Knockout 2018 (updated)

Knockout 2018

Forest Hall teams shown in red type, winning teams are underlined.

ROUND 1

Forest Hall A  4 – 3½  Gosforth D

Morpeth C  3 – 3½  Forest Hall B

Forest Hall C  4½ – 2  Gosforth B

Gosforth C  3 – 2½  Forest Hall D

Tynemouth D  3½ – 2  Forest Hall E

Gateshead  w/o  Forest Hall F

Alnwick  w/o  Leam Lane A
Gosforth A  4 – 3½  South Shields
Leam Lane B  2 – 3½  Morpeth B
Morpeth A  3½ – 2½  Jesmond

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TROPHY Round 2

Tynemouth D  1 – 3  Forest Hall C
Gosforth C  3½ – 3  Morpeth A

The other 6 teams: Alnwick, Forest Hall A, Forest Hall B, Gateshead, Gosforth A, Morpeth B all get a bye through to the Quarter Finals.

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TROPHY Quarter Finals

Forest Hall A  4 – 2½  Gosforth C

Morpeth B  3 – 2½  Forest Hall B

Forest Hall C  3½ – 2½  Alnwick

Gateshead  3 – 3½  Gosforth A

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TROPHY Semi Finals

Gosforth A ½ – 3½ Forest Hall A

Morpeth B 2½ – 3 Forest Hall C

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TROPHY Final

Forest Hall A  4 – 3½  Forest Hall C

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PLATE Quarter Finals

Forest Hall D  4 – 1½  Morpeth C

Forest Hall E  w/o  Leam Lane B

Gosforth B  2½ – 3  Jesmond

Gosforth D  2½ – 3  South Shields

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PLATE Semi Finals

South Shields  2½ – 1½  Forest Hall D

Jesmond  4 – 3½  Forest Hall E

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PLATE Final

Jesmond  4 – 3½  South Shields

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Competition format

Winners of Round 1 go into the Trophy, losers into the Plate, after which it is strict knockout.

Handicap system

Each team shall fall into one of five categories: Open, Major, Inter(mediate), Minor or Novice. A team’s category shall be determined by the grades of its players. For the purposes of this tournament:

If the grade of a team’s board 1 player is 120 or lower and the total grade of the team is 380 or lower, that team is Novice.

Otherwise, if the board 1 player is 140 or lower and the total is 470 or lower, the team is Minor.

Otherwise, if the board 1 player is 160 or lower and the total is 560 or lower, the team is Inter.

Otherwise, if the board 2 player is 160 or lower and the total is 650 or lower, the team is Major.

Otherwise, the team is Open. To summarise:

Where two teams are from different categories, the lower graded team shall receive one handicap point for each category their opponents are above them, plus one half point, to a maximum of 3½. Therefore:

Closing dates for rounds

The closing dates for reporting results in 2018 are as follows:

Round 1:                     Saturday 26^th May

Round 2:                     Saturday 23^rdJune

Quarter Finals:        Saturday 21^stJuly

Semi Finals:              Saturday 18^thAugust

Finals:                         Saturday 15^thSeptember