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Apterous Summer U1200 2009

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The Apterous Summer U1200 of 2009 tournament was held from June 22 to July 26, 2009, on the Apterous website as part of the Apterous Summer 2009 series of tournaments. It was open to those whose Apterous rating, as recorded by the organiser Andrew Feist, was not more than 1200 during the registration period.

Tournament structure

The tournament was organised as a five-round Swiss system tournament with pairings inside score groups based on the ratings recorded during registration. Each fixture was a best-of-three series of standard 15-round games, with a match win counting as one point in the final standings. There were no playoffs scheduled; final rankings are based entirely on the results of the preliminary matches.

Overall results

Matthew Green finished the preliminary matches as the only undefeated player and takes the U1200 title. The games:

Round one

Round Two

  • Barry Evans 2-1 Peter Crawley
  • Matthew Green 2-0 Aaron Higgs
  • Ross Allatt 2-0 Liam Tiernan
  • Donald Gordon 2-1 Shaun Hegarty
  • Henry Meier 2-0 Rob Thomas
  • Marcus Hares 1-2 Jeffrey Burgin
  • Mark Harrison 2-0 Phil Collinge
  • James Doohan 0-2 Lesley Hines (by forfeit)
  • Tyron Potts 0-2 Simon Myers
  • Peter Lee 0-2 Paul Erdunast
  • Jeff Clayton 2-0 Daniel O'Dowd
  • Andy Kravis 2-0 Matt Morrison
  • Tom Rowell 2-0 Andy Wilson
  • Jay Murphy 2-0 Ian Dent

Round Three

  • Barry Evans 0-2 Lesley Hines (by forfeit)
  • Matthew Green 2-0 Jeffrey Burgin
  • Ross Allatt 2-0 Peter Lee
  • Donald Gordon 1-2 Aaron Higgs
  • Henry Meier 2-1 Tom Rowell
  • Marcus Hares 2-0 Daniel O'Dowd
  • Mark Harrison 2-0 Jay Murphy
  • James Doohan* 0-2 Matt Morrison
  • Tyron Potts 2-0 Peter Crawley
  • Jeff Clayton 2-1 Simon Myers
  • Andy Kravis 2-1 Paul Erdunast
  • Liam Tiernan 2-0 Phil Collinge
  • Shaun Hegarty 2-1 Andy Wilson
  • Rob Thomas 0-2 Ian Dent (by forfeit)

Note: Andrew Feist played as James Doohan this week during James' absence

Round Four

  • Matthew Green 2-0 Andy Kravis
  • Ross Allatt 1-2 Aaron Higgs
  • Donald Gordon 2-0 Liam Tiernan
  • Henry Meier 2-0 Jeffrey Burgin
  • Marcus Hares 2-1 Simon Myers
  • Mark Harrison 2-0 Paul Erdunast
  • Tyron Potts 1-2 Matt Morrison
  • Peter Lee 2-0 Ian Dent
  • Jeff Clayton 2-0 Lesley Hines
  • Tom Rowell 2-0 Shaun Hegarty
  • Daniel O'Dowd 0-2 Peter Crawley
  • Jay Murphy 2-0 Rob Thomas (by forfeit)
  • Phil Collinge 1-2 Andy Wilson

Note: James Doohan and Barry Evans were removed from the tournament at this point for absences

Round Five

  • Matthew Green 2-1 Jeff Clayton (the de facto title match, as these were the only two undefeated players after Round Four)
  • Ross Allatt - Andy Kravis
  • Donald Gordon 2-1 Tom Rowell
  • Henry Meier 0-2 Aaron Higgs
  • Marcus Hares 1-2 Matt Morrison
  • Mark Harrison - Lesley Hines
  • Tyron Potts - Paul Erdunast
  • Peter Lee 0-2 Simon Myers
  • Jeffrey Burgin - Jay Murphy
  • Daniel O'Dowd - Shaun Hegarty
  • Peter Crawley 2-0 Andy Wilson
  • Liam Tiernan 2-1 Ian Dent
  • Rob Thomas 2-1 Phil Collinge

Note: For whatever reason, several matches were not played during this week; those matches were recorded as double forfeits.

Overall Standings

Players are ranked based on their match records over the five preliminary rounds. Ties are broken first by games over .500, then by points scored per game.

PlaceNameOverallGamesPPG
1 Matthew Green 5 +8 85.3
2 Aaron Higgs 4 +5 91.7
3 Jeff Clayton 4 +5 83.1
4 Marcus Hares 3 +4 86.7
5 Mark Harrison 3 +4 86.3
6 Lesley Hines 3 +4 42.5
7 Andy Kravis 3 +3 87.3
8 Simon Myers 3 +3 82.3
9 Matt Morrison 3 +3 79.6
10 Donald Gordon 3 +2 81.3
11 Henry Meier 3 +2 80.0
12 Ross Allatt 2 +2 77.6
13 Tyron Potts 2 +1 79.1
14 Tom Rowell 2 +0 78.9
15 Paul Erdunast 2 +0 76.0
16 Jay Murphy 2 +0 56.1
17 Jeffrey Burgin 2 -1 77.0
18 Peter Crawley 2 -1 74.2
19 Liam Tiernan 2 -3 75.5
20 Peter Lee 2 -3 72.8
21 Shaun Hegarty 1 -3 74.1
22 Daniel O'Dowd 1 -5 74.3
23 Ian Dent 1 -5 46.6
24 Andy Wilson 1 -6 66.2
25 Rob Thomas 1 -6 47.0
26 Phil Collinge 0 -8 71.0