CONGRESSES

Updated 25.8.06

CONGRESS RESULTS

37th THANET CONGRESS 18-20 August 2006
Open (30 pl) 1 Philip Morris (Charlton: takes Kent Championship) 4/5; 2-7 John Anderson (Shell), Steve Barrett (White Rose), Francis Rayner (Hastings), Martin Taylor (Rainham Kent), David Collier (Bristol), Colin Crouch (Pinner) 3½... Grading U180 Jos Haynes (Bridge)
Major U160 (30 pl) 1-4 Chris Carr (Ashtead), RJ Everson (Dartford: takes Kent Major title), David Horton (Broadstairs), Anthony Marcham (Dartford) 4/5... Grading U140 GO Jordan (Hayes Middx)
Intermediate U125 (40 pl) 1 Marc Bryant (Hastings) 4½/5; 2-4 Neil Lister (Whitstable: takes Kent Intermediate title), Steve Guy (Ramsgate), Matthew Bunn (Snodland) 4... Grading U110 Chris Siebert (Folkestone)
Minor U100 (41 pl) 1 Michael Page (Broadstairs: takes Kent Minor title) 4½/5; 2-7 David Orr (Dartford), R Burrough (Metropolitan), Martin Milgate (Birchington), G Foxon (Wokingham), Alan Fraser (Beckenham), Mark Stone (Petts Wood)
Seniors Prize EB Sandercock (Buckinghamshire)
Results Tony Hargreaves

ILFORD CONGRESS 27-29 May 2006
Open (33 pl) 1 Ankush Khandelwal 177 (Nomads) 5½/6; 2-3 Robert S Eames 200 (Hackney), Philip J Morris 220 (Charlton) 4½; 4-7 John H Hodgson 198 (Ilford), Peter P Taylor 197 (Cavendish), Philip R Bonafont 172 (Hemel Hempstead), Paul T Georghiou 201 (Barnet Elizabeth) 4...
Major U160 (51 pl) 1 Donny Muter 155 (Richmond Juniors) 5½/6; 2 Robin Huq 153 (Battersea) 5; 3-5 K Azizur Rahman 151 (Metropolitan), Colin R Ramage 148 (Barking), Nigel P Kerby 128 (Bishops Stortford) 4½; 6-11 Colin Rigby 158 (Hammersmith), Peter L Szabo 122 (Metropolitan), R John Wilcox 137 (Wimbledon), Nicholas Fallowfield 145 (Stourbridge), Christopher RA Clegg 146 (Kingston), Conrado Quintos 139 (Hastings & St Leonards) 4...
Minor U120 (55 pl) 1 Michael Mutale 100 (Barking) 5½/6; 2-3 F Richard E Elliott 109 (Sudbury), Tim J Rowland 134 (Edmonton) 5; 4-8 Alan R Fraser 81 (Beckenham & Bromley), Joseph R Quinn 74 (Crowborough), Dashiell L Shaw 72 (Barnet Knights), Pepe Vives 83 (Hackney), Brian Spear 119 (Chingford) 4½; 9-13 Dipak Shah 107 (Harrow), Manibharathi Periasamymanjula 93 (Ashtead), Ronald J Hale 103 (Beckenham & Bromley), David Everitt 87 (Haywards Heath), James W Hall 102 (East Grinstead) 4

BRIGHTON RAPIDPLAY 22nd April 2006
Major U175 (14 pl) 1 Richard Almond 167 5/6 £75; 2 David Cutmore 149 4½ £35; 3 Chino Atako 142 4 £20...
Intermediate U130 (23 pl) 1 Russell Goodfellow 116 5½/6 £60; 2 Warwick Silber 116 5 £25; 3-5 Ian Brooke 108, Mick Plumb 90, Andrew Sutton (score not known) £5... Grading U115 Brooke, Plumb £5
Minor U90 (16 pl) 1-3 Thanurshan Mahenthran 88j, Peter Roger 88, David Everitt 84 4½/6 £26...
Results Adam Raoof

GOLDERS GREEN RAPIDPLAY 7th January 2006
attracted 64 players. Number of players per section not supplied.
Open 1 Lawrence Trent 213 5½/6 £60; 2 Daniel King 251 5 £30... Grading U175 Caius Turner 173 £20
Major Under 160 1 Antonio Marbella 4½/6 £30; 2-3 Nayeem Sayed 143, Helge Hjort 154 4 £30... Grading U145 Robin Huq 142, Terry Turner 144 £10
Minor Under 130 1-2 F Azizur Rahman 126, Peter Lord 117 5/6 £45... Grading U115 David McNish 111, Lucy Smith 101, Martin Cheune 109, Tom Rixon 104 4 £5
Amateur Under 100 1 Peter Scott 98 6/6 £60; 2-4 Sharan Soni 94, Andrew Rubio 92, Thanurshan Mahenthran 88 4½ £10... Grading U80 Sam Austin 77 3½ £20
Results Adam Raoof

COULSDON CHRISTMAS CONGRESS 17-18 December 2005
Open (9 pl) 1 Marcus Osborne 196 (Coulsdon: takes SCCU title and BCQ place) 5/5; 2 Richard Lobo 139 (Petts Wood) 3½; 3-6 Martin Cutmore 176 (Wood Green), Robin Haldane 171 (Streatham), Selina Khoo 153 (Surrey Juniors) 2½...
Under 170 (12 pl) 1 Donny Muter 155 (Richmond Juniors) 4/5; 2-5 Helge Hjort 160 (Hendon), Brendan O'Gorman 151 (DHSS), Richard Welford 150 (Lewes), Angus James 159 (Surbiton) 3...
Under 145 (23 pl) 1 Chino Atako 142 (Atticus) 5/5; 2 Norman Harris 123 (Dulwich Plough) 4; 3-5 Michael Jones 105 (Chislehurst), Peter Hughes 136, Michael Price 137 (Hammersmith) 3½; 6-9 Samuel Franklin 108 (Crystal Palace), Livu Enciu 136, Geoff Bishop 129 (Chislehurst), Frank Kane 122 (Coulsdon) 3...
Under 120 (20 pl) 1-3 Howard Curtis 106, David Howes 101 (both Coulsdon), Dipak Kumar Shah 107 (Harrow) 4/5; 4-7 David Wallis 99 (Worthing), Osman Aivazi (Poland) 3...
Under 90 (15 pl) 1 Tom O'Neill 76 (Coulsdon) 4½/5; 2 Barry Miles 85 (Eastcote) 4; 3 David Everitt 87 (Haywards Heath) 3½; 4-7 Chris Constable 82 (Coulsdon), Alan Fraser 81 (Beckenham), Mark Stone 75 (Petts Wood), John Carr 84 (Portsmouth) 3...
Full crosstables on the Coulsdon site

GOLDERS GREEN RAPIDPLAY 10th December 2005
Open (6 pl) 1 Alexander Cherniaev 228 5/5; 2 Peter S Poobalasingam 183 3½; 3 Tom Healey 144 3½/6 repeat 6. This is a good trick in a six-player all-play-all. The organisers don't say, but from what we can make out his sixth game was a playoff against someone he'd played already.
Under 160 (12 pl) 1 Michael S Kobylka 151 5/6; 2 David A Cutmore 149 4½; 3 George Hassabis 4; 4-5 Jeffrey Boardman 148, Raymond Boger 3½...
Under 130 (18 pl) 1 Salvatore Pepe 125 6/6; 2-3 Peter R Lord 117, David Iwi 124 4½; 4-5 Tom J Rixon 104, E Barry Sandercock 122 4; 6-7 Ian R Brooke 128, Dima Gnatiouk 107 3½...
Under 100 (16 pl) 1 Finlo Rohrer 95 5/6; 2 Oladejo Olaleye 4½; 3-5 Ashley Stewart 97, Trevor A Dickerson 92, Victor SJ Litvin 80 4...
Results Adam Raoof

HITCHIN CONGRESS 3-4 December 2005
Open (25 pl) 1-2 Andrew N Greet 223 (Hilsmark Kingfisher), Ankush Khandelwal 177 (Nomads Notts) 4½/5; 3 Martin J Cutmore 176 (Wood Green) 3½; 4-8 Robert E Maullin 172 (Sevenoaks), Philip J Borman 170 (Hertford), Peter Constantinou 181 (Bedford Modern School), Roger D de Coverly 175 (Bourne End), Andrew M Stone 193 (Watford) 3...
Challengers U170 (40 pl) 1-3 Robert T McCorry 166 (Cambridge City), Robin Huq 153 (Battersea), Helge Hjort 160 (Hastings) 4/5; 4-8 Mark Ruston 157 (Beckenham & Bromley), Dean M Hartley 153 (Amber Valley), Christopher Hampton 156 (Maldon), Amisha Parmar 150 (Nottingham West), Roderick S Johnson 147 (Brentwood) 3½; 9-15 Vedantha Kumar 153 (Haberdashers), Brendan O'Gorman 151 (DHSS), Akash Jain 115 (Pinner), Tim Puleston 132 (Milton Keynes), John Daugman 144 (Cambridge Univ), Nigel P Holroyd 145 (Peterborough), James Peet 141 (Muswell Hill) 3...
Major U140 (52 pl) 1 Russell R Goodfellow 134 (Tunbridge Wells) 5/5; 2 Saravanan Sathyanandha 119 (Haberdashers) 4½; 3 Senthuran Sathyanandha 130 (Haberdashers) 4; 4-9 Phil K Watkinson 132 (Wigston), Jonathan Spencer 120, Gary Thurston 116 (both Bs Stortford), Sheila J Dines (Coulsdon), Michael C Price 137 (Hammersmith), Michael R Turner (Little Heath) 3½; 10-17 Thilagini Anandajeyarajah 112 (Richmond Juniors), Colin R Payne 127 (Norwich Dons), John N Bradley 118 (Dunmow), Ian Mutton 137 (Letchworth & Hitchin), Geoff Collyer 136 (Spalding), David A Brady 124 (Waltham Forest), Tom Rixon 121 (Hemel Hempstead), Nicholas Cornish 112 (Welwyn & Hatfield) 3...
Minor U110 (63 pl) 1 James Galloway 92 (Andover) 5/5; 2-6 Geoffrey C Nunn 94 (Barnet Elizabeth), Louis Plunket 106 (Ipswich), James W Hall 102 (East Grinstead), Timothy S Allen 100 (Battersea), Dipak Shah 107 (Harrow) 4; 7-11 Patrick Fitzgerald 102 (St Albans), Jeffrey MacWain 94 (Brentwood), Simon C Moth 104 (Roding & Loughton), Barrie Saunders 93 (Hemel Hempstead), John Lanaway 106 (Stevenage) 3½...

GOLDERS GREEN RAPIDPLAY 15th October 2005
Open (11 pl) 1 Costas Harris e215 5/6 £60; 2 Martin R Taylor 202 4½ £30; 3-5 John H Hodgson 184, Peter P Taylor 192, Gary Senior 168 3½...
Major Under 160 (22 pl) 1-2 Robin Huq 142, Vedantha Kuma5 139 5½/6 £45; 3-4 Libiu Enciu 116, Neil Cannon 133 4 £10; 5-8 Mark Weighell 148, John Alfred e143, George Hassabis e136, Sean G Gallagher 139 3½...
Minor Under 130 (19 pl) 1 Salvatore Pepe 125 5½/6 £60; 2-3 K Azizur Rahman 126, Peter R Lord 117 4½ £15; 4-7 Ben Cameron 102, Kevin P Millward 112, Christophe Seeger e127, Robert A Taylor e114 3½...
Amateur Under 100 (30 pl) 1 Walter M Thorpe 86 6/6 £60; 2-5 Faye Ainscow 81, Thomas Senior 69, Avinoam Baruch 94 4½ £15; 5-8 Caroline Robson 89, Yehuda Baruch 84, Antoine Clarke e87, Peter R Scott 98 4; 9-12 Ken M Hedger 97, Ayse Karel 75, David Everitt 84, Adrian Temple 84 3½...
Results Adam Raoof

61st RICHMOND RAPIDPLAY 11th September 2005
Open (16 pl) 1 Michael Basman 5½/6 £100; 2-4 Cengiz Hasman, Gerald Moore, Graeme Buckley 4 £25... Grading U200 Hasman, Moore £25
Major U160 (12 pl) 1 Mark Josse 5/6 £75; 2-3 Christopher Clegg, Paul McIntyre 4 £25... Grading U140 John Foley, Valentin Gaudeau 3½ £12.50
Intermediate U120 (35 pl) 1 Graham Hantman 5½/6 £75; 2-3 Thilagini Anandajeyarajah, Avinoam Baruch, Peter Wilson 5 £20... Grading U100 Benjamin Andrew, Nicholas Inglis 4 £12.50
Minor U80 (45 pl) 1 Alain Gaudeau 5½/6 £50; 2-3 Peter Buckley, Karl Howlett 5 £35; 4-7 Madhu Basetti, Iain Bell, Scott Fraser, Daniel Kliger 4½ £10...
Results Scott Kenyon

GOLDERS GREEN RAPIDPLAY 10th September 2005
Open (14 pl) 1-2 Alexander Cherniaev 228, Venkataraman Tiruchirapalli 207 4½/6 £45; 3-4 Paul T Georghiou 206, Stefan Macak 209 4; 5-6 Peter P Taylor 192, John C Pigott 202 3½...
Major U160 (16 pl) 1 Dominic Allen 144 6/6 £60; 2-5 Vedantha Kumar 139, Richard Edwards 138, Michael Mutale 119, Emyr Jones 156 4 £10; 6 Charles L Higgie 137 3½ £10...
Minor U130 (20 pl) 1 Nicholas Fordham 115 6/6 £60; 2 K Azizur Rahman 126 5 £30; 3-4 David McNish 111 £10, Ti Chen 124, Tom J Rixon 104 £10 4...
Amateur U100 (30 pl) 1-2 Greg Breed 95, Walter M Thorpe 86 5/6 £45; 3-5 Andrew Rubio 92, Thomas J Middleton 73 £15, Peter R Scott 98 4½; 6-9 Finlo Rohrer 95, Caroline J Robson 89, Stanislav Perina e96, John Hill 73 4; 10-11 David C Dunne 80, Aaron Ironmonger 94 3½...
Results Adam Raoof

HENDON "FIRST THURSDAY" BLITZ 1st September 2005
attracted 28 players. 1-2 Adeoye Dasaolu 170, Roy Sagall 165 5/6 £20; 3 Peter Ackley 152 4½; 4-7 Daniel Ellis 151, David Iwi 135, Adam Joelson 130, Akash Jain 114 4; 8 Jacob Bigio 3½... Best Hendon CC Iwi, Joelson £5
Results Adam Raoof

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

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