The 2018 Elm Mount Christmas Blitz took place on Monday 17th December. There were 30 participants in 3 all-play-all groups of 11, 9 and 10 players. Games were played using the usual time-handicap system with game times varying from 5 minutes each to 2 minutes against 8 minutes depending on the rating difference between the players.
Food was provided before the final couple of rounds. After all the games were ompleted, the prizes were presented by the club secretary, Pat FItzsimons. The top 3 in each section received prizes. The cross-tables from the 3 sections can be seen at the bottom of this page. The winners of the 3 sections are shown receiving their prizes below. Gavin Melaugh won section A, Eugene McMorrow won section B and Bren Ó Móráin won section C.
The runners up in the 3 sections were Shane Melaugh in section A, John Dooley in section B and Nicu Boldjar in section C.
Zygis Jakubauskas took 3rd place in section A, Luke Keenan was 3rd in section B and Atharva Rajeshkumar took 3rd place in section C.
The cross-tables are of the 3 sections are pictured below.
Final Ranking Crosstable Section A
|
Rk. |
Name |
Rtg |
FED |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
Pts. |
|
|
1 |
Melaugh Gavin |
1970 |
IRL |
* |
0 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
8,5 |
|
|
2 |
Melaugh Shane |
2130 |
IRL |
1 |
* |
1 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7,5 |
|
|
3 |
Jakubauskas Zygimantis |
1971 |
IRL |
½ |
0 |
* |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7,5 |
|
|
4 |
Goss Alex |
1659 |
IRL |
0 |
1 |
0 |
* |
½ |
1 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7,0 |
|
|
5 |
Quinn Ciaran |
1890 |
IRL |
0 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
* |
½ |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
6,5 |
|
|
6 |
O’ Neill Paul |
2021 |
IRL |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
* |
0 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
5,0 |
|
|
7 |
Murphy Sean |
1720 |
IRL |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
* |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4,5 |
|
|
8 |
Fitzsimons Pat |
1614 |
IRL |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
½ |
* |
1 |
½ |
1 |
3,5 |
|
|
9 |
Boyle Bernard |
1695 |
IRL |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
* |
1 |
1 |
3,0 |
|
|
10 |
Armstrong Fred |
1632 |
IRL |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
0 |
* |
1 |
2,0 |
|
|
11 |
Barry Gerry |
1600 |
IRL |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
* |
0,0 |
Final Ranking Crosstable Section B
|
Rk. |
Name |
Rtg |
FED |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
Pts. |
|
|
1 |
McMorrow Eugene |
1335 |
IRL |
* |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7,0 |
|
|
2 |
Dooley John |
1200 |
IRL |
1 |
* |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6,0 |
|
|
3 |
Keenan Luke |
1240 |
IRL |
0 |
1 |
* |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
5,0 |
|
|
4 |
Capper Jonathan |
1200 |
IRL |
0 |
0 |
1 |
* |
½ |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4,5 |
|
|
5 |
O’ Danachair Donal |
1343 |
IRL |
0 |
1 |
0 |
½ |
* |
½ |
0 |
1 |
1 |
4,0 |
|
|
6 |
Summons Walsh Kevin |
1391 |
IRL |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
½ |
* |
1 |
0 |
1 |
3,5 |
|
|
7 |
Murphy Ronan J. |
1340 |
IRL |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
* |
0 |
1 |
3,0 |
|
|
8 |
Grehan Philip |
1100 |
IRL |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
* |
1 |
3,0 |
|
|
9 |
Scott Peter |
1300 |
IRL |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
* |
0,0 |
Final Ranking Crosstable Section C
|
Rk. |
Name |
Rtg |
FED |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
Pts. |
|
|
1 |
O Morain Bren |
997 |
IRL |
* |
½ |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7,5 |
|
|
2 |
Boldjar Nicu |
900 |
IRL |
½ |
* |
1 |
0 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7,0 |
|
|
3 |
Rajeshkumar Atharva |
0 |
IRL |
0 |
0 |
* |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7,0 |
|
|
4 |
O’Connor Terry |
1098 |
IRL |
0 |
1 |
0 |
* |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6,5 |
|
|
5 |
Power Breen Rory |
0 |
IRL |
1 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
* |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
5,0 |
|
|
6 |
O’Neill Sean |
846 |
IRL |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
* |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5,0 |
|
|
7 |
Stack Pat |
785 |
IRL |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
* |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3,0 |
|
|
8 |
Davoren Sean |
980 |
IRL |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
* |
1 |
2,0 |
||
|
9 |
Phelan Niall |
0 |
IRL |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
* |
½ |
0,5 |
|
|
10 |
Murray Kevin |
1000 |
IRL |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
* |
0,5 |
Happy Christmas to all!