CONGRESSES

Updated 18.8.08

CONGRESS RESULTS

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

SURREY CCA 125 YEAR CELEBRATION RAPIDPLAY at Ashtead, 20th July 2008
Open 1 Graeme Buckley 4½ £125... Grading U175 Robin Haldane 4 £25; U150 Simon Wrigley 3½ £25
U125 1 Tony Bynnersley 5/5 £125... Grading U100 Edward Tandi 3 £25; U75 Paul Collis 3½ £25
The Wallington team ("the Wallies") won the quiz. They are one of the two remaining clubs from the six who founded the SCCA in 1883.
Results Mike Gunn

1st SNODLAND OPEN RAPIDPLAY 19th July 2008
attracted 50 players. 1-4 Martin Taylor 211 (takes Kent Rapidplay Championship on tie-break), Martin Walker 202, Ian Snape 204, Jovanka Houska 221 5/6 £97.50 ... Grading 150-179 Malola Prasath e170, Julien Shepley 168 4½ £32.50; 120-149 David Heath 138, Jude Lenier 141, Zbigniew Koncki e130 4 £22; 90-119 Matthew Bunn 111, Ian Clark 107 3½ £32.50; U90 William Foo 44, James Wadsworth e70 2½ £32.50
Junior Book prizes U18 Matthew Bunn; U12 Jude Lenier; U10 William Foo; U9 Conor Murphy 13, Raphael Kalid 58 2
Team Prize Maidstone CC £60
Results David Lettington

RICHMOND RAPIDPLAY 78 13th July 2008
attracted 110.
Open 1-2 GM Bogdan Lalic, IM Graeme Buckley 5/6... Grading U180 John White 3½
Major U160 1 Joshua Pineda 5½/6; 2-3 (and share Grading U140) Michael Mutale, Raul Lamorena 4½
Intermediate U120 1-2 Theodore Dias, Martin Durrant 5/6; 3-4 Michael Nightingale, Keith Bateman 4½... Grading U100 Ravi Haria, Richard Dulley, Rohan Shiatis 4
Minor U80 1-2 Barry Miles, Harvey Kandohla 5/6; 3 John Davis 4½.; 4-7 Jake Simms, Ben Simms, Zhihan Li, Vincent Lee 4
Results Susan Lalic

58th ILFORD CONGRESS 24-26 May 2008
Open (43 ent) 1 Andrew P Lewis 215 (Ilford/Barbican: takes SCCU Championship) 5/6 £300; 2-5 Dominic Allen 167 (Powdermill), Tomer Eden 183 (Hendon), Paul Kemp 176 (Linton/Royston), Ian Snape 194 (Beckenham) 4½ £60... Grading U180 Norman Hutchinson 173 (Royston) 4 £30; U170 Tony Peterson 164 (Metropolitan) 4 £30; U160 Dhimant Shah e153 (India) 3½ £30. Junior Saravanan Sathyanandha 139 (Haberdashers Askes) 3½ £30. David Wood Memorial Trust Prize (for Essex Juniors) Subin Sen 179 (Ilford) 4 £37.50. Essex Champion Andrew P Lewis. British Championship Qualifying Place Tomer Eden on SPS (reserves Dominic Allen, Ian Snape, Paul Kemp)
Major U160 (45 ent) 1-4 Russell Goodfellow 134 (Tunbridge Wells), Nigel Holroyd 153 (Peterborough), Victor Jones 148J (Lewisham), Martin Page 148 (Insurance) 5/6 £87.50... Grading U145 Patrick Ribbands 139 (Cambridge City) 3½ £30; U135 Jonathan Landau 125 (Hendon) 4 £30; U125 Dashiell Shaw 119J Hackney 3½ £30. Junior Ben Silverstein 108J (Crowborough) 3½ £30. David Wood Memorial Trust Sagara Bogoda 117J (Basildon) 4 £37.50. Essex U150 Champion Roderick S Johnson 144 (Brentwood) 3½.
"Minor" (52 ent) 1 Soumen Roy 115 (Metropolitan) 5½/6 £200; 2-3 Timothy Crouch 101 Kings Head, Ken Groce 117 (Roding & Loughton) 5 £75... Grading U110 Richard Dulley 102 (Staines) 4 £30; U100 Phil Foley 94 (Upminster) 4½ £30; U90 Godfrey Nurse 44 (Wallington) 3 £30. Seniors Robert Fenn 97 (Maidstone/Snodland) 4 £30

RICHMOND RAPIDPLAY 77 18th May 2008
attracted 110.
Open 1-3 GM John Nunn, GM Alexander Cherniaev, IM James Sherwin 5/6... Grading U180 Felix Ynojosa 4
Major U160 1 Stephen Mitchell 5/6; 2-3 David Sedgwick, David White 4½... Grading U140 Peter Buckley, Roy Mathias, Mark Webley 3½
Intermediate U120 1 Raghu Kamath 5½/6; 2-3 Patrick Butler, Ian Mason 4½... Grading U100 Tim Powell, Jonathan Andrew, Ken Hedger 4
Minor U80 1 Franciosi Felipe 5½/6; 2-4 Vincenzo Giannatasio, Edward Ko, Michael Pettit 5; 5-12 Aashna Mahajan, Alex Gordon-Brown, Rustico Pineda, Jamie Tilston, William Foo, Jonathan Pein, John Davis, Matthew Wilson 4
Results Susan Lalic

RICHMOND RAPIDPLAY 76 30th March 2008
attracted 92.
Open 1 James Sherwin 5/6; 2 Graeme Buckley 4½... Grading U180 Tserenbat Lozvoi 3½
Major U160 1-2 Christopher Clegg, Peter Morton 4½/6... Grading U140 Anand Krishnan, Mark Webley 4
Intermediate U120 1 Jasper Tambini 5/6; 2-4 Greg Breed, Geoff Hermes, Ben Silverstein 4½... Grading U100 Barnaby Paul 4
Minor U8 1-3 Alexander Cross, Alexander Gordon-Brown, Luke Pettit 5/6; 4 Edward Ko 4½; 5-8 Delroy Bennett, Justin Brown, Michael Pettit, Rustico Pineda 4...
Results Susan Lalic

SURREY EASTER CONGRESS at Nonsuch School, Cheam, 21-24 March 2008
attracted 280 players.
Open (4 days ) 1 Graeme Buckley 6½/7; 2 Eddie Dearing 6; 3-5 Alexander Cherniaev, Jovica Radovanovic,Yang-Fan Zhou 5... British Championship qualifying place 2008 Zhou
Major U160 (4 days) 1 Victor Jones 6½/7; 2-3 Michael Price, Steven Hampton 5...
Intermediate U120 (4 days) 1-2 Jasper Tambini, John Rayner 6/7; 3 David Gudmundson 5...
Challengers U140 (2 days) 1-2 James Porter, James Worthen 4/5; 3 Peter Buckley 3½...
Minor U100 (2 days) 1 Christopher Dunne 4½/5; 2-4 Matthew Wadsworth, Peter Saunders, Joshua Cavendish 4...
Surrey U18 Champion Yang-Fan Zhou
Surrey U16 Champion Samuel Franklin
Surrey U14 Champion Daniel Hunt
Rapidplay U120 24 March: 1 Ian Mason 4½/5; 2 Christopher Dunne 4; 3-4 Alexander Jelicic, Sam Porter 3½... Grading U80 Sam Porter
Junior Rapidplay 24 March: U12 Jack Scanlon (RGS Guildford); U11 Alicia Mason (Surbiton High); U10 Jonathan Eales (St Dunstams); U9 Aloysius Lip (Hallfield School); U8 Victoria Sit (Old Palace School); U7 Ananth Vijayakumar (Burlington School)
Results Susan Lalic

RICHMOND RAPIDPLAY 75 20th January 2008
attracted 93 players.
Open 1 Graeme Buckley 6/6; 2 Odion Aikhoje 4½... Grading U200 Julien Shepley, Michael Mutale 3
Major U160 1-2 Helge Hjort, Paul McIntyre 5/6; 3 Angus French 4½... Grading U140 Genga Somupillai
Intermediate U120 1 Alexey Shumar 5½/6; 2-3 Roy Mathias, Gary O'Grady 5... Grading U100 Peter Andreev, Roger Baxter, Russell Goodfellow, Edward Tandi
Minor U80 1-3 Mike Adams, Harry Burdon, Theodore Dias 5/6; 4-8 Alfred Drinkwater, Alexander Gordon-Brown, Edward Ko, Zoe Mathias, Ben Simms 4
Results Susan Lalic

54th HERTFORDSHIRE CONGRESS at Royston, 1-2 December 2007
Open (22 pl) 1-2 Chris Briscoe 186 (Surbiton), Simon Knott 213 (Hertford) 4½/5; 3-4 Dave Ledger 203 (Bedford), Paul Obiamiwe 142 (Wood Green) 4... BCQ place Briscoe; Grading 180-195 Briscoe; U180 Obiamwe; Slow starter (from 0/2) Chris Fegan 180 (Writtle) 2½
Challengers U170 (29 pl) 1 Julien Shepley 169 (Guildford) 4½/5; 2 David Brady 141 (Chingford) 4; 3-4 Liviu Enciu 145 (Hendon), David Cutmore 162 (Wood Green) 3½... Grading 145-155 Enciu; U145 David Brady; Slow starter Tim Puleston 130 (Milton Keynes)
Major U140 (53 pl) 1-2 Charles McAleenan 125 (Atheneum), Edward Venmore-Rowland 110 (Woodbridge) 4½//5; 3-4 Finlo Rohrer 130 (BBC), Brian Foreman 131 (Melton) 4... 115-125 McAleenan; U115 & J Glynne Jones Memorial (best Herts / East Anglia Junior) Venmore-Rowland; Slow Starters Simon Cage 91 (Royston), John Campbell 114 (Roding & Loughton) 2
Minor U110 (46 pl) 1 Julian Ray (Norfolk) 4½/5; 2-5 Roger Kearns 99 (Watford), John Rayner 105 (Roding & Loughton), Ian Riddoch 57 (Barnet Elizabethans), Terry Barnell 108 (London E) 4; 80-95 Ian Bryan 90 (Beckenham & Bromley) 3½; U80 Ian Riddoch; Junior U19 Ed Magee 39 (St Albans) 2; U15 Robert Lobo 79 (Trinity School), Gregory Ellis 62 (Bury Cannons) 2½; Slow Starters Gregory Ellis, Mark Stone 82 (Petts Wood & Orpington) 2½
Results Jeremy Fraser-Mitchell

RICHMOND RAPIDPLAY 74 4th November 2007
attracted 92 players.
Open 1 Augustin Madan 5½/6; 2 Ian Snape 5... Grading U200 Chris Briscoe, Julien Shepley 3½
Major U160 1-2 Helge Hjort, Alex Galliano 4½/6... Grading U140 Robin Huq
Intermediate U120 1 Roy Mathias 5½/6; 2 Russell Goodfellow 5; 3-6 Jonathan Andrew, Greg Breed, David Grange, Edward Tandi 4½... Grading U100 Andrew, Tandi
Minor U80 1 Harry Burdon 5/6; 2-5 David Buckley, Victor Litvin, Barry Miles, Stephen Welch 4½
Results Susan Lalic

CATERHAM CONGRESS 19-21 October 2007
FIDE-rated Open (25 pl) 1 Marcus Osborne 2256 (Coulsdon) 5/5; 2-4 John Sugden 2116 (Hastings & St Leonards), Felix Ynojosa 2085 (Reading), James C Foster 1970 (Beckenham & Bromley) 3½...
Major U160 (17 pl) 1 Radha Jain 92 (Pinner) 4/5; 2-4 Kazi Rahman 153 (Manor Park), Laurence Ball 145 (Dartford & Swanley), Robert Fisher 128 (East Grinstead) 3½... Grading U150 Nigel Colter 143 (Harrow); U140 Angelica Ynojosa 126 (Reading), Robert Maguire 109 (Beckenham & Bromley) 3
Intermediate U130 (21 pl) 1 Adam Squibbs 113 (Crowborough) 4½/5; 2-3 Laurence Jones 116, Nicholas Clanchy 76 (both Lewisham) 4; 4-5 Michael C Price 128 (Hammersmith), Krishna Mehendale 117 (Ashtead: U120 grading prize) 3½... Grading U110 Jasdeep Gahir 93 (Lewisham) 3
Minor U100 (12 pl) 1 Phil Foley 94 (Upminster) 5/5; 2 Ruby Marsden 60 (Cowley) 3½; 3-6 Howrd White 88 (Maida Vale), Rob Woolacott 81 (Folkestone), Arthur Meaton 77 (Coulsdon: U80 Grading prize), Alan Evans 69 (Medway: U70 Grading prize)...Grading U60 Rohan Shiatis 28 (Coulsdon) 2
Club Prizes 1 Lewisham £100; 2 Coulsdon £50; 3 Crowborough £25
Results Peter Bayliss

CROWBOROUGH RAPIDPLAY 23rd September 2007
attracted 49 entries.
1 Gavin Lock 181 (Horsham) 5½/6; 2-3 David Fryer 166 (Crowborough), Julien Shepley 160 (Guildford) 5... Grading U170 Nigel Donovan 167 (Jutes of Kent 4NCL). Rasa Norinkeviciute 151 (Eastbourne) 4; U140 David Norton 127 (East Grinstead), George Salimbeni 135 (Crowborough) 4; U110 Matthew Payne 103 (Worthing) 3½; U80 Charles Davies 75 (Crowborough) 2.
Albany Cup (top Crowborough player): David Fryer.
Results Peter Bayliss

73rd RICHMOND RAPIDPLAY 9th September 2007
attracted 104.
Open 1 G Buckley 5½/6 2-5 M Basman, C Crouch, I Snape, P Taylor 4... Grading U200 Snape, Taylor
Major U160 1 A Hayler 5/?; 2-3 C Clegg, R Haldane 4½... Grading U140 S Dines, M Mutale, S Sathyanandha 4
Intermediate U120 1 N Fordham 5½/?; 2-3 T.Villiers, A Wills 5... Extra prizes N Inglis, M Periasamymanjula 4½
Minor U80 1-2 R Haria, L Thurtell 5/?; 3-5 D Buckley, W Claridge-Hansen, E Ko 4½
Results Susan Lalic