CONGRESSES

Updated 24.8.07

CONGRESS RESULTS

38th THANET CONGRESS 17-19 August 2007
Open (19 pl) 1 Gavin Lock (Horsham) 4/5; 2-5 John Anderson (Shell), Gary Senior (Hendon), Peter Ackley (Hayes), Martin Taylor (Rainham Kent: takes Kent Championship) 3½... Grading U180 Philip Bonafont (Hemel Hempstead)
Major U160 (26 pl) 1 David Horton (Broadstairs: takes Kent Major Championship) 4½/5; 2-3 Nigel Holroyd (Peterborough), Paul Jackson (Coulsdon)4 ... Grading U140 Derek Hadley (Greater London)
Intermediate U125 (35 pl) 1-2 Gavin Josephs (Dartford: takes Kent Intermediate Championship), Terry Barnell (London) 4½/5; 3-4 Keith Findley (Birchington), TS Allen (Battersea) 4... Grading U110 Roger Walker (Belper)
Minor U100 (37 pl) 1-2 Matthew Cussens (Folkestone: takes Kent Minor Championship), David Hobden (Bishops Stortford) 4½/5; 3-5 Mark Stone (Petts Wood), Tim Rossell (Ashby), Baven Balendran (Beckenham)
Seniors Prize AD Hargreaves (Whitstable) 3½ in Minor; Juniors Cankut Emiroglu (Turkey: age 11) 3 in Open
Results Tony Hargreaves

ILFORD CONGRESS 26-28 May 2007
Open (32 pl) 1-2 Augustin Madan IM 228 (Romania), Philip Morris IM 220 (Charlton) 4½/6 £225; 3-5 John Anderson 190 (Shell), Akash Jain 141 (Pinner), Ian Snape 190 (Beckenham) 4 £25... Grading180-199 Mike Lexton 172 (eh? - rjh: Hemel Hempstead) 3½ £30; 165-179 David Haydon 166 (Shell) 3½ £30; U165 Yang-Fan Zhou 157 (Richmond Juniors) 3½ £30. British Championship Qualifying place Akash Jain (age 13!); Essex Champion John Anderson
Major U160 (43 pl) 1 Carl Hetherington 148 (Morley) 6/6 £200; 2 Jean-Baptiste Jugand 135 (Morley College) 5; 3-5 David Brady 136 (Chingford), Ronnie Cohen 140 (Albany), Roderick Johnson 147 (Brentwood) 4½ £37 including Grading prizes... Grading U130 Dipak Kumar Shah 125 (Harrow) 3½ £30. Essex U150 Champion Roderick Johnson
Minor U120 (48 pl) 1 Dashiell Shaw 100 5½/6 £200; 2 Terry Barnell 100 5 £100; 3-8 Timothy Crouch 107 (Kings Head, Michael Mutale 115 (Barking) £25, Alexander Ho 101 (Lewisham: 100-110 Grading prize), Francis Turville-Petre 88 (Kings Head: U100 prize), Brian Spear 114 (Chingford: Senior prize), Ashley Stewart 115 (Cambridge City: Junior prize) 4½...
David Wood Memorial Prizes 1 Subin Sen 163 (Ilford) 3½ in Open £50; 2-3 Roland Johnson 115 (Brentwood) 2½ in Major £12.50, Nikhil Sanghani 57 (Chingford) 2½ in Minor £12.50
Results John Philpott

71st RICHMOND RAPIDPLAY 20th May 2007
attracted 91.
Open 1 Alexander Cherniaev 5½/6; 2 Graeme Buckley 5... GradingU200 Chris Briscoe 4
Major U160 1 Helge Hjort 5½/6; 2 Raul Portugal 5... Grading U140 Norman Harris, Alex Galliano 4
Intermediate U120 1 Avinoam Baruch 5½/6; 2 Finlo Rohrer 5; 3 Colin Dailley 4½... Grading U100 Yehuda Baruch 4
Minor U80 1-2 Will Woods, John Vaughan 5/6; 3-4 Ayse Karel, Stephen Rees 4½; 5-7 George Galliano, Rustico Pineda, Jake Simms 4...
Results Angus French

SURREY EASTER CONGRESS 6-9 April 2007 at Sutton
attracted 160 players.
Open 1 GM Alexander Cherniaev 6½/7 £500
2-4 Chris Briscoe, Graeme N Buckley, Ralf Gruettner 5... Surrey U16 title Yang-Fan Zhou £100
Major U160 1 Samuel Franklin 6/7 £250: takes Surrey U14 title; 2-4 Liviu Enciu, Victor GL Jones, Eric A Key 5...
Intermediate U139 A 1 James Adair 5½/6 £180; 2-3 Edward J Farrington , Edward Tandi 4½; 4-8 David J Howes, Laurence AG Jones, Geoff W Naldrett, Adrian DP Waldock, James Worthen 4...
Intermediate U139 B 1 Laurence AG Jones 4½/5 £150; 2-3 Finlo Rohrer, Robert R White 4; 4-5 Peter Buckley, Michael C Price 3½
Minor U100 1 Mohsen Abedian 5½/6 £180; 2 Peter Buckley 4½; 3-4 Graham A Mill-Wilson, Peter Saunders 4...
Novice U80 & U10s 1 Sagara T Bogoda 4½/5 £50; 2-4 Nishant Bommayya, Robert C Fitzgerald, Adam Taylor 3½...
Under 12 1 Shyam Mohan 5½/6 £50; 2-4 Eugene Daley, Jasdeep Gahir, Ramsay Pyper 4½...
Results Susan Lalic

NATIONAL COUNTIES RAPIDPLAY COMPETITION at Hatfield, 21st April 2007
Chris Majer writes:
This year's competition was hosted by Hertfordshire Chess association. Only four teams entered, and so the event was run as an all-play-all. The event included simultaneously both the main title and a handicap event. The main event was determined on game points. The handicap event was determined on the difference between the actual score and the expected score based on the average grades of the teams.
Kent certainly brought a strong team with the intention of winning, which they did comprehensively. They won each round convincingly and even showed off in the last round by beating Cambs 12-0. They even outperformed their expected score based on grading. However in the handicap event Beds performed even better, making on average 1½ points per round better than their expected score. Cross tables for the event are shown below.

OPEN	Mean grd	Kent	Herts	Beds	Cambs	GP
1 Kent	190		9½	8½	12	30
2 Herts	173	2½		6½	7½	16½
3 Beds	154	3½	5½		6½	15½
4 Cambs	159	0	4½	5½		10

HANDICAP	Mean grd	Beds	Kent	Herts	Cambs	Score
1 Beds	154		+2	+1½	+1	+4½
2 Kent	190	-2		+1½	+2½	+2
3 Herts	173	-1½	-1½		0	-3
4 Cambs	159	-1	-2½	0		-3½

7th NORTH LONDON INDIVIDUAL BLITZ 14th December 2006
21 pl 1 Alexander Cherniaev 10½/12 £120, 2 Rafal Tymrakiewicz 10 £60, 3 Paul Georghiou 7½... Grading U160 Ali Kikoyo, Norman Harris 7 £10 each; U120 Brian Spear 4½ £20. Upset Prize Saravanan Sathyanandha beating Paul Georghiou 1½/2 £10. Slow Starter (from 0/2) Norman Harris 7/12 £10; Very Slow Starter (from 0/4) Richard Sutton 5/12 £10...
Full details http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~cernunos/nccl/history/samblack/blitz06.html
Results Gary Cook ncclsecretary@yahoo.co.uk
Secretary, North Circular Chess League

53rd HERTFORDSHIRE CONGRESS at Royston, 2-3 December 2006
Open (26 pl) 1-2 Andrew N Greet 223 (4NCL Hilsmark Kingfisher), Lorin AR D'Costa (Royston) 4½/5; 3-5 Paul A Hutchinson 175 (Scunthorpe), Norman A Hutchinson 165 (Royston), Martin G Walker 200 (Royston: takes BCQ place) 3½...
"Challengers" (26 pl) 1 Matthew Peat 154 (Welwyn & Hatfield) 4/5; 2-6 Neil Rughwani 150 (Hoddesdon), Helge Hjort 161 (Hastings & St Leonards), John Daugman 151 (Cambridge Univ), Paul Habershon 169 (Bedford), Christopher Hampton 153 (Maldon) 3½...
"Major" (46 pl) 1 Benjamin Derrett (Stamford School) 5/5; 2-4 Athman Sivakumar 107 (Barnet Knights), Michael C Price 128 (Hammersmith), Nigel P Holroyd 137 (Peterborough) 4; 5-8 Matt Kelly 124 (Bognor & Arun), Yu-Chin (Peter) Lim 135 (Harrow), Mick Kimber 132 (North Oxford), Scott Taylor 123 (Bury Cannons) 3½...
"Minor" (70 pl) 1 Adrian K Riley 107 (Cowley) 4½/5; 2-5 Philip J Chapman 98 (Bury St Edmunds), Joan Gardner 98 (Berkhamsted), Thanurshan Mahenthran 85 (QE Barnet), Robert J Lobo 67 (Trinity School) 4; 6-16 Terry M Dutton 104 (Linton), Harry J Manning (Aylesbury), James W Hall 105 (East Grinstead), Kidge Elder 85 (Welwyn & Hatfield), Tony Heslop 94 (North Oxford), John Campbell 107 (Roding & Loughton), Simon Cage 102 (Royston), John Nelson 99 (Hammersmith), Roger N Smith 84 (Diss), Mark Stone 80 (Petts Wood & Orpington), Douglas Bramley 99 (Spondon) 3½...
Results Tim Thurstan

3rd CIVIL SERVICE OPEN CONGRESS at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 11-12 November 2006
Open (29 pl) 1 P Georghiou 4½/5; 2-3 J Radovanovic, A Lewis 4... Grading J Fraser-Mitchell, R Haldane, A Jain 3; Civil Service prize and the Phil Primett Memorial Trophy R Cannon 3½
"Major" (41 pl) 1 G Hughes 4½/5; 2-4 J Daugman, D Staples, JC Hannot 4... Grading N Fordham, P Hughes, P Hannigan, D Hunt 3½; Civil Service prize Staples
"Minor" (43 pl) 1 F Fields 4½/5; 2-6 T Clayton, M Mutale, T Barnell, F Rohrer, R Law 4... Grading 87-104 T Barnell; U87 R Jain, V Brady 3; Civil Service prize K Dunmore, D Gilbert 3
Results Ian M Pheby

GOLDERS GREEN RAPIDPLAY 14th October 2006
Open 1-2 Stefan Macak 199, James T Sherwin 202 5/6 £45; 3 Peter P Taylor 193 4½; 4 Tim E Rogers 160 3½... Grading U175 Rogers £15
Under 160 1 Philip E Goldstein e150 5/6 £30; 2 Helge Hjort 149 4½ £60; 3-4 Amir Helman 144, Michael M Mutale 120 4... Grading U145 Amir, Mutale £10
Under 130 1-2 Kevin P Millward 119, Pepe Salvatore 119 5/6 £45; 3 Peter Hughes 112 4½; 4 Cledwyn Davies e130 4... Grading U115 Hughes £20
Under 100 1 David Everitt 78 5/6 £60; 2-3 Ray Butcher 83, Ken M Hedger 90 4½ £15; 4-7 Niccolo Hilgendorf e103(?!), Walter M Thorpe 92, Lee Jackson e130(?!), David Ben-Nathan 121(!!!) 4... Grading U85 Hilgendorf £15
Results Adam Raoof. Full details at http://www.adamraoof.co.uk

47th CAPES TROPHY 18th September 2006
A 5-minute tournament for teams of 4. 14 entries this year.
1 Hackney IK I 43/52; 2 Barnet Elizabethans 40; 3 Barking I 39½, 4 Wood Green 38; 5 Powdermill 36; 6 Chingford I 28; 7 Hackney IK II 26; 8 Barking II 25; 9 Ilford 18½, 10 Beckton Revisited 18; 11 Wanstead 17; 12 Edmonton 15; 13 Waltham Forest 14; 14 Chingford II 6
Best U150 Team Chingford I
Board Prizes Board 1 Bob Eames (Hackney IK I) 11½/13; Board 2 Tryfon Gavriel (Barnet Elizabethans) 12½; Board 3 Bill Stirling (Barking I), Mike Tasker (Hackney IK I) 11½; Board 4 Dominic Allen (Powdermill) 12
(No, we don't know what Hackney IK means. Later: we do now. John Philpott has told us. Hackney Imperial Knights.)
Full details at http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/%7Ecernunos/nccl/history/capes/capes06.html
Results Gary Cook
Secretary, North Circular Chess League

67th RICHMOND RAPIDPLAY 10th September 2006
Open (14 pl) 1 Rafe Martyn (Imperial College) 5/6; 2-3 IM Mike Basman (Chessington), IM Richard Bates (Richmond) 4½... Grading U200 Marcus Osborne (Coulsdon), Ian Snape (Coulsdon) 4
Under 160 (12 pl) 1-2 Akash Jain (Pinner), Victor Jones (Lewisham) 5/6... Grading U140 Sajid Nurmohamed (Hounslow) 3½
Under 120 (23 pl) 1-2 Peter Lord (Hayes), Joshua Pineda (Richmond Juniors) 5/6; 3 Ian Mason (New Malden) 4½... Grading U100 Benjamin Andrew (Surrey Juniors), Thanurshan Mahenthran (Pinner) 4
Under 80 (28 pl) 1-2 Stuart Townsend (Teddington), Jasper Tambini (Richmond Juniors) 5½/6; 3 Cameron Kelly (Richmond Juniors) 5; 4-9 David Bradbury (Richmond Juniors), Vincenzo Giannattasio (Italy), Raphael Lambert (Wey Valley), Barry Miles (Eastcote), Tim Powell (Surbiton), Max Wood-Robinson (Richmond Juniors) 4...

SURREY CONGRESS 26-28 August 2006
FIDE-rated Open (49 pl) 1 Simon K Williams IM 227 (4NCL Hilsmark Kingfisher: takes SCCU Championship) 5½/6 £500; 2 Graeme Buckley IM 213 (4NCL Guildford-ADC) 5 £350; 3-6 Susan Lalic IM 198 (4NCL Guildford-ADC), Jovanka Houska IM 208 (4NCL Hilsmark Kingfisher), Nick Pert GM 234 (4NCL Guildford-ADC), John Paul Wallace IM 238 (4NCL Guildford-ADC) 4½ £37.50...
Major U160 (30 pl) 1 David J Grant 134 (East Grinstead) 5/6 £250; 2-4 Nicholas Fordham 134 (RGS Guildford), Samuel GA Franklin 139 (Crystal Palace), George PW Salimbeni 128 (Crowborough) 4½ £66.66... SCCA Under 16 Trophy Franklin £50; SCCA Under 14 Trophy Daniel Hunt 124 (RGS Guildford) £50
Intermediate U130 (25 pl) 1 Thilagini Anandajeyarajah 117 (Richmond & Twickenham) 5½/6 £250, 2-3 Vijay Sathiraju 100 (4NCL Conquistadors), Tyrone Woo e118 (Aylesbury) 4½ £87.50; 4-7 Tristan Clayton 113 (Ewell), Owen Cotton 109 (Woking), Anuk Sirisena 127 (Tiffins), Jonathan G Young 114 (Farnham) 4 £6.25...
Minor U100 (26 pl) 1-2 David J Archer 79 (Godalming), Robert R White 75 (Addlestone) 5/6 £125; 3 Richard G Davey 80 (Ashtead) 4½ £50; 4-6 Peter Buckley 94 (Wallington), Christopher Dunne 77 (Kingston Grammar), Danae Kokossis 69 (Guildford High School) 4 £8.33...
Rapidplay U100 (35 pl) 1 Christopher Dunne 85 (Kingston Grammar) 5½/6 £100; 2 Ian Mason e72 (Surbiton) 5 £50, 3-4 Christoper M Dixon e92 (Ashtead), Andrew Turner 88 (Crowborough) 4½ £12.50...

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... British Championship Qualifying places Anderson, Barrett, Rayner. They could not be split, and all qualify. 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

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