CONGRESSES

Updated 24.8.99

CONGRESS RESULTS

35th BERKS AND BUCKS CONGRESS at Reading, 28-30 August 1999
Championship 169+ (16 pl) 1 PJ Sharp (Reading) 4/5; 2-3 DL Roberts (Bracknell), RJ Starkie (Oxford) 3½...
Challengers 147-168 (16 pl) 1 CA Young (St Albans) 4/5; 2-5 JJ Foster (Newbury: age 15), AR Fulton (London NW10), JP Gillespie (Reading), SJ Willetts (Oxford) 3½...
Reserves A 126-137 (16 pl) 1 LM Goodwin (Marlow: 13) 5/5; 2-3 D Norman (Wokingham), LD Varnam (Reading: 14) 3½...
Reserves B 103-123 (15 pl) 1 A Duncan (London N4) 4/5; 2-3 GS Pierce (High Wycombe), P Thomas (Kidderminster) 3½...
Reserves C 86-103 (16 pl) 1 M Dignam (Berkhamsted: 11) 4½/5; 2 JHL Pitts (Sonning Common: 16) 4; 3 TR Morris-Weston (Reading) 3½...
Reserves D U86 (14 pl) 1 PAP Maddock (Calcot Reading: 14) 5/5; 2 CM Linford (Brighton: 13) 4; 3 IA Sayer (Spencers Wood) 3½...
Lightning 1-2 MR Taylor (Gillingham), RC Cannon (Northolt)...
Cup for best performance by an U14: LM Goodwin
Results Nigel Dennis (two female first names censored)

30th THANET CONGRESS 20-22 August 1999
Open (20 ent) 1 SW Giddins (Medway) 4½/5; 2-3 MR Taylor (Rainham), CM Cooley (Maidstone) 4... Grading U180 M Noakes (Maidstone)
Major U160 (30 ent) 1 A Nicol (Folkestone) 4½/5; 2-4 Jessie Gilbert (Coulsdon), A Talbot (Rugby), H Sharples (Margate) 4... Grading U140 S Pride (Cambridge); Best Thanet RF Pooley (Herne Bay). Thought Margate was in Thanet.
Intermediate U125 (29 ent) 1 CG Gregory (Margate) 4½/5; 2-4 P Havens (Broadstairs), RA Inglis (Phoenix), MR Croft (Margate)... Grading U110 J Couzens (Broadstairs); Best Thanet F Carlucci (Whitstable. Whitstable isn't in Thanet, except to chess players.)
Minor U100 (27 ent) 1 DSJ Shipp (Whitstable) 4½/5; 2-3 R House (Medway), D Howdle (Ramsgate) 4... Best Thanet L Garfield (Birchington)
Special Prizes: Junior U15 Christopher Jones (Chislehurst); Senior Over 60 LR Jones (Beckenham)
Results AD Hargreaves

GOLDERS GREEN RAPIDPLAY 14th August 1999
Part of the Onyx Grand Prix
Open (11 pl) 1-2 IM Peter Marusenko (Ukraine), Abimbola Adelaja (Hackney CC) 4½/6 £45; 3-6 Philippe Testud (France), Paul Georghiou (Barnet), Michel Hockx (NL, Hendon CC), Simon Warman (Imperial College) 4...
Major U160 (17 pl) 1-3 Emyr Jones (Imperial Ns), Nick de Peyer (Kings Head), Michael JR White (Musketeers) 5/6 £30 pounds; 4 David Cutmore (Wood Green) 4... Grading U145 Maor Shine (Hendon), Donny Muter Richmond) 3½ £7.50
Minor U130 (16 p) 1 Robert Attar (Hendon) 5/6 £60; 2 Chris Jones (Hendon) 4½ £30; 3-4 Ian Brooke (Oxford City), Martin Leanse (Hampstead) 4... Grading U115 Martin Leanse (meal voucher at the Piccola Italia Restaurant, Golders Green)
Amateur U100 (18 pl) 1 Andrew Curran (Hampstead) 5½/6 £60; 2 Edward Leung (RJCC) 5 30... Grading U85 John J Kelly (Northampton), David Dunne (Fiveways) 4 £7.50
Results Adam Raoof

GOLDERS GREEN RAPIDPLAY 17th July 1999
Part of the Onyx Grand Prix
Open (15 pl) 1 IM Jonathan Parker (Monarchs) 5½/6 £60; 2 Jovanka Houska (Slough) 4½ £30; 3 Deiter Seidel (Germany) 4 £15... Grading U175 Kieran Smallbone (Basingstoke) 4 (won a voucher for a meal for two at the Piccola Italia Restaurant in Golders Green, donated by co-owner, and regular Golders Green participant, Salvatore Pepe)
Major U160 (18 pl) 1 Jonathan Lappage (Oxford) 5/6 £60; 2-3 Martin Page (Insurance CC), Tom Quilter (Gerrards Cross) 4½ £22.50... Grading U145 Oliver Cooley (St Olaves) 4 (meal-for-two voucher)
Minor U130 (23 pl) 1-2 CJ de Mooi (Hammersmith CC), Norman Harris (Metropolitan) 5/6 £45; 3 Paul E Richards (Whitstable) 4½ £15... Grading U115 Ray Gosden (Whitstable) 3½ (meal for two). Also Barry Sandercock (Veteran) 3½
Amateur U100 (29 pl) 1 Joel Bird (Southampton Uni) 6/6 £60; 2 Alex Lim (Hounslow) 4½ £15; 3-4 Jason Klimach (Ilford), Jan Wassermann-Fry (Whitstable) 4½/6 £25 (includes U85 and Junior prize respectively)
Results Adam Raoof

ESSEX TEAM BLITZ at Wanstead House, 4th July 1999
1 Cavendish 30/36; 2 Writtle 27½; 3 Ilford 24; 4 Wanstead I 22; 5 Woodbridge I 19½... 10 teams of four, APA and they finsihed at 1 pm after a 10 o'clock start. Followed by:
ESSEX INDIVIDUAL LIGHTNING(16 pl)
1 (after play-off) Andrew Brett (Writtle) 4/5; 2-3 Jeff Goldberg (Ilford), Roland Payne 4; 4-7 Paul Barclay, Syd Kalinsky (Cavendish), Robin Slade, Russell White (both Writtle) 3...
Results Chessex

GOLDERS GREEN RAPIDPLAY 26th June 1999
Open (13 pl) 1 Roy Royce (formerly Sagall: 188, Hampstead) 5/6 £60; 2 Paul Georghiou (209, Barnet) 4½ £30; 3-6 Alastair Compton (168, King's Head: U175 prize £20), Marcus Osborne (180, Wallington), Oleg Choulechko (Russia), Jim Plaskett (236g, Hastings) 4...
Major U160 (21 pl) 1 Oliver Cooley (139, St Olaves) 6/6 £60; 2 Andrew Bigg (129, Beckenham) 5 £30; 3-5 Donny Muter (138, Richmond), Simon Warman (129, Imperial), Douglas Hogan (Ireland) 4... Grading U145 Muter, Hogan £10
Minor U130 (20 pl) 1-2 Alexander Meynell (125, Streatham), CJ de Mooi (119s, West London) 5/6 £45; 3-5 Alexander O'Neill (97, Ilford), David Bareham (125, Bradon Forest), David McNish (125, Edmonton) 4... Grading U115 O'Neill £20
Amateur U100 (23 pl) 1-3 Edward Leung (86, Richmond Juniors), Clive Blackburn (89, Northampton), David Everitt (92, Haywards Heath) 5/6 £30; 4 Robert Walker (97, King's Gambit Nottingham) 4½; 5-6 James Berlin (99, Ilford: Highest Under 16 £10), William McLaughlin (85, Metropolitan) 4; 7-10 Dominic Howard (94, Charlton), Howard Berlin (96, Ilford), Derek Birt (85, Hayes Middx), Andrew Fabisz (87, NW London) 3½... Grading U85 Mark A Richards (82, Whitstable) 3 £10
Results Adam Raoof

24th RICHMOND RAPIDPLAY at Hampton, 6th June 1999
Open (17 pl) 1 IM Andrew Ledger (London) 5/6; 2-4 IM Mike Basman (Chessington), IM Peter Large (London), IM Simon Williams (London) 4½... Grading U200 Marcus Osborne (Wallington) 3; U180 Nicholas Moloney (London) 3
Major U160 )16 pl) 1 Dan Mayers (Wadhurst Sussex) 5/6; 2 Simon Wrigley (Purley) 4½; 3-5 John Foley (London), Donny Muter (London), John Woolley (Northolt) 4... Grading U140 Muter, Woolley
Intermediate U120 (19 pl) 1 Derek Birt (Hayes Middx) 5½/6; 2 Anna Partington (RJCC/Leatherhead) 5; 3 Joe Xuereb (New Malden) 4½... Grading U100 Edward Leung (RJCC/London), Sebastian Pozzo (London) 3½
Minor U80 (28 pl) 1-2 Timothy Seymour (RJCC/Sunbury), Jonah Specter (Northwood, Middx) 5/6; 3-5 Kevin Allsop (Suffolk), Harry Godfrey (RJCC/Osterley), Marco Lizzul (RJCC/Hampton) 4½...
28 players
Latoka Engineering Grand Prix
The Grand Prix, for Richmond regulars, took in all six of this season's Richmond Rapidplays. Eight prizes of £75, in different grading categories. Don't know precisely what the categories were. Winners: A IM Simon Williams (London); B no qualifying scores!; C Chris Briscoe (West Molesey); D Dave Faldon (London); E Donny Muter (London); F Paul Kendall (London); G Anna Partington (RJCC/Leatherhead); H Timothy Seymour (RJCC/Sunbury). Consolation prizes to Graeme Buckley, Malcolm Miles, James Snowden
Results Richard James

HENDON (10 minute) BLITZ 3rd June 1999
1 Paul Georghiou 202 6/6 £40; 2-4 Bertie Barlow 185, Mike Tasker 175, David Iwi 130 5 £10 each; 5 (and £10 grading prize) Neville Belinfante 99 4½... 40 played
Results Adam Raoof. Hendon Blitz takes place on the first Thursday of every month, 7.30 to 10 pm, at St Albans Church Hall, Golders Green NW11. Entry fee £5.

GOLDERS GREEN RAPIDPLAY 22nd May 1999
Open (10 pl) 1 GM Aaron Summerscale (Hackney) 5½/6 £60; 2 IM Colin Crouch (Harrow) 5 £30; 3 Paul Georghiou (Barnet) 4...
Major U160 (10 pl) 1 Adam Dakin (London N1) 6/6 £30*; 2 Emyr Jones (Imperial Knights) 4 £60; 3-5 E Michael White, Dan E Mayers (Marshall: Veteran), Maor Shine (Hendon) 3½...
Minor U130 (18 pl) 1-2 Claire Lusher (Fareham), Lee Gold (Hendon) 5/6 £45; 3 David McNish (Edmonton) 4½; 4-5 Lucy Smith (Oxford City), Maurice Siegel (Waltham Forest) 4... Grading U115 Siegel: two Grandmaster Videos.
Amateur U100 (10 pl) 1 Nick Burrows (Bolton) 6/6 £60; 2 Clive Blackburn (Northampton) 4 £30; 3 Adrian Fabisz (Willesden) 3½...
* Ungraded Player Rule
Results Adam Raoof

GOLDERS GREEN BLITZ 4th May 1999
24 played. 1-3 IM Colin Crouch (Harrow), Andrew Kitchlew (ISH), Costas Harris (QEB's) 5/6; 4-5 Alfredo Luaces (Kings Head), Ortwin Kreibich (GER) 4½; 6-7 Adam Joelson (highest placed Hendon Club member on tie-break: "Hendon Fiver"), Lee Gold (also Hendon) 4; 8-10 Chris Jones (Hendon), Jamie Hillman, Michel Hockx (NL) 3½...
Blitz is held on the first Thursday of every month.
Results Adam Raoof

GOLDERS GREEN RAPIDPLAY 24th April 1999
Open (8 pl) 1 Robert Eames (Hackney) 5½/6 £60; 2-3 Paul Georghiou (Barnet), Costas Harris (Hendon) 4 £15; 4 Heather Richards (Whitstable) 3...
Major (22 pl) 1 Dan Mayers (USA/Hampstead) 6/6 £60; 2-3 Iva Anguelov (Barnet), Gordon Cadden (Hampstead) 4½ £15... Grading U145 Donny Muter (Richmond), Ivan Jones (NZL) 4 £7½0
Minor (15 pl) 1 Barry Sandercock (Chalfont St Giles) 5/6 £60; 2-3 Selva Somupillai (Wimbledon), Andrew Mant 4½ £15... Grading U115 Michael Mkpadi (King's Head), Paul Richards (Whitstable) £7½0 Amateur (18 pl) 1 Nick Burrows (Bolton) 6/6 £60; 2-4 Jan Wasserman-Fry (Whitstable), Edward Leung (Richmond), Andrew Fabisz (Willesden) 4...
Results Adam Raoof

23rd RICHMOND RAPIDPLAY 18th April 1999
Open (27 pl) 1 IM Andrew Ledger (London) 5½/6; 2 IM Saevar Bjarnason (Iceland) 5; 3-4 Gavin Wall (London), Simon Williams (Farnham) 4½... Grading U200 Steve Ledger (Bedford) 3½; U180 Bertie Barlow (Ewell), Martin Taylor (Rainham, Kent) 3½/6
Major (14 pl) 1 Andrew Bigg (Oxted) 5/6; 2 Tom Quilter (Beaconsfield) 4½; 3-4 Oliver Cooley (Biggin Hill), C Devon Thomas (Bristol) 4... Grading U140 Cooley, Thomas
Intermediate (30 pl) 1 David Bates (RJCC/Richmond) 6/6; 2-3 Peter Szabo (Ilford), Mark Wieder (Feltham) 4½... Grading U100 Alex Kelly (Caterham), Edward Leung (RJCC/London), Joe Zhang (London) 3½
Minor (24 pl) 1-2 Trevor Pettit (RJCC/Hounslow), Ivan Sayer (Reading) 5/6; 3-4 Peter Alexander (RJCC/Surbiton), Malcolm Miles (Oxted) 4½...
"One effect of the BCF's failure to publish any Rapidplay grades for almost a year is that many juniors have Rapidplay grades which are far too low. It is also noticeable that many players, especially juniors, have Rapidplay grades well below their slowplay grades. We guess the main reason for this is that if they play few Rapidplay games a lot of old information is still being used by the grading system. The BCF really needs to address this situation once the new system's teething problems have been resolved."
Results Richard James/Adam Raoof

43rd SOUTHEND EASTER CONGRESS 2-5 April 1999
Redbus Knockout
was a 16 player KO with substantial Redbus sponsorship. Must have been around £10,000, is our guess. Top prize was £2000 and even the first-round losers took home £200. Redbus is not, as we first supposed, a bus company. It is the latest venture of Southend-born Cliff Stanford, the self-made millionaire who founded Demon Internet (and recently sold it to Scottish Telecom, not the highest bidders but he wanted it to remain in British hands). Redbus was set up to help people who have good ideas and no funding, and it is so named, we understand, because he always wanted to drive one.
     We believe that the KO is expected to happen again next year.
For each round two games were played at the rate of 100 minutes plus 30 seconds per move (Fischer timings). Tie-break: two ten-minute games and, if necessary, five-minute sudden-death.
     The format of this event pretty much guaranteed some upsets, with the lower-rated player winning in 6 of the 14 decisive contests. However, only Malcolm Pein was able to manage this without resorting to the quickplay games, beating both Daniel King and John Emms before going out to Jim Plaskett in the semi-final.
     After the first two games of the final were drawn, the arbiter, Jack Speigel, asked both players to return in twenty minutes for the play-off, or alternatively, they could split the prize money without further play. This latter course was agreed by both players. Fuller report, plus all the 'slowplay' games, on the Redbus website.
Round 1 Tony Miles ½ ½ 0 1 0 Jim Plaskett; Jon Speelman 1 ½ Chris Ward; John Emms ½ 1 Andrew Ledger; Bogdan Lalic 1 0 1 1 Nick Pert; Murray Chandler 1 0 0 1 0 Colin McNab; Nigel Davies ½ 1 Jon Levitt; Daniel King 0 0 Malcolm Pein; Jonathan Rowson 1 0 1 1 Ruth Sheldon
Round 2 Plaskett 1 0 1 0 1 McNab; Emms ½ 0 Pein; Speelman 1 ½ Davies; Lalic ½ 1 Rowson
Semi-final Pein 0 0 Plaskett; Lalic ½ ½ 0 1 1 Speelman. Final Plaskett ½ ½ Lalic, peace agreed.
Southend Open (76 pl)
In the absence of any GMs and IMs there was no single obvious favourite. Additionally, with first-round losers of the Redbus Knockout tournament having the option of entering the competition with 1½/2, it seemed likely that the tournament would be rather more 'open' than in previous years. As it turned out, only two players from the Redbus tournament participated in the Open, Andrew Ledger and Nick Pert. Both managed a (one-sixth!) share of first place. The event is FIDE-rated and two juniors completed their ratings. These were Lawrence Trent (Ilford: age 12) with a rating of 2138, and Sophie Tidman (Solihull Youth: age 15) 2073. Part ratings were achieved by John Bennett (Stevenage) and Richard Webster (Radcliffe & Bingham).
1-6 David Ledger (Bedford: MD Speigel Memorial Trophy and British Championship place), Adrian Jackson (British Airways) Nicholas Pert (Ipswich), Andrew Ledger (Bedford), John Sugden (Lewisham), Peter Sharp (Reading) 5½/7... Grading 171-185 Peter Sharp; 156-170 Alec Toll (Norwich Dons) 5; 141-155 Ralph Newton (Rayleigh) 4½; 126-140 Daniel Gibbs (Ilford) 4; U126 Duncan Reed (Didcot), Michael Bridger (Customs) 3½
5-Round 'A' (18pl) 1-3 John Dodgson (Hastings), Ian McAllan (Sidcup), John Denton (Royston) 4...
5-Round 'B' (20pl) 1 Hugh Tanton (Billericay) 4; 2-5 Tony Miles [eh?] (Basildon), Richard Nash (Barnstaple), Stephen Savill (Chelmsford), Charles Newman (Billericay) 3½...
5-Round 'C' (20pl) 1 Antony O'Toole (Temple Sutton) 4½; 2 James Luck (Grays) 4; 3-4 David McGladdery (Hassocks), Finlay Moreland (Newham) 3½...
5-Round 'D' (19pl) 1 Bill Nisbet (Hadleigh) 5; 2 Nicholas Jellett (Customs) 4; 3-5 Roy Middleton (Hadleigh), Alistair Hung (Writtle), Alex O'Toole (Temple Sutton) 3½...
Lightning (10 sec/move) Saturday 3rd April: 1-2 Michael Twyble (Southend), Thomas Dougherty (Metropolitan) 5½/6...
Derek Field Memorial Trophy for the Essex junior with the highest percentage score in the congress was awarded to Antony O'Toole of Temple Sutton School in Southend. He also received a cash prize donated by the David Wood Memorial Trust. All other players scoring 50% or more received a book prize.
     The Congress was organised by the Southend-on-Sea Chess Club. Assistance is gratefully acknowledged from Southend-on-Sea Borough Council for use of the Civic Centre, from Redbus Investments Limited, and also the GFI Group for financial support and from Barrie Ellen, The Bookshop, Westcliff-on-Sea, for donation of the book prizes.
Results Howard Grist howard.grist@rebus.co.uk (no, that isn't a misprint for redbus)

SURREY EASTER CONGRESS at Sutton, 2-5 April 1999
Speculation about the future of the Congress prompted the following statement to be released during the weekend.
     "The Surrey Congress Committee is concerned about persistent rumours that the Congress will not be held after this year. These rumours are quite untrue. The Surrey CCA is fully committed to ensuring that the Congress continues to take place over the Easter weekend in 2000 and in subsequent years."
     The overall number of entries was slightly down on last year, 363 competitors playing in the seven events compared with 410 last year, but the Congress retains its position as the third or fourth largest in the country (behind the Smith & Williamson British Championships and Hastings, and possibly Blackpool). The number of entries allowed the Congress Committee to increase the prize fund by £610.
     "As a small recognition of our Jubilee Congress it was decided to award three prizes to those Clubs who achieved the highest aggregate scores in the various events (the better score in either Minor or Novice counting towards the total). Only the Club's best score in each event counted and it was obviously an advantage to have Club members in each tournament. Richmond Juniors and South Norwood soon established a clear lead, but the battle for third place proved to be very close until Coulsdon pulled away from the chasing pack on the last day."
Frank Winter Memorial Open (FIDE rated: 79 pl) had no GMs this year but there were 62 rated players and another five achieved full ratings.
1 Andrew Webster (South Norwood / Bigwood: SCCU Champion) 6½/7 and £400; 2 Andrew Kinsman (Guildford) 6 and £240; 3-4 Richard Bates (Richmond), Simon Williams (Richmond / Hackney) 5½ and £90... SCCU U18 Champion Heather Richards (Kent Juniors) 4½ on tie-break from Matthew Broomfield (South Norwood); Grading U2226 Paul Georghiou (Barnet), Peter Kemp (Streatham) 4½; U2126 Richards, Broomfield; U2000 Malcolm Armstrong (Slough), Andrew Bigg (Hayes Kent) 4. British Championship qualifying places have been offered to Roy Phillips (Bristol) 5 and Matthew Broomfield.
     Andrew Webster started his congress career at Sutton 16 years ago in the Novice Tournaments.
Premier U170 (45 pl) 1 Thirumurugan Thiruchelvam (Richmond Juniors) 6/7 £240 ("my name in full on the cheque, please"); 2 Dan Erichsen (Surrey Univ / Denmark) 5½ £120; 3-6 Donald Chaudry (Hounslow), Jeremy Kaye (Finchley), Russell Manning (Richmond), Martin Page (Insurance) 5 £38... Grading U156 Anthony Fulton (Willesden), Andrew Hebron (Barclays Bank) 4½ £15. Junior U18 Koichi Nicholas (Slough) 4 £25
Eric Weimann Memorial U145 (68 pl) 1-3 Andrew Fleming (Eastbourne), Russell Goodfellow (Tunbridge Wells), George Zubreckzi (East Grinstead) 6/7 £150; 4-5 George Coomber (Redhill), Donny Muter 5½ £30... SCCU U14 Champion David Howell (age 8 yrs 4½ months) 5 £25; Grading U132 Terry Smith (Islington) 5 £30; U121 David Howell £30. Junior U18 Donny Muter 5½, Chris Rawlinson 4½ £10 each
Minor A U120 (Fri/Sat: 63 pl) 1 Joseph Farrell (Metropolitan) 5/5 £110; 2-3 Kate Feld (Ashtead), John Sprackett (Wimbledon) 4½ £55; 4-6 Dennis Rattray (South Norwood), Norman Tidy (Cobham), Ian van Delft (Southampton Univ) 4 £10... Grading U107 Joseph Al Malah (Danson), Giles Berry (Richmond Juniors), Raymond Gosden (Whitstable), Joseph Zhang (Hendon) 3½ £13. Junior U18 Giles Berry, Joseph Zhang 3½
Minor B U120 (Sun/Mon: 51 pl) 1 James Wilson (*Clapham) 5/5 £110; 2 Raymond Gosden (Whitstable) 4½ £70; 3-7 Douglas Barber (*Purley), Kenneth Bracewell (Ashtead), Connagh-Joseph de Mooi (Hammersmith), Anthony Duncan (Islington), Joseph Xuereb (Wimbledon) 4 £14... Grading U109 Barber, Bracewell, Zuereb 4 £10; U95 Bracewell 4 £8, Errol Campbell (Sidcup) 3 £22. Junior U18 James Chapman (Danson) 3 £20; U11 David Barraclough, Peter Poobalasingam, Sebastian Pozzo 1½ £7
Novice A U100 (Fri/Sat: 29 pl) 1-2 Anton Chernikov, Edward Leung (both Richmond Juniors) 4½/5 £48... Junior U18 [sorry, seems to be no name but he won £20]
Novice B U100 (Sun/Mon: 28 pl) 1 Edward Leung (Richmond Juniors) 4/5 £50; 2-4 Malcolm Jamieson (Eastbourne), Ben Shore (Liverpool), Brian Williamson (Coulsdon) 4 £10... Junior U18 Mark Richards 3½
Congress Ladies Prizes Censored, so you know whose side we're on.
Congress Seniors Prize for the best % score in any of the tournaments: Kenneth Bracewell, Joseph Xuereb 80% £12
Congress Family Prizes 1 Alexei and Anton Chernikov (twins: Richmond Juniors) 75% £25; 2 Harriet and Richard Bates (Richmond) 70.8% £20
Jubilee Team Prizes 1 South Norwood 22½; 2 Richmond Juniors 22½; 3 Coulsdon 17 (all three won a DGT)
     Congress Committee: "We gratefully acknowledge the assistance provided by all our control team who give up their Easter to make the whole weekend run so smoothly. Our thanks also to Peter Morrish and Tony Corfe for providing their very popular bookstall and for providing equipment for the Congress..."
    The Congress was saddened to hear of the death of John Hawson, at the age of 87, only two days before he was due to play in the Major. He was a regular competitor at the Congress. Before retiring to Surrey he had long been an Essex stalwart. He was Essex Champion in 1956, and later took the national Veterans title on three occasions. His family have expressed a wish to donate a trophy to the Surrey Congress in his memory.
Results Martin Cath

SPECTRUM HOVE 27-28 March 1999: see 4NCL site

ST OLAVES CONGRESS 27th March 1999
Open/U160 (7 entries in each event) 1 Paul Georghiou 209R (Barnet) 5/6; 2 James Vigus 207R (Beckenham & Bromley) 4½; 3-6 John Lewin 159 (Beckenham & Bromley: U160 winner), Nathan Alfred 175R (Beckenham & Bromley), John Briggs 176 (Charlton), David Garner 183R (Nuneaton) 3½...
Under 120 (22 entries) 1-2 Thomas Sharp 106R (Maidstone), Fred Wellings 113 (Beckenham & Bromley) 5/6; 3-4 Alistair Taylor 100R (Canterbury), Raymond Gosden 102R (Whitstable) 4½...
Junior U14 (30 entries) 1 Jan Wassermann-Fry (Whitstable) 6/6; 2 Michael Muttiah (St Olaves) 5; 3 Edmund Birkhamshaw (Hayes) 4½...
Junior U11 (40 entries) 1-2 Stephan Wassermann-Fry (Whitstable), James Asquith 5½/6; 3-5 David Christie (Bishop Challoner), James McKeever (Horton Kirby), Sebastian Pozzo 4½...
Results Hanna Cooley (grades rjh)

GOLDERS GREEN RAPIDPLAY 20th March 1999
Open (12 pl) 1 Paul Georghiou (Barnet) 5/6 £60; 2 Tryfon Gavriel (Barnet) 4½ £30; 3 Robert Keough (King's Gambit Notts and USA) 4; 4-5 Bertie Barlow (Cavendish), Alecos Ethelontis (Muswell Hill) 3½...
Major U160 (16 pl) 1 Ilya Shevelev (London) 5½/6 £60; 2 Nick de Peyer (Hampstead) 5 £30... U145 grading prize Donny Muter (Richmond) 4 £15
Minor U130 (21 pl) 1 Paul Kennelly (West London) 5½/6 £60; 2 CJ de Mooi (West London) 5 £30... U115 grading prize Ian Willmore (Wood Green), Jeff Fleischer (BT) 4 £7½0 each
Amateur U100 (18 pl) 1 Jamie Hillman (Herts) 5½/6 £60; 2 Derek Birt (Hayes, Middx) 5 £30...
Results Adam Raoof

15th LETCHWORTH ONE-DAY CONGRESS 7th March 1999
Premier 1 M Turner 4½/5; 2 G Kenworthy (Bumbles Green) 4; 3-7 J Houska, C Tippleton, L D'Costa, A Kitchlew, M Kobylka 3½... Grading 189-175 S Law 2; U175 D'Costa, Kitchlew, Kobylka. Best Herts/Beds Kenworthy
Under 160 1 P Kelly 5/5; 2-3 A Price, D Boyes; 4 P Gardner (Letchworth) 3½... Grading U140 G Collyer, M Lucey, L Trent 3. Best Herts/Beds Gardner
Under 125 1 L Dorrington 4½; 2-5 C O'Bee, B David, S Trent, M Bridger, R Woodcock 4... Grading U110 Trent; Juniors Bridger; Veterans Woodcock; Slow Starter P Housden 3
Under 95 1 A Trent 4½/5; 2-5 R Mycroft (Royston), R Child, K Allsop, J Klimach 4... Juniors T Walker 3½; Veterans F Batchelor (Hemel Hempstead), B Jones 3; Slow Starter H Walker 3
Junior U14 1 M Jellett 6/6; 2 N Jellett 4½; 3 R Hook 4...
Junior U11 1 C Heppell 6/6; 2-3 M Allen, S Davison 5...
Team Prizes: 1 Super Southenders (M Bridger, M Jellett, N Jellett, H Walker 79½%; 2 Tridentium (G Kenworthy, A Trent, L Trent, S Trent) 77½%
Results Herts Newsletter

22nd RICHMOND RAPIDPLAY 7th March 1999
Open (16 pl) 1 GM James Plaskett (Hastings) 5/6; 2-3 IM Danny Gormally (London), Gavin Wall (London) 4½... Grading U200 Thirumurugan Thiruchelvam (RJCC/New Malden) 3½; U180 Simon Buckley (Bath) 3. Murugan beat one IM and drew with another, and outside the prize list were IMs Graeme Buckley, Simon Williams and Miroslav Houska.
Major U160 (21 pl) 1 Ilya Shevelev (London) 6/6; 2-6 Morris Bernadt (London), Andrew Bigg (Oxted), David Faldon (London), David Howell (Seaford), Ross Rattray (RJCC/Cheam) 4½... Grading U140 Bernadt, Bigg, Rattray.
Intermediate U120 (29 pl) 1 Paul Richards (Whitstable) 6/6; 2-4 Wilbur Francis (London), Paul Kendall (London), Edward Leung (RJCC/London) 4½... "Top under 100" Edward Leung
Minor U80 (28 pl) 1 Timothy Powell (Hoddesdon) 6/6; 2 Alex Charles (London) 5; 3 Peter Alexander (RJCC/Surbiton) 4½; 4-10 Nicholas Baranga (London), Fred Coombes (London), Marco Lizzul (RJCC/Hampton), Malcolm Miles (Oxted), Nicholas Moon (RJCC/Twickenham), Manuel Penfornis (RJCC/London), Alex Smotlak (London) 4...
Results Richard James

HENDON BLITZ (10 min) 4th March 1999 at Golders Green
1 Paul Georghiou (Barnet) 5/6 £40; 2-3 Roy Sagall (ex-Hendon), John Guilfoyle (Islington) 4½ £5 each; 4-10 David Jones (Hendon), Adam Joelson (Hendon), Lee Gold (Hendon), David Iwi (Hendon), Paul Kelly (ISH), Matthew Reisz (Willesden), Michael Kennedy (Swiss Cottage) 4... David Jones won the legendary 'Hendon Fiver' in a play-off. [What is the Hendon Fiver?] 26 played.
This event takes place on the first Thursday of every month.
Results Adam Raoof

GOLDERS GREEN RAPIDPLAY 13th February 1999
Open (13 pl) 1 GM James Plaskett (Barbican) 5½/6 and £60; 2 Heather Richards (Whitstable) 4½ and £30... grading U175 Adrian Joseph (London: 101), Chris White (Cavendish) 3½/6 and £7½0 each
Major U160 (16 pl) 1 Ivan Jones (London NW2) 5½/6 £60; 2 Donny Muter (Richmond) 5/6 £30... Grading U145 Andrew Biggs (Hayes Kent) 4½/6 £15
Minor U130 (21 pl) 1-2 Alan Brooks (Finchley) *£30, CJ de Mooi (West London) £60 5/6... Grading U115 Ian Willmore (Wood Green), Wilbur Francis (Metropolitan) 4 £7½0 each
Amateur U100 (13 pl) 1 Mark Richards (Whitstable) 5½/6 £60; 2-3 Caroline Robson (Enfield), Peter Manning Farnborough) 4 £15...
* Ungraded Player rule
Results Adam Raoof

22nd KIDLINGTON TOURNAMENT 6-7 February 1999
Major U225 1 Matthew Rose (Oxford City) 4½/5; 2 Russell James (Guildford) 4; 3-6 Maxim Devereaux (Hereford), Richard Haydon (Witney), Carl Gorka (ICC), Ben Keohane (Hereford) 3½... Grading U201 Carl Gorka; U181 David Cooper (Warley Quinborne), Martin Cutmore (Wood Green), Carl Hibbard (Alcester), Ray Starkie (Cowley) 2½. Best 1st Round Loser Ben Keohane
Intermediate U170 1-2 Paul Edwards (Gateshead Lib), Steven Harris (Bracknell) 4½/5; 3-5 Andrew Butterworth (Bradford), Neil Moss (Ashton Under Lyne), Jonathon Lock (Stratford on Avon) 4... Grading U156 Peter Ball (Oxford City), Steven Gilmour (BT Reading), Anthony Kelly (High Wycombe), Michael Lucey (BT Reading), Andrew Talbot (Rugby) 3½; U141 Jonathon Lock. Best 1st Round Losers Alan Rogerson (Solihull), Michael Stanners (Athenaeum) 3½
Minor U125 1-3 Fred Collins (Solihull), Philippe Laplace (Oxford City), Craig Woolcock (Barry) 4½/5; 4-7 Andy Huxley (Aylesbury), Rod Langham (Didcot), Colin Solloway (Milton Keynes), Stephen Williams (Cwmbran) 4... Veterans Stephen Grigson (Didcot), Tony Wyeth (Morris Motors) 3½. Junior U14 Graham Morris (Cowley) 3. Best 1st Round Losers Vinay Adatia (Ashton Under Lyne), Frank Fallon [BB [Blackbird?] Leys), M Lovell (Swindon), Robin Neatherway (Cowley), Victor Zaiger (Finchley) 3...
Results Lester Millin

23rd KINGS HEAD RAPIDPLAY
7th February 1999. 124 played.
1-3 D Gormally IM 227 (Invicta Knights), B Lalic GM 244 (Slough), A Ledger IM 233 (Bedford) 5½/6; 4-6 S Ledger (Bedford), J Plaskett GM 232, AP Smith (Bourne End/Slough) 5; 7-17 Koichi Nicholas (RGS High Wycombe), S Ansell IM 219, G Buckley IM 213 (Bushbury), S Lalic IM/WGM 218 (Slough), J Parker IM 237 (Barbican), G Wall 216, P Georgiou 200 (Barnet), J Houska WIM 196 (Slough), AP Law 212 (Richmond), D Ledger FM 206 (Bedford), R Thomas 196 (Kings Head) 4½...
     Grading 199-180 S Ledger; 179-160 G Leyton (Drunken Knights) 4; 159-140 K Nicholas; 139-120 Mario Houska (Slough) 3½; 119-100 M Loat (Kings Head) 2½; U100 PJ Aarons (Hampstead Juniors) 3.
     Junior 14-15 K Nicholas; 12-13 no entries!; 10-11 Thirumurugan Thiruchelvam (Richmond Juniors) 4; U10 Poppy Aarons (Hampstead Juniors) who we guess is the same as PJ Aarons.
     Results Tony Suttill. Expect Tony's version was the way the Onyx GP wants it. It was nothing like in finishing order and we've re-arranged it.

1st CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY CONGRESS 6-7 February 1999
Open (24 pl) 1 Brian Kelly IM (Camb Univ) 4½/5, £200. 2-3 Jack Rudd (Camb Univ), Paul McMahon Cambridge City), 4 £95 each. "Paul McMahon (160) had an amazing run, scoring 4/4 in the first four rounds before losing to Brian Kelly. His grading performance was 225. Two of his wins were miniatures." Grading Natasha Regan (Bigwood) 3½; Heather Richards (Whitstable) 3, Lorin D'Costa (Royston) 3
Major U160 1-5 4/5 Brian Judkins (Hertford), Lloyd Retallick (Ely), David Hambley (Willesden), G Pierbattisti (Grantham), John Daugman (Cambridge City) 4/5...
Minor U120 1-2 Sumeet Ghasi (Checkmate: age 10), Nick Burrows 4½/5 (£100 each)
"Cambridge University Chess Club received very enthusiastic feedback about the venue and the tournament in general, and intends to make this a regular fixture."
Results Sam Essen

GOLDERS GREEN BLITZ 4th February 1999
1 Paul Georghiou (Barnet) 5½/6; 2 Bertie Barlow (Cavendish) 5; 3-4 Alfredo Luaces (Kings Head), Lee Gold (Northbridge House 106) 4½; 5-7 Costas Harris (QE Boys School), Mike Tasker (Hackney), Paul Kelly (ISH) 4... Israeli Junior Maor Shine (Hendon Chess Club) won the "Hendon Fiver" for his fine score of 3½. 30 played.
Results Adam Raoof

21st RICHMOND RAPIDPLAY White House Community Association, Hampton Middx, 17th January 1999
Open (8 pl) 1-2 IM Graeme Buckley (Sutton), IM Simon Williams (Farnham) 5½/6; 3 Matthew Broomfield (South Norwood)...
Major (20 pl) 1-3 David Cutmore (London), David Faldon (London), Ross Mooring (RJCC/Twickenham)... Grading U140 Dave Cork (Crawley)
Intermediate (26 pl) 1 CJ De Mooi (Hammersmith); 2 Anna Partington (RJCC/Leatherhead); 3 Luke Pettit (RJCC/Hounslow)... Grading U100 Alexei Chernikov (RJCC/Wimbledon), Norman Tidy (Dorking)
Minor 1 Anton Chernikov (RJCC/Wimbledon); 2-3 Peter Alexander (RJCC/Surbiton), James Snowden (RJCC/London); 4-5 Alexander Gilmore (London), Trevor Pettit (RJCC/Hounslow)...
Results Adam Raoof
     Press release
"Richmond Junior Chess Club, the strongest Junior Chess Club in the country, meets on Saturdays, providing both instruction and play for children of all ages. We can also arrange private tuition and provide advice and assistance for school chess clubs. In addition, we run tournaments for players of all ages. For further information phone Stephen Mooring 0181 893 8003, or Richard James 0181 898 1190 (home), 0181 891 7547 (office) rjcc@globalnet.co.uk
     "Our next event is the 22nd Richmond Rapidplay on Sunday 7 March, at the White House Community Association, The Avenue, Hampton."

GOLDERS GREEN RAPIDPLAY 16th January 1999
Open (12 pl) 1 Peter Marusenko (Ukraine) 5/6 £60; 2-4 GM James Plaskett (Barbican), IM Danny Gormally (Hackney), FM Jerzy Dybowski (Poland) 4 £10
Major U160 (13 pl) 1 Nick de Peyer (King's Head) 5/6 £60; 2-4 Paul Kelly (ISH), Donny Muter (Richmond), SD Chaudhry (Hounslow) 4 £10
Minor U130 (20 pl) 1 ST Kevin Wilkinson (Metropolitan) 5/6 £60; 2-3 CJ de Mooi (West London), Sean Gallagher (Ilford) 4½ £15... Grading U115 Jeff Fleischer (110, BT) 4 £15
Amateur U100 (18 pl) Steven Poole (London W6) 5/6 £30*; 2-3 Nick Burrows (Bolton), Clive Blackburn (Northampton) 4½ £30... Grading U85 Cyr Bassoumba (64, Wood Green) 4 £15
* Ungraded Player rule
Results Adam Raoof
Game Gormally-Plaskett: Games page

NORTH LONDON OPEN 28-30 December 1998
See LJCC in Junior Results

GOLDERS GREEN RAPIDPLAY 12th December 1998
Open (10 pl) 1 GM James Plaskett (Barbican) 5/6; 2 IM Jonathan Parker (Bigwood) 4; 3-6 Paul Georghiou (Barnet), Alecos Ethelontis (Muswell Hill), Scott Wastney (Wood Green), Alastair Compton (King's Head / NZ) 3½...
Major U160 (14 pl) 1 Lorin D'Costa (Royston) 6/6; 2 Adam Joelson (Hendon) 4½...
Minor U130 (16 pl) 1 Lucy Smith (Oxford City) 5/6; 2-3 C.J. de Mooi (Hammersmith), Ian Brooke (Oxford City) 4½...
Amateur U100 (16 pl) 1 Dominic Howard (Charlton) 6/6; 2 Nick Burrows (Bolton) 5/6...
Results Adam Raoof

20th RICHMOND RAPIDPLAY 6th December 1998
Open (14 pl) 1 Bob Eames 200 (London) 5½/6; 2-3 IM Graeme Buckley (Sutton), IM Simon Williams (Farnham) 4½... Grading U200 Jovanka Houska (Maidenhead) 3½. There were two other IMs in the tournament, and 12 of the 14 players had Rapidplay grades of 192 or above.
Major U160 (15 pl) 1-2 Ross Mooring (RJCC/Twickenham), Donny Muter (London) 4½/6; 2 Steven Coles (London) 4... Grading U140 John Woolley (London) 4
Intermediate U120 (23 pl) 1-2 Robert Heaton (RJCC/New Malden), Jonathan Somekh (RJCC/London) 5/6; 3-4 Mario Houska (Maidenhead), Anna Partington (RJCC/Leatherhead) 4½... Grading U100 Anna Partington
Minor U80 (29 pl) 1-4 Delroy Bennett (Croydon), Alexei Chernikov (RJCC/Wimbledon), Harry Godfrey (RJCC/Isleworth), Trevor Pettit (RJCC/Hounslow) 5/6...
Results Richard James

HERTS CONGRESS at Hitchin, 5-6 December 1998
Premier (15 pl) 1 J Plaskett 4½/5; 2 K Arkell 4; 3-4 S Swanson, R James 3... Grading U180 J Fraser-Mitchell, R Freeman, S Law, S Peters 2½
Challengers U170 (21 pl) 1-2 A Horton-Kitchlew, M Kobylka 4/5; 3 B Valentine 3½... Grading U155 B Sheppard 3
Major U145 (33 pl) 1 M Brazier 4½/5; 2-3 J Daughman, P Lim 4... Grading U131 R Morris 3½
Minor U120 (43 pl) 1 R Oakley 4½/5; 2-5 S Williams, A Collins, A Duncan, R Mycroft 4... Grading 100-111 G Wayte, D Bramley 3½; U100 R Mycroft
JUNIORS
Under 18 (9 pl) 1 Andrew Rosewall 5½/6; 2 Charles Davie 4½...
Under 14 (5 pl) 1 Joanna Harbour 6/6; 2-3 Alexander Bagley, Henry Duncanson 4...
Under 12 Saturday (8 pl) 1 Jeremy Appleyard 7/7; 2 Selina Khoo 6...
Under 12 Sunday (17 pl) 1-3 Philip Hayward, Tariq Olama, Matthew Stemp 5/6...
Under 10 (12 pl) 1 Tom Harbour 5/6; 2 Yasmin Ball 4½...
Under 8 (4 pl; merged with U10 after 3 rounds) 1 Selina Khoo 5/6; 2 Christopher Fuller 4...
Team Prize: Hertford juniors (just ahead of Hertford adults on percentage score. Schools Prize: Hitchin Boys. The J Glynne Jones Memorial Trophy was awarded to Richard Mycroft for the best performance by a Herts/East Anglia/Essex junior in an adult event.

WHITSTABLE RAPIDPLAY 5th December 1998
Open (8 pl) 1 John M Emms (Maidstone) 5½/6; 2 Luke McShane (Richmond Juniors) 5; 3 Michael J Basman (Surbiton) 4... Funny old tournament, this one. One GM, 2 IMs, another player above 200, and four "ordinary" players going down to the 130s, one of whom is said to have missed a win against MJB. 6 rounds for 8 players was about the norm for Whitstable Opens. Well, it was pretty similar last year. Keep telling them they should make it 7 rounds. Controversy raged on whether it was possible for a 7-round Swiss with 8 players to be unpairable towards the end. Answers to rjh@fdn.co.uk
Major U160 (16 pl) 1 Nicholas Frost (Tiverton: refugee from Open) 6/6; 2 Andrew Bigg (Hayes Kent) 5; 3-4 Oliver Cooley (Beckenham & Bromley), Peter Keeley (Whitstable: Thanet Prize) 4...
Minor U120 (22 pl) 1 Paul Higgins (Sevenoaks) 5/6; 2-4 Richard Cheeseman (Danson), Joseph Al-Malah (Danson), John R McKenna (Beckenham & Bromley) 4½; 5 Paul Richards (Whitstable) 4...
Novices U80 (16 pl) 1 Dennis Thompson (Univ of Kent) 5½/6; 2-3 Tim Segal, Robert House (both St Olaves GS) 4½; 4-5 Peter Mills (Tunbridge Wells), Russell Taylor 4...

GOLDERS GREEN BLITZ 3rd December 1998 (22 played)
1 Paul Georghiou (209, Barnet) 6/6; 2-3 Mike Tasker (180, Hackney), Steven Coles (e154) 4½; 4-6 GM Jonathan Levitt (Finchley, 230), IM Danny Gormally (233, Hackney), P Shrank (183, Finchley) 4... Best Hendon CC: Adam Joelson won the "Hendon Fiver" after an exciting play-off with Tony Brown. Both finished on 3½.
Results Adam Raoof

MEGA MELA at NEC Birmingham, 29th November 1998 (so that's when it's going to be)
Not a congress, but still. Not SCCU either, for that matter, but Murugan is and we've just (17 Dec) had an MCCU press release about it. It was a chess stand at a BBC Network East Live promotion. They don't explain the name. Among other things there was a 5-round APA Rapidplay with Murugan, by invitation, and five Midlands players graded 198 - 116. 1 Thirumurugan Thiruchelvam 157 4/5; 2-3 Jonathan Blackburn ?149, Ameet Ghasi 156 3... David Anderton was 4th.

DARTFORD RAPIDPLAY 21st November 1998
Major (16 pl) 1 David Tucker 6/6; 2 Andrew Bigg 5; 3-4 Oliver Cooley, Mark Roberts 4...
Minor (no specific grading limit: 12 pl) 1 Joseph Al Malah 5/6; 2 Alistair Taylor 4½; 3-4 Michael Muttiah, Steve Welch 4...
Under 12 (20 pl) 1 Daniel Diamond 5½/6; 2-4 Edward Coughlan, Gregory Jones, Stefan Wasserman-Fry 4½; 5-7 James McKeever, Thomas Stradwick, Laura Weatherhead 4...
Under 10 (17 pl) 1-3 Joseph Arigho-Stiles, Karen Jones, Geoffrey Walters 5/6; 4-6 Aram Karakashian, Sam Siebert, Benjamin Stokes 4...
Results Miles Roberts miles.roberts@btinternet.com

MUSWELL HILL RAPIDPLAY 21st November 1998
Suppose you've seen the correspondence between adam@circuit.demon.co.uk and michael.davies@lineone.net. Adam's not exactly kept quiet about it. But he's right. He is, if the facts are anything like they sound to be. Haven't had the tournament results.

GOLDERS GREEN RAPIDPLAY 14th November 1998
OPEN (9 pl) 1 IM Danny Gormally (Hackney) 5½/6; 2 IM Richard Tozer (Ilford) 5; 3 Jovanka Houska (Slough) 4½...
MAJOR U160 (17 pl) 1 Donny Muter (Richmond) 5/6; 2 Tom Quilter (Bucks) 4½; 3-6 Henry McWatters (Stock Exchange), Peter Lim (Barnet), Alfredo Luaces (King's Head), Ray Robinson (Streatham) 4...
MINOR U130 (18 pl) 1-2 CJ de Mooi (Hammersmith), Chris O'Bee (Ilford) 5/6; 2-4 David McNish (Edmonton), Ian Willmore (Wood Green), Maurice Siegel (Ilford) 4...
AMATEUR U100 (20 pl) 1 Ozgur Karabiyik (Islington) 5/6; 2-4 Antoine Clarke (Hampstead), Robert Walker (King's Gambit), John Bussman (Wood Green) 4½; 5-7 Dominic Howard (London SE3), David Everitt (Haywards Heath), Nick Burrows (Bolton) 4...
Results Adam Raoof adam@circuit.demon.co.uk

RICHMOND 24-25 October 1998
Open (11 pl) 1 Hysni Pellumbi (Albania) 4/5; 2-3 Adeoye Dasaolu (Nigeria), Ian Duvall (Sandhurst) 3½...
Major U160 (20 pl) 1-2 Alex Baron (London), Timothy Woodward (RJCC/London) 4/5; 3-4 Anthony Fulton, Dominic Gibbs (both London) 3½... Grading U140 Norman Harris (London), Jonathan Lappage (Kidlington), Peter Lim (Harrow) 3
Intermediate U120 (25 pl) 1 Rodney Langham (Goring on Thames) 4½/5; 2 CJ de Mooi (London) 4; 3-6 Michael Banner (Bath), Robert Heaton (RJCC/New Malden), Alex Kelly (Caterham), Peter Szabo (Ilford) 3½... Grading U100 Anna Partington (RJCC/Leatherhead) 3½. So 3-7?
Minor U80 (10 pl) 1 Poppy Aarons (London) 4½/5; 2 Marco Lizzul (RJCC/Hampton), Chris FL Baker (London) 3...
Results Richard James

WESTMINSTER RAPIDPLAY 24th October 1998
Open (8 pl) 1 Abimbola Adelaja (Barbican) 6/6; 2 Michael Kobylka (Wood Green) 4...
Under 150 (12 pl) 1-2 Ellen Walker (Customs), Ilya Shevelev (Wood Green) 5/6; 3-4 Gary Cook (W. Forest), Peter Walker (Customs) 4...
Under 100 (20 pl) 1 Heather Walker (Customs) 5/6; 2 Paul Blackwell (Streatham) 4½; 3-6 Howard Berlin (Ilford), Barry McMurdock (Walthamstow), William McLaughlin (Metropolitan), John Bussman (Hampstead) 4...

MAIDSTONE 16-18 October 1998
Open (27 pl) 1 Bogdan Lalic (Slough) 5/6; 2-3 Francis Rayner (Hastings: BCQ place), Ian Watson (Maidstone) 4½; 4-8 Cliff Chandler (Maidstone), Andrew and David and Steve Ledger (Bedford), Thirumurugan Thiruchelvam (Richmond Juniors) 4... Grading U180 Rosalind Kieran (Hayes Kent) 3½. "Best Grading Performance" you'd think would have gone to someone with a big score but it went to Alvin Kissoon (Maidstone), score unspecified.
Major U160 (25 pl) 1-3 Peter Childs (Beckenham & Bromley), Paul Jackson (Coulsdon), David Parr (Horsham) 4½/6... Grading U140 David Howell (Crowborough) 4; Best Grading Performance M Shine (Hendon)
Intermediate U130 (37 pl) 1 Frank Carlucci (Whitstable) 5/6; 2-6 Steve Bartlett (Rainham), RA Davidson (Brighton), D Dennis (Wickford), Peter Moor (Ashford), Malcolm Mourant (Beckenham & Bromley) 4½... Grading U115 PF Burgis (Hove) 3½; Best Grading Performance M Goode (Crawley)
Minor U105 (25 pl) 1 John Briston (Margate) 5½/6; 2-3 Jamie Horncastle, Roger House (both Medway) 4½... Grading U85 Stephen Simpson (Rotherhithe) 3½; Best Grading Performance Andrew Tait (Maidstone)
Rapidplay (21 pl) 1 Chris Duncan (4NCL Barbican) 5/5; 2-4 John Allan (Maidstone), Kerry Kingston (Phoenix), AJ Stebbings (Charlton) 4... Grading U150 Oliver Cooley (Beckenham & Bromley) 3; U100/ungraded Brian Culverhouse (Chingford)
Results Nick Mackett

GOLDERS GREEN RAPIDPLAY 10th October 1998
Open (13 pl) 1 GM James Plaskett (Barbican) 5½/6; 2-3 IM Colin Crouch (Harrow), IM Alex Cherniaev (ISH) 4½/6...
Major U160 (9 pl) 1 Dagaolu Adeoye (Nigeria) 5½/6; 2 Donny Muter (Richmond) 4½; 3-4 Oliver Cooley (Hayes Kent), Chris Andrescu (Islington) 3½...
Minor U130 (16 pl) 1 Tony Bynnersley (West London) 5½/6; 2-3 Jeff Fleischer (BT), Chris O'Bee (Ilford) 4½; 4
Gregory Procyk (Barbican) 4...
Amateur U100 (15 (pl) 1-2 Robert Walker (Kings Gambit), John Bussman (Wood Green) 5/6; 3 Clive Blackburn (Northampton) 4...
Results Adam Raoof adam@circuit.demon.co.uk