Congress Calendar

Your First Tournament

Venue: The Royal Beacon Hotel, Exmouth.  The playing hall is the hotel's main function room.  It is spacious, with plenty of room between players.  A carpeted floor deadens noise.  As might be expected with a hotel, the coffee is expensive, however, there is a licensed bar.  

The congress ran smoothly and, in addition to the main prizes, there was a free raffle of book prizes with one prize for each section in each round - a total of 21 extra prizes (this was a 7 round tournament),  to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the congress.

Open Section:

1^st Matthew Turner (229) Street 6/7 £300

2^nd Russell James (190) S. Birmingham 5 £150

3^rd= Daniel Hall (174) Thamesdown Juniors 4½ £25

Alan Minnican (190) Wandering Dragons

Ian Ponter (170) Bristol

Grading prize: (U-170)

Mark Abbott (161) Exmouth 4 £60

Matthew Turner received the Championship Cup.

Ian Ponter was offered the British Championship Qualifying Place.

Major Section (U-160)

1^st C. Watson (152) Bristol 5½ £180

2^nd= M. Page (141) insurance 5 £50

B. P. Andrews (144) Bank of England

M. Harris (141) Newcastle-Under-Lyme

Grading prize (U-135)

S. Foster (131) Worcester 5 £50

Colin Watson won the Jon Wilkinson Cup.

Minor Section (U-125)

1^st M. Worrall (112) Taunton 5½ £150

2^nd= A. Bullock (109) Poole 5 £32

C. Gardiner (116) Falmouth

D. Teague (106) Burnley Farthing

Grading prize (U-102)

1^st= J. Constable (96) Coulsden £14

W. Davies (98) Hereford

G. Hammond (98) Scraptoft Valley

Ladies Championship:

Hazel Welch of Seaton received the Elizabeth Walker Cup.

OPEN (Under 170) SECTION

No Name			Grade Club		Total  1    2   3    4    5  
1  BRIDGE, Neil		U     No Club		4      7:D  5:W 8:W  2:W  3:D  £80
2  TELLO, Yasser	A165  King's Head	3.5   10:W  6:W 0:D  1:L  8:W  £30
3  SEYMOUR, Tim		A168  Staines		3.5    0:D  9:W 6:D  4:W  1:D  £30
4  HJORT, Helge		A161  Hendon		3      5:D  7:D 9:W  3:L  0:W
5  LENIER, Jude		A115  Crowborough	3      4:D  1:L 0:D 10:W  6:W  £20 u150 GP
6  JACKSON, Paul	A145  CCF		2.5    0:W  2:L 3:D  7:W  5:L
7  WILLIAMS, Peter A	A150  Camberley		2.5    1:D  4:D 0:D  6:L 10:W
8  BARRON, David	A134  CCF		2      9:L 10:W 1:L  0:W  2:L
9  JUBANI, Gasper	S165  CCF		1      8:W  3:L 4:L  0:   0: 
10 FIELDS, Francis	B124  Crystal Palace	1      2:L  8:L 0:W  5:L  7:L

UNDER 120 SECTION

No Name                 Grade Club		Total  1    2    3    4    5  
1  SQUIBBS, Adam	D 77  Crowborough	4      7:D  8:W 14:W 10:D  5:W  £47
2  DAVIDSON, Robert	B102  Brighton		4     16:W  5:L 18:W  7:W 10:W  £47
3  SYMONS, John		U          		4      8:D 18:W  0:D  6:W  4:W  £47
4  BREED, Greg		B105  Eastcote		3.5   12:W 10:W  6:D  5:W  3:L
5  RAMDEWAR, Ishan	A118  South Norwood	3     13:W  2:W  9:W  4:L  1:L
6  GALLAGHER, Marie	U     Richmond		3     15:W  7:D  4:D  3:L 13:W
7  CURTIS, Howard	A114  CCF		3      1:D  6:D 12:W  2:L  9:W
8  MORRIS-WESTON, Robin	B101  BT (Reading)	3      3:D  1:L  0:D 17:W 14:W
9  LANGRIDGE, David	A108  Brighton		2.5   14:W 11:W  5:L 13:D  7:L
10 BEDWELL, Richard	A119  Tonbridge & H	2.5   18:W  4:L 15:W  1:D  2:L
11 WALLIS, David	A105  Worthing		2.5   17:W  9:L  0:D 14:L 15:W
12 JAIN, Radha		A 66  Pinner		2.5    4:L 15:D  7:L 18:W 17:W  £20 u100 GP
13 BRYAN, Ian		A 94  Beckenham & Brom	2      5:L 16:W  0:D  9:D  6:L
14 WARNER, Dominic	A 83  CCF 		2      9:L 17:W  1:L 11:W  8:L
15 KHAN, Qaiyum		A109  CCF		1.5    6:L 12:D 10:L 16:W 11:L
16 YATES, Christopher	D 60  Crowborough	1.5    2:L 13:L  0:D 15:L 18:W
17 NURSE, Godfrey	U 61  Wallington	1     11:L 14:L  0:W  8:L 12:L
18 BOZTAS, Lana		A 95  CCF		0     10:L  3:L  2:L 12:L 16:L

UNDER 90 SECTION

No Name			Grade Club 		Total 1   2   3   4   5  
1  JONES, Paul		B 83  Petts Wood	3.5   3:W 6:W 7:D 8:W 2:L  £47
2  TURNER, Andrew	A 80  Tonbridge		3.5   5:D 3:L 8:W 4:W 1:W  £47
3  MEATON, Arthur	A 71  CCF		3.5   1:L 2:W 0:D 7:W 5:W  £47
4  SMUTS, John		U     Brighton		3     0:W 7:W 6:L 2:L 8:W
5  NELSON, Kit          U     (Canterbury)	2.5   2:D 8:W 0:D 6:D 3:L
6  COLLINS, Michael	A 43  CCF		2     0:D 1:L 4:W 5:D 7:L  £20 u70 GP
7  BENNETT, Delroy	C 80  CCF		1.5   8:L 4:L 1:D 3:L 6:W
8  SMART, Robert	A 68  CCF		1     7:W 5:L 2:L 1:L 4:L

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Jack Speigel Memorial

Open

Minor under 100 (20 pl) 1 Mohsen Abedian *58 (Kensington) 5½/6 £180.00, 2 Peter Buckley 94 (Wallington) 4½pts £90.00, 3-4 Graham Mill-Wilson 81 (Yate & Sodbury), Peter Saunders 75 (Bristol & Clifton) 4pts £37.50 each.

Junior Under 12s (18 pl) 1 Shyan Mohan *84 (Hastings) 5½/6 £50.00, 2-4 Eugene Daley *72 (Dulwich College Prep.), Jasdeep Gahir 78 (Whitgift School), Ramsey Pyper *59 (Sussex Junior) 4½pts £12.00 each.

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Blackpool 2007

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New President Hotel Major

Southbank Intermediate

ChessMaze International Minor

ChessMaze International Standard

Sharon Furlong Trophy

Awarded to the lady with the highest score overall.

Veterans Prize

Awarded to the player with the highest score who is aged over 60.

Best Game Prize

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Venue: Caterham School.  The tournament hall was a modern performance theatre.  There was plenty of room and players were well spaced out.  It was up a short flight of stairs from the foyer where the bookstall and refreshments were located.  The parents room was in a separate building and there was plenty of outdoor space for juniors to play in.  There was also on-site free parking.

Refreshments: Excellent.  Bacon rolls at breakfast were £1.  At lunchtime, as well as the ubiquitous hot dogs and toasted sandwiches there was a choice of chilli and rice or vegetable curry and rice at £2 each.  Later, there were cakes and pizzas.  Tea, coffee and sweets were available throughout the day.  

Total Prize Fund: £1,185.                                      Total Entries: 66.

Results

Section: Open (5 Rounds).

Section: Major (Under 160) (5 Rounds)

  Section: Intermediate (Under 130) (5 Rounds)