IBCA Report on the Louis Braille Tournament

IBCA Report on the Louis Braille Tournament

Edinburgh, Scotland 2-4 January

This report is taken from the report on the the Braille Chess User Group compiled by Julie Leonard. I thank her very much for her work during this event. I was present on each of the three days of the tournament. I spoke with each of the delegations and the one important point that came out of the discussions was that they wanted better communications between the board and the member federations.

Best Wishes

Stephen Hilton

Secretary General

IBCA

Please find below the full team lists and results for all the countries that
took part in the Louis Braille Bicentenary Tournament at the Edinburgh Capital
Hotel, 2nd – 5th January 2009.

Julie

TEAMS:

BELGIUM / UK

  1. Koen Lecluyse
  2. Wilfried Vandervelden
  3. Hans Cohn
  4. Guy Whitehouse

FRANCE

  1. Dominique Asselineau
  2. Bernard Duthoit
  3. Nenad Antonic
  4. Didier Coruble

IRELAND

  1. Philip Doyle
  2. Sean Loftus
  3. Eamonn Casey
  4. Martin Kane

NETHERLANDS

  1. Jan Boer
  2. Martien Boerefijn
  3. Pieter Witteveen
  4. Kurt Tesselaar

SWEDEN

  1. Håkan Thomsson
  2. Olle Engström
  3. Victoria Karlsson
  4. Bengt Eriksson

UNITED KINGDOM

  1. John Gallagher
  2. Stan Lovell
  3. David Hodgkins
  4. Steve Thacker

ROUND 1

UNITED KINGDOM 2.5 1.5 SWEDEN

  1. Gallagher 0 1 Thomsson
  2. Lovell 0.5 0.5 Engström
  3. Hodgkins 1 0 Karlsson
  4. Thacker 1 0 Eriksson

NETHERLANDS 2.5 1.5 BELGIUM/UK

  1. Boer 1 0 Lecluyse
  2. Boerefijn 1 0 Vandervelden
  3. Witteveen 0.5 0.5 Cohn
  4. Tesselaar 0 1 Whitehouse

FRANCE 1 3 IRELAND

  1. Asselineau 0 1 Doyle
  2. Duthoit 0 1 Loftus
  3. Antonic 0 1 Casey
  4. Coruble 1 0 Kane

ROUND 2

SWEDEN 1.5 2.5 IRELAND

  1. Thomsson 0.5 0.5 Doyle
  2. Engström 0 1 Loftus
  3. Karlsson 0 1 Casey
  4. Eriksson 1 0 Kane

BELGIUM/UK 1 3 FRANCE

  1. Lecluyse 0.5 0.5 Asselineau
  2. Vandervelden 0 1 Duthoit
  3. Cohn 0 1 Antonic
  4. Whitehouse 0.5 0.5 Coruble

UNITED KINGDOM 2 2 NETHERLANDS

  1. Gallagher 0.5 0.5 Boer
  2. Lovell 0.5 0.5 Boerefijn
  3. Hodgkins 1 0 Witteveen
  4. Thacker 0 1 Tesselaar

ROUND 3

NETHERLANDS 2.5 1.5 SWEDEN

  1. Boer 0 1 Thomsson
  2. Boerefijn 0.5 0.5 Engström
  3. Witteveen 1 0 Karlsson
  4. Tesselaar 1 0 Eriksson

FRANCE 0 4 UNITED KINGDOM

  1. Asselineau 0 1 Gallagher
  2. Duthoit 0 1 Lovell
  3. Antonic 0 1 Hodgkins
  4. Coruble 0 1 Thacker

IRELAND 2.5 1.5 BELGIUM/UK

  1. Doyle 1 0 Lecluyse
  2. Loftus 1 0 Vandervelden
  3. Casey 0.5 0.5 Cohn
  4. Kane 0 1 Whitehouse

ROUND 4

SWEDEN 2.5 1.5 BELGIUM/UK

  1. Thomsson 1 0 Lecluyse
  2. Engström 1 0 Vandervelden
  3. Karlsson 0 1 Cohn
  4. Eriksson 0.5 0.5 Whitehouse

UNITED KINGDOM 2 2 IRELAND

  1. Gallagher 0 1 Doyle
  2. Lovell 0.5 0.5 Loftus
  3. Hodgkins 0.5 0.5 Casey
  4. Thacker 1 0 Kane

NETHERLANDS 2.5 1.5 FRANCE

  1. Boer 0.5 0.5 Asselineau
  2. Boerefijn 1 0 Duthoit
  3. Witteveen 0.5 0.5 Antonic
  4. Tesselaar 0.5 0.5 Coruble

ROUND 5

FRANCE 2 2 SWEDEN

  1. Asselineau 0.5 0.5 Thomsson
  2. Duthoit 0.5 0.5 Engström
  3. Antonic 1 0 Karlsson
  4. Coruble 0 1 Eriksson

IRELAND 2.5 1.5 NETHERLANDS

  1. Doyle 1 0 Boer
  2. Loftus 0 1 Boerefijn
  3. Casey 1 0 Witteveen
  4. Kane 0.5 0.5 Tesselaar

BELGIUM/UK 0.5 3.5 UNITED KINGDOM

  1. Lecluyse 0 1 Gallagher
  2. Vandervelden 0 1 Lovell
  3. Cohn 0 1 Hodgkins
  4. Whitehouse 0.5 0.5 Thacker

FINAL STANDINGS (Match points / Game points)

  • IRELAND 9 / 12.5
  • UNITED KINGDOM 8 / 14
  • NETHERLANDS 7 / 11
  • SWEDEN 3 / 9
  • FRANCE 3 / 7.5
  • BELGIUM/UK 0 / 6