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Saturday 19 November 2011

Lincolnshire U18's Tournament at Grantham King’s School


Saturday 19th November the Grantham King's School was a venue of Lincolnshire u18's Tournament which was organized by Phill Beckett.
Tournament was played by Swiss system, 25 minute for each player, ended up with following results:



Place
Name
Points
Note
1
Ernestus Jocevic
5

2
Neelay San
5

3
James Kelly
4.5
Grantham Kings
4
Nathan McKiernon
4.5
Grantham Kings
5
Tom Spencer
4
Best U13’s









Other “Kings” players scores:
Simon Broderick 3, Dan Southern 3, Haydn Godfrey 3, James Wilson 2.5, Ashley Willow 2, Connor Stuart 2. 

The last round pairings saw James Kelly (4) v Ernestus Jocevic (4.5)  and after a titanic struggle the game was eventually drawn (with both flags hanging).
The top seed William Seed (112) drew with Godfrey Haydn in round 1 drew with Dan Southern in round 4 and finished with 3 after a going over by both these Kings players.
Star performance was Nathan McKiernon who beat the under 13 winner in round 3 and drew with the tournament winner in round 5!

Well played guys!

The content of coaching session is already available on the website of Grantham Kings in the section Chess Classic.

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