British Lightning Tournament Results

Tournament Name

British Lightning

Tournament Date

Fri, 9 Apr 2010

Part of the 43rd British Go Congress in Edinburgh

The 43rd British Go Congress was held in Scotland's capital city, Edinburgh.

On the Friday evening, 37 players took part in the British Lightning in the Canon's Gait, a public house on the Royal Mile. It was won by Nick Krempel (2 dan London) with 5/5, who beat David Lee (2 dan Dundee) in the final.

74 players took part in the British Open, held at the University Union building, Teviot Row House. Andrew Kay (4 dan Cambridge) won with 6/6. Jon Diamond (4 dan Silver Springs) was in second place with 5/6. Also winning 5 was local player Boris Mitrovic (8 kyu). 17 others won prizes for winning 4 games. The Nippon Club Team Trophy was won by an Edinburgh team consisting of Matthew Crosby, Martha McGill and Yanzhao Zhang.

All games played at normal handicap (15 points komi per grade over 9).

Posn	No	Name	Rank	Club	Country	1	2	3	4	5	Wins	SOS
1	1	Nick Krempel	2d	London	UK	20+	19+	8+	9+	5+	5	14
2	2	Neil Mitchison	1k	Edinburgh	UK	24+	6+	3-	12+	10+	4	16
3	3	Yunlong Liu	3d	Glasgow	UK	30+	4+	2+	14-	9+	4	15½
4	4	Michael Webster	1k	London	UK	7+	3-	29+	20+	11+	4	14½
5	5	David Lee	2d	Dundee	UK	33+	31+	16+	10+	1-	4	13
6	6	Andrew Kay	4d	Cambridge	UK	21+	2-	28+	8+	19+	4	12½
6	7	Matthew Crosby	3d	Edinburgh	UK	4-	30+	32+	13+	14+	4	12½
8	8	Richard Mullens	6k	St Albans	UK	18+	12+	1-	6-	21+	3	16½
9	9	Stephen Bailey	4k	West Surrey	UK	37+	17+	11+	1-	3-	3	15
10	10	Neil McLean	1k	Elgin	UK	34+	14+	23+	5-	2-	3	14
11	11	Stuart Barthropp	2d	London	UK	22+	15+	9-	28+	4-	3	13½
12	12	Robby Goetschalckx	3k	Leuven	BE	27+	8-	19+	2-	25+	3	13
	13	Jenny Radcliffe	4k	Durham	UK	32+	16-	17+	7-	22+	3	13
	14	Andrew Thurman	7k	Durham	UK	35+	10-	33+	3+	7-	3	13
15	15	Yanzhao Zhang	3k	Edinburgh	UK	23+	11-	21+	16-	20+	3	12
16	16	Robert Bagot	1d	Lancaster	UK	28+	13+	5-	15+	...	3	11½
17	17	Toby Manning	2d	Leicester	UK	26+	9-	13-	31+	29+	3	10½
18	18	Anna Griffiths	8k	Epsom	UK	8-	29=	22-	23+	36+	2½	9½
19	19	Pauline Bailey	15k	West Surrey	UK	29+	1-	12-	33+	6-	2	14½
20	20	Jim Clare	2d	Reading	UK	1-	37+	31+	4-	15-	2	13
21	21	Yohei Negi	3d	Dundee	UK	6-	35+	15-	32+	8-	2	12
21	22	Jonathan Chin	2d	Cambridge	UK	11-	28-	18+	24+	13-	2	12
23	23	Casey Alexander	10k	West Surrey	UK	15-	25+	10-	18-	32+	2	11½
24	24	Michael Cumpstey	2k	Manchester	UK	2-	33-	34+	22-	31+	2	9
25	25	John Cassidy	8k	Leuven	BE	31-	23-	30+	36+	12-	2	8½
26	26	Martha McGill	3k	Edinburgh	UK	17-	...	...	...	...	0	3
26	27	Philip Smith	5k	Alton	UK	12-	...	...	...	...	0	3
28	28	Richard Bentley	3k	Durham	UK	16-	22+	6-	11-	30=	1½	13½
29	29	Geoff Kaniuk	3k	Cambridge	UK	19-	18=	4-	34+	17-	1½	12½
30	30	David Phillips	1d	Isle Of Man	UK	3-	7-	25-	37+	28=	1½	11½
31	31	Boris Mitrovic	8k	Edinburgh	UK	25+	5-	20-	17-	24-	1	13
32	32	Ludan Fang	5k	London	UK	13-	34+	7-	21-	23-	1	12
33	33	Paul Smith	2d	Cambridge	UK	5-	24+	14-	19-	...	1	11
34	34	Fred Holroyd	6k	Milton Keynes	UK	10-	32-	24-	29-	37+	1	7½
35	35	Olivier Dulac	3k	Grenoble	FR	14-	21-	...	...	...	0	5
36	36	Yangran Zhang	4d	London	UK	...	...	...	25-	18-	0	4½
37	37	Graham Galloway	5k	Edinburgh	UK	9-	20-	...	30-	34-	0	7½

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