May 2025 Tournament Results

Summary                        
Felix McPeake won the main event with a perfect 5/5 score. Steven Cain was second, with four points, followed by a 4 way tie for third place.  
The quick play tournament, on the second day, saw a three way tie for first place between Chung Man Chan, Masahiro Ikeda and Felix McPeake  
Main Tournament Results (May 3)          
                           
Nr Name Nat Grade Elo R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 Pts SOS SOSOS +/-
1 Felix McPeake UK 2 Dan 1972 5+ 4+ 3+ 2+ 7+ 5 15 67 +26
2 Steven Cain UK 2 Dan 1943 8+ 7+ 9+ 1- 3+ 4 12 71 +10
3 Masahiro Ikeda JP 1 Dan 1916 10+ 5+ 1- 4+ 2- 3 15 62 -9
4 Chung Man Chan HK 1 Dan 1779 6+ 1- 7+ 3- 8+ 3 14 66 +19
5 Kotaro Hirota JP 4 Kyu 1493 1- 3- 8+ 9+ 10+ 3 10 66 +76
6 Stephen Lamb UK 4 Dan 1981 4- 8+ 10+ 7- 9+ 3 7 66 -25
7 Chris Greetham UK 4 Kyu 1386 9+ 2- 4- 6+ 1- 2 16 60 +168
8 Kevin Butchart UK 3 Kyu 1443 2- 6- 5- 10+ 4- 1 13 54 -5
9 Richard Rödel DE 2 Dan 1910 7- 10+ 2- 5- 6- 1 12 56 -60
10 Efren Rubio ES 8 Kyu 897 3- 9- 6- 8- 5- 0 11 57 -3
Promoting Ikeda Masahiro to 2 Dan
Promoting Hirota Kotaro to 2 Kyu
Promoting Greetham Chris to 3 Kyu 		 
                           
Blitz Tournament Results (May 4)          
                           
Nr Name Nat Grade Elo R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 Pts SOS SOSOS  
1 Chung Man Chan HK 1 Dan 1787 9+ 3+ 6+ 2- 4+ 4 14 68  
2 Masahiro Ikeda JP 2 Dan 1916 10+ 7+ 4+ 1+ 3- 4 13 67  
3 Felix McPeake UK 2 Dan 1972 7+ 1- 8+ 9+ 2+ 4 13 63  
4 Richard Rödel DE 2 Dan 1921 8+ 6+ 2- 5+ 1- 3 15 59  
5 Steven Cain UK 2 Dan 1943 6- 10+ 7+ 4- 9+ 3 8 67  
6 Kotaro Hirota JP 4 Kyu 1493 5+ 4- 1- 8+ 7- 2 14 60  
7 Natasha Regan UK 2 Kyu 1514 3- 2- 5- 10+ 6+ 2 13 60  
8 Kevin Butchart UK 3 Kyu 1405 4- 9+ 3- 6- 10+ 2 10 67  
9 Stephen Lamb UK 4 Dan 1981 1- 8- 10+ 3- 5- 1 13 57  
10 Efren Rubio ES 8 Kyu 897 2- 5- 9- 7- 8- 0 12 57  
                           

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