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.
2023 Respini Tournament
This year's Respini Tournament, owing to the number of entrants and playing dates available will be held in 2 sections. A & B Divisions (both FIDE rated) will be played as 8 player round robins, with the remaining players participating in a Swiss. Time controls for each section is 70 mins + 30 sec increment.
The A & B Division cross tables and playing schedule is available from the following links:
PGN files of all available games are available from the links below. Missing games will be published when they become available.
The PGN files above and the placegetters, cross tables & standings below are believed to be correct, but if you find any errors or corrections and/or updates to be made please let the Web Site Admin know and they will be corrected asap.
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A Division
| No. |
Player |
FIDE |
ACF |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
Score |
| 1. |
Ihsan Ferozkohi |
2174 |
2419 |
|
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1f |
1 |
0 |
5.0 |
| 2. |
Rui Gen Teh |
2069 |
2257 |
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
= |
1 |
1 |
6.5 |
| 3. |
Leon Taylor |
1917 |
2127 |
0 |
0 |
|
= |
0 |
0 |
1 |
= |
2.0 |
| 4. |
Keegan O'Mahoney |
1898 |
2154 |
0 |
0 |
= |
|
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3.5 |
| 5. |
Iker Hernandez Mendez |
1894 |
2174 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
0 |
0 |
1 |
3.0 |
| 6. |
Craig Kinsman |
1866 |
2084 |
0f |
= |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
0 |
0 |
2.5 |
| 7. |
Saminda De Vas |
1803 |
2150 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
0 |
2.0 |
| 8. |
David Ellis |
1736 |
2053 |
1 |
0 |
= |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
3.5 |
B Division
| No. |
Player |
FIDE |
ACF |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
Score |
| 1. |
Garth Fitzmaurice |
1803 |
1869 |
|
0 |
0 |
= |
0 |
1 |
|
1 |
2.5 |
| 2. |
Peter Roza |
1770 |
2017 |
1 |
|
= |
0 |
1 |
= |
|
1 |
4.0 |
| 3. |
Trent Gulley |
1700 |
1950 |
1 |
= |
|
0 |
1 |
= |
|
1 |
4.0 |
| 4. |
Robert Baumgartner |
1682 |
1958 |
= |
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
= |
|
1 |
5.0 |
| 5. |
David Barry |
1678 |
1955 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
2.0 |
| 6. |
Gordon Dunlop |
1662 |
1942 |
0 |
= |
= |
= |
0 |
|
|
= |
2.0 |
| 7. |
John Storey |
1585 |
1981 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 8. |
Carter Kerr |
1538 |
1944 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
= |
|
|
1.5 |
Note: John Storey withdrew
Respini Swiss
Placegetters
Division C - Swiss
1st: Marcus Simonds (6.5/8)
2nd: Robin Christian (6.0/8)
3rd: Ashvin Balavignan (5.5/8)
Division D - Swiss Reserves (U/1600)
1st: Jaswanth Ram Sethuraman (5.0/8)
2nd: Kobe Wu (4.5/8)
3rd: Nithuli Liyanage (4.0/8)
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Final Standings
Pos N NAME Rtg | Pts Buc1 BucT
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1 3 Simonds,Marcus 1765 | 6.5 32.5 35.5
2 5 Christian,Robin 1694 | 6.0 29.5 30.5
3 7 Balavignan,Ashvin 1683 | 5.5 28.5 29.5
4 15 Sethuraman,Jaswanth Ram 1298 | 5.0 34.5 37.5
5 6 Kerr,Lennon 1690 | 4.5 32.5 35.5
6 10 Wu,Kobe 1583 | 4.5 32.5 35.0
7 4 De Vas,Yonal 1721 | 4.5 25.0 27.5
8 14 Liyanage,Nithuli 1311 | 4.0 30.5 33.0
9 2 McGregor,Mike 1781 | 4.0 27.5 28.5
10 13 Lofthouse,Tony (W) 1361 | 3.5 32.0 35.0
11 12 Klimczak,Joe 1531 | 3.5 27.0 28.0
12 11 Moseley,Paul 1538 | 3.5 26.0 27.0
13 8 De Heer,Alex 1652 | 3.0 35.5 39.5
14 16 De Vas,Senudi 1293 | 3.0 26.5 27.5
15 1 Roebuck,Derek J (W) 1817 | 3.0 26.0 29.0
16 9 De Jong,Sjef (W) 1591 | 2.5 36.0 39.5
17 17 Koch,Lucien 1283 | 1.5 27.5 30.0
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Cross Table
Pos NAME Rtg Pts | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 | Buc1 BucT
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1 Simonds,Marcus 1765 6.5 | +W6 =B13 +W10 +B16 +W4 =B3 =W2 +B5 | 32.5 35.5
2 Christian,Robin 1694 6.0 | +W8 -B16 +W17 =B10 +W13 +W9 =B1 +W4 | 29.5 30.5
3 Balavignan,Ashvin 1683 5.5 | +W14 +B17 -W13 +B5 +W16 =W1 -B4 +B8 | 28.5 29.5
4 Sethuraman,Jaswanth Ram 1298 5.0 | +W5 +B7 =W16 +B13 -B1 =W6 +W3 -B2 | 34.5 37.5
5 Kerr,Lennon 1690 4.5 | -B4 +W8 +B12 -W3 =W15 +B16 +B6 -W1 | 32.5 35.5
6 Wu,Kobe 1583 4.5 | -B1 +W14 =BYE +B7 +W8 =B4 -W5 =W9 | 32.5 35.0
7 De Vas,Yonal 1721 4.5 | =B12 -W4 +B14 -W6 =BYE =B11 +W16 +B13 | 25.0 27.5
8 Liyanage,Nithuli 1311 4.0 | -B2 -B5 +W9 +W11 -B6 +W14 +B13 -W3 | 30.5 33.0
9 McGregor,Mike 1781 4.0 | -B16 =W12 -B8 +W17 +W10 -B2 +W11 =B6 | 27.5 28.5
10 Lofthouse,Tony (W) 1361 3.5 | =BYE +W11 -B1 =W2 -B9 +B12 =BYE -- | 32.0 35.0
11 Klimczak,Joe 1531 3.5 | =BYE -B10 =W15 -B8 +BYE =W7 -B9 +B17 | 27.0 28.0
12 Moseley,Paul 1538 3.5 | =W7 =B9 -W5 -B15 +B17 -W10 +BYE =B14 | 26.0 27.0
13 De Heer,Alex 1652 3.0 | +B15 =W1 +B3 -W4 -B2 =BYE -W8 -W7 | 35.5 39.5
14 De Vas,Senudi 1293 3.0 | -B3 -B6 -W7 +BYE =BYE -B8 +W17 =W12 | 26.5 27.5
15 Roebuck,Derek J (W) 1817 3.0 | -W13 =BYE =B11 +W12 =B5 -- =BYE -- | 26.0 29.0
16 De Jong,Sjef (W) 1591 2.5 | +W9 +W2 =B4 -W1 -B3 -W5 -B7 -- | 36.0 39.5
17 Koch,Lucien 1283 1.5 | +BYE -W3 -B2 -B9 -W12 =BYE -B14 -W11 | 27.5 30.0
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Previous Winners
Click here for a list of previous Respini Tournament winners.
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