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Cordon Trophy 2024

The 2024 Cordon Trophy was held at Bedford Chess Club on 26th September 2024. It was the most tightly fought contest for several years with 5 teams having a chance of coming first at the beginning of the final round.

Leighton Buzzard A scored 4 out of 4 in the final round to reach a score or 12 and edge ahead of Bedford A who finished on 11 ahead of Milton Keynes B.

Unusually, nobody scored 4 out of 4, although several people finished on 3½.


Final Table


Team
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Total






Leighton Buzzard A 2 3 3 4 12
Bedford A 2.5 2.5 3 3 11
Milton Keynes B 3 3 1 3 10
Leighton Buzzard B 2.5 3 2.5 1 9
Milton Keynes A 2.5 3 2 0.5 8
Bedford B 1 4 1 1.5 7.5
Luton Vivas 1 1.5 3 2 7.5
Bedford Young Guns 2 1 2 2 7
Bedford D 1.5 0 2.5 2 6
Luton Divas 2 0.5 1 2 5.5
Bedford C 2 0.5 1 1 4.5



Teamlists










Luton Divas















Board 1 Julian Hudson
0 0 0 1
1
Board 2 Thomas P O’Brien
1 0 0 0
1
Board 3 Damanjeet Singh
1 0.5 1 1
3.5
Board 4 Aleksandar Juhasz
0 0 0 0
0



2 0.5 1 2




2 2.5 3.5 5.5
5.5









Leighton Buzzard B
















Board 1 Adrian Matthews
0.5 0.5 0.5 0
1.5
Board 2 Fred Dorn
1 1 1 0
3
Board 3 Ian Woodward
1 0.5 0 1
2.5
Board 4 Sean Gallagher
0 1 1 0
2



2.5 3 2.5 1




2.5 5.5 8 9
9









Bedford D
















Board 1 Steve Pike
0.5 0 0.5 1
2
Board 2 George Griffiths
0 0 1 0
1
Board 3 James Grimditch
1 0 0 0
1
Board 4 Rishik Madhadi
0 0 1 1
2



1.5 0 2.5 2




1.5 1.5 4 6
6









Luton Vivas
















Board 1 Michael Joseph
0.5 0 1 0
1.5
Board 2 Humayun Mirza
0.5 0.5 0 0
1
Board 3 Daven Patel
0 0 1 1
2
Board 4 Milen Stanchev
0 1 1 1
3



1 1.5 3 2




1 2.5 5.5 7.5
7.5









Bedford C
















Board 1 Mike Botteley
1 0.5 1 1
3.5
Board 2 Alex Potts
0 0 0 0
0
Board 3 Cedric Hylton
0 0 0 0
0
Board 4 Keon Brown
1 0 0 0
1



2 0.5 1 1




2 2.5 3.5 4.5
4.5









Bedford A
















Board 1 James Gardner
0 1 0 0
1
Board 2 Steve Ledger
1 0.5 1 1
3.5
Board 3 Nick Collacott
0.5 1 1 1
3.5
Board 4 Paul Habershon
1 0 1 1
3



2.5 2.5 3 3




2.5 5 8 11
11









Milton Keynes B
















Board 1 Andrew Bowler
1 1 0 1
3
Board 2 Dominic Watson
0 1 0 1
2
Board 3 Thomas Evans
1 1 1 0
3
Board 4 Sumit Bhalla
1 0 0 1
2



3 3 1 3




3 6 7 10
10









Bedford Young Guns
















Board 1 Ramsey Dairi
0 0.5 1 0
1.5
Board 2 Jack Hale
1 0.5 1 1
3.5
Board 3 Wolf Sharp
1 0 0 1
2
Board 4 Daniella Dairi
0 0 0 0
0



2 1 2 2




2 3 5 7
7









Bedford B
















Board 1 Richard Bodily
0.5 1 1 0.5
3
Board 2 Alex Taylor
0 1 0 1
2
Board 3 Rob Walker
0 1 0 0
1
Board 4 Lucian Cox
0.5 1 0 0
1.5



1 4 1 1.5




1 5 6 7.5
7.5









Leighton Buzzard A
















Board 1 Gary Kenworthy
0.5 1 1 1
3.5
Board 2 John Sharp
1 0 0 1
2
Board 3 Kevin Williamson
0 1 1 1
3
Board 4 Brian Valentine
0.5 1 1 1
3.5



2 3 3 4




2 5 8 12
12









Milton Keynes A
















Board 1 Graham Borrowdale
0.5 0 0 0.5
1
Board 2 Eric Meichel
0.5 1 1 0
2.5
Board 3 Graham Smith
0.5 1 1 0
2.5
Board 4 Rob Whiteside
1 1 0 0
2



2.5 3 2 0.5




2.5 5.5 7.5 8
8



Pairings





ROUND 1







Board 1







Graham Borrowdale 0.5 v 0.5 Adrian Matthews


Steve Pike 0.5 v 0.5 Gary Kenworthy


Richard Bodily 0.5 v 0.5 Michael Joseph


Mike Botteley 1 v 0 Ramsey Dairi


Andrew Bowler 1 v 0 James Gardner


Fred Dorn 1 v 0 Julian Hudson







Board 2







Thomas P O’Brien 1 v 0 George Griffiths


Humayun Mirza 0.5 v 0.5 Eric Meichel


John Sharp 1 v 0 Alex Potts


Steve Ledger 1 v 0 Alex Taylor


Jack Hale 1 v 0 Dominic Watson







Board 3







Ian Woodward 1 v 0 Daven Patel


Cedric Hylton 0 v 1 Damanjeet Singh


Graham Smith 0.5 v 0.5 Nick Collacott


Thomas Evans 1 v 0 Kevin Williamson


Rob Walker 0 v 1 Wolf Sharp


Milen Stanchev 0 v 1 James Grimditch







Board 4







Keon Brown 1 v 0 Rishik Madhadi


Paul Habershon 1 v 0 Sean Gallagher


Aleksandar Juhasz 0 v 1 Sumit Bhalla


Daniella Dairi 0 v 1 Rob Whiteside


Brian Valentine 0.5 v 0.5 Lucian Cox

















ROUND 2







Board 1







James Gardner 1 v 0 Michael Joseph


Andrew Bowler 1 v 0 Steve Pike


Ramsey Dairi 0.5 v 0.5 Adrian Matthews


Julian Hudson 0 v 1 Richard Bodily


Gary Kenworthy 1 v 0 Graham Borrowdale


Steve Ledger 0.5 v 0.5 Mike Botteley







Board 2







Dominic Watson 1 v 0 Alex Potts


Humayun Mirza 0.5 v 0.5 Jack Hale


Alex Taylor 1 v 0 George Griffiths


Fred Dorn 1 v 0 John Sharp


Eric Meichel 1 v 0 Thomas P O’Brien







Board 3







Wolf Sharp 0 v 1 Nick Collacott


Rob Walker 1 v 0 Cedric Hylton


Kevin Williamson 1 v 0 Daven Patel


James Grimditch 0 v 1 Graham Smith


Damanjeet Singh 0.5 v 0.5 Ian Woodward


Daniella Dairi 0 v 1 Thomas Evans







Board 4







Lucian Cox 1 v 0 Sumit Bhalla


Paul Habershon 0 v 1 Brian Valentine


Rob Whiteside 1 v 0 Keon Brown


Milen Stanchev 1 v 0 Aleksandar Juhasz


Sean Gallagher 1 v 0 Rishik Madhadi

















ROUND 3







Board 1







Richard Bodily 1 v 0 Andrew Bowler


James Gardner 0 v 1 Gary Kenworthy


Mike Botteley 1 v 0 Graham Borrowdale


Michael Joseph 1 v 0 Julian Hudson


Adrian Matthews 0.5 v 0.5 Steve Pike


Ramsey Dairi 1 v 0 Alex Taylor







Board 2







Jack Hale 1 v 0 John Sharp


Eric Meichel 1 v 0 Dominic Watson


Thomas P O’Brien 0 v 1 Steve Ledger


Alex Potts 0 v 1 Fred Dorn


George Griffiths 1 v 0 Humayun Mirza







Board 3







Graham Smith 1 v 0 Rob Walker


Wolf Sharp 0 v 1 Damanjeet Singh


Thomas Evans 1 v 0 Ian Woodward


Nick Collacott 1 v 0 James Grimditch


Daven Patel 1 v 0 Cedric Hylton


Kevin Williamson 1 v 0 Rob Whiteside







Board 4







Aleksandar Juhasz 0 v 1 Brian Valentine


Lucian Cox 0 v 1 Sean Gallagher


Rishik Madhadi 1 v 0 Daniella Dairi


Sumit Bhalla 0 v 1 Milen Stanchev


Keon Brown 0 v 1 Paul Habershon

















ROUND 4







Board 1







Graham Borrowdale 0.5 v 0.5 Richard Bodily


Julian Hudson 1 v 0 Ramsey Dairi


Adrian Matthews 0 v 1 Andrew Bowler


Steve Pike 1 v 0 James Gardner


Michael Joseph 0 v 1 Mike Botteley


Gary Kenworthy 1 v 0 Eric Meichel







Board 2







John Sharp 1 v 0 Thomas P O’Brien


Alex Taylor 1 v 0 Fred Dorn


George Griffiths 0 v 1 Jack Hale


Dominic Watson 1 v 0 Humayun Mirza


Alex Potts 0 v 1 Steve Ledger







Board 3







Ian Woodward 1 v 0 Graham Smith


James Grimditch 0 v 1 Kevin Williamson


Daven Patel 1 v 0 Rob Walker


Cedric Hylton 0 v 1 Wolf Sharp


Nick Collacott 1 v 0 Thomas Evans


Damanjeet Singh 1 v 0 Sean Gallagher







Board 4







Rishik Madhadi 1 v 0 Aleksandar Juhasz


Rob Whiteside 0 v 1 Milen Stanchev


Brian Valentine 1 v 0 Keon Brown


Lucian Cox 0 v 1 Paul Habershon


Sumit Bhalla 1 v 0 Daniella Dairi

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