Class 2 Trio No37 has resulted in a tie between Colin Cheek and Michael Kruger with 2pts and 1 win a piece, Colin will receive 2 BCCA Candidate Master Points and promotion to Class 3, Michael unfortunately has not renewed his membership so leaves the tournament.
Dawn Williamson and Richard Williams share the honours in Class 2 Trio No.46 with 3 pts and 2 wins apiece. Both are awarded 2 BCCA Candidate Master Points, Richard is now promoted to Class 3 alongside Dawn.
There are currently 4 players tied at the top in the Donald Rodford Memorial. See:- Results There are still 8 games remaining in the tournament & there are two other players who could yet join them on 6 points. So it will go down to the tie-breaks! All the players have 4 wins (1st tie-break) so it goes to the 2nd tie-break (Bucholz) which is the sum of their opponent’s scores. This figure will continue to alter as other players finish their games so we might not know the winner until the final game. Exciting stuff!
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Ron Cooper has won Class 1 No.110 Trio with a score of 3.5/4 and returns to Class 2, Ron is also awarded a further 2 BCCA Candidate Master Points bringing his total to 13 – Well Played.
Ben Wood and Richard Akrill have tied for first place in Class 2 Trio No.51 with three points each. Both players are promoted to Class 3 and will receive 2 BCCA Candidate Master Points each.
Both Alan Marshall and Ray Cox have finished with 3 points apiece in Class 1 Trio No.108, Alan however allowed one of his games to default on time which means the result is awarded to Ray who receives 2 BCCA Candidate Master Points and returns to Class 2. Alan has apologised for his error which was unintentional.
Congratulations to Dennis Broadway on winning this close fought Class 3 Trio No.25 by ½ point from David Cook. Dennis secures the 3 sought after BCCA Master Points bringing his total to 6.
Congratulations to William Lindberg on winning Class 1 Trio No.120 with a perfect score of 4/4. William receives 2 BCCA Candidate Master Points and is promoted to class 2.
Very well played to John Brasier in Class 3 Trio No.26 – John is the 1st Player to win a Class 3 Trio with a perfect score of 4/4, he has been awarded 3 sought after BCCA Master Points bringing his total to 18 and needs just 2 more for the BCCA Master Title.
The champions of the webserver BCCL (British CC League) are the Scheming Mind Hounds team. Congratulations to Phill Beckett (Capt) & his team. The crosstable can be seen here: https://www.iccf.com/event?id=49415
The BCCL consists of 8-player teams, where each player plays 2 games v one opponent. There are three divisions (Championship, Division One, Division Two) with 9 teams in each division – over 200 players in total!
Eric Nettles has won his final game in the Tom Paterson Memorial & is the only player to finish with a perfect score of 8/8! Congratulations & well played to Eric! He wins the £80 1st prize & the Millard Silver King.
There is still one game remaining in the tournament which will decide the minor placings See:
http://www.bccachess.org/chesstournaments/paterson-rodford-memorials-start-dec-2014/
