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John’s Chess Club Ladder – Update 27th September 2019

Position Player Grade Weekly Update

1 Dennis Driscoll 79
2 George Sewell e75
3 James Woodburn e75
4 Ben Payne e75
5 David May 81 Draw-no change
6 Alan Holmes 84
7 John Waite 29
8 Gerry Clayton 126
9 Oliver Nelson 90
10 Ken Ellis 90
11 Rod Mills 94
12 Charlie Neil 102
13 David Elsey 99
14 Crumpton Clarke 118
15 Ed King 115
16 Joe Grant e110
17 Phil Sneesby 121
18 Brian Cunningham 117 Draw no change
19 Richard Downing 123
20 Nigel Larter 148
21 Simon Nichols 126
22 Nathan Abbott 143
23 David Payne 154
24 Harry Hoskins 129
25 Javier Vara 123
26 Jonathan Wells 186 Won up three places
27 Sebastian Parker 162
28 Mark Lim 159
29 Geoff Moore 180

All the rules:

• The Ladder will commence with players ranked in reverse grading order
• All club members are initially included, whether ECF members or not. New members can join the Ladder at
any time. Any member can opt out at any time
• Games between ECF members will always be graded. Games where one or both players are non-ECF
members will be ungraded
• Games will be under Normalplay rules: 1 hour 25 mins plus 10 seconds increment per move for the entire
game, moves to be recorded, random draw for colour
• Players can arrange a game against anyone above or below them on the Ladder
• The winner of a game ladders-up 3 places. No change for either player if a draw
• The player at the top of the Ladder can continue to 'ladder-up' by winning games, opening a gap of one or
more places over the second placed player
• Results will be entered in the order games finish, or are reported to the controller