Finchley Cup Rapidplay
Knockout 2018-19
The Finchley Cup is a knock-out competition played over a minimum of four boards.
Each match shall be played over two rounds, with the second round reversing the colours.
The rate of play for each game is all moves in thirty minutes.
| Day |
Date |
Venue |
0pponents |
Result |
| Wed | 10-Oct-18
7.45 pm | Away | Barnet Elizabethan II | W 6˝-1˝ |
| Wed | 30-Jan-19 | Home | Enfield I | W 4˝-3˝ |
| Wed | 22-May-19 | Home | Wanstead IV | W 5-3 |
We had a bye in the preliminary round.
Quarter Final
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Barnet Elizabethan II |
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R1 |
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R2 |
Loughton |
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| 1 | Myers, Philip | 165r | (B,W) | 0-1 | | ½-½ | Bowmer, Kevin | 190r | (W,B) |
| 2 | Morley, Howard | 137s | | 0-1 | | 0-1 | Faulkner, David J | 159r | |
| 3 | Bowie, Brian S | 132s | | 0-1 | | ½-½ | Stiffell, Lyn | | |
| 4 | Jones, Michael N | 138r | | ½-½ | | 0-1 | Moth, Simon C | 143r | |
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1˝-3˝ |
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1-3 |
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1˝-6˝ |
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Loughton moved comfortably into the semi-finals of the Finchley Cup after beating Barnet II.
The first round of games was almost a whitewash with Loughton winning 3˝-˝
- Kevin showed Carlsen-esque technique by grinding out a win from a level endgame.
- Dave won quickly and spent the time between games doing some marking!
- Lyn’s promising start for the club continued. He had his opponent under pressure throughout and eventually won on time.
- Simon’s solid Nimzo-Indian led to a quick draw.
Loughton took their foot off the gas slightly in the second round, winning 3-1 to give an overall 6˝-1˝ victory.
- Kevin and Lyn agreed quick draws to secure the win.
- Simon’s opponent blundered a piece in the middlegame and was quickly lost.
- Dave again had too much for his opponent.
Semi Final
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Loughton |
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R1 |
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R2 |
Enfield I |
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| 1 | Bowmer, Kevin | 188r | (B,W) | 0-1 | | 0-1 | Olulode, Olu | 184r | (W,B) |
| 2 | Faulkner, David J | 161r | | 1-0 | | ˝-˝ | Efthymiou, Demetris | 142r | |
| 3 | Kershaw, Graham J | 141r | | ˝-˝ | | ˝-˝ | McNish, David | 136r | |
| 4 | Groce, Ken | 124r | | 1-0 | | 1-0 | Kyriacou, Kyriacos | 111r | |
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2˝-1˝ |
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2-2 |
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4˝-3˝ |
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We reached the final mainly thanks to Ken's two wins.
In the final, we will be at home to Wanstead IV who defeated Barking II
4˝-3˝
in their semi-final.
Final
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Loughton |
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R1 |
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R2 |
Wanstead IV |
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| 1 | Bowmer, Kevin | 188r | (B,W) | ˝-˝ | | 1-0 | Bui, Kyan | 163Jr | (W,B) |
| 2 | Stirling, William J | 166r | | 0-1 | | ˝-˝ | Murrell, Mark RA | 156r | |
| 3 | Faulkner, David J | 161r | | ˝-˝ | | 1-0 | Barclay, Paul R | 150r | |
| 4 | Kershaw, Graham J | 141r | | 1-0 | | ˝-˝ | Jones, Keith S | 142r | |
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2-2 |
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3-1 |
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5-3 |
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Loughton came from 1-2 behind to complete a historic league and cup 🏆 double with a narrow 5-3 victory over Wanstead IV.
The first round of games ended in a 2-2 draw with Wanstead notionally ahead on board count.
- Kevin had some pressure in the early middle game but his initiative fizzled out to a drawn bishop vs. knight ending.
- Bill succumbed to a vicious kingside attack that was kick-started by an excellent exchange sacrifice from Mark.
- Dave and Paul agreed to a draw with almost all the pieces still on the board.
- Graham came under some queenside pressure, but, in true textbook fashion, launched a counterattack in the centre
and his opponent crumbled under time pressure.
Loughton comfortably won the 2nd round of games, 3-1
- Kevin broke through on the king side winning two pawns and then a piece.
- Bill had some initiative but eventually a dead drawn endgame resulted.
- Dave won a piece in the middle game with a pawn fork and had no trouble converting.
- Graham and Keith had a quick draw with nearly all of the pieces being exchanged off after 5 minutes.
This has been a fantastic NCCL campaign for Loughton with 14 victories and 1 draw from the 15 matches played across the league and Finchley cup.
Grade qualifier r = Rapid play s = Standard play
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Simon (left) receiving the Finchley Cup from Philip Staniland the NCCL Chairman. |