Worcester Open Chess Congress

Full results 2013

Open

1st Stoyan Ivanov (Bulgaria)  4½ points. 2nd-3rd Philip Hayward (Oxford City); Alan Young (White Knights, Llanelli); Grading prizes (170 or under):

3½ points: Neil Bridge (Camberley, London), Lawrence Cooper (Stafford), Joseph McPhillips (Bolton).
3 points: Wiatt Ropp (Stratford-upon-Avon), Richard McNally (Stratford-upon-Avon), Raymond Ilett (Peterborough).
2½ points: Martin Costley (Lewes), David Coates (Lincoln), David Buttell (White Knights, Llanelli), Brian Turner (Malvern), Adam May (White Knights, Llanelli).
2 points: Nathanael Paul (Newport, Shrops), Andrew Collins (Leamington), Arthur Price (Leamington), Martin Oliver (Cirencester), Faraz Malik (South Birmingham), Chris Purry (Frome), Brian MacReammoin.
1½ points: Ray Collett (Worcester City),
1 point: John Knee (Malvern).
Withdrew: Jane Richmond (Brown Jack, Swindon) 2½ points; Nigel Towers (Redditch), Jonathan Bourne (Brown Jack, Swindon), Alan Crombleholme (Bushbury, Wolverhampton) all on 1½ points; Roger Greatorex (Llangollen), Ed Osbourn, (Worcester City) both on 1 point; Peter Kitson (Worcester City) also withdrew.

PGN games in open section (to come)

Major (U160)

1st Joshua Higgs (Worth Sch, Sussex) 4 points. 2nd-7th Richard George (Cirencester), Christopher Lewis (Newport, Shrops), Duncan Macarthur (Keynsham), Brendan O'Gorman (DHSS), David Roberts (Worcester City) Marek Soszynski (Sutton Coldfield) 3½ points. Grading prize (150 or under) Andy Lake (Boldmere St Michael's, Birmingham) 3 points.

3 points: Andrew Borkowski (Thornbury).
2½ points: James Friar (Hagley), Joseph Friar (Hagley), Ian Truscott (Greenlands, Birmingham) Arnold Kirkland (Droitwich), Russell J Barlow, and Stuart Ross.
2 points: Michael Woodford (Solihull), Nigel Byrne (Solihull), Matthew Jordan (Malvern), Martyn Adams (Sidmouth), Sam Harkins (Didcot), Robert Spence.
1½ points: Steve Edwards (Sutton Coldfield), Ben Graff (Leamington), Stephen Chadaway (Olton), Tony Shaw (Malvern).
Withdrew: Mark Potter 2½ points; Steve Shaw (Greenlands, Birmingham) ½ point.

Intermediate (U135)

1st David Gilbert (DHSS) 4½ points. 2nd Christine Constable (Bude) 4 points. 3-4th Mark Forknall (Cheltenham) and Andrew Wiggins (Redditch) 3½ points. Grading prize (125 or lower): Richard Leaper (Mutual Circle, Birmingham) 3 points.

3 points: Anthony Sage (Bath), Stephen Williams (Cwmbran), Graham Shepherd (Church Stretton), Giles Stanton (Redditch), Lee Bullock (Hackney), Stephen Crockett (Redditch).
2½ points: John Green (Solihull), Andrew Costeloe (Muswell Hill, London), Keith Osborne (Lewes), Colin Gardiner (Newmarket).
2 points: Ian Blencoe (Gloucester), John Fenby (Brewood, Staffs), Phil Foley (Upminster), and Becky Kerton (3Cs, Oldham).
1½ points: Graham Mill-Wilson (Yate & Chipping Sodbury), Alex Wendland (Leamington).
1 point: Paul Fairbrass (Malvern), Amardip Ahlumalia (Crowborough).
½ point: Penny Wood (Solihull).

Minor (U115)

1-2nd Rob Sutton (Worcester City) and Alan Fraser (Beckenham & Bromley) 4½ points. 3rd Kim Andrews 4 points. Grading prizes (100 or lower): Paul Broderick (Shifnal & Telford) 3½ points.

3 points: Shaun Walsh (Downeand & Fishponds), Sam Beardmore (Cheddleton), Richard Buxton (Stratford-upon-Avon), David Smith (Redditch), Peter Kearns (Warley Quinborne), Barry Stone (Malvern), John Pakenham (Warley Quinborne), Jennifer Goldsmith (Harrow),
2½ points: Eleanor Hapeshi (Wotton Hall Sch, Glos), Colin Woodall (Stourbridge), Claire Kerton (3Cs, Oldham)..
2 points: John Hodges (Solihull), John Hesketh (Worcester City), Dez Rudge (Solihull), Colin Vernon (Worcester City).
1½ points: Les Hall (Alsager, Cheshire)
1 point: Roger Yates (Worcester City).
0 point: Kieron Hall (Kidderminster)
Withdrew: 2 points; Piers Crombleholme ½ point; Miles Maley (King's Sch Worcester)

Link for full congress cross-table (.xls Microsoft Excel)