Silver Rook 2011-2012

The Silver Rook organiser for 2011-2012 is Jeremy Fraser-Mitchell.

This year, the Silver Rook is a 5-round Swiss tournament (originally intended to be 6 rounds, but reduced due to fixture congestion). The first two rounds used Accelerated Swiss pairings, in the hope of avoiding too many games with huge grade differences early on, before people reach the right level.

If a tie-break is necessary, this will be Progressive Scores, then Sum of Opponent's Scores.

Schedule

The timetable for each round is as follows:

R1 – up to and including Mon 21 November

R2 – from 22 November until Mon 16 January (inclusive)

R3 – from 17 January until Mon 20 February (inclusive)

R4 – from 21 February until Sun 1 April (inclusive)

R5 – from 2 April until Fri 31 May (inclusive)

From experience, we know it can be difficult to find a club night when both players are available. However, in order to ensure smooth running of the competition, it is desirable for all games to be finished by the deadline (so don't arrange any ladder games or adjournments for the only mutually free club night!). Please arrange games as quickly as possible after the draw for the round has been circulated, to ensure that you don't miss a mutually free club night.

If it is impossible to play on a club night before the deadline, there are two options:

a) Play at the home of one of the players on a night that is mutually convenient.

b) If (a) is not possible then an extension of up to two weeks will be permitted only if BOTH players request it AND specify when the game will be played. If this doesn't happen then at least one player will be fired (sorry, defaulted - too much sugar).

If an extension is granted, this applies to particular games only. The next round will start as scheduled, and players will be expected to fit in the delayed game as well as the one scheduled for the current round.

PLEASE –

try to play games as quickly as possible
don't ask for an extension unless absolutely necessary
send Jeremy the result of the game (cc Webmaster) ASAP (particularly if it is played on or close to the deadline).

Rate of Play

All the moves in 1 hour, plus 30 seconds increment per move. You will need digital clocks for this. Alternatively, if both players prefer, all the moves in 80 minutes (and no increment).

Pairings and Results

Where a player has "d" against his/her result, this indicates zero points for the round due to defaulting the game without agreeing an extension with Jeremy. A player's points at the start of each round are indicated in brackets after his/her name.

Round 1

	White	Grade	Result	Black	Grade
1	Simmons, John	151	0-1	Fraser-Mitchell, Jeremy	187
2	Lexton, Mike	185	1-d	Szarka, Szilard	146
3	Fitzgerald, Patrick	141	0-1	Murphy, Kieran	156
4	Claret, Ray	134	1-0	McConnell, Phil	120
5	Colacino, Angelo	105	d-d	Marsh, Andrew	132
6	Flatt, Mike	124	1-0	Baker, Peter	92

Round 2 - to be played by Monday 16 January

Aidan Ellis and James Palmer were added to the draw.

	White	Grade	Result	Black	Grade
1	Fraser-Mitchell, Jeremy [1]	187	0-1	Lexton, Mike [1]	185
2	Murphy, Kieran [1]	156	0-1	Ellis, Aidan [.5]	150
3	Palmer, James [.5]	147	1-0	Simmons, John [0]	151
4	Szarka, Szilard [0]	146	d-1	Claret, Ray [1]	134
5	Flatt, Mike [1]	124	1-0	Fitzgerald, Patrick [0]	141
6	Baker, Peter [0]	92	d-d	Marsh, Andrew [0]	132
7	McConnell, Phil [0]	120	1-0	Colacino, Angelo [0]	105

Round 3 - to be played by Monday 20 February

	White	Grade	Result	Black	Grade
1	Lexton, Mike [2]	185	1-0	Palmer, James [1.5]	147
2	Ellis, Aidan [1.5]	150	1-0	Claret, Ray [2]	134
3	Murphy, Kieran [1]	156	d-1	Flatt, Mike [2]	124
4	Szarka, Szilard [0]	146	d-1	Fraser-Mitchell, Jeremy [1]	187
5	Simmons, John [0]	151	½-½	McConnell, Phil [1]	120
6	Fitzgerald, Patrick [0]	141	1-d	Marsh, Andrew [0]	132
7	Colacino, Angelo [0]	105	d-d	Baker, Peter [0]	92

Round 4 - to be played by Sunday 1 April

Szilard Szarka, John Simmons and Andrew Marsh withdrew before Round 4.

	White	Grade	Result	Black	Grade
1	Lexton, Mike [3]	185	½-½	Flatt, Mike [3]	124
2	Fraser-Mitchell, Jeremy [2]	187	0-1	Ellis, Aidan [2.5]	150
3	Claret, Ray [2]	134	0-1	Palmer, James [1.5]	147
4	McConnell, Phil [1.5]	120	1-d	Murphy, Kieran [1]	156
5	Colacino, Angelo [0]	105	d-1	Fitzgerald, Patrick [1]	141
6	Baker, Peter [0]	92	1-0	BYE

Round 5 - to be played by Friday 31 May

	White	Grade	Result	Black	Grade
1	Ellis, Aidan [3.5]	150		Lexton, Mike [3.5]	185
2	McConnell, Phil [2.5]	120		Flatt, Mike [3.5]	124
3	Palmer, James [2.5]	147		Fraser-Mitchell, Jeremy [2]	187
4	Fitzgerald, Patrick [2]	141		Claret, Ray [2]	134
5	Baker, Peter [1]	92		Murphy, Kieran [1]	156
6	Colacino, Angelo [0]	105	1-0	BYE

Standings at the End of Round 4

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Player	Grade	Points
Lexton, Mike	185	3.5
Ellis, Aidan	150	3.5
Flatt, Mike	124	3.5
Palmer, James	147	2.5
McConnell, Phil	120	2.5
Fraser-Mitchell, Jeremy	187	2
Fitzgerald, Patrick	141	2
Claret, Ray	134	2
Murphy, Kieran	156	1
Baker, Peter	92	1
Colacino, Angelo	105	0
Simmons, John	151	Withdrawn
Szarka, Szilard	146	Withdrawn
Marsh, Andrew	132	Withdrawn