The Chessable British Chess Championship finished yesterday (Sunday 21/08) with FM Harry Grieve winning the main Championship (after a tense final round game against IM Matthew Wadsworth), WIM Lan Yao winning the British Women’s Championship, and GM John Nunn winning the Over 65 championship with a perfect 7 out of 7 …
British Championship |
1st |
FM Harry Grieve |
Guildford |
British Champion |
7.5 |
2nd |
GM Nicholas Pert |
Sandhurst |
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7 |
3rd= |
IM James P Jackson |
Banbury |
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6.5 |
3rd= |
IM David J Eggleston |
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6.5 |
5th= |
GM Daniel W Gormally |
Blackthorne |
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6 |
5th= |
IM Matthew J Wadsworth |
Maidenhead |
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6 |
5th= |
GM Keith Arkell |
Cheddleton |
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6 |
5th= |
FM William Claridge-Hansen |
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6 |
5th= |
CM Aaravamudhan Balaji |
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6 |
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British Womens Championship |
1st |
WIM Lan Yao |
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British Womens Champion |
5 |
2nd |
WGM Katarzyna Toma |
Wood Green |
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4.5 |
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British Under 21 |
1st |
FM Harry Grieve |
Guildford |
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2nd |
Aaravamudhan Balaji |
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British Under 18 |
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Aaravamudhan Balaji |
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British Under 18 Girls |
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Julia Volovich |
Cambridge City |
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British Championship Rating Prizes |
2201-2350 |
Adam Taylor |
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2051-2200 |
Ioannis Lentzos |
Sharks |
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Under 2050 |
Oscar Pollack |
Hendon |
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Under 2050 |
Calum Salmons |
Brighton |
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Alexander Best Game Prize |
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IM Antanas Zapolskis (Round 8) |
GLCC |
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Major Open |
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1st= Midhun Unnikrishnan |
Battersea |
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7 |
1st= Peter Shaw |
Wakefield |
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7 |
1st= Ben Ogunshola |
Swindon |
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7 |
Major Open Rating Prizes |
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1801-1900 |
Aron Saunders |
Downend and Fishponds |
5.5 |
Under 1800 |
Henry Adams |
Lewes |
4.5 |
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Over 50 Championship |
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1st= Paul Motwani |
Waterloo, Belgium |
Joint Over 50 Champion |
5.5 |
1st= Chris Duncan |
Watford |
Joint Over 50 Champion |
5.5 |
1st= Philip Crocker |
Chester |
Joint Over 50 Champion |
5.5 |
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Over 65 Championship |
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1st GM John DM Nunn |
Bude |
Over 65 Champion |
7 |
2nd Paul A Hutchinson |
Scarborough |
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5.5 |
3rd= CM Geoffrey H James |
Brighton and Hove |
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5 |
3rd= FM Oliver A Jackson |
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5 |
3rd= Jim Burnett |
Ecclesall |
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5 |
3rd= Paul C Girdlestone |
Check Inn |
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5 |
Gillian A Moore |
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Joint Over 65 Women’s Champion |
3 |
WCM Dinah Norman |
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Joint Over 65 Women’s Champion |
3 |
Susan E Chadwick |
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Joint Over 65 Women’s Champion |
3 |
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Under 16 Championship |
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1st Frankie Badacsonyi |
Barnet |
Under 16 Champion |
6 |
2nd= Mohammed Ismail |
Newham |
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5.5 |
2nd= Edward Jackson |
3Cs |
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5.5 |
2nd= Abigail Weersing |
Linton |
Under 16 Girls Champion |
5.5 |
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Under 14 Championship |
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1st Luca Buanne |
Richmond |
Under 14 Champion |
6 |
2nd Caleb Caleshu |
Plymouth |
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5.5 |
3rd= Kenneth Hobson |
Oxford |
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3rd= Stanley Badacsonyi |
Barnet |
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5 |
3rd= Ruben Evans |
Linton |
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5 |
Girls’ Champion – Michelle Chan |
St Albans |
Under 14 Girls Champion |
4.5 |
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Under 12 Championship |
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1st Kameron Grose |
Barnet |
Under 12 Champion |
6 |
2nd= Elis Dicen |
Coventry |
U12 Girls Champion |
5.5 |
2nd= Sanjit Kumar |
Richmond |
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5.5 |
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Under 10 Championship |
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1st Oleg Verbytski |
Charlton |
Under 10 Champion |
6 |
2nd= Kai Hanache |
Hammersmith |
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5.5 |
2nd= Luoke Wang |
Colchester |
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5.5 |
Ruqayyah Rida |
Colchester |
Joint Under 10 Girls Champion |
4.5 |
Rachel Yang |
Richmond |
Joint Under 10 Girls Champion |
4.5 |
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Under 8 Championship |
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1st Supratit Banerjee |
Barnet |
Under 8 Champion |
6 |
2nd Bodhana Sivanandan |
Harrow |
Under 8 Girls Champion |
5.5 |
3rd= Zoe Veselow, |
Coulsdon |
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5 |
3rd= Junyi Zhang |
Coulsdon |
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5 |
3rd= Ethan Pang |
NW London |
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5 |
3rd= George Chen |
Hendon |
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5 |
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Week One Open |
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1st Gary Lane |
Sydney |
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6.5 |
2nd= Matthew Dignam |
Berkhamsted |
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4.5 |
2nd= Remy Rushbrooke |
Westminster |
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4.5 |
4th= Keith Arkell |
Cheddleton |
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4 |
4th= Mark P Smith |
Coulsdon |
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4 |
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Week One Under 2050 |
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1st Hugo Fowler |
Street |
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6 |
2nd= Paul Dupre |
South Norwood |
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5 |
2nd= Ed Stembridge |
Hendon |
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5 |
4th= Colin Costello |
Carlisle |
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4.5 |
4th= Adam Bedi |
York |
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4.5 |
4th= Imogen Dicen |
CCA |
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4.5 |
4th= Anusha Submaranian |
Buckinghamshire |
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4.5 |
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Week One Under 1900 |
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1st Jai Kothari |
Woking |
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6 |
2nd Steven Watson |
Hull |
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5 |
3rd= John Hickman |
Reading |
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4.5 |
3rd= Greg Breed |
Hatch End |
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4.5 |
3rd= Ted Paul |
Dorchester |
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4.5 |
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Week One Under 1750 |
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1st= Matthew Ball |
St Albans |
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5 |
1st= Dave Burton |
Birmingham |
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5 |
1st= Caspian Fowler |
Street |
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5 |
1st= Vjekoslav Novak |
Croatia |
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5 |
1st= Gursharanjit Gill |
West London |
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5 |
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Week One Under 1600 |
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1st= Evan McCourt |
Dublin |
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6 |
1st= Emma Salazar Eyre |
Newcastle |
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6 |
3rd Steve Merchant |
Bexhill |
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5 |
4th= Lee Bullock |
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4.5 |
4th= Alexander Burke |
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4.5 |
4th= Lana Boztas |
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4.5 |
4th= Roland Rattray |
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4.5 |
4th= Shree Rao |
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4.5 |
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Week One Under 1450 |
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1st Federico Guarnieri |
Italy |
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6.5 |
2nd Yashvardan Veeturi |
Hammersmith |
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5.5 |
3rd Suhayl Abdalla |
Newton Abbot |
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5 |
4th= Ben Parsons |
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4 |
4th= Jeff Foy |
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4 |
4th= Aritra Paul |
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4 |
4th= Shahyan Ali |
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4 |
4th= Sharon Merchant |
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4 |
4th= William Blatchford |
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4 |
4th= Stephen Holmes |
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4 |
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Week Two Open |
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1st Matthew Dignam |
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6 |
2nd Petra Fink-Nunn |
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4.5 |
3rd= Ifan Rathbone-Jones |
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4 |
3rd= Nina Pert |
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4 |
3rd= Nasarullah Sheikh |
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4 |
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Week Two U2050 |
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1st Hugo Fowler |
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5.5 |
2nd Max Pert |
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5 |
3rd Bodhana Sivanandan |
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4.5 |
4th Tim Hilton |
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4 |
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Week Two U1900 |
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1st= John E Hickman |
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5 |
1st= Henry Adams |
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5 |
1st= Luke Anthony Honey |
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5 |
4th= Clive Walley |
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4.5 |
4th= Jai Kothari |
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4.5 |
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Week Two U1750 |
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1st Vjekoslav Novak |
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6 |
2nd Radha Ratnesan |
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5 |
3rd Grant Daly |
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4.5 |
4th= Brendan O’Gorman |
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4 |
4th= Peter D J McCarron |
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4 |
4th= Paul Bloom |
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4 |
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Week Two U1600 |
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1st Jacob Liu |
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5 |
2nd Bill Upton |
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4.5 |
3rd John Constable |
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3.5 |
4th Barry Lippard |
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2.5 |
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Week Two U1450 |
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1st Henri Blin |
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6 |
2nd Steven Mildenhall |
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4.5 |
3rd Kevin Shi |
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4.5 |
4th David Kilmartin |
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4 |
5th Jeff Wilson |
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4 |
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Week One Blitz |
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1st Jonah Willow |
Nottingham |
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9 |
2nd Anthony Zhang |
Crowthorne |
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8 |
3rd Oscar Garcia |
Downend |
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7 |
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Week Two Blitz |
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1st Adam A Taylor |
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7.5 |
2nd= Charles H Storey |
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7 |
2nd= Martin G Walker |
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7 |
2nd= Jai Kothari |
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7 |
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Weekend Atkins Open |
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1st= Anthony Zhang |
Crowthorne |
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4.5 |
1st= Gary Senior |
Hendon |
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4.5 |
1st= James Golding |
Guildford |
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4.5 |
Atkins Rating Prizes |
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1850-1999 |
Rahul Babu |
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1849 and under |
Bodhana Sivanandan |
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Weekend Soanes Under 1750 |
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1st George Miller |
Keynsham |
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4.5 |
2nd= Rob Woolacott |
Swale |
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4 |
2nd= Reya Li |
Oxford |
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4 |
2nd= Shree Rao |
Crowthorne |
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4 |
Soanes Rating Prizes |
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1599 and under |
Anastasija Royce |
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Weekend Yates Under 1500 |
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1st Rohit Keshari |
Reading |
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4.5 |
2nd= Om Nangia |
New Jersey |
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4 |
2nd= Yueyue Sui |
Oxford |
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4 |
2nd= Jiayi Shi |
SE London |
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4 |
2nd= Jaime Ashworth |
Gloucester |
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4 |
Open Rapid |
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1st= Danny Gormally |
Alnwick |
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5.5 |
1st= Keith Arkell |
Paignton |
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5.5 |
1st= Stanley Badacsonyi, |
Barnet |
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5.5 |
1st= Frankie Badacsonyi |
Barnet |
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5.5 |
1st= Soham Kumar |
Maidenhead |
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5.5 |
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Under 1750 Rapid |
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1st Joseph Whelan |
Coulsdon |
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6.5 |
2nd Kushal Jakhria |
Charlton |
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6 |
3rd Aditya Mittal |
Barnet |
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5 |
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Under 1500 Rapid |
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1st Magnus Borissow |
Guildford |
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6.5 |
2nd Max Michener |
Barnet |
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6 |
3rd= Jiayi Shi |
SE London |
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5 |
3rd= Luke Freeman |
Crowborough |
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5 |
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Under 11 Rapid |
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1st Luoke Wang |
Colchester |
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6.5 |
2nd Kai Hanache |
Hammersmith |
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6 |
3rd= Supratit Banerjee |
Barnet |
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5.5 |
3rd= George Zhao |
Barnet |
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5.5 |
3rd= Advait Keerthi Kumar |
Watford |
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5.5 |
Top Girl – Shambavi Hariharan |
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5 |