The Gap Chess Club - Tournament Champions

THE GAP CHESS CLUB

TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS

FLOOD CUP

The Flood Cup is the club’s most prestigious tournament. It was named in the memory of Cyril Grosvenor Flood, a noted club member who passed away on September 10, 1978. The cup was first awarded retrospectively to Nev Cobbold in recognition of the fact that he had been the strongest player in 1978 and over previous years. Contest for the Flood Cup first occurred in 1979 and has occurred annually ever since. The Flood Cup is usually run as a 7 round Swiss tournament. Notable exceptions to this have occurred only in 1983 when it was awarded for best performance over several of the club’s tournaments (similar to the present day BAR Trophy), and in 1996 when the tournament was run as a 13 round round-robin. Time controls for the Flood Cup were 40 moves in 100 minutes, followed by 10 moves for each subsequent 20 minutes until 2003. From 2004 onwards time controls have been 80 minutes plus one minute per move from move 1.

	Year	1^st	2^nd	3^rd
33	2010	Cameron De Vere	Nathan Shaw	Kieran Lyons
32	2009	Ray Adams	Kieran Lyons	Andrew Robinson
31	2008	Kieran Lyons	Tony Howes	Andrew Robinson
30	2007	Andrew Robinson	Tony Howes	Cameron De Vere
29	2006	Brian Thomas	Tony Howes	Phillip Kirkman
28	2005	Phillip Kirkman	Tony Howes	Andrew Robinson
27	2004	Andrew Robinson	George Flitcroft-Smith	Debbie Jenkins
26	2003	Eric Faccer	George Flitcroft-Smith	Tony Howes
25	2002	Andrew Robinson	Paul Evans	George Flitcroft-Smith
24	2001	Andrew Robinson	Gabriel Boross	Harvey Quaresmini
23	2000	Brian Thomas Luke Murray	---	Ben Lazarus
22	1999	Mark Winn	Nathan Davidson	Eddie Ottschoffski
21	1998	Andrew Robinson	Colin Schofield	Harvey Quaresmini
20	1997	John Nothdurft	Eddie Ottschoffski	Andrew Robinson
19	1996	Joe Tarnawski	Nathan Davidson	Andrew Robinson
18	1995	Joe Tarnawski	Mark Winn Andrew Robinson	---
17	1994	Mark Winn	Nathan Davidson	Joe Tarnawski Colin Schofield
16	1993	Joe Tarnawski Phillip Kirkman	---	Mark Winn
15	1992	Joe Tarnawski	Mark Winn Phillip Kirkman	---
14	1991	Allan Wilkes	Phillip Kirkman	Harvey Quaresmini
13	1990	Phillip Kirkman	Ray Adams	Harvey Quaresmini
12	1989	Harvey Quaresmini George P Smith	---	Barry Cox
11	1988	John Granger	George P Smith	Barry Cox
10	1987	David Appleton	David Grice	Peter Cronin
9	1986	Peter Cronin	David Grice	Barry Cox
8	1985	Garry de Jager	David Grice George P Smith	---
7	1984	Garry de Jager	Nev Cobbold Ray Adams	---
6	1983	Garry de Jager	John Guest	Barry Cox
5	1982	Garry de Jager	John Nothdurft	John Guest
4	1981	Nev Cobbold	John Guest	Barry Cox
3	1980	Gunther Stock	Nev Cobbold	Simon Van Tinteren
2	1979	John Guest Ken Bacon	---	Nev Cobbold
1	1978	Nev Cobbold	---	---

Flood Cup - Overall Standings 1978 to 2010

	Player	1^st	2^nd	3^rd
1	Andrew Robinson	5	1	5
2	Joe Tarnawski	4	-	1
3	Garry de Jager	4	-	-
4	Phillip Kirkman	3	2	1
5	Mark Winn	2	2	1
6	Nev Cobbold	2	2	1
7	Brian Thomas	2	-	-
8	George Flitcroft-Smith	1	4	1
9	John Guest	1	2	1
10	Ray Adams	1	2	-
11	Kieran Lyons	1	1	1
12	John Nothdurft	1	1	-
13	Harvey Quaresmini	1	-	4
14	Cameron De Vere	1	-	1
15	Peter Cronin	1	-	1
16	Eric Faccer	1	-	-
17	John Granger	1	-	-
18	Ken Bacon	1	-	-
19	Gunther Stock	1	-	-
20	David Appleton	1	-	-
21	Allan Wilkes	1	-	-
22	Luke Murray	1	-	-
23	Tony Howes	-	4	1
24	Nathan Davidson	-	3	-
25	David Grice	-	3	-
26	Colin Schofield	-	1	1
27	Eddie Ottschoffski	-	1	1
28	Nathan Shaw	-	1	-
29	Gabriel Boross	-	1	-
30	Paul Evans	-	1	-
31	Barry Cox	-	-	5
32	Debbie Jenkins	-	-	1
33	Simon Van Tinteren	-	-	1
34	Ben Lazarus	-	-	1
	TOTALS	37	32	29

STUART WILSON TROPHY

(including the One Hour tournament)

Prior to 1993 a few scratch tournaments had been held with a time control of an hour per player. The trophy for this tournament was donated to the club in 1993 by Stuart Wilson. In 1994 a one hour tournament was not held, so the first contest for this new trophy occurred in 1995. The tournament was commonly known as the “One Hour” for many years due to the fact that each player had 60 minutes in which to make all moves. This changed in 2005 when the time control was amended to 60 minutes plus ten seconds per move from move 1.

	Year	1^st	2^nd	3^rd
19	2009	Cameron De Vere	Kieran Lyons	Tony Howes
18	2008	Tony Howes	Nathan Shaw	Brendan Griffen
17	2007	Tony Howes	Ray Adams	Kieran Lyons
16	2006	Brian Thomas	Andrew Robinson	Garvin Gray
15	2005	Phillip Kirkman	Andrew Robinson	Tony Howes
14	2004	George Flitcroft-Smith	Tony Howes	Luthien Russell
13	2003	Harvey Quaresmini	George Flitcroft-Smith	Tony Howes
12	2002	Andrew Robinson	Gabriel Boross	George Flitcroft-Smith
11	2001	Gabriel Boross	Andrew Robinson	Brian Willcock
10	2000	Brian Thomas	Luke Murray	Sam Constantin
9	1999	Brian Thomas	Andrew Robinson	Harvey Quaresmini
8	1998	Andrew Robinson	Harvey Quaresmini	Doug Foster
7	1997	Colin Schofield	Andrew Robinson	Eddie Ottschoffski
6	1996	Eddie Ottschoffski	John Nothdurft	Joe Tarnawski
5	1995	Joe Tarnawski	Nathan Davidson	Mark Winn
-	1994	not contested	---	---
-	1993	abandoned	---	---
4	1992	Joe Tarnawski	Harvey Quaresmini	Colin Schofield
-	1991	not contested	---	---
3	1990	Harvey Quaresmini Doug Foster	---	Colin Schofield
2	1989	Harvey Quaresmini	George P Smith	Peter Miltenburg
1	1988	George P Smith	Harvey Quaresmini	Phillip Kirkman

SW Trophy / One Hour - Overall Standings 1988 to 2009

	Player	1^st	2^nd	3^rd
1	Harvey Quaresmini	3	3	1
2	Brian Thomas	3	-	-
3	Andrew Robinson	2	5	-
4	George Flitcroft-Smith	2	2	1
5	Tony Howes	2	1	3
6	Joe Tarnawski	2	-	1
7	Gabriel Boross	1	1	-
8	Colin Schofield	1	-	2
9	Doug Foster	1	-	1
10	Eddie Ottschoffski	1	-	1
11	Phillip Kirkman	1	-	1
12	Cameron De Vere	1	-	-
13	Kieran Lyons	-	1	1
	5 players	-	5	-
	8 players	-	-	7
	TOTALS	20	18	19

ALLEGRO TOURNAMENT

(10 min+10 sec/move)

The club has run an Allegro tournament since at least as far back as 1983. Since its inception in 1985, the Best All-Rounder Trophy has always included the Allegro Tournament as a component. Until 2003, time controls for the Allegro were 15 minutes flat to complete all moves. From 2004 onwards time controls have been 10 minutes plus 10 seconds per move from move 1.

	Year	1^st	2^nd	3^rd
25	2009	Nathan Shaw	Andrew Robinson	Tony Howes
24	2008	Andrew Robinson	Tony Howes	Nathan Shaw
23	2007	Andrew Robinson	Kieran Lyons	Brian Willcock
22	2006	Brian Thomas	Andrew Robinson	Tony Howes
21	2005	Andrew Robinson	Debbie Jenkins	Phillip Kirkman
20	2004	Andrew Robinson	Tony Howes	George Flitcroft-Smith
19	2003	Andrew Robinson	Tony Howes	George Flitcroft-Smith
18	2002	Andrew Robinson	George Flitcroft-Smith	Paul Evans
17	2001	Chris Yu	Andrew Robinson	Harvey Quaresmini
16	2000	Andrew Robinson	Sam Constantin	Gabriel Boross
15	1999	Brian Thomas	Andrew Robinson	Eddie Ottschoffski
14	1998	Victor Davidovici	Joe Tarnawski	Andrew Robinson
13	1997	John Nothdurft	Joe Tarnawski	Andrew Robinson
12	1996	Joe Tarnawski	John Nothdurft	Mark Winn
11	1995	Joe Tarnawski	Andrew Robinson	Mark Winn
10	1994	Phillip Kirkman	Mark Winn	Phillip Mulholland Harvey Quaresmini
-	1993	not contested	---	---
9	1992	Joe Tarnawski	Phillip Kirkman	Mark Winn
-	1991	not contested	---	---
8	1990	Patrick Byrom	Joe Tarnawski	Peter Miltenburg
7	1989	Joe Tarnawski	Harvey Quaresmini	Ray Adams
6	1988	George P Smith	Ray Adams	Harvey Quaresmini
5	1987	David Appleton	John Granger	David Grice
4	1986	David Grice	John Granger	Peter Cronin
3	1985	David Grice	Allan Fossey	Igor Muller
2	1984	Patrick Byrom Ray Adams	---	Garry de Jager
1	1983	Garry de Jager	John Guest	John Granger

Allegro - Overall Standings 1983 to 2009

	Player	1^st	2^nd	3^rd
1	Andrew Robinson	7	5	2
2	Joe Tarnawski	4	3	-
3	David Grice	2	-	1
4	Patrick Byrom	2	-	-
5	Brian Thomas	2	-	-
6	George Flitcroft-Smith	1	1	2
7	Phillip Kirkman	1	1	1
8	Ray Adams	1	1	1
9	John Nothdurft	1	1	-
10	Garry de Jager	1	-	1
11	Nathan Shaw	1	-	1
12	Victor Davidovici	1	-	-
13	Chris Yu	1	-	-
14	David Appleton	1	-	-
15	John Granger	-	2	1
16	Tony Howes	-	3	2
17	Mark Winn	-	1	3
18	Harvey Quaresmini	-	1	3
	5 players	-	5	-
	9 players	-	-	8
	TOTALS	26	24	26

LIGHTNING TOURNAMENT

(5 minutes)

The club has run a Lightning Tournament since at least as far back as 1983. Since its inception in 1985, the Best All-Rounder Trophy has always included the Lightning Tournament as a component. Time controls for this tournament have always been the traditional five minute for each player with a guillotine finish.

	Year	1^st	2^nd	3^rd
27	2010	Nathan Shaw	Andrew Robinson	Tony Howes
26	2009	Andrew Robinson	Kieran Lyons	Cameron De Vere
25	2008	Brian Thomas	Andrew Robinson	Garvin Gray
24	2007	Brian Thomas	Andrew Robinson	Garvin Gray
23	2006	Brian Thomas	Andrew Robinson	Phillip Kirkman
22	2005	Andrew Robinson	Tony Howes	Phillip Kirkman
21	2004	Andrew Robinson	George Flitcroft-Smith	Debbie Jenkins
20	2003	Andrew Robinson	George Flitcroft-Smith	Harvey Quaresmini
19	2002	George Flitcroft-Smith	Andrew Robinson	Gabriel Boross
18	2001	Andrew Robinson	Harvey Quaresmini	Doug Foster
17	2000	Gabriel Boross	Sam Constantin	Andrew Robinson
16	1999	Victor Davidovici	Andrew Robinson	Mark Winn
15	1998	John Nothdurft	Mark Winn	Joe Tarnawski
14	1997	Joe Tarnawski	Mark Winn	John Nothdurft
13	1996	Joe Tarnawski	Mark Winn	Harvey Quaresmini
12	1995	Joe Tarnawski	Phillip Kirkman	Mark Winn
11	1994	Ramon Resurreccion	Joe Tarnawski	Mark Winn
-	1993	not contested	---	---
10	1992	Joe Tarnawski	Mark Winn	Phillip Kirkman
9	1991	Joe Tarnawski	Harvey Quaresmini	Phillip Kirkman
8	1990	Joe Tarnawski	Peter Miltenburg	Doug Foster
7	1989	Joe Tarnawski	George P Smith	Harvey Quaresmini
6	1988	George P Smith	Harvey Quaresmini	Phillip Kirkman
5	1987	Peter Cronin	David Appleton	David Grice
4	1986	Patrick Byrom	David Grice	Peter Cronin
3	1985	Allan Fossey	George P Smith	David Grice
2	1984	John Guest Patrick Byrom	---	Garry de Jager
1	1983	Garry de Jager	Igor Muller	John Guest

Lightning - Overall Standings 1983 to 2010

	Player	1^st	2^nd	3^rd
1	Joe Tarnawski	7	1	1
2	Andrew Robinson	5	6	1
3	Brian Thomas	3	-	-
4	George Flitcroft-Smith	2	4	-
5	Patrick Byrom	2	-	-
6	Gabriel Boross	1	-	1
7	John Nothdurft	1	-	1
8	Peter Cronin	1	-	1
9	John Guest	1	-	1
10	Garry de Jager	1	-	1
11	Nathan Shaw	1	-	-
12	Ramon Resurreccion	1	-	-
13	Victor Davidovici	1	-	-
14	Allan Fossey	1	-	-
15	Mark Winn	-	4	3
16	Harvey Quaresmini	-	3	3
17	Phillip Kirkman	-	1	5
18	David Grice	-	1	2
19	Tony Howes	-	1	1
20	Kieran Lyons	-	1	-
21	Sam Constantin	-	1	-
22	Peter Miltenburg	-	1	-
23	David Appleton	-	1	-
24	Igor Muller	-	1	-
25	Doug Foster	-	-	2
26	Garvin Gray	-	-	2
27	Cameron De Vere	-	-	1
28	Debbie Jenkins	-	-	1
	TOTALS	28	27	27

45 MINUTE TOURNAMENT

The 45 Minute Tournament started as an informal tournament allowing casual attendees and junior players the chance to play competitively in a senior competition. Since 2003 the 45 Minute has been elevated to the status of a permanent tournament involving all club players. It has been played in group stage format followed by play-offs to determine the top four places. The club has retained the guillotine finish for this tournament, despite now having digital game timers (DGTs), so that players can experience a mix of time controls.

	Year	1^st	2^nd	3^rd
11	2009	Andrew Robinson	Cameron De Vere	Nathan Shaw
10	2008	Nathan Shaw	Andrew Robinson	Mark Taylor
9	2007	Andrew Robinson	Nathan Shaw	Russell Lyons
8	2006	Brian Thomas	Andrew Robinson	Gordon Powell
7	2005	Andrew Robinson	Marty Chadwick	Ray Adams
6	2004	Phillip Kirkman	Andrew Robinson	Debbie Jenkins
5	2003	Andrew Robinson	Harvey Quaresmini	George Flitcroft-Smith
4	2002	George Flitcroft-Smith	Ben Lazarus	Harvey Quaresmini
3	2001	Harvey Quaresmini	Patrick Tao	Chris Yu
2	2000	Sam Constantin	Brian Thomas	Luke Murray
1	1999	Harvey Quaresmini	David Mills	Brian Thomas

45 minute tournament - Overall Standings 1999 to 2009

	Player	1^st	2^nd	3^rd
1	Andrew Robinson	4	3	-
2	Harvey Quaresmini	2	1	1
3	Brian Thomas	1	1	1
4	Nathan Shaw	1	1	1
5	George Flitcroft-Smith	1	-	1
6	Phillip Kirkman	1	-	-
7	Sam Constantin	1	-	-
8	Cameron De Vere	-	1	-
9	Marty Chadwick	-	1	-
10	Ben Lazarus	-	1	-
11	David Mills	-	1	-
12	Patrick Tao	-	1	-
	7 players	-	-	7
	TOTALS	11	11	11

St DAVID’S DAY TOURNAMENT

A tournament is held every St David’s Day (or the closest Friday to it) to contest the St David’s Day Trophy (donated to the club by Brian Willcock in 2004) and celebrate the Welsh heritage of the club.

	Year	1^st	2^nd	3^rd
7	2010	Mark Taylor	Andrew Robinson	Gary Sands
6	2009	Tony Howes	Thomas Wanderer	Nathan Shaw
5	2008	Brendan Griffen	Josh Ford	Nathan Shaw
4	2007	Andrew Robinson	Brian Thomas	Garvin Gray
3	2006	Kieran Lyons	Mark Taylor	Andrew Robinson
2	2005	Phillip Kirkman	Stuart Holt	Brian Willcock
1	2004	Stuart Holt	George Flitcroft-Smith	Debbie Jenkins

St David’s Day Tournament - Overall Standings 2004 to 2010

	Player	1^st	2^nd	3^rd
1	Andrew Robinson	1	1	1
2	Mark Taylor	1	1	-
3	Stuart Holt	1	1	-
4	Tony Howes	1	-	-
5	Brendan Griffen	1	-	-
6	Kieran Lyons	1	-	-
7	Phillip Kirkman	1	-	-
	4 players	-	4	-
12	Nathan Shaw	-	-	2
	4 players	-	-	4
	TOTALS	7	7	7

PRIZE NIGHT TOURNAMENT

Every year a Handicap Lightning Tournament is held on the club’s prize night at which trophies for the previous year are awarded.

Year	Date of Tournament	Winner	Runner-Up	Semi-Finalist (Third)	Semi-Finalist (Fourth)
2009	19-02-10	Andrew Robinson	Tony Howes	Nathan Shaw	Greg Colwell
2008	20-02-09	Brendan Griffen	Ray Adams	Nathan Shaw	Andrew Robinson
2007	15-02-08	Brendan Griffen	Andrew Robinson	Nathan Shaw	Jonathan Bester
2006	09-02-07	Andrew Robinson	Brian Thomas	Garvin Gray	Ernesto Dobson
2005	27-01-06	Debbie Jenkins	Andrew Robinson	Phillip Kirkman	Harvey Quaresmini
2004	28-01-05	Stuart Holt	Tony Howes	Debbie Jenkins	Dan Beamish
2003	23-01-04	George Flitcroft Smith	Harvey Quaresmini	Andrew Robinson	Stuart Holt
2002	24-01-03	Andrew Robinson	Gabriel Boross	Brian Willcock	Paul Evans
2001	25-01-02	Andrew Robinson	Chris Yu	Kieran Lyons	Harvey Quaresmini
2000	19-01-01	Luke Murray	Dusan Smrek	Brian Thomas	Andrew Robinson
1999	20-01-00	Nathan Davidson	Sam Constantin	Andrew Robinson	Harvey Quaresmini
1998	22-01-99	David Mills	Carl Maresch	Andrew Robinson	Brian Thomas
1997	12-12-97	Harvey Quaresmini	Joe Tarnawski	Mark Winn	Andrew Robinson
1996	13-12-96	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown
1995	15-12-95	Joe Tarnawski	Doug Foster	Nathan Davidson	Colin Schofield
1994	24-06-95	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown
1993	18-06-94	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown

Prize Night Tournament - Overall Standings 1995 to 2009

	Player	1^st	2^nd	S-F
1	Andrew Robinson	4	2	6
2	Brendan Griffen	2	-	-
3	Harvey Quaresmini	1	1	3
4	Joe Tarnawski	1	1	-
5	Nathan Davidson	1	-	1
6	Debbie Jenkins	1	-	1
7	Stuart Holt	1	-	1
8	George Flitcroft-Smith	1	-	-
9	Luke Murray	1	-	-
10	David Mills	1	-	-
11	Tony Howes	-	2	-
12	Brian Thomas	-	1	2
13	Nathan Shaw	-	-	3
	7 players	-	7	-
	11 players	-	-	11
	TOTALS	14	14	28

BEST ALL-ROUNDER TROPHY

The Best All-Rounder Trophy is essentially the Club Championship.

Points are awarded to players based on final position in selected club tournaments during the year. The current four tournaments used to calculate the Best All-Rounder are the Flood Cup, the Stuart Wilson Trophy, the Allegro and the Lightning. Until 1998, the Handicap tournament was also included in calculations. The Stuart Wilson Trophy has been part of the Best All-Rounder only since 1996. To be eligible to win a player must participate in a certain number of tournaments. If all tournaments are not held in a year then the trophy is not awarded (such as occurred in 1987, 1990, 1991 and 1993). It should be noted that the 1983 Flood Cup was awarded based a system similar to the present Best All-Rounder Trophy points system.

	Year	1^st	2^nd	3^rd
21	2009	Andrew Robinson	Nathan Shaw	Kieran Lyons
20	2008	Andrew Robinson	Tony Howes	Kieran Lyons
19	2007	Andrew Robinson	Brian Willcock	Greg Colwell
18	2006	Brian Thomas	Andrew Robinson	Tony Howes
17	2005	Phillip Kirkman	Andrew Robinson	Debbie Jenkins
16	2004	Andrew Robinson	George Flitcroft-Smith	Debbie Jenkins

Flood Cup	Best All-Rounder Trophy
Stuart Wilson Trophy / One Hour	Joe Tarnawski Trophy
Allegro Tournament (10min/10sec)	Maiden Trophy
Lightning Tournament (5 minutes)	Handicap Trophy
45 minute Tournament	The Gap Open
St David’s Day Tournament	List of Champions (one page list)
Prize Night Tournament	Wooden Spoon