13th Weald Chess Congress July 13th-14th 2019

Thanks to Copthorne Prep School for the spacious venue and to our team of volunteers:

  • Set Up & Clear Down – Tom, Scott and Laura Borland, Gary McCulloch, Karen Meakings, Trevor Norton and Jonathan Tuck
  • Catering & BBQ – Keith Martin, Debbie Steinhuis, Teresa & Keith Blades, Stella Coleman and Claire Ralph
  • Tournament team –  Mike Forster, Chris & Sue Howell, and Catherine & Peter Finn
  • Thanks to all the senior players who supported the juniors by analysing with them after their games
  • Thanks to the parents who helped us clear away the playing hall

Traditionally the Weald Congress features parents and their children competing – this year was no exception with 7 parent-and-child combinations.

New for this year we had a congress cat who strolled in regularly to check on the play.

As a non-profit making event we gratefully acknowledge the kind donations received from so many competitors. Any surplus funds will be used to support junior chess in Sussex.

Results Summary

  Open Major (U175) Intermediate (U140) Minor (U110)
1st

GM Oleg Korneev
GM Nicholas Pert

Tim Hilton
Vladimirs Bovtramovics
Lee Bullock Oliver Stockham
Chris Smith
2nd n/a n/a Susan Chadwick
David Agostinelli
Paul O’Brien
Hector Denfield
n/a
3rd David Graham
Mike Waddington
George Neale
Mark Whitehead
Peter Davies
n/a John Brooke
Peter Crosby
Norman Hawkins
Grading Prizes Jaimie Wilson (U200)
Nasir Rizvi (U190)
Martin Faulkner (=U175)
Oli Howell (=U175)
Saahil Bansal (=U175)
Mike Nicholas (=U175)
Michael Hamilton (=U175)
Eric Granzelius (U150)
Tashika Arora (U135)
Patrick Damodaran (U105)
Nigel Norman (U120)
Paul Seymour (=U130)
William Tracey (=U130)
Eve Malanta (=U55)
Madelaine Wilkinson (=U55)
Brian Tang (=U55)

Sussex Champions:

Sussex U18 George Self Cup Sussex U14 Brian Denman Cup Sussex Girls Anne Gammans Cup
Oli Howell Edward Gray Lilya Stewart

Crosstables:

Open

PosNameGrade12345ABCDT
1Korneev, Oleg259Ew27+b7+w23+b2=w5+5132926614.0
2Pert, Nicholas253Ab32+w12+b15+w1=b6+5131126214.0
             
3Graham, David B206Aw33+b31=w17=b16+w9+45107221411.5
4Waddington, Mike P192Ab29+w5-b22+w24+w10+45109621911.0
             
5Cumming, Rhys216Aw28+b4+w16+b9=b1-5110122013.0
6Wilson, Jaimie191Aw30=b34+w26+b23+w2-5104821011.5
7Pye, David E200Db19+w1-bye=b25+w28+48692179.5
             
8Grant, David J203Bw22+b20+w10=bye= 3364721611.5
9Willson, Ollie194Aw39+b10=w31+w5=b3-35104120811.0
10Payne, Matthew J210Ab24+w9=b8=w15+b4-35101820410.5
11Lock, Gavin R204Ab37+w16-bye=b21+w12=347701939.0
12Sedykh, Mikhail199Aw35+b2-bye=w32+b11=348512139.0
13Rizvi, Nasir183Abye=w15-b29=w30+b23+347821967.0
14Bansal, Rohan190Db18-w21-b36+w27+b24+359071816.0
             
15Brewer, Callum D200Bw25+b13+w2-b10-w16=59781969.5
16Faulkner, Martin J172Aw26+b11+b5-w3-b15=510172039.5
17Norinkeviciute, Rasa190Bw34=b30+b3=bye= 35771929.0
18Pramod Paleri, Adithya155Aw14+b23-bye=bye-w31+36252087.5
19Howell, Oliver W173Aw7-b27=w34+b31+bye-47861977.0
20Bansal, Saahil147Ab38+w8-b24-bye=w33+47291827.0
21Nicholas, Michael D174Dw23-b14+bye=w11-b32+47801956.5
22Hamilton, Michael J174Ab8-bye+w4-b26=w38+47291826.0
             
23Hand, Freddie201Ab21+w18+b1-w6-w13-259001809.0
24de Coverly, Roger D179Aw10-b39+w20+b4-w14-258581727.0
25Forster, Matthew173Ab15-w38+b32=w7-b27=259131836.0
26Patrick, Chaski195Bb16-w37+b6-w22=b29=258291665.5
27Salmons, Calum189Ab1-w19=w33+b14-w25=258911785.5
28Lukosius, Rolandas183Ab5-w29=b30=w37+b7-258721745.5
29Gray, Edward167Aw4-b28=w13=b33=w26=258791765.0
30Kaya, Batuhan164Bb6=w17-w28=b13-b37+258721745.0
             
31Rogacewicz, Mikolaj190Ab36+w3=b9-w19-b18-57881587.0
32Borland, Scott185Bw2-b35+w25=b12-w21-58441695.5
33Woolacott, Samuel J176Eb3-w36+b27-w29=b20-57691545.0
34Kolani, Arjun157Ab17=w6-b19-w36=b35=57871574.0
35Graham, William M173Bb12-w32-b37-bye+w34=45661422.5
36Britnell, Jonathan160Aw31-b33-w14-b34=b39+57821562.0
             
37Malanta, Eryl175Aw11-b26-w35+b28-w30-157691543.0
38Bowmer, Kevin189Aw20-b25-bye=w39=b22-145151292.5
39Butt, Laurence A169Bb9-w24-bye=b38=w36-145721432.5

 

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

 


Major – U175

PosNameGrade12345ABCDT
1Hilton, Tim168Ab29+w27+b15+w3+b4=597219414.5
2Bovtramovics, Vladimirs157Ab25+w11+b10+w6=b12+595319114.0
             
3Neale, George157Bw32+b40+w33+b1-w13+4590118013.0
4Whitehead, Mark A166Ab30=w31+b17+w7+w1=4584917012.0
5Davies, Peter L168Cb43=w30+b16=w27+b11+4586717311.0
             
6Nair, Rakesh163Aw38+b28+bye=b2=w9=469517412.0
7Graham, Arthur B124*b35=w19+w8+b4-b17+587617510.5
8Malanta, Eric163Bb37+w17=b7-w36+b18+578815810.0
9Granzelius, Eric149Cw26-b41+w37+w10+b6=58121629.5
             
10Fryer, David W169Bw20+b34+w2-b9-w26+3578615710.0
11Arora, Tashika126Aw24+b2-w14+b15+w5-3584416910.0
12Blewitt, Stephen D160Aw22=b13=w21+b26+w2-357421489.5
13Zheng, Harry Z135Ab19=w12=b29+w16+b3-358271659.5
14Kelly, Paul J160Ab17-w25+b11-w32+b27+357291467.0
             
15Lake, Chris156Abye+b21+w1-w11-b29=45321339.5
16Wheeler, James M156Aw41+b26=w5=b13-w20=56931399.0
17Hedger, Alec137Aw14+b8=w4-b33+w7-57811569.0
18Jackson, Paul G166Aw21-b32=w40+b28+w8-57331477.0
19Deacon, David J158Bw13=b7-w38+b20=w23=57151437.0
20Reddie, Michael J147Cb10-w39+bye=w19=b16=45931487.0
21Woolacott, Rob142Ab18+w15-b12-w31=b36+57291467.0
22Wilton, Max138Ab12=w35=b27-w29=b41+57341476.5
23Finn, Thomas168Bw40-b38=b31=w37+b19=57111426.0
24Borland, Thomas C155b11-w36-b43+w25=b39+56411285.0
25Zheng, Jerry Z135Aw2-b14-w42+b24=w33+57471495.0
             
26Torrance, John115Ab9+w16=bye=w12-b10-245641418.5
27Heath, David R147Aw42+b1-w22+b5-w14-256911388.0
28Finn, Daniel M148Ab39+w6-b36=w18-b31=256361277.0
29Coleman, Frederick146Cw1-b42+w13-b22=w15=256541315.5
30Davidson, Laura J141Aw4=b5-bye=w39=b37=245321335.5
31Macleod, Andrew127Abye=b4-w23=b21=w28=245731435.5
32Sedykh, Stakhey134Ab3-w18=bye=b14-w38+245741444.5
             
33Smith, Lynda168Abye=w43+b3-w17-b25-44741196.5
34O'Gorman, Brendan154Ab36+w10-bye=  22891456.5
35Barlov, Alex154Aw7=b22=bye=bye- 22621316.0
36Stewart, Lilya120Dw34-b24+w28=b8-w21-56591325.5
37Hedger, Timothy138Aw8-bye+b9-b23-w30=44711184.5
38Miller, Alexander141Bb6-w23=b19-w43+b32-56681344.0
39Jithendra, Raina110Aw28-b20-w41+b30=w24-56131234.0
             
40Michaud, Gerald146Db23+w3-b18-  134411475.0
41Roy, Anika R127Ab16-w9-b39-w42+w22-155101022.0
42Mathew, Johan107Ab27-w29-b25-b41-w43+155501101.0
             
43Foley, Phil T145Aw5=b33-w24-b38-b42-½55391082.5
             

 

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


Intermediate – U140

PosNameGrade12345ABCDT
1Bullock, Lee130Aw22+b15+bye=b8+w7+463415913.5
             
2Chadwick, Susan E121Aw37+b28+bye=b17+w6=4464316113.0
3Agostinelli, David R136Aw23+b14+bye=b11=w12+4460815212.5
4O'Brien, Paul W127Aw35=b16+bye=b20+w17+4463515911.0
5Denfield, Hector130b9-w34+w33+b14+w11+4572314510.0
             
6Dennis, Ian139Cw20+b24+w11=b12=b2=568113612.0
7Seymour, Paul124Db38+w9=b32+w13+b1-566413312.0
8Damodaran, Patrick95Ab10+w18=b31+w1-w19+572914611.0
9Norman, Nigel108Cw5+b7=bye=w10=b18+460715210.5
10Tracey, William123Ew8-b37+w27+b9=w21+55591129.0
             
11Stock, William116Aw30+b25+b6=w3=b5-3571914411.5
12Song, Anwen103Dw28=b39+b18+w6=b3-3571814410.5
13Horlock, Peter J136Aw26+b33+w17-b7-w29+3565613110.0
14Shaw, Henry121Ebye+w3-b25+w5-b27+344771199.0
15Dias, Ruwan101Ab19+w1-bye=b16=w24+345481378.5
16Manchester, Oliver122Db32=w4-b35+w15=w26+355941197.5
             
17Kocan, Barry A137Ab36+w31=b13+w2-b4-562512510.0
18Teague, David130Cw29+b8=w12-b24+w9-55371079.0
19Slonczuk, Pawel125Aw15-b29+bye=w32+b8-43991007.5
20Finn, Elizabeth120Bb6-w38+b22+w4-b25=56071217.5
21Velayudham, Suriya82Aw24-b23+bye=w31+b10-44821217.5
22Crosby, Ben114Bb1-b30+w20-w25=b31+56351276.0
23Sartain, Patrick P118Ab3-w21-b38+w34=b32+55181045.0
             
24Ellinger, William121Ab21+w6-b26+w18-b15-255191048.0
25Spence, Mike130Ab34+w11-w14-b22=w20=255311066.5
26Faulkner, Adam117Ab13-bye+w24-w35+b16-24385966.0
27Sagar, Aneesh65Db31-w36+b10-w28+w14-25475956.0
28Plumb, Michael D127Ab12=w2-bye=b27-w34+24371935.0
29Weis, Benedict110Eb18-w19-bye+w36+b13-244111035.0
30Counsell, Robert W134Cb11-w22-b34-w38+b37+25481963.0
             
31Fisher, Robert HC121Bw27+b17=w8-b21-w22-5409827.0
32Faulkner, Oliver93Aw16=b35+w7-b19-w23-5495996.5
33Wallis, David118Bw39+w13-b5-bye= 33521176.0
34Sharma, Josh110Cw25-b5-w30+b23=b28-55391084.0
35Deacon, Matthew106Ab4=w32-w16-b26-b36+5479963.5
             
36Rattray, Roland120Cw17-b27-w37+b29-w35-15373753.0
37Blades, Kit90Db2-w10-b36-bye+w30-14294742.0
38Hughes, Peter J97Aw7-b20-w23-b30-bye+14296741.0
             
39Bryant, Marc A136Ab33-w12-   02121610.0

 

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

 


Minor – U110

PosNameGrade12345ABCDT
1Stockham, Oliver85Aw37+b16=w10+b12+w8+566713313.0
2Smith, Chris P109Bbye=w25+b7+b16+w3+459314812.5
             
3Brooke, John103Aw34+b13+w18+w8+b2-4560212014.0
4Crosby, Peter56Db5+w9-b25+w27+b14+4556211211.0
5Hawkins, Norman99Cw4-b23+w35+b13+w11+4551110210.0
             
6Newman, Martin E106Cw30+b18-w12=b31+w19+55191049.5
7Goldsmith, Jennifer96Ab26=w31+w2-b18+w16+55201049.5
             
8Brett, Alex I109Aw28+b24+w17+b3-b1-354969912.0
9Giles, Charlie97Fw23+b4+w15=b11-w10=354338711.0
10Bramley, Douglas108Ab27=w20+b1-w30+b9=35440889.0
11Buswell, Paul102Ab15-w21+b28+w9+b5-35448909.0
12Patel, Zain101Fbye=w27+b6=w1-b25+343981009.0
13Rees, Amelie82Ab22+w3-b20+w5-w24+35456919.0
14Holmes, Adam Rafael63Ew16-b37+w24+b17+w4-35419849.0
             
15Cribb, MR Leon59Aw11+b29+b9=bye- 339413110.5
16Gardiner, Colin J104Ab14+w1=b26+w2-b7-54188410.0
17Martin, Thomas W90Bw36+b35+b8-w14-b18=5361729.5
18Thukaram, Jijjith89Db40+w6+b3-w7-w17=5444899.5
19Matilal, Tamal K97Abye=bye-b22+w26+b6-3270907.5
20Manchester, Lauren72Cbye=b10-w13-b34+w31+4312785.5
21Malanta, Eve52Dw29-b11-w38+b32=w37+5331665.0
22Wilkinson, Madelaine25Fw13-b34=w19-b39+b30+5286575.0
23Tang, Brian50Fb9-w5-bye=b38+w32+4297744.5
             
24Stewart, Lachlan90Db38+w8-b14-w28+b13-25332667.0
25Borland, Laura P90Ew39+b2-w4-b35+w12-25316637.0
26Deacon, Nicholas48Dw7=b36+w16-b19-b27=25324657.0
27Appleton, Toby67Aw10=b12-w34+b4-w26=25322646.0
28Gardiner, Rebecca LG78Bb8-w38+w11-b24-w35+25327655.0
             
29Hodges, John98Ab21+w15-bye=  2117596.5
30Ralph, Toby63Bb6-w40+bye=b10-w22-4164415.5
31Rizvi, Aysha62Cbye=b7-w39+w6-b20-4203515.5
32Dias, Sam80Fw35-b39=bye=w21=b23-482214.5
33Rizvi, Zara65Abye=bye-bye-bye-w39+183833.5
34McMahon, Maya60Db3-w22=b27-w20-b40+5197393.0
             
35Appleton, Mark0b32+w17-b5-w25-b28-1550105.0
36Adatia, Amar43Db17-w26-b40+  13114383.0
37Ashcroft, Emily30Eb1-w14-bye-w40+b21-14118302.0
38Patience, Dean37Cw24-b28-b21-w23-bye+1456141.0
             
39Jithendra, Risha33Db25-w32=b31-w22-b33-½598202.0
             
40Lebedev, Alexander33Fw18-b30-w36-b37-w34-051940.0

 

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