QUB March 2010 Blitz

The Parlour Bar, just across the road from the QUB Students' Union, hosted the event. There were 5 rounds with players having 10 minutes apiece for each game. Winner was QUB student Eamonn Walls, with Jonathan Woodfield defying his 12th place seeding to take second on tie-break. Other prizes went to Damien Lavery (best under 1800), William Ashenhurst (best unrated player) and Steve MacCullough (best newcomer).

Report by Rookie at NI Chess News: http://nichess.blogspot.com/2010/03/rookie-goes-to-pub.html

Final standings

Place Name               Rtg  Score

  1   Eamonn Walls       1882 4.5  
 2-4  Jonathan Woodfield 1463 4    
      Gareth Annesley    1965 4    
      Stephen Scannell   2105 4    
 5-6  Damien Lavery      1720 3.5  
      Mark Newman        1781 3.5  
7-12  Lukasz Kwiatek     1830 3    
      Damien Cunningham  1633 3    
      Andrew Higgins     1674 3    
      Karina Kruk        1483 3    
      CJ Murphy          1076 3    
      Chris Armstrong    1385 3    
13-16 Ian Woodfield      1660 2.5  
      Shane Keers        1551 2.5  
      Martin Kelly       1442 2.5  
      Steve MacCullough       2.5  
17-23 Robert Lavery      1040 2    
      William Ashenhurst      2    
      Richard Burns           2    
      Owen Carleton           2    
      Paddy Magee             2    
      Neil Fitzgerald         2    
      Thej Kodiyat            2    
24-26 Maria Murray            1    
      Gary Keers              1    
      Nicola McAtarsney       1    
 27   Caroline Coffey         0