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| 4NCL Division 1, 2000/1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | P | W | D | L | GPts | MPts | |
| 1 | Beeson Gregory 1 | x | 4½ | 6 | 6 | 8 | 5½ | 6½ | 7 | 7½ | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 16 | |||
| 2 | Slough | 3½ | x | 5 | 5 | 6½ | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 14 | |||
| 3 | Wood Green | 3 | x | 5½ | 6½ | 5½ | 5½ | 6½ | 7 | 5½ | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 14 | |||
| 4 | Guildford-ADC 1 | 2 | 2½ | x | 4 | 5½ | 6½ | 6½ | 7 | 6½ | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 40½ | 11 | |||
| 5 | Barbican 4NCL 1 | 2 | 3 | 1½ | 4 | x | 5½ | 4½ | 7 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 33½ | 9 | |||
| 6 | Midland Monarchs | 0 | 2½ | 2½ | 2½ | x | 5 | 4½ | 4 | 5½ | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 26½ | 7 | |||
| 7 | Barbican 4NCL 2 | 1½ | 1½ | 3½ | 3 | x | 5½ | 3 | 5 | 4½ | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 27½ | 6 | |||
| 8 | Thistle Birm. W. Rose | 2½ | 2 | 2½ | 1½ | 2½ | x | 4 | 5½ | 5½ | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 5 | |||
| 9 | Beeson Gregory 2 | 1½ | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | x | 3½ | 3 | 4½ | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 25½ | 5 | |||
| 10 | Richmond | 1 | 1½ | 1½ | 3½ | 2½ | 4½ | x | 6 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 23½ | 4 | |||
| 11 | Poisoned Pawns | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | x | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 3 | |||
| 12 | South Wales Dragons | ½ | 2½ | 2 | 2½ | 3½ | 2½ | 3½ | 5 | x | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 22 | 2 | |||
| 4NCL Division 2, 2000/1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | P | W | D | L | GPts | MPts | |
| 1 | Wood Green 2 | x | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5½ | 6 | 4½ | 4½ | 6½ | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 15 | |||
| 2 | Bristol 1 | 4 | x | 5 | 5½ | 6 | 5 | 3½ | 5½ | 5½ | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 13 | |||
| 3 | Witney & Swindon | 3 | x | 3 | 4½ | 4½ | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4½ | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 34½ | 11 | |||
| 4 | N West Eagles | 2½ | 5 | x | 5½ | 4½ | 4½ | 4 | 4½ | 3½ | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 11 | |||
| 5 | Levy Gee 3Cs | 3 | 3½ | 2½ | x | 2 | 5½ | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 32½ | 8 | |||
| 6 | Wessex | 3 | 2 | 3½ | 6 | x | 3 | 4½ | 5 | 4½ | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 31½ | 8 | |||
| 7 | Perceptron Youth | 2½ | 3½ | 3½ | 5 | x | 3½ | 2 | 4½ | 5½ | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 30 | 6 | |||
| 8 | Slough 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2½ | 4½ | x | 6 | 4½ | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 28½ | 6 | |||
| 9 | Guildford-ADC 2 | 3½ | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3½ | 2 | x | 6½ | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 30½ | 5 | |||
| 10 | Kings Head | 3½ | 4½ | 4 | 3½ | 6 | 3½ | 1½ | x | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 29½ | 5 | |||
| 11 | BCCA 1 | 2½ | 3½ | 3 | 3 | 3½ | 2 | 5 | x | 5½ | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 28 | 4 | |||
| 12 | Bristol 2 | 1½ | 2½ | 4½ | 2 | 3½ | 2½ | 5 | 2½ | x | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 24 | 4 | |||
| 4NCL Division 3, 2000/1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | P | W | D | L | GPts | MPts | |
| 1 | Barbican 4NCL 3 | x | 5 | 4½ | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 21½ | 8 | |||
| 2 | Gwent Dragons | x | 3½ | 6 | 4 | 4½ | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 5 | |||
| 3 | Nidum Knights | 3 | 4½ | x | 4½ | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5 | |||
| 4 | Beeson Gregory 3 | 2 | x | 6½ | 3½ | 6½ | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18½ | 4 | |||
| 5 | Athenaeum | 3½ | 3½ | x | 5½ | 5½ | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 4 | |||
| 6 | Poisoned Pawns 2 | 2 | 4 | 1½ | x | 5½ | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 3 | |||
| 7 | Guildford-ADC 3 | 3½ | 4½ | 2½ | 2½ | x | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 2 | |||
| 8 | Milton Keynes | 2 | 4 | 1½ | 2½ | x | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 1 | |||
| 4NCL Division 4, 2000/1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | P | W | D | L | GPts | MPts | |
| 1 | Southern Counties Stars | x | 4½ | 6 | 5 | 4½ | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 8 | |||
| 2 | White Rose 2 | 3½ | x | 4½ | 5½ | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 21½ | 6 | |||
| 3 | Warwickshire Select | x | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6½ | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 18½ | 5 | |||
| 4 | Mind Sports Ltd | 3½ | 4 | x | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 17½ | 4 | |||
| 5 | Wood Green 3 | 5 | 2 | x | 3½ | 6½ | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 4 | |||
| 6 | NCCL / Cheddleton | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4½ | x | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13½ | 3 | |||
| 7 | Bristol 3 | 3 | 2½ | 1½ | x | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 1 | |||
| 8 | BCCA B | 3½ | 0 | ½ | 4 | x | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1 | |||
Round 1 (2001.03.29) Krush, Irina - Estrada Nieto, Julian 1-0 22 C78 Ruy Lopez McDonald, Neil R - Levitt, Jonathan 1/2 8 A04 Reti (1.Nf3) Pert, Nicholas - McNab, Colin A 1/2 25 E67 Kings indian Tyomkin, Dimitri - Koneru, Humpy 1-0 44 E00 Nimzo indian Bluvshtein, Mark - Gormally, Daniel 0-1 60 B49 Sicilian
Round 2 (2001.03.30) McNab, Colin A - Bluvshtein, Mark 1-0 40 A14 English; 1.c4 Tyomkin, Dimitri - McDonald, Neil R 0-1 35 A81 Dutch defence Gormally, Daniel - Krush, Irina 0-1 25 D16 Slav defence Levitt, Jonathan - Pert, Nicholas 0-1 38 A90 Dutch defence Koneru, Humpy - Estrada Nieto, Julian 1/2 17 A07 Reti (1.Nf3)
Round 3 (2001.03.31) Krush, Irina - McNab, Colin A 1-0 46 B07 Pirc Pert, Nicholas - Tyomkin, Dimitri 1/2 8 D11 Slav defence McDonald, Neil R - Koneru, Humpy 0-1 53 B17 Caro-Kann Estrada Nieto, Julian - Gormally, Daniel 1/2 68 C03 French; Tarrasch Bluvshtein, Mark - Levitt, Jonathan 1/2 18 B40 Sicilian
Round 4 (2001.04.01) McNab, Colin A - Estrada Nieto, Julian 1/2 18 A21 English; 1.c4 e5 Koneru, Humpy - Gormally, Daniel 1/2 60 D77 1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6 Tyomkin, Dimitri - Bluvshtein, Mark 0-1 49 E11 Bogo indian McDonald, Neil R - Pert, Nicholas 0-1 40 C02 French; Advance Levitt, Jonathan - Krush, Irina 0-1 52 D14 Slav defence
Round 5 (2001.04.02) Krush, Irina - Tyomkin, Dimitri 1/2 13 E92 Kings indian; Classical Pert, Nicholas - Koneru, Humpy 1/2 26 E12 Queen's indian Gormally, Daniel - McNab, Colin A 1/2 20 B09 Pirc; Austrian Estrada Nieto, Julian - Levitt, Jonathan 1/2 21 C07 French; Tarrasch Bluvshtein, Mark - McDonald, Neil R 1/2 38 C18 French; Winawer
Round 6 (2001.04.03) Pert, Nicholas - Bluvshtein, Mark 1-0 21 E12 Queen's indian Koneru, Humpy - McNab, Colin A 1/2 19 A49 Queen's pawn Tyomkin, Dimitri - Estrada Nieto, Julian 1/2 17 D20 Queen's gambit accepted McDonald, Neil R - Krush, Irina 0-1 60 B22 Sicilian; Alapin (2.c3) Levitt, Jonathan - Gormally, Daniel 0-1 47 D07 Chigorin
Round 7 (2001.04.04) Krush, Irina - Pert, Nicholas 1/2 10 C01 French; Exchange Gormally, Daniel - Tyomkin, Dimitri 1/2 7 D15 Slav defence McNab, Colin A - Levitt, Jonathan 1/2 10 A38 English; 1.c4 c5 Estrada Nieto, Julian - McDonald, Neil R 1-0 31 C03 French; Tarrasch Bluvshtein, Mark - Koneru, Humpy 0-1 41 B17 Caro-Kann
Round 8 (2001.04.05) Pert, Nicholas - Estrada Nieto, Julian 1-0 51 D21 Queen's gambit accepted Koneru, Humpy - Levitt, Jonathan 1/2 16 A08 Reti (1.Nf3) Tyomkin, Dimitri - McNab, Colin A 1/2 45 A41 Queen's pawn Bluvshtein, Mark - Krush, Irina 1-0 53 B89 Sicilian McDonald, Neil R - Gormally, Daniel 1/2 31 A16 English; 1.c4
Round 9 (2001.04.06) Krush, Irina - Koneru, Humpy 0-1 34 B12 Caro-Kann Gormally, Daniel - Pert, Nicholas 1/2 23 C18 French; Winawer McNab, Colin A - McDonald, Neil R 1-0 46 A26 English; 1.c4 e5 Estrada Nieto, Julian - Bluvshtein, Mark 1/2 15 C07 French; Tarrasch Levitt, Jonathan - Tyomkin, Dimitri 1/2 5 B30 Sicilian
Oakham (ENG), III-IV 2001 cat. VII (2406) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Norms: GM=7, IM=5, WGM=4.5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Pert, Nicholas m ENG 2455 * = = = = = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2566 2 Krush, Irina m USA 2380 = * 0 1 1 = 1 0 1 1 6.0 2534 3 Koneru, Humpy wm IND 2299 = 1 * = = 0 = 1 = 1 5.5 2498 4 Gormally, Daniel m ENG 2492 = 0 = * = = = 1 1 = 5.0 2439 5 McNab, Colin A g SCO 2403 = 0 = = * = = 1 = 1 5.0 2449 6 Tyomkin, Dimitri g ISR 2496 = = 1 = = * = 0 = 0 4.0 2353 7 Estrada Nieto, Julian m MEX 2372 0 0 = = = = * = = 1 4.0 2366 8 Bluvshtein, Mark CAN 2287 0 1 0 0 0 1 = * = = 3.5 2339 9 Levitt, Jonathan g ENG 2438 0 0 = 0 = = = = * = 3.0 2277 10 McDonald, Neil R g ENG 2439 0 0 0 = 0 1 0 = = * 2.5 2236 --------------------------------------------------------------------
The 12th Nottinghamshire Rapidplay was held at Siemens plc, Beeston, Nottingham, on 4 March 2001.
Another record-breaking entry for this year's event with 181 competitors, a 16% increase on last year's total and some latecomers having to be disappointed due to lack of space.
In the OPEN section (22 competitors) the two competing IMs were surprisingly outscored by some of their less fancied rivals, and following a draw between them in round 5, first place was shared by FM Adam Collinson (Gambit) and Antonis Hadzimanolis (Loughborough) who both scored 5/6. Third place was shared by IM Lawrence Cooper (Stafford) and Martin Burrows (Wigston) with 4½/6.
The MAJOR section, for players graded below 155 (63 competitors) was for the most part dominated by Richard Desmedt of EBFC, who survived a difficult last round encounter to take first place with 5½/6. Three players shared second place - Simon Wells (Mansfield), Lloyd Beckford (Harambee) and Dean Hartley (Amber Valley), who all scored 5/6, the first two also winning the grading prizes in this section.
The STEVE HOUSEGO MEMORIAL section, for players graded below 110 (96 competitors) was a close contest throughout, with no one player dominating proceedings. In the end, three players shared first prize - Prasun Chakravorty (Shefield Nomads), Abdel Azzam (Nottingham University) and Richard Davies (Derby), all scoring 5½/6. They will share the Steve Housego Memorial trophy once it has been engraved. Local players were successful in winning grading prizes, and six book prizes were presented to the most successful juniors who did not win cash prizes.
Despite some computer problems between rounds one and two, the tournament soon got back on schedule and finished at the advertised time, for which thanks are due to the entire controlling team and to the caterers. It is hoped that the event will take place on the equivalent date next year at the same excellent venue, when consideration will be given to running a fourth section due to the ever-increasing number of entries.
Adam Collinson Gambit 5/6 1st= £80.00 Antonis Hadzimanolis Loughborough 5/6 1st= £80.00 Lawrence Cooper Stafford 4½/6 3rd= £30.00 Martin Burrows Wigston 4½/6 3rd= £30.00 Li Wu Nuneaton 3½/6 U170 Grd £10.00 Jonathon Arnott Rotherham Juniors 3½/6 U170 Grd £10.00 Andrew Butterworth Barnsley 3½/6 U170 Grd £10.00
Richard Desmedt EBFC 5½/6 1st £75.00
Simon Wells Mansfield 5/6 2nd= £42.00
U140 Grd
Lloyd Beckford Harambee 5/6 2nd= £42.00
U125 Grd
Dean Hartley Amber Valley 5/6 2nd= £22.00
Prasun Chakravorty Sheffield Nomads 5½/6 1st= £40.00 Abdel Azzam Nottm University 5½/6 1st= £40.00 Richard Davies Derby 5½/6 1st= £40.00 Stuart Cobbett Stapleford 4½/6 U95 Grd £20.00 Chris Elvin West Bridgford 4½/6 U80 Grd £20.00 Carl Gartside High Peak 4½/6 Best Ung £20.00 Robert Woolham S A S C A 4½/6 Best Junior £10.00 Michael Keetley Stapleford 4½/6 Best Junior £10.00 Manpreet Mann Nomads 4/6 Junior Book Prize Daniel Isterling Ashfield 4/6 Junior Book Prize Ian Kwasny Ashfield 4/6 Junior Book Prize Ian Harris Stapleford 3½/6 Junior Book Prize Ben Lamy Rushcliffe Juniors 3½/6 Junior Book Prize Charlotte Wilcox Rushall 3½/6 Junior Book Prize
The first three also win the Steve Housego Memorial Plate.
1st - The Losers (12/18) win £10.00 2nd - Long Eaton (10/18) win £6.00 3rd - The Team (9½/18) win £4.00
Congress Director: K McMahon
Number of competitors: 476
Congress
Secretary: D Clayton
Number of tournaments: 6
Chief Controller: D
Welch, BCF Chief Arbiter
Prize fund: £6,580
Venue: Winter
Gardens, Blackpool
Open to all players, Number of competitors: 44, Controller: D Welch, Prize fund: £1,500
1= Danny Gormally (Hackney), James T Sherwin 4½/5
£550.00
3= Mike Surtees (Bolton), Mark Hebden (Birstall, Beeson
Gregory), Richard Palliser (Barbican 4NCL) 4 £66.67
Grading prizes:
U200 R Shaw (Highpeak) 3½ £50.00
U185: JL Blackburn (RHHC), MR
Peacock 3 £25.00
Preston Lady prize: Jana Bellin (Walsall Kipping) 3
£50.00
British Qualifier Richard Palliser (Barbican 4NCL) 4
£50.00
U175, Number of competitors: 69, Controller: P Purland, Prize fund: £1,030.00
1= A McCumiskey (Solihull), K Shaw (Inverness), P Wheldon (Urmston)
4½ £300.00
Grading prizes: U160 R Taylor (Preston) 4
£40.00
U150 M Abbott (Exmouth), M Fox (Warley Quinborne), G Thomas
(Stourbridge), P Widrascu (Halifax) 3 £10.00
Lady Prize: E
Rutherford (Edinburgh) 3 £50.00
U140, Number of competitors: 86, Controller: S Woodcock, Prize fund: £1,070.00
1= Teresa Khoo (Richmond Jnr.), J Burrows (Norwich Dons), M Burns
(Stockport) 4½ £300.00
Grading prizes: U135 RA Dean (Pudsey),
NA Howe (St. Andrews) 4 £20.00
U130 R Gallagher (Oldham), A Jaques
(Norcross) 3½ £20.00
U125 LA Coe (Stockport), ML Parker
(Lytham Ex.) 3½ £20.00
Lady Prize: Teresa Khoo (Richmond
Jnr.) 4½ £50.00
U120, Number of competitors: 104, Controller: G Jones, Prize fund: £1,070.00
1= R Morruzzi (Leek), CP Fisher (Formby), T Vout (Chorlton) 4½
£300.00
Grading Prizes U115 G Randle (Telford) 4 £40.00
U110 D Brent (Urmston) 3½ £40.00
U105 S Gardner
(Cleveleys) 4 £40.00
Lady Prize: Poppy Aarons (Hampstead), Suzie
Blackburn (RHHC) 2½ £25.00
U100, Number of competitors: 92, Controller: L Barnes, Prize fund: £1070.00
1 CD Atkinson (Crusaders) 5 £500.00
2= D Jarmany (Crusaders),
N Jowett (Blackpool), AG Roberts (Prescot & Knotty Ash) 4½
£133.33
Grading Prizes: U95 M Plant (3C's) 4 £40.00
U90 M
Horne (Crusaders) 3½ £40.00
U85 E Baillie (South Tyneside
College) 4 £40.00
Lady Prize: Katie Martin (3C's), Sandra Blackburn
(RHHC) 2½ £25.00
U80, Number of competitors: 81, Controller: R Hart, Prize fund: £750.00
1 M Mills 5 £200.00
2= ND Marshall (Rolls Royce Derby), D
Argile (Rawtenstall) 4½ £125.00
4= G Hampson (Oswestry), PR
Wright (Pittington), P Smith (Rolls Royce Derby), R Hinsley (High Wycombe), RC
Holmes (Newport ), JHT Eddershaw (Sanvic Dormer), T Lawton (Atticus), JA Hughes
(Chorley) 4 £6.25
Grading Prizes U75 PR Wright (Pittington), P Smith
(Rolls Royce Derby), R Hinsley (High Wycombe), RC Holmes (Newport) 4
£6.25
U70 JHT Eddershaw (Sanvic Dormer), T Lawton (Atticus) 4
£12.50
U60 JA Hughes (Chorley) 4 £25.00
U55 S
Coleclough-Worrel (Rawtenstall) 3 £25.00
U50 P Hudson (3C's), RA
Bellin (Walsall Kipping) 3 £12.50
U40 K Thomas (Lytham Ex.), CJ
Vickers (Rolls Royce Derby) 3 £12.50
UG Non Jnr. I Riddoch (Luton)
3½ £25.00
UG Jnr. J Mackenzie (Leyland) 3 £25.00
Lady Prize MA Ellison (Poulton-le-Fylde) 3½ £50.00
Ungraded Prizes, Non-Junior P Fairburn (South Tyneside) 3 £25.00
Junior J McKiernan (Nelson) 4 £25.00
Lady Prize M Ellison
(Poulton-le-Fylde) 3½ £50.00
Sharon Furlong Trophy
Awarded to the lady with the highest
score overall.
Teresa Khoo (Major, Richmond Jnr) 4½ £50.00
Veterans Prize
Awarded to the player with the highest score
who is aged over 60.
AG Roberts (Minor, PKA), CP Fisher (Intermediate,
Formby) 4½ £20.00
1st D Shaw (Urmston) 5½, 2nd C Dunlop (Crusaders) 5, 3rd R Howley (Bolton) 4
1st F Smith (Netherton) 5½, 2= P R Chapman (Central), K
Zeneemeder (MUCC) 5
Other Grand Prix scores: J Hanley (Lancaster) 4, T Vout
(Chorlton) 4½, I Dhesi (Wigan) 4, P Leonard (Manchester) 4
1st A De Santos (Preston) 5½, 2= J Burgess (RHHC) 5, T Dugdale
(Widnes), P H Jackson (Netherton), G Jones (Barnsley)
Other Grand Prix
scores: R Morris (Caergwrie Crown) 3½, G Clarke (East Cheshire) 4, G
Doyle (St Helens) 4, V Crompton (3Cs) 4½
This is the second year running that David Shaw has won the Major.
Richard Murphy, Publicity Officer, Braille Chess Association reports: The Braille Chess Association (BCA) Annual General Meeting and Congress was held at the Grantham Marriot Hotel, Grantham, on 16-18 March 2001.
1 T Mordue 4½/5, 2-4 C Ross, D Hartley, W Armstrong, S Burnell 4/5, 5 C Chambers 3½
Another good result for Dean Hartley in his first tournament as an Associate Member of the BCA.
1 S Watkins 4½/5, 2-4 J Osborne, F Collisson, G Patching 3
Report by John Weightman
1st Peter Taylor 192 5/6 Barbican 2nd Andrew Bigg 187 4½/6 Beckenham & Bromley 3rd David Howell 154 4/6 Crowborough No Players on 3½ Points Abimbola Adelaja 197 3½/6 Hackney
Joint 1st David Cutmore 162 5/6 Wood Green Branko Pribanich 160 5/6 Northampton Joint 3rd Ian Henderson 158 4/6 So'ton University Michael Kobylka 149 4/6 Wood Green Ken Groce 134 4/6 Loughton Moses Kanzira 87 4/6 Huntington Female Players on 3 Points Dinah Norman 133 3/6 Guildford
Joint 1st Dana Hawrami 116 5/6 Ilford Junior Jinwoo Song 113 5/6 King's Head Joint 3rd Sarah Hegarty (F) 117 4½/6 Woking Junior Ljarmk Lazarenic (F) 108 4½/6 South Ockendon Players on 4 Points Michael Mkpadi 117 4/6 London North Paul Blackwell 110 4/6 London South West Ken Hedger 103 4/6 Hammersmith John R McKenna 103 4/6 Beckenham Alistair Good U/G 4/6 Clapham Players on 3½ Points David Everitt 82 3½/6 Haywards Heath
Scott Freeman reports: We had a day of sweat and tears and biting of nails but all 65 players eventually relaxed after England beat Finland 2-1 at soccer. I am not, however, sure what the views were on the result of the boat race, but most players missed it as it started exactly as we started Round 2.
Oh yes, we had a chess tournament as well and the following players won the following monies after the 6 rounds:
UNDER 200 (11 players) 1 Paul Georghiou Barnet 5½ £80 2 David Howell Crowborough 4 £40 UNDER 160 (14 players) 1= Paul Kelly Hastings 5 £52-50 1= David Sedgwick Coulsdon 5 £52-50 UNDER 120 (18 players) 1 Charlie Linford The Holt 6 £60 2= Michael Bridger King's Head 4½ £15 2= Jinwoo Song King's Head 4½ £15 UNDER 80 (22 players) 1 Sam Siebert - 5 £50 2= Garry Bennett Crawley 4½ £8-50 2= John Harvey - 4½ £8-50 2= Jacques Tivillier Chislehurst 4½ £8-50
June 9 Rapidplay
Open with graded prizes
SATURDAY PRIMARY SCHOOLS' LEAGUE
The CCF Schools' work is
developing really well with the termly Saturday Schools' League event expected
to top 200 players this term with the final leg of the event on April 7th and
an expected growth for next term when the event is held across 3 consecutive
Saturdays at the end of June and start of July. Any Primary School teams
interested in April 7th (teams of 4) should contact me urgently.
CCF CHESS CHALLENGE
Also running well is the CCF Chess
Challenge with over 30 schools and clubs taking part and still the possibility
of a few more coming on board. A wide range of abilities took part in the March
10th extra qualifying event here at CCF.
Kevin Staveley reports: The Dyfed Congress took place at Gwbert, 23-25 February 2001.
Open: 1-2nd J Hodgson, K Arkell 4½/5 (£180 each),
3rd C Dunworth 4 (£70)
Grading: John Hardie (Cardiff) 3
(£20)
Major: 1st Simon A Fowler (Coddon) 4½/5 (£160),
2-5th CE Owen (Cardigan), D Spencer (Abergavenny), S Boniface (Bristol), S
Williams (Cwmbran) 4 (£35 each)
Grading: J Pardoe (Guildford)
3½ (£15)
Minor: 1st D Jameson (Colwyn Bay) 5/5 (£130), 2nd G
Johnston (Carmarthen) 4 (£65), 3-4th M Moure (Neath), M Henwood
(Pembroke) 3½ (£20)
Grading: B Easton (Dunfermline) 2½
(£10)
David McAlister reports: The Target Recruitment Open, organised by the Ulster Chess Union, was held between 30th March-1st April at Queen's University Belfast and was part of the Terence Chapman Grand Prix.
Masters
1-2 GM Bogdan Lalic ENG and GM Alexander Baburin IRL 5/6 3-4 IM Harmen Jonkman NED and FM Yge Visser NED 4½ 5-9 IM Mark Orr IRL, FM Colm Daly IRL, Tom Clarke IRL, Stephen Gillen IRL and Keith Allen IRL 4
Challengers (under 1800)
1-2. Brendan O'Neill and Ian Davis 5/6 3. Jim McLean 4½ 4-10. Tony Parker, Sam Moore, Paul McLoughlin, Alan Burns, Gerald Harvey, Fernando Alvarez and Stephen McCann 4
Major (under 1400)
1-2. Michelle Cowley and Jack McCann 5½/6 3-4. Andrew Higgins and Harry Patterson 4
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