34th Nottingham Chess Congress
The entry was up from 142 to 148, despite the clashes with various junior events. My thanks to Neil Graham and John Swain for controlling, Malti Maini and Sangeeta Sudarshan for refreshments and the ever helpful staff of the High School.
Robert Richmond
Results
Open
| Pos | Name | Club | Grade | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1= | Mark Hebden | Littlethorpe | 236 | 4 (£150) |
| William Jones | Lewisham | 162 | 4 (£150) | |
| Peter Hempson | Sheffield | 159 | 4 (£150) | |
| 4= | Ankush Khandelwal | Ashfield | 193 | 3½ (Junior Prize) |
| Alan Byron | Wigston | 177 | 3½ (U180 GP £15) | |
| Richard Truman | West Bridgford | 165 | 3½ (U180 GP £15) | |
| 7 | Robert Shaw | High Peak | 188 | 3 |
| Martin Burrows | Wigston | 178 | 3 | |
| 9= | Don Mason | Shipley | 198 | 2½ |
| Paul Cumbers | Grantham | 188 | 2½ | |
| Nicholas Walker | West Bromwich | 170 | 2½ | |
| John Robinson | Braunstone | 168 | 2½ | |
| Richard Webster | Ashfield | 160 | 2½ | |
| Rajan Ganger | 136 | 2½ | ||
| 15= | Philip Briggs | Tamworth | 185 | 2 |
| David Coates | Grantham | 167 | 2 | |
| Peter Mercs | Gambit | 165 | 2 | |
| Derek Jarvis | Breadsall | 158 | 2 | |
| 19= | Robert Eames | Hackney | 207 | 1½ |
| Brian Thompson | West Bridgford | 148 | 1½ | |
| Gary Corcoran | Bradford | 118 | 1½ | |
| 22 | Scott Edwards | 90 | 1 | |
| 23 | Moin Uddin | West Bromwich | 109 | ½ |
Major (U160)
| Pos | Name | Club | Grade | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1= | Brandon Clarke | Littlethorpe | 147 | 4 (£103.33) |
| Raymond Wynarczyk | Northumberland | 146 | 4 (£103.33) | |
| Edward Keogh | 134 | 4 (£103.33) | ||
| 4= | Richard Bryant | Telepost | 159 | 3½ (Senior Prize) |
| Vincent Naan | E158 | 3½ | ||
| Alex Combie | Newark | 151 | 3½ | |
| 7= | Raymond Gamble | Spondon | 152 | 3 |
| Daniel Broughton | 112 | 3 (U140 GP £30) | ||
| 9= | S Golam Ali | South Birmingham | 152 | 2½ |
| Ivan David | Grantham | E150 | 2½ | |
| Mike Doran | Worley | 141 | 2½ | |
| Graeme Jennings | Navigation | 141 | 2½ | |
| Phil Bull | West Bromwich | 139 | 2½ | |
| John Collins | West Notts | 137 | 2½ | |
| Carl Heald | Morecombe | 137 | 2½ | |
| Alan Ruffle | Birmingham | 131 | 2½ | |
| Phil Court | Navigation | 131 | 2½ | |
| 18= | Nigel Holroyd | Peterborough | 153 | 2 |
| Samuel Milson | Louth | 141 | 2 | |
| Robert Dean | Pudsey | 134 | 2 | |
| Mark Radford | Navigation | 126 | 2 | |
| Carl Gartside | High Peak | 124 | 2 | |
| Maurice Hill | Nomads | 124 | 2 | |
| James Thomson | 120 | 2 | ||
| 25= | Robert Clegg | Huddersfield | 136 | 1½ |
| Mark Carter | Spondon | 131 | 1½ | |
| Dean Hartley | Amber Valley | 131 | 1½ | |
| 28 | Pavel Ondrejka | Rugby | 143 | 1 |
| 29 | Jonathan Wright | London | 137 | ½ |
Intermediate (U130)
| Pos | Name | Club | Grade | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Janos Wagenbach | Mansfield | 122 | 4½ |
| 2= | Nick London | Radcliffe & Bingham | 118 | 4 |
| Karl Potter | Spinney Hill | 129 | 4 | |
| Andrew Smith | Tamworth | 104 | 4 | |
| 5= | Stephen Chadaway | Olton | 117 | 3½ (Senior Prize) |
| Phil Morgan | Ashfield | 119 | 3½ | |
| Robert Taylor | Ashfield | 127 | 3½ | |
| Eric Williamson | West Nottingham | 111 | 3½ (U115 GP) | |
| 9= | Graham Booley | Littlethorpe | 127 | 3 |
| Stan Cranmer | Ashfield | 128 | 3 | |
| Richard Edwards | Gambit | 126 | 3 | |
| Graham Gibson | Gambit | E116 | 3 | |
| Evie Hollingworth | SASCA | 108 | 3 | |
| Terry Lavelle | West Bridgford | 97 | 3 | |
| Ben Mason | Grantham | 113 | 3 | |
| George Murfet | Radcliffe & Bingham | 117 | 3 | |
| Barry Redburn | Radcliffe & Bingham | 103 | 3 | |
| Keith Roper | Gambit | 112 | 3 | |
| Stephen Thacker | West Nottingham | 111 | 3 | |
| 20= | David Buckell | Pendle | 112 | 2½ |
| Richard Desmedt | Wombwell | 129 | 2½ | |
| Lawrence Hayden | Ashby | 125 | 2½ | |
| Gary Hopkinson | Gambit | 101 | 2½ | |
| Predeep Nehra | West Nottingham | 102 | 2½ | |
| David Walshaw | Jesmond | 101 | 2½ | |
| 26= | Keith Brameld | Navigation | 125 | 2 |
| Ron Harrison | Belper | 96 | 2 | |
| Neil Homer | UG | 2 | ||
| Anuurai Sainbayer | Ealing | UG | 2 | |
| Robert Willoughby | West Nottingham | 112 | 2 | |
| Dennis Wright | Barnet | 127 | 2 | |
| Ray Sayer | Ashfield | 99 | 2 | |
| 33= | Farshad Ai | Phoenix | 127 | 1½ |
| Jamie Adcock | Reading | 124 | 1½ | |
| John Buttery | Radcliffe & Bingham | 75 | 1½ | |
| Marcel Taylor | Radcliffe & Bingham | 121 | 1½ | |
| Roger Walker | Belper | 114 | 1½ | |
| 38= | Peter Bending | Cheltenham | 108 | 1 |
| Andre Cockburn | Derby | 105 | 1 | |
| Nathaniel Paul | Coddon | 65 | 1 | |
| 41 | Anthony Robinson | Braunstone | 115 | ½ |
Minor (U100)
| Pos | Name | Club | Grade | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1= | Mick Harper | Gambit | 99 | 4½ |
| Saeed Hassani | Phoenix | UG | 4½ | |
| 3= | Nathan Atkins | Spondon | 99 | 4 |
| David Reynolds | Ashby | 94 | 4 | |
| Michael Zhang | West Nottingham | 96 | 4 | |
| 6= | Allan Brown | Gambit | 98 | 3½ (Senior Prize) |
| Chris Cumbers | Grantham | 85 | 3½ (Senior Prize) | |
| David Dunne | Navigation | 91 | 3½ | |
| Peter Gorecka-Marshall | Gambit | 90 | 3½ | |
| Lukasz Kacprzak | Navigation | UG | 3½ | |
| Mark Kirtley | Gambit | UG | 3½ | |
| Ross Mackay | West Nottingham | 66 | 3½ (U80 GP) | |
| Peter Mellor | Codden | 85 | 3½ (Junior Prize) | |
| Chris Sargeant | University | 95 | 3½ | |
| David Scorer | Pendle | 89 | 3½ | |
| 16= | Peter Brace | Spondon | 56 | 3 |
| Arun Maini | West Nottingham | 71 | 3 | |
| David Murchie | Southampton | 88 | 3 | |
| Russell O'Brien | West Nottingham | UG | 3 (U60 GP) | |
| Paul Todd | Ashfield | 74 | 3 | |
| 21= | Amber Carter | Red Admiral | UG | 2½ |
| Andrew Carter | Red Admiral | UG | 2½ | |
| Sam Doran | Warley Quimborne | UG | 2½ | |
| William Egan | UG | 2½ | ||
| John McKeon | Milton Keynes | 95 | 2½ | |
| Amy Milson | Louth | 64 | 2½ | |
| Neil Milson | Louth | 61 | 2½ | |
| Alan Stokes | East Cheshire | 71 | 2½ | |
| Andrew Sutton | Navigation | 73 | 2½ | |
| Ronald Watson | Gambit | E65 | 2½ | |
| Neel Kothari | West Nottingham | 51 | 2½ | |
| 32= | Gregory Bailey | Netherton | 80 | 2 |
| Steve Baker | Radcliffe & Bingham | UG | 2 | |
| Louise Brace | Spondon | UG | 2 | |
| Matthew Claypole | Cheltenham | E32 | 2 | |
| Tracey Clegg | West Nottingham | 76 | 2 | |
| Ken Heath | Gambit | 62 | 2 | |
| Ben Hobson | Gambit | 97 | 2 | |
| Dean Madden | Spondon | 56 | 2 | |
| Sean McDonald | Leeds Junior | UG | 2 | |
| Joseph Morrison | Eccleshall | 81 | 2 | |
| Paul Munro | Rushall | UG | 2 | |
| Jim Waddington | Bolton | 75 | 2 | |
| 44= | John Eddershaw | Dormer | 69 | 1½ |
| Martin Gibson | Spondon | 52 | 1½ | |
| Ian Morrell | Belper | 39 | 1½ | |
| Raghav Sudarshan | UG | 1½ | ||
| 48= | Charlotte Attwood | Radcliffe & Bingham | 66 | 1 |
| Ken Cairney | Navigation | 46 | 1 | |
| Mike Falgate | Radcliffe & Bingham | 56 | 1 | |
| Arjun Nehra | West Nottingham | UG | 1 | |
| David Smith | Tamworth | 14 | 1 | |
| 53= | Douglas Bramley | Spondon | 93 | ½ |
| Rahul Jassi | UG | ½ | ||
| Rohan Kothari | West Nottingham | UG | ½ |