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

White		vs	Black
1919	Graham Smith	0 - 1	Andrew Bowler	2122
2122	Andrew Bowler	vs	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	vs	Graham Smith	1919
1919	Graham Smith	vs	Giacomo Lorenzini	1660
1529	Matthew Jacques	vs	Graham Smith	1919
1919	Graham Smith	vs	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 Assante	Robert Whiteside	Colin Solloway	Richard Keane
George Ward	1788	-	White vs Black Joseph Assante ½ - ½ George Ward	White vs Black George Ward 1 - 0 Robert Whiteside	White vs Black Colin Solloway ½ - ½ George Ward	White vs Black George Ward 1 - 0 Richard Keane	3	/ 4
Joseph Assante	2100	White vs Black Joseph Assante ½ - ½ George Ward	-	White vs Black Robert Whiteside vs Joseph Assante	White vs Black Colin Solloway vs Joseph Assante	White vs Black Joseph Assante 1 - 0 Richard Keane	1½	/ 2
Robert Whiteside	1917	White vs Black George Ward 1 - 0 Robert Whiteside	White vs Black Robert Whiteside vs Joseph Assante	-	White vs Black Robert Whiteside vs Colin Solloway	White vs Black Richard Keane 0 - 1 Robert Whiteside	1	/ 2
Colin Solloway	1654	White vs Black Colin Solloway ½ - ½ George Ward	White vs Black Colin Solloway vs Joseph Assante	White vs Black Robert Whiteside vs Colin Solloway	-	White vs Black Richard Keane vs Colin Solloway	½	/ 1
Richard Keane	1535	White vs Black George Ward 1 - 0 Richard Keane	White vs Black Joseph Assante 1 - 0 Richard Keane	White vs Black Richard Keane 0 - 1 Robert Whiteside	White vs Black Richard Keane vs Colin Solloway	-	0	/ 3

White		vs	Black
1917	Robert Whiteside	vs	Joseph Assante	2100
2100	Joseph Assante	½ - ½	George Ward	1788
1654	Colin Solloway	vs	Joseph Assante	2100
2100	Joseph Assante	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	vs	Colin Solloway	1654

Pool 3

Player	Rating	Results					Score
		Alan Heath	Vincent Edwards	Giuseppe Spigapiena	Adrian Elwin	David Phillips
Alan Heath	1846	-	White vs Black Alan Heath 0 - 1 Vincent Edwards	White vs Black Giuseppe Spigapiena ½ - ½ Alan Heath	White vs Black Alan Heath 1 - 0 Adrian Elwin	White vs Black David Phillips 0 - 1 Alan Heath	2½	/ 4
Vincent Edwards	1613	White vs Black Alan Heath 0 - 1 Vincent Edwards	-	White vs Black Vincent Edwards ½ - ½ Giuseppe Spigapiena	White vs Black Vincent Edwards vs Adrian Elwin	White vs Black David Phillips 0 - 1 Vincent Edwards	2½	/ 3
Giuseppe Spigapiena	1758	White vs Black Giuseppe Spigapiena ½ - ½ Alan Heath	White vs Black Vincent Edwards ½ - ½ Giuseppe Spigapiena	-	White vs Black Adrian Elwin vs Giuseppe Spigapiena	White vs Black Giuseppe Spigapiena 1 - 0 David Phillips	2	/ 3
Adrian Elwin	1973	White vs Black Alan Heath 1 - 0 Adrian Elwin	White vs Black Vincent Edwards vs Adrian Elwin	White vs Black Adrian Elwin vs Giuseppe Spigapiena	-	White vs Black Adrian Elwin 1 - 0 David Phillips	1	/ 2
David Phillips	1430	White vs Black David Phillips 0 - 1 Alan Heath	White vs Black David Phillips 0 - 1 Vincent Edwards	White vs Black Giuseppe Spigapiena 1 - 0 David Phillips	White vs Black Adrian Elwin 1 - 0 David Phillips	-	0	/ 4

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

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

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