20th Nottingham Rapidplay Chess Congress
Robert Richmond
Entry up from 102 last year to 113. My thanks to Neil Graham, John Swain and David Levens for yet another smooth event. Full results as follows:
Results
Open
Open to all players
| Pos | Name | Grade | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Hebden (Littlethorpe) | 252 | 6 | £120 |
| 2 | Ankush Khandelwal (Ashfield) | 202 | 4½ | £60 |
| 3= | Pete Mercs (Gambit) | 160 | 3½ | £10 Grading Prize |
| David Coates (Lincoln) | 155 | 3½ | £10 Grading Prize | |
| Paul Kemp (Linton) | 170 | 3½ | ||
| Chris Briscoe (Surbiton) | 184 | 3½ | ||
| 7= | Paul Lam (University) | 174 | 3 | |
| Andrew Talbot (Nuneaton) | - | 3 | ||
| Ivan David (Grantham) | - | 3 | ||
| Daniel Wells (Newark) | 147 | 3 | ||
| 11 | Martin Sheard (Barnsley) | 155 | 2½ | |
| 12 | Alex Combie (Newark) | 157 | 2 | |
| 13 | Alex Wilson() | - | 1 |
Major
Open to players graded below 150
| Pos | Name | Grade | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thomas Clements (Mossley) | 124 | 5 | £80 |
| 2 | Tim Poole (University) | 133 | 4½ | £40 |
| 3= | Gary Hinchcliffe (Barnsley) | 149 | 4 | |
| Samuel Milson (Louth) | 126 | 4 | Grading prize £20 | |
| Chris Booth (Huddersfield) | 137 | 4 | ||
| Keith Brameld (Navigation) | 143 | 4 | ||
| 7 | Mark Carter (Spondon) | 131 | 3 | |
| Daniel Broughton (-) | 128 | 3 | ||
| Farshad Ai (Sheffield) | 137 | 3 | ||
| 10= | John Calder (Troon) | 145 | 2½ | |
| Gordon Stables (West Nottingham) | 138 | 2½ | ||
| 12= | Toby Thurgood (Nomads) | 122 | 2 | |
| James Bowler (Wakefield) | 126 | 2 | ||
| Robert Clegg (Huddersfield) | 138 | 2 | ||
| 15= | Paul Colburn (Braunstone) | 143 | 1½ | |
| John Tassi (Gambit) | 123 | 1½ | ||
| 17 | Colin Eckloff (Brimingham) | 133 | 1 |
Intermediate
Open to players graded below 125
| Pos | Name | Grade | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Lin (West Nottingham) | 116 | 6 | £80 |
| 2 | Robert Taylor (Ashfield) | 111 | 5 | £40 |
| 3= | Neil Parteidge (-) | 124 | 4 | |
| Geoff Laurence (Macclesfield) | 116 | 4 | ||
| Andrew Smith (Tamworth) | 104 | 4 | £20 Grading Prize | |
| 6= | Robert Willoughby (West Nottingham) | 118 | 3½ | |
| Richard Voges (University) | 120 | 3½ | ||
| 8= | Phil Morgan (Ashfield) | 119 | 3 | |
| Janos Wagenbach (Mansfield) | 120 | 3 | ||
| Michael Connor (Bolton) | 124 | 3 | ||
| Evie Hollingworth (Sheffield) | 105 | 3 | ||
| 12= | Hamzah Ali (Gambit) | 103 | 2½ | |
| Jixin Yang (University) | 109 | 2½ | ||
| 14= | George Murfet (Radcliffe & Bingham) | 109 | 2 | |
| Michael Zhang (West Nottingham) | 108 | 1½ | ||
| 16 | Richard Scott (-) | - | 1 | |
| 17 | Dean Hartley (Amber Valley) | - | 0 |
Minor
Open to players graded below 100
| Pos | Name | Grade | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1= | Andrew Garside (West Nottingham) | 98 | 5½ | £60 |
| Harry Brook (Bolton) | 84 | 5½ | £60 | |
| 3= | George Seabridge (Long Eaton) | 79 | 5 | £10 U80 Grading Prize |
| Arun Maini (West Nottingham) | 72 | 5 | £10 U80 Grading Prize | |
| Russell O'Brien (-) | - | 5 | £20 U60 Grading Prize | |
| 6= | Chris Sargeant (University) | 95 | 4½ | |
| Martin Robinson (Burton On Trent) | E61 | 4½ | ||
| Chris Cumbers (Grantham) | 76 | 4½ | ||
| 9= | Gary Hopkinson (Gambit) | 98 | 4 | |
| David Dunne (West Nottingham) | 90 | 4 | ||
| Alan Sime (Macclesfield) | 93 | 4 | ||
| Nigel Marshall (Rolls Royce) | 88 | 4 | ||
| Leo Tsoi (Birmingham) | 49 | 4 | ||
| Alan Kenyon (West Nottingham) | - | 4 | ||
| Douglas Bramley (Spondon) | 93 | 4 | ||
| Ben Hobson (Gambit) | 97 | 4 | ||
| Neil Milson (Louth) | 54 | 4 | ||
| Paul Fischer (Lincoln) | 70 | 4 | ||
| Richard Hickling (Spondon) | 92 | 4 | ||
| 20= | Peter Housden (Bedford) | 84 | 3½ | |
| K. Gilbert (Birmingham) | 92 | 3½ | ||
| Jon Asbury (Birmingham) | 91 | 3½ | ||
| Mark Kirtley (Gambit) | E91 | 3½ | ||
| Raghav Sudarshan (-) | - | 3½ | ||
| Ron Eliyahoo (West Bridgford) | - | 3½ | ||
| 26= | Graham Gibson (Gambit) | E82 | 3 | |
| Lucasz Kacprzak (Navigation) | - | 3 | ||
| David Craigon (-) | - | 3 | ||
| John Crawley (West Nottingham) | - | 3 | ||
| Mark Kenyon (West Nottingham) | - | 3 | ||
| Saaras Mehan (West Nottingham) | 19 | 3 | ||
| Barry Redburn (Radcliffe & Bingham) | 83 | 3 | ||
| Imogen Stables (West Nottingham) | 39 | 3 | ||
| Amy Milson (Louth) | 86 | 3 | ||
| Adam Kidd (Navigation) | - | 3 | ||
| Sandeep Dhir (Nomads) | - | 3 | ||
| Graham Garside (West Nottingham) | 44 | 3 | ||
| Michael Fletcher (-) | - | 3 | ||
| Stephen Morley (Radcliffe & Bingham) | 62 | 3 | ||
| Neil McLean (Cheddleton) | 96 | 3 | ||
| Karol Grzybowski (Cheddleton) | 88 | 3 | ||
| 42= | Dorothy Blampied (-) | 77 | 2½ | |
| Andrew Gledhill (-) | - | 2½ | ||
| Isaac Stables (West Nottingham) | 27 | 2½ | ||
| Harry Croasdale (West Nottingham) | - | 2½ | ||
| 46= | Andrew Sutton (-) | 63 | 2 | |
| Niklooz Godfrey (Grantham) | - | 2 | ||
| Steven Cooper (Newcastle-u-Lyme) | 41 | 2 | ||
| Charlotte Attwood (Radcliffe & Bingham) | 66 | 2 | ||
| Peter Brace (Spondon) | 56 | 2 | ||
| Tobias Stables (West Nottingham) | 15 | 2 | ||
| Phil Smith (Rolls Royce) | 60 | 2 | ||
| David Somers (West Nottingham) | 34 | 2 | ||
| Malcolm Somers (-) | 56 | 2 | ||
| Sohum Dhir (Nomads) | 52 | 2 | ||
| Patrick Kelleher (-) | - | 2 | ||
| 57= | Roy Talbot (Rugby) | 63 | 1½ | |
| Roger Hall (York) | 63 | 1½ | ||
| Paul Clapham (Newcastle-u-Lyme) | 49 | 1½ | ||
| Kyle Reed (Birmingham) | E58 | 1½ | ||
| 61= | James Kenyon (West Nottingham) | - | 1 | |
| Louise Brace (Spondon) | - | 1 | ||
| 63= | Darryl Broderick (-) | - | 0 | |
| Nikhil Sahdev (Nomads) | - | 0 | ||
| David Smith (Tamworth) | - | 0 |