Worcester Open Chess Congress

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Open

1st Richard Jones (Nidum, Neath)  5 points. 2nd-4th Pavel Besedin (Worcester City); Chris Briscoe (Surbiton); Martin Cutmore (Wood Green)  4 points. Grading prizes (166-180): John Jarmany (Cockermouth) 3 points; (165 or lower): Ian Ponter (Downend) 3½ points. Junior prize Leo Tsoi (Boldmere, Solihull) 3 points.

3½ points: Iolo Jones (Cardigan) Ian Ponter (Downend) and Alan Agnew (Warley Quinborne). 3 points: David Cutmore (Wood Green, London), John Jarmony (Cockermouth), Ian Kingstone (W Nottingham), and Leo Tsoi (Boldmere). 2½ points: Alan Young (White Knights, Llanelli), Brian Turner (Malvern), Henrik Stepanyan (Sutton Coldfield), Mark Abbott (Exmouth), Ray Ilett (Peterborough), Ed Osbourn (Worcester), Brendan O'Gorman (DHSS), Nathaniel Paul (Coddon), Faraz Malik (S Birmingham), Fraser Lees (Barclays Bank). 2 points: Chris Smith (Warley Quinborne), Jason Garcia (White Knights, Llanelli), and Jim Friar Snr (Kidderminster). 1½ points: Peter Kitson (Worcester), John Wrench (Kidderminster), Lateefa Messam-Sparks (W Nottingham), Jonathan Day, Andrew Collins (Leamington). 1 point: Ray Collett (Worcester), Vaness Reid ((Nidum, Neath), Nicholas Evans (Swansea). Withdrew; Jonathan Bourne (Brown Jack, Swindon) 2, Nick Walker (West Bromwich) 1.

Major (U160)

1st Jerry Hendy 4½ points. 2nd Andrew Price (Leamington) 4 points. 3rd-6th Richard Desmedt (Wombwell, Leeds), Nigel Towers ((Redditch), John Knee (Malvern) and Ian Truscott (Greenlands, Longbridge) 3½. Grading prizes (141-150) John Knee 3½ points; Ian Truscott (Greenlands, Longbridge) 3½ points (140 or lower). Junior prize Joseph Friar and James Friar (both Hagley) 3 points.

3 points: Simon Smith (Warley Quinborne), Stepehen Chadaway (Olton), Duncan McArthur (Keynsham, Bristol), Joseph Friar (Hagley), and James Friar Jnr (Hagley). 2½ points: Martyn Adams Sidmouth, Robert Spence (Malvern), Steve Edwards Sutton Coldfield), Jon Blackburn (Holmes Chapel), Alan Papier (Bristol & Clifton), Ben Graff (Leamington), and (David Roberts (Worcester). 2 points: Alastair MacNaughton (Gloucester), Paul Tew (Caeffatri), Michael Whale (Colwyn Bay), Wyn Howells (St John's Coll), Sandra Blackburn (Holmes Chapel), and Steve Murdoch (Penrith). 1½ points: Philip Light (USB-Bordeaux), Tony Shaw (Malvern), and Stuart Ross (Newport, Shrops). 1 point: Rick Weston (Witney). Withdrew: Arthur Hibbitt (Grendel, Bristol) 1; Stephen Pride (Cambridge & Royston) 2½; Phil Bull (West Bromwich) 1½; Roger Greatorex (Llangollen) 1½; Dean Hartley (Amber Valley, Derbys) 1; Richard George (Chipping Campden) 0..

Intermediate (U135)

1st Stephen Katona (Hereford) 4 points. 2nd-7th Rhys Bennett (Newport); Raymond Hunt (Bognor); Richard Leaper (Westminster, Birmingham); Roger Walker (Belper); Dan Waller; Brian Woodard (Isle of Man) 3½ points. Grading prize (125 or lower): Brian Woodard (Isle of Man) 3½ points. Junior prize: James Evans (Swansea) 2½ points.

3 points: Arnold Kirkland (Droitwich), Graham Mill-Wilson (Yate), and Michael Foss (Woking). 2½ points: Jeff Fleischer (Coulsden CF), Iqbal Dhesi (Sutton Coldfield), William Egan (Scunthorpe), Christopher Paul (Coddon), Roy Watson (Kenilworth), Sam Harkins (Didcot), and James Evans (Swansea). 2 points: Andrew Wiggins (Redditch), Colin Gardiner (Newmarket), Giles Stanton (Redditch), Ian Blencowe (Gloucester), A Dhesi (Sutton Coldfield), and Ian Clack (Redditch). 1½ points: James Barnett (Salisbury). 1 point: Paul Heeney (Mutual Circle). Withdrew: Tim Allen (Battersea) 1; .

Minor (U115)

1st Stephen Crockett (Redditch) 4½ points. 2nd-5th Irina Amelkina (Redditch), Lee Bullock (Hackney/Coulsdon), Charlie McLaren (Musketeers, Cheltenham), Rob Sutton (Worcester City) 4 points. Grading prizes (93-105): Lee Bullock (Hackney) 4 points; (140 or lower):Sam Beardmore (Cheddleton/Leek) 3 points. Junior prize:  Felicity Parker (King Edwards School, Fiveways, Birmingham) 3½ points.

3½ points: Peter Saunders (Patchway/Bristol), Colin Mace (Wellington), and Felicity Parker (K Edwards Sch, Fiveways, Birmingham). 3 points: Anthony Sage (Bath), Chris Fraser (West Bridgford), and Sam Beardmore (Cheddleton & Leek). 2½ points: Michele Clack (Redditch), Max French (Frome/Millfield), Thomas McLaren (Musketeers, Cheltenham), Christine Constable (Coulsden), Jennifer Goldsmith (Harrow), John Packenham (Warley Quinborne), John Hesketh (Worcester), Richard Buxton (Stratford), Carl Bennett (Newport), Colin Vernon (Worcester). 2 points: Owen Bennett (Newport), James McDonald (Isle of Man), Brian Morris (Hereford), and Ben Chooyin (Cardiff). 1½ points: Stuart Calderbank (Stratford), and Barry Stone (Malvern). 1 point: Bruce Holland (Kenilworth), and Neya Govindaraj (Cardiff). 0 points: John Holmberg (Redditch). Withdrew: Peter Seeley (Redditch) 1; Henri-Aubin Parvu (Chislehurst), 1½; Paul Broderick (Shifnal & Telford) 1½; James Melvin (Bristol*) ½.