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Updated 22.7.12

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5th SNODLAND RAPIDPLAY 21.7.12
attracted 37 players.
1 FM Martin Taylor (228) 5/6; 2 (on tie-break) Alan Merry (209) 5; 3-5 Ian Snape (215), Paul Talsma (206), IM Gediminus Saraskauskas (202) 4½... Grading U180 1 Robert Everson (168) 3½; 2 George Hollands (140) also 3½. U145 1 George Hollands (140) 3½; 2 David Lettington (127) 3½. U120 1 Tyrone Jefferies (113) 2; 2 Victoria Sit (93) 2. Junior U18 Conrad Allison; U16 Alan Merry; U13 Victoria Sit
Results David Lettington

100th RICHMOND RAPIDPLAY 11th March 2012.
attracted 122 players.
Open 1-3 Graeme Buckley, Peter Roberson, Richard Bates 5/6... Grading U190 Raghu Kamath, Dale Taylor 3½
Major U170 1 Rajasekhar Pentakota 5/6; 2-3 Victor Boy-Lazoni, Christopher Kreuzer 4½... Grading U150 Ian Deswarte 4
Intermediate U135 1 Mark Wieder 5½/6; 2 Frank Burnham 5; 3-6 David Grange, Graham Cole, Peter Morton, Max French 4... Grading U115 Daniel Varney 4
Minor U100 1 Yousuf Bin-Suhayl 5½/6; 2-3 Felix Turner, Joe Benton 5; 4-6 Devdoot Barman, Joanitah Butindo 4½... Grading U80 Haolin Zhao, Iyesaa Bin-Suhayl 4
Results Susan Lalic

99th RICHMOND RAPIDPLAY 15th January 2012
attracted 105 players.
Open 1-2 Graeme Buckley, Paul Georghiou 5/6; 3 Jovica Radovanovic 4½... Grading U190 Martin Cutmore 3½
Major U170 1-2 Jonathan Burch, Sebastian Galer 5/6; 3-4 Ian Deswarte, Akito Oyama 4½... Grading U150 Oyama
Intermediate U135 1 Jeremy Hodgson 5½/6; 2 David Powell 5; 3-5 Koby Kalavannan, Jake Liang, Thomas Moss 4½... Grading U115 Kalavannan
Minor U100 1 Alex Golding 6/6; 2 Lee Bullock 5; 3-4 Gareth Murphy, Haolin Zhao 4½; 5-9 Devdoot Barman, Lucian Heeler, James Golding, Daniel Varney, Delroy Bennett 4... Grading U80 Zhao
Results Susan Lalic

ROCHESTER CHRISTMAS CONGRESS 27-29 December 2011
7 played. 1 Reagan Pinto 5½/6; 2 Chris Marshall 147 4; 3-4 David Orr 126, Paul Foster 140 3...
Results Tyrone Jefferies

60th HERTFORDSHIRE CONGRESS 19-20 November 2011
Open (17 pl) 1 Paul Georghiou 211 (takes SCCU Championship and British Championship qualifying place) 4/5; 2-5 Paul Byway 199, Daniel Fernandez , Andrew Stone 198, Claudio Mangione 192 3½... Grading 180-195 Mangione; U180 Ashley Stewart, Martin Cutmore 3. Hakkansson Trophy (best Herts) Byway.
Challengers U175 (19 pl) 1 Helge Hjort 174 4½/5; 2 John Daugman 167 4; 3 Matthew Peat 174 3½... Grading 155-165 Jonathan Wright 156, Ian David Evans 161; U155 Anuj Mavinkurve 139, Simon Morris 149 3. Davis Trophy (best Herts) Peat.
Major U150 (25 pl) 1 Chris Rogal 148 4½/5; 2 Colin Solloway 127 4; 3-4 John Wright 149, Gregory Tebble 135 3½... Grading 125-135 Solloway; U125 Malcolm Winter 121 3. Berry Trophy (best Herts) Patrick Fitzgerald 141 3.
Minor U120 (21 pl) 1 Barrie Saunders 117 5/5; 2-5 Corinne Mountford 113, Richard Keane 119, Kidge Elder 118, Chris Fraser 97 3½... Grading 95-110 Elder, Fraser; U95 Lee Cooper 68, Alan Brewis 92 2½. Glynne Jones Trophy (best Herts / Cambs / East Anglia junior) Mukur Raveendran 95 2½.
Results Jeremy Fraser-Mitchell

98th RICHMOND RAPIDPLAY 20th November 2011
attracted 70 players.
Open 1 Richard Bates 5/6; 2-4 Graeme Buckley, Jovica Radovanovic, Robin Haldane 4½... Grading U190 Haldane
Major U170 1 Max Wood-Robinson 5/6; 2-3 Chris Bellers, Jon Freeman 4½... Grading U150 Chris Clegg, Akito Oyama, Jake Liang 4
Intermediate U135 1: Richard Meikle-Briggs 5/6; 2-4 Jake Ruse, Peter Watts, Harunobu Oyama 4½... Grading U115 Oyama
Minor U100 1-2 Lee Bullock, James Kerr 5/6; 2-4 Jenisan Kulendiran, Zoe Varney, Delroy Bennett, Daniel Varney 4... Grading U80 Varney
Results Susan Lalic

NATIONAL COUNTIES RAPIDPLAY 24th September 2011 at Wanstead House
1 Essex A 32/48; 2 Middx 27½; 3 Surrey 26; 4 Essex B 10½. Handicap: 1 Essex B 4.38; 2 Surrey 2.30; 3 Middx -1.88; 4 Essex A -4.80
Detailed results

97th RICHMOND RAPIDPLAY 11th September 2011
attracted 104 players.
Open 1-5 Yaroslav Orishko, Peter Lalic, Sam Franklin, Peter Roberson. Bogdan Lalic 4½/6... Grading U190 William Jones
Major U170 1-2 Carl Boni, Akito Oyama 5/6; 3 Mark Finch 4½.... Grading U150 Jake Liang, Tom Rixon 4
Intermediate U135 1 Marcelino Sulatro 5½/6; 2 Peter Morton 5; 3 Laurence Jones 4½... Grading U115 Tony Bynnersley 4
Minor U100 1 Delroy Bennett 6/6; 2 Daniel Varney 4½; 3-6 Elizaveta Sheremetyeva, Nikolai Hinterreither, Zoe Varney, Barry Ruse 4... Grading U80 Lee Bullock 4
Results Susan Lalic

THANET CONGRESS 19-21 August 2011
Open (28 pl) 1-2 Mark Hebden (Leics), Martin Taylor (Rainham: BC Qualifier: retains Kent Championship) 4½/5; 3-6 John Anderson (Grays / Thurrock), David Cutmore (Wood Green), Martin Cutmore (Folkestone: U180 Grading prize), Peter Wood (Lewisham) 3½...
Major U165 (36 pl) 1-3 Georges Assaf (Bridge: takes Kent Major Championship), Ian McAllan (Sidcup), John Lewin (Beckenham) 4/5... Grading U150 George Hollands (Sportsman Kent) 3½
Intermediate U135 (36 pl) 1 JM Simonsen (Denmark) 4½/5; 2-4 Stephen Billett (Portsmouth), C Andrew Costeloe (Muswell Hill), Gavin Josephs (Dartford: takes kent Intermediate Championship) 4... Grading U125 Max Smith (Folkestone) 3
Minor U115 (26 pl) 1 Francis Pearce (CSC it says here) 4½/5; 2-3 Anthony Holdstock (Dartford: takes Kent Minor Championship), Geoffrey Foxon 4... Grading U100 Mark Summers (Ashford) 3½
Special Prizes: Senior Reg Pidduck (Broadstairs); Junior U15 Michael Green (Woodnesborough); Oyster Shield Reg Pidduck
Results Clive Le Baigue

95th RICHMOND RAPIDPLAY 22nd May 2011
attracted 102 players.
Open 1-2 Ben Savage, Peter Sowray 5/6; 3-5 Simon Williams, Graeme Buckley, Alexander Cherniaev 4½... Grading U190 Paul Dupré, Peter Andreev, Simon McCullough 4
Major U170 1-2: Nicholas Clanchy, Ian Deswarte 5/6; 3: Paul Waddingham 4½... Grading U150 Tom Rixon 4
Intermediate U135 1 Myroslav Seman 5½/6; 2: Peter Watts 5; 3 Marcelino Sulatra 4½... Grading U115 Koby Kalavanan 4
Minor U100 1-2: Nikita Gurbatov, Rustico Pineda 5/6; 3 Lauren Weaver 4½... Grading U80 Haolin Zhao 4
Results Susan Lalic

94th RICHMOND RAPIDPLAY 13th March 2011
attracted 90 players.
Open 1 Alexei Slavin 5½/6; 2 Peter Sowray 5; 3-8 Amy Hoare, Peter Williams, Peter Lalic, Graeme Buckley, Alan Punnet, James Holland 4... Grading U190 Hoare
Major U170 1 Matthew Ward 5½/6; 2-4 Matthew Wilson, Theodore Dias, Kazi Azizur Rahman 4½... Grading U150 Dias, Wilson
Intermediate U135 1 Richard Meikle-Briggs 5½/6; 2-3 Tom Rixon, Ananth Vijayakumar 4½... Grading U115 Vijayakumar
Minor U100 1 Marley Robinson 5½/6; 2 Rustico Pineda 5; 3 Simon van Someren 4... Grading U80 Alan Wilson, Stephen Darby 2½
Results Susan Lalic

93rd RICHMOND RAPIDPLAY 23rd January 2011
attracted 109 players.
Open 1 GM Alexander Cherniaev 5½/6; 2 IM Graeme Buckley 5; 3 FM Peter Sowray 4½... Grading U190 Dave Cork 4
Major U170 1 Zoran Dimitrijevic 6/6; 2-3 William Claridge-Hansen, Ian Deswarte 4½... Grading U150 Vladimirs Bovtramovics 4½
Intermediate U135 1 John Davis 5½/6; 2 Alicia Mason 5; 3 Peter Watts 4½... Grading U115 Patrick Frawley 4
Minor U100 1 Alexander Weigall 5½/6; 2-3 Bohee Ahn, David Powell 5; 4-5 Peter Steele, Siddharth Swaroop 4½... Grading U80 Lucian Heeler, Jenisan Kulendiran, Vinoshan Vaseekaran 4½
Results Susan Lalic

59th HERTFORDSHIRE CONGRESS 27-28 November 2010 at St Albans
attracted 127 players.
Open (24 pl) 1 Simon Knott 214 (Hertford: takes BCQ place) 4/5 £150; 2-7 Paul Georghiou 210 (Barnet), Tryfon Gavriel 199 (Barnet), David Cutomue 183 (Wood Green), Paul Byway 187 (Hertford), Andrew Stone 199 (Watford), Paul Obiame 169 (Wood Green) 3½ £25... Grading 185-195 Cutmore, Byway £25; U180 Obiame £50
Challengers U175 (27 pl) 1 Richard Bryant 174 (Chester) 4½/5 £150; 2-3 Tomasz Paterski 164 (Welwyn Hatfield), Paul G Jackson 161 4 £75; 4-7 Vincent Sagues 171 (Wood Green), Jonathan Hornsby 156 (Milton Keynes), Jonathan Wright 163, Colin Costello 166 3½ £75... Grading 155-165 Paterski, Jackson £25. Glynne Jones Trophy (best junior from Herts / Cambs / Suffolk / Norfolk) Balaji £50
Major U150 (37 pl) 1 Russell Goodfellow 147 (Tunbridge Wells) 5/5 £150; 1 KFJ Carter 142 (Muswell Hill) 4½ £100; 3 Jamie Adcock 141 (Reading) 4 £60; 4-8 Ananthanarayanan Balaji 139 (QE Barnet), John Bradley 140 (Dunmow), Simon Charles 149 (Watford), Colin Solloway 120 (Milton Keynes), Phillip Gardner 145 (Letchworth) 3½ £8... Grading U125 Solloway £50; 120-135 David Grange 131 (Drunken Knights) 3 £50
Minor U120 1 Ray Butcher 113 (Barnet) 4½/5 £150; 2-4 Paul Buswell 117 (Hastings & St Leonards), Krzystof Rafalski (Cambridge City), James Wallman 108 4 £67; 5-7 Arek Strehl (Royston), Akito Oyama 113 (Cambridge City), James W Hall 111 (East Grinstead) 3½... Grading 90-110 Wallman £50; U90 RW Mackenzie 76 (Bedford) 3 £50
Results Jeremy Fraser-Mitchell

92nd RICHMOND RAPIDPLAY 14th November 2010
Open 1 Graeme Buckley 5/6; 2 Nazir Rizvi 4½; 3-6 Yang-Fan Zhou, Ian Snape, Simon McCullough, Peter Lalic 4... Grading U190 McCullough, Lalic
Major U170 1 Raghu Kamath 5½/6; 2 Matt Ward 5; 3 Zoran Dimitrijevic 4½... Grading U150 Richard Dulley 3½
Intermediate U135 1-2 Prashast Vir, Dipak Shah 5/6; 3 Karen Bayoma 4½... Grading U115 Mike Adams, Patrick Frawley, Shyam Kalairajah 4
Minor U100 1 Daniel Coleman 6/6; 2-3 Tim Lattimore, Fred Coombes 4... Grading U80 Coombes
Results Susan Lalic

CATERHAM CONGRESS 15-17 October 2010
attracted 87 players.
FIDE-rated Open 1 Graeme Buckley 2397 (Wimbledon) 4/5; 2 (tie break) Yang-Fan Zhou 2320 (South Norwood) 4; 3-5 Tyson Mordue 2258 (Keynsham), Gavin Lock 2198 (Horsham: top U2250: takes BCQ place), William Jones 2100 (Lewisham: top U2150) 3½; 6-10 Francis Rayner 2143 (Hastings, David Tucker 2117 (Dartford), Victor Jones 2116 (Lewisham), Dale Taylor 1905 (Ashtead), Conor Murphy 1859 (Charlton) 3...
Major U175 1 Lyall Bayliss 167 (4NCL KJCA Kings) 4/5; 2 (tie break) Aditya Gupta 148 (Castles) 4; 3-6 Dan Staples 172 (Battersea), Adam Taylor 171 (Ashtead), Rohan Shiatis 161 (Beckenham: top U170), Sam Woolacott 159 (Folkestone: top U160) 3½; 7-8 Thommy Lipardo 157 (Tunbridge Wells), Bob Lanzer 154 (Crawley) 3...
Intermediate U150 1 Mark Stone 131 (Petts Wood) 4/5; 2 (tie break) Conrad Allison 113 (Petts Wood 4; 3-4 James Porter 142 (Castles), Alexander Hardwick (Coulsdon: top U140) 3½; 5-9 Adrian Waldock 143 (Ashtead), Phil Foley 135 (Upminster), Tim Foster 122 (Weybridge: =top U130), Targino Kalid-Filho 117 (4NCL KJCA Knights: =top U130), Shyam Kalairajah 84 (Coulsdon: =top U130) 3...
Minor U125 1 Barry Miles 116 (South Norwood) 4/5; 2 (tie break) David Howes 123 (South Norwood) 4; 3-5 Rob Woolacott 123 (Folkestone), Stephen Billett 111 (Portsmouth), James Hall 111 (East Grinstead) 3½; 6-8 Mike Bolan 113 (Ashtead), Tony Holdstock 109 (Dartford: top U110), Zara Hussain 92 (Kent Aces: top U100) 3... Top U90 Claes Hackner 85 1½
Club Prizes (best 3 scores) 1 South Norwood 12; 2 Castles 10...
Results Peter Bayliss

GOLDERS GREEN RAPIDPLAY 9th October 2010
Open 1-4 Dave Ledger, Jochen Wittmann, Gayan Peiris, Ian Thompson 4½/6 £25... Grading U180 Tim Rogers 4 £20
"Major" 1 Paul Heaton 5½/6 £60; 2 Daniel Staples 5 £30... Grading U155 Dave Cork 4½ £20
"Minor" 1 Gary Smith 5½/6 £60; 2-3 Tony Brown, Robert Konieczny 4½ £10... Grading U130 Paul Blackwell 4½ ?£20
"Amateur" George Nemilostivijs 5/6 £60; 2-4 Mahamed Hassan, Kevin Rayment, Faye Ainscow 4½ £10... Grading U105 David Everitt, Peter Goldsmith 4 £10
Results Adam Raoof

NATIONAL COUNTIES RAPIDPLAY 18.9.10 at Wanstead House
1 Essex A 37½/48; 2 Middx 28; 3 Beds 21½; 4 Surrey 17½; 5 Essex B 15½. Handicap: 1 Surrey 4.78; 2 Essex A 2.1; 3 Middx -0.14; 4 Essex B -3.01; 5 Beds -3.73
Detailed results
Adam Raoof writes

91st RICHMOND RAPIDPLAY 12th September 2010
attracted 88 players.
Open 1 Graeme Buckley 5½/6; 2-8 Peter Andreev, Peter Lalic, Peter Sowray, Francis Sagyaman, Simon McCullough, Owen Phillips, Martin Cutmore 4...
Major U170 1 Adam Taylor 5/6; 2-3 Matt Ward, Sheila Dines 4½... Grading U150 Frank Burnham 3½
Intermediate U135 1-3 Yash Gokhale, Dipak Shah, Shyam Kalairajah 5... Grading U115 Daniel Young 4½
Minor U100 1-2 Anna Purvis, Andrew Smailes 5/6; 3-4 Deepa Patel, Beatrice Steele 4...
Results Susan Lalic

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

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