CONGRESSES

Updated 24.8.05

CONGRESS RESULTS

THANET CONGRESS 19-21 August 2005
Open (28 pl) 1-2 Colin Crouch (Pinner), Andrew Bigg (Coulsdon) 4/5; 3-7 Graeme Buckley (Wimbledon), Cliff Chandler (Maidstone: takes Kent Championship), Andrew Greet (Hilsmark Kingfisher), Gavin Lock (Horsham), Li Wu (Wanstead) 3½... Grading U180 Jerry Anstead (Tunbridge Wells)
Major U160 (31 pl) 1-3 Ian McAllan (Sidcup: takes Kent Major Championship), Lyall Bayliss (Westerham), RJ Everson (Dartford) 4/5... Grading U140 Russell Goodfellow (Tunbridge Wells)
Intermediate U125 (33 pl) 1-3 Gavin Strachan (Brentwood), Sam Gower (Woodnesborough: takes Kent Intermediate Championship), Anthony Gregory (Maidstone) 4/5... Grading U110 Austin O'Hara (Metropolitan)
Minor U100 (45 pl) 1 Kai Herbert (Folkestone: takes Kent Minor Championship) 5/5; 2 Matthew Bunn (Kent Juniors) 4½; "3rd=" David Orr (Dartford) 4
Seniors Prize Alan Fraser (Beckenham); Juniors Nathaniel Clark (Bridge)
Results Tony Hargreaves

GOLDERS GREEN RAPIDPLAY 13th August 2005
(14 pl) 1-2 Lawrence Trent IM 212, Lawrence Cooper IM 208 4½/6 £45; 3-5 Colin Crouch IM 214, Jovica Radovanovic 195, Gary Senior 168 4; 6 Theo Rocland 3½... Grading U175 Senior £20
Major U160 (19 pl) 1 Tony Wells 117 5/6 £60; 2-3 Peter Ackley 152, Carl Hetherington 146 4½ £15; 4-6 Branko Pribanich 158, Helge Hjort 150, Shaun Alley 134 4; 7-9 Subin Sen 145, Robin Huq 142, David Ben-Nathan 113 3½... Grading U145 Alley £20
Minor U130 (27 pl) 1-2 Neil Kaplan e120, Peter Lord 117 5½/6 £60; 3-4 Brendan O'Gorman 123, Peter Morrey 122 4½; 5-7 Russell Goodfellow 116, Gus Aaron e122, Ronnie Cohen 115 4; 8-11 Peter Hughes 128, Ti Chen 124, Paul Blackwell 112, Kevin Bryant 106 3½... Grading U115 Blackwell, Bryant £10
Amateur U100 (39 pl) 1 Walter Thorpe 90 5½/6 £60; 2 Peter Scott 98 5½ (sic) £30.00; 3-6 Finlo Rohrer 95, Ian Leighton 92, Ben Cameron 91, Joshua Pineda 89 4½; 7-11 David Dunne 97, Ashley Stewart 97, Aaron Ironmonger 94, David Buckland 79, Faye Ainscow 77 4; 12-18 Nnamdi Obiekwe 98, Soni Sharan 94, Caroline Robson 89, Andrew Rubio 87, Victor Litvin 80, John Hill 73, Paul Hatswell 3½... Grading U85 Buckland, Ainscow £10
Results Adam Raoof

HENDON "FIRST THURSDAY" (10 minute) BLITZ 4th August 2005
attracted 22 players. 1 Roy Sagall 165 6/6; 2 Stephen Coles 173 5; 3-5 Dan Ellis 153, Malcolm Gesthuysen 120, Jonathan Rubeck 130 4; 6-8 Ike Chukwunonye 140, Jamie Hillman 172, David Ben-Nathan 130 3½...
Results Adam Raoof

GOLDERS GREEN RAPIDPLAY 16th July 2005
Open (14 pl) 1 John Pigott 197 56 £60; 2 Ben Savage 202 4 £30; 3-6 Alan Smith 206, Jonathan Lappage 201, Tim Woodward 196, Peter Poobalasingam 176 3½...
Major U160 (20 pl) 1-2 Michael Kobylka 152, Geoff Marchant 144 5/6 £45; 3-6 Helge Hjort 150, David Cutmore 149, Subin Sen (J) 136, Stein Ingolfsrud, Jinwoo Song 139, Vedantha Kumar 129, Simon Charles 125, Robin Huq 123 3½... Grading U145 Sen
Minor U130 (29 pl) 1 K Azizur Rahman 127 6/6 £60; 2-4 Russell Goodfellow 113, Mithun Kailavasan 111, Barry Sandercock 111 4½; 5-7 James Peet 127, Chris Fewtrell 116, Ken Hedger 100 4; 8-11 Gary O'Grady 119, Ian Brooke 102, Ronnie Cohen 102, Peter Szabo 95 3½... Grading U115 Goodfellow, Kailavasan, Sandercock £15
Amateur U100 (23 pl) 1-2 Tristan Blundell 97, Ben Cameron 91 5/6 £45; 3 John Constable 71 4½; 4-7 Walter Thorpe 90, Finlo Rohrer 77, Sam Austin 72, Paul Hatswell 4; 8-10 Andrew Rubio 87, Dinesh Jain 76, Stephen S Stafford 3½... Grading Constable £20
Results Adam Raoof

GOLDERS GREEN RAPIDPLAY 11th June 2005
Open (15 pl) 1 Rashid Ziatdinov GM 5½/6 £60; 2 James Sherwin IM 201 5 £30; 3-6 Paul Georghiou 198, V Tiruchirapalli e195, John Hodgson 187, Tomer Eden 153 3½... Grading U175 Eden £15
Major U160 (24 pl) 1 Michael Kobylka 152 6/6 £60; 2 Selina Khoo 145 4½ £30; 3-7 Max Ceslavschi 149, John Alfred (IRL) 138, Salvatore Pepe 133, Simon Charles 125, Robin Huq 123 4... Grading U145 Alfred, Pepe, Charles, Huq £5
Minor U130 (21 pl) 1 Jon A Barnes 109 5½/6 £60; 2 George Hassabis 5 £15; 3 Ian Grubb (NZ) 120 4½ £20; 4-6 James Peet 127, Robert Clegg 112, Dennis Wright 117 4; 7-8 Peter Scott 108, Michael Connock 104 3½... Grading U115 Clegg £15
Amateur U100 (26 pl) 1 Michael Mutale 6/6 £30; 2 David Everitt 79 5 £60; 3-7 Walter Thorpe 90, Greg Breed 87, Finlo Rohrer 77, Dinesh Jain 76, John Constable 68 4; 8-10 Victor Litvin 85, George Perez Trunin 72, Dimitry Gnatyuk 3½... Grading U85 Rohrer, Jain, Constable £5
Results Adam Raoof

ILFORD CONGRESS 28-30 May 2005
Open (39 pl) 1 Francis Rayner 202 5/6 £260; 2-5 Andrew Stone 193 (offered BCQ place on SPS); John Hodgson 200 (Essex Champion); Peter Taylor 191; Paul Georghiou 205 4½ £48.75... Grading U195 Tomer Eden 193 4 £25; U180 Mike Lexton 175 4 £25; U170 Ajoy Solomon 165 4 £25; U160 Norman Hutchinson 158 3 £25; Junior Dana Hawrami 166, David Haydon 121 3½ £20
Major U60 (47 pl) 1 Nick Grey 154 5½/6 £160; 2-3 Eric Key 150, Kazi Rahman 142 (Essex U150 Champion) 5/6 £60... Grading U150 John Daugman 143, Jinwoo Song 144, Richard Weeber 141 4½ £8.50; U140 Oliver Finnegan 137 3½ £25; U130 Jimmy Jiang 129 4 £25; Junior Akash Jain 90, James Peet 132 2½ £12.50
Minor U120 (49 played) 1 Saravanan Sathyanandha 102 6/6 £140; 2 Samuel Franklin 84 5 £70; 3-6 Sheila Dines 102, Adrian Riley 109, Alistair Clark, John Campbell 110 4½ £20... Grading U? Riley, Clark £5; U?? Ron Prickett 89, Roland Johnson 85, Dinesh Jain 84, Thilagini Anandajeyarajah 74 3½ £10; Junior Dines £5; Jude Lenier 65 4 £15
David Wood Memorial prize shared between Dana Hawrami, David Haydon and Roland Johnson (£20 each)
Results Ivor (BN) Smith

SOUTH NORWOOD RAPIDPLAY 14th May 2005
attracted 35 players. 1 Ben Ogunshola 190 (South Norwood) 5½/6; 2-3 Rob Haldene 170 (Streatham), Tumen Bulendalai 162 (South Norwood) 5; 4-10 Colin Lyne 160 (Camberley), David Spearman 159, Roy D Reddin 155, H Martin Cath 147 (all South Norwood), Chris Clegg 136 (Kingston), Paul Jackson 136 (Coulsdon), Russell Goodfellow 113 (Tunbridge Wells) 4...
Results David Bryant

GOLDERS GREEN RAPIDPLAY 14th May 2005
"63 players competed over four sections. There was a very welcome return to Golders Green of International Master Colin Crouch. Welcome back!"
Open (14 pl) 1-3 Paul Georghiou 198, John Pigott 197, Jovica Radovanovic 193 4½/? £30; 4-5 John Richardson 211, John Hodgson 187 4; 6 Venkat Tiruchirapalli e195 3½...
Major U160 (17 pl) 1 Michael Kobylka 152 5/? £60; 2 Selina Khoo 145 4½ £30; 3-4 Daniel Ellis 142, John Alfred (IRL) e140 4; 5-8 Ernest M White 150, Noel M Stewart 145, David Ben-Nathan 113, Gus Aaron 3½... Grading U145 Ellis £10
Minor U130 (18 pl) 1 James Peet 127 5/? £60.00; 2-5 K Azizur Rahman 127, Jon Barnes 109, Glynn Jones 103, Ronnie Cohen 102 4 £10; 6 Gerald Tredinnick 102 3½...
Amateur U100 (14 pl) 1 Victor Litvin 85 5/? £60.00; 2 Greg Breed 87 4½ £30; 3-5 Ben Cameron 91, Finlo Rohrer 77, John Hill 66 4... Grading U85 Rohrer, Hill £10
Results Adam Raoof

GOLDERS GREEN RAPIDPLAY 16th April 2005
Attracted 98 players.
Open 1-3 Alexander Cherniaev GM 238, Tom Weber 205, Paul Georghiou 198 5/6 £30; 4-5 Jonathan Lappage 201, Peter Taylor 182 3½ 6-8 Nicholas Croad (NZ), Jovica Radovanovic 193, Csaba Koszta 183 3... Grading U175 Colin Lyne 160, Tim Rogers 156 2.5 £10
Major U160 (18 pl) 1 Helge Hjort 150 5/6 £60; 2-4 David Cutmore 149, Jinwoo Song 139, Robin Huq 123 4½ £10... Grading U145 Jonathan Rubeck 130 4 £20.00
Minor U130 (23 pl) 1 Laza Stojnic 5/6 £30; 2-4 K Azizur Rahman 127, Brendan O'Gorman 124, Gerald Tredinnick 102 4½ £20... Grading U125 Jon Barnes 109 4 £25
Amateur U100 (43 pl) 1 Ben Cameron 91 5½/6 £60; 2-3 Alan Trent 98, Sharan Soni 88 5 £15; 4-6 Elyes Rigby 91, Walter Thorpe 90, Michael Mutale 4½; 7-12 Luke Barron 92, Faye Ainscow 77, Finlo Rohrer 77, Joshua Yap 72, Alex Galliano, Ivan Kiskin 4... Grading U85 Rohrer, Ainscow, Yap £10
Results Adam Raoof

COULSDON OPEN RAPIDPLAY 9th April 2005
attracted 41 players. Favourite Paul Georghiou lost on time from a winning position in the last round and had to be content with = 4th place instead of first.
1 Marcus Osborne (Coulsdon) 6/6; 2-3 Jinwoo Song (Kingston), Peter Wann (Coulsdon) 5... Grading U180 Song; U150 ditto; U125 Peter A Williams, James Foster (both Coulsdon) 4½; U100 Richard Bedwell (Tunbridge Wells), Benjamin Blundell (Sussex Junior) 4; U75 Greg Charles (Purley) 2½
Results Scott Freeman

COULSDON EASTER CONGRESS 25-26 March 2005
Open 1-2 Dan Bisby (Redhill), Marcus Osborne (Coulsdon) 5/6 £80; 3 John Bennett (Crystal Palace) 4 £20... Grading U170 James Foster (Coulsdon) 3½ £20
Under 170 1 Joe Fraser (East Grinstead) 4½/6 £110; 2-3 Geoff Marchant (Wallington), Tim Seymour (Staines) 4 £35... Grading U150 Yang-Fan Zhou (Wimbledon) 3 £20
Under 145 1 Jinwoo Song (Kingston) 5/6 £110; 2-3 Russell Goodfellow (Tunbridge Wells), Dennis Rattray (South Norwood) 4½ £35... Grading U125 Aaron Ironmonger (Hammersmith) 4 £20
Under 120 1-2 Tristan Clayton (Sidney Sussex), Robert Davidson (Brighton) 5 £80; 3 Stuart Wallace (Brighton) 4½ £20... Grading U100 Anthony Duncan (Islington) 4 £20
Under 90 1 John Carr (Portsmouth) 5/6 £110 2-4 Mark Cluett (Gravesend), Chris Constable (Coulsdon), Simon Roberts (Portsmouth) 4½ £23.50... Grading U70 Robert Lobo (Petts Wood & Orpington), Duke Quinton (Coulsdon) 3½ £10
Thus Coulsdon Long Play Grand prix winners 2004-5: Open Martin Taylor (Rainham), Marcus Osborne (Coulsdon); U170 Tim Seymour (Staines); U145 Jinwoo Song (Kingston); U120 James Foster (Coulsdon); U90 Gary Bennett
RAPIDPLAY 28th March
Open 1 Ian Snape (Coulsdon) 5½/6 £25; 2 Alan Punnett (Guildford) 4½ £15; 3 Robin Haldane (Streatham) 4 £5...
U170 (merged with Open) 1 David Sedgwick (Coulsdon) 3½/6 £25; 2-3 Christopher Archer-Lock (Berkshire), David Barron (Coulsdon) 3 £10...
U140 1 Jonathan Rubeck (Hendon) 5½/6 £25; 2 Jinwoo Song (Kingston) 4½ £15; 3-5 Chas Byott (Coulsdon), Nathan Goldberg (Coulsdon), Russell Goodfellow (Tunbridge Wells) 3½ £2...
Under 110 1 Paul Barkshire (Coulsdon) 5/6 £25; 2-3 Howard Curtis (Coulsdon), Ken Hedger (Hammersmith) 4½ £10...
Under 80 1-3 Adrian Archer-Lock (Berkshire), John Constable (Coulsdon), Andrew Turner (Crowborough) 4½ £16...
BLITZ 28th March
1-2 Stuart Hamilton (Coulsdon), William Watson (Cavendish) 6 £10; 3-4 Martin Benjamin (Richmond), Robin Haldane Streatham 5; 5-7 Alistair Compton (Kings Head), Brian Allan (Coulsdon), Paul Jackson (Coulsdon) 4½... Grading U170 Benjamin £15; U110 Allan £15; U90 Jude Lenier (Crowborough: 3½) £15
Results Scott Freeman

SOUTHEND EASTER CONGRESS 25-28 March 2005
Jack Speigel Memorial (8pl) 1 Daniel Gormally 5/7; 2-3 John Emms, Chris Ward 4½; 4 Jim Plaskett 4; 5 Lawrence Trent 3½; 6 Neil McDonald 3; 7 Malcolm Pein 2½; 8 Graeme Buckley 1
Open (68pl) 1-5 Dave Ledger (Bedford), Peter Poobalasingam (Millfield School), Steve Ledger (Bedford), David Spence (Ipswich), Tim Hebbes (London) 5½/7… Grading U191 Steve Ledger (Bedford) 5½; U176 Peter Poobalasingam (Millfield School), Tim Hebbes (London) 5½; U161 Jason Roberts (Waltham Forest) 5; U146 Daniel Gibbs (Ilford), Subin Sen (Ilford), Chris Jones (Hendon) Antony O’Toole (Southend), Roy Hare (Wickford) 4; U120 Daniel Brooks (Brighton), John Wright (Shell), Alan Trent (Ilford) 3. British Championship Qualifier Peter Poobalasingam; SCCU joint Champions Dave Ledger, Peter Poobalasingam, Steve Ledger, Tim Hebbes
5 Round A (16pl) 1-3 Martin Cutmore (Wood Green), David Cutmore (Wood Green), Ivor Smith (Writtle) 3½…
5 Round B (18pl) 1 Don Dennis (Wickford) 4; 2-4 Patrick Heneghan (Linton), Rod Burroughs (Hutton), Tony Packham (GLCC) 3½…
5 Round C (21pl) 1 Sean Clarke (Basildon) 4½; 2-3 Terry Barnell (London),Gary Perks (Southend) 4…
Lightning (30pl) 1 Roland Payne (London) 5½/6; 2 Ezra Lutton (Basildon) 5; 3-5 Dana Hawrami (Ilford), Graham Reid (Basildon), David Haydon (Shell) 4½...
Results Howard Grist

GOLDERS GREEN RAPIDPLAY 19th March 2005
Open (11 pl) 1 Jovica Radovanovic 193 5 £60; 2-3 Alexander Cherniaev GM 238, Paul Georghiou 198 4½ £15; 4 Peter P Taylor 182 4; 5-6 (and share U175 Grading prize) Colin Lyne 160, David Bland 131 3 £10...
Major U160 (18 pl) 1-4 Wolfgang Jekel 146, Raymond Boger (NOR) 146, Jonathan Rubeck 130, Adrian Joseph 4½ £15; 4-5 Max Ceslavschi 149, Daniel Ellis 143 4... Grading U145 Ellis £15.00
Minor U130 (27 pl) 1-2 Brendan O'Gorman 124, Peter Lord 115 5 £45; 3-4 Jimmy Jiang 117, Scott Kenyon 125 4½; 5-8 Arunas Gedvilas 129, Paul Blackwell 109, Wilbur Francis 102, Ronnie Cohen 102 4... Grading U115 Blackwell, Francis, Cohen £7
Amateur U100 (19 pl) 1 Jorge Apaza 5½ £30; 2 Andrew Rubio 87 4½ £60; 3-7 Walter Thorpe 90, David Everitt 79, John Constable 68, Arnav Ahuja 35, Victor Litvin 4... Grading U85 Everitt, Constable, Ahuja £7
Results Adam Raoof

GOLDERS GREEN RAPIDPLAY 12th February 2005
Open (8 pl) 1 Alistair Compton 2103 5½/6 £60; 2 Antony Hynes 186 3½ £30; 3-6 Peter Poobalasingam 176J, Tim Rogers 158, Cengiz Hasman e173 3...
Major U160 (15 pl) 1 Dan Ellis 143 5/6 £60; 2-3 Jonathan Rubeck 130, Jimmy Jiang 117 4½ £15; 4 (and Grading U145) Vedantha Kumar 129J 4; 5-6 Michael Kobylka (152), Peter Morrey 132 3½...
Minor U130 (19 pl) 1 Peter Lim 122 5½/6 £60; 2-4 Brendan O'Gorman 124, Alex O'Toole 117, Ronnie Cohen 102 4 £15; 5-7 Richard Thursby 129, George O'Toole 124, Graeme Lennard 90 3½... Grading U115 Cohen
Amateur U100 (21 pl) 1 Ti Chen 93 6/6 £60; 2-3 Ben Cameron 91, David Everitt 79 5 £15; 4 Ian Leighton 93 4; 5-6 John Zastapilo 99, Victor Litvin e80 V) 3½; 7-10 Walter Thorpe 90, Andrew Rubio 87, David Buckland 84, Tim Powell 70, Gennady Saenko 3... Grading U85 Buckland, Powell £8
Results Adam Raoof

COULSDON RAPIDPLAY 12th February 2005
Open 1 Graeme Buckley (Wimbledon) 5/? £35; 2-3 John Hodgson (Ilford), Ian Snape (Coulsdon) 4½ £7-50...
Under 140 (merged with the Open for pairing purposes) 1-2 Russell Goodfellow (Tunbridge Wells), Yang-Fan Zhou (Wimbledon) 3 £25...
Under 110 1 Gordon Birch (Camberley) 4½/? £35; 2-3 Jeff Fleischer (Coulsdon), David Wallis (Worthing) 4 £7.50...
Under 80 1-2 John Sheekey (Coulsdon), Caroline Foster (Coulsdon) 6/? £15...
Results Scott Freeman. Scott, who was controlling, tells how he was drafted into an adjacent U175 match 64 points and nearly as many minutes adrift, in which severe time trouble coincided with horrendous pairings. Your Webmaster makes no remark.

COULSDON OPEN BLITZ 15th January 2005
attracted 25 players. 10 min each per game.
1 Paul Georghiou (Barnet) 10½/12 £45... Grading U145 Robin Huq (Battersea) 7 £25; U120 Kevin Lenaghan (Metropolitan) 6 £25; U80 Chris Constable (Coulsdon) 6 £25
Results Scott Freeman

GOLDERS GREEN RAPIDPLAY 8th January 2005
Open (11 pl) 1 Colin McNab GM 226 6/6 £60; 2-3 Paul Georghiou 198, Peter Poobalasingam (J) 176 4 £15; 4 Tomer Eden 153 3½ £15... Grading U175 Eden
Major U160 (21 pl) 1-2 Daniel Ellis 142, Robin Huq 123 5/6 £45; 3-4 Salvatore Pepe 133, Neil Cannon 131 4½ £10; 4 Richard Lobo (J) 119 4; 6-7 Michael Kobylka 152, Hristo Colov 143 3½... Grading U145 Pepe, Cannon
Minor U130 (16 pl) 1 Leszek Jaworski 121 5/6 £60; 2 Daniel Scheerer 4½ £15; 3-4 K Azizur Rahman 127, Paul Blackwell 109 4 £15; 5=6 Russell Goodfellow 113, Mithun Kailavasan (J) 112 3... Grading U115 Blackwell
Amateur U100 (22 pl) 1 Gennady Saenko 5/6 £30; 2-4 Dashiell Shaw (J) 98, Joe Farrell 97, Ben Cameron 91 4½ £20; 5-7 Andrew Rubio 84, Caroline Robson 84, Iyampillai Poobalasingam 58 4 £5; 8-9 Keith Parr 95, Faye Ainscow 77 3½... Grading U85 Rubio, Robson, Poobalasingam
Results Adam Raoof

COULSDON CHRISTMAS CONGRESS 18-19 December 2004
attracted 97 players.
Open 1-2 Martin Taylor (Rainham Kent: takes BCQ place on tie-break), Andrew Bigg (Coulsdon) 4/5 £90; 3-4 Peter Poobalasingam (Richmond Juniors), Ian Snape (Coulsdon) 3½ £15...
Under 170 1 Ankush Khandelwal (Nottingham) 4/5 £120; 2-3 Chris Paul (Coulsdon), Tim Seymour (Staines) 3½ £45...
Under 145 1 Jinwoo Song (Kingston) 4½/5 £120; 2-8 Paul Barkshire (Coulsdon), Richard Edwards (London SW11), Livu Enciu (London SE8), Paul Jackson (Coulsdon), Roderick Johnson (Brentwood), Jonathan Rubeck (Hendon), Yang-Fan Zhou (Wimbledon) 3½ £13...
Under 120 1-3 Tristan Clayton (Sidney Sussex), James Foster (Coulsdon), James Harrington (Hendon) 4/5 £70...
Under 90 1 Gary Bennett (Copthorne) 4½/5 £120; 2-4 Samuel Franklin (Dulwich College), Dinesh Jain (Pinner), Jyoti Parmar (W Nottingham) 4 £30...
Results Scott Freeman

COULSDON OPEN RAPIDPLAY 4th December 2004
attracted 43 players. One section only.
1-2 Colin Crouch (Pinner), Ian Snape (Coulsdon) 5/6 £40; 3-6 Richard Almond (Hastings), Chris Clegg (Kingston), Joe Fraser (East Grinstead), Rasa Norinkeviciute (Eastbourne) 4½ £7.50... Grading U210 Snape £30; U180 Almond, Clegg, Fraser, Norinkeviciute £7.50; U150 Clegg, Fraser, Norinkeviciute £10; U125 Peter Wilson (Guernsey), Joe Xuereb (Coulsdon) 3½ £15; U100 Xuereb £15; Howard Curtis (Coulsdon), Mehdi Khatib (London NW1), David Wallis (Worthing) 3 £5 (you couldn't win more than £30 in grading prizes, so Xuereb's surplus was passed down to the next score level); U75 Chris Constable (Coulsdon), Luke Shakerchi (Ashtead) 2 £15
Results Scott Freeman

HENDON BLITZ 30/30 2nd December 2004
attracted 18 players. 1 Alexander Cherniaev 238 GM 6/6 £40; 2 Charles Chakanyuka 175 5; 3-4 David Iwi (Hendon) 137, David Ben-Nathan (Hendon) 113 4; 5-6 Jonathan Rubeck 130, Tomer Eden 153 3½...
Results Adam Raoof

GOLDERS GREEN RAPIDPLAY 13th November 2004
Open (10 pl) 1 Peter P Taylor 182 4½ £60; 2 Charles Chakanyuka(ZIM) 175 4 £30; 3-5 Antony Hynes 181, Bertie Barlow 172, Daniel Rosenberg 164 3½... Grading U175 Hynes, Barlow £10
Major U160 (19 pl) 1-3 Peter Ackley 155, Michael Kobylka 152, Emyr Jones 144 4½ £30; 4-5 David Sedgwick 155, Vendantha Kumar 129 4; 6-7 David J Hambly 149, Hristo Colov 143, Ron Adams 131 3½... Grading U145 Kumar ££20
Minor U130 (22 pl) 1 Chris Fewtrell 116 5 £60; 2-3 Paul Kendall 122, Gerald Tredinnick 102 4½ £15; 4-5 K Azizur Rahman 127, Tyrone Woo 122 4; 6-10 Peter Lord 115, Russell Goodfellow 113, Paul Blackwell 109, Peter Scott 108, Daniel Scheerer (LUX) 3½... Grading U115 Goodfellow, Blackwell, Scott £7
Amateur U100 (22 pl) 1-2 David Buckland 84, Andrew Rubio 87 5 £45; 3 Mark Mooney 4½; 4-6 Joe Farrell 97, Mark Towse 92, Finlo Rohrer 77 4; 7-9 Keith Parr 95, Geoff Nunn 78, Barry Miles 3½... Grading U85 Rohrer £20
Results Adam Raoof

35th THANET CONGRESS 29-31 October 2004
Open (17 pl) 1-2 Martin Taylor (Rainham: takes Kent Championship), Andrew Greet (Hilsmark Kingfisher) 4/5; 3-4 Kenny Harman (Cavendish), David Collier (Bristol) 3½... Grading U180 Andrew Butterworth (Barnsley); Best Thanet Martin Cutmore (Folkestone)
Major U160 (25 pl) 1 David Law (Margate: takes Kent Major Championship) 4½/5; 2-3 Mike Wiltshire (Dartford), Paul Spiller (Downend) 4; Grading U140 Paul Smith (Brighton); Best Thanet Stefan Schreiber (Margate)
Intermediate U125 (24 pl) 1 Robert Page (Broadstairs: takes Kent Intermediate Championship) 4½/5; 2 Leon Garfield (Birchington) 4; 3-4 Reg Pidduck (Broadstairs), Jeff Fleischer (Coulsdon) 3½... Grading U110 Ron Inglis (Phoenix); Best Thanet Colin Gregory (Margate)
Minor U100 (35 pl) 1 Geoffrey Redfern (Folkestone: takes Kent Minor Championship) 4½/5; 2-4 Michael Page (Broadstairs), Mario Silva (Albany), Danny Greenan (Margate) 4... Best Thanet Clive le Baigue (Margate)
Veterans Prize Ivor C Smith (Petts Wood)
Results Tony Hargreaves

GOLDERS GREEN RAPIDPLAY 16th October 2004
Open (12 pl) 1-2 David Sands 192, Antony Hynes 181 4½ £45; 3-4 Li Wu 198, Charles Chakanyuka(ZIM) 175 4; 5-6 Peter P Taylor 182, Rowley Newton 3½... Grading U175 Ray Starkie 174 3 £20.00
Major U160 (22 pl) 1 Emyr Jones 140 5 £60; 2-3 Ali Kikoyo 155, Jeffrey Boardman (NZ) 4½ £10.00; 4-5 Helge Hjort 150, Jonathan Rubeck 130, Valerio Sara 125 4; 6-9 David Cutmore 149, Kenneth Dan, Dave Cork 134, Richard Lobo 119 3½... Grading U145 Rubeck, Sara £10
Minor U130 (21 pl) 1 Arunas Gedvilas 129 5 £60; 2-3 Tyrone Woo 122, Mariusz Chrabaszcz 124 4½ £15.00; 4-6 Geoff Hermes 115, Jeff Fleischer 101, Graeme Lennard 90 4; 7-8 Peter Lord 115, Joe Lewis 3½... Grading U115 Fleischer, Lennard £10
Amateur U100 (24 pl) 1 Stephan Schmitz (GER) 5 £30; 2-4 Ben Cameron 91, Finlo Rohrer 77, Nicholas Inglis 4½ £10; 5-6 Roland Johnson 82, Jake Cohen-Setton 69 4; 7-11 Daniel Witt 91, Andrew Rubio 87, David Everitt 79, Faye Ainscow 77, Doug Gluck (USA) 3½... Grading U85 Johnson, Cohen-Setton £10
Results Adam Raoof

HENDON 1st THURSDAY BLITZ 7th October 2004
attracted 20 players. 1 Alexander Cherniaev GM (Russia) 5½/6 £40; 2-3 Charles Chakanyuka 175 (Zimbabwe), Asbjorn Espetveit 129 4½; 4-6 Helge Hjort (Hendon), Ayman Hamam, Norman Harris 4; 7-8 David Iwi, Said Mezali 3...
Results Adam Raoof

55th RICHMOND RAPIDPLAY 26th September 2004
Open (13 pl) 1 Robert Gwaze 225 5/6; 2-4 Richard Bates 203, Graeme Buckley 230, Charles E Tippleston 4; 5-7 Colin S Crouch 214, Robin W Haldane 170, Gavin Wall 201 3½...
"Major" (22 pl) 1 Helge Hjort 150 5/6; 2 Peter Morton 153 4½; 3-7 Christopher RA Clegg 136, David J Cork 134, Selina Khoo 145, Nicholas D Mitchem, Jinwoo Song 139 4; 8-9 Raul Portugal 142, Timothy P Seymour 154 3½...
Intermediate U120 (34 pl) 1 Sajid Nurmohamed 100 6/6; 2 Yang-Fan Zhou 110 5; 3-5 Ben Cameron 91, Jack Harding 96, Jessica Thilaganathan 104 4½; 6-7 Kevin Lenaghan 107, Saravanan Sathyandha 112 4; 8-12 Thilagini Anandajeyarajah 89, Michael B Connock 104, Ayse Karel 83, Paul Seymour 104, Marissa Stenning 82 3½...
Minor U80 (38 pl) 1 Timothy J Powell 70 5½/6; 2-3 Jacob Cohen-Setton 69, Quan Zhou 73 5; 4-6 Alex I Brett 68, John Constable 71, Thanurshan Mahenthran 76 4½; 7-10 Fred Coombes 53, Christopher Dunne 51, Alastair Freeman 44, Rudi Narendran 37 4; 11-16 Peter Buckley 71, Gideon Gray, Edmund G Harding 45, Alexander Jelicic 74, James Male 51, Victoria White 3½...
Results Scott Kenyon

COULSDON RAPIDPLAY 25th September 2004
The first Coulsdon Rapidplay of the new season attracted a total field of 38 players.
Open (merged with U170) 1 IM Colin Crouch (Pinner) 5/6 £30; 2-3 Dan Bisby (Redhill), Ian Snape (Coulsdon / Beckenham) 4½ £10...
Under 170 (merged with Open) 1 Tim Rogers (Bourne End Bucks) 4/6 £30; 2 Chris Clegg (Kingston) 2½ £15; 3-5 Dave Cork (Coulsdon), James C Foster (Coulsdon), Angus James (Surbiton) 2 £2...
Under 140 1-2 Paul Jackson (Coulsdon), G S Somupillai (Wimbledon) 5/6 £15; 3 Andrew Mant (Coulsdon) 3½ £5...
Under 110 1 Gerald Tredinnick (Beckenham) 5½ £30; 2-4 David Everitt (Haywards Heath), Jeff Fleischer (Coulsdon), Richard Stokes (Peterborough) 4 £7...
Under 80 "was a husband and wife clean-up." 1 John Constable (Coulsdon) 5/6 £30; 2 Chris Constable (Coulsdon) 4½ £15; 3 Grant Curry (Haywards Heath) 4 £5...
Results Scott Freeman

GOLDERS GREEN RAPIDPLAY 11th September 2004
attracted 83 players.
Open (13 pl) 1 GM Alexander Cherniaev 238 5½/6 £60; 2 Robert Eames 188 4½ £30; 3 Philipp Orgler 180* 4; 4-6 Peter P Taylor 182, Pierre Fontaine (BEL) 170* 3½ £10.00 U175 Bertie Barlow 172 3½; 7-8 Charles Chakanyuka(ZIM) 175, Antony Hynes 181 3... Grading U175 Barlow £10
Major U160 (23 pl) 1-2 Stephen Crowdy 153, Daniel Ellis 143 5/6 £45; 3-8 Julian Winkworth 159, Peter Morton 153s, Helge Hjort 150, Jinwoo Song 139, Colum Jezierski 143s, Tony Wells 117 4; 9 Charles Higgie 126 3½... Grading U145 Song, Jezierski, Wells £7
Minor U130 (20 pl) 1 Arunas Gedvilas 129 5½/6 £60; 2-3 Azizur Rahman 127, Richard Stokes 101 4½ £20; 4-5 Ian Brooke 102, Adrian K Riley 100 4; 6-7 Jon A Barnes 109, Gerald Tredinnick 102 3½... Grading U115 Brooke, Riley £7.50
Amateur U100 (27 pl) 1 Ben Cameron 91 5/6 £60; 2-5 Joe Farrell 97 £10, Caroline Robson 84, Walter Thorpe 80, Faye Ainscow 77 4½; 6-8 David Everitt 79, Finlo Rohrer 77, Herbie Alley 77 4; 9-12 Geoff Simms 86, David Buckland 84, John Hill 66, Joe Kidson (J) 59 3½... Grading U85 Robson, Thorpe, Ainscow £13
* grade converted from Elo (method not divulged)
Results Adam Raoof

COULSDON AUTUMN CONGRESS 4-5 September 2004
Open (17 pl) 1-2 Thomas Rendle (Hastings), Martin Taylor (Rainham) 4½/5 £90; 3-4 Michael Franklin Coulsdon / Richmond), Ian Snape Coulsdon / Beckenham 3½ £15... Grading U190 Kevin Bailey (Coulsdon); Jessie Gilbert (Coulsdon), Robin Haldane (Streatham), Peter Poobalasingam (Richmond Juniors), Michael Prizant (Coulsdon), Alan Punnett (Guildford) 2½ £5...
Under 170 (? pl) 1 Tim Seymour (Staines) 4/5 £120; 2-5 Chris Clegg (Kingston), Angus James (Surbiton), David Pagden (Petts Wood), Raul Portugal (Berkshire) 3½ £22.50... Grading U150 Joe Fraser (East Grinstead), Peter Szabo (Ilford) 3 £15
Under 145 (? pl) 1 Jinwoo Song (Kingston) 4½/5 £120; 2-3 Livu Enciu (London SE8), Stephen Pride (Cambridge) 4 £45... Grading U125 Paul Barkshire (Coulsdon) £30
Under 120 (? pl) 1 James Foster (Coulsdon) 4½ £120; 2-4 Tristan Clayton (Sidney Sussex), Anthony Gregory (Kent Juniors), Darren Radford (Portsmouth) 4 £30... Grading U100 Lana Boztas (Coulsdon), Arthur Meaton (Coulsdon) 3 £15
Under 90 (? pl) 1-2 Stephen Billett (Portsmouth), Roland Johnson (Brentwood) 4 £90; 3-6 Gary Bennett (Crawley), Martin Goode (Coulsdon), Dunstan Rodriguez (Dulwich College), Mark Stone (Orpington) 3½ £7.50... Grading U70 Jude Lenier (Kent), Jyoti Parmar (Stapleford) 3 £15
Results Scott Freeman

COULSDON BLITZ 30th August 2004
23 played. 1 Ian Snape (Beckenham / Coulsdon) 6½/7 £15; Grading U140 Paul Jackson (Coulsdon) 4½ £10; U120 Simon Breen (Coulsdon) 4½ £10; U90 Michael Vandelaar (Coulsdon) £10
Results Scott Freeman