CONGRESSES

Updated 7.9.03

CONGRESS RESULTS

COULSDON AUTUMN CONGRESS 6-7 September 2003
A total of 98 players contested the Coulsdon Chess Fellowship's Autumn 2003 congress over 5 sections, as opposed to the old 4. The tournament was the first in the new season of long play Grand Prix events for CCF. The remaining 2 rounds will be held at Christmas (20-21 December) and Easter (9-10 April).
Open (23 pl) 1 Mark Lyell (West London) 4½/5 £120; 2-3 Robert Gwaze (Athaenaeum), David Ledger (Bedford) 4 £45... Grading U190 Aidan Rawlinson (Coulsdon) 3 £30
Under 170 (15 pl) 1-2 Meri Grigoryan (Armenia), Tim Seymour (Staines) 4 £90; 3-4 Adeoye Dasaolu (London), Stuart Hamilton (Coulsdon) 3½ £15... Grading U150 Michael C Price (W London), Peter Szabo (Metropolitan) 1½ £15
Under 145 (21 pl) 1-2 CJ De Mooi (Teddington), David Ireland (Whoberley) 4 £90; 3 Similan Anandajayarajah (Richmond Juniors), Paul McIntyre (South Norwood) 3½ £15... Grading U125 Simon Court (Kent), Jeff Fleischer (Coulsdon) 3 £15
Under 120 (27 pl) 1-2 Jonathan Collins (Woking) £90, Livu Enciu (SE London) £40 (ungraded) 4½; 3-6 Nigel Kerby (Bishop's Stortford), Peter A Williams (jnr) (Basingstoke), Tristan Clayton (Epsom), David Everitt (Haywards Heath) 3½ £20... Grading U100 Tristan Clayton, David Everitt £15
Under 100 (12 pl) 1 Alan Fraser (Beckenham) 4½ £120; 2-3 John Burgis (Brighton), Robert Hulley (Coulsdon) 3½ £45... Grading U70 Robert Darby (Dulwich College), Charlie Harnden (Cowley) 3 £15
Results Scott Freeman

39th BERKS & BUCKS CONGRESS at Reading, 23-25 August 2003
Championship (16 pl) 1-2 Martin Walker 198 (Royston), Robert Richmond 181 (Slough) 4½/6; 3-4 David Pye 185 (Portsmouth), Martin Taylor 211 (Rainham) 4; 5-7 Helge Wademark 185 (Bourne End), Jessie Gilbert 181 (Coulsdon & Purley), Philip Bonafont 173 (Hemel Hempstead) 3½...
"Challengers" (16 pl) 1 Phil Stimpson 155 (Guildford) 5/6; 2-3 David Kay 154 (Guildford), Paul Janota 153 (Maidenhead) 4½; 4-7 Charles Bullock 161, Majid Jeffries 163 (Maidenhead), Paul McIntyre 138 (Maidenhead), Tony Milnes 152 (Maidenhead) 3½...
"Reserves A" (16 pl) 1-2 Nigel Livesey 122 (Bourne End), Stephen Pride 134 (Cambridge) 4½/6; 3 John Rety 136 (Camden); 4-8 Barry Sandercock 129; Colin Gardiner 115 (Falmouth); Geoffrey Naldrett 137 (Insurance), Gerald Pierce 122 (High Wycombe), Michael Price 132 (Hammersmith) 3½...
"Reserves B" (16 pl) 1 Darren Radford 93 (Portsmouth) 5/6; 2 Mike Gunn 111 (Guildford) 4½; 3-5 Charlie Goddard 98 (Basingstoke), Mark Wallace 107 (Crowthorne), Neil Harrison 112 (Emsworth) 4...
Results Nigel Dennis

THANET CONGRESS 15-17 August 2003
Open (39 pl) 1-2 Cliff Chandler (Maidstone: Kent Champion), Neil Crickmore (Ilford) 4/5; 3-8 Andrew Bigg (Coulsdon), Andrew Stone (Pinner), Mark Rich (Barbican), Ken Harman (Cavendish), Martin Taylor (Rainham), Andrew Hammond (Combined Services) 3½... Grading U180 Richard Almond (Hastings), Zafer Djabri (Metropolitan) score not given; Best Thanet John Atherton (Folkestone) ditto
Major U160 (32 pl) 1-4 Anthony Marcham (Dartford: Kent Major Champion), Selina Khoo (Surrey Juniors), Martyn J Harris (Newcastle), Robert F Pooley (Herne Bay) 4/5; Grading U140 Kieran Murphy (Metropolitan); Best Thanet Harry Sharples (Margate)
Intermediate U125 (28 pl) 1 Robert G Page (Broadstairs: Kent Intermediate Champion) 4½/5; 2-3 Buong Chieng (Margate), Colin Gregory (Margate) 4... Grading U110 Peter Sandon (Barnstaple); Best Thanet Max Smith (Folkestone)
Minor U100 (39 pl) 1 Alan Fraser (Beckenham: Kent Minor Champion) 5/5; 2-5 Clive le Baigue (Margate), Geoffrey Redfern (Folkestone), Lyall CP Bayliss (Westerham), John Couzens (Broadstairs) 4... Best Thanet Alec R Perry (Folkestone)

COULSDON RAPIDPLAY 19th July 2003
"One of the largest and certainly the strongest ever Coulsdon rapidplay ever saw 68 people battling for the £400 prize fund..."
1-5 (and share U200 grading prize) Charles Chakanyuka (Watford), Michael Franklin (Coulsdon / Richmond), Gary Kenworthy (Milton Keynes), Marcus Osborne (Coulsdon), Thomas Rendle Hastings 5/?6 £40... Grading U170 Graham Clarke (Shipley) 4½ £50; U140 Paul Jackson (Coulsdon), Naomi Miller Cowley 3½ £50; U110 Similan Anandajayarajah (Richmond Juniors), James Foster (Coulsdon), Anuk Sirisena (Ashtead) 3 £50; U80 Ishan Ramdewar (South Norwood) 2½ £50
Coulsdon quickplay grand prix:
Open Jovica Radovanovic
U200 Michael Franklin
U160 Paul Jackson
U120 Joe Xuereb
U80 Dave Morgan
Results Scott Freeman

COULSDON RAPIDPLAY 31st May 2003 attracted 55 players.
Open 1 Jovica Radovanovic (East Molesey area) 5/6 £100; 2 Neill Cooper (Coulsdon) 4½ £20...
U160 1 Paul McIntyre (South Norwood) 5/6 £90; 2 Paul Jackson (Coulsdon) 4 £20...
U120 1 Andrew Mant (Coulsdon) 5½/6 £80; 2-4 Peter Lord (Hayes Middx), Peter A Williams (age 7: Basingstoke), Simon Wrigley (Wallington) 4½ £7...
U80 1-2 Caroline Robson (Enfield), Marissa Stenning (Surrey Junior) 4½ £45...
Results Scott Freeman

COULSDON OPEN BLITZ (5 minute) 26th May 2003
23 played. 1-2 (and share U140 grading prize) Jinwoo Song (Kings Head), Simon Wrigley (Wallington) 9½/12 £17.50... Grading U110 Peter A Williams (age 7: Basingstoke) 7 £15; Jonathan Collins (Woking) 6 £15
Results Scott Freeman

ILFORD CONGRESS 24-26 May 2003
Open (29 pl) 1 Danny Gormally 240 (Charlton) 5½/6; 2 Alexander Cherniaev 235 5; 3-4 Nicholas Pert 234 (Bettson), Lawrence Webb 204 (Hackney) 4½... SCCU Champion Danny Gormally; BCQ place to be offered to Laurence Webb; Essex Champion John Anderson (Grays) 3½
Major U160 (41 pl) 1 Peter Poobalasingam 137 (Millfield School) 5/6; 2 Stewart Trent 155 5; 3-6 William Phillips 146 (Pinner), Karl Forman 145 (Coventry Transport), Aiden Corish 141 (Upminster), David Sandham 139 (Beckenham) 4½...
Minor U120 (29 pl) 1-2 John Campbell 117 (Roding and Loughton), Simon Moth (Braintree) 5/6; 3-9 Trevor Dickerson 108, Nigel Kirby 107 (Bishops Stortford), David Gilbert 102 (DHSS), Herbie Alley 68 (Newham), David Brady (Chingford), Peter Fremlin (Colchester RGS), Paul Kendall 119 4...
Results Roy Heppinstall

COULSDON BLITZ (10 minute) 5th May 2003
1-2 Rory O'Kelly (Mushrooms), David Sedgwick (Coulsdon) 6/7 £17.50... Grading U120 Simon Wrigley (Wallington) 4 £15; U90 Dave Morgan (Coulsdon) 4 £15
Results Scott Freeman

SOUTHEND EASTER CONGRESS 18-21 April 2003
Open (72pl) 1 Peter Wells (Slough) 6½/7; 2-4 Rafe Martyn (Belgium), David Spence (Ipswich), Lawrence Trent (Bishops Stortford) 5½; Grading U191 Gavin Lock (Coulsdon) 5; U176 Alan Barton (Hastings), Edmund Player (Loughborough) 5; U161 Stewart Trent (Bishops Stortford) 4½; U146 Alexander Combie (Newark) 4; U121 George O’Toole (Southend), Jörg Seidel (Didcot) 3. British Championship Qualifier Rafe Martyn
5 Round A (14pl) 1 Ivor Smith (Writtle) 4; 2-3 Trevor Coote (Brentwood), Robert Fowles (Basildon) 3½…
5 Round B (16pl) 1 Arnold Lutton (Basildon) 4½; 2-3 Rod Johnson (Brentwood), Nigel Dennis (Maidenhead) 3½…
5 Round C (16pl) 1-2 John Wright (Shell), Don Dennis (Wickford) 4; 3-4 Alex O’Toole (Southend), Michael Collier (Bristol Cabot) 3½…
5 Round D (16pl) 1 Roy Middleton (Hadleigh) 4½; 2 Daniel Hardy-Wallace (Basildon) 4; 3-4 Fred Coombes (Coulsdon), Nathanael Lutton (Basildon) 3½…
Lightning (28pl) 1 Lawrence Trent (Bishops Stortford) 5½; 2 Edmund Player (Loughborough) 5; 3-4 Ezra Lutton (Basildon), Rafe Martyn (Belgium) 4½...
Results Howard Grist

COULSDON EASTER 18-19 April 2003
Open 1 Nick Pert (Betsson) 5/6 £200; 2 Richard Pert (Betsson) 5.4 it says but we think it means 4½ £100; D Gormally and G Buckley also ran. Grading U190 Ian Snape (Beckenham), Gordon Meyer (Redhill) 3½ £25
Under 170 1 Geoff Marchant (Wallington)5 £160; 2-3 Kevin Bailey (Coulsdon), Tim Seymour (Richmond Juniors) 4½ £40; Grading U150 Tim Seymour £40
Under 150 1 Jinwoo Song (Kings Head) 5½ £140; 2 James Turner (Wallington) 5 £70; Grading U110 John Atkinson (Surbiton) 4 £35
Under 90 1 Peter Williams Jr (age 7: Richmond Juniors) 5½ £120; 2 Clive Hutchby (Kettering) 4½ £40 (ungraded player - £20 passed down); 3 Kevin Tighe (Dulwich Plough) 4 £20
Grand Prix winners (Coulsdon events held September 2002, December 2002, Easter 2003): Open Nick Pert; U200 Andrew Bigg; U160 Paul Jackson; U120 Joe Xuereb; U80 Peter Williams (Jr)
Results Scott Freeman

COULSDON RAPIDPLAY 5th April 2003
1 IM Danny Gormally (Lewisham area) 5½/6 £100; 2-3 IM Colin Crouch (Pinner), Peter Taylor (Hayes Kent) 5 £50... Grading U200 Peter Taylor; U170 Peter Wann (Coulsdon & Purley) 4½ £50; U140 G Selvar Sompullai (Wimbledon), Dominic Bennett (Canterbury area) 3½ £25; U110 Brian Culverhouse (Oxfordshire), Robert Davidson (Brighton), Joe Xuereb (Coulsdon & Purley) 3 £17; U80 Chris Harris (Coulsdon & Purley), Thilagini Anandajeyarajah (Richmond Juniors), Delroy Bennett (Lewisham) 2 £17
Results Scott Freeman

COULSDON RAPIDPLAY 8th February 2003
Open (8 pl) 1 Danny Gormally (Lewisham area) 6/6 £100; 2 Richard Pert (Bettson) 4 £50...
Under 160 (12 pl) 1 Bertie Barlow (Cavendish) 5/6 £90; 2 Gino Scamardella (Lewes) 4 £45...
Under 120 (22 pl) 1-2 Andrew Mant (Easter Knights), Peter Putt (Camberley) 5/6 £60...
Under 80 (8 pl) 1 Richard Lobo (Petts Wood) 5½/6 £70; 2 Dave Morgan (Coulsdon) 4½ £35...
Results Scott Freeman

COULSDON OPEN BLITZ 18th January 2003
"Despite there being little else on this weekend (except the 4NCL), we were surprised that the field for the Open Blitz was only 18, compared to 30 and 23 in previous years. Nonetheless, the event was a very enjoyable one to run and the only negative of the day was the triumph of evil over good at Old Trafford."
1 IM Robert Gwaze (Athenaeum) 12/max £100 (guaranteed prize); 2 Bertie Barlow (Cavendish) 10 £20... Grading U140 Dominic Bennett (Simon Langton Canterbury) 7½ £20; U100 David Morgan (Coulsdon), David Wallis (Worthing) 5½ £10
Results Scott Freeman

COULSDON OPEN 14-15 December 2002
"You will be pleased to hear that we found about the right balance for the Fischer timings, with 1 hour 15 plus 30 seconds per move (instead of 1 hour 20 plus 30 seconds)."
Open (14 pl) 1 Nick Pert (Bettson) 5/5 £200; 2-5 Andrew Bigg (Coulsdon), Marcus Osborne (Coulsdon), Richard Pert (Bettson), Thomas Rendle (Hastings) 3 £37.50... Grading U190 Ian Henderson (Telecom Reading) 2½ £50
Under 170 (21 pl) 1 Paul Jackson (Coulsdon) 4½/5 £160; 2 Paul Dupre (Guildford) 4 £80; 3-4 (and Grading U150 Colin Kay (Guildford), Tim Seymour (Richmond Juniors) 3½ £40
Under 150 (20 pl) 1 Jinwoo Song (London Univ) 4½ £140; 2-3 Paul Beniston (Lymington), Andrew Costeloe (Muswell Hill) 4 £52.50... Grading U110 Simon Court (Kent), Jeremy Fallowfield (Stourbridge), James Foster (Coulsdon), James Hall (East Grinstead), Jacques Tivillier (Chislehurst) 3 £7
Under 90 (14 pl) 1-2 John Carr (Emsworth), David Everitt (Haywards Heath) 4/5 £90; 3-4 Peter Williams Sr (Basingstoke) £30, Peter Williams Jr (Richmond Juniors) 3½... Grading U70 Peter Williams Jr £30
Results Scott Freeman

49th HERTFORDSHIRE CONGRESS at Hitchin, 7-8 December 2002
"Our new venue, The Priory School, drew many favourable comments for its spaciousness, ample parking and better facilities."
Open (28 pl) 1-2 IM Andrew Webster, IM Colin Crouch 4/5; 3-7 Lawrence Trent (British Championship Qualifier), IM Harriet Hunt, Simon Buckley, IM Jim Sherwin, Ben Savage 3½...
Challengers U170 (22 pl) 1-2 Philip Borman, Stewart Trent 4/5; 3-4 Branko Pribanich, Dirk Goes (Holland) 3½; 5-7 R Lanzer, David Hambly, Simon Charles 3...
Major U145 (37 pl) 1 Geoff Collyer 4/5; 2-10 Peter Lim, Stephen Pride, Ian Mutton, Brian Judkins, Patrick Ribbands, Russell Goodfellow, Robert Clegg, Neil Staples, George O’Toole 3½...
Minor: results to follow
London Junior Qualifying Tournaments:
Under 18/14 (combined: 20 pl) 1 Joshua Tattersall 5/6; 2-4 Martin Cheung, Senthuran Sathyanandha, Joey Ho 4½; 5 Kerry Langsdale 4...
Under 12 (29 pl) 1 Jeffrey Levicki 5½/6; 2-3 Saravanan Sathyanandha, Andrew Craigen 5; 4 Lateefah Messam-Sparkes 4½...
Under 10 (28 pl) 1-3 Nnamdi Obiekwe, Matthew Dent, Ozan Gemikonakli 5/6; 4-6 Anthony Foss, Toby Brock, Benjamin Blundell 4½...
Under 8 (7 pl) 1 Daniel Fernandez 6/6; 2 Simon Williams 5; 3 Lydia Smith 4; 4-5 Luc Cook, Lucy Dent 3; 6 Jamie Craik 2; 7 Alex Iceton 1
Results John Denton

COULSDON OPEN RAPIDPLAY 7th December 2002
40 played. "One title player had booked in but didn't show, and this left the event wide open... This was a rather surprising situation with the Terence Chapman Grand Prix at such a late stage and players fighting for points."
1-3 Robin Haldane (Streatham), John Hodgson (Ilford), Martin Taylor (Rainham) 5/? £50... Grading U200 Donny Muter (Richmond Jun), Ian Snape (Beckenham) 4½ £25; U170 Alan Punnett (Guildford) 4½ £50; U140 Ljubica Lazarevic (Grays) 3½ £50; U110 Howard Curtis (Coulsdon), Bob Davidson (Brighton), Peter Williams (Basingstoke) 3 £17; U080 Herbie Alley (Newham), Antonio De Donatis (Woking), Simon Dickson (Horley area), James Foster (Coulsdon), James Guiney (Ashtead), Chris Harris (Coulsdon), Arthur Meaton (Coulsdon / Dorking) 2 £7.20
Results Scott Freeman

COULSDON RAPIDPLAY 5th October 2002
"The 2nd largest ever Coulsdon rapidplay took place at CCF today with a total of 72 players spread across 4 graded sections. Competition was fierce with none of the issues finally decided until the 6th and final round."
Open 1 Michael Franklin (Coulsdon/Richmond) 5½/6 £100; 2-3 Colin Crouch (Pinner), Meri Grigoryan (London) 4½ £25...
Under 160 1-3 Peter Ackley (Hayes Middx), Stuart Hamilton (Coulsdon), John Holland (North London) 4½/6 £45...
Under 120 1 Peter Lord (Hayes Middx) 5½/6 £80; 2 Peter Szabo (Metropolitan) 5 £40...
Under 80 1-2 Herbie Alley (Newham), Dave Morgan (Coulsdon) 5/6 £52.50...
The extra prizes of a year's free entry to www.letsplaychess.com go to the winners of each section (where there is a tie, progressive score splits): Open Michael Franklin; U160 John Holland; U120 Peter Lord; U080 Herbie Alley
This was round 2 of the Coulsdon Quickplay Grand Prix.
Results Scott Freeman scott.freeman@btinternet.com [now that's not his usual address!]

CCF CHALLENGE SHIELD 23rd September 2002
Teams of 4, U140 mean grade. 1 Ashtead A 11½; 2 Ashtead B 11; 3 Ron Banwell Masters Team 9½; 4 South Norwood B 9½; 5 Coulsdon A 9; 6 Coulsdon D 8½; 7 Coulsdon C 8; 8 South Norwood A 7½; 9 Wallington 7½; 10 Wallington & Coulsdon 7; 11 Coulsdon B 6; 12 Old Maids 6; 13 Streatham 6; 14 Redhill Alexander Winners 5
Results Scott Freeman

NORTH ESSEX CONGRESS at Braintree, 14-15 September 2002
Open 1 Lawrence Trent (Ilford) 4/5; 2-4 Trevor Coote (Brentwood), Jon Friedland (Wood Green), Edmund Player (Stowmarket) 3½... North Essex Champion Trevor Coote
Under 160 1 Ian Webster (Oxford University) 4½/5; 2-3 Les Crane (Upminster), Steve Williams (Colchester) 4... North Essex Challengers Steve Williams
Under 130 1-2 Kevin Cook (Witham), Colin Gardiner (Falmouth) 4/5; 3-7 Dale Bailey (Billericay), Nigel Kerby (Bishops Stortford), John Lambert (Clacton), Wayland Medlycott (Braintree), Michael Spalding (Ipswich) 3½...
Under 100 1 Brant Nuttall (Kings Lynn) 5/5; 2 John McKeon (Milton Keynes) 4; 3-4 Derek Hanson (Cambridgeshire), Roger Mugridge (Wickford) 3½...
David Wood Prize for best Essex Junior: Alistair Hung (Writtle) 3½ in the U160. (Lawrence Trent had the best score, but was only allowed one prize.)
Results David Millward

COULSDON 7-8 September 2002
"CCF saw another 3 figure entry (100) for a long play congress as capacity was reached for the second successive event, thankfully without the need to have to refuse entry because of lack of space. By the time our next long play congress comes along in December, the venue should be larger and able to take more players upstairs as well as allowing a reduction in what have been slightly cramped facilities." [rjh: I'm not sure Scott means that last bit.]
Open (17 pl) 1 IM Andrew Ledger (Redhill) 4½/5 £200; 2 IM Eli Tsesarsky (Milton Keynes) 4 £100; 3-5 (score not stated) Andrew Bigg (Coulsdon), David Ledger (Bedford), Marcus Osborne (Coulsdon) £17... Grading U190 Ian Snape (Beckenham) £50
Under 170 (27 pl) 1-4 Kevin Bailey (Coulsdon), Chris Edwards (Bromley area), Sarah Hegarty (Woking), Paul Jackson (Coulsdon) 4/5 £74 (plus, for the last three, an extra £14 as share of the U150 grading prize)...
Under 130 (31 pl) 1 Jinwoo Song (Kings Head) 4½/5 £140; 2-3 Matthew Hayes (Horsham), Ljubica Lazarevic (Grays) 4 £52.50... Grading U110 Chantal Sirisena (Richmond Juniors), Stuart Wallace (Brighton) 3½ £17.50
Under 90 (25 pl) 1 Anuk Sirisena (Carshalton area) 4½/5 £120; 2 John Carr (Emsworth) 4 £60; 3-6 Jonathan Collins (Woking), David Everitt (Haywards Heath), Alan Fraser (Beckenham), Scott Fraser (East Grinstead), Darren Radford (Portsmouth), Peter Williams (Richmond Juniors: age 6) 3½ £7.50... Grading U70 Scott Fraser, Peter Williams £7.50
"Thank you to everyone who took part in the survey on Fischer timings. The replies I have collated show a very clear preference for Fischer timings, although I apologise for the delays caused by the particular time control I opted for. In the light of the suggestions made I am going to explore 1 hour 15 minutes each, with perhaps 20 seconds added per move."
Results Scott Freeman

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

Earlier material is in the Archive.