League Lightning Tournament 2025

Played at Tyseley Working Mens Club on Tuesday 11th March

Organisers - Richard Reynolds. Tim Lane & Robert Reynolds

10 teams of 4 players competed in 2 sections at the rate of 10 seconds per move. Due to the team grading difference and in order to avoid odd numbers of teams, a section of 4 teams played a double round in section A. Solihull's A team featured an International master graded 2500 with 2 GM norms and a 2300 player. Three South Birmingham players were in the region of 2100.

After 4 rounds, South Birmingham A led Solihull A by a point, with the teams still to play. In the first encounter, SB A held the balance by winning the bottom 2 boards. The colours were reversed and the same two players won for SB A, but Cory Hazelhurst also won on top board, resulting in a win for South Birmingham A by three points.

The individual prize was shared by Finlay Bowcott-Terry and Kavan Kukreja (6/6).

In section B, South Birmingham C established a commanding lead, scoring 9.5 out of 12 in the first three rounds. The last two rounds proved more challenging, but they coasted home, finishing with 13/20. Olton B and Central Birmingham A trailed in their wake with 11.5 points.

The individual prize was won by Matthew Allen on 4.5/5.

				SECTION A - DOUBLE ROUND
		S.B'ham A	S.B'ham B	Solihull A	Olton A	S.B'ham A	S.B'ham B	Solihull A	Olton A	Totals	Pos
1	S.B'ham A	xxxxxxxx	4	2	4	xxxxxxxx	3.5	3	3	19.5	1st
2	S.B'ham B	0	xxxxxxxx	0.5	2.5	0.5	xxxxxxxx	0	2	5.5
3	Solihull A	2	3.5	xxxxxxxx	3	1	4	xxxxxxxx	3	16.5	2nd
4	Olton A	0	1.5	1	xxxxxxxx	1	2	1	xxxxxxxx	6.5
					SECTION B
		C. B'ham A	S. B'ham C	Solihull B	Olton B	S.B'ham D	C. B'ham B	Totals	Pos
1	C. B'ham A	xxxxxxxx	1.0	1.0	3.0	3.0	3.5	11.5	2nd=
2	S. B'ham C	3.0	xxxxxxxx	2.0	1.5	3.5	3.0	13	1st
3	Solihull B	3.0	2.0	xxxxxxxx	0.5	3.0	1.0	9.5
4	Olton B	1.0	2.5	3.5	xxxxxxxx	1.5	3.0	11.5	2nd=
5	S.B'ham D	1.0	0.5	1.0	2.5	xxxxxxxx	2.5	7.5
6	C. B'ham B	0.5	1.0	3.0	1.0	1.5	xxxxxxxx	7

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