Berks And Bucks Chess Congress 27th-29th of August

[matt_ward]

I would just like to promote the Following Tournament which I believe is a good one, which I played in 2009.

Details are as Follows:

47th Berks & Bucks Chess Congress

Saturday 27th to Monday 29th August 2011 at

Polehampton C.of E. Junior School

Kibblewhite Crescent, Twyford

Berkshire RG10 9AX



It generally attracts a good variety of strength in depth and I feel if you play in it you would not be let down. It has three sections Open, Major and Minor.

Open Fide Rated Six rounds 12-16 players Prizes £60 £48 £36 Entry Fee £21 (British Chess Championship Qualifying place 2012)

Challengers Fide Rated Prizes £60 £48 £36 Entry Fee £21

Reserves Several Sections Prizes £60 £48 £36 Entry Fee £21


You need to contact the tournament organiser via email which is here: Nigel W Dennis

([email protected])

Ps: I hope you play!


Matt.

[Roger de Coverly]

It has three sections Open, Major and Minor.

Unless Nigel will be changing the format for this year, that's not really the case.

Rather more, the available players will be divided up into sections of between 16 and 20 players, of which the top two have been FIDE rated for the last couple of years. In recent years 5 or 6 sections have been run.

(edit) Just to confirm, the "Reserves" remains as several sections.

[Ian Thompson]

Here's the entry form, which I received from Nigel Dennis yesterday.

[Jonathan Bryant]

Anybody else going to this or will it just be me and Matt in a large school hall?

[Roger de Coverly]

Anybody else going to this or will it just be me and Matt in a large school hall?

If you gave Nigel your email address, you should have received an entry list. The total to date is 77, which Nigel suggests will form 3 sections with FIDE rating and 3 without.

On past form there will probably be a few late entries. It's not a particularly large hall.

[Jonathan Bryant]

I did. The email turned up about a nanosecond after I posted. I can't open the attachment though - think I need excel which I don't have.

[Carl Hibbard]

I did. The email turned up about a nanosecond after I posted. I can't open the attachment though - think I need excel which I don't have.

Pass it on to me and I will PDF it...

[Jonathan Bryant]

Pass it on to me and I will PDF it...

Thanks Carl. Here it is.

[Carl Hibbard]

Here you go - might need rotating..

Entries 21 Aug 2011.pdf

[Jonathan Bryant]

Ta muchly Carl.

A few familiar names, although no Matt Ward ironically.

[Neville Belinfante]

Results for 2004, 2008, 2009 and 2010 can be found at Tournament Director's Results Service at http://www.tournamentdirector.co.uk/results/. I shall be using this Service to keep the results up to date as this year's tournament progresses.

[John Upham]

Latest entries:

Entry No Name Club ECF Standard Grade FIDE Rating ECF Rapidplay Grade Nation Part Rating
8 Cooksey, Paul S Guildford 206C 2272 England
31 Williams, Peter A Sandhurst 206A 2196 215C England
1 Holland, James Maidenhead 204A 2196 202A England
56 Girdlestone, Paul C 4NCL Brown Jack 201C 2174 222* England
49 Smith, Andrew P Bourne End 197A 2171 219D Ireland
27 Foster, James M Aylesbury Grammar 191A 2018 188D England
69 Thomas, Phil East Kilbride 189* 1828 Scotland
55 Purdon, Colin Crowthorne 187A 2075 178D England
53 Cutmore, David A Wood Green 186A 2055 191X England
76 Bonafont, Philip Gerrards Cross 186A 2094 194E England
10 Wager, John D Maidenhead 185A 1925 England
63 De Coverly, Roger D Bourne End 184A 2080 185D England
51 Milnes, Anthony CP Maidenhead 181A 2066 England
29 Murphy, Conor 4NCL KJCA Knights 178A 1984 171A England
66 Cutmore, Martin J Wood Green 178A 2048 173X England
44 Varnam, Liam D Maidenhead 176A 2050 179* England
50 Stimpson, Philip M Guildford 176A 2100 163* England
52 Amato, Giampiero Stevenage 173A 2008 Italy
32 Bryant, Jon Streatham 172A 150B England 2049 next month
62 Jeffries, Majid Maidenhead 171A 2001 172D England
78 Xaxiris, Evangelos Greece 170E 2080 Greece
71 Hayward, Philip T Oxford City 169B 149* England
42 Janota, Paul S Maidenhead 169A England 1829p from Apr 2008
58 Fulton, Anthony R Willesden 165A 2041 200* England
33 Marley, Andrew Crowthorne 164A 1884 143* England
15 Shakespeare, John S Bangor 163A 1903 Wales
68 Fowler, David W Southampton Uni 161A 1882 154D Scotland
13 Lucey, Michael B.T. 160* 169* England 2050p from Jan 2006
54 Moss, Guy Israel 160* 1882 Israel
67 Galer, Sebastian E Guildford 158A 154C England
7 Georgiev, Ivan Bulgaria 154E 1821 160D Bulgaria
60 Dixit, Kumar Salesian College 153A 1797 144X England
18 Rajesh, Gorak Essex Juniors 152A 130D India possibly rated 1392
21 Burke, Matthew Crystal Palace 151C 150* England
28 Foster, Chantelle Aylesbury 151A 1727 138D England
70 Thomas, Daniel East Kilbride 150* 1832 Scotland
24 Dunlop, Neil J Bath 149A 1840 England
79 Larwood, Peter Crowthorne 149A 157E England
77 Shamash, Michelle Greece 148E 1752 Greece
39 Bullen, Alex Cardiff Junior 147D 1759 144* Wales
75 Price, Michael Clive West London 147A 1733 96* England
47 Moore, Gillian Southampton 146A 1818 England
6 Atkinson, Brian W Slough 145A 145E England
35 Norman, Dinah M Guildford 145A 1929 137E England
14 Kourtseva, Julie Cambridge University 144A 1777 130* England
46 Morton, Peter S Hammersmith 140B 2064 128B England
48 Williams, Peter D (snr) Coulsdon 138C 140C England
74 Silman, Mark E Reading 137C 127C England
38 Foley, Phil T Upminster 135A 1642 125C England
3 Stone, Mark R Petts Wood & Orpington 134A 1603 112* England
41 Winter, Cyril J Crowthorne 131A 114* England
37 Brown, Roy A Reading 129A England
26 Davis, John G Ashtead 128A 134X England
9 Allen, Timothy Battersea 127A England
23 Forbes, Douglas M Gerrards Cross 127A 1640 118E England
16 McKeon, John Milton Keynes 125A 117B England
43 Naldrett, Geoff W Insurance 123A 140* England
73 Sudhakar, Ragul Krishna Berkshire Jnr 116A 1874 114A England
45 Sawers, Kevin Southampton 115A England
19 Challinger, Andrew P Wycombe & Hazlemere 112A England
64 Wei, Naomi City of London School for Girls 111B 129X England
65 Bolan, Michael T Ashtead 111A 95* England
72 Hill, Robert Maidenhead 110E England
36 Fraser, Alan R Beckenham & Bromley 110A 1448 England
40 Billett, Stephen Portsmouth 108A England
34 Collis, Paul S Guildford 107A 97* England
25 English, Andrew JP Cowley 106B England
5 Hemmings, David Camberley 90A 55E England
61 Finn, Peter Wycombe & Hazlemere 89E England
59 Yates, Susie Berkshire Jnr 89* England
20 Hicks, P Brian Slough 86C 82E England
2 Rich, Frank E Gerrard's Cross 81C 48* England
30 Hinterreither, Nikolai Berkshire Junior 73* 88B England
22 Birdi, Neville Berkshire Junior 66B England
17 James, David Brighton & Hove 64A England
57 Godwin, Arthur C Berkhamsted 40A England
4 Small, Jack Berkshire Jnr 35* England

[Simon Dixon]

Over £1,500.00 in entries and the total prize fund is around £400.00

[John Upham]

Over £1,500.00 in entries and the total prize fund is around £400.00

Yes, but just think how much it will cost to hire the plush venue, the live games transmission, bar, commentary room, bookstall, games inputters, digital clocks and spacious playing conditions. These things do not come cheaply these days.

[Simon Dixon]

Yes, but just think how much it will cost to hire the plush venue, the live games transmission, bar, commentary room, bookstall, games inputters, digital clocks and spacious playing conditions. These things do not come cheaply these days.

Yes, I forgot about that. They have enough entry fee money left over to refurbish Polehampton Jnr School, just hope you do not get one of those kiddies tables with the mini chairs. Tea and coffee will be available, but only if you can get out of the playing area.