Horsham Grand Prix, 4th February 2024

Everyone you see helping at our events is a volunteer, so thank you to:

  • Tournament control: Sharon Merchant, Sammie Finlay.
  • Arbiters: David Bryant, Rasa Norinkeviciute, Nduwisi Uba
  • Analysis room: Callum Brewer
  • Entries and registration: Steve Merchant
  • Trophies: Trish Freeman
  • Photos: Karen Burgess
  • Kitchen: Nick Burgess, Andy Collins, Mike Chapman, Debbie Forster

Headline Results

U11 MinorU11 Major
PosNameScorePosNameScore
1stLola Finlay5.51stNathaneal Waller  6
2ndMark Shchepinov (On tie break)4.52ndIaroslav Sinkevich 
(On tie break)   
4
3rdHenry Munroe
(On tie break)
4.53rdNoah Pearson
(On tie break)
4

Age-Group Prizes:

Under 7Oleksandr Chornyi3.5
Under 8Neo Williams2
Under 9Darcy Grayson3
Under 10Jinzhe Yang3.5
Top GirlSpriha Punjabi4
Under18 MinorUnder 18 Major
PosNameScorePosNameScore
1stSebastian Merchant61stHenry Adams5.5
2nd =Evie Stebbings
Isaac Oakes
Cillian Nagy
Edgar Pack
4.52nd =Luke Chapman
Kai Beattie
Luke Freeman

Rating Prizes:

U1025: Daniel Marshall, Shravan Karthi Prabhu 4/6

U1170 rating prize: Evie Stebbings, Isaac Oakes, Cillian Nagy, Edgar Pack – 4.5/6

U1450: James Ratcliffe 3.5/6

U1700: Luke Chapman, Kai Beattie, Luke Freeman 4.5/6

Arbiter’s Awards

Cosmo Trott, Theo Trott, Nithila Prabhu, Daniel Winder, Nikolas Kornelakis, Samuel Zingerman, Michael Taylor, Petra Petersone, Pranav Khurana, Ella Clark, Siteng Cao, Jonah Montagnon.


Crosstables

Under 11 Minor

PosNameRating123456ABCDEFT1
1Finlay, Lola527Aw4+b11+w7+b5=w3+w2+56421.782.7219.5
                
2Shchepinov, Mark615Aw16+b20+w3=b6+w5+b1-45892.130.3718.0
3Munroe, Henry435Kb13+w6+b2=w9+b1-w11+66591.373.1317.0
4Montagnon, Jonah0b1-w13+b15+w8+w7+b5=6580 61814.5
                
5Punjabi, Spriha710Ab8+w15+b9+w1=b2-w4=455143.73-0.2317.0
6Cuthbertson, Gemma685Aw17+b3-b16+w2-b10+w9+4424792.98-0.9813.0
                
7Martynson, Alex Owen637Kb12+w19+b1-w10+b4-b8=34532.21-0.7114.5
8Chornyi, Oleksandr379Kw5-b22+w20+b4-b13+w7=36980.401.1011.5
                
9Bermingham, Gabrielle567Pb18+w10+w5-b3-w12+b6-3306101.33-1.3313.0
10Taylor, Michael0w14+b9-w17+b7-w6-w15+363524 52411.0
11Carthew, Zacharius813Kb19-w1-b12+w16+b15+b3-3414743.53-2.539.0
12Cao, Siteng0w7-b14+w11-b17+b9-w20+352557 4859.0
13Sharma, Ansh746Pw3-b4-w22+b14+w8-b18+3314282.59-1.598.0
14Geczi, Eszter470Kb10-w12-b18+w13-b17+w16+321   7.0
                
15Williams, Neo482Kw22+b5-w4-b20+w11-b10-220   9.0
16Clark, Ella0b2-bye+w6-b11-w22+b14-240646 -317.0
17Kornelakis, Nikolas300Kb6-w18+b10-w12-w14-b22+220   6.0
18Khurana, Pranav0w9-b17-w14-b22+w20+w13-240521 -1565.0
                
19Cheng, Ethan454Pw11+b7-    121   6.0
20Petersone, Petra0bye+w2-b8-w15-b18-b12-130492 -1856.0
                
21Kim, Blake519K      00     
22Prabhu, Nithila0b15-w8-b13-w18-b16-w17-000   0.0

Under 11 Major

PosNameRating123456ABCDEFT1
1Waller, Nathanael1167Aw4+b3+w5+b2+w8+b9+6668665.020.9821.0
                
2Sinkevich, Iaroslav913Aw10+b6+w8+w1-b5+b3-4538672.830.1717.0
3Pearson, Noah909Ab11+w1-b6+b5-w10+w2+4428742.18-0.1813.0
                
4Yang, Jinzhe901Ab1-w11+b7+b8-w9=w5+59312.310.1911.0
                
5Ennos, Theodore687Kw9+b12+b1-w3+w2-b4-3639921.011.9914.0
6Grayson, Darcy730Kb7+w2-w3-b10-bye+b8+3429201.040.969.0
7Subramanian, Kai1020Kw6-b10+w4-b9-w11+bye+3308582.11-2.118.0
                
8Carter, Benjamin840Kw12=b9+b2-w4+b1-w6-69622.130.3711.0
9Massey, Gabriella943Ab5-w8-b11+w7+b4=w1-59232.62-1.128.0
10Cheung, Chester0b2-w7-bye+w6+b3-w11=41893 7007.5
                
11Kwok, Michael0w3-b4-w9-bye+b7-b10=40943 2663.5
                
12Morter, Harry1118Ab8=w5-    ½2½   3.0

Under 18 Minor

PosNameRating123456ABCDEFT1
1Merchant, Sebastian1358Ab7+w5+b16+w4+b9+w2+66611704.391.6121.0
                
2Stebbings, Evie1202Pb20+w12+b4=w10+b15+b1-611972.981.5218.0
3Oakes, Isaac1148Kb32+w8+b9=w13=b7+w5=610273.730.7717.0
4Nagy, Cillian1348Aw19+b11+w2=b1-w21+b10+611124.55-0.0516.0
5Pack, Edgar1130Kw29+b1-w24+b23+w6+b3=412991.131.3715.5
                
6Collins, Matthew1331Ab8-w30+b18+w16+b5-w9+46410324.88-0.8813.0
7Marshall, Daniel1024Kw1-b29+w26+b11+w3-bye+44212031.100.9013.0
8Prabhu, Shravan Karthi922Kw6+b3-w11-b26+b16+w17+46411581.292.7112.0
                
9Smith, Sam1250Pw28+b17+w3=b21+w1-b6-611163.88-0.3816.0
10Petersone, Alise1147Kw25+w23=b22+b2-w13+w4-512501.820.6814.5
11Misquita Rodrigues, Raul1134Kb27+w4-b8+w7-b22+w12=511102.67-0.1712.5
12Tolhurst, Joshua1091Aw24+b2-w28+b15-w19+b11=511152.370.1312.5
13Gerini, Ale1176Pw21-b25+w19+b3=b10-w23+510972.97-0.4711.5
14Trott, Theo0w17-b28=w20+w22-b26+b21+61011 10249.5
                
15Eldridge, Albert1369Ab16-w31+b17+w12+w2- 35310484.16-1.1612.0
16Stacy, Edie1063Kw15+b26+w1-b6-w8-b25+35212301.500.5012.0
17Bresinski, Kacper1100Kb14+w9-w15-b29+w18+b8-34111461.78-0.7811.0
18Gazala, Emil1044Kb23-w32+w6-b24+b17-w22+35211231.960.049.0
19Marsh, James Patrick972Ab4-w27+b13-w31+b12-w24+34111001.41-0.419.0
20Salmons, Rafi869Kw2-b24-b14-w32+b29+w27+321   6.0
                
21Cuthbertson, Luke860Kb13+w22=b23+w9-b4-w14-512600.521.9812.5
22Baker, Tegen1166Kw30+b21=w10-b14+w11-b18-59943.51-2.0111.5
23Finlay, Liam1359Aw18+b10=w21-w5-b27+b13-510714.08-2.5810.5
                
24Zingerman, Samuel0b12-w20+b5-w18-b31+b19-262982 8577.0
25Gooding, Charlie0b10-w13-b31-w30+b28+w16-262975 8505.0
                
26Tagg, Ann1172Kb31+w16-b7-w8-w14-b30=59153.98-2.486.5
27Keira, Gray0w11-b19-b30+w28=w23-b20-61003 8105.5
28Collins, Benjamin898Ab9-w14=b12-b27=w25-w29=20   4.5
29Trott, Cosmo0b5-w7-b32+w17-w20-b28=6947 7544.5
30Winder, Daniel783Kb22-b6-w27-b25-w32+w26=410820.930.572.5
                
31Adams, Charles785Aw26-b15-w25+b19-w24-b32-14010431.10-1.104.0
32Dawda, Dakkshh658Pw3-b18-w29-b20-b30-w31+1519261.06-0.061.0

Under 18 Major

PosNameRating123456ABCDEFT1
1Adams, Henry1986Aw19+b3+w5+b9+w7+b2=616195.260.2420.5
                
2Chapman, Luke1703Aw8-b22+w20+b11+w9+w1=615883.650.8514.5
3Beattie, Kai1617Ab18+w1-b17+b4=w5+b11+616602.681.8214.5
4Freeman, Luke1773Ab12-w13+b18+w3=b8+b7+614645.05-0.5513.5
                
5Tompsett, Tadeusz1690Ab17+w12+b1-w14+b3-w10+46416723.120.8815.0
6Finn, Elizabeth1643Aw22+b8=w7-w10=b17+b9+46415143.920.0813.0
                
7Brown, John1483Ab14+w10=b6+w8+b1-w4-617321.412.0915.5
8Ratcliffe, James1420Ab2+w6=b16+b7-w4-w14+616611.302.2013.5
                
9Aleksandrov, Igor1713Ab15+w16+b10+w1-b2-w6-36316773.28-0.2815.0
10Kendall, Arthur1757Aw21+b7=w9-b6=w12+b5-36315734.35-1.3512.0
11Buckland, Louis1829Ab13=w14=b12+w2-b16+w3-36316094.56-1.5611.5
12Sazkissyan, Leon1475Aw4+b5-w11-b20+b10-w16+36316431.821.1810.0
13Merchant, Samuel1492Aw11=b4-b14-w15=b22+w17+36315902.380.627.5
                
14Crosby, Ben1813Kw7-b11=w13+b5-w15+b8-615564.74-2.248.5
15Burgess, Rose1420Aw9-b20-w19+b13=b14-w21+615372.200.306.5
                
16Wannasin Bell, Charlie1553Aw20+b9-w8-b18+w11-b12-26214983.42-1.429.0
17Keiller, Mathias1384Aw5-b19+w3-b21+w6-b13-26215641.640.368.0
18Pinna-Chapman, Freya1296Aw3-b21+w4-w16-b19-b22+26215351.390.616.0
19Shah, Samuel1509Ab1-w17-b15-w22-w18+w20+26214453.69-1.693.0
                
20Gedge, Joshua1258Ab16-w15+b2-w12-w21=b19-615161.200.306.0
21Chauhan, Brij1435Pb10-w18-b22+w17-b20=b15-614063.29-1.795.0
                
22Tagg, George1324Ab6-w2-w21-b19+w13-w18-16115131.65-0.653.0

Key to Crosstables:

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


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