| June 2000 | Results Supplement | Online Edition |
| 4NCL Division 1, 1999/00 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | P | W | D | L | GPts | MPts | |
| 1 | Slough 1sts | x | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6½ | 7 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 63½ | 21 |
| 2 | Wood Green 1sts | 4 | x | 4 | 3½ | 4½ | 5½ | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6½ | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 56 | 18 |
| 3 | Bigwood 1sts | 3 | 4 | x | 5½ | 3 | 4½ | 5 | 6½ | 6½ | 5½ | 6 | 5½ | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 55 | 17 |
| 4 | Barbican 4NCL 1sts | 3 | 4½ | 2½ | x | 5½ | 2½ | 3½ | 5½ | 6 | 4½ | 6 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 47½ | 13 |
| 5 | Index-IT 1sts | 2 | 3½ | 5 | 2½ | x | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5½ | 4½ | 4½ | 4½ | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 44 | 13 |
| 6 | Guildford-ADC 1sts | 2 | 2½ | 3½ | 5½ | 4 | x | 5 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 3½ | 7 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 49 | 11 |
| 7 | Silvine White Rose | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4½ | 4 | 3 | x | 1½ | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5½ | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 41½ | 9 |
| 8 | Richmond | 2 | 1 | 1½ | 2½ | 4 | 5 | 6½ | x | 2½ | 6 | 2½ | 4½ | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 38 | 9 |
| 9 | ADs | 2 | 3 | 1½ | 2 | 2½ | 1 | 5 | 5½ | x | 3½ | 6 | 3½ | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 35½ | 6 |
| 10 | Bristol 1sts | 1½ | 2 | 2½ | 3½ | 3½ | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4½ | x | 5 | 5½ | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 35 | 6 |
| 11 | NW Eagles | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3½ | 4½ | 1 | 5½ | 2 | 3 | x | 4 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 31½ | 5 |
| 12 | Wood Green 2nds | 2 | 1½ | 2½ | 4 | 3½ | 1 | 2½ | 3½ | 4½ | 2½ | 4 | x | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 31½ | 4 |
| 4NCL Div 2, 1999/2000 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | P | W | D | L | GPts | MPts | ||
| 1 | S.Wales Dragons | x | 4 | 4 | 4½ | 5 | 5 | 4½ | 5½ | 7½ | 6 | 5½ | 6½ | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 58 | 20 | |||||||
| 2 | Barbican 4NCL 2nds | 4 | x | 3 | 1½ | 4½ | 5 | 5 | 5½ | 5½ | 6½ | 5½ | 4½ | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 50½ | 17 | |||||||
| 3 | Poisoned Pawns | 4 | 5 | x | 4 | 3 | 5½ | 5½ | 2½ | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 49½ | 15 | |||||||
| 4 | Kings Head | x | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4½ | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5½ | 4 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 47 | 14 | |||||||
| 5 | Bigwood 2nds | 3½ | 6½ | 4 | 2 | x | 4 | 3½ | 4½ | 5½ | 4½ | 7½ | 4 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 49½ | 13 | |||||||
| 6 | Slough 2nds | 3 | 3½ | 5 | 4 | x | 4 | 5 | 4½ | 4½ | 3½ | 4 | 4½ | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 45½ | 13 | |||||||
| 7 | Wessex | 3 | 3 | 2½ | 6 | 4 | 4 | x | 4½ | 4 | 4½ | 5 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 45½ | 13 | |||||||
| 8 | BCCA | 3½ | 2½ | 3½ | x | 6 | 4½ | 3 | 6 | 3½ | 5½ | 5½ | 5 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 48½ | 12 | |||||||
| 9 | Perceptron Youth | 2½ | 3 | 4½ | 3 | 3½ | 2 | x | 4½ | 4½ | 5½ | 5 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 44 | 12 | |||||||
| 10 | Guildford-ADC 2nds | 2½ | 5½ | 3½ | 4 | x | 3½ | 4 | 3½ | 4 | 4½ | 6 | 4½ | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 45½ | 11 | |||||||
| 11 | Levy Gee 3Cs | 3 | 5 | 2½ | 3½ | 3½ | 3½ | 3½ | 4½ | x | 5 | 5 | 4½ | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 43½ | 10 | |||||||
| 12 | Bristol 2nds | ½ | 2½ | 4 | 3 | 3½ | 3½ | 5 | x | 7½ | 5 | 4 | 4½ | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 43 | 10 | |||||||
| 13 | Witney | 2 | 1½ | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3½ | 4 | x | 4½ | 4½ | 5 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 38 | 9 | |||||||
| 14 | Index-IT 2nds | 2½ | 3 | 4½ | 3 | 4½ | 2½ | 4½ | ½ | x | 3 | 3½ | 5 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 36½ | 8 | |||||||
| 15 | Nidum Knights | 2 | 2½ | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3½ | 5 | x | 2½ | 5 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 38½ | 7 | |||||||
| 16 | Thistle W. Rose | ½ | 3½ | 2½ | 3½ | 3 | 4 | 3½ | 4½ | 5½ | x | 4 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 37½ | 6 | |||||||
| 17 | Gwent Dragons | 2½ | 4 | 4 | 2½ | 3 | 2 | 3½ | 3 | 3 | 4 | x | 5 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 36½ | 5 | |||||||
| 18 | SCS | 1½ | 3½ | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3½ | 3½ | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | x | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 35 | 3 | |||||||
The Oakham Millennium Masters was held from 11-19 April 2000 at Oakham School, Rutland.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 Pert,Nick 2396m * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 6½ 2 Gormally,Danny 2504m ½ * 1 1 1 1 ½ 0 0 1 6 3 Krush,Irina 2399wm 0 0 * 1 ½ 1 1 1 0 1 5½ 4 Ward,Chris 2509g ½ 0 0 * ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 5½ 5 McDonald,Neil 2438g ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ 1 0 ½ 1 4½ 6 Aagaard,Jacob 2396m ½ 0 0 ½ ½ * 0 1 1 ½ 4 7 Afek,Yochanan 2349m 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 * 1 ½ 1 4 8 Hummel,Patrick 2347 ½ 1 0 0 1 0 0 * 1 0 3½ 9 McNab,Colin 2424g 0 1 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 * ½ 3½ 10 Norris,Alan 2301f 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ * 2
Average Rating 2406, Category 7, GM = 7, IM = 5½.
Irina Krush (USA) achieved her second IM norm. Nick Pert and Danny Gormally (both ENG) both needed a win in the last round for a GM norm, but drew and lost respectively.
The second Redbus Chess Knockout took place alongside the Southend Easter Congress from 21-24 April at the Civic Centre, Victoria Avenue, Southend-on-Sea, Essex.
This year's event had a much stronger line-up than last year's, with 14 grandmasters and 2 international masters in the field: the average elo was 2530.
Murray Chandler 0 ½ |
Hebden 1 0 ½ ½ 1 Speelman 0 1 ½ ½ 0 |
Hebden 0 ½ Lalic 1 ½ |
Lalic ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 Adams ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 |
Jon Speelman 1 0 ½ ½ 1 Chris Ward 0 1 ½ ½ 0 |
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Bogdan Lalic 1 0 1 1 Nigel Davies 0 1 0 0 |
Lalic 1 ½ McShane 0 ½ |
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Jim Plaskett 0 ½ Luke McShane 1 ½ |
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Jonathan Rowson 1 0 ½ ½ 1 Tony Miles 0 1 ½ ½ 0 |
Rowson 1 ½ Turner 0 ½ |
Rowson ½ ½ ½ 0 Adams ½ ½ ½ 1 |
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Matthew Turner ½ ½ 1 1 Glenn Flear ½ ½ 0 0 |
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Daniel King 0 ½ Michael Adams 1 ½ |
Adams 1 ½ Emms 0 ½ |
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Peter Wells 1 0 ½ 0 John Emms 0 1 ½ 1 |
Prizes: Winner £1600; Runner-up £1400; Losing semi-finalists £600 each; second round losers £400 each; First round losers £200 each.
The Redbus Knockout was held alongside Southend Easter Congress which had various events for players of all strengths. Thanks to support from Southend Council and the GFI group, the seven-round FIDE-rated Southend Open boasted a £500 first prize and five grading prizes of £100 each . There were also graded 5 round swiss sections of approx 20 players per section.
Southend Congress prize winners:
Southend Open (85pl): 1st Mark
Ferguson (Barbican) 6½/7, 2-3rd Andrew Ledger (Bedford), Simon Williams
(4NCL Richmond) 6; 4-5th David Ledger (Streatham) Nicholas Pert
5½.
Grading Prizes: 161-180 Edmund Player (Stowmarket), Tim Hebbes
(Ilford) 5; 141-160 Kevin Williamson (Leighton Buzzard) 4; 121-140 David Flynn
(Southampton) 3½; 106-120 Stewart Trent (Ilford), Kevin Shaw (Great
Yarmouth), Jonathan Burrows (Norwich Dons) 3; U106 Ljubica Lazarevic (Grays),
Martin Garrod (Portsmouth), Gordon Chapman (Bury St. Edmunds)
2½.
Southern Counties Chess Union Awards: Champion - Mark
Ferguson (Barbican); British Championship Place - David Ledger (Streatham);
Under 18 Open Champion - Tim Hebbes (Ilford); Under 18 Girls Champion - Ljubica
Lazarevic (Grays).
5-Round 'A' (22pl): 1-4th Ian McAllan (Sidcup), Nigel Dennis (Maidenhead), Ivor Smith (Writtle), Maurice Siegel (Westcliff) 4/5.
5-Round 'B' (24pl): 1-3rd David Hutchings (Wickford), Conrad Jowett (Blackpool), Barry Archer (Southend) 4/5.
5-Round 'C' (22pl): 1st Alex O'Toole (Temple Sutton) 5/5; 2-4th Daniel Hardy-Wallace (Basildon), Diane Parsons (Southend), Paul Houghton (Hadleigh) 4.
Derek Field Memorial Trophy for highest percentage in the Congress by an Essex Junior: Alex O'Toole (Temple Sutton) 5/5 in 5-Round 'C'.
Lightning Tournament (34pl): Simon Williams (4NCL Richmond) 6/6
The Surrey County Chess Association's Easter Congress was held at Carshalton High School for Girls on 21-24 April and run by the Coulsdon Chess Fellowship. Commentary from Scott Freeman of Coulsdon.
"FRANK WINTER" MEMORIAL OPEN TOURNAMENT (FIDE Rated, 7-Round Swiss, 60 Competitors): 1st Andrew Webster (South Norwood) 6/7 (£400), 2nd= Jon Benjamin (Richmond), Graeme Buckley (Bushbury), Peter Kemp (Streatham) 5½ (£117 each)
For the second year running, International Master Andrew Webster walked away with first prize; this time having scored 6 points as opposed to the 6½ points he scored last year. He relinquished the SCCU title that he won last year, though, as this was contested at the Southend Congress. Unlike last year when Grandmasters were not to be seen, there was one this year. Colin McNab (Scotland) failed to take advantage of this and didn't find his way into the prize money. Nor did top seed Danny Gormally (Coulsdon), who along with McNab, scored only 4½. There were two other International Masters on duty; one being Graeme Buckley (Bushbury), who with 5½ points shared second place with Jon Benjamin (Richmond) and Peter Kemp (Streatham). Yochanan Afek (Israel) was another to finish with 4½. Philip Bonafont of Gerrards Cross caught everyone's eye. He had arrived at the event expecting to play in the Premier, only to find that his new "corrected" grade was 170. Seemingly reluctantly, he agreed to play in the Open. After 7 rounds, he had only beaten McNab and drawn with Buckley and Webster. He remained unbeaten until the final round when a loss to Kemp denied him the prize money that his performance deserved.
PREMIER TOURNAMENT (U170, 41 Competitors): 1st Andrew Horton-Kitchlew (ISH) 6/7 (£240), 2nd Craig Young (St Albans) 5½, 3rd= Andrew Fleming (Eastbourne), Dominic Gibbs (Flying Teapots), Martin Page (Insurance), Ido Porat (Israel) 5 (£30 each).
On the other side of the coin to Philip Bonafont in the Open, Andy Kitchlew arrived half-expecting to play in the top section. Having discovered his "corrected grade" was 169, he proceeded to take out the Premier Section, scoring 6 points. A last round draw against Craig Young kept him in front, but gave Craig second place. It was a good week for Craig as he went on to beat Danny Gormally in the simultaneous event held at Coulsdon a couple of days later.
MAJOR TOURNAMENT (U145, 50 Competitors): 1st= George Coomber (Coulsdon & Purley), Russell Goodfellow (Tunbridge Wells) 6 (£180 each), 3rd Stuart Hamilton (Coulsdon & Purley) 5½ (£80), 4th= Lucy Broomfield (South Norwood), C-J De Mooi (Brighton), Norman Harris (Charlton), Adrian Waldock (Guildford / Richmond) 5 (£10).
In the Major, George Coomber (Coulsdon) put his concerns of a dropping grade behind him to share first prize with Russell Goodfellow. Both players scored 6 out of 7. Another super performance saw Stuart Hamilton (Coulsdon) finish third with 5½. Stuart is a fast developing player whose grade of 89 could have seen him clear up £200 had he played in the Novice A and B. Credit to him for jumping two events up. He still won a prize and gained some valuable experience as well. The hard task of what to do with a tenner went to the four players who shared fourth place: Lucy Broomfield (South Norwood), C-J De Mooi (Brighton), Adrian Waldock (Guildford & Richmond) and Norman Harris (Charlton).
MINOR "A" (U120, 45 Competitors): 1st= Sarah Hegarty (Woking), Edward Leung (Richmond Juniors) 4½/5 (£90 each), 3rd= Tristan Clayton, Keith Findley (South Norwood) 4 (£30 each).
MINOR "B" (U120, 42 Competitors): 1st Paul Seet 5/5 (£120). 2nd Edward Leung (Richmond Juniors) 4½ (£60), 3rd Joseph Farrell (Metropolitan) 4 (£40), 4th= Victor Bluett (Wallington), James Chapman (Danson), Robert Davidson (Brighton), Anthony Duncan (Islington), David Howes (Coulsdon & Purley), Daniel Lappage (Magdalen College School), David Wheatley 3½ (£3).
NOVICE "A" (U90, 24 Competitors): 1st Ashley Hegarty (Woking) 5 (£100), 2nd= Fergus Brown (Surbiton), Joseph Farrell Metropolitan 4 (£38)
NOVICE "B" (U90, 17 Competitors): 1st Brian Williamson (Coulsdon & Purley) 4½ (£100), 2nd= Yasmin Ball (Maidenhead), Fred Coombes (Metropolitan), Alan Fraser (Beckenham & Bromley) 3½ (£25)
BLITZ EVENT (52 Competitors): 1st Danny Gormally (Coulsdon & Purley) 6½ (£50), u200 Shi Porat (Israel) 5½ (£25), u170 Ido Porat (Israel), Ross Rattray (Richmond Juniors), Thomas Rendle (Hastings) 5 (£9), u140 Jonathan Somekh (Richmond Juniors) 4½ (£25), u110 Nicholas Lai Baranga (Barnet Knights) 4 (£25), u80 Daniel Gliddon (Coulsdon & Purley) 3 (£25).
SPECIAL CONGRESS PRIZES: There were not many this year owing to the lower turnout, but we were able to offer the following: LADIES' PRIZE - Sarah Hegarty (Minor A, 4½, £25); FAMILY PRIZE - Hegarty (Ashley, Daniel & Sarah) £25
OTHER CONGRESS PRIZES: The Hawson Trophy was won by Fred Coombes of Wimbledon, who scored 3½ out of 5 in the Novice B event. This splendid trophy was given to the Surrey County Chess Association by the family of John Hawson, a stalwart both of the Congress and of the County, who sadly passed away just two days before last year's event.
SMITH & WILLIAMSON BRITISH CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIERS: At the time of writing this report, we are awaiting details from the BCF Director of Congress Chess as to the players already qualified for the Smith & Williamson British Championships. Consequently, we cannot yet determine who has qualified from the Surrey Easter Congress. We shall notify those who have qualified in due course and the information will be on our web site.
Harry Lamb reports: Bolton's Easter congress is one of the countries' longest running events, first held in 1946: it is now in its 55th year. Another longevity record is that of Harry Lamb who has played in it or helped to organise it every year since 1953, an amazing total of 47 continuous years. This year the Open was won jointly by local favourite Jeff Horner and David Hulmes from Stockport. Jeff too has a long record with the event. He first played in it about 38 years ago and has won it many times in the intervening period. But times do change even at Bolton. David is a comparative youngster and it is the first time he has won the event.
The first indication of changing times was in round three when David beat Jeff in an exciting game that involved David winning a Queen for a Rook and a Bishop. Jeff kept up the pressure though by winning his last three games while David could only manage a win and two draws, which meant that they both finished on five out of six.
Open: 1st= Jeff Horner (Bolton), David Hulmes (Stockport)
5/6
3rd= Vic Knox (Stockport), Darryl Wolstencroft (Blackpool), Brett
Lund (Preston), Mike Surtees (Bolton), Glenn Charleshouse (Morecambe), Adam
Ashton (3Cs Oldham) 4
Major U161: 1st Chris Dunlop (Crusaders) 5/6, 2nd= David
Shaw (Urmston), John Schofield (Bolton) 4½
Grading U140: Alan Ruffle
(Birmingham), George Glover (Carlisle) 4.
Minor U121: 1st I Baros (Rochdale) 5½/6, 2nd= Neil
Coward (Guardian Blackpool), Michael Wood (Pensby), Paul Holt (Radcliffe)
5
Grading U100: Thomas Pym (Oswestry), B Wadsworth (Halifax)
4½.
Open (14 players: 1st Glenn Charleshouse (Morecambe) 5
(£250), 2nd Roelof Westra (Hull) 4½ (£120), 3rd Jim Burnett
(Doncaster) 4 (£60)
Grading U180: Graham Lilley (Prescot) 3½
(£28)
Major (47 players): 1st P Shaw (Wakefield) 5½
(£180), 2nd= D Smith (Wanstead & Woodford), P Widrascu
(Calderdale) 5 (£75 each)
Grading U146: AM Barber (Sasra) 4½
(£12)
Grading U139: CW Davies (Rose Foregrove), K Thomas (Kynoch)
4½ (£12 each)
Grading U132: D Patrick (Calderdale), Z Lazurek
(Bury) 3½ (£12 each)
Grading U125: C Hazlehurst (Heywod), A
Ross (Crazy Horses Brad) 3 (£12 each)
Minor (72 players): 1st P Holt (Radcliffe) 5½
(£130), 2nd= I Baros (Rochdale), N Coward (Axa Lytham), G Shoobridge
(Bradford) 5 (£33 each)
Grading U109: N Pearce (York RI), TA Dickerson
(Maldon), MJ Harrington (Kynoch), M Bettley (Hull) 4½ (£4
each)
Grading U103: LW Hunt (Rhyl) 4½ (£16)
Grading U94: S
Bessell (Earl of Arundel) 4 (£16)
Grading U89: G Swire (Lidget Green)
3 (£16)
Grading U81: JG Hainsworth (Wakefield) 4 (£16).
Report by Lara Barnes: Durham County Congress Open was won jointly by Colin Crouch of Harrow, Alan Grant of Glasgow and Roger Coathup of Tynemouth.
The last round decided everything as Dusan Zdjelar (YUG, 2194) was looking as though he might win outright after Colin Crouch lost to Roger Coathup; but Alan Grant outplayed him and shared the spoils.
The Major (U150) was won jointly by J Panayotidis (Wallsend, Newcastle & Tynemouth), P Widrascu, J Hawkins and David Eggleston of Durham (graded only 88), all with 4/5. David Eggleston's twin brother Thomas (94BCF) couldn't play on the Saturday, but filled in on the Sunday in the Open; he beat a player graded 156BCF.
Bernie Price won the Minor with 4½. D Brent of Urmston was 2nd with 4 points and a host of people tied for third.
Organiser: Fred Wilkinson
BCF Arbiter: Lara Barnes
Sponsored
by Durham County Chess Association.
167 players entered the annual Frome Congress.
Open: 1st= Jim Sherwin (Bristol Grendel & Bath), Colin
Crouch (Barbican), Simon Buckley (Bath) 4/5. A Plesants (Weymouth) qualified
for the 2000 British Championship on tie-break from John G Nicholson (The
Hague).
Grading U170: I White (Gloucester) 3
Major U155: 1st Fraser McLeod (Southampton) 4½,
2nd= F Pittman (Weymouth), E Barry Sandercock (Gerrards Cross)
4
Grading U130: A Bosworth (Trowbridge) 3½.
Intermediate U125: 1st N Lake (Handsworth) 4½/5,
2nd= C Costeloe (Muswell Hill), D Weston (Trowbridge) 4
Grading U107: M
Brannan (Downend), S Sorisi (Bath) 3½.
Minor U100: 1st= Trevor Stacey (Gillingham &
Shaftesbury), Clare Morris (Cowley) 4½, 3rd R Waters (Taunton)
4
Grading U75: Duncan Cooper (Bath) 3½.
A four-game training match, sponsored by Gameplay, was held between David Howell (aged 9 years 5 months) and John Littlewood (aged 68 years 10 months) at John Littlewood's home on the weekend of 8-9 April. The time limit for all four games was 1 hour for all the moves (each). The first game was drawn, and the veteran won the remaining three to take the match 3½-½. Games are included on the downloadable database.
Tony Suttill reports: The 2nd Kings Head Rapidplay was a quadruple point Elite event for the Terence Chapman Group Grand Prix.
1st= GM Bogdan Lalic (Poisoned Pawns), IM Jonathan Parker
(Barbican), IM Simon Williams (Hackney/Richmond) 5½/6
4th= D
Lam (Cambridge University), JT Ward (Kings Head), Andrew Kitchlew (ISH), P
Cawte (London SW19), IM D Gormally (Hackney), GM A Summerscale (Slough), D
Sands (Barbican) 5; 11th= M Broom (Lewes), GM M Chandler (Solingen), A
Hynes (St James), H Pellumbi (Albania), IM N Pert (Ipswich), T Emiola
4½.
Grading 199-180: D Lam, JT Ward 5
Grading 179-160: Andrew
Kitchlew 5
Grading 159-140: Koichi Nicholas (Slough) 4
Grading 139-120:
T Emiola 4½
Grading 119-100: M Siegal (Westcliff) 3½
Ungraded: S Pozzo 3½
Junior Prizes
14-15: A Hung (Writtle) 3
12-13: T Rendle 4
10-11: GTO Berry (Richmond Juniors) 2½
U10: D Howell (Crowborough)
4
John Weightman reports:
Premier U210 (9 players): 1st Michael Franklin (Richmond) 4½/6 (£60), 2nd= Robert Eames (Hackney), Maxim Devereaux (4NCL), Marcus Osborne (Wallington) 4
Major U165 (26 players): 1st Peter Walters (Hayes) 5½/6 (£100), David Cutmore (Slough), Stanley Chola (Reading), David Flower (Barbican) 4½.
Minor U120 (32 players): 1st Paul Kent (Widnes) 5½/6 (£100), 2nd Jeff Fleischer (East London), 3rd= Dominic Bennett (FICS/Brighton), Mohsen Abedian (Kensington), Augustus Sofela (Morleys), Robert Walker (King's Gambit), Sarah Hegarty (Ashtead) 4½.
Next Central London Rapidplay will take place on Saturday 17 June 2000, International Students House, Great Portland Street, London W1. Telephone Enquiries: 020 8381 4406
John Robinson reports: The 33rd Norfolk Congress took place on 8-9 April, attracting a field of 84. The Congress ran with three tournaments of (approx.) equal numbers, grouped according to grade. In the "Premier" the winner, and Smith & Williamson British Championship qualifier, was Steve Orton, of Norwich with 4½/5. He and Tim Hebbes went into the final round as joint leaders on 3½/4. In that round, Tim narrowly avoided a loss on time at the expense of a loss of material. Appended is Tim Hebbe's game from the fourth round, notable not least for its time handling. I became aware that something special was happening when Tim took a whole hour over his first 5 moves! Tim was one of the runners-up on 3½; the others were Desmond Tan, David G Smith, Nigel Beveridge, Shaun Munson, Alec Toll and Nigel Blades.
Tim Hebbes - David LeMoir
33rd Norfolk Congress, Norwich, 09.04.2000
1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 f5 3 Nc3
fxe4 4 Nxe5 Qf6 5 f4 c6 6 d3 d6 7 Ng4 Qe6 8 Ne3 exd3 9 Bxd3 Nd7 10 0-0 (At this
point, White had only 10 minutes left before the first time control; 36 moves
in 90 minutes. Black had much more time) 10 ..Kd8 11 Ne4 Be7 12 c4 Ngf6 13 Ng5
Qg8 14 Nf5 Nc5 15 Nxe7 Kxe7 16 Re1+ Kd8 17 b4 (Black's time advantage had all
but slipped away. He now had only five minutes left, but White had only three
minutes!) 17 ..Nxd3 18 Qxd3 Qf8 19 Bb2 h6 20 Nf3 Bd7 21 Nh4 Rg8 22 Rad1 Qf7 23
Qxd6 Re8 24 Bxf6+ gxf6 25 Rxe8+ Qxe8 26 Qxf6+ Kc7 27 Qd6+ Kc8 28 Ng6 and
Black's flag fell! 1-0
Premier (Prize Fund £1,375): 1st= Matthew Turner, Colin Crouch, Mark Hebden 4½/6 (£383 each), 4th= R Shaw, H Richards (grading U200), Ameet Ghasi (grading U200), C Timmins (grading U200), P Lane (grading U200 and best Notts player) 3½.
Major U180 (Prize Fund £565): 1st Andrew Horton-Kitchlew
(ISH London) 5½/6 (£260), 2nd C Young (St Albans) 5 (£130),
3rd P Kitson (St James Worcester) 4½ (£70), 4th R Higham
(Nottingham) 4.
Best U165: AM Rogerson (Solihull) 4 (£35)
Best
U150: V Naan (Fiveways, Nottingham) 4 (£35)
Intermediate U140 Prize Fund £565: 1st= Mark Radford
(Fiveways Nottingham), Matthew Woodward (White Knights, S.Yorks) 5½/6
(£195 each), 3rd= J Gillibrand (Ormskirk), Dean Hartley (Amber
Valley) 5 (£52.50 each)
Best U125: Keith Smith (Derbyshire) 4½
(£35)
Best U110: Mark Roper (Worksop), Alex Combie (Newark), Terry
Lavelle (Notts) 3½ (£12 each)
Minor U100 Prize Fund £565: 1st= Balvinder Grewal
(Stapleford), Lincoln White (Kynoch), Graham Gibson (Gambit Notts) 5/6
(£153 each), 4th= Martin Rogers (Derby), PDK Hill (Charnwood)
4½ (£17.50 each)
Best U85: Ian Farquharson (Syston) 4½
(£35)
Best Ungraded: Terry Sheehan (Nomads), Andrew Moore
(Stourbridge), Yang Shi Yu (Stoke on Trent) 3½ (£12).
Report by Richard James
The 29th Richmond Rapidplay, organised by Richmond Junior Chess Club, was held at the White House Community Association, Hampton on Sunday 9 April. Once again it was the younger participants who made the headlines.
Richmond's young 4NCL stars Richard Bates and Simon Williams took first and second place in the Open, with Richard's Round 3 win proving decisive. The third IM, Graeme Buckley, lost two games, to Richard Bates and to 12-year-old Jonathan Lappage, of Oxfordshire.
The Major fell to Donny Muter, while there were successes for young players in both the Intermediate and Minor sections, 9-year-old Sussex star Sebastian Pozzo won the Intermediate section with 5½/6 and Alex O'Toole, aged 8, from Essex, triumphed in the Minor section with the same score. In a great day for the O'Toole family, Alex's younger brother George, aged only 6, scored 4/6 in the Minor, sharing 4th place, while big brother Antony, 11, shared 3rd place in the Intermediate section.
PRIZEWINNERS:
OPEN:
1st Richard Bates (Richmond) 5/6
2nd Simon Williams (Sussex Univ) 4½/6
3rd Gerald Moore (Hayes, Middx) 4/6
U190 Jonathan Lappage (Kidlington) 3/6
Martin Walker (Cambridge)
12 players
MAJOR: 1st Donny Muter (W London) 5/6 2nd Morris Bernadt (S London) 4/6 9 players
INTERMEDIATE:
1st Sebastian Pozzo (SE London/Sussex) 5½/6
2nd Dominic Bennett (Canterbury) 5/6
3rd= Peter Alexander (Surbiton/RJCC) 4/6
Anton Chernikov (SW London/RJCC) 4/6
Jeff Fleischer (E London) 4/6
Antony O'Toole (Southend) 4/6
Peter, Anton and Antony also shared the U100 Grading Prize
23 players
MINOR:
1st Alex O'Toole (Southend) 5½/6
2nd= Tim Powell (Hoddesdon) 4½/6
Chantal Sirisena (SW London/RJCC) 4½/6
4th= Alex Brett (SW London) 4/6
Adam Gordon (SW London) 4/6
Ben Hutter (Epsom) 4/6
Marco Lizzul (Hampton/RJCC) 4/6
George O'Toole (Southend) 4/6
24 playersReport by John Leake. Venue: St Albans School, Abbey Gateway, St Albans
Premier U211 (22 competitors): 1st= Branko Bogdanovic (est. 200), Ben Savage (Mid Herts), Charles Tippleston (Northampton) 4/5 (First-named £30, others £180), 4th Paul Georghiou (Barnet) 3½ (£70), 5th= Richard Britton (Edmonton), Tim Woodward (Westminster School, aged 13), Matthew Broomfield (Sth Norwood, aged 16), Abimbola Adelaja (Hackney) Nartin G Walker (Royston) 3 (£7 each).
Challengers U176 (27 competitors): 1st Ben Morgan (Cambridge University) 4½/5 (£200); 2nd= Chris Todd (ISH), Philip Bonafont (Gerrards Cross) 4 (£90 each); 4th= Matthew Madeley (Edmonton), Peter Clarke (Milton Keynes), W Broome (Watford) 3½ (£10 each).
Major U150 (33 competitors): 1st Karl Foreman (Coventry Transport) 4½/5 (£160); 2nd= Anthony Kelly (High Wycombe), John Gillibrand (Ormskirk), Dean Hartley (Amber Valley) 4 (£50 each).
Intermediate U130 (41 competitors): 1st Anthony Duncan (Middx, Islington) 5/5 (£160); 2nd Aleksandar Milovanovic (Mid Herts) 4½ (£30), 3rd= Stephen Williams (Cwmbran), John Bradley (Dunmow) 4 (£60 each).
Minor U110 (38 competitors): 1st John McKeon (MK) 4½/5 (£160); 2nd= Jason Klimach (Ilford), Joe Farrell (Metropolitan) 4 (£60 each).
Bob Jones reports: The West of England Counties' Union Championship took place at the Royal Beacon Hotel, Exmouth.
Round 2 Buckley Simon (1) ½ - ½ Crickmore, N (1) Pleasants, A (1) 0 - 1 Rudd J (1) Simons, M (1) 0 - 1 Parkin J (1) Menadue, J (1) ½ - ½ Buckley, Melanie (1) Price, C (1) 0 - 1 Moore, G (1) Phillips, R (½) 1 - 0 Bartlett, S (½) Dilleigh, S (½) ½ - ½ White, E Littlejohn, D(½) ½ - ½ Brennan, D (½) Howell, David (½) ½ - ½ George, IM
After two rounds, only two players had maximum points, former Champion Gerald Moore and Scottish Junior International James Parkin. English 9-year-old David Howell has not been overawed in this company, and has posted two safe draws.
Round 3 Rudd, J (2) 1 - 0 Parkin, J (2) Moore, G (2) ½ - ½ Phillips (1½) Buckley, M (1½) ½ - ½ Buckley, S (1½) Crickmore, N (1½) ½ - ½ Menadue, J (1½) Round 4 Moore, G (2½) ½ - ½ Rudd, J (3) Buckley, S (2) 1 - 0 Brennan, D (2) Simons, M (2) ½ - ½ Crickmore, N (2) Parkin, J (2) ½ - ½ Buckley, M (2) Menadue, J (2) 0 - 1 Brusey, A (2) Round 5 Brusey, A (3) 0 - 1 Rudd, J (3½) Buckley, S (3) ½ - ½ Moore, G (3) Buckley, M (2½) ½ - ½ Parkin, J (2½) Crickmore, N (2½) ½ - ½ Phillips, R (2½) Shire, D (2½) ½ - ½ Purdon, C (2½) Howell, D (2) 1 - 0 Dilleigh, S (2) Round 6
There were very few draws at the top, as everyone played with total commitment. David Howell completed a very good Easter Day by beating Roy Phillips (191) with Black, in 50 moves, his best games of the tournament, bringing him up through the field. The early leader, Jack Rudd, was shattered to lose for the first time, to his rival, Simon Buckley, who thus joined him on 4½/6. Scottish Glorney Cup player, James Parkin, joined the leaders after a win over former WECU Champion, Gerald Moore of Imperial College. After dropping points early on, 1999 British Championship qualifier, Martin Simons, joined the chasing pack by beating local player, Alan Brusey. The current Champion, and former British Under-18 Champion, Neil Crickmore, got blown off course by David Shire.
Rudd, J (4½) 0 - 1 Buckley, S (3 ½) Parkin, J (4) 1 - 0 Moore, G (3½) Simons, M (3) 1 - 0 Brusey, A (3) Humphreys, J (3) ½ - ½ Buckley, Melanie (3) Phillips, R 0 - 1 Howell, D 1 (3) Shire, D (3) 1 - 0 Crickmore, N (3) Round 7
With 3 young tigers now on 4½, Simon Buckley and James Parkin were drawn to play each other, while Rudd floated down to meet the more senior player and problemist, David Shire. The former pair had to balance caution and courage, and neither could overcome the other, although Parkin did enter a Rook and pawn endgame with an extra pawn, but couldn't make it count. Rudd meanwhile imposed himself as White and never looked like being headed. He thus won the WECU Championship and the British Championship qualifying place. This latter is appropriate, as Rudd is a Somerset player and Millfield School is on his doorstep. David Howell played Martin Simons, both keen to get something out of the competition, after indifferent starts, by their standards. Simons narrowed White's options by playing the Scandinavian. He used 35 minutes on moves 12 & 13, and only another 35 minutes for the other 20 moves, recording his 2nd consecutive win, and joining Parkin and Buckley in joint 2nd place. David Howell had the consolation of sharing the grading prize with David Shire, and of having shown West Country players glimpses of what he is capable of. And let's not forget, 4 points out of 6 rounds by a 9 yr old in this company, would be sensational, had not the media hype preceded him. However, it was all good experience for him, at about the right level.
Buckley, S (4½) ½ - ½ Parkin, J (4½) Rudd, J (4½) 1 - 0 Shire, D (4) Howell, D (4) 0 - 1 Simons, M (4)
Open: 1st Jack Rudd (Yeovil) 5½/7 (WECU Champion
& British Qualifier), 2nd= Simon Buckley (Bath), James Parkin
(Exeter University), Martin Simons (Bournemouth) 5
Grading Prize:
David Howell (Seaford), David Shire (Canterbury) 4
The 2000 Welsh Chess Championship, held at the Dolphin Hotel in Swansea over Easter, was won by 23-year-old Leighton Williams of Nidum Knights with an overwhelming score of 6½/7. John Tabatabai became the Welsh Under-21 Champion.
Leighton Williams easily outclassed his opponents with wins (in order) against Gilbert, Blackburn, Binks, R.S.Jones, Evans-Quek & Zeidler. Only a second round draw against Tabatabai prevented him from equalling James Cobb's 7/7 from last year.
Championship (Henry Golding
Trophy):
1st Leighton Williams (Nidum) 6½/7
2nd= Michael Binks (Bridgend), F May (Abergavenny) & S Evans-Quek
(Taunton) 4½
5th= Sven Zeidler, John Tabatabai (Under-21
Champion) 4
7th= Dafydd Johnston, I White, C Price, Jon Gilbert,
Richard S Jones 3½
12th= Gareth Morris, Jonathan Blackburn
3
14th= Abigail Cast, C Davies, D Guy, M McCarthy 2½
18th
Keith Downey 1½.
Major (Under 2050) - Tom Weston Memorial: 1st G.Rees (Caerphilly) - retaining his title 6/7, 2nd JD Turner (North Gwent) 5, 3rd= D Robinson (Bridgend), D Evans-Quek (Taunton) 4½.
Minor (Under 1650) - John Bishop Memorial: 1st S Burenkov (Cardiff) 5½/7, 2nd= B Griffiths (Swansea Valley), S Williams (Cwmbran) & Suzie Blackburn (RHHC) 5.
Under 1300: 1st= C Arnold (Newport), R McMahon (Neath), G Yeo (Nelson), J Grant (Fitzallen) 5/7
In total 84 players entered the four sections with a new Under 1300 section being run this year.
Many thanks to Kevin Thurlow for sending in the games and results of this event; also 24 games from a simul given by IM Andy Martin.
The overall winner was Chris Dunlop, but as he has now left the army, Andrew Hammond was declared the Combined Services and RAF champion (the former for the ninth time).
Adam Raoof announces:
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