2026 Club Championship

Tournament director:

Adrian Elwin

Time control:

Time control is game in 80 minutes with a 10 secs/move increment from move 1.

Tournament rules:

In each pool, all players play each other. See pairings chart for colour. The top player from each group to go through to the Final as will the best 2 second placed players. All ties will be resolved by a normal-speed playoff game and then, if necessary, pairs of rapid-play game.

Results reporting:

Report your results to [email protected] stating the date of the match, tournament name, pairing, colours and result.

First round stage

Pool 1

Player	Rating	Results						Score
		Andrew Bowler	Graham Smith	Ozan Senturk	Matthew Jacques	Giacomo Lorenzini	Mark Osborn
Andrew Bowler	2122	-	White vs Black Graham Smith 0 - 1 Andrew Bowler	White vs Black Andrew Bowler ½ - ½ Ozan Senturk	White vs Black Andrew Bowler 1 - 0 Matthew Jacques	White vs Black Giacomo Lorenzini 0 - 1 Andrew Bowler	White vs Black Mark Osborn 0 - 1 Andrew Bowler	4½	/ 5
Graham Smith	1919	White vs Black Graham Smith 0 - 1 Andrew Bowler	-	White vs Black Ozan Senturk 0 - 1 Graham Smith	White vs Black Matthew Jacques vs Graham Smith	White vs Black Graham Smith vs Giacomo Lorenzini	White vs Black Graham Smith 1 - 0 Mark Osborn	2	/ 3
Ozan Senturk	1805	White vs Black Andrew Bowler ½ - ½ Ozan Senturk	White vs Black Ozan Senturk 0 - 1 Graham Smith	-	White vs Black Ozan Senturk vs Matthew Jacques	White vs Black Giacomo Lorenzini vs Ozan Senturk	White vs Black Mark Osborn 0 - 1 Ozan Senturk	1½	/ 3
Matthew Jacques	1529	White vs Black Andrew Bowler 1 - 0 Matthew Jacques	White vs Black Matthew Jacques vs Graham Smith	White vs Black Ozan Senturk vs Matthew Jacques	-	White vs Black Matthew Jacques ½ - ½ Giacomo Lorenzini	White vs Black Mark Osborn ½ - ½ Matthew Jacques	1	/ 3
Giacomo Lorenzini	1660	White vs Black Giacomo Lorenzini 0 - 1 Andrew Bowler	White vs Black Graham Smith vs Giacomo Lorenzini	White vs Black Giacomo Lorenzini vs Ozan Senturk	White vs Black Matthew Jacques ½ - ½ Giacomo Lorenzini	-	White vs Black Giacomo Lorenzini vs Mark Osborn	½	/ 2
Mark Osborn	1320	White vs Black Mark Osborn 0 - 1 Andrew Bowler	White vs Black Graham Smith 1 - 0 Mark Osborn	White vs Black Mark Osborn 0 - 1 Ozan Senturk	White vs Black Mark Osborn ½ - ½ Matthew Jacques	White vs Black Giacomo Lorenzini vs Mark Osborn	-	½	/ 4

White		vs	Black
1919	Graham Smith	0 - 1	Andrew Bowler	2122
2122	Andrew Bowler	½ - ½	Ozan Senturk	1805
1660	Giacomo Lorenzini	0 - 1	Andrew Bowler	2122
2122	Andrew Bowler	1 - 0	Matthew Jacques	1529
1320	Mark Osborn	0 - 1	Andrew Bowler	2122
1805	Ozan Senturk	0 - 1	Graham Smith	1919
1919	Graham Smith	vs	Giacomo Lorenzini	1660
1529	Matthew Jacques	vs	Graham Smith	1919
1919	Graham Smith	1 - 0	Mark Osborn	1320
1660	Giacomo Lorenzini	vs	Ozan Senturk	1805
1805	Ozan Senturk	vs	Matthew Jacques	1529
1320	Mark Osborn	0 - 1	Ozan Senturk	1805
1529	Matthew Jacques	½ - ½	Giacomo Lorenzini	1660
1660	Giacomo Lorenzini	vs	Mark Osborn	1320
1320	Mark Osborn	½ - ½	Matthew Jacques	1529

Pool 2

Player	Rating	Results					Score
		George Ward	Joseph Asante	Colin Solloway	Robert Whiteside	Richard Keane
George Ward	1788	-	White vs Black Joseph Asante ½ - ½ George Ward	White vs Black Colin Solloway ½ - ½ George Ward	White vs Black George Ward 1 - 0 Robert Whiteside	White vs Black George Ward 1 - 0 Richard Keane	3	/ 4
Joseph Asante	2100	White vs Black Joseph Asante ½ - ½ George Ward	-	White vs Black Colin Solloway 0 - 1 Joseph Asante	White vs Black Robert Whiteside vs Joseph Asante	White vs Black Joseph Asante 1 - 0 Richard Keane	2½	/ 3
Colin Solloway	1654	White vs Black Colin Solloway ½ - ½ George Ward	White vs Black Colin Solloway 0 - 1 Joseph Asante	-	White vs Black Robert Whiteside vs Colin Solloway	White vs Black Richard Keane def - 1 Colin Solloway	1½	/ 3
Robert Whiteside	1917	White vs Black George Ward 1 - 0 Robert Whiteside	White vs Black Robert Whiteside vs Joseph Asante	White vs Black Robert Whiteside vs Colin Solloway	-	White vs Black Richard Keane 0 - 1 Robert Whiteside	1	/ 2
Richard Keane	1535	White vs Black George Ward 1 - 0 Richard Keane	White vs Black Joseph Asante 1 - 0 Richard Keane	White vs Black Richard Keane def - 1 Colin Solloway	White vs Black Richard Keane 0 - 1 Robert Whiteside	-	0	/ 4

White		vs	Black
1917	Robert Whiteside	vs	Joseph Asante	2100
2100	Joseph Asante	½ - ½	George Ward	1788
1654	Colin Solloway	0 - 1	Joseph Asante	2100
2100	Joseph Asante	1 - 0	Richard Keane	1535
1788	George Ward	1 - 0	Robert Whiteside	1917
1917	Robert Whiteside	vs	Colin Solloway	1654
1535	Richard Keane	0 - 1	Robert Whiteside	1917
1654	Colin Solloway	½ - ½	George Ward	1788
1788	George Ward	1 - 0	Richard Keane	1535
1535	Richard Keane	def - 1	Colin Solloway	1654

Pool 3

Place	Player	Rating	Results					Score
		Adrian Elwin	Alan Heath	Giuseppe Spigapiena	Vincent Edwards	David Phillips
1st	Adrian Elwin	1973	-	White vs Black Alan Heath 1 - 0 Adrian Elwin	White vs Black Adrian Elwin ½ - ½ Giuseppe Spigapiena	White vs Black Vincent Edwards 0 - 1 Adrian Elwin	White vs Black Adrian Elwin 1 - 0 David Phillips	2½	/ 4
=1st	Alan Heath	1846	White vs Black Alan Heath 1 - 0 Adrian Elwin	-	White vs Black Giuseppe Spigapiena ½ - ½ Alan Heath	White vs Black Alan Heath 0 - 1 Vincent Edwards	White vs Black David Phillips 0 - 1 Alan Heath	2½	/ 4
=1st	Giuseppe Spigapiena	1758	White vs Black Adrian Elwin ½ - ½ Giuseppe Spigapiena	White vs Black Giuseppe Spigapiena ½ - ½ Alan Heath	-	White vs Black Vincent Edwards ½ - ½ Giuseppe Spigapiena	White vs Black Giuseppe Spigapiena 1 - 0 David Phillips	2½	/ 4
	Vincent Edwards	1613	White vs Black Vincent Edwards 0 - 1 Adrian Elwin	White vs Black Alan Heath 0 - 1 Vincent Edwards	White vs Black Vincent Edwards ½ - ½ Giuseppe Spigapiena	-	White vs Black David Phillips 0 - 1 Vincent Edwards	2½	/ 4
	David Phillips	1430	White vs Black Adrian Elwin 1 - 0 David Phillips	White vs Black David Phillips 0 - 1 Alan Heath	White vs Black Giuseppe Spigapiena 1 - 0 David Phillips	White vs Black David Phillips 0 - 1 Vincent Edwards	-	0	/ 4

White		vs	Black
1846	Alan Heath	1 - 0	Adrian Elwin	1973
1973	Adrian Elwin	½ - ½	Giuseppe Spigapiena	1758
1613	Vincent Edwards	0 - 1	Adrian Elwin	1973
1973	Adrian Elwin	1 - 0	David Phillips	1430
1758	Giuseppe Spigapiena	½ - ½	Alan Heath	1846
1846	Alan Heath	0 - 1	Vincent Edwards	1613
1430	David Phillips	0 - 1	Alan Heath	1846
1613	Vincent Edwards	½ - ½	Giuseppe Spigapiena	1758
1430	David Phillips	0 - 1	Vincent Edwards	1613
1758	Giuseppe Spigapiena	1 - 0	David Phillips	1430

Pool 4

Place	Player	Rating	Results					Score
		James Alexander	Eric Meichel	Olajide Mabogunje	Dominic Watson	Steven Wayne
1st	James Alexander	1816	-	White vs Black James Alexander 1 - 0 Eric Meichel	White vs Black James Alexander 1 - 0 Olajide Mabogunje	White vs Black Dominic Watson 0 - 1 James Alexander	White vs Black Steven Wayne 0 - 1 James Alexander	4	/ 4
2nd	Eric Meichel	1933	White vs Black James Alexander 1 - 0 Eric Meichel	-	White vs Black Olajide Mabogunje 0 - 1 Eric Meichel	White vs Black Eric Meichel 1 - 0 Dominic Watson	White vs Black Eric Meichel 1 - 0 Steven Wayne	3	/ 4
3rd	Olajide Mabogunje	1584	White vs Black James Alexander 1 - 0 Olajide Mabogunje	White vs Black Olajide Mabogunje 0 - 1 Eric Meichel	-	White vs Black Olajide Mabogunje 1 - 0 Dominic Watson	White vs Black Steven Wayne 0 - 1 Olajide Mabogunje	2	/ 4
	Dominic Watson	1676	White vs Black Dominic Watson 0 - 1 James Alexander	White vs Black Eric Meichel 1 - 0 Dominic Watson	White vs Black Olajide Mabogunje 1 - 0 Dominic Watson	-	White vs Black Dominic Watson 1 - 0 Steven Wayne	1	/ 4
	Steven Wayne	1325	White vs Black Steven Wayne 0 - 1 James Alexander	White vs Black Eric Meichel 1 - 0 Steven Wayne	White vs Black Steven Wayne 0 - 1 Olajide Mabogunje	White vs Black Dominic Watson 1 - 0 Steven Wayne	-	0	/ 4

White		vs	Black
1816	James Alexander	1 - 0	Eric Meichel	1933
1933	Eric Meichel	1 - 0	Dominic Watson	1676
1584	Olajide Mabogunje	0 - 1	Eric Meichel	1933
1933	Eric Meichel	1 - 0	Steven Wayne	1325
1676	Dominic Watson	0 - 1	James Alexander	1816
1816	James Alexander	1 - 0	Olajide Mabogunje	1584
1325	Steven Wayne	0 - 1	James Alexander	1816
1584	Olajide Mabogunje	1 - 0	Dominic Watson	1676
1325	Steven Wayne	0 - 1	Olajide Mabogunje	1584
1676	Dominic Watson	1 - 0	Steven Wayne	1325