This tournament was first established in 1973 and named in honour of Allan Respini, first Club President, 1959. The competition remembers his contribution and efforts in establishing the club and developing its activities.
The format of this competition is 10 player round robins, run in three, four or five divisions but depending on participant numbers, a Swiss may be held in the lower divisions.
Initially the time limit was 90 minutes per player, however in recent years, with the introduction of digital clocks, all the divisions have 70 minutes with 30 second increments (Fischer time). All games are forwarded to the ACF for rating purposes with the 'A' & 'B' divisions also being FIDE rated.
The allocation of players into FIDE-rated divisions is determined by the first seven players by FIDE rating in a 10-player division, and remaining players by ACF. For non FIDE-rated divisions ACF is used.
Promotion into the higher division
As most spots in a division are filled by rating, the winner of the next-lowest division from the previous year, if not already qualified by rating, is invited to play up a division. If there were more than one winner, tiebreaks for promotion would be, in order:
From a round-robin division: Direct encounter, Sonneborn-Berger, most wins, coin flip.
From a Swiss division: Buchholz-cut1, Buchholz total, direct encounter, most wins, coin flip.
2025 Respini Tournament
This year's Respini Tournament will be held in three divisions: A Div (10 players), B Div (12 players) & C Div (12 players) with A & B divisions also being FIDE rated.
Time control for each division is 70 mins + 30 sec increment.
A, B & C division cross tables & playing schedule is available from the following links:
The PGN file of all available games is available here: 2025 Respini PGN's
The PGN file above and cross tables below are believed to be correct, but if you find any errors or corrections and/or updates to be made please contact the Web Site Administrator Mike McGregor at: metrochessclub@hotmail.com
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A Division
| Rank |
Name |
FIDE |
ACF |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
Score |
| 1 |
Michael Kueh |
1972 |
2127 |
|
= |
= |
0 |
= |
0 |
= |
1 |
= |
1 |
4.0 |
| 2 |
David Ellis |
1896 |
2024 |
= |
|
0 |
= |
= |
1 |
|
= |
0 |
= |
3.5 |
| 3 |
Yonal De Vas |
1886 |
1891 |
= |
1 |
|
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
= |
1 |
5.0 |
| 4 |
Kevin Shah Mansouri |
1885 |
2025 |
1 |
= |
1 |
|
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
= |
= |
4.5 |
| 5 |
Trent Gulley |
1883 |
2038 |
= |
= |
0 |
1 |
|
= |
|
= |
= |
= |
4.0 |
| 6 |
Peter Roza |
1877 |
2035 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
= |
|
|
= |
= |
= |
5.0 |
| 7 |
Craig Kinsman |
1863 |
1989 |
= |
|
1 |
0 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
2.5 |
| 8 |
David Barry |
1844 |
1938 |
0 |
= |
0 |
0 |
= |
= |
0 |
|
0 |
= |
2.0 |
| 9 |
Robert Baumgartner |
1774 |
1888 |
= |
1 |
= |
= |
= |
= |
|
1 |
|
= |
5.0 |
| 10 |
Derek Roebuck |
1717 |
1757 |
0 |
= |
0 |
= |
= |
= |
|
= |
= |
|
3.0 |
Note: Craig Kinsman has withdrawn.
As Craig has played less than 50% of his games, scores against Craig will not count and the games played rated.
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B Division
| Rank |
Name |
FIDE |
ACF |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
Score |
| 1 |
Gordon Dunlop |
1745 |
1818 |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
= |
0 |
1 |
1 |
= |
1 |
7.0 |
| 2 |
Nithuli Liyanage |
1733 |
1618 |
0 |
|
= |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1f |
1 |
0 |
= |
= |
= |
5.0 |
| 3 |
Robin Christian |
1727 |
1791 |
0 |
= |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
= |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6.0 |
| 4 |
Yuxuan Zhang |
1707 |
1693 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
0f |
0 |
= |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4.5 |
| 5 |
Yuqi (Ricky) Huang |
1705 |
1761 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1f |
|
= |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
= |
9.0 |
| 6 |
Hui Huang |
1695 |
1664 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
= |
|
1 |
1 |
= |
0 |
1 |
1 |
9.0 |
| 7 |
Ryan Yao |
1684 |
1661 |
= |
0f |
0 |
= |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
= |
4.5 |
| 8 |
Arvind Elamparithi |
1682 |
1650P |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2.0 |
| 9 |
Marcus Simonds |
1682 |
1688 |
0 |
1 |
= |
0 |
0 |
= |
0 |
1 |
|
= |
1 |
= |
5.0 |
| 10 |
Luke Bradley |
1617 |
1665 |
0 |
= |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
= |
|
0 |
= |
3.5 |
| 11 |
Kobe Wu |
1581 |
1575 |
= |
= |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
= |
5.5 |
| 12 |
Wallace Sheridan |
1517 |
1557 |
0 |
= |
0 |
1 |
= |
0 |
= |
1 |
= |
= |
= |
|
5.0 |
C Division
| Rank |
Name |
ACF |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
Score |
| 1 |
Sjef de Jong |
1570 |
|
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
= |
= |
7.0 |
| 2 |
Mike McGregor |
1569 |
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
= |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
7.5 |
| 3 |
Thishanka Fernando |
1550 |
1 |
0 |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
9.0 |
| 4 |
Alex De Heer |
1520 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1f |
0 |
1 |
3.0 |
| 5 |
Paul Moseley |
1508 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
= |
0f |
= |
0f |
1 |
0 |
0f |
4.0 |
| 6 |
Stevica Milovanovic |
1468 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
= |
|
= |
1 |
1 |
1 |
= |
0 |
6.5 |
| 7 |
Senudi De Vas |
1378 |
0 |
= |
0 |
1 |
1f |
= |
|
= |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
6.5 |
| 8 |
Matthew Riley |
1299 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
= |
0 |
= |
|
= |
1 |
0 |
1 |
5.5 |
| 9 |
Luca Rotter |
1100 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1f |
0 |
0 |
= |
|
0 |
0 |
= |
2.0 |
| 10 |
Attiligoda Jayasinghe |
232 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0f |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
0 |
1 |
3.0 |
| 11 |
Kit He |
unr |
= |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
= |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
9.0 |
| 12 |
Patrick Kurniawan |
unr |
= |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1f |
1 |
0 |
0 |
= |
0 |
0 |
|
3.0 |
Note: Paul Moseley has withdrawn.
As Paul has played more than 50% of his games, scores against Paul will count and the games played rated.
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Previous Winners
Click here for a list of previous Respini Tournament winners.
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