CONGRESSES

Updated 23.8.10

CONGRESS RESULTS

41st THANET CONGRESS 20-22 August 2010
Open (25 pl) 1 Martin Taylor (Rainham: takes Kent Championship and BCQ place) 4½/5; 2 Philip Bonafont (Hemel Hempstead) 4; 3-5 Paul Heaton (Writtle), Martin Cutmore (Folkestone), Christian Binggeli (Switzerland) 3½... Grading U180 Tom Stonehouse (Rainham)
Major U165 (33 pl) 1-3 Florian Ciolek, Florian Johne (both Germany), RJ Everson (Dartford: takes Kent Major Championship) 4/5; 4-6 David Horton (Broadstairs), Paul Jackson (Coulsdon), Bob Lanzer (Crawley) 3½... Grading U150 Robert Page (Broadstairs)
Intermediate U135 (37 pl) 1-2 Derek Hadley (Greater London: takes Kent Intermediate Championship), Colin Gardiner (Falmouth) 4/5; 3-13 eleven players 3½... Grading U125 Rob Woolacott (Folkestone)
Minor U115 (25 pl) 1 Martyn Milgate (Birchington: takes Kent Minor Championship) 5/5; 2-6 A Holdstock (Dartford), Michael Bolan (Ashtead), G Foxon, R Cronin (Broadstairs), Eddie Ridley (Herne Bay)... Grading U100 Cronin
Senior Prize David Horton (Broadstairs); Junior Prize (U15) Rory Johnson (Brentwood)
Results Tony Hargreaves

90th RICHMOND RAPIDPLAY 18th July 2010
attracted 110 players.
Open 1 Ian Snape 5½/6; 2-4 Robin Haldane, Peter Roberson, Graeme Buckley 4½... Grading U190 Marcus Osborne, Roy Zhang, Dale Taylor 3½
Major U170 1 Peter Lalic 5/6; 2-4 Adam Taylor, Matthew Ward, Pere Garriga Cazorla 4½... Grading U150 Sebastian Galer, Benjamin Andrew 4
Intermediate U135 1 Ryan Wong 5½/6; 2-3 Edward Ko, John Davis 5... Grading U115 Tharshan Kuhendiran, Geoff Simms 4
Minor U100 1-3 Rustico Pineda, Anthony Zhang, Thushaan Rajaratnam 5/6... Grading U80 Joshua Caulcott-Cooper 4½
Results Susan Lalic

3rd SNODLAND RAPIDPLAY 17th July 2007
attracted 55 players.
1 Martin Taylor 225 5½/6 £250; 2-4 Jovanka Houska 221, Paul Georghiou 207, Tom Stonehouse 172 5 £72.50... Grading U180 Tom Stonehouse £50; 2 Ben Spink 173 4½ £25. U155 Matthew Bunn 154 4 £50; 2-5 Russell Goodfellow 142, William Foo 150, David Myles 149, Roger Parry 150 3 £10. U140 1-3 Henry Cove 131, Teddy Wickman 135, Paul Foster 136 3 £25. U120 1-5 Don Creasey 99, Matthew Gazes 11, Simon Leung 119, Charlie Palmer 80, Joshua Higgs 98 2 £15
Junior (book prizes): U18 William Jones 191 4½; U14 Radha Jain 158 3½; U10 Joshua Higgs 2
Team Prize (best three scores from one club) Rainham CC 14½/18 £60
Results David Lettington

89th RICHMOND RAPIDPLAY 23rd May 2010
attracted 114 players.
Open 1 James Sherwin 5½/6; 2-4 James Holland, Petr Marusenko, Graeme Buckley 4½... Grading U190 Julian Way 4
Major U170 1-2 Peter Lalic, Jerzy Dybowski 5/6; 3 Phil Armour 4½... Grading U150 Matthew Wilson, Michael Nightingale 4
Intermediate U135 1 Charlie Nettleton, Targino Kalid-Filho 5; 2-4 Ken Hedger, Yash Gokhale, Alfred Wong 4½... GradingU115 Kyle Reed, Neville Belinfante 4
Minor U100 1-3 Kristian Sheglova, Adam Averbukh, Richard Meikle-Briggs 5/6... Grading U80 Bernard Cooke 4½
Results Susan Lalic

GOLDERS GREEN RAPIDPLAY 17th April 2010
attracted 110 players.
Open 1 Isaac Sanders 194 (Hendon: age 11, performance 225) 5½/6; 2 Victor Jones 4½... Grading U? Johnathan Bourne (Brown Jack), Ben Spink (Snodland) 4
"Major" 1-2 Helge Hjort (Hendon), Vincent Sagues 4½/6... Grading U? Nasarullah Sheikh, Richard Bedwell 4
"Minor" 1 Gary Smith 5½/6; 2 Alex Meynell 5... Grading U? Kumar Dixit 4½
"Amateur" 1-2 Anuj Mavinkurve, Barry Miles ?/6... Grading U105 Elliot Ainley
Results Adam Raoof

33rd SURREY CONGRESS 2-4 April 2010
Open 1 Peter Roberson 5/6; 2 Graeme Buckley 4½: takes SCCU Championship; 3-6 Ian Henderson, Rafe Martyn (take the two BCQ places), Susan Lalic, Felix Ynojosa 4...
"Major" 1 Richard Bryant 5/6; 2 Edward Tandi 4½; 3-4 Alan Hayward, Helge Hort 4...
"Intermediate" 1 John McKenna 5/6; 2-4 Ronan Bansal, Dominic Pozzo, Albert Yiamakis 4½...
"Challengers" 1 James Barnett 4½/5); 2-3 Alexander Meynell, Richard Pibworth 4
Rapidplay 1 Felix Ynojosa 6/6; 2 Chris Briscoe 5; 3-5 Graeme Buckley, Ian Deswarte, Richard Holmes 4½... Grading U160 Ian Deswarte 4½; Albert Yiamakis 4. U130 Aloysius Lip 3, Michael Adams, Michael Banh, Robert Moore 2. Best result by ungraded player: Angus James 4
Results Mike Gunn

88th RICHMOND RAPIDPLAY 21st March 2010
Open 1 Donny Muter 5½/6; 2 Sainbayar Tserendorj 5; 3 Ian Snape 4½... Grading U190 Gary Senior, Ian Henderson 4
Major U170 1-2 Shane McCabe, Sydney Jacob 4½/6; 3-5 Chris Clegg, Raghu Kamath, Peter Lalic 4... Grading U150 Phil Armour, Marie Gallagher 4
Intermediate U135 1 Paul Durrant 6/6; 2 Michael Banh 5; 3 Harry Burdon 4½... Grading U115 Delroy Bennett 4
Minor U100 1 Dean Shaw 5/6; 2-4 Akshaya Kalai, Nicholas Stewart, Daniel Young 4½; Grading U80 Bernard Cooke 4
Results Susan Lalic

1st KENT BLITZ CHAMPIONSHIP at Snodland, 23rd February 2010
attracted 20 players. Grades given are Rapidplay.
1 Martin Taylor 225 8½/9; 2 Ian Watson 211 7½; 3 Andrew Mayhew 188 6... Grading U175 Ben Spink 173 5½; U145 Matthew Cussens 143 5.
"The event ran extremely smoothly (except for several of the digital clocks breaking down!)"
Results David Lettington

87th RICHMOND RAPIDPLAY 10th January 2010
attracted 70 players.
Open 1 Jovica Radovanovic 5½/6; 2 Alexei Slavin 5... Grading U190 Tserenbat Lozvoi, Hans-Peter Hansen, Ian Henderson 4
Major U170 1 Shane McCabe 5½/6; 2-3 Phil Armour, Peter Lalic 4½... Grading U150 Max Wood-Robinson, Matthew Wadsworth, William Claridge-Hansen 4
Intermediate U135 1 Richard Dulley 5½/6; 2-3 Nitin Barhanpurkar, Ryan Wong 4½... Grading U115 Alfred Wong 3½
Minor U100 1 Alexander Blanc 6/6; 2-3 Beatrice Steele, Ananth Vijayakumar 4½; 4 Rustico Pineda 4; 5 Richard Meikle-Briggs 3½; Grading U80 Robin Nettleton 3½
Results Susan Lalic

GOLDERS GREEN RAPIDPLAY 9th January 2010
"76 players turned out on a cold, snowy day."
Open 1 Akash Jain 6/6 £60; 2-3 Robin Haldane, Tarun Malhotra £15; 4-6 Vedantha Kumar, Wolfgang Jekel 180, Vincent Sagues 172 3½... Grading U180 1 Haldane 2-3 Kumar, Sagues
Major U170 1 Maurice Lawson 5/6 £60; 2 Frank Lozano 4½ £30, 3-5 David Lawrence 160, Aidan McGiff 154, Amy Hoare 143 4... Grading U155 McGiff, Hoare £10
Minor U145 1-2 Petr Limonov (Hendon), Frank Burnham 5/6 £45; 3-4 Desmond Byrne 134, Joshua Cavendish 129 4½; 5-8 Chris Levy 139s, Shane McCabe 142, John MacDonald 138, Robert Cassen 4... Grading U100 Cavendish £20
Amateur U120 1 Patryk Goldyn 111s (Morley College) 5½/6 £60; 2 Jeremy Harris 101 5 £30; 3-4 Faye Ainscow 112, Edward Stevenson 80 4... Grading U105 Stevenson £15
Results Adam Raoof

HERTS CONGRESS at Royston, 5-6 December 2009 Open/U175 1 Ed Player 4½/?; 2-3 John Pigott (best Herts), Simon Knott 4... Grading 175-195 Phil Bonafont (takes BCQ place), Chino Atako, Paul Kemp, Martin Cutmore 3½; U175 Anthony Kelly, R Newman, John Daugman, Jonathan Wells 3; 155-165 John Daugman 3; U155 R Newman 3. Best Herts U175 Tarun Malhotra 2½
Major U150 1-3 Geoffrey Bishop, Ian David Evans, Samir Vora 4/?... Grading 125-135 Timothy Allen 3½; U125 Ken Groce 3½. Best Herts Ian Cross 3
Minor U120 1 John McKeon 4½/?; 2 Ed Magee (Best Herts) 4; 3 Mark Silman, Matthew Devan, Peter Housden 3½... Grading 95-110 Ed Magee 4; U95 Nick Parry-Evans 3. Junior prize Marcus Rose, Akito Oyama 3
Glynne Jones Trophy (best junior from Herts / Cambs / Suffolk / Norfolk) Akito Oyama
Results Jeremy Fraser-Mitchell

SPECTRUM TUNBRIDGE WELLS 21-22 November 2009
attracted 32 players.
Major U175 1 Oliver Gill (Maidstone) 4/5; 2-3 Derek McGovern (Staines), Nathan Goldberg (Coulsdon CF) 3½...
Minor U135 1-2 David Wallis (Worthing), Duncan J Fowler (Redhill) 4/5... Grading ?U115 Robin Thompson (Sevenoaks) 2½
Challengers U110 1-2 Adrian Kernot (East Grinstead), Mike Henbury (Eastleigh Railway Institute) 3½/5...
Results Kevin Thurlow

86th RICHMOND RAPIDPLAY 15th November 2009
attracted 104 players.
Open 1 Alexei Slavin 5½/6; 2-3 Gavin Wall, Caius Turner 4½... Grading U190 David Cutmore, Simon McCullough 4
Major U170 1-2 Reenen Du Toit, Ilya Iyengar 5/6... Grading U150 Adam Taylor, Shaun McCabe 4
Intermediate U135 1-3: Laurence Jones, Genga Selvarattinam [aka Veerathipillai], Richard Dulley 5... Grading U115 Jake Ruse, Edward Li, John White 3½
Minor U100 1 Surendra Vadhia 5½/6; 2: Barry Ruse 5; 3 Alex Blanc 4/; 5-7 I Somasegaram, Owen Lindsell, Jack Laurence 3½... Grading U80 Hugo Mason 3½
Results Susan Lalic

CATERHAM CONGRESS 16-18 October 2009
FIDE-rated Open (24 pl) 1 GM Alexander Cherniaev (Hackney) 2469 4/5; 2 (tie-break) Gavin Lock 2188 (Horsham CC: takes BCQ place) 4; 3-5 Yang-Fan Zhou 2291 (Coulsdon), James Adair 2138 (Reading: top U2150), Subin Sen 2098 (Ilford: top U2100) 3½; 6-7 William Jones 2084 (Lewisham), Koichi Nicholas 2075 (Stoke Poges) 3...
Major U175 (19 pl) 1 Lyall Bayliss 162 (4NCL KJCA Kings) 4/5; 2 (tie-break) Robert Maguire 167 (Beckenham & Bromley) 4; 3-5 Radha Jain 161 (Pinner), Francis Sagyaman (Coulsdon), Adam Taylor 150 (Ashtead) 3½; 6-12 Bob Everson 168 (Dartford & Swanley: =top U170), Peter Harbott 166 (Horsham CC: =top U170), Syd Jacob 161 (Lewisham: =top 160), Paul G Jackson 158 (Coulsdon: =top U160, Thommy Lipardo (Tunbridge Wells), Aditya Gupta 147 (Castles: =top U160), Robert Fisher 146 (East Grinstead: top U160), Barnaby Paul 140 (Beckenham & Bromley: =top U160) 2½...
Intermediate U150 (23 pl) 1 Peter Childs 148 (Dartford & Swanley) 4½/5; 2 Sam Porter 141 (Castles) 4; 3-4 Conor Murphy 143 (Charlton), Phil Foley 126 (Upminster), Malcolm Mourant 141 (Beckenham & Bromley), Jonathan Burch 140 (Guildford), Vijay Sathiraju 137 (Guildford: top U140), Targino Kalid-Filho(4NCL KJCA Knights), Patrick Smith 116 (Westerham: top U130) Westerham CC 116 3...
Minor U125 (19 pl) 1 Oskar Hackner (Emsworth) 5/5; 2-3 Charlie Nettleton 121 (Hayes), Elizabeth Elgar 97 (Westerham) 4; 4-7 Chris Brown (Bridge), John G Davis 124 (Guildford), Conrad Allison 115r (West Wickham), Owen Messere 114 (Lewisham), John-James Daley (Dulwich: top U110) 3...
Club Prizes (best 3 scorers) 1 Coulsdon 9½; 2 (tie-break) Beckenham & Bromley 9½; 3-4 Castles, Guildford 9...
Results Peter Bayliss

85th RICHMOND RAPIDPLAY 13th September 2009
attracted 124 players.
Open 1 Yang-Fan Zhou 5½/6; 2 Peter Sowray 5; 3-6 Gavin Wall, David Buckley, Ben Savage, Alexei Slavin 4½... Grading U190 Aidan Rawlinson, Simon McCullough 4
Major U170 1-3 Ian Deswarte, Matthew Ward, Alexander Gordon-Brown 4½/6... Grading U150 Amy Hoare, Matthew Dodsley 4
Intermediate U135 1 Max Wood-Robinson 5½/6; 2-3 Michael Pettit, Mike Gunn 5... Grading U115 Tim Powell 4...
Minor U100 1 Michael Maynard 5½/6; 2 James Kerr 4½; 3-7 Delroy Bennett, Nicholas Stewart, David Kerr, Mark Watkins, James Barnett 4... Grading U80 Alex Blanc 3½
Results Susan Lalic

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