Metropolitan Chess Club - Club Lightning Tournament

METROPOLITAN CHESS CLUB
(Established since 1959)

Club Lightning Tournament

In the earlier years participants of the Club Lightning Tournament were divided into groups of about 8-10 players so that the groups were of even strength. The groups then played off with the leaders in each group advancing to the final. The final should have approximately 6-9 players. Participants also had 5 minutes each for their games.

In later years the Club Lightning Tournament has been held as a Swiss event with varying time controls from 5 mins to 3 mins + 2 sec. increments.

This event is currently held after the Robert (Bob) Pilgrim Open and Aggregate points are awarded for players performances in their respective rating groups.

2021 Club Lightning Tournament

For this year the Club Lightning was held as a Swiss Tournament (11 rounds) using 3 minutes + 2 second increment time control.


  Open
  1st: Ihsan Ferozkohi (11.0)
  2nd: Kundan Dharmapuri (8.0)
 =3rd: Craig Kinsman & Leon Taylor (7.5)

  U/1700
  1st: Dylan Gough (7.0)
  2nd: Joshua Fry (6.0)
  3rd: Mike McGregor (5.0)

Final Standings


 Pos  Pts  ID  NAME                         | Rtg  PRtg Fed |   S-B  
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  1  11.0   1     Ferozkohi,Ihsan           | 2427 2539  WA |  63.50 
  2   8.0  13     Dharmapuri,Kundan         | 1526 2025  WA |  43.50 
  3   7.5   2     Kinsman,Craig C           | 2127 1905  WA |  40.00 
  4   7.5   3     Taylor,Leon M             | 2085 1930  WA |  36.50 
  5   7.0   9     Gough,Dylan               | 1672 1911  WA |  36.00 
  6   6.5   6     Dharmapuri,Sri Krishna Ko | 1715 1899  WA |  26.50 
  7   6.0  16     Fry,Joshua                | 1360 1879 AUS |  25.50 
  8   5.0   4     O'Mahoney,Keegan          | 2012 1769  WA |  22.50 
  9   5.0   8     McGregor,Mike             | 1679 1716  WA |  19.00 
 10   4.5  12     Buggins,Matt              | 1600 1652 AUS |  16.75 
 11   4.0   7     De Heer,Alex              | 1697 1676  WA |  13.00 
 12   3.5  11     Jeyaraj,Reuben            | 1650 1663     |  11.50 
 13   2.5   5     Dunlop,Gordon             | 1902 1470  WA |  15.00 
 14   2.0  14     McLean,Doug           (W) | 1491 1408  WA |   6.00 
 15   1.0  10     Rodriguez,Julian      (W) | 1670 1567  WA |   3.50 
 16   0.0  15     Motu,Ben              (W) | 1373  815  WA |   0.00

Cross Table


 Pos NAME                 Rtg   T  Fed  Pts |   1     2     3     4     5     6     7     8     9    10    11   |   S-B   
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  1  Ferozkohi,Ihsan      2427      WA 11.0 | +B5   +W8   +B9   +W3   +B2   +W4   +B6   +W12  +B7   +W11  +B10  |  63.50 
  2  Dharmapuri,Kundan    1526      WA  8.0 | =W13  +B15  +W11  +B7   -W1   +W3   -B5   +B4   =W6   +W9   +B8   |  43.50 
  3  Kinsman,Craig C      2127      WA  7.5 | +W15  +B11  +W4   -B1   +W6   -B2   +W9   +B5   =W8   -W7   +B12  |  40.00 
  4  Taylor,Leon M        2085      WA  7.5 | +B12  +W6   -B3   +W9   =B8   -B1   +W7   -W2   +B13  +W5   +B11  |  36.50 
  5  Gough,Dylan          1672      WA  7.0 | -W1   +B14  -W13  +B10  +W7   +B8   +W2   -W3   +B12  -B4   +W6   |  36.00 
  6  Dharmapuri,Sri Krish 1715      WA  6.5 | +W14  -B4   +W10  +B13  -B3   +W9   -W1   +B8   =B2   +W12  -B5   |  26.50 
  7  Fry,Joshua           1360     AUS  6.0 | -B9   +W12  +B8   -W2   -B5   +W14  -B4   +W11  -W1   +B3   +W13  |  25.50 
  8  O'Mahoney,Keegan     2012      WA  5.0 | +W10  -B1   -W7   +B15  =W4   -W5   +B11  -W6   =B3   +B13  -W2   |  22.50 
  9  McGregor,Mike        1679      WA  5.0 | +W7   +B13  -W1   -B4   +W12  -B6   -B3   -W10  +W14  -B2   +BYE  |  19.00 
 10  Buggins,Matt         1600     AUS  4.5 | -B8   +W16  -B6   -W5   -W13  =B12  +W14  +B9   -B11  +BYE  -W1   |  16.75 
 11  De Heer,Alex         1697      WA  4.0 | +B16  -W3   -B2   -W12  +B14  +B13  -W8   -B7   +W10  -B1   -W4   |  13.00 
 12  Jeyaraj,Reuben       1650          3.5 | -W4   -B7   +W14  +B11  -B9   =W10  +W13  -B1   -W5   -B6   -W3   |  11.50 
 13  Dunlop,Gordon        1902      WA  2.5 | =B2   -W9   +B5   -W6   +B10  -W11  -B12  -B14  -W4   -W8   -B7   |  15.00 
 14  McLean,Doug      (W) 1491      WA  2.0 | -B6   -W5   -B12  +W16  -W11  -B7   -B10  +W13  -B9    --    --   |   6.00 
 15  Rodriguez,Julian (W) 1670      WA  1.0 | -B3   -W2   +B16  -W8    --    --    --    --    --    --    --   |   3.50 
 16  Motu,Ben         (W) 1373      WA  0.0 | -W11  -B10  -W15  -B14   --    --    --    --    --    --    --   |   0.00

Previous Winners

1969	R. Lilly	1989	M. Partis	2009	L. Taylor
1970		1990	F. Kos	2010	Y. Choong
1971	R. Butcher	1991	R. Butcher	2011	I. Ferozkohi
1972		1992	S. Fitzpatrick	2012	I. Ferozkohi
1973	A. Pope	1993	R. Lilly	2013	L. Taylor
1974	A. Stewart	1994	A. Robles	2014	Y. Choong
1975	K. Cornish, A. Stewart & D. Wallwork	1995	H. Saroinsong	2015	Y. Choong
1976	R. Di Renzo	1996	H. Saroinsong	2016	I. Ferozkohi
1977	M. Partis	1997	A. Haasse	2017	I. Ferozkohi
1978	M. Partis	1998	H. Saroinsong	2018	I. Ferozkohi
1979	P. Trachsel	1999	L. Taylor	2019	T. Boyd
1980	N. Khan & M. Segal	2000	A. Chin & A. Kuklinski	2020	I. Ferozkohi
1981	D. McLean	2001	L. Taylor	2021	I. Ferozkohi
1982	M. Partis & J. Simpson	2002	A. Haasse
1983	J. Simpson	2003	A. Haasse
1984	J. Simpson	2004	A. Haasse & L. Taylor
1985		2005	A. Haasse
1986		2006	A. Hardegen
1987		2007	A. Kuklinski
1988	R. Lilly	2008	M. Vlietstra