CONGRESSES

Updated 27.8.02

CONGRESS RESULTS

COULSDON BLITZ 26th August 2002
"A record-breaking total of 42 players took part. The prizes were not decided until the 7th and final round. This event marked the end of the Ron Banwell Masters and the start of the new Coulsdon Quick Play Grand Prix for the 2002-3 season."
1 Danny Gormally (Lewisham) 6½/7 £40; 2-4 Gavin Lock (Coulsdon/Crawley), Donny Muter (Richmond Jun), Kevin Thurlow (Redhill) 5½ £7... Grading U170 Meri Grigoryan (West London), David Sedgwick (Coulsdon) 5 £7.50; U140 Paul Jackson (Coulsdon), Simon Wrigley (Wallington) 4 £7.50; U110 Simon Breen (Coulsdon), Joe Xuereb (Coulsdon ) 4 £7.50; U80 Dave Morgan (Coulsdon) 3 £15
Results Scott Freeman. Aaron Summerscale won the Ron Banwell: we have already pointed you 19.8.02 at the ongoing results.

38th BERKS & BUCKS CONGRESS at Reading, 24-26 August 2002
Championship over 161 (14 pl) 1 Philip Bonafont (Gerrards Cross) 4/5; 2-4 John Townsend (Winnersh Berks), Samuel Williams (Camberley), Kevin Ellis (Hemel Hempstead) 3½...
Challengers 136-162 (16 pl) 1 Stanley Chola (Reading) 4/5; 2-4 Tim Willinger (Oxford), David Cutmore (Wood Green), Ian McAllan (Sidcup) 3½...
Reserves A 116-131 (14 pl) 1 David Kay (Guildford) 4½; 2 Gillian Moore (Southampton) 4; 3-5 Roy Brown (Reading), Keith Farrington (BT Reading), Stephen Lefevre (Cosham) 3...
Reserves B 89-115 (16 pl) 1-2 Richard Evans (Hazlemere, High Wycombe), David Webb (Gerrards Cross) 4/5; 3-4 David Maddock (Reading), Kenny McIntyre (Marlow) 3½...
Reserves C U85 (10 pl) 1 Roger Turner (Crowthorne) 4½/5; 2-3 John Carr (Portsmouth), Paul Maddock (Reading) 3½...
Cup presented by Mrs Stean in 1976 for best performance by an under 14 player: Philip Makepeace (Hazlemere, High Wycombe)
Lightning Tournament (20 pl) Liam Varnam beat Paul Kelly in the Final
Results Nigel Dennis

33rd THANET CONGRESS 16-18 August 2002
Open (27 pl) 1 Adam Hunt (Cowley) 4½/5; 2-3 Harriet Hunt (Cowley), Eli Tsesarski (Milton Keynes) 4; 4-6 Colin Crouch (Pinner), Francis Reyner (Hastings), Peter Taylor (Hayes: Kent Champion) 3½... Grading U180 AR Talbot (Nuneaton) 2½.
Under 160 (35 pl) 1 MS Kobylka (Wood Green) 4½/5; 2-3 Chris Edwards (Australia), Charlie Linford (The Holt) 4... Grading U140 Robert Hanson (Metropolitan) 3. Kent Major Champion (and Best Thanet) David Law (Margate) 3½
Under 125 (26 pl) 1-4 Paul Smith (Brighton & Hove), M Schreiber (Germany), RA Inglis (Phoenix: Kent Intermediate Champion), Paul Foster (Weymouth) 4/5... Grading U110 Reg Pidduck (Broadstairs) 3. Best Thanet Colin Gregory (Margate) 3½
Under 100 (35 pl) 1-2 (and share Kent Minor Championship) Kenrick de Nazareth (Colfes School), Ken Smith (Sidcup) 4½/5; 3-5 Clive le Baigue (Margate), Michael Page (Broadstairs), Tim Law (Margate: Best Thanet) 4...
Over 60 Prize Leon Garfield (Birchington). Under 15 Prize Anthony Gregory (Walderslade)
Results Tony Hargreaves

COULSDON RAPIDPLAY 20th July 2002 attracted 41 players.
1 Ilya Tsesarsky (Israel/Milton Keynes) 6/6 £100; 2-4 (and shared U200 prize) Andrew Bigg (Coulsdon), Michael Franklin (Coulsdon/Richmond), Ian Snape (Beckenham) 5 £33.50... Grading U170 Daniel Diamond (Dulwich area), Stephen Hawes (Horsham) 4½ £25; U140 Paul Jackson (Coulsdon), Peter Wann (Coulsdon) 4 £25; U110 Naomi Miller (Cowley) 4 £50; U80 Stephen O'Neill (Norwich) 1½ £50
This was the final round of this season's CCF Quickplay Grand Prix. GP prizewinners (who receive a trophy and half price entry into all of next year's rapidplay and blitz events) are:
Open James Sherwin (Bath)
U200 Donny Muter (Richmond Juniors)
U160 Paul Jackson (Coulsdon)
U120 Douglas Barber (Purley area)
U80 Fred Coombes (Coulsdon)
Results Scott Freeman

COULSDON BLITZ 3rd June 2002
"For the first time, Coulsdon tried out a 5 minute blitz tournament which proved very successful with 25 entries. We played 12 rounds and the pairings became more and more fun to do as the evening went on. We do like a challenge here!"
1 Donny Muter (Richmond Juniors) 11½/12 £40; 2 Ian Snape (Beckenham) 10½ £20; Grading U150 Dave Cork (Coulsdon / Crawley) 7 £15; U120 Joe Fraser (Crowborough / E Grinstead) 6½ £15; U90 Anuk Sirisena (Richmond Juniors) 6 £15...
Results Scott Freeman

SURREY CLASSIC at Ewell, 1-2 June 2002
attracted 42 players.
Open 1 Paul Roberts (Edinburgh) 11/15 (+3=2) £200; 2-3 IM Graeme Buckley, Paul Georghiou 10 (+3=1-1) £75...
Major 1-2 John Lewin (Orpington), Tim Seymour (Sunbury) 12/15 (+4-1) £75...
Minor 1-2 Harvey Murray-Smith (Hinchley Wood), Daniel Eichner (East Grinstead) 13/15 (+4=1) £70; 3-5 Jemima McGraw (Godstone), William Philpott (East Dulwich, London), Robert Moore (Addlestone) 12 (+4-1)...
"A small but perfectly formed tournament, the first run according to the 3-1 system. Three points – win; 1 point – draw. This removes the incentive to agree draws early, or to arrange them before play starts. In the last round of the open, Paul Roberts was leading with 8 points (+2=2), but just behind on 7 points were Graeme Buckley and Paul Georghiou. So a quick last round draw, far from guaranteeing him at least a share of first prize, could have enabled both his rivals to leapfrog him. If such a system was in place, it would have avoided the fiasco of last year's British Championship when the winner, Joe Gallagher, agreed a draw in the last round with Keith Arkell, after five nail biting, tense, angst ridden moves which had the spectators, if not the entire British chess community, gripping the edges of their seats, scarcely able to contain their excitement."
     This tournament was part of the Terence Chapman Grand Prix.
Results Mike Basman

ILFORD BCQ CONGRESS
1st - 3rd June 2002 at the Redbridge Institute, Gants Hill
Open (34 pl) 1-2 Peter Taylor (Cavendish), Colin Crouch (Pinner) 4½/6 £187.50; 3-11 Bob Wade (Athenaeum), John Anderson (Grays), John Hodgson (Ilford), Bob Eames (Hackney), Lawrence Trent (Ilford), Bill Stirling (Powdermill), Chris Rice (Lewisham), Richard Cannon (Richmond & Twickenham), Ryszard Paly 4 £7...
Major U160 (45 pl) 1 Adeoye Dasaolu (Enfield) 6/6 £200; 2-5 Donald Chaudhury (Hornchurch), Brian Crouch (Beckenham), Eric Key (York RI), Dr John Daugman (Cambridge City) 4½ £37.50...
Minor U120 (26 pl) 1 Paul Kendall (Metropolitan) 6/6 £200; 2 Thomas O'Neill (Ashtead) 5 £100; 3-7 Frank Sealey, Alex O'Toole (Southend), Alan Fraser (Beckenham & Bromley), David Everitt (Haywards Heath), Steve Bessell (Surbiton) 4 £10...
Essex Champion (incorporated in Open) John Anderson; Essex U150 Champion (incorporated in Major) Stewart Trent (Ilford); David Wood Memorial Trust prize (best performance by an Essex Junior) shared by Lawrence Trent, Stewart Trent and Alex O'Toole
British Championship qualifying place "goes to Peter Taylor if he wants it".
Results John Philpott

COULSDON RAPIDPLAY 1st June 2002
Under 200 (11 pl) 1 Michael Franklin (Coulsdon/Richmond) 5½/? £100; 2 J Mark O'Neill (Crystal Palace) 4 £50...
Under 160 (16 pl) 1 Chris Clegg (Kingston) 5 £80; 2 Paul Kelly ISH 4½ £40...
Under 120 (14 pl) 1-3 Brian Culverhouse (East London), K Azizur Rahman (Metropolitan), Yari Voropayev (Dulwich College) 4½ £35...
Under 80 (9 pl) 1-3 James Guiney (Ashtead), Jonathan Lui (Coulsdon & Purley), Dave Morgan (Coulsdon & Purley) 4½ £30...
This was round 7 of the Coulsdon Quick Play Grand Prix and there are now just 2 to go. With several regular players elsewhere, the door was open for others to make up ground.
Results Scott Freeman

COULSDON BLITZ 6th May 2002
24 played. 1 Robin Haldane (Streatham) 7/? £40; 2-5 Marcus Osborne (Coulsdon), David Sedgwick (Coulsdon), Mike Sheehan (Hampstead), Dave Cork (Coulsdon) 5 £5... Grading U160 David Sedgwick, Mike Sheehan £7.50; U140 Dave Cork 5 £15; U120 Peter Vargas (Redhill) 4 £15; U100 Joe Fraser (E Grinstead) 3½ £15
Results Scott Freeman

2nd OXFORD UNIVERSITY CONGRESS 27-28 April 2002 at Lincoln College
Open 1-3 Simon Buckley (Bath), Kemal Ozeren (Oxford University), Richard Palliser (Oxford University) 4/5; 4 Joel Eklund (Oxford University) 3½... Grading U190 Jon Friedland (Wood Green), Hon Tsang (Abingdon) 3. Oxford University Champions 2002 Kemal Ozeren, Richard Palliser
Major U170 1-3 Ian Webster (Oxford University), Tim Willinger (Plymouth), Paul Heaton (Bristol University) 4/5... Grading U150 Brendan O'Gorman (DHSS), Chris McIntosh (Edwardians), Oliver Payne (Oxford University) 3½
Minor U125 1 Gary Walker (Metropolitan) 4½/5; 2-5 Gary Hope (South Birmingham), Peter Lord (Hayes), Patrick Baker (Gloucester), Naomi Miller (Cowley) 4... Grading U100 Naomi Miller (Cowley)
Results Richard Palliser richard.palliser@worcester.oxford.ac.uk

COULSDON RAPIDPLAY 13th April 2002 attracted 59 players.
1 Danny Gormally (London) 6/6 £100; 2-4 Michael Franklin (Coulsdon/Richmond), Donny Muter (Richmond Juniors). James Sherwin (Bath) 5 £17... Grading U200 Michael Franklin (Coulsdon/Richmond), Donny Muter (Richmond Juniors) 5 £25; U170 Stephen Hawes (Horsham) 4½ £50; U140 Dave Cork (Coulsdon/Crawley) 4 £50; U110 Peter Burgis (Legal & General), Robert Davidson (Brighton), Jeff Fleischer (Coulsdon - soon!), Paul Kendall (Metropolitan) 3 £12.50; U80 Chris Harris (Coulsdon), Jia Shen Lee (C Palace/Dulwich Coll), Yari Voropayev (Dulwich Coll), Stuart Wallace (Brighton) 2 £12.50
Results Scott Freeman

26th KINGS HEAD RAPIDPLAY 7th April 2002
attracted 135 players. See the Kings Head site.

SOUTHEND EASTER CONGRESS 29 March - 1 April 2002
Open (85 pl) 1-2 (and share SCCU title) Simon Knott (Hertford), Simon Williams (Hackney) 6/7 £375; 3-5 Richard Palliser (Oxford Univ), Harriet Hunt (Wood Green), Bob Eames (Hackney) 5½ £125... Grading 176-190 Alan Barton (Morecambe) 5 £100; 161-175 Michael Bushill (Bury St Edmunds), Nigel Donovan (Charlton), Ezra Lutton (Basildon), Mark Weighell (Waltham Forest), Craig Young (Cambridge), Richard Webster (Radcliffe & Bingham) 4 £16.67; 146-160 Colin Costello (Kings Lynn) 4½ £100; 120-145 Josiah Lutton (Basildon), Selwyn Hamilton (Warley Quinborne), Andrew Salmon (Clacton) 3½ £33.33; U120 Shaun Alley (Newham) 3½ £100
British Championship Qualifier Bob Eames
5-Round A (22 pl) 1-2 Ivor Smith (Writtle), John Dodgson (Hastings & St Leonards) 4/5 £80; 3-4 Ian McAllan (Sidcup), Richard Donaghay (Ely) 3½ £20...
5-Round B (24 pl) 1 Helmut Müller (Germany) 4½/5 £100; 2 Matthew Jellett (Customs) 4; 3-7 Charles Newman (Billericay), Nicholas Jellett (Customs), David Hutchings (Wickford), Adam Yardley (Rayleigh), David Bird (Maldon) 3½ £8...
5-Round C (24 pl) 1 Luke Styles (Shell) 4½/5; 2 Tony O'Toole (Customs), Andrew Murphy (Writtle), Christopher Chambers (Kettering) 4 £33.33...
Lightning 10-second (Saturday 30th: 24 pl) 1 Simon Knott (Hertford) 5½/6 £40; 2-3 Nick Pert (Ipswich), Roland Payne (London) 5 £15; 4 Ezra Lutton (Basildon) 4½...
Redbus KO (won by Bogdan Lalic) is reported on the BCM site.
Results Howard Grist

COULSDON EASTER CONGRESS 29-30 March 2002
Open (15 pl) 1-2 Graeme Buckley, Paul Georghiou 5/6 £150; 3 Abimbola Adelaja 4½ £50... Grading U190 Alexandros Ethelontis, Teresa Khoo 3½ £25
Under 170 (19 pl) 1 Adeoye Dasaolu 5½/6 £160; 2-5 C Bruce Jenks, Jonathan Somekh, Ben Purton, Alfredo Luaces 4 £44... Grading U150 Somekh, Purton, Luaces 4 £14
Under 150 (30 pl) 1-2 David Barraclough, Howard Curtis 5/6 £105; 3-5 George Coomber, Paul S Smith, Peter Vargas 4½ £12... Grading U110 Stuart Wallace 3½ £35
Under 95 (36 pl) 1 Stephanie Barraclough 5½/6 £120; 2-5 Jonathan Collins, Simon Court, James Leigh, Daniel Eichner 4½ £22.50... Grading U75 Martin Goode 4 £30
     Coulsdon Grand Prix winners 2001-2:
Open Paul Georghiou, Alexander Chernaiev
Under 200 Andrew Bigg
Under 160 George Coomber
Under 120 Joe Xuereb
Under 80 Martin Goode
Results Scott Freeman

ST OLAVES CONGRESS 9th March 2002
Open/Major U160 (10 pl) 1 Chris Ward 237s (Wood Green) 6/6; 2 Paul Georghiou 196 (Barnet) 5; 3 Anthony Stebbings 196s (Charlton) 4; 4 (and Major winner) Raymond Gosden 148 (Whitstable) 3½...
Minor U120 (26 pl) 1 Paul Kendall 103 5½/6; 2-3 Nicholas Kidson 97 (Yardley Court Tonbridge), Jeff Fleischer 105 5; 4-8 Matthew Rogers 97 (Dulwich College), Brian Culverhouse 113 (Chingford), Kenrick de Nazareth 91 (Colfes), John McKenna 106 (Beckenham & Bromley), David Ridout 118 (Maidstone GS) 4...
Under 14 (26 pl) 1 Christopher Blanchard 89s (St Olaves) 5/6; 2-3 Zubin Siganporia 82 (St Olaves), Chathu de Silva 88 (Maidstone GS) 4½; 4-7 Katie Houstoun 47 (Lady Eleanor Holles), Sam Siebert 96, Chung Leung (both St Olaves), Aram Karakashian 73 (Eltham College) 4...
Under 11 (38 pl) 1 Hugo King-Oakley 82 (Dulwich College) 5½/6; 2 David Voisey (Eltham College) 5; 3-6 Jia Shen Lee 48 (Dulwich College), Constantine Philippou 62 (Hayes), Sam Evington 71 (Barming Maidstone), Fraser Bridges 63 (Hayes) 4½; 7-11 Richard Lobo 63 ("Holy Innocents"), Lyall Bayliss (Otford), Byron Harris 68 (St Olaves Prep), Peddy Hashemi (Eltham College), Timothy Weaver ("Roseacre") 4...
Under 9 (7 pl) 1 Robert Compton 10 (Hayes Primary) 4½/6; 2-4 Udara de Silva (Barming), David Ryan 8 ("St Francis"), Harry O'Connor (Southborough) 4...
Results Darrell Siebert

COULSDON RAPIDPLAY 2nd February 2002
Under 200 (8 pl) 1-2 Michael Franklin (on his birthday!: Coulsdon/Richmond), Donny Muter (Richmond Juniors) 4½/6 £75...
Under 160 (10 pl) 1-2 Stuart Hamilton (Coulsdon), Peter Wann (Coulsdon) 4½/6 £60...
Under 120 (22 pl) 1 Peter Vargas (Redhill) 5½/6 £70; 2 Douglas Barber (Purley area) 5 £35...
Under 80 (10 pl) 1 Stuart Wallace (Brighton) 5½/6 £60; 2 Martin Goode (Coulsdon/Crawley) 5 £30...
"Those that were here for the Christmas Congress may be amused to hear that the tournament-chart-eating cupboard nearly struck again. Maybe I need to find a different cupboard." - Scott Freeman

COULSDON BLITZ 12th January 2002
22 played. 1 Paul Georghiou 11/12 £100; 2 James Sherwin 9... Grading U180 Donny Muter 8½ £30; U135 Ben Purton 7 £30; U100 David Wallis 6½ £30. Peter Williams aged five(!!) scored half a point more than his age.
"Anyone who has tried doing a 12 round Swiss with 22 players will understand the need for the "Pincer Pairing" system for the last 4 or 5 rounds."
     The what?
"This is where you pair the top players, pair the bottom players and the middle players get what they are given! It was good fun to do and good experience for coping with pressure as an arbiter." - Scott Freeman

COULSDON CONGRESS 15-16 December 2001
Open (17 l) 1-3 Alexander Chernaiev (Russia), Harriet Hunt (Wood Green), Andrew Ledger (Bedford) 4/5...; Grading U190 Timothy Woodward (Richmond Juniors) 3
Under 170 (20 pl) 1-2 Donny Muter (Fulham area), Ross Rattray (Richmond Juniors) 4½/5; 3 Anna Partington (Ashtead) 4... Grading U50 Edward Leung (Richmond Juniors) 3½
Under 130 (25 pl) 1 Jeff Fleischer (London) 4½/5; 2-4 Ian Buckley (Coulsdon), George Coomber (East Grinstead), Jinwoo Song (Kings Head) 4... Grading U110 Phil Hunt (Coulsdon) 3
Under 90 (12 pl) 1 Ankush Khandelwal (Nottingham) 4½/5; 2 Garry Bagnell (Crawley & Coulsdon) 4; 3 Chris Harris (Coulsdon) 3½... Grading U70 Nicola Thomas (Thamesdown Juniors) 3
Results Scott Freeman

WHITSTABLE RAPIDPLAY 1st December 2001
Open (10 pl) 1 John M Emms 253 (Wood Green) 5½/6; 2 Colin S Crouch 238 (Pinner) 4½; 3 Harriet V Hunt 210 (Wood Green) 3½; 4-6 Heather S Richards 185 (Whitstable: Kent Ladies Champion), Michael J Basman 209 (Surbiton), Ian R Watson 228 (Maidstone) 3...
Major U160 (12 pl) 1-2 Anna G Partington 143 (Ashtead), Paul Kelly 142 (Hastings & St Leonards) 4½/6; 3 Michael R Wiltshire 127 (Dartford) 4; 4-5 Harry Sharples 150S (Woodnesborough), Raymond Gosden 148 (Whitstable) 3½...
Minor U120 (16 pl) 1 Joe Fraser 79 (East Grinstead) 5/6; 2-3 Trevor Dickerson 98, Neil Lister 118S (Whitstable) 4½; 4 James McKeever 105 (Dartford) 4; 5-6 David Ridout 118 (Maidstone), David Wallis 96 (Worthing) 3½...
Novices U80 (21 pl) 1 Anuk Sirisena 68 (Richmond Juniors) 6/6; 2 Sam Evington 71 (Barming Maidstone) 4½; 3-5 Constantin Philippou 62 (Hayes Primary), Alex Davan-Wetton 72 (Tonbridge), Lyall CP Bayliss (Westerham Junior) 4; 6-9 Danny Eichner 65, Richard Lobo 63, Alf Lomas 49 (Lewisham), Fraser Bridges 63 (Hayes Primary) 3½...
BWCA Oyster Ladies U100 (12 pl) 1-3 Sarah Broadbent 86 (Newstead Wood: Kent Ladies Minor Champion), Olivia Barber 63 (Putney High), Chantal Sirisena 86 (Tiffin Girls) 5/6; 4-7 Victoria Sharples (Dover), Alexandra Kidson 28 (Tonbridge), Ali Richards 29 3...
Results Us. Grades Rapid unless marked "S". Cross-tables should be on the Kent Junior site shortly. This is currently the only adult tournament the KJCA runs.

BCF COUNTIES RAPIDPLAY CHAMPIONSHIP at Stevenage, 30th September 2001
Four rounds, nine teams of 12.
1 Yorks 30/48; 2 Herts I 28½; 3 Warwicks 26½; 4-5 Essex, Oxon 25½; 6-7 Norfolk, Herts II 24½; 8 Bucks 21½; 9 Herts Juniors 9½
Handicap 1 Norfolk 30; 2 Herts Juniors 28½; 3 Essex 25; 4 Warwicks 24; 5 Yorks 23½; 6-7 Bucks, Oxon 22½; 8 Herts II 22; 9 Herts I 19
Top scorers Kevin Thurlow (Yorks, by birth), Russell White (Essex) 4/4
So Yorks retain their title. Maybe it's a bit unkind to give the Handicap scores all the way down, but it's fair. Actually the Handicap scores look funny. They ought to have averaged nought, on the system as published. Presumably they added 24/48.
Results John Philpott and Chris Majer, independently

COULSDON RAPIDPLAY 30/30 29th September 2001
Under 200 (7 pl) 1 Heather Richards (Isle of Thanet) 5/6 £100; 2 Donny Muter (Richmond Juniors) 4½ £50... Grading U170 Stephen Hawes 163 (Horsham) 4
Under 160 (12 pl) 1 Teresa Khoo (no club) 5½/6 £80; 2 David Cutmore (Wood Green) 4½ £40... Grading U145 Collins Young (Metropolitan), Paul Kelly (Hastings), Alfred Luaces (Kings Head) 3
Under 120 (24 pl) 1-3 Selvar Somupillai (Wimbledon), Ken Hedger (Hammersmith), John McKenna (Beckenham) 5/6 £35... Grading U100 Lana Boztas 94 (Ashtead)
Under 80(?90) (8 pl) 1 Martin Goode (Coulsdon & Purley) 5½/6 £60; 2 Stuart Wallace (Brighton) 5 £30... Grading U65 Chris Harris 55 (Coulsdon & Purley) 3½
Results Scott Freeman

CCF CHESS SHIELD at Coulsdon, 17th September 2001
Teams of 4, Rapidplay 15/15
1 Ashtead A 12/16; 2 South Norwood B 10½; 3-4 Coulsdon & Purley A, South Norwood A 10; 5 Surbiton A 9½; 6 Coulsdon C 9; 7 Ashtead B 8½; 8-10 Coulsdon B, Surrey Girls, Wallington/Coulsdon 7½; 11-12 Wallington, Surbiton 6½; 13 Crawley 4; 14 Coulsdon/Surrey 3
Results Scott Freeman

COULSDON CONGRESS 1st-2nd September 2001
Scott Freeman writes:
Running alongside the Coulsdon Congress this weekend was a football match, with the Round 3 players woken from their playing slumber no less than 5 times by distant drunken roars from those watching in the analysis area.
Results:
Open (14 pl) 1 Simon Williams (Richmond) 4½/5 £200; 2-5 Alexander Chernaiev (Russia), Chris W Baker (Coulsdon), Andrew Bigg (Beckenham), Heather Richards (Whitstable) 3½ £37.50... Grading U190 Tim Woodward (Richmond Juniors), Gavin Lock (Crawley/Coulsdon), Ian Snape (Keston), Kenan Boztas (Ashtead) 2½ £12.50
Under 170 (21 pl) 1 Stuart Hamilton (Coulsdon) 4½/5; £160; 2-3 Victor Castaleda (Bracknell), Matthew Harbourne (Basingstoke) 4 £60... Grading U150 C-J De Mooi (Brighton) 3½ £40
Under 130 (29 pl) 1 Collins Young (Metropolitan) 4½/5 £140; 2-3 George Coomber (East Grinstead), Jinwoo Song (London Univ) 4 £70... Grading U110 Ian Bryan (Beckenham) 2½ £35
Under 90 (7 pl) 1 Yasser Elwy (London) 4½/5 £120; 2 Gary Bennett (Crawley) 3½ £60; 3 Stewart Wallace (Brighton) 3 £30... Grading U70 Martin Goode (Coulsdon/Crawley) 2½ £30

COULSDON (10 minute) BLITZ 27th August 2001
24 played. 1 Simon Williams (Richmond) 6½/7; 2-5 Gary Kenworthy (Barbican), Marcus Osborne (Coulsdon), Ian Snape (Beckenham), Stuart Hamilton (Coulsdon) 5... Grading U180 Ian Snape, Stuart Hamilton; U130 Louise Sinclair (Waltham Forest), Douglas Barber (Purley) 4; U90 Joe Fraser (Crowborough) 3½
Results Scott Freeman

37th BERKS & BUCKS CONGRESS at Reading, 25-27 August 2001
Championship over 170 (18 pl) 1 Gerald Moore (Hounslow) 4/5; 2-4 Gavin Lock (Coulsdon), Ian Henderson (Earley), Martin Taylor (Rainham) 3½...
Challengers 172-152 (14 pl) 1-2 Stephen Clark (Gerrards Cross), Michael Bushill (Henley on Thames) 4/5; 3-4 Colin Costello (Southall), John Townsend (Maidenhead) 3½...
Reserves A 149-129 (16 pl) 1 Matthew Harborne (Basingstoke) 4/5; 2-3 Oliver Payne (Basingstoke), Dinah Norman (Guildford) 3½...
Reserves B 129-113 (16 pl) 1 Michael Price (West London) 5/5; 2-3 Jeff Fleischer (London E1), Thomas Rixon (Hemel Hempstead) 3½...
Reserves C 111-90 (14 pl) 1-2 Gerald Blight (Reading), David Maddock (Reading) 4; 3-4 Edwin King (Oxford), Tony Heslop (North Oxford) 3½...
Reserves D U89 (14 pl) 1 Richard Dawson (Thatcham) 4½/5; 2-3 William Foster (Newbury), Paul Maddock (Presentation College) 3½...
Cup presented by Mrs Stean in 1976 for best performance by an under 14 player: - Peter Poobalasingam (Richmond Juniors)
Lightning Tournament (24 pl: 4 sections of 6) Final: Liam Varnam beat Peter Poobalasingam
Results Nigel Dennis

32nd THANET CONGRESS 17-19 August 2001
Open (27 pl) 1 Julian Hodgson (Hackney) 5/5; 2-3 MR Taylor (Rainham: Kent Champion), N Crickmore (Ilford) 4½... Grading U180 AR Talbot (Nuneaton). Best Thanet: no qualifying player
Major U160 (30 pl) 1 P Zabrocki (Folkestone: Kent Major Champion) 4½/5; 2 D Cutmore (Wood Green) 4; 3-6 A Atkinson (Canterbury), RJ Wilcox (Wimbledon), B O'Gorman (DHSS), O Finnegan (Broadstairs) 3½... Grading U140 C Linford (The Holt). Best Thanet D Law (Margate)
Intermediate U125 (36 pl) 1-2 Paul Smith (Brighton & Hove), R Burroughs (Hutton) 4½/5; 3 K Findley (Birchington: Kent Intermediate Champion) 4... Grading U110 R House (Medway). Best Thanet S Guy (Ramsgate)
Minor U100 (35 pl) 1-2 A Fraser (Beckenham: Kent Minor Champion), J Cutting (Broadstairs) 4½/5; 3-4 LR Jones (Beckenham), P de Rivaz (Haywards Heath) 4... Best Thanet R Day (Whitstable)
Special prizes Senior Over 60 CJ Gardiner (Falmouth); Junior U15 R Friend (Herne Bay); Female Players with 50%+ Ljubica Lazarevic (Grays), Sue Farrington (Beckenham) 3/5
Results Tony Hargreaves

ESSEX CHAMPIONSHIP at Writtle, 14-15 July 2001
30 played. 1 Eddie Dearing 203 (Cambridge Univ) 5/5; 2 Marc Brazier 166 (Maldon) 4; 3-6 Robin Slade 160 (Chelmsford), Andy King 158 (Grays/Shell), Bob Latter 154 (Brentwood), Tom Winter 135 (Maldon)... Grading U150 1 Tom Winter; 2-3 Peter Laundy 130 (Basildon), Ljubica Lazarevic 108 (Grays) 4.
Source: Chessex