

  • Jim O'Neil, 1-0, Richard Kynoch
  • Donald Heron, 0-1, Adam Walkoviak
  • Mark Orr, 1-0, Elliot Sloan
  • Walter Burnett, 1-0, Dave Wallace

R2 6 Dec

Two games from this round were delayed: Fraser-Mark (played on 1st Feb) and Dave-Don (played on 9th Jan).

  • Elliot Sloan, 1-0, Jim O'Neil
  • Richard Kynoch, 0-1, Walter Burnett
  • Adam Walkoviak, 1-0, Chris Moore
  • Dave Wallace, 1-0, Donald Heron
  • Fraser McIntosh, 0-1, Mark Orr

R1 21 Nov

The first round was quite dramatic with IM Mark Orr losing out to Dave Wallace. Jim and Elliot struggled against lower graded Fraser and Donald but pulled through eventually. One tie from this round (Chris-Richard) was postponed to 23 Jan.

  • Mark Orr, 0-1, Dave Wallace
  • Donald Heron, 0-1, Elliot Sloan
  • Walter Burnett, 1-0, Adam Walkoviak
  • Jim O'Neil, 1-0, Fraser McIntosh
  • Richard Kynoch, 1-0, Chris Moore