CONGRESSES

Updated 25.8.09

CONGRESS RESULTS

40th THANET CONGRESS 21 - 23 August 2009
Open (36 pl) 1-4 R Benabdelouahab (London), Cliff Chandler (Phoenix: takes Kent Championship), R Heinlein (Bridge), Andrew Talbot (Nuneaton) 4½/5... Grading U180 Alan Hayward (Streatham) 3
Major U165 (44 pl) 1 P Childs (Dartford: takes Kent Major Championship) 4½/5; 2-4 Sidney Jacob (Lewisham), Paul Kelly (Hastings), Paul Jackson (Coulsdon) 4... Grading U150 Geoffrey Bishop (Chislehurst) 3½
Intermediate U135 (37 pl) 1 Chris Siebert (Folkestone: takes Kent Intermediate Championship) 4½/5; 2-3 Mark Stone (Dartford), Robert Page (Broadstairs) 4... Grading U120 John Couzens (Broadstairs) 3½
Minor U110 (22 pl) 1 Alan Fraser (Beckenham: takes Kent Minor Championship) 4½/5; 2-3 Alan D Evans, Jack Evans (both Whitstable) 4...
Senior Prize John Carleton (Atticus) 3½ in Open; Junior U15 Joseph Levene (QE Barnet) 3½ in Major
Results Tony Hargreaves

84th RICHMOND RAPIDPLAY 19th July 2009
Open 1-3 Jovica Radovanovic, Graeme Buckley, Russell Granat 5/6... Grading U180 James Adair 4
Major U160 1 Alan Hayward 5½/6; 2-4 Mateusz Gibiec, Slavik Kalonowski, Selina Khoo 4½...Grading U140 Ronnie Cohen 4
Intermediate U120 1 Carl Boni 5½/6; 2 Matthew Dodsley 5... Grading U100 Vincent Lee 4½
Minor U80 1-2 Ben Simms, Yasmin Giles 5/6; 3-7 Barry Miles, Andrew Bucknell, Tim Powell, Prashast Vir, John Davis 5
Results Susan lalic

2nd SNODLAND RAPIDPLAY 18th July 2009
attracted 70 players.
1-2 Kidambi Sundararajan 226s, Jovica Radovanovic 214 5½/6 £187.50; 3-4 Martin R Taylor 212 (takes Kent Rapidplay title), Paul T Georghiou 194 5 £45; 5-9 Victor GL Jones 171, William EG Jones 167, Andrew Mayhew, Ian L Snape 183, Paul Talsma 182 4½.... Grading 146-169 1 William Jones £50, 2 Mayhew £25; 120-145 1 Alex Stille 141s 4 £50, 2 Frank Haviland 133s 3½ £25; 90-119 1 Robert Springett 109s 3 £50, 2 Rohan Shiatis 97 3 £25; U90 1 Paul Buswell 87 2½ £50, 2 David Everitt 69 2 £25. Junior Book Prizes U18 William Jones 4½; U14 Victor Jones 4½; U12 Ram Mohan 106 2½; U11 Rohan Shiatis 3. Team Prize 1-3 Maidstone, Rainham, Lewisham
Results David Lettington

ILFORD CONGRESS 23-25 May 2009
Open (32 pl) 1 Alexander Cherniaev (Hackney) 5/6; 2-3 Andrew Lewis (Ilford), Subin Sen (Ilford: takes BCQ place and David Wood Memorial Trust prize for Essex Juniors) 4½; 4-8 John Hodgson (Ilford), Peter Constantinou (Bedford), David Haydon (Thurrock: takes U190 grading prize), David Ledger (Bedford), Ian Snape (Beckenham & Bromley) 4; 9-12 David Sands (Barking), Murugan Thiruchelvam, Gavin Lock (Coulsdon), Andrew Mayhew (Medway: takes U175 grading prize) 3½; 13-15 Tryfon Gavriel (Barnet), Chris Ross (Perkins), Ronnie Cohen (Albany: takes U160 grading prize) 3...
Major U160 (41 pl) 1-2 Stephen Pride (Cambridge), Jimmy Jiang (Waltham Forest) 5/6; 3-5 Mustapha Rahaman (Upminster: takes Essex U150 championship), Alan Hayward (Streatham & Brixton), Paul Jackson (Coulsdon) 4½; 6-9 David Brady (Chingford), Kevin Millward (Athenaeum), Colin Rigby (Hammersmith), Liviu Enciu ( Hendon: takes U150 grading prize) 4... Grading U135 Elyes Rigby Zeghlache (Hackney) 3½
Minor U120 (37 pl) 1 Dipak Shah (Harrow) 6; 2 Caroline Robson (Barnet) 5; 3-4 Conor Murphy (Charlton), Albert Yiamakis (Guildford) 4½; 5-7 Ken Hedger (Fulham: takes U175 grading prize), Raphael Kalid (Kent Juniors: takes U75 grading prize), Peter Szabo (Metropolitan) 4... Grading U90 Alan Stokes (East Cheshire) 3½
In respect of the Essex Championship, which is subsumed within the Open, Andrew Lewis and Subin Sen were tied not only on points but on sum of progressive scores. Subin won a two game rapidplay play off at Ilford Chess Club on 8 June by 1½ - ½ to become only the second teenager to take the title since it was first awarded in 1908/9.
Results John Philpott

83rd RICHMOND RAPIDPLAY 10th May 2009
attracted 87 players.
Open 1 Bogdan Lalic 5½/6; 2 Graeme Buckley 5... Grading U180 Alain Dekker, Robin Haldane 3½
Major U160 1-2 Chris Clegg, Simon McCullough 5/6... Grading U140 James Holland 4½
Intermediate U120 1 Matthew Dodsley 5½/6; 2-6 John Torrance, Stephen Moss, Michael Nightingale, William Foo, Rohan Shiatis 4...
Minor U80 1-2 John Davis, Richard Dulley 5/6; 3-5 John White, Alfred Wong, Jamie Tilston 5...
Results Susan lalic

GOLDERS GREEN RAPIDPLAY 9th May 2009
attracted 101 players.
Open 1 Lawrence Trent 5½/6 £60; 2 Giampoaolo Buchicchio 5 £30... Grading U? Ray Cannon, Craig Kennedy 4½
Major U160 1 John Daugman 5/6 £60; 2-4 Nathan Goldberg, Chris Davison, Peter Batchelor 4½... Grading U145 Shane McCabe with 4
Minor U130 1-3 Adrian Somerfield, Stephen Gilmour, Jonathan Landau 5/6 £30... Grading U115 John Torrance, Tim Davison, Malcolm Winter, Tim Crouch £5
Amateur U100 1 Elliot Briery (98) 5½/6 £60; 2 Daniel Arnett 5 £30... Grading U85 Ivan Briery (74), Patrick Abrams (82) 4
Results Adam Raoof

SURREY CONGRESS 10-13 April 2009
FIDE Open (34 pl) 1 James Adair (Reading: takes BCQ place) 6/7 £500; 2-3 Graeme Buckley (Wimbledon), Rafal Tymrakiewicz (Wimbledon) 5½ £175; 4 Felix Ynojosa (Reading) 5 £50; 5-7 Stephen Berry (Wimbledon), Roger de Coverly (Bourne End), Dominic Foord (Willesden & Brent) 4½; 8-14 Marco Fernandez-Espana (Kings Head), Andrew Green (Edinburgh, Scotland), John Hodgson (Ilford), Daniel Hunt (RGS Guildford: takes Surrey Under 18 Trophy and £50), Simon McCullough (Sandhurst), Julien Shepley (Guildford), Sainbayar Tserendorj (Ealing) 4... Surrey U18 Trophy Daniel Hunt £50; Surrey U16 Trophy David Grant (Redhill), Peter Williams (Coulsdon) £25.00
FIDE Major U2000/U175 (23 pl) 1 Peter Andreev (Richmond Juniors) 5½/7 £200 - also wins Surrey Under 14 Trophy and £50; 2-5 Ian Deswarte (Guildford), Anand Krishnan (Wilsons School), Martin Page (Insurance), Dale Taylor (Ashtead) 4½ £37.50; 6-8 Paul Jackson (Coulsdon), Arthur Mulholland (Hamilton, Scotland), Manibharathi Periasamymanjula (Ashtead) 4...
Intermediate U130 (25 pl) 1-2 Adam Taylor (Ashtead), Martin Wallman (Camberley) 5½/7 £125; 3-5 Ray Kearsley (Wimbledon), Seth Levine (Kings Lynn), Mark Stone (Petts Wood & Orpington) 5 £17; 6 Geoffrey Bishop (Chislehurst) 4½; 7-10 Timothy Allen (Battersea), David Howes (Coulsdon), Geoff Naldrett (Insurance), Dominic Pozzo (Ashtead) 4...
Challengers U120 (14 pl) 1 Matthew Wadsworth (Maidenhead) 4½/5 £75; 2-3 Martin Oliver (Cirencester), Daniel Sutton (Great Walstead School) 3½ £37; 4-6 Kumar Sambhav Aggarwal (East Grinstead), James Hall (East Grinstead), Krishna Mehendale (Ashtead) 3...
Minor U90 (25 pl) 1 Albert Yiamakis (Guildford) 4½/5 £75; 2 Paul Collis (Guildford) 4 £50; 3-5 Michael Adams (Guildford), Nishant Bommayya (Homefield Prep), John Davis (Ashtead) 3½ £8.50; 6-10 David Archer (Godalming), George Chantry (Walton-on-Thames), Caroline Foster (Conquistadors), Timothy Foster (RGS Guildford), Mark Harman (Sutton Library) 3...
Results Susan Lalic

SOUTH HERTS CONGRESS 4-5 April 2009
Open (27 pl) 1-2 Odion Aikhoje (Pinner: takes BCQ place), Alexander Cherniaev (Hackney) 4/5; 3-6 Paul S Cooksey (Maidenhead), Paul E Littlewood (Wood Green), Peter J Sowray (Richmond & Twickenham), Venkataramanan Tirucharapalli (Watford) 3½; 7-11 Peter Constantinou (Bedford), Peter M Gayson (Bradford), Paul T Georghiou (Barnet Elizabeth), Simon J Roe (St Albans), Ben DM Savage (Welwyn & Hatfield) 3...
"Challengers" (24 pl) 1 Julien M Shepley (Guildford) 4½/5; 2 Francis C Chin (Hackney) 4; 3 Chino Atako (Redhill) 3½; 4-8 Peter Andreev (Richmond Juniors), Henry Brockbank (Olton), John R Denton (Melton Mowbray), Ian Gooding (St Albans), Dashiell L Shaw (Hackney) 3...
"Intermediate" (40 pl) 1 Jamie Adcock (Reading) 4½/5; 2-3 Peter A Burgoyne (Hackney), Robert A Lanzer (Crawley) 4; 4-9 Andrew P Farthing (Worcester), Robert J Lobo (Petts Wood), John Rayner (Roding & Loughton), Adrian K Riley (Oxford City), Andrew Rubio (Metropolitan), Richard J Walsh (Lower Red Lion) 3½; 10-15 Joseph Brown (Cambridge City), Benedict Craft (Letchworth & Hitchin), Patrick Fitzgerald (St Albans), James W Hall (East Grinstead), Paul Laskier (St Albans), Michael Pope (St Neots) 3...
"Minor" (52 pl) 1 Andrew Marsh (St Albans) 4½/5; 2-6 Douglas Bramley (Spondon), Joseph Levene (Branet Knights), Tarun Malhotra (Northwood Prep School), Matthew Wilson (Basingstoke) 4; 7-11 Michael B Connock (St Albans), Trevor Conquest (Rothamsted), John Dawson (Linton), Mathew James (St Albans), Nicholas Rutherford (Hammersmith) 3½; 12-20 Peter C Baker (St Albans), Ray Butcher (Barnet Elizabeth), Gordon B Chapman (Bury St Edmunds), Anthony M Duncan (Islington), Kidge Elder (Welwyn & hatfield), Phil S Humphry (Harrow), Robert Pearce (Lower Red Lion), Gary Ruddick (Welwyn & Hatfield), David J Webb (Gerrards Cross) 3...

82nd RICHMOND RAPIDPLAY 8th March 2009
Open 1 Simon Williams 5½/6; 2 Alexander Cherniaev 5... Grading U180 Chris Briscoe 4
Major U160 1-3 Sainbayar Tserendorj, Peter Williams, Simon McCullough 5/6... Grading U140 Tserendorj
Intermediate U120 1 Alexander Gordon-Brown 5/6; 2-5 Genga Selvarattinam, Carl Boni, Peter Wilson, Stephen Moss 4½... Grading U100 Max Wood-Robinson 4
Minor U80 1 Matthew Wilson 5½/6; 2-4 Tim Powell, Barry Miles, Jamie Tilston 5; 5 Ben Simms 4½
Results Susan Lalic

81st RICHMOND RAPIDPLAY 11th January 2009
Open 1 Alexey Slavin 6/6; 2 Alexander Chernaiev 4½... Grading U180 Julian Way 3
Major U160 1-2 David Norton, Paulus Du Buf 5/6... Grading U140 Dave Cork, James Holland, Raul Lamorena 4
Intermediate U120 1 Robert Fitzgerald 5½/6; 2 Nick Cornish 5... Grading U100 Alexander Gordon Brown 4½
Minor U80 1 Benjamin Challen 5½/6; 2-4 William Foo, Andrew Gillard, Nicholas Sgaramella 5; 5-8 Richard Dulley, Caspian Heeler, Victor Litvin, Rustico Pineda 4...
Results Susan Lalic

55th HERTS CA CONGRESS at Royston, 29-30 November 2008
Open (20 pl) 1-2 Lorin D'Costa 226 (Royston: takes SCCU Championship and trophy for best Herts player), John Potter 2055 (takes British Championship qualifying place) 4/5; 3-5 Philip R Bonafont 184 (Hemel Hempstead), Cenzig Hasman 177, Jon S Friedland 174 (both Wood Green) 3½; 6-7 Przemyslaw Pieprzka 187 (Braintree), Chris Ross 185 (Braille CA) 3... Grading 180-195 Bonafont; U180 Hasman, Friedland
Challengers U170 (20 pl) 1 Ali Kikoyo 168 (Wood Green) 4½/5; 2 Paul McIntyre 164 (South Norwood) 4; 3-4 Chris Davison 154 (Cambridge City: takes Glynne Jones Trophy for best Herts/Cambs/Norfolk/Suffolk junior), Alan R Prince 145 (Edinburgh Civil Service); 5-6 Alan Hayward 157 (Streatham & Brixton), John Daugman 142 (Cambridge University) 3... Grading 145-155 Davison, Prince; U145 Daugman. Best Herts: Chris Schonberger retains trophy
Major U140 (28 pl) 1 Yu-Chin (Peter) Lim 129 (Harrow) 4½/5; 2-3 Gary Thurston 128 (Bishops Stortford: Best Herts trophy), Ed Kernohan 134 (Cambridge City) 4; 4 Patrick C Ribbands 134 (Cambridge City) 3½; 5-9 Geoffrey Bishop 127 (Chislehurst), Mark Harris 137 (Letchworth), Tim Davison 122, Richard Newman 135 (both cambridge City), Michael Pope 113 (St Neots) 3... Grading 115-125 Davison; U115 Pope
Minor U110 (42 pl) 1 Michael Whitworth 106 (DHSS: Best Herts trophy) 4½/5; 2-11 Stephen Simpson 91, Charles Richmond 90 (Newmarket), Philip Sneesby (Dereham), Ken Alexander 92 (Tiverton), James W Hall 98 (East Grinstead), Barrie Saunders 101 (Hemel Hempstead), Andrew Costeloe 108 (Muswell Hill), Satnam Johal 105 (Upminster), John E Dawson 74 (Linton), David Gilbert 109 (DHSS) 3½... Grading 80-95 Simpson, Richmond, Alexander; U80 Dawson. Best U15 Joshua Cavendish 77 (The Hall)
Results Jeremy Fraser-Mitchell

80th RICHMOND RAPIDPLAY 9th November 2008
Open 1-5 Graeme Buckley, Mike Basman, Jude Lenier, Marko Krivokapic, Ian Snape 4/6... Grading U180 Lenier
Major U160 1-2 Mark Webley, Tserendorj Sainbayar 5/6... Grading U140 Paul Lamorena, Raghu Kamath 4½
Intermediate U120 1 Stephen Moss 5½/6; 2 Chris Dunne 5... Grading U100 Adam Taylor 4½
Minor U80 1-2 Elliott Briery, Victor Litvin 5/6; 3-5 Kyle Reed, Chantelle Foster, John Davis 4½...
Results Susan Lalic

79th RICHMOND RAPIDPLAY 7th September 2008
Open 1-2 GM Simon Williams, IM Gavin Wall 5/6... Grading U180 Alex Galliano, Tom Chivers 4
Major U160 1 Alexandra Wilson 6/6; 2-3 Selina Khoo, Raul Lamorena 4½.. Grading U140 Raghu Kamath, Reenen Du Toit 4
Intermediate U120 1 Adrian Archer-Lock 5½/6; 2-3 James Palmer, Adam Taylor 5... Grading U100 Alexander Harris 4½
Minor U80 1 Raphael Kalid 5½/6; 2-3 Elliot Briery, Jamie Tilston 5; 4-8 John Davis, Vincent Lee, Chantelle Foster, Zhihan Li, Benjamin Challen 4½...
Results Susan Lalic

39th THANET CONGRESS 15-17 August 2008
Open (26 pl) 1 Martin Cutmore 170 (Folkestone: takes Kent Championship) 4½/5; 2-4 Cliff Chandler 208 (Phoenix), Martin Taylor 210 (Rainham), Steve Barrett 198 (Athenaeum) 4... Grading U180 Andrew Mayhew 165 (Bristol Univ) 3½
Major U160 (42 pl) 1-3 John Atherton 158 (Folkestone: takes Kent Major Championship), Paul Jackson 142, Peter Wood 144 (Lewisham) 4/5... Grading U140 Alan Sands 138 (Beckenham) 3½
Intermediate U125 (44 pl) 1-2 Peter Childs 121 (Dartford: takes Kent Intermediate Championship), Tom Rixon 120 (Hemel Hempstead) 4½/5; 3 Bob Lanzer 112 (Crawley) 4... Grading U110 James W Hall 98 (East Grinstead) 3½
Minor U100 (35 pl) 1-2 David Howdle 72 (Ramsgate: takes Kent Minor Championship), Robert Woolacott 98 (Ashford) 4; 3-4 Kit Nelson 66 (Canterbury), Ronnie Melhuish 79 (Roding & Loughton) 4
Special prizes Senior Roger Walker (Belper); Junior Raunak Rao (Lewisham)
Results Tony Hargreaves

Earlier material is in the Archive.