Eastbourne Grand Prix 27th November 2021

Everyone you see at our events is a volunteer, so thanks to;

Entries and registration: Steve Merchant

Tournament Control: Catherine & Peter Finn, Sharon Merchant, Janis Petersons, Rasa Norinkeviciute, Gareth Rees, Gary McCulloch

Photos: Mark Currah

Trophies: Jyoti Gupta, Ed Chapman

Also thanks to Eastbourne College for the venue.

Headline Results

U11 Minor			U11 Major
Position	Name	Score	Position	Name	Score
1st	Zeel Shah	5	1st	Luke Freeman (on tie break)	4½
2nd	Josiah Mckie (on tie break)	4½	2nd=	Avyanna Singh	4½
3rd	Charles Boxer	4½		Aidan Burnside	4½

Top Under 7	Euan Burnside	1½
Top Under 8	Arthur Ashcroft	4
Top Under 9	Samuel Merchant (on tie break)	4
Top Under 10	Max Humpherys	4
Top Girl	Niamh Grace (on tie break)	3

U18 Minor			U18 Major
Position	Name	Score	Position	Name	Score
1st	Grant Humpherys	6	1st	Mohammed Aayan Ismail	6
2nd=	George Adams	4½	2nd	Henry Adams	4½
	Sebastian Merchant	4½	3rd=	Alec Hedger, Elizabeth Finn, Kit Blades, Ted Filby, Batuhan Kaya, Anh Nguyen	4
Grading Prizes
U1200	Louis Buckland, Tegen Baker	4		NB, Grading prizes merged with 3rd place
U1050	Thomas Baker, Charles Crawford, Peng Wang	2

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Crosstables

U11 Minor

Pos	Name	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	A	B	T1
1	Shah, Zeel	765E	b9+	w12+	b3+	w2-	b7+	w4+	5	5	18.0

2	McKie, Josiah	758B	b4+	w13+	b7+	b1+	w3=	w5-	4½	5	19.0
3	Boxer, Charles	708D	b15+	w5+	w1-	b6+	b2=	w7+	4½	5	16.0

4	Pai, Sidhanth	500	w2-	b10+	w16+	b8+	w12+	b1-	4	6	14.0
5	Ashcroft, Arthur	741D	w11+	b3-	w6-	b14+	w8+	b2+	4	3	12.0
6	Humpherys, Max	500	b7-	w15+	b5+	w3-	b16+	w9+	4	5	12.0

7	Adams, Charles	945A	w6+	b16+	w2-	b12+	w1-	b3-	3	5	14.0
8	Suguna Jaideep, Pranil	718A	b13-	w14+	b9+	w4-	b5-	w12+	3	3	10.0
9	Humpherys, Shari	500	w1-	b11+	w8-	b10+	w13+	b6-	3	3	10.0

10	Collins, Ben	688E	b12-	w4-	b15+	w9-	b11=	w14+	2½	3	6.0
11	Sengupta, Christopher	500	b5-	w9-	b14-	w15+	w10=	b13+	2½	3	5.0

12	Ashcroft, Rory	666D	w10+	b1-	w13+	w7-	b4-	b8-	2	5	10.0
13	Vermot, Myrto	500	w8+	b2-	b12-	w16+	b9-	w11-	2	4	9.0

14	Khan, Azaan	500	b16-	b8-	w11+	w5-	b15=	b10-	1½	5	5.0
15	Burnside, Euan	175F	w3-	b6-	w10-	b11-	w14=	w16+	1½	3	2.0

16	Pinna-Chapman, Jasmine	708B	w14+	w7-	b4-	b13-	w6-	b15-	1	3	6.0

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	C	D	E	F	T1
1	Freeman, Luke	1396A	w9+	b2+	w8+	b4+	b5=	w3-	4½	6	4½	1136	4.77	-0.27	19.0
2	Singh, Avyanna	1161A	w14+	w1-	b7=	b10+	w4+	b5+	4½	6	4½	1111	3.30	1.20	14.0
3	Burnside, Aidan	922F	w13=	b9+	w4-	b11+	w6+	b1+	4½	6	4½	1201	1.15	3.35	14.0

4	Merchant, Samuel	1301A	b11+	w10+	b3+	w1-	b2-	w9+	4	6	4	1114	4.34	-0.34	16.0

5	Gupta, Aditya	1174A	b10-	b13+	w11+	b8+	w1=	w2-	3½	6	3½	1168	3.07	0.43	13.0
6	Tagg, George	1220A	w12+	b8-	w10=	w7+	b3-	b14+	3½	6	3½	980	4.65	-1.15	12.0
7	Chapman, Luke	786C	w8-	b12+	w2=	b6-	w13+	b10+	3½	6	3½	1138	0.71	2.79	10.0

8	Beecroft, James	1159A	b7+	w6+	b1-	w5-	b9-	w12+	3	6	3	1113	3.29	-0.29	12.0
9	Grace, Niamh	1099A	b1-	w3-	b14+	w12+	w8+	b4-	3	6	3	1115	2.92	0.08	9.0

10	Nethercot, Edward	1101C	w5+	b4-	b6=	w2-	b11+	w7-	2½	6	2½	1108	2.89	-0.39	10.0

11	Shah, Samuel	1006F	w4-	b14+	b5-	w3-	w10-	b13+	2	6	2	1098	2.32	-0.32	6.0
12	Fraser-Jenkins, Angharad	1002D	b6-	w7-	w13+	b9-	w14+	b8-	2	6	2	1059	2.55	-0.55	6.0

13	Skelton, Aran	1183A	b3=	w5-	b12-	w14+	b7-	w11-	1½	6	1½	966	4.55	-3.05	6.0

14	Floyd, Mischa	909A	b2-	w11-	w9-	b13-	b12-	w6-	0	6	0				0.0

Index:

A = Player's score.

B = Number of rated opponents played (N).

C = Score against rated opponents (W).

D = Average rating of rated opponents (Rc). Not shown for unrated players if B is less than 3 or Score is less than 1.

E = Rated players: Sum of expected score for each rated opponent (We).

F = Rated players: Actual score less expected score. This must be multiplied by K to get change of rating.

Unrated players: FIDE Performance rating.

K is the development coefficient. K is 20 except in a month where a junior player has outperformed expectation, then the k factor is 40

T1 = Tie Break using Sum Of Progressive Scores

U18 Minor

Pos	Name	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	A	B	C	D	E	F	T1
1	Humpherys, Grant	1000	bye+	b11+	w2+	w8+	b5+	b4+	6	5	5	1308		1371	21.0

2	Adams, George	1322A	b18+	w3+	b1-	w5=	b11+	w7+	4½	5	4½	1239	3.04	1.46	15.5
3	Merchant, Sebastian	1163A	w17+	b2-	w11+	b12+	b7=	w8+	4½	6	4½	1187	2.76	1.74	15.0

4	Buckland, Louis	1180*	b19+	w7-	b17+	w15+	b8+	w1-	4	4	3	1105	2.32	0.68	15.0
5	Holmes, Adam Rafael	1444A	bye=	w18+	b7+	b2=	w1-	b9+	4	4	3½	1208	3.14	0.36	14.5
6	Baker, Tegen	1105B	b8-	w16+	b13-	w17+	b14+	b10+	4	5	3	1135	2.31	0.69	11.0

7	Collins, Matthew	1260A	w12+	b4+	w5-	b9+	w3=	b2-	3½	6	3½	1225	3.28	0.22	15.0

8	Nagy, Cillian	1371A	w6+	b10+	w9+	b1-	w4-	b3-	3	5	3	1157	3.86	-0.86	15.0
9	Wang, Yoting	1147C	b20+	w14+	b8-	w7-	b15+	w5-	3	5	2	1200	2.05	-0.05	13.0
10	Petersone, Alise	1188A	b16+	w8-	b15-	w13+	b12+	w6-	3	4	2	1155	2.18	-0.18	11.0
11	Lebedev, Alexander	1225A	b13+	w1-	b3-	w18+	w2-	b14+	3	5	3	1171	2.87	0.13	10.0
12	Wang, Aoting	1092C	b7-	w19+	b14+	w3-	w10-	b15+	3	5	2	1153	2.09	-0.09	10.0
13	Pinna-Chapman, Freya	1051E	w11-	b17-	w6+	b10-	w19+	w16+	3	5	2	1061	2.42	-0.42	7.0

14	Taylor, Zebediah	1215A	w15+	b9-	w12-	b16+	w6-	w11-	2	4	0	1142	2.40	-2.40	9.0
15	Baker, Thomas	1000	b14-	w20+	w10+	b4-	w9-	w12-	2	6	2	1088		963	9.0
16	Crawford, Charles	1000	w10-	b6-	w20+	w14-	b18+	b13-	2	6	2	1062		937	6.0
17	Wang, Penghao	850F	b3-	w13+	w4-	b6-	b20-	w19+	2	6	2	1024	1.76	0.24	6.0
18	Saunders, Ernest	1102A	w2-	b5-	w19+	b11-	w16-	b20+	2	5	2	1127	2.31	-0.31	5.0

19	Leeson, Hayden	938D	w4-	b12-	b18-	w20+	b13-	b17-	1	6	1	997	2.53	-1.53	3.0
20	Zakacura, Misha	708E	w9-	b15-	b16-	b19-	w17+	w18-	1	4	1	1009	0.68	0.32	2.0

Index:

A = Player's score.

B = Number of rated opponents played (N).

C = Score against rated opponents (W).

D = Average rating of rated opponents (Rc). Not shown for unrated players if B is less than 3 or Score is less than 1.

E = Rated players: Sum of expected score for each rated opponent (We).

F = Rated players: Actual score less expected score. This must be multiplied by K to get change of rating.

Unrated players: FIDE Performance rating.

K is the development coefficient. K is 20 except in a month where a junior player has outperformed expectation, then the k factor is 40

T1 = Tie Break using Sum Of Progressive Scores

U18 Major

Pos	Name	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	A	B	C	D	E	F	T1
1	Ismail, Mohammed	2149A	w17+	b12+	w5+	b4+	w6+	b3+	6	6	6	1710	5.48	0.52	21.0

2	Adams, Henry	1566B	w16=	b18+	w11=	b7+	w13+	b5=	4½	6	4½	1715	1.95	2.55	15.5

3	Hedger, Alec	1808B	w13+	b9=	w15+	b6=	w4+	w1-	4	6	4	1728	3.67	0.33	16.0
4	Finn, Elizabeth	1700A	w24+	b16+	w7+	w1-	b3-	b11+	4	6	4	1829	2.15	1.85	16.0
5	Blades, Kit	1696A	b22+	w14+	b1-	b11+	w12=	w2=	4	6	4	1745	2.78	1.22	15.5
6	Filby, Ted	1747D	w18=	b17+	w9+	w3=	b1-	b13+	4	6	4	1706	3.42	0.58	14.5
7	Kaya, Batuhan	1968C	b19+	w10+	b4-	w2-	b16+	b9+	4	6	4	1663	5.09	-1.09	14.0
8	Nguyen, Anh	1471D	b10-	w23+	b14-	w26+	b19+	b12+	4	6	4	1660	1.59	2.41	11.0

9	Longley, Daniel	1608A	b25+	w3=	b6-	w20+	b10+	w7-	3½	6	3½	1664	2.60	0.90	13.5
10	Tonka Elton, Ediz	1696F	w8+	b7-	w20=	b18+	w9-	b17+	3½	6	3½	1588	3.82	-0.32	12.0

11	Manchester, Oliver	1751B	b23+	w15=	b2=	w5-	b22+	w4-	3	6	3	1599	4.18	-1.18	12.5
12	Brooks, Tom	1709E	b21+	w1-	b19+	w16=	b5=	w8-	3	6	3	1704	3.18	-0.18	12.5
13	Currah, Elena	1563A	b3-	w25+	b26+	w14+	b2-	w6-	3	6	3	1652	2.35	0.65	12.0
14	Hedger, Timothy	1815A	w26+	b5-	w8+	b13-	w17-	b18+	3	6	3	1571	4.77	-1.77	11.0
15	Weis, Benedict	1604A	w20+	b11=	b3-	w19-	b23=	w21+	3	6	3	1597	3.05	-0.05	10.5
16	Shaw, Henry	1809A	b2=	w4-	b22+	b12=	w7-	w19+	3	6	3	1670	4.03	-1.03	9.5
17	Wynn, Jacob	1603A	b1-	w6-	b25+	w21+	b14+	w10-	3	6	3	1716	2.40	0.60	9.0

18	Matyukhin, Dennis	1503A	b6=	w2-	b23+	w10-	b20+	w14-	2½	6	2½	1625	2.11	0.39	9.0

19	Stockham, Oliver	1601A	w7-	b24+	w12-	b15+	w8-	b16-	2	6	2	1675	2.51	-0.51	8.0
20	Rastogi, Nayan Keats	1376A	b15-	w21+	b10=	b9-	w18-	w23=	2	6	2	1576	1.48	0.52	7.5
21	Wannasin Bell, Charlie	1498A	w12-	b20-	w24+	b17-	w26+	b15-	2	6	2	1561	2.51	-0.51	6.0
22	Rees, Amelie	1478A	w5-	b26=	w16-	b24+	w11-	b25=	2	6	2	1620	1.97	0.03	6.0
23	Tompsett, Tadeusz	1549A	w11-	b8-	w18-	b25+	w15=	b20=	2	6	2	1516	3.27	-1.27	4.5

24	Mitchell, Austin	1488A	b4-	w19-	b21-	w22-	w25=	b26+	1½	6	1½	1542	2.57	-1.07	2.0

25	Ullmann, Hugo	1390A	w9-	b13-	w17-	w23-	b24=	w22=	1	6	1	1548	1.76	-0.76	1.5

26	Martin, Thomas W	1588A	b14-	w22=	w13-	b8-	b21-	w24-	½	6	½				2.5

Index:

A = Player's score.

B = Number of rated opponents played (N).

C = Score against rated opponents (W).

D = Average rating of rated opponents (Rc). Not shown for unrated players if B is less than 3 or Score is less than 1.

E = Rated players: Sum of expected score for each rated opponent (We).

F = Rated players: Actual score less expected score. This must be multiplied by K to get change of rating.

Unrated players: FIDE Performance rating.

K is the development coefficient. K is 20 except in a month where a junior player has outperformed expectation, then the k factor is 40

T1 = Tie Break using Sum Of Progressive Scores