Previous events
August 12th and 13th - East Midlands FIDE Congress - Hosted at the Hind Hotel Wellingborough
With 100 entrants we reached the maximum capacity for our venue.
The Hind Hotel, being in the middle of Wellingborough Town centre, offered an interesting environment for a weekend of chess!
Thanks to Chess england and Chessville for assisting with this event.
Thanks to Brendan O'Gorman for taking photos - https://brendanogorman.smugmug.com/Chess/2023/East-Midlands-Chess-Congress-August-2023/
Under 2400
1st £200 + 2nd £75 Tied [4.0/5]
- Oscar Pollack (£92)
- John M Potter (£92)
- Tashika Arora (£92)
Rating prize of £80 Rami Talab [3.5/5]
(Best female performance across all sections - £80)
Under 1900
Tie First Place (1st £150 + 2nd £75) [4.0 / 5]
- Kevin Williamson (£112.50)
- Brendan O'Gorman (£112.50)
Rating prize of £80.00 Ioan Strugar [3.0/5]
U1700
First prize is £120.00 Freddie Sugden [4.5/5]
second prize £60.00 Split 4 Ways (£15.00) [4.0/5]
- Michael Owen
- Neil S Homer
- Mihir Sharma
- Michael Kanishk Walia
Rating Prize of £40.00 Kanvansh Dhingra [4.0/5]
Under 1000 ECF Only Rated section:
First Prize £50.00 Zac Paintin [5.0/5]
Second Prize Tied £25.00 [3.0/5]
- Hannah Walker (£12.50)
- William Calvert (£12.50)
May 12th 2023 hosted at the University Of Northampton in collaboration with Chess England
With just under 100 entrants it was a busy day at the University! Lovely weather outside made it an enjoyable day inside and out!
Open
1st [£150] - Mykhailo Podolskyi 5.5/6
Tied 2nd [£75 + £40 = £115. £115/2 = £57.5 each] - FM Yichen Han, & FM Gary Kenworthy 5/6
Major under 1900
Tied 1st [£120 + £60 = £180. £180/2 = £90 each] - Daniel Storey, & Paul Walton 5/6
Tied 3rd [£30/2 = £15 each] - Nicholas Lees, & Nigel P Young 4.5/6
Rating Category Prize - 1 Year AimChess premium membership - Mikhail Ig Korzun 4/6
Minor Under 1500
1st - Levi Weston 5.5/6 £120, 2nd - £45 each Tarun Lilley and Ioan-Euzeb Strugar 4.5/6 plus a rating prize to William Bruce 4/6
Improvers under 1100
1st - Tara Tamilselvan, Jeon Palmer and James Burgess 5/6 £32.00 each, Rating Prize to Miheli Gunarathne with 4/6
February 12th 2023 hosted at the University Of Northampton in collaboration with Chess England
Open , Major and Minor
1st. (£150) - ACM Alex Royle 5.5/6
1st. (£120) - Mohammad Mozzafari 6/6
1st (120) - Arrow Morris 6/6
Joint 2nd. (£57.5 each)
- FM Gary Kenworthy
- Hugh W Murphy 4.5/6
2nd. (£60) - Rida Ruqayyah 5/6
Joint 2nd (£45 each)
- Gagan, B R
- Aashita Roychowdhury
Tied 3rd. (£10 each) - Daniel Storey, Alexander Chmelev, & Kevin Ellis 4.5/6
Rating Prizes (Aimchess 1 year premium membership)
Joseph Morrison 4/6
Luis Viera 4/6
Mikhail Korzun 4.5/6
September 4th 2022 hosted at Rushden Town Bowling Club in collaboration with Chess England and Chessville
Father and Son won first prize in their respective sections
1st (£150) - Zakarian David 5.5/6
1st (£120) - Nawalaniec Adam 5.5 points
1st (£120) - Nawalaniec Leszek 6/6
2nd (£75) - Murphy Hugh W 4.5/6
2nd (£60) - Harvey Craddock-Monroe 5 points
2nd (£45 each) - Lad Vijay and Marimuthu Anbalagan both 4.5/6
3rd (£13.33 each) - Pein Jonathan / Kenworthy Gary / Zakarian Dimitrios Levon 4/6
3rd (Split £10 each) - Evan Lewis, Nigel P Young, & Antonio Mura 4.5 points