Five participants played in a double-round robin event, using a randomly selected series of Mike's favourite chess openings, namely: The Milner-Barry Gambit, The Sicilian Najdorf, The Modern Benoni, The French Tarrasch and The Accelerated Sicilian Dragon.
Dave Baillie, the defending champion and three-time winner of the event, was the pre-tournament favourite. Dave is also the only person to have played in all of the events in this series.
He was joined by Peter Harker, Richard Harris, Jo Hutchinson and Kevin Winter for a full day of sharp chess action.
After a whole series of very tough games, Kevin Winter emerged as the new champion (only the sixth champion across the 16 years).
Jo Hutchinson was on terrific form too, drawing 1-1 with Kevin in the first round and ending Dave's hopes of a successful title defence with a 2-0 victory, even though the games in that particular round featured the French Defence, in which Dave is a noted expert.
Final Standings
Kevin Winter, 8.5/10
Jo Hutchinson, 7.5/10
Dave Baillie, 5.5/10
Richard Harris, 4.5/10
Peter Harker, 4/10
Here is a gallery from our very busy and enjoyable day.
1st Mike Closs Memorial Tournament, 2010
2nd Mike Closs Memorial Tournament, 2011
3rd Mike Closs Memorial Tournament, 2012
4th Mike Closs Memorial Tournament, 2013
5th Mike Closs Memorial Tournament, 2014
6th Mike Closs Memorial Tournament, 2015
7th Mike Closs Memorial Tournament, 2016
8th Mike Closs Memorial Tournament, 2017
9th Mike Closs Memorial Tournament, 2018
10th Mike Closs Memorial Tournament, 2019
11th Mike Closs Memorial Tournament, 2020
12th Mike Closs Memorial Tournament, 2021
13th Mike Closs Memorial Tournament, 2022
14th Mike Closs Memorial Tournament, 2023
15th Mike Closs Memorial Tournament, 2024
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