2004 John Holmes Memorial

Round 1

Only 13 players have entered this years John Holmes Memorial Championships 7 round swiss. Time Controls 90/40 30/20 But what we are lacking in participation we make for with enthusiasm. Round 1 saw the shock defeat of Patrick Cook to John Frangakis, The game was going routinely for Pat moving into an endgame 2 pawns clear but hung a queen from an overworked rook defending a back row mate. Jing’s Dragon held firm against James, Scott emerged the exchange clear after early complications against Tim’s Alekhines. JB routinely crushed Young veteran Dazza who tried employing Lasker’s defense of the Queens Gambit. Mitchel’s Cara Kan held firm against John Abson. Rob and Mik had a crazy affair, Rob went down a piece early and that wasn’t the end of the complexities eventually emerging better and finishing the game on surer grounds than it begun. Joel Beggs had the first round bye and will have to wait to round 2 to show us what he’s got at these time controls.

Results
John Frangakis v Patrick Cook	1 - 0
James Eldridge v Jing Jia	0 - 1
Scott Stewart v Tim Commons	1 - 0
Jamie Brotheridge v Darren Young	1 - 0
John Abson v Mitchel Bailey	0 - 1
Robert Bailey v Michael Schreenan	1 - 0
Joel Beggs	Bye

Round 2

Results
Jing Jia v Robert Bailey	1 - 0
Mitchel Bailey v Scott Stewart	½ - ½
Joel Beggs v Jamie Brotheridge	1 - 0
Tim Commons v John Frangakis	0 - 1
Patrick Cook v John Abson	1 - 0
Darren Young v James Eldridge	0 - 1
Michael Schreenan	Bye

Round 3

Round 4

Results
Scott Stewart v John Frangakis	1 - 0
Patrick Cook v Jing Jia	0 - 1
Mitchel Bailey v Robert Bailey	½ - ½
Joel Beggs v John Abson	1 - 0
James Eldridge v Jamie Brotheridge	1 - 0
Darren Young v Michael Schreenan	1 - 0

Round 5

Results
Jing Jia v John Frangakis	½ - ½
Scott Stewart v Joel Beggs	1 - 0
Robert Bailey v Patrick Cook	1 - 0
Darren Young v Mitchel Bailey	1 - 0
Michael Schreenan v James Eldridge	0 - 1
John Abson v Jamie Brotheridge	0 - 1

Round 6

Results
Robert Bailey v Scott Stewart	½ - ½
Joel Beggs v Jing Jia	0 - 1
James Eldridge v Mitchel Bailey	1 - 0
Jamie Brotheridge v Michael Schreenan	1 - 0
Patrick Cook v Darren Young	1 - 0
John Frangakis	Bye
John Abson	Bye

Round 7

Results
Scott Stewart v James Eldridge	1 - 0
Jing Jia v Jamie Brotheridge	1 - 0
John Frangakis v Robert Bailey	0 - 1
Mitchel Bailey v Patrick Cook	½ - ½
Darren Young v Joel Beggs	0 - 1
Michael Schreenan v John Abson	0 - 1