2017 Congress
11th Weald Chess Congress Results – July 15th-16th 2017
Thanks to Copthorne Prep School for the spacious venue and to our team of volunteers:
- Set Up & Clear Down – Balvinder Ahluwalia, Tom, Scott & Laura Borland, Gary McCulloch, Karen Meakings, Trevor Norton, Dave and Will Graham
- Catering – Balvinder Ahluwalia, Jane Armstrong, Debbie Steenhuis
- BBQ – Keith Martin and Adrian Vyse
- Tournament team – Mike Forster, Sue Howell, Tom Borland
- Michael Flatt (SCCU) for presenting the Glenroy Cup to the SCCU Champions
- Thanks to all the senior players who supported the juniors by analysing with them after their games
As a non-profit making event we gratefully acknowledge the kind donations received from so many competitors. Any surplus funds will be used to improve the event for next year and for the support of junior chess in Sussex.
| Open | Major (U175) | Intermediate (U140) | Minor (U110) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | GM Nicholas Pert IM Richard Bates | Viktor Jamroz | Jake Hurley | William Ellinger Hou Ning Zhu Max Wilton Colin Gardiner |
| 2nd | Paul Kelly Scott Borland Owen Phillips Laurence Butt | Edward Gray Jonathan Britnell Max Bennett | n/a | |
| 3rd | Krzysztof Jamroz Matthew Payne | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Grading Prizes | Gorak Rajesh Dominic Miller Calum Salmons Will Graham Mikolaj Rogacewicz Oli Howell | Freddie Coleman Alec Hedger Lucy Bennet-Stevens Peter Horlock | William Stock Alex Miller Mike Spence Susan Chadwick Callum Vyse Timmy Hedger | Laura Borland Patrice Tournier Henry Adams |
Nick Pert and Richard Bates share the 2016-17 SCCU Championship…but only for 5 weeks as the 2017-18 Championship is due to be awarded at the Thanet Congress in August!
Krzysztof Jamroz and Matthew Payne were awarded the SCCU British Chess Championships qualifying place.
Sussex Champions:
| Sussex U18 George Self Cup | Sussex U14 Brian Denman Cup | Sussex Girls Anne Gammans Cup |
|---|---|---|
| Callum Brewer | Calum Salmons | Lucy Bennet-Stevens |
Crosstables:
Open
| Pos | Name | Grade | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | A | B | C | D | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pert, Nicholas | 250A | w31+ | b10+ | w9+ | b2= | w5+ | 4½ | 5 | 1271 | 254 | 14.0 |
| 2 | Bates, Richard A | 231A | b18+ | w4+ | b7+ | w1= | b8+ | 4½ | 5 | 1214 | 243 | 14.0 |
| 3 | Payne, Matthew J | 197A | w26+ | b12= | b6= | w17+ | b7+ | 4 | 5 | 1053 | 211 | 11.5 |
| 4 | Jamroz, Krzysztof | 184A | w30+ | b2- | w26+ | b19+ | w16+ | 4 | 5 | 1046 | 209 | 11.0 |
| 5 | Lock, Gavin R | 202A | w14+ | b21+ | bye= | w6+ | b1- | 3½ | 4 | 890 | 223 | 12.5 |
| 6 | Cumming, Rhys | 203A | w29+ | b13+ | w3= | b5- | w10= | 3 | 5 | 986 | 197 | 11.0 |
| 7 | Brewer, Callum D | 186A | w32+ | b22+ | w2- | b21+ | w3- | 3 | 5 | 1008 | 202 | 11.0 |
| 8 | Rajesh, Gorak | 179C | w27+ | b16= | w12+ | b9= | w2- | 3 | 5 | 960 | 192 | 11.0 |
| 9 | Graham, David B | 203A | b25+ | w17+ | b1- | w8= | b11= | 3 | 5 | 986 | 197 | 10.5 |
| 10 | Zhu, Richard | 185B | b15+ | w1- | b25+ | w11= | b6= | 3 | 5 | 968 | 194 | 9.5 |
| 11 | Salmons, Calum | 165A | w22= | b31+ | w20= | b10= | w9= | 3 | 5 | 999 | 200 | 9.5 |
| 12 | Graham, William M | 162B | b20+ | w3= | b8- | w25= | b24+ | 3 | 5 | 934 | 187 | 9.0 |
| 13 | Miller, Dominic | 183A | b23+ | w6- | b19- | w30+ | b18+ | 3 | 5 | 893 | 179 | 8.0 |
| 14 | Rogacewicz, Mikolaj | 165A | b5- | w24+ | b17- | w23+ | b22+ | 3 | 5 | 931 | 186 | 7.0 |
| 15 | Howell, Oliver W | 158A | w10- | b26- | w28+ | b31+ | w21+ | 3 | 5 | 910 | 182 | 6.0 |
| 16 | Wilson, Jaimie | 187A | b19+ | w8= | bye= | w18= | b4- | 2½ | 4 | 697 | 174 | 9.5 |
| 17 | Ahluwalia, Amardip | 182A | w28+ | b9- | w14+ | b3- | w19= | 2½ | 5 | 876 | 175 | 8.5 |
| 18 | Blake, J Morgan | 173A | w2- | b30+ | w29+ | b16= | w13- | 2½ | 5 | 906 | 181 | 8.0 |
| 19 | Jina, Taran | 161B | w16- | b27+ | w13+ | w4- | b17= | 2½ | 5 | 871 | 174 | 7.5 |
| 20 | Patrick, Chaski | 191 | w12- | b32+ | b11= | w22- | b25+ | 2½ | 5 | 849 | 170 | 6.5 |
| 21 | Charpidou, Anna | 180 | b24+ | w5- | b23+ | w7- | b15- | 2 | 5 | 798 | 160 | 8.0 |
| 22 | Nicholas, Michael D | 195D | b11= | w7- | bye= | b20+ | w14- | 2 | 4 | 657 | 164 | 6.0 |
| 23 | Zhao, Haolin | 152A | w13- | b29+ | w21- | b14- | b30+ | 2 | 5 | 801 | 160 | 5.0 |
| 24 | Samworth-Calvier, Juju | 150A | w21- | b14- | w32+ | b26+ | w12- | 2 | 5 | 787 | 157 | 5.0 |
| 25 | Faulkner, Martin J | 167A | w9- | b28+ | w10- | b12= | w20- | 1½ | 5 | 791 | 158 | 5.0 |
| 26 | Fryer, David W | 170A | b3- | w15+ | b4- | w24- | b27= | 1½ | 5 | 724 | 145 | 4.5 |
| 27 | Davidson, Laura J | 135A | b8- | w19- | bye= | b29= | w26= | 1½ | 4 | 575 | 144 | 3.0 |
| 28 | Neale, George | 150A | b17- | w25- | b15- | bye+ | w31= | 1½ | 4 | 532 | 133 | 2.5 |
| 29 | Graham, Cassie M | 169A | b6- | w23- | b18- | w27= | bye+ | 1½ | 4 | 513 | 128 | 2.0 |
| 30 | Pramod Paleri, Adithya | 154* | b4- | w18- | bye+ | b13- | w23- | 1 | 4 | 492 | 123 | 3.0 |
| 31 | Young, Daniel J | 175A | b1- | w11- | bye= | w15- | b28= | 1 | 4 | 538 | 135 | 2.0 |
| 32 | Everett, Joe | 160A | b7- | w20- | b24- | 0 | 3 | 377 | 126 | 0.0 |
Major
| Pos | Name | Grade | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | A | B | C | D | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jamroz, Viktor | 138A | w3- | b18+ | w16+ | b13+ | w7+ | 4 | 5 | 920 | 184 | 10.0 |
| 2 | Kelly, Paul J | 169A | b16+ | w7+ | b3= | w4- | b8+ | 3½ | 5 | 912 | 182 | 11.5 |
| 3 | Borland, Scott | 159C | b1+ | w8+ | w2= | b7- | w13+ | 3½ | 5 | 904 | 181 | 11.5 |
| 4 | Phillips, Owen S | 169B | w18+ | b10= | bye= | b2+ | w5= | 3½ | 4 | 712 | 178 | 11.0 |
| 5 | Butt, Laurence A | 151C | w11+ | b6- | w15+ | b9+ | b4= | 3½ | 5 | 849 | 170 | 10.5 |
| 6 | Comley, Ian S | 167B | b12+ | w5+ | w10+ | 3 | 3 | 590 | 197 | 12.0 | ||
| 7 | Jackson, Paul G | 165A | w17+ | b2- | b11+ | w3+ | b1- | 3 | 5 | 784 | 157 | 10.0 |
| 8 | Hutchings, Roger M | 174B | w15+ | b3- | w9= | b10+ | w2- | 2½ | 5 | 762 | 152 | 8.5 |
| 9 | Coleman, Frederick | 137B | b13= | w19+ | b8= | w5- | b11= | 2½ | 5 | 742 | 148 | 8.5 |
| 10 | Bennet-Stevens, Lucy | 149A | bye+ | w4= | b6- | w8- | b18+ | 2½ | 4 | 603 | 151 | 8.0 |
| 11 | Hedger, Alec | 128A | b5- | bye+ | w7- | b15+ | w9= | 2½ | 4 | 551 | 138 | 6.5 |
| 12 | Horlock, Peter J | 140A | w6- | b15- | w18= | b20+ | b17+ | 2½ | 5 | 747 | 149 | 4.5 |
| 13 | Blewitt, Stephen D | 158B | w9= | b14+ | bye= | w1- | b3- | 2 | 4 | 538 | 135 | 8.0 |
| 14 | Bush, Ian | 154A | b19= | w13- | bye= | w17+ | 2 | 3 | 429 | 143 | 6.0 | |
| 15 | Dennis, Ian | 148C | b8- | w12+ | b5- | w11- | bye+ | 2 | 4 | 493 | 123 | 5.0 |
| 16 | Fisher, Robert HC | 145C | w2- | b17- | b1- | bye+ | w20+ | 2 | 4 | 496 | 124 | 3.0 |
| 17 | Plumb, Michael D | 140A | b7- | w16+ | bye= | b14- | w12- | 1½ | 4 | 504 | 126 | 5.5 |
| 18 | Foley, Phil T | 143A | b4- | w1- | b12= | bye+ | w10- | 1½ | 4 | 446 | 112 | 3.5 |
| 19 | Barlov, Alex | 131A | w14= | b9- | ½ | 2 | 241 | 121 | 2.5 | |||
| 20 | Jina, Asha | 149B | bye= | w12- | b16- | ½ | 2 | 185 | 93 | 1.5 |
Intermediate
| Pos | Name | Grade | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | A | B | C | D | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hurley, Jake | 131 | bye= | b11+ | b6+ | w12+ | w5+ | 4½ | 4 | 734 | 184 | 12.5 |
| 2 | Gray, Edward | 131A | b10+ | w25+ | b18+ | b5= | w3= | 4 | 5 | 728 | 146 | 13.5 |
| 3 | Britnell, Jonathan | 127A | b19+ | w22+ | b12= | w17+ | b2= | 4 | 5 | 756 | 151 | 13.0 |
| 4 | Bennett, Max | 121D | b24+ | w6- | b25+ | w18+ | b8+ | 4 | 5 | 714 | 143 | 11.0 |
| 5 | Royal, Shreyas | 135A | b15+ | w9+ | b17+ | w2= | b1- | 3½ | 5 | 727 | 145 | 13.0 |
| 6 | Lim, Yu-Chin (Peter) | 139A | bye= | b4+ | w1- | w9+ | b12+ | 3½ | 4 | 607 | 152 | 9.5 |
| 7 | Stock, William | 115A | b12- | w24= | b15+ | w14+ | b13+ | 3½ | 5 | 690 | 138 | 8.0 |
| 8 | Miller, Alexander | 126B | w21+ | b18- | w10+ | b19+ | w4- | 3 | 5 | 601 | 120 | 10.0 |
| 9 | Spence, Mike | 120A | w26+ | b5- | w23+ | b6- | w19+ | 3 | 5 | 630 | 126 | 9.0 |
| 10 | Chadwick, Susan E | 113A | w2- | bye+ | b8- | w20+ | b17+ | 3 | 4 | 507 | 127 | 7.0 |
| 11 | Vyse, Callum | 125A | b25- | w1- | b21+ | w22+ | b18+ | 3 | 5 | 592 | 118 | 6.0 |
| 12 | Williams, Stephen | 135A | w7+ | b13+ | w3= | b1- | w6- | 2½ | 5 | 632 | 126 | 10.5 |
| 13 | Schreiber, Ian | 120B | bye+ | w12- | b22= | w24+ | w7- | 2½ | 4 | 397 | 99 | 8.5 |
| 14 | Yu, Leo | 123B | w23- | b16= | w27+ | b7- | w22+ | 2½ | 5 | 553 | 111 | 6.0 |
| 15 | Garfield, Alex | 116B | w5- | b26+ | w7- | b23= | w24+ | 2½ | 5 | 542 | 108 | 6.0 |
| 16 | Currah, Giovanni | 113A | b17- | w14= | b24- | w25+ | b23+ | 2½ | 5 | 553 | 111 | 5.0 |
| 17 | Counsell, Robert W | 129B | w16+ | b23+ | w5- | b3- | w10- | 2 | 5 | 540 | 108 | 9.0 |
| 18 | Hedger, Timothy | 100B | b20+ | w8+ | w2- | b4- | w11- | 2 | 5 | 574 | 115 | 9.0 |
| 19 | Nunns, Dominic | 110 | w3- | b27+ | b20+ | w8- | b9- | 2 | 5 | 566 | 113 | 7.0 |
| 20 | Shchepinova, Polina | 121A | w18- | b21+ | w19- | b10- | w26+ | 2 | 5 | 474 | 95 | 5.0 |
| 21 | Cole, David M | 107A | b8- | w20- | w11- | b26+ | w25+ | 2 | 5 | 519 | 104 | 3.0 |
| 22 | Rajesh, Bhramav | 101B | w27+ | b3- | w13= | b11- | b14- | 1½ | 5 | 517 | 103 | 6.5 |
| 23 | Faulkner, Oliver | 102A | b14+ | w17- | b9- | w15= | w16- | 1½ | 5 | 501 | 100 | 6.0 |
| 24 | Yu, Tim | 96C | w4- | b7= | w16+ | b13- | b15- | 1½ | 5 | 485 | 97 | 5.0 |
| 25 | Smart, Robert | 103B | w11+ | b2- | w4- | b16- | b21- | 1 | 5 | 447 | 89 | 5.0 |
| 26 | Meaton, Arthur H | 94A | b9- | w15- | bye= | w21- | b20- | ½ | 4 | 264 | 66 | 1.5 |
| 27 | Rescorla, Ian R | 122C | b22- | w19- | b14- | 0 | 3 | 184 | 61 | 0.0 |
Minor
| Pos | Name | Grade | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | A | B | C | D | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ellinger, William | 99D | b10+ | w24+ | b5+ | w8+ | b4- | 4 | 5 | 582 | 116 | 14.0 |
| 2 | Zhu, Hou Ning | 87A | w28+ | b12+ | bye= | w9= | b10+ | 4 | 4 | 457 | 114 | 12.5 |
| 3 | Wilton, Max | 95A | w29+ | b22+ | w8- | b17+ | b9+ | 4 | 5 | 501 | 100 | 12.0 |
| 4 | Gardiner, Colin J | 101A | w20+ | b8- | w16+ | b22+ | w1+ | 4 | 5 | 562 | 112 | 11.0 |
| 5 | Borland, Laura | 89 | w34+ | b26+ | w1- | b11= | w19+ | 3½ | 5 | 494 | 99 | 11.0 |
| 6 | Lodha, Idhant | 99D | w22- | b30+ | w26+ | b16= | b8+ | 3½ | 5 | 501 | 100 | 9.0 |
| 7 | Tournier, Patrice | 58A | w18= | b14= | bye= | b20+ | w16+ | 3½ | 4 | 435 | 109 | 9.0 |
| 8 | Shimwell, Efe | 86C | b36+ | w4+ | b3+ | b1- | w6- | 3 | 5 | 490 | 98 | 12.0 |
| 9 | O’Leary, Bridie | 84B | w35+ | b21+ | bye= | b2= | w3- | 3 | 4 | 373 | 93 | 11.5 |
| 10 | Adams, Henry | 69F | w1- | b33+ | w12+ | b21+ | w2- | 3 | 5 | 475 | 95 | 9.0 |
| 11 | Hughes, Peter J | 108A | w14= | b18= | bye= | w5= | b25+ | 3 | 4 | 398 | 100 | 8.0 |
| 12 | Fraser, Alan R | 107A | b25+ | w2- | b10- | w33+ | b23+ | 3 | 5 | 424 | 85 | 8.0 |
| 13 | Laurillard, Andrew | 96C | w26- | b34+ | bye= | b15= | w22+ | 3 | 4 | 297 | 74 | 7.5 |
| 14 | Faulkner, Adam | 82A | b11= | w7= | b17- | w31+ | b28+ | 3 | 5 | 353 | 71 | 7.5 |
| 15 | Summers, Lucas | 56A | bye- | b27+ | bye= | w13= | w21+ | 3 | 3 | 379 | 126 | 7.5 |
| 16 | Power, Ben | 89E | b31+ | w17+ | b4- | w6= | b7- | 2½ | 5 | 360 | 72 | 10.0 |
| 17 | Thooran, Kavin | 39D | w27+ | b16- | w14+ | w3- | b18= | 2½ | 5 | 395 | 79 | 8.5 |
| 18 | Bolan, Michael T | 95A | b7= | w11= | b19= | w23= | w17= | 2½ | 5 | 356 | 71 | 7.5 |
| 19 | Martin, Thomas W | 66C | w21- | b35+ | w18= | b30+ | b5- | 2½ | 5 | 398 | 80 | 7.5 |
| 20 | Rees, Sophie | 69A | b4- | w31= | b36+ | w7- | w30+ | 2½ | 5 | 332 | 66 | 6.0 |
| 21 | Zheng, Jerry Z | 97D | b19+ | w9- | b25+ | w10- | b15- | 2 | 5 | 308 | 62 | 8.0 |
| 22 | Nunns, Ruby | 69F | b6+ | w3- | b24+ | w4- | b13- | 2 | 5 | 428 | 86 | 8.0 |
| 23 | Gardiner, Rebecca LG | 69C | w30= | bye= | b32= | b18= | w12- | 2 | 4 | 336 | 84 | 7.0 |
| 24 | Haria-Skuse, Ashwina | 87F | w33+ | b1- | w22- | b28- | w34+ | 2 | 5 | 267 | 53 | 6.0 |
| 25 | Armstrong, Matthew | 82B | w12- | b28+ | w21- | b32+ | w11- | 2 | 5 | 397 | 79 | 6.0 |
| 26 | Zheng, Harry Z | 66E | b13+ | w5- | b6- | w27- | b33+ | 2 | 5 | 356 | 71 | 6.0 |
| 27 | Currah, Elena | 87B | b17- | w15- | w29+ | b26+ | 2 | 4 | 226 | 57 | 5.0 | |
| 28 | Wynn, Jacob | 40E | b2- | w25- | b35+ | w24+ | w14- | 2 | 5 | 270 | 54 | 5.0 |
| 29 | McMahon, Maya | 57D | b3- | w36= | b27- | bye= | w35+ | 2 | 4 | 166 | 42 | 4.0 |
| 30 | Creasey, Don | 91A | b23= | w6- | b31+ | w19- | b20- | 1½ | 5 | 256 | 51 | 5.5 |
| 31 | Martin, Keith | 53* | w16- | b20= | w30- | b14- | w36+ | 1½ | 5 | 244 | 49 | 3.0 |
| 32 | Matilal, Tamal K | 93A | bye= | w23= | w25- | 1 | 2 | 101 | 51 | 3.5 | ||
| 33 | Rees, Amelie | 35A | b24- | w10- | w34+ | b12- | w26- | 1 | 5 | 190 | 38 | 3.0 |
| 34 | Currah, Mark | 55E | b5- | w13- | b33- | w36+ | b24- | 1 | 5 | 171 | 34 | 2.0 |
| 35 | Nevin, Hanoch | 0 | b9- | w19- | w28- | bye+ | b29- | 1 | 4 | -40 | -10 | 2.0 |
| 36 | Nevin, Habel | 0 | w8- | b29= | w20- | b34- | b31- | ½ | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 |
Index:
A = Player’s score
B = Number of graded games played
C = Total grading points
D = Grading performance
T = Tie Break using Sum Of Progressive Scores