Test BCC prizewinners 2024

British Championship
1	GM	Gawain Jones	ENG	2640	7	1-1 rapid 1.5-0.5 blitz	British Champion	£10,000
2	GM	David Howell	ENG	2675	7		Alexander Best Game Prize (Howell v Ghasi)	£5,000 £125
3=	IM	Matthew Wadsworth	ENG	2456	6½			£1,700
3=	GM	Luke McShane	ENG	2617	6½			£1,700
3=	FM	Maciej Czopor	POL	2361	6½		Highest U21	£1,700 £500
6=	IM	Shreyas Royal	ENG	2487	6		Joint highest U18	£150 £75
6=	IM	Ameet Ghasi	ENG	2495	6			£150
6=	GM	Stuart Conquest,	ENG	2510	6			£150
6=	IM	Tarun Kanyamarala	IRL	2337	6		Second U21	£150 £250
6=	IM	Svyatoslav Bazakutsa	UKR	2490	6		Joint highest U18	£150 £75
6=	GM	Michael Adams	ENG	2672	6			£150
6=	IM	Artem Lutsko	UKR	2414	6		Joint highest U18	£150 £75
6=	IM	Yichen Han	NED	2414	6		Joint highest U18	£150 £75
6=	GM	Peter Wells	ENG	2364	6			£150
6=	IM	Richard Palliser	ENG	2369	6			£150
24	WGM	Lan Yao	ENG	2325	5		Joint British Women’s Champion	£1,750
30	WIM	Trisha Kanyamarala	IRL	2165	5		Joint British Women’s Champion	£1,750
35=	WGM	Elmira Mirzoeva	ENG	2282	4½		British Women’s Third Place	£500
		Ifan Rathbone-Jones			4		Highest placed Welsh Player (Reg Clucas Trophy)
Rating Prizes
2201-2350		Aaravamudhan Balaji	ENG					£325
2051-2200		Theo Khoury	ENG					£325
2050 and under		Calum Salmons	ENG					£325

British Over 65 Championship
1	FM	Andrew P. Smith	IRL	2037	6		British 65+ Champion	£500
2	IM	Craig W. Pritchett	SCO	2186	5½			£250
3=		David Kilgour	SCO	2165	5			£20
3=	CM	Geoffrey H. James	ENG	2059	5			£20
3=		Paul A. Hutchinson	ENG	2005	5			£20
3=		Michael E. Binks	WLS	2003	5			£20
3=		Stephen P. Dilleigh	ENG	1985	5			£20
14=	WGM	Sheila Jackson	ENG	1998	4		Highest Placed Female
British Over 50 Championship
1	GM	Keith C Arkell,	ENG	2386	6½		British 50+ Champion	£500
2	FM	Stephen Dishman	ENG	2306	6			£250
3	CM	David C Okike,	NGR	2157	5			£150
20	WIM	Natasha Regan	ENG	2015	4		Highest Placed Female
Major Open
1		Lorenzo Fava	ITA	2161	8½			£1,000
2=		Robin Angst	SUI	2249	6½			£150
2=		Gwilyam T Price	ENG	2217	6½			£150
2=		Jack Liu	ENG	2098	6½		Joint Highest Placed Junior	£150
2=		Sheng Liang Bernard Chan	MAS	2096	6½			£150
2=	WFM	Audrey Kueh	ENG	2058	6½			£150
2=	ACM	George Zhao	ENG	2034	6½		Joint Highest Placed Junior	£150
2=		Mate Ther	ENG	2001	6½			£150
2=		Balahari Bharat Kumar	ENG	1989	6½		Joint Highest Placed Junior	£150
Rating Prizes
1st		Dominik Swiatkowski	ENG	1523	3.37			£150
2nd		Federico Guarnieri	ITA	1572	2.92			£100
3rd		Sai Vaddhireddy	ENG	1724	2.56			£50

Junior Championship Winners

Under 16

1		Max Pert	ENG	5½	£250
2=		Balahari Bharat Kumar	ENG	5	£100
		Zain Patel	ENG	5	£100
Girls Champion	WCM	Nina Pert	ENG

Under 14

1	Rock Yu	ENG	6½	£250
2	Kameron Grose	ENG	5½	£130
3=	Pengxiao Zhu	ENG	5	£35
	Hao Ran Leung	HKG	5	£35
Girls Champion	Naavya Parikh	ENG

Under 12

1	George Zhao	ENG	6	£250
2	Rezin C Catabay	ENG	5½	£130
3=	Rami Talab	SYR	5	£20
	Lion Lebedev	ENG	5	£20
	Advait Keerthi Kumar	ENG	5	£20
	Yashwardhan Shankar	SCO	5	£20
Girls Champion	Avyanna Singh	ENG

Under 10

1	Junyi Zhang	ENG	7	£250
2	Ayan Pradhan	ENG	5½	£130
3=	Aarav Katukuri	ENG	5	£35
	Lam Vy Le Nguyen	ENG	5	£35
Girls Champion	Lam Vy Le Nguyen	ENG

Under 8

1=	Junyan Hu	ENG	6	£190
	Artem Dodukh	ENG	6	£190
3	Furion Kapitanski	BUL	5	£65
Girls Champions	Nuvee Konara, Liubava Maksak	ENG

Junior Blitz Championship Winners

Under 8

1=	Advik Saxena	ENG	7	Boys Trophy	£80
	Tara Tamilselvan	ENG	7	Girls Trophy	£80
3=	Junyan Hu	ENG	6		£10
	Oscar Qin	ENG	6		£10
	Amandeep Singh	IND	6		£10

Under 10

1-	Junyi Zhang	ENG	8	Boys Trophy	£80
	Dildarav Lishoy Gengis Paratazham	ENG	8		£80
3	Maksym Kryshtafor	UKR	7		£20
	Lam Vy Le Nguyen	ENG	5½	Girls Trophy

Under 12

1	George Zhao	ENG	8	Boys Trophy	£100
2=	Rami Talab	ENG	7		£40
	Srivathsan Sasikumar	ENG	7		£40
	Avyanna Singh, Yvon Van Neerven	ENG	4	Girls Trophy

Under 14

1	Pengxiao Zhu	ENG	8	Boys Trophy	£100
2	Livio Cancedda-Dupuis	ENG	7½		£60
3	Rock Yu	ENG	7		£20
	Mae Catabay	ENG	5	Girls Trophy

Under 16

1=	CM	Stanley Badacsonyi	ENG	8	Boys Trophy	£80
		Jack Liu	ENG	8		£80
3		Kenneth Hobson	ENG	7		£20
		Nina Pert	ENG	5	Girls Trophy

Junior Rapidplay Championship Winners

Under 8

1	Tara Tamilselvan	ENG	8½	Girls Trophy	£100
2	Junyan Hu	ENG	7	Boys Trophy	£75
3	Furion Kapitanski	BUL	6½		£40

Under 10

1	Dildarav Lishoy Gengis Paratazham	ENG	8	Boys Trophy	£100
2	Junyi Zhang	ENG	7½		£75
3	Lam Vy Le Nguyen	ENG	7	Girls Trophy	£40

Under 12

1=	George Zhao	ENG	7	Boys Trophy	£55
	Rami Talab	ENG	7		£55
	Zack Norris	ENG	7		£55
	Brandon Fang	USA	7		£55
	Avyanna Singh, Parisa Patel, Yvon Van Neerven	ENG	4	Girls Trophy

Under 14

1	Pengxiao Zhu	ENG	8½	Boys Trophy	£100
2=	Livio Cancedda-Dupuis	ENG	7		£40
	Rock Yu	ENG	7		£40
	Zain Patel	ENG	7		£40
	Mae Catabay	ENG	5	Girls Trophy

Under 16

1	CM	Stanley Badacsonyi	ENG	8½	Boys Trophy	£100
2=		Kenneth Hobson	ENG	7		£60
		Max Pert	ENG	7		£60
	CM	Nina Pert	ENG	6	Girls Trophy

AM and PM Event Winners

AM Open

1		Ifan Rathbone-Jones	WLS	2014	5	£260
2=		Louis Cheng	SCO	1876	4½	£135
		Sai Vaddhireddy	ENG	1724	4½	£135
4=		Mate Ther	ENG	2001	4	£15
		Henry Adams	ENG	2000	4	£15
		David Coates	ENG	1990	4	£15
	WFM	Abigail Weersing	ENG	1925	4	£15

PM Under 2050

1	Advait Keerthi Kumar	ENG	1795	5½	£260
2	Timothy Davis	ENG	1828	5	£180
3=	David Coates	ENG	1990	4½	£75
	Sean Gordon	ENG	1941	4½	£75

AM Under 1900

1	Christopher Willoughby	ENG	1629	5	£260
2=	Sydney Jacob	ENG	1842	4½	£110
	Reece Whittington	ENG	1793	4½	£110
	Brendan O’Gorman	ENG	1722	4½	£110

PM Under 1750

1	Yuk Lei Lee	ENG	1646	6	£260
2=	Bryony Eccleston	ENG	1613	4½	£135
	William Purle	ENG	1603	4½	£135
4=	Elliott Barnett	ENG	1693	4	£10
	Dominic Czornuch	ENG	1647	4	£10
	Peter Horlock	ENG	1646	4	£10
	Stephen Pride	ENG	1631	4	£10
	Grant Daly	ENG	1599	4	£10
	Matthew Helsby	ENG	1598	4	£10
	Gautam Sriram	ENG	1519	4	£10
	Asanga Gunasekera	ENG	1485	4	£10
	Charlie Qin	ENG	1416	4	£10

AM Under 1600

1	Sean Smith	ENG	1515	5½	£260
2=	Rob Coles	ENG	1482	4½	£135
	James Weldon	ENG	1464	4½	£135
4	Irina Briggs	ENG	1554	4	£60

PM Under 1450

1	Avyanna Singh	ENG	1432	5½	£260
2	Yihua Ding	ENG	1200	5	£180
3	Samidh Saxena	ENG	1322	4½	£90
4=	Mark Robinson	ENG	1424	4	£20
	John Eddershaw	ENG	1424	4	£20
	Jason Ren	ENG	1070	4	£20

Weekend Events Winners
Weekend Open (Atkins)

1	Connor Clarke	ENG	2048	4½	£220
2=	Vivash Samarakoon	SRI	1997	4	£90
	Timothy Foster	ENG	1954	4	£90
Rating Prize	Josh Sharma	ENG			£50

Weekend Under 2000 (Penrose)

1	Alex Royle	ENG	1925	4½	£220
2=	Niall Clarke	ENG	1853	4	£45
	William Bradley	ENG	1810	4	£45
	Carl Gartside	ENG	1824	4	£45
	Amrik J Singh	ENG	1838	4	£45
Rating Prize	Luke Maher	ENG			£50

Weekend Under 1750 (Soanes)

1=	Nicholas E White	ENG	1648	4½	£170
	Michael Allen	ENG	1692	4½	£170
3=	David Agyemang	ENG	1714	4	£15
	John Grasham	ENG	1676	4	£15
	Alexis Malibiran	PHI	1482	4	£15
	Muhammed Mehmood	ENG	1654	4	£15
Rating Prize	Alikhan Menseltov	KAZ			£50

Weekend Under 1500 (Yates)

1	Rene Butler	ENG	1541	4½	£220
2=	James Weldon	ENG	1465	4	£60
	Philip Clare	ENG	1358	4	£60
	Lee Simmonds	ENG		4	£60
Rating Prize=	Mark J Smith, Ross Warcup	SCO SCO			£50 £50

Tuesday Blitz Winners

Open

1=	GM	Danny Gormally	ENG	2485	7½	£130
		Stanley Badacsonyi	ENG	2306	7½	£130
		Yichen Han	NED	2338	7½	£130
Rating Prize=		Magnus Borissow; Srivathsan Sasikumar	ENG			£20 £20

U1600

1=	Charlie Qin	ENG	1566	7½	£165
	Grace Wilde	ENG	1542	7½	£165
3	Thomas Ewart	ENG	1543	6½	£55
Rating Prize	Preesh Gandhi	ENG			£40

Thursday Blitz Winners

Open

1	CM	Stanley Badacsonyi	ENG	2306	9	£220
2	CM	Supratit Banerjee	ENG	2169	7	£110
3=	GM	Keith C Arkell	ENG	2290	6½	£15
		Adam A Taylor	ENG	2196	6½	£15
		Pengxiao Zhu	ENG	1944	6½	£15
		Roman Kovalski	UKR	1924	6½	£15
Rating Prize 1		Srivathsan Sasikumar	ENG	1696		£15
Rating Prize 2		Adam Sefton	ENG	1836		£15

U1600

1=	Thomas Ewart	ENG	1555	7½	£165
	Charlie Qin	ENG	1425	7½	£165
3	Bryony Eccleston	ENG	1471	6½	£55
Rating Prize	Jane Scott	ENG	1233		£40

Rapidplay Winners

Open

1	Steven A Jones	ENG	2178	6	£220
2	Oliver Gill	ENG	2035	4	£110
3=	Zachary Cansdale	ENG	1968	3½	£30
	Colin J Davis	ENG	2086	3½	£30

Under 2000

1	Stephen Crowe	ENG	1771	6	£220
2=	Michael McDonagh	ENG	1996	5½	£85
	Patrick D Reid	ENG	1841	5½	£85
Rating Prize 1	Sohana Sengupta	ENG	1424		£40
Rating Prize 2	Mark Butler	ENG	1632		£30

Under 1500

1	Ollie Palmer	ENG	0	6	£220
2=	Stuart Sharp	ENG	1425	5	£45
	Noah Taylor	ENG	1419	5	£45
	Issam Z Figeuroa	ENG	1330	5	£45
	Lalitranjan Vienesuaran	ENG	1068	5	£45
Rating Prize	Yvon Van Neerven	ENG	1349		£30