Grand Prix Table
Last Updated on Friday, 16 April 2010 11:14 Written by Brendan Buckley Monday, 01 March 2010 00:00
Grand prix points :
Round 1 - We began by scoring 0 , 5 , 7 or 10 pts. on each puzzle.
Round 2 - In order to bring a bit of life to the evening we set up the middlegame positions and played them out ourselves before solving. Everyone who did all the puzzles got max pts !!.
Following our 2nd round the standings are :
Player : Points total:
Felix Calleja 135 pts
Valarie Nestor 120 pts
Andrew Staunton 110 pts
John Cormican 90 pts
Martin Sharry 60 pts
Fiona Gavin 50 pts
Dave Path 80 pts
Colm O'Riordan 80 pts
Paul Ward 70 pts
Fiona Cormican 80 pts
Adam Goloc 80 pts
The points - We began by scoring 0 , 5 , 7 or 10 pts. on each puzzle, but (Round 2) we altered the format slightly. In order to bring the a bit of life to the evening we set up the middlegame positions and played them out ourselves before solving. Everyone who did R2. got max pts !!
Puzzle Nite
Written by Brendan Buckley Friday, 26 February 2010 23:30
The Prize - to be presented at the end of the season, will be a trophy and a voucher most likely for Easons or something like that ...see the grand prix table .....
The points - see above article and points table !
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R3 - Our next puzzle night will be held on Thursday, May 4th. The next theme is similar to our last one - more positional sacrafices.
Format for April - We will play the the position (blitz game) ... then in pairs come up with our solutions .... finally we'll examine the solutions and allocate pts. - 5 pts. or 7 pts. or 10 pts. ( democratic allocation of points based on the perceived quality of proposed moves ).
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R2 - March - we looked at 'positional sacrafices' .
R1 - February - we looked at "smothered mate" .
