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13th Monarch Assurance Isle of Man International
25 Sept - 3 Oct 2004
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The
Monarch Assurance Tony Bridson Tournament is taking place at the
Ocean Castle and Imperial Hotels, Port Erin, Isle of Man, from Monday
27 September to Sunday 3 October 2004. Click here
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TONY BRIDSON MEMORIAL
For players rated under 2000 or graded under 175, or unrated or ungraded. Players eligible to play in the Minor may nonetheless play in this event. 48 played in 2003 and 20 won prizes
Photo shows the late Tony Bridson (left) and Dennis Hemsley. The photo below shows Mrs Edwina Bridson, widow of Tony Bridson, making the first move for Harvey Duckers in the 2004 Tony Bridson Memorial tournament.
Prizes
£600 £500 £400
Prizes of £200 for players in the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, grading groups
Prizes of £200, for the best score by a Senior (over 60), Female,
Under 18, Manx.
BCF Centenary Grading Prize for an English BCF Member £250. All
grading prizes are for the best improvement in grading performance relative
to the player's published grade.
Prizes of £200, for the best score by a Senior (over 60), Female,
Under 18, Manx.
If there is only one entry in such categories, the player must score at
least 3/7 in order to be awarded this prize.
Slow Starter Prize £100: For the best score by a player starting
with 1/3 or less
Schedule: Monday 27 September to Sunday 3 October 2004
Play: Rounds 1-6: 1 to 7pm. Round 7: 10.30am to 4.30pm
Rate of play: 40 moves in 2 hours, all the moves in 1 hour
Opening Ceremony of the Tony Bridson Memorial and Dennis Hemsley Tournaments - Monday 27th September 2004
David Sedgwick has made available to me the words of his opening remarks, made at the beginning of the Bridson/Major and Hemsley/Minor tournaments. It was a very nice speech, and I thought it would be fitting to post it here for the benefit of those not present. JS
My name is David Sedgwick. I'm back with you for my fourteenth successive
annual visit to this Congress, a situation which has only been made possible
by the dedicated efforts of a few people whom I'll mention in a moment.
The other Arbiters, who will mainly be working at the Ocean Castle but
whom you may see during the course of the week, are David Welch, John
Robinson and Cathy Rogers.
One Arbiter is not with us this year. At the prizegiving last year I expressed the hope that Richard Furness would continue to place his qualities at the service of British chess for many years to come. Sadly that was not to be as Richard died on 15th April last. He was Chief Arbiter at this Congress for eleven years and, given that we now have four Arbiters, it's salutary to remember that for much of that time he carried out the arbiting function virtually single handed. Very fittingly the entire Congress this year is devoted to his memory.
Also not with us this year is Tony Bridson, who died during the Congress last year. Tony was the Marketing Manager at the Cherry Orchard Hotel and in that capacity he was involved with the event for ten years, about the last half of which he spent battling against cancer. Although not himself a chess player, he did more for the game than many who are. The tournament formerly called the Major has been renamed in his memory.
It was the wish of both men that the Smith & Williamson British Championships would one day be staged here on the Isle of Man. With the redevelopment of the Villa Marina that became a realistic possibility, and next summer the Championships will indeed be taking place there in Douglas. Both men lived long enough to know that their dream would be fulfilled, but neither will be there to see the realisation of it. If you love this Island as much as I do, and as they did, there could be no more fitting tribute to both men than for you all to come back next summer, and get all your friends to come, so as to make those Championships a resounding success.
I'm delighted that we have with us today Tony's wife Edwina, Richard's wife Judy and Richard's daughter Clare. Ladies and gentlemen, would you please give a very warm welcome to three ladies whose husbands and father did so much for this event.
But, as we remember those no longer with us, so also we move on. We're very fortunate to have with us this year as Tournament Director Stewart Reuben, Chairman of the Fide Organizers' Committee. Stewart is renowned for his imaginitive and innovative thinking, a quality which seems if anything to increase with every passing year. It's entirely due to him that immediately after the Congress we shall be staging here in Port Erin the inaugural World Senior Team Championship, which forms part of the BCF's Centenary Celebrations. Stewart is the pioneer of a fairer method of awarding grading prizes which will be applied here this year in these two tournaments.
I know that one thing which Stewart believes strongly is that memorial events, although important, are in many ways second best. It is far, far preferable to honour people during their lifetime, while they are still fit and well and able to appreciate the tribute which is being paid to them. I'm therefore delighted that amongst the competitors in the Dennis Hemsley Tournament will be .... Mr. Dennis Hemsley. When Dennis first conceived the idea of this Congress about fifteen years ago, there were many who told him that it could never be done. After being Tournament Director since the outset, he's decided that the time has now come for him to take on a lesser role; but he's here with us, larger than life as ever. Long may that continue to be so. [end]
Monarch Assurance
Tony Bridson Memorial 2004
Imperial Hotel, Port Erin
Date of congress: 27/09/2004 to 03/10/2004
Arbiter: David Sedgwick
Round 1
Bd WHITE Result BLACK
1 DUCKERS,Harvey L 171 (0) 1 - 0 KELLY,Paul J 140 (0)
2 LANZER,Robert A 139 (0) 0 - 1 WILLIAMS,Christop 171 (0)
3 KOBYLKA,Michael S 164 (0) 1 - 0 MCBRIDE,John A 135 (0)
4 NICOLSON,James R 131 (0) 0 - 1 COOPER,John G 163 (0)
5 PRICE,Andrew 149 (0) 1 - 0 FISHER,Dominic 125 (0)
6 GUINEY,James 118 (0) ½ - ½ ORMSBY,Alan 147 (0)
Round 2
Bd WHITE Result BLACK
1 COOPER,John G 163 (1) ½ - ½ DUCKERS,Harvey L 171 (1)
2 WILLIAMS,Christop 171 (1) ½ - ½ PRICE,Andrew 149 (1)
3 ORMSBY,Alan 147 (½) 0 - 1 KOBYLKA,Michael S 164 (1)
4 MCBRIDE,John A 135 (0) ½ - ½ GUINEY,James 118 (½)
5 KELLY,Paul J 140 (0) ½ - ½ NICOLSON,James R 131 (0)
6 FISHER,Dominic 125 (0) 1 - 0 LANZER,Robert A 139 (0)
Round 3
Bd WHITE Result BLACK
1 KOBYLKA,Michael S 164 (2) ½ - ½ WILLIAMS,Christop 171 (1½)
2 PRICE,Andrew 149 (1½) ½ - ½ COOPER,John G 163 (1½)
3 DUCKERS,Harvey L 171 (1½) 1 - 0 FISHER,Dominic 125 (1)
4 GUINEY,James 118 (1) ½ - ½ KELLY,Paul J 140 (½)
5 NICOLSON,James R 131 (½) ½ - ½ ORMSBY,Alan 147 (½)
6 LANZER,Robert A 139 (0) 0 - 1 MCBRIDE,John A 135 (½)
Round 4
Bd WHITE Result BLACK
1 KOBYLKA,Michael S 164 (2½) ½ - ½ DUCKERS,Harvey L 171 (2½)
2 WILLIAMS,Christop 171 (2) ½ - ½ COOPER,John G 163 (2)
3 MCBRIDE,John A 135 (1½) ½ - ½ PRICE,Andrew 149 (2)
4 FISHER,Dominic 125 (1) 1 - 0 GUINEY,James 118 (1½)
5 KELLY,Paul J 140 (1) 1 - 0 ORMSBY,Alan 147 (1)
6 NICOLSON,James R 131 (1) 1 - 0 LANZER,Robert A 139 (0)
Round 5
Bd WHITE Result BLACK
1 DUCKERS,Harvey L 171 (3) ½ - ½ WILLIAMS,Christop 171 (2½)
2 COOPER,John G 163 (2½) ½ - ½ KOBYLKA,Michael S 164 (3)
3 PRICE,Andrew 149 (2½) ½ - ½ KELLY,Paul J 140 (2)
4 FISHER,Dominic 125 (2) 1 - 0 MCBRIDE,John A 135 (2)
5 GUINEY,James 118 (1½) ½ - ½ NICOLSON,James R 131 (2)
6 ORMSBY,Alan 147 (1) 1 - 0 LANZER,Robert A 139 (0)
Round 6
Bd WHITE Result BLACK
1 PRICE,Andrew 149 (3) 0 - 1 DUCKERS,Harvey L 171 (3½)
2 KELLY,Paul J 140 (2½) 0 - 1 KOBYLKA,Michael S 164 (3½)
3 WILLIAMS,Christop 171 (3) ½ - ½ NICOLSON,James R 131 (2½)
4 COOPER,John G 163 (3) 1 - 0 ORMSBY,Alan 147 (2)
5 LANZER,Robert A 139 (0) 0 - 1 GUINEY,James 118 (2)
6 MCBRIDE,John A 135 (2) ½ - ½ Bye
7 FISHER,Dominic 125 (3) ½ - ½ Bye
Round 7
Bd WHITE Result BLACK
1 NICOLSON,James R 131 (3) ½ - ½ DUCKERS,Harvey L 171 (4½)
2 KOBYLKA,Michael S 164 (4½) ½ - ½ FISHER,Dominic 125 (3½)
3 GUINEY,James 118 (3) ½ - ½ COOPER,John G 163 (4)
4 MCBRIDE,John A 135 (2½) 0 - 1 WILLIAMS,Christop 171 (3½)
5 ORMSBY,Alan 147 (2) 1 - 0 PRICE,Andrew 149 (3)
6 LANZER,Robert A 139 (0) 1 - 0 KELLY,Paul J 140 (2½)
BCF j/ R O U N D S
Pos Player Grade /e 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 A B C D
1 DUCKERS,Harvey L......... 171 w10+ b3= w5+ b2= w4= b9+ b7= 5 7 1199 171
2 KOBYLKA,Michael S........ 164 w11+ b8+ w4= w1= b3= b10+ w5= 5 7 1202 172
3 COOPER,John G............ 163 b7+ w1= b9= b4= w2= w8+ b6= 4½ 7 1156 165
4 WILLIAMS,Christopher C... 171 b12+ w9= b2= w3= b1= w7= b11+ 4½ 7 1152 165
5 FISHER,Dominic........... 125 e b9- w12+ b1- w6+ w11+ bye= b2= 4 6 920 153
6 GUINEY,James............. 118 j w8= b11= w10= b5- w7= b12+ w3= 3½ 7 975 139
7 NICOLSON,James R......... 131 w3- b10= w8= w12+ b6= b4= w1= 3½ 7 1049 150
8 ORMSBY,Alan.............. 147 b6= w2- b7= b10- w12+ b3- w9+ 3 7 954 136
9 PRICE,Andrew............. 149 w5+ b4= w3= b11= w10= w1- b8- 3 7 1002 143
10 KELLY,Paul J............. 140 b1- w7= b6= w8+ b9= w2- b12- 2½ 7 919 131
11 MCBRIDE,John A........... 135 b2- w6= b12+ w9= b5- bye= w4- 2½ 6 766 128
12 LANZER,Robert A.......... 139 w4- b5- w11- b7- b8- w6- w10+ 1 7 717 102
Index A = Player Score B = No. Graded Games Played
C = Total Grading Points D = Grading Performance
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