Thanks to Copthorne Prep. School for the spacious venue and to ECF Junior Director Phil Ehr for presenting the prizes. Our Tournament Control team was Sue Howell (ECF Arbiter), Peter and Catherine Finn, and Mike Forster (Trainee ECF Arbiter); also our catering team Balvinder Ahluwalia and Debbie Forster (indoors) plus Ed and Karen Gooda plus John, Angela and Sam Higgs (BBQ). Thanks also to the unseen Friday evening set-up team – the Higgs and Borland families and Gary McCulloch.
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 | Dave Graham IM Gediminas Sarakauskas | Joshua Higgs Trefor Owens | Phil Foley | David Archer Daniel Finn Alan Fraser Emily Green Cheuk Nam Wong |
| 2nd | Michael Green Gwilym Price Paul Smith | |||
| 3rd | Jude Lenier Matthew Payne | Tom Borland Jonathan Lawrance | ||
| Grading Prizes | Arul Gupta | Scott Borland (U160=) Jennifer Ehr (U160=) Girinath Haridas (U153=) Richard Zhu (U153=) Melusi Nkomo (U140=) Billy Twigge-Molecey (U140=) | Hajane Anbukumar (U125=) Peter Lim (U125=) Roland Rattray (U125=) Matthew Forster (U110) | Harry Armstrong (U80) George Neale (U95=) Michael Stockham (U95=) |
| Book Prizes | Paul Jackson | Chris Lear | Matthew Barton Lucy Bennet-Stevens Chris Boyes Benjamin Headlong Calum Salmons |
Sussex Champions
| Sussex U18 George Self Cup | Sussex U14 Brian Denman Cup | Sussex Girls Anne Gammans Cup |
|---|---|---|
| Matthew Payne | Joshua Higgs | Cassie Graham |
Crosstables
Open
Pos Player Grade Code 1 2 3 4 5 A B C D TB 1 Graham, David B.......... 205A 111484A w15+ b3+ w12+ b2- w5+ 4 5 1115 223 13 2 Sarakauskas, Gediminas... 217A 261299K w16+ b12= w9+ w1+ b3= 4 5 1094 219 12½ 3 Payne, Matthew J......... 172A 246394F b4+ w1- w16+ b11+ w2= 3½ 5 1068 214 10½ 4 Lenier, Jude A........... 200X 253915K w3- b10+ bye= b15+ w12+ 3½ 4 815 204 8½ 5 Kemp, Peter D............ 209A 127445E b13+ w9= b11= w8+ b1- 3 5 989 198 10½ 6 Rayner, Francis.......... 206A 117703F w10= b16- w14+ b9= w11+ 3 5 968 194 7½ 7 Gupta, Arul.............. 165A 275879K w8- b14= w18+ b12= w16+ 3 5 996 199 7 8 Lock, Gavin R............ 199X 163804L b7+ w11= bye= b5- w9= 2½ 4 716 179 9 9 Lamb, Harry.............. 181B 114004J w14+ b5= b2- w6= b8= 2½ 5 1036 207 8½ 10 Archer-Lock, Christopher 176A 105806L b6= w4- bye= b16= w15+ 2½ 4 772 193 6 11 Willson, Ollie........... 161X 276301B b17+ b8= w5= w3- b6- 2 5 915 183 8½ 12 Farr, Peter G............ 191C 105436D b18+ w2= b1- w7= b4- 2 5 898 180 8 13 Bowmer, Kevin............ 185A 107099L w5- b18= w15= b17= w14= 2 5 893 179 5 14 Wadsworth, Matthew J..... 205X 263810B b9- w7= b6- w18+ b13= 2 5 852 170 4½ 15 Dixit, Kumar............. 176X 279809J b1- w17+ b13= w4- b10- 1½ 5 858 172 5½ 16 Taylor, Adam A........... 190A 263198C b2- w6+ b3- w10= b7- 1½ 5 836 167 5 17 Archer-Lock, Adrian...... 192A 247351D w11- b15- bye= w13= b18= 1½ 4 583 146 3 18 Blake, J Morgan.......... 161A 276109K w12- w13= b7- b14- w17= 1 5 784 157 2½ Index: A = Player's score B = Number of graded games played C = Total grading points D = Grading performance TB= Sum of progressive scores Standard
Major
Pos Player Grade Code 1 2 3 4 5 A B C D TB 1 Higgs, Joshua............ 153X 276302D b17+ w7+ b3+ b2= w8+ 4½ 5 964 193 14 2 Owens, Trefor H.......... 170A 116573C b16+ w12+ b6+ w1= b9+ 4½ 5 949 190 14 3 Borland, Tom............. 154E 287036J w8+ b4= w1- b18+ w13+ 3½ 5 812 162 10 4 Lawrance, JAN............ 143C 164145B b11+ w3= w5- b21+ w14+ 3½ 5 878 176 10 5 Ehr, Jennifer............ 159C 253769C b23+ w18= b4+ w9- b6= 3 5 778 156 10½ 6 Haridas, Girinath........ 153X 277139B w22+ b10+ w2- b13= w5= 3 5 783 157 10½ 7 Jackson, Paul G.......... 165X 162291C w9+ b1- w20+ b8- w15+ 3 5 791 158 9 8 Twigge-Molecey, Billy.... 139B 272834F b3- w11+ b15+ w7+ b1- 3 5 834 167 9 9 Zhu, Richard............. 149X 279888J b7- bye+ w10+ b5+ w2- 3 4 624 156 9 10 Nkomo, Melusi............ 130A 267037K bye+ w6- b9- w16+ b12+ 3 4 596 149 8 11 Borland, Scott........... 155D 278928A w4- b8- w23+ b22+ w18+ 3 5 751 150 6 12 Norman, Nigel............ 143X 116278A w21+ b2- w19+ b14= w10- 2½ 5 765 153 9 13 Fisher, Robert HC........ 138A 110624H w14= b20= w21+ w6= b3- 2½ 5 760 152 8½ 14 Reddiar, Gautham......... 154C 252005K b13= w15= b18+ w12= b4- 2½ 5 720 144 8½ 15 Burch, Jonathan G........ 157A 253649D w20= b14= w8- b17+ b7- 2 5 687 137 6½ 16 Graham, William M........ 151A 266896J w2- b22= w17= b10- w23+ 2 5 666 133 4½ 17 Lamb, Ian D.............. 136A 114007D w1- b19= b16= w15- w21+ 2 5 722 144 4½ 18 Horlock, Peter J......... 139X 122817B w19+ b5= w14- w3- b11- 1½ 5 677 135 7 19 Heath, Chris W........... 155B 112435D b18- w17= b12- b23- w22+ 1½ 5 598 120 3 20 Meikle-Briggs, Richard... 143A 279861L b15= w13= b7- 1 3 410 137 4½ 21 Bovtramovic, Vladimir.... 156A 283075K b12- w23+ b13- w4- b17- 1 5 554 111 4 22 Welford, Richard R....... 136C 178038E b6- w16= bye= w11- b19- 1 4 464 116 3½ 23 Liu, David J............. 144A 276263J w5- b21- b11- w19+ b16- 1 5 626 125 2 Index: A = Player's score B = Number of graded games played C = Total grading points D = Grading performance TB= Sum of progressive scores Standard
Intermediate
Pos Player Grade Code 1 2 3 4 5 A B C D TB 1 Foley, Phil T............ 129X 259148A b22+ w13+ b5= w19+ b2+ 4½ 5 763 153 13½ 2 Green, Michael........... 130A 278247K w18+ b11+ w7+ b6+ w1- 4 5 761 152 14 3 Price, Gwilym T.......... 125A 273064K b19+ w14= b24+ w15+ w4= 4 5 753 151 12½ 4 Smith, Paul.............. 132A 137558B b33= w28+ b8+ w5+ b3= 4 5 723 145 12 5 Anbukumar, Hajane........ 124X 273313E w31+ b10+ w1= b4- w17+ 3½ 5 673 135 11½ 6 Lear, Chris.............. 128* 291084G b20+ w8= b13+ w2- b18+ 3½ 5 660 132 11 7 Lim, Yu-Chin (Peter)..... 121C 114423G b32+ w25+ b2- w18= b16+ 3½ 5 695 139 11 8 Forster, Matthew......... 95A 279987L w27+ b6= w4- b21+ b15+ 3½ 5 741 148 10 9 Rattray, Roland.......... 114B 151641D w16- b31+ bye+ b11+ w10= 3½ 4 528 132 9½ 10 Finn, Jonathan........... 131B 276686D b23+ w5- b20= w25+ b9= 3 5 630 126 9 11 Howell, Matthew G........ 119X 267109J b21+ w2- b23+ w9- b19+ 3 5 637 127 9 12 Verma, Aditya............ 134X 282441D b14= w33+ b15- w20= b23+ 3 5 624 125 8½ 13 Finn, Thomas............. 122A 278808B w26+ b1- w6- b32+ w20+ 3 5 587 117 8 14 Richardson, Paul......... 119X 289412K w12= b3= w19- b26+ w22+ 3 5 578 116 7½ 15 McKeon, John E........... 126X 154244J w29+ b16= w12+ b3- w8- 2½ 5 584 117 10 16 Allin, Joseph............ 131A 279986J b9+ w15= b17= bye= w7- 2½ 4 452 113 9½ 17 Velayudham, Kartik....... 76C 279468J b35+ w24= w16= bye= b5- 2½ 4 464 116 9½ 18 Graham, Cassie M......... 114X 276682G b2- w32+ b22+ b7= w6- 2½ 5 542 108 8 19 Zhao, Haolin............. 98X 283583G w3- w35+ b14+ b1- w11- 2 5 562 112 7 20 Holton, Jake............. 99A 284162K w6- b27+ w10= b12= b13- 2 5 587 117 6½ 21 Costeloe, C Andrew J..... 133A 108920B w11- b29+ bye= w8- b27= 2 4 385 96 6 22 Fowler, Hugo............. 68D 284077H w1- b30+ w18- b27+ b14- 2 5 490 98 6 23 Hand, Freddie............ 112r 291902D w10- b26+ w11- b28+ w12- 2 5 537 107 6 24 Moss, Stephen............ 128A 267299G bye+ b17= w3- 1½ 2 163 82 7 25 Osborne, Keith C......... 131A 116519H w30+ b7- bye= b10- bye- 1½ 3 316 105 6½ 26 Ahluwalia, Amardip....... 92X 287750J b13- w23- b35+ w14- b29= 1½ 5 472 94 3½ 27 Stockham, Brian.......... 122B 270393C b8- w20- b32+ w22- w21= 1½ 5 398 80 3½ 28 Willson, Gary............ 111A 277244K b34= b4- w30- w23- w31+ 1½ 5 484 97 3½ 29 Davidson, Laura J........ 99X 285553H b15- w21- bye= b31= w26= 1½ 4 348 87 3 30 Simpson, Ben............. 114B 274027J b25- w22- b28+ bye- 1 3 266 89 3 31 Meaton, Arthur H......... 97X 115401B b5- w9- bye= w29= b28- 1 4 298 75 2½ 32 Liu, Madeleine E......... 89X 284117E w7- b18- w27- w13- bye+ 1 4 279 70 1 33 Bullock, Lee............. 118X 283350F w4= b12- ½ 2 216 108 2½ 34 Hunt, Ray K.............. 129X 113241G w28= ½ 1 111 111 2½ 35 Wallis, David............ 120X 121037D w17- b19- w26- 0 3 120 40 0 Index: A = Player's score B = Number of graded games played C = Total grading points D = Grading performance TB= Sum of progressive scores Standard
Minor
Pos Player Grade Code 1 2 3 4 5 A B C D TB 1 Finn, Daniel M........... 100A 283572B bye+ b19+ w4+ b3= w2= 4 4 467 117 13½ 2 Fraser, Alan R........... 104X 140257C w14+ b15+ w8= b9+ b1= 4 5 604 121 13 3 Archer, David J.......... 104X 179527C b27+ w5+ b6= w1= b14+ 4 5 593 119 12½ 4 Wong, Cheuk Nam.......... 75E 285206J w21+ b23+ b1- w13+ b10+ 4 5 644 129 12 5 Green, Emily............. 86A 282541H b26+ b3- w30+ w11+ b6+ 4 5 558 112 11 6 Bennet-Stevens, Lucy..... 96A 286240C w20+ b30+ w3= b8+ w5- 3½ 5 500 100 12½ 7 Armstrong, Harry......... 75r 286239G w18= b17= w15= b23+ w12+ 3½ 5 545 109 9 8 Stockham, Michael........ 82C 272832B b11+ w22+ b2= w6- b21= 3 5 553 111 11 9 Boyes, Chris E........... 109A 107119B b10+ w12= b13= w2- b24+ 3 5 514 103 9½ 10 Neale, George............ 107* 282489K w9- b31+ w19+ b16+ w4- 3 5 471 94 9 11 Headlong, Benjamin....... 104A 280218B w8- b33+ w20+ b5- w25+ 3 5 418 84 8 12 Samworth-Calvier, Juju... 90r 284147C b31+ b9= w18= w14= b7- 2½ 5 439 88 9½ 13 Kernot, Adrian C......... 93A 246979A w17= b29+ w9= b4- w20= 2½ 5 390 78 8½ 14 Fowler, Caspian.......... 79r 284859E b2- w32+ w23+ b12= w3- 2½ 5 479 96 8 15 Lovell, William PM....... 84A 284511J b32+ w2- b7= w17= b27= 2½ 5 416 83 8 16 Martin, Sophia........... 86r 284127H w29= b18= b27+ w10- b17= 2½ 5 432 86 8 17 Archer-Lock, Helen....... 68C 279355G b13= w7= bye= b15= w16= 2½ 4 338 85 7½ 18 Bolan, Michael T......... 109X 106946K b7= w16= b12= w24= b19= 2½ 5 405 81 7½ 19 Hall, Macer.............. 84B 282470L b33+ w1- b10- bye+ w18= 2½ 4 310 78 7½ 20 Salmons, Calum........... 72E 287441G b6- w28+ b11- w30+ b13= 2½ 5 418 84 6½ 21 McLeod, Mark............. 100A 179048B b4- w27= w25= b26+ w8= 2½ 5 362 72 6 22 Meikle-Briggs, Alexander. 99* 287120J w25+ b8- w26+ bye- 2 3 254 85 8 23 Lear, Jamie.............. 94r 276305K b24+ w4- b14- w7- b30+ 2 5 303 61 6 24 Rustom, Zevon............ 70r 287440E w23- b25= w29+ b18= w9- 2 5 391 78 6 25 Jamieson, Neil........... 63* 284945J b22- w24= b21= w28+ b11- 2 5 407 81 5½ 26 Haworth, Ken............. 58A 280945L w5- bye+ b22- w21- b32+ 2 4 269 67 5 27 Jamieson, Alexander...... 82D 284938A w3- b21= w16- b29+ w15= 2 5 390 78 4½ 28 Barton, Matthew.......... 85* 284947B w30- b20- w33+ b25- w31+ 2 5 242 48 4 29 Gooda, Daniel............ 66E 278807L b16= w13- b24- w27- w33+ 1½ 5 257 51 3½ 30 Akeya-Price, Robert A.... 40D 287093K b28+ w6- b5- b20- w23- 1 5 242 48 5 31 Clements, Lucas.......... 67D 266401L w12- w10- b32+ bye- b28- 1 4 269 67 3 32 Haridas, Navieinaah...... 87* 287616E w15- b14- w31- b33+ w26- 1 5 185 37 2 33 Anbukumar, Maaduri....... 3r 284879L w19- w11- b28- w32- b29- 0 5 -35 -7 0 Index: A = Player's score B = Number of graded games played C = Total grading points D = Grading performance TB= Sum of progressive scores Standard