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Herts Chess Association 55th Annual Congress

incorporating SCCU Championship, British Championship Qualifier, London Junior Championship Qualifier

Saturday 29th – Sunday 30th November 2008

The Meridian School, Garden Walk, Royston, Herts

Open section

Prizes for 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 180-195 grading prize and U180 grading prize

Place	Name	Rtg	Club	Score
1-2	D'Costa, Lorin	226	Royston	4
	Potter, John	2055		4
3-5	Bonafont, Philip R	184	Hemel Hempstead	3.5
	Hasman, Cenzig	177	Wood Green	3.5
	Friedland, Jon S	174	Wood Green	3.5
6-7	Pieprzka, Przemyslaw	187	Braintree	3
	Ross, Chris	185	Braille Chess Assoc	3
8-11	Hutchinson, Norman A	173	Royston	2.5
	Merry, Alan	130	Newmarket	2.5
	Cutmore, David A	170	Wood Green	2.5
	Purdon, Colin	172	Crowthorne	2.5
12-18	Stewart, Ashley	142	Cambridge City	2
	Byway, Paul	178	Hertford	2
	Savage, Ben	211	Welwyn Hatfield	2
	Anderson, John	196	Grays	2
	Wallis, Ian	163	Ipswich	2
	Kemp, Paul	176	Royston	2
	Cutmore, Martin J	170	Wood Green	2
19	Doci, Stefan	2052	Cambridge City	1
20	Law, Stephen	172	Hemel Hempstead	0

Lorin D’Costa is SCCU champion, and also wins the trophy for best Herts player. John Potter qualifies for the British Championship.

Challengers (U170) section

Prizes for 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 145-155 grading prize and U145 grading prize

Place	Name	Rtg	Club	Score
1	Kikoyo, Ali	168	Wood Green	4.5
2	McIntyre, Paul	164	South Norwood	4
3-4	Davison, Chris	154	Cambridge City	3.5
	Prince, Alan R	145	Edinburgh Civil Service	3.5
5-6	Hayward, Alan	157	Streatham & Brixton	3
	Daugman, John	142	Cambridge University	3
7-10	Schonberger, Chris	148	Royston	2.5
	Barnes, Jonathan	146	Letchworth	2.5
	O'Gorman, Brendan	145	DHSS	2.5
	Jiang, Jimmy	144	(Waltham Forest)	2.5
11-15	Brady, David	151	Chingford	2
	Price, Andrew	142	Leamington	2
	Pride, Stephen C	144	Cambridge City	2
	Waterfield, John	160	Monmouth	2
	Strachan, Gavin	145	Brentwood	2
16-18	Enciu, Liviu	140	Hendon	1.5
	Rahman, Kazi	144		1.5
	Ball, Anthony	151	Letchworth & Hitchin	1.5
19	Dines, Sheila J	141	Coulsdon CF	1
20	Holroyd, Nigel P	153	Peterborough	0

Chris Davison wins the Glynne Jones trophy for best performance by a junior from Herts / Cambs / Norfolk / Suffolk. Chris Schonberger retains the trophy for best Herts player for another year.

Major (U140) section

Prizes for 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 115-125 grading prize and U115 grading prize

Place	Name	Rtg	Club	Score
1	Lim, Yu-Chin (Peter)	129	Harrow	4.5
2-3	Thurston, Gary	128	Bishops Stortford	4
	Kernohan, Ed	134	Cambridge City	4
4	Ribbands, Patrick C	134	Cambridge City	3.5
5-9	Bishop, Geoffrey	127	Chislehurst	3
	Harris, Mark	137	Letchworth	3
	Davison, Tim	122	Cambridge City	3
	Newman, Richard	135	Cambridge City	3
	Pope, Michael	113	St Neots	3
10-18	Ray, Julian	125	Kings Lynn	2.5
	Farthing, Andrew	122	Worcester City	2.5
	Kingsley, Malcolm	127	Brentwood	2.5
	Mutton, Ian	131	Letchworth & Hitchin	2.5
	Stone, Mark	90	Petts Wood & Orpington	2.5
	Page, Jeffrey	116	Ilford	2.5
	Lanzer, Robert	112	Crawley	2.5
	Woodhouse, Keith	124	Royston	2.5
	Foley, Philip	99	Upminster	2.5
19-21	Bradley, John N	117	Dunmow	2
	Campbell, John	115	Roding & Loughton	2
	Egorova, Anna	118	Woodbridge School	2
22-24	Gardiner, Colin	110	Falmouth	1.5
	Payne, Colin	115	Norwich Dons	1.5
	Fitzgerald, Patrick	116	St Albans	1.5
25-26	Lobo, Robert J	95	Trinity School	1
	Groce, Ken	128	Roding & Loughton	1
27	Rixon, Tom J	120	Hemel Hempstead	0.5
28	Brown, Robert C	138	Chingford	0

Gary Thurston wins the trophy for best Herts player.

Minor (U110) section

Prizes for 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 80-95 grading prize and U80 grading prize; also junior prizes for ages 15-18 and 14 & under.

Place	Name	Rtg	Club	Score
1	Whitworth, Michael	106	DHSS	4.5
2-11	Simpson, Stephen	91		3.5
	Richmond, Charles	90	Newmarket	3.5
	Sneesby, Philip		Dereham	3.5
	Alexander, Ken	92	Tiverton	3.5
	Hall, James W	98	East Grinstead	3.5
	Saunders, Barrie	101	Hemel Hempstead	3.5
	Costeloe, Andrew	108	Muswell Hill	3.5
	Johal, Satnam	105	Upminster	3.5
	Dawson, John E	74	Linton	3.5
	Gilbert, David	109	DHSS	3.5
12-15	Sampson, Tim	81	Welwyn & Hatfield	3
	Cavendish, Joshua	77	The Hall School	3
	Dutton, Terry M	105	Linton	3
	Nunn, Geoffrey C	78	Barnet Elizabethans	3
16-25	Housden, Peter T	93	Bedford	2.5
	Magee, Edward	56	St Albans	2.5
	Palmer, Vincent	89		2.5
	Ruddick, Gary	95	Welwyn&Hatfield	2.5
	Wallman, James	82		2.5
	Rayment, Kevin	61	Railways (London)	2.5
	Fraser, Alan	82	Beckenham & Bromley	2.5
	McKeon, John	95	Milton Keynes	2.5
	Cage, Simon	90	Royston	2.5
	Mountford, Corinne	79	Hertford	2.5
26-34	Chapman, Gordon B	64	Bury St Edmunds	2
	Harding, Malcolm	101	Barnet Elizabethans	2
	Smith, Roger N	86	Ipswich	2
	Anantharaj, Daniel	1271	Upper Killay	2
	Devan, Matthew	85	Barnet Elizabethans	2
	Kernot, Adrian	63	East Grinstead	2
	Dowson, David	85	Linton	2
	Webb, David	66	Gerrards Cross	2
	Billett, Stephen	71		2
35-38	McCrae, Trevor	82	Royston	1.5
	Elder, Kidge	67	Welwyn&Hatfield	1.5
	Baker, Peter C	74	St Albans	1.5
	Burgess, Heather	70	Cambridge City	1.5
39-41	Daniel, Joseph Rohan	1388	Upper Killay	1
	Walker, David JR	64	Harrow	1
	Lake, Nigel	68	Colchester	1
42	Rutherford, Nicholas	90	Hammersmith	0.5

Michael Whitworth wins the trophy for best Herts player. Joshua Cavendish wins the prize for best junior aged 14 & under (there were no juniors aged 15-18).