The Gap Chess Club – Records and Trivia
Tennis has four major tournaments – Wimbledon, the US Open, and the Australian and French Opens. The winning of all four tournaments in a single year constitutes what is known as a “Grand Slam”.
Similarly, at The Gap CC we have four major tournaments – the Flood Cup, the Stuart Wilson Trophy, Allegro and Lightning (the current components that decide the club’s Best All-Rounder or club champion). Without taking the similarities too far, the Flood Cup is like Wimbledon in that it is the oldest, most prestigious and most traditional of the four. The Lightning could be equated to the clay court French Open in that it requires a different style of play that can be impossible for some of the masters of the classical game.
The Gap CC’s “Grand Slam” has only been achieved three times:
In addition, a near miss (winning 3 out of the big 4) has occurred four times:
The following two tables present further information.
The most wins in “grand slam” tournaments (1978-2011)
|
|
Player |
Total |
Flood |
SWT |
Allegro |
Blitz |
|
1 |
Andrew Robinson |
23 |
5 |
3 |
9 |
6 |
|
2 |
Joe Tarnawski |
17 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
7 |
|
3 |
Brian Thomas |
10 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
|
4 |
George Flitcroft-Smith |
6 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
|
5 |
Garry de Jager |
6 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
6 |
Phillip Kirkman |
5 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
7 |
Harvey Quaresmini |
4 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
|
8 |
Tony Howes |
4 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
|
9 |
Patrick Byrom |
4 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
|
10 |
John Nothdurft |
3 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
The most top three finishes in “grand slam” tournaments (1978-2011)
|
|
Player |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total |
|
1 |
Andrew Robinson |
23 |
19 |
8 |
50 |
|
2 |
Joe Tarnawski |
17 |
4 |
3 |
24 |
|
3 |
Tony Howes |
4 |
11 |
9 |
24 |
|
4 |
Harvey Quaresmini |
4 |
7 |
11 |
22 |
|
5 |
George Flitcroft-Smith |
6 |
11 |
4 |
21 |
|
6 |
Phillip Kirkman |
5 |
4 |
8 |
17 |
|
7 |
Mark Winn |
2 |
7 |
8 |
17 |
|
8 |
Brian Thomas |
10 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
|
9 |
David Grice |
2 |
4 |
3 |
9 |
|
10 |
Garry de Jager |
6 |
0 |
2 |
8 |
Full details relating to the above tables may be found at champions-totals.xls.