2020 South of the River Allegro & Blitz


The 2020 South of the River Allegro (8 rounds) & Blitz (11 rounds) was played over 3 successive Thursdays from 13 August to 27 August.

The South of the River Allegro and Blitz wrapped up on the last Thursday in August with the eleven rounds of blitz. The format of the tournament was eight rounds of allegro followed by eleven rounds of blitz played over three evenings. The allegro games scored two points for a win and one point for a draw. The blitz games scored one point for a win and half a point for a draw.

Saminda De Vas scored what turned out to be a critical win against Edward Calado in the allegro and took a three point lead in to the blitz evening. Despite Edward sweeping the blitz 10-0 and coming to within a point of Saminda with a few rounds to go, Saminda held his nerve and took out the title. Congratulations to Saminda and all players for three fun evenings of rapid chess.

Report kindly provided by the organiser Ian McAteer.

Final Placings


 Name                      Allegro     Blitz     Total  

 De Vas,Saminda              15          7        22
 Calado,Edward               11         10        21
 Leong,Voon Choon            12          6        18
 Gough,Dylan                 10          6.5      16.5
 Holland,Dennis               8          6        14
 Berry,Alistair              10          3.5      13.5
 Van Burgel,Bradley           8          3        11
 Rasulov,Bekzod               8          3        11
 McAteer,Ian                  5          6        11
 De Vas,Yonal                 4          2         6
 King,Merson Joseph           5          0         5
 Andrew,Christopher-Jack      0          2         2


2020 South of the River Allegro Cross Table


 Pos NAME                     Rtg    Fed  Pts  |   1     2     3     4     5     6     7     8  |  Buc1  BucT  
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  1  De Vas,Saminda           1846   WA   15.0 | +B5   +W3   +B2   +W6   +B7   =W4   +B8   +W9  |  67.0  72.0 
  2  Leong,Voon Choon         1858   OS   12.0 | +W12  +B6   -W1   +B9   +W5   +B3   =B4   =W7  |  67.0  67.0 
  3  Calado,Edward            2096   WA   11.0 | +W4   -B1   =W7   +B8   +W9   -W2   +B10  +B6  |  66.0  71.0 
  4  Gough,Dylan              1648   WA   10.0 | -B3   -W5   +B12  +W11  +B6   =B1   =W2   +W10 |  65.0  65.0 
  5  Berry,Alistair           1138   WA   10.0 | -W1   +B4   +W10  +B7   -B2   -W8   +W11  +B12 |  62.0  62.0 
  6  Rasulov,Bekzod           1133   WA    8.0 | +B8   -W2   +B11  -B1   -W4   +B12  +W9   -W3  |  65.0  65.0 
  7  Holland,Dennis           1869   WA    8.0 | =B10  +W11  =B3   -W5   -W1   =B9   +W12  =B2  |  62.0  62.0 
  8  Van Burgel,Bradley       1700   WA    8.0 | -W6   +B12  -W9   -W3   +B10  +B5   -W1   +B11 |  58.0  58.0 
  9  McAteer,Ian              1670   WA    5.0 | -B11  +W10  +B8   -W2   -B3   =W7   -B6   -B1  |  67.0  71.0 
 10  King,Merson Joseph       1513   WA    5.0 | =W7   -B9   -B5   +W12  -W8   +B11  -W3   -B4  |  56.0  56.0 
 11  De Vas,Yonal              719   WA    4.0 | +W9   -B7   -W6   -B4   +W12  -W10  -B5   -W8  |  54.0  54.0 
 12  Andrew,Christopher-Jack  1381   WA    0.0 | -B2   -W8   -W4   -B10  -B11  -W6   -B7   -W5  |  61.0  65.0 


2020 South of the River Blitz Cross Table


 Pos ID  NAME                     Elo    Fed  Pts   |  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9   10   11   12  
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  1   8  Calado,Edward            2096   WA   10.0  |  *    1    1    1    1    1    1    1    1    1    1    +  
  2   6  De Vas,Saminda           1846   WA    7.0  |  0    *    0    1    1    1    +   .5   .5    1    1    +  
  3  10  Gough,Dylan              1648   WA    6.5  |  0    1    *   .5    0    0    1    1    1    1    1    +  
  4   4  Holland,Dennis           1869   WA    6.0  |  0    0   .5    *    1    1    0   .5    1    1    1    +  
  5   3  Leong,Voon Choon         1858   OS    6.0  |  0    0    1    0    *    1    1    1    0    1    1    +  
  6   1  McAteer,Ian              1670   WA    6.0  |  0    0    1    0    0    *    1    1    1    1    1    +  
  7  12  Berry,Alistair           1138   WA    3.5  |  0    -    0    1    0    0    *    1   .5    1    -    +  
  8   9  Rasulov,Bekzod           1133   WA    3.0  |  0   .5    0   .5    0    0    0    *    1    0    1    +  
  9   7  Van Burgel,Bradley          0   WA    3.0  |  0   .5    0    0    1    0   .5    0    *    1    0    +  
 10   5  De Vas,Yonal              719   WA    2.0  |  0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    0    *    1    +  
 11  11  Andrew,Christopher-Jack  1381   WA    2.0  |  0    0    0    0    0    0    +    0    1    0    *    +  
 12   2  King,Merson Joseph(W)    1513   WA    0.0  |  -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    *