The 2006 Spielvogel Memorial Tournament saw 10 players enter for the first round, while some others may join in the next week.

In the first game to finish, Tim Commons had little trouble defeating Michael Schreenan who ventured comething resembling a Petroff Defence. Top seed Patrick Cook disposed of James Eldridge's Dutch Leningrad in his usual quietly efficient style.

The ambitious Joel Beggs tried an unusual idea against Peter Miitel's Sicilian but was unable to gain any advantage and the game ended in the only draw of the round. John Abson handled Rob Bailey's more conventional Petroff quite well, and after Rob declined his draw offer went on to score a sensational upset with a sparkling mating combination.

John Frangakis ventured the Trompovsky Opening against Jamie Brotheridge, and in a nearly 3 hour marathon the 2 players reached a knight and pawn versus knight and 2 pawns endgame that should have been a draw. Alas, John blundered after 62 moves and resigned shortly after.

Key
1	Win	pp	Postponed
0	Loss	adj	Adjourned
½	Draw
1	Bye

Results
Patrick Cook v James Eldridge	1 - 0
John Frangakis v Jamie Brotheridge	0 - 1
Joel Beggs v Peter Miitel	½ - ½
John Abson v Robert Bailey	1 - 0
Tim Commons v Michael Schreenan	1 - 0
Darren Young	Bye