We had 16 last night for an eight round blitz. The first four rounds were 3 + 2, and the last four were played at 5 + 3. Graham and Michael shared the honours, having drawn their individual game. Graham polished up his club rating achieving his all time personal best of 1589, and now ranks as the fourth strongest player in the club. Welcome to a couple of prospective new members Mike, and Cullen, last night as well. The crosstable is below, and club stats and rankings have been updated.
| 1 | Michael Freeman | 7.5 | +W9 | +B3 | =W2 | +B4 | +W7 | +B8 | +W5 | +B6 |
| 2 | Graham Nolan | 7.5 | +B15 | +W10 | =B1 | +W8 | +B6 | +W3 | +B7 | +W9 |
| 3 | Christopher Symon | 5.0 | +B5 | -W1 | -B10 | +W13 | +W4 | -B2 | +W11 | +B12 |
| 4 | Richard Jackson | 5.0 | +B8 | +W12 | =B6 | -W1 | -B3 | =W5 | +B14 | +W7 |
| 5 | Ian Kennedy | 4.5 | -W3 | +B13 | +W11 | -B7 | +W9 | =B4 | -B1 | +W14 |
| 6 | Gary Judkins | 4.0 | =W16 | +B9 | =W4 | +B10 | -W2 | -B7 | +W8 | -W1 |
| 7 | Sivoram Manoharan | 4.0 | — | +BYE | +B12 | +W5 | -B1 | +W6 | -W2 | -B4 |
| 8 | Daniel Ng | 4.0 | -W4 | +B11 | +W14 | -B2 | +W10 | -W1 | -B6 | +B15 |
| 9 | Daniel Davis | 4.0 | -B1 | -W6 | +B15 | +W12 | -B5 | +W10 | +B13 | -B2 |
| 10 | Samuel Eddy | 4.0 | +W13 | -B2 | +W3 | -W6 | -B8 | -B9 | +W15 | +BYE |
| 11 | Murray Tuatini | 4.0 | — | -W8 | -B5 | +B14 | +BYE | +W12 | -B3 | +W13 |
| 12 | Cullen Hooper | 3.0 | +W14 | -B4 | -W7 | -B9 | +W15 | -B11 | +BYE | -W3 |
| 13 | Darius Hasan-Stein | 2.5 | -B10 | -W5 | +BYE | -B3 | =W14 | +B15 | -W9 | -B11 |
| 14 | Mike Absalom | 2.5 | -B12 | +W15 | -B8 | -W11 | =B13 | +BYE | -W4 | -B5 |
| 15 | Adam Hasan-Stein | 1.0 | -W2 | -B14 | -W9 | +BYE | -B12 | -W13 | -B10 | -W8 |
| 16 | William Lynn | 0.5 | =B6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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