Crowborough Grand Prix 18th September 2021

Over 75 players attended our first over-the-board event since the Covid-19 pandemic began…….and it was fantastic to see so many new and old faces back.

Everyone you saw helping today is a volunteer so thanks to:

Rusty Rastogi on entries & registration
David Fryer & Andy Mitcher on tournament control
Keith Martin, Becs Wynn & Ed Chapman on catering
Arbiters David Bryant, Dave Graham, Nick Hope, Rasa Norinkeviciute, Polina Shchepinova
Photos from Martin Skelton & Jyoti Gupta

Headline Results

U11 Minor			U11 Major
Position	Name	Score	Position	Name	Score
1st	Edward Nethercott	5	1st	Nayan Rastogi	5
2nd	Louisa Kiss	5	2nd	Nicholas Deacon	4½
3rd	Aran Skelton	5	3rd	Seha Konara	4½

Top Under 7	Nuvee Konara	4
Top Under 8	Zeel Shah	4
Top Under 9	Pranil Sugana Jaideep	3
Top Under 10	Aditya Gupta	3½
Top Girl	Jasmine Pinna-Chapman	3

U18 Minor			U18 Major
Position	Name	Score	Position	Name	Score
1st	Tadeusz Tompsett	6	1st	Mohammed Aayan Ismail	5½
2nd	Lucy Hopkirk	4½	2nd	Adam Faulkner	5
3rd	Kilian Teschke-Panah	4½	3rd	Alec Hedger	4
Grading Prizes
U1300	Alise Peterson	3½	U1600	Benedict Weis	4
U1100	Freya Pinna-Chapman	4	U1400	Daniel Donaghy	3½
UG	Cesare Masset	4	UG	Tom Brooks	3½

The Crowborough Cup (Highest placed member of Crowborough Chess Club):

Lucy Hopkirk & Seha Konara

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Crosstables

U11 Minor

Pos	Name	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	A	B	T1
1	Nethercot, Edward	1023D	b11+	w7+	b6+	b2+	w8+	w3-	5	5	20.0
2	Kiss, Louisa	918B	w15+	b13+	b3+	w1-	b4+	w7+	5	4	18.0
3	Skelton, Aran	1195B	w8+	b9+	w2-	b7+	w12+	b1+	5	6	17.0

4	Shah, Zeel	500	b7-	w11+	w9+	b12+	w2-	b6+	4	5	13.0
5	Konara, Nuvee	500	w12+	w6-	b7-	b15+	w9+	b8+	4	5	12.0

6	Pinna-Chapman, Jasmine	726D	w16+	b5+	w1-	b8-	w10+	w4-	3	2	13.0
7	McKie, Josiah	708C	w4+	b1-	w5+	w3-	b13+	b2-	3	4	12.0
8	Boxer, Charles Raymond Yorkston	708*	b3-	w10+	b14+	w6+	b1-	w5-	3	3	12.0
9	Suguna Jaideep, Pranil	708A	b10+	w3-	b4-	w11+	b5-	b12+	3	2	10.0
10	Patel, Kaelen	500	w9-	b8-	b16+	w13+	b6-	w14+	3	4	8.0
11	Ashcroft, Arthur	500	w1-	b4-	w15+	b9-	w14+	bye+	3	2	7.0

12	Walsh, Isabella	880A	b5-	w16+	b13+	w4-	b3-	w9-	2	3	9.0
13	Ashcroft, Rory	708*	b14+	w2-	w12-	b10-	w7-	b15+	2	3	7.0

14	Shchepinov, Mark	500	w13-	b15=	w8-	bye+	b11-	b10-	1½	2	5.5
15	Campagna, Maya	500	b2-	w14=	b11-	w5-	bye+	w13-	1½	2	4.5

16	Kumar, Avi	500	b6-	b12-	w10-				0	0	0.0

Index:

A = Player's score.

B = Number of rated opponents played (N).

T1 = Tie Break using Sum Of Progressive Scores

U11 Major

Pos	Name	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	A	B	T1
1	Rastogi, Nayan Keats	1278A	w14+	b2=	w9+	b4+	w3=	b7+	5	6	17.5

2	Deacon, Nicholas	1488A	b10+	w1=	b5+	w6+	b4+	b3-	4½	6	17.5
3	Konara, Seha	1405A	w8-	b12+	w13+	b7+	b1=	w2+	4½	6	14.0

4	Boxer, George	1315A	w15+	b13+	b8+	w1-	w2-	b10+	4	6	16.0

5	Freeman, Luke	1240A	bye+	b9+	w2-	b8+	w7-	w6=	3½	5	14.5
6	Gupta, Aditya	1780*	w13-	b15+	w11+	b2-	w8+	b5=	3½	6	11.5

7	Merchant, Samuel	1315A	b12+	w8-	b10+	w3-	b5+	w1-	3	6	12.0
8	Tagg, George	1120A	b3+	b7+	w4-	w5-	b6-	bye+	3	5	12.0
9	Salajee, Kaysan	1345C	b11+	w5-	b1-	w12+	b10-	w14+	3	6	10.0
10	Beecroft, James	1143A	w2-	b14+	w7-	b11+	w9+	w4-	3	6	10.0
11	Grace, Niamh	1090A	w9-	bye+	b6-	w10-	b13+	w15+	3	5	8.0
12	Fraser-Jenkins, Angharad	963D	w7-	w3-	bye+	b9-	b15+	w13+	3	5	7.0

13	Singh, Avyanna	1158A	b6+	w4-	b3-	w14+	w11-	b12-	2	6	9.0
14	Chapman, Luke	730D	b1-	w10-	w15+	b13-	bye+	b9-	2	5	6.0

15	Floyd, Mischa	970A	b4-	w6-	b14-	bye+	w12-	b11-	1	5	3.0

Index:

A = Player's score.

B = Number of rated opponents played (N).

T1 = Tie Break using Sum Of Progressive Scores

U18 Minor

Pos	Name	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	A	B	T1
1	Tompsett, Tadeusz	1443A	b5+	w4+	b6+	w2+	b9+	w7+	6	5	21.0

2	Hopkirk, Lucy	1165F	b3+	w12+	b9+	b1-	w11+	w6=	4½	3	17.5
3	Teschke-Panah, Kilian	1000	w2-	b13+	w7=	b18+	w10+	b9+	4½	6	13.0

4	Masset, Cesare	1000	w7+	b1-	w16+	b10-	w18+	b11+	4	5	13.0
5	Pinna-Chapman, Freya	1015F	w1-	b20+	w18+	b7-	w15+	b10+	4	5	12.0

6	Petersone, Alise	1195A	w15+	b16+	w1-	b11-	w13+	b2=	3½	4	13.5
7	Collins, Matthew	1195A	b4-	w14+	b3=	w5+	b17+	b1-	3½	4	12.0
8	Wang, Yoting	1143D	w20+	b18=	w10-	b13-	w14+	b16+	3½	6	11.5

9	Appleton, Toby	1338A	w11+	b10+	w2-	b15+	w1-	w3-	3	3	14.0
10	Taylor, Zebediah	1113D	b19+	w9-	b8+	w4+	b3-	w5-	3	4	13.0
11	Emrich, Teddy	1000	b9-	w17+	b12+	w6+	b2-	w4-	3	4	12.0
12	Wang, Aoting	1000	w13+	b2-	w11-	b14-	w20+	b15+	3	4	9.0
13	Merchant, Sebastian	1128A	b12-	w3-	b19+	w8+	b6-	w17+	3	4	8.0

14	Wibberley, Hugo	1165D	bye=	b7-	w15-	w12+	b8-	w19+	2½	3	7.0

15	Mervyn-Thomas, William	1000	b6-	w19+	b14+	w9-	b5-	w12-	2	5	9.0
16	Saunders, Ernest	1098A	bye+	w6-	b4-	w17-	b19+	w8-	2	4	8.0
17	Nagy, Cillian	1443A	w18-	b11-	w20+	b16+	w7-	b13-	2	5	7.0

18	Purvis, Emerson	1015C	b17+	w8=	b5-	w3-	b4-	w20-	1½	4	8.5

19	Jithendra, Risha	1128B	w10-	b15-	w13-	b20+	w16-	b14-	1	5	3.0
20	Van Hoven, Natalie	985B	b8-	w5-	b17-	w19-	b12-	b18+	1	5	1.0

Index:

A = Player's score.

B = Number of rated opponents played (N).

T1 = Tie Break using Sum Of Progressive Scores

U18 Major

Pos	Name	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	A	B	T1
1	Ismail, Mohammed Aayan	2121A	w2+	b8=	w19+	b9+	b3+	w7+	5½	5	18.5

2	Faulkner, Adam	1587B	b1-	w24+	b22+	b19+	w13+	w3+	5	6	15.0

3	Hedger, Alec	1840B	w12+	b11+	w10+	b7+	w1-	b2-	4	5	18.0
4	Finn, Elizabeth	1690A	w16+	b10-	w17=	b15=	w20+	b13+	4	6	12.5
5	Weis, Benedict	1548A	w19-	b26+	w15=	b12+	b6=	w14+	4	6	12.0
6	Hedger, Timothy	1840A	b21-	w22=	b18+	b11+	w5=	w8+	4	6	11.5

7	Brooks, Tom	1000	w15+	b13+	w9+	w3-	b8=	b1-	3½	6	16.0
8	Shaw, Henry	1675A	w17+	w1=	b20=	b10+	w7=	b6-	3½	5	14.5
9	Filby, Ted	1745F	b23+	w14+	b7-	w1-	b21+	w10=	3½	5	13.5
10	Donaghy, Daniel	1300F	b25+	w4+	b3-	w8-	w15+	b9=	3½	6	13.5
11	Deacon, Matthew	1660A	b18+	w3-	b21+	w6-	b17=	w19+	3½	6	12.0
12	Velayudham, Suriya	1570A	b3-	w18=	b25+	w5-	b22+	w17+	3½	6	9.5

13	Longley, Daniel	1675A	b24+	w7-	b14+	w20+	b2-	w4-	3	5	13.0
14	Wynn, Jacob R	1608A	w26+	b9-	w13-	b16+	w19+	b5-	3	6	11.0
15	Giles, Charlie	1623A	b7-	w25+	b5=	w4=	b10-	w23+	3	5	9.5
16	Martin, Thomas W	1503A	b4-	b20-	w26+	w14-	b24+	w21+	3	6	7.0

17	Wannasin Bell, Charlie	1473A	b8-	w23+	b4=	w22=	w11=	b12-	2½	6	9.5
18	Ullmann, Hugo	1375A	w11-	b12=	w6-	b23-	w26+	b20+	2½	6	5.5

19	Manchester, Oliver	1705B	b5+	w21+	b1-	w2-	b14-	b11-	2	6	11.0
20	Currah, Elena	1548A	b22=	w16+	w8=	b13-	b4-	w18-	2	6	10.0
21	Jithendra, Raina	1578B	w6+	b19-	w11-	b24+	w9-	b16-	2	6	9.0
22	Blades, Kit	1735A	w20=	b6=	w2-	b17=	w12-	b25=	2	6	7.5
23	Mitchell, Austin	1555A	w9-	b17-	w24-	w18+	b25+	b15-	2	6	5.0
24	Rees, Amelie	1495A	w13-	b2-	b23+	w21-	w16-	b26+	2	6	5.0

25	Currah, Giovanni	1653A	w10-	b15-	w12-	b26+	w23-	w22=	1½	6	3.5

26	Kadalarasan Ganesh Balaji, Adhvikperiyasami	893D	b14-	w5-	b16-	w25-	b18-	w24-	0	6	0.0

Index:

A = Player's score.

B = Number of rated opponents played (N).

T1 = Tie Break using Sum Of Progressive Scores