Club Champions decided!
Crawford Macnab
5 May 2025
Congratulations to Matt Rounds on drawing with Euan McDiarmid to win the championship with 5½/6.
Congratulations also to Stuart McKinney who has won the minor championship on tie break with 4/6.
Club Championship
Matt and Euan played their postponed 4th round game where the advantage swung to both players at points but in the end a draw was agreed with a repetition of moves about to happen.
This is Matt’s second club championship title having previously won in 2017-18.
In the minor championship it was very close with Stuart McKinney, Nick West and Isaac Boyd having excellent championships to all finish on 4 points.
On tie break the title went to Stuart McKinney who was undefeated and wins the minor championship for the first time.
Tie Break
Tie break will be (Sum of) Progressive Scores (PS) - after each round a participant has a certain overall score. This tie-break is computed by adding the score of the participant at the end of each round.
- Stuart McKinney: 1, 1½, 2½, 3, 3½, 4 = 15½
- Nick West: 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 4 = 13
- Isaac Boyd: ½, ½, 1½, 2½, 3½, 4 = 12½
This system places more weight on games won in the early rounds and the least weight on games won in the final rounds. The rationale for this system is that a player who scored well early in the tournament has most likely faced tougher opponents in later rounds and should therefore be favored over a player who scored poorly in the start before subsequently scoring points against weaker opponents