Peter Ackley the arbiter for the FIDE open made the pairings for round 1 late yesterday. Peter tossed for colours on board 1, heads White for Rowson, tails Black for Rowson. As you can see it came in tails. Anyway here is the draw:
Pairings: Round 1 FIDE open
1. WILSON, Alexandra 2040/163 v ROWSON, Jonathan 2589/246
2. WALL, Gavin 2301/212 v HAYWARD, Alan 2019/157
3. COATES, David 1999/167 v COOLEY, Chris 2265/205
4. SANCHEZ-ROJO 2227/- v WEIMEIHER, Manuel 1973/-
5. O’GRADY, Gary 1918/125 v FRANKLIN, Michael 2225/183
6. HALDANE, Robin 2155/181 v MCCULLOGH, Simon 1905/158
7. KAMARA, Khalid 1900/130 v STEFFENELLO, L 2128/-
8. BERNHARDSSON, Sten 2117/- v BISHOP, Geoffrey 1838/127
9. JONES, Jeremy 1635/87 v ATAKO, Chino 2111/159
10. PURTON, Ben 2110/176 v SAINBAYAR, Tserendorj (1928)/166
11. STAPLES, Daniel (1776)/147 v BARUCH, Andy 2082/179
12. SHEPLEY, Julien 2069/167 v SYDNEY, Jacob (1728)/141
13. BRIDGES, Paul (1648)/131 v BAILEY, Kevin 2064/167
14. DONOVAN, Nigel 2058/169 v KAREL, Ayse (1336)/92
15. SAINBAYAR, Annurai (1144)/68 v RODRIGUEZ-FONSECA, J 2051/-
16. JOSSE, Mark 2045/181 v SAINBAYAR, Amukhulan (752)/19
17. KUMAR, Shankar –/- v DUPRE, Paul 2045/166
At the moment there is one full point bye but it is very likely that Gareth Harley-Yeo will get to play a game. In a tournament such as this people might pull out or there will be more last minute entries. Even though there are no entries being accepted on the day and all players must be registered to the club 48 hours in advance.
HARLEY-YEO, Gareth 2043/158 – Full point bye (at the moment)
Half Point Bye:
ROSS, Chris 2195/185
RIZVI, Nasir 2165/151
RICH, Mark 2132/180
BONAFONT, Phillip 2097/184
RUSTON, Mark 2092/176
YURENOK, Maria 2033/161
MARSHALL, Chris 1828/118
KELLY, Paul (1864)/158
HEALEAS, Simon (1600)/125
WARD, Matthew (1416)/102
GOMEZ, Ramon –/-
EDEN, Tomer 2146/181
A couple of people have commentated on the late entry fee which is an extra £10. This can be found on the original entrance form (Go to http://www.gingergm.com/big-slick-chess/ and then download flyer. It is mentioned there). Late notice does give extra work to the arbiters and it is usual in any weekend event to have such a fee.
Any other late entries should contact me directly as registration for the tournament is coming to a close.
Anyway I hope that everyone is ready and I look forward to seeing you all at the venue!
Is this Annurai’s Dad??!