Round 3 games were all played at the Morriston Chess Club on Tuesday 16th May 2023 - results are below.

Update - Some long games, only game one finished within the hour, the remainder were close for a long time. Three games all went to the wire, with two of the games being won by the lower graded players with black. Firstly Duncan Williams v Jason Garcia & Andrew Gibbons v Adam Musson. The longest game saw Adam May emerge with a win against Neil Stuart after 89 moves in a queen & pawn ending. Andrew Gibbons & Moss McCarthy have 3/3, Mark Thomas & Duncan Williams 2.5/3. Rd 4 is on Monday 22nd May at Morriston.

Aaron Davies and James Evans both claimed a 1/2 pont bye in this round.

Bd White Grade Result Black Grade 1 Adam Musson 2140 0 - 1 Andrew Gibbons 1992 2 Moss McCarthy 2015 1 - 0 Peter Bevan 1870 3 Jason Garcia 2048 0 - 1 Duncan Williams 1810 4 Mark Thomas 1916 1 - 0 Louis Ba Thein 1308 5 Dale Westcott 1667 1 - 0 Mckenzie Archibald 1208 6 Neil Stuart 1588 0 - 1 Adam May 1908 7 Matthew Billington 1487 0 - 1 Andrew Smith 1688 8 John Giannini 948 0 - 1 Chris Daniel 1671 9 Andrew Golley 1650 1 - 0 David Battell 1050 10 Vismith Prabhu 1258 1 - 0 Malcolm Probert 1518 11 Leighton Anthony 1084 0 - 1 Paul Bevan 1201 Rankings after Round 3

Player Grade Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Total 1 Moss McCarthy 2015 1 1 1 3 2 Andrew Gibbons 1992 1 1 1 3 3 Mark Thomas 1916 1 0.5 1 2.5 4 Duncan Williams 1810 1 0.5 1 2.5 5 Adam Musson 2140 1 1 0 2 6 Adam May 1908 0 1 1 2 7 Peter Bevan 1870 1 1 0 2 8 Andrew Smith 1688 1 0 1 2 9 Chris Daniel 1671 1 0 1 2 10 Dale Westcott 1667 1 0 1 2 11 Jason Garcia 2048 1 0.5 0 1.5 12 Andrew Golley 1650 0 0.5 1 1.5 13 Louis Ba Thein 1308 0.5 1 0 1.5 14 Mckenzie Archibald 1208 1 0.5 0 1.5 15 James Evans 1000 0 1 0.5 1.5 16 Neil Stuart 1588 0 1 0 1 17 Matthew Billington 1487 0 1 0 1 18 Vismith Prabhu 1258 0 0 1 1 19 Paul Bevan 1201 0 0 1 1 20 John Giannini 948 1 0 0 1 21 Malcolm Probert 1518 0 0.5 0 0.5 22 Aaron Davies 1100 0 0 0.5 0.5 23 David Battell 1050 0 0.5 0 0.5 24 Leighton Anthony 1084 0 0 0 0 The draw for round 4 which is being held on Monday 22nd May at Morriston Chess Club is as follows:

Leighton Anthony and Vismith Prabhu are claiming 1/2 point byes in this round.

Bd White Grade Black Grade 1 Andrew Gibbons 1992 Moss McCarthy 2015 2 Duncan Williams 1810 Mark Thomas 1916 3 Chris Daniel 1671 Adam Musson 2140 4 Adam May 1908 Andrew Smith 1688 5 Peter Bevan 1870 Dale Westcott 1667 6 Louis Ba Thein 1308 Jason Garcia 2048 7 Mckenzie Archibald 1208 Andrew Golley 1650 8 James Evans 1000 Neil Stuart 1588 9 Paul Bevan 1201 Matthew Billington 1487 10 Malcolm Probert 1518 John Giannini 948 11 David Battell 1050 Aaron Davies 1100

18/05/2023