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08/10/2023

Sheffield Chess Congress 2023

 

After a break of 5 years, the Sheffield Congress, now “under new management”, was held over Saturday and Sunday, 7th and 8th of October 2023, at the previously used venue, King Edward VII Upper School, Glossop Road, Sheffield S10 2PW (a mnemonic for which postcode a former deputy head offered “2nd Class Prisoner of War Camp”).  Verdicts expressed by participants show the event to have been a success.

 

“King Ted’s”, which was Sheffield’s highest-performing boy’s grammar school (setting aside the private school Birkdale), numbered among its pupils, when it was a grammar school, S&DCA Past President J. Roger Hoole, present President Geoff Frost and this webmaster.

 

For the first time the Sheffield Congress was run over just 2 days rather than three, and pairings were for the first time done by Swiss Manager, for the running of which the services of Simon Scott of Nottingham were engaged.  As Chess Direct is no more, the bookstall was provided by Howard Wood of Chess Essentials.

 

Participants (excluding withdrawals and “no shows”) in each section were as follows:

 

Open

             

Major

(U-1900)

Inter.

(U-1600)

Minor

(U-1300)

Total

34

66

44

24

168

 

Final cross-tables were as follows:

Open

 

 

No

Name

Rtg

1

2

3

4

5

SPS

Prize

 

1

Thomas Wills

2130

1

W

17

1

B

28

1

W

3

½

B

9

½

B

2

 

1-3=

 

SASCA

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

3

 

 

 

 

4

 

13½

£187.5

2

Tim P Wall

2281

1

W

30

1

B

15

½

W

9

1

B

13

½

W

1

 

1-3=

 

Forest Hall

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

13

£187.5

3

Thomas Carroll

2223

1

B

29

1

W

5

0

B

1

1

W

14

1

B

9

 

1-3=

 

Sheffield University/Hoylake

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

2

 

 

3

 

 

4

 

12

£187.5

4

Jacob Connor Boswell

2298

1

B

27

0

W

21

1

B

29

1

W

12

1

B

10

 

1-3=

 

Cheddleton

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

3

 

 

4

 

11

£187.5

5

Bruce L Baer

2095

1

W

24

0

B

3

1

W

28

½

B

7

1

W

13

 

GP1

 

Kenilworth

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

10

£30

6

Elis Denele Dicen

2155

1

W

32

0

B

13

½

W

22

1

B

11

1

B

18

 

 

 

Coventry Chess Academy

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

Peter Shaw

2155

½

B

20

½

W

22

1

B

19

½

W

5

1

B

12

 

 

 

Wakefield

 

 

½

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

John M Potter

2190

½

B

22

½

W

14

½

B

27

1

W

23

1

B

17

 

 

 

Belper

 

 

½

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

 

9

Samuel A Milson

2166

1

B

19

1

W

26

½

B

2

½

W

1

0

W

3

 

 

 

Sheffield Nomads

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

3

 

 

3

 

11½

 

10

Mike J Surtees

2188

0

W

13

1

B

32

1

W

16

1

B

15

0

W

4

 

 

 

Great Lever

 

 

0

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

3

 

 

3

 

9

 

11

Jonathan S Hill

2068

½

-

bye

1

W

20

½

B

14

0

W

6

1

B

24

 

 

 

Urmston

 

 

½

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

2

 

 

3

 

9

 

12

Nigel Birtwistle

2197

1

W

25

1

B

16

½

W

13

0

B

4

0

W

7

 

 

 

The Sharks 4NCL

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10½

 

13

Sammy Benzaira

1954

1

B

10

1

W

6

½

B

12

0

W

2

0

B

5

 

 

 

SASCA

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10½

 

14

Srivathsan Sasikumar

1787

1

W

34

½

B

8

½

W

11

0

B

3

½

B

16

 

GP2=

 

Leeds University

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

2

 

 

 

9

£7.50

15

Robert McLean

2103

1

B

23

0

W

2

1

B

26

0

W

10

½

B

19

 

 

 

3Cs

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

16

John C Tompson

2067

1

W

18

0

W

12

0

B

10

1

B

22

½

W

14

 

 

 

Derby

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

17

Tetsuaki Sanada

1901

0

B

1

1

B

34

½

-

bye

1

W

27

0

W

8

 

GP2=

 

Chorlton-Cum-Hardy

 

 

0

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

£7.50

18

Benedikt Pitel

1761

0

B

16

1

B

25

½

-

bye

1

W

20

0

W

6

 

GP2=

 

Hull

 

 

0

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

£7.50

19

Martin Pettinger

1941

0

W

9

1

B

33

0

W

7

1

B

28

½

W

15

 

GP2=

 

Chesterfield

 

 

0

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

 

£7.50

20

Daniel Gottschalk

1903

½

W

7

0

B

11

1

W

34

0

B

18

1

W

26

 

 

 

Woodseats

 

 

½

 

 

½

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21

Russell A James

2103

1

W

31

1

B

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shirley and Wythall

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

2

 

 

2

 

 

2

 

9

 

22

Imogen Dicen

1974

½

W

8

½

B

7

½

B

6

0

W

16

½

B

23

 

 

 

Coventry Chess Academy

 

 

½

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

23

Lindsay Pyun

1882

0

W

15

1

B

30

½

-

bye

0

B

8

½

W

22

 

 

 

Loughborough

 

 

0

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

6

 

24

Eldars Gulijevs

1857

0

B

5

0

W

29

1

W

32

1

B

25

0

W

11

 

 

 

West Nottingham

 

 

0

 

 

0

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

2

 

5

 

25

Guiseppe Magazzù

1975

0

B

12

0

W

18

1

B

31

0

W

24

1

B

29

 

 

 

Middlesbrough

 

 

0

 

 

0

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

4

 

26

David Flynn

1900

1

W

33

0

B

9

0

W

15

½

W

29

0

B

20

 

 

 

Nomads (Notts)

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

6

 

27

Miles D Edwards-Wright

2056

0

W

4

1

B

31

½

W

8

0

B

17

 

 

 

 

 

 

SASCA

 

 

0

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

28

George Swanson

1640

1

-

bye

0

W

1

0

B

5

0

W

19

½

B

32

 

 

 

Hillsborough

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

29

Vasileios Pasialis

1976

0

W

3

1

B

24

0

W

4

½

B

26

0

W

25

 

 

 

Sheffield Nomads

 

 

0

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

5

 

30

Robert A Newton

1994

0

B

2

0

W

23

½

-

bye

½

B

32

½

W

31

 

 

 

Blue Club

 

 

0

 

 

0

 

 

½

 

 

1

 

 

 

3

 

31

George Turner

1900

0

B

21

0

W

27

0

W

25

+

B

34

½

B

30

 

 

 

The Chess Centre

 

 

0

 

 

0

 

 

0

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

32

Okwose Marc Obi

1940

0

B

6

0

W

10

0

B

24

½

W

30

½

W

28

 

 

 

Sutton Coldfield

 

 

0

 

 

0

 

 

0

 

 

½

 

 

1

 

 

33

Kajus Mikalajunas

2109

0

B

26

0

W

19

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loughborough

 

 

0

 

 

0

 

 

0

 

 

0

 

 

0

 

0

 

34

Ayodeji Jeje

2067

0

B

14

0

W

17

0

B

20

-

W

31

 

 

 

 

 

 

SASCA

 

 

0

 

 

0

 

 

0

 

 

0

 

 

0

 

0

 

 

Major

 

 

No

Name

Rtg

1

2

3

4

5

SPS

 

 

1

Tim Elgar

1897

1

W

63

1

B

51

1

W

18

½

B

2

1

W

8

 

1st

 

Ashton

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

14

£250

2

Joseph B Bradey

1849

1

W

49

1

B

12

1

W

9

½

W

1

½

B

3

 

2-3=

 

Hillsborough

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

3

 

 

 

 

4

 

13½

£41.60

3

Oliver Graham

1848

1

B

65

½

W

27

1

B

37

1

W

10

½

W

2

 

2-3=

 

Worksop

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

12½

£41.60

4

Will Taylor

1864

1

W

45

½

B

10

1

W

52

½

B

20

1

W

19

 

2-3=

 

Sheffield University

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

 

4

 

12

£41.60

5

Senith Gunarathne

1795

1

W

44

1

B

23

0

B

17

1

W

22

1

W

20

 

2-3=

 

West Nottingham

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

2

 

 

3

 

 

4

 

12

£41.60

6

John R Huthwaite

1743

+

W

35

½

B

19

½

-

bye

1

W

21

1

B

17

 

2-3=

 

Gambit (Nottingham)

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

3

 

 

4

 

11½

£41.60

7

Ivan Dunnachie

1502

0

B

11

1

W

65

1

B

60

1

W

51

1

W

18

 

2-3=

 

Sheffield University

 

 

0

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

3

 

 

4

 

10

£41.60

8

Randolph E Donahue

1851

1

W

43

1

B

30

½

-

bye

1

W

17

0

B

1

 

 

 

Leeds

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12½

 

9

Gary Hinchcliffe

1823

1

W

55

1

B

39

0

B

2

1

W

40

½

B

11

 

GP1=

 

Barnsley

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

2

 

 

3

 

 

 

11½

£6

10

Paul Wheatley

1788

1

B

47

½

W

4

1

W

25

0

B

3

1

W

31

 

GP1=

 

Sheffield Nomads

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11

£6

11

Kam Wa Siu

1784

1

W

7

0

B

18

1

W

53

1

B

23

½

W

9

 

GP1=

 

Woodseats

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

3

 

 

 

10½

£6

12

Robert McDonald

1755

1

B

40

0

W

2

1

B

62

½

W

28

1

B

29

 

GP1=

 

Horsham

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

10

£6

13

Dragoljub Sudar

1860

0

W

24

1

W

54

1

B

43

½

B

27

1

W

32

 

 

 

Gambit

 

 

0

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

9

 

14

Sai Vaddhireddy

1761

½

B

54

½

W

62

½

-

bye

1

B

33

1

W

27

 

GP1=

 

Ashton

 

 

½

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

£6

15

Calum McGillivray

1848

½

W

42

0

B

52

1

W

39

1

B

44

1

B

30

 

 

 

Edinburgh

 

 

½

 

 

½

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16

Roger Greatorex

1738

0

B

22

1

W

46

½

-

bye

1

W

38

1

B

28

 

GP2

 

Llangollen

 

 

0

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

£30

17

John A Clark

1830

1

W

66

1

B

24

1

W

5

0

B

8

0

W

6

 

 

 

Ecclesall

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

3

 

 

3

 

 

3

 

12

 

18

Paul May

1828

1

B

64

1

W

11

0

B

1

1

W

24

0

B

7

 

 

 

Boston Spa

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

2

 

 

3

 

 

3

 

11

 

19

Dale H Cullum

1821

1

B

46

½

W

6

1

B

38

½

W

29

0

B

4

 

 

 

Rose Forgrove

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

 

3

 

11

 

20

James P Collier

1835

½

B

61

1

W

57

1

B

50

½

W

4

0

B

5

 

 

 

Rose Forgrove

 

 

½

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

 

3

 

10½

 

21

Chris Jardine

1803

1

B

36

½

W

22

½

-

bye

0

B

6

1

W

47

 

 

 

Great Lever

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

2

 

 

3

 

 

22

Leon Skeldon

0

1

W

16

½

B

21

½

-

bye

0

B

5

1

W

41

 

 

 

Marple

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

2

 

 

3

 

 

23

Ewan Kershaw

1850

1

B

56

0

W

5

1

B

61

0

W

11

1

B

37

 

 

 

Lancaster

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

2

 

 

3

 

9

 

24

David Hatton

1720

1

B

13

0

W

17

1

W

26

0

B

18

1

W

39

 

 

 

Rolls Royce Derby

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

2

 

 

3

 

9

 

25

Carl Gartside

1885

½

B

41

1

W

34

0

B

10

½

W

37

1

B

46

 

 

 

Macclesfield

 

 

½

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

3

 

 

26

Jonathan A Day

1857

½

B

37

½

W

61

0

B

24

1

W

64

1

B

40

 

 

 

Cheltenham

 

 

½

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

3

 

 

27

Richard E Desmedt

1789

1

W

48

½

B

3

½

-

bye

½

W

13

0

B

14

 

 

 

Barnsley

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

28

Alan S McIntosh

1810

½

W

53

1

B

42

½

-

bye

½

B

12

0

W

16

 

 

 

Ecclesall

 

 

½

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

9

 

29

Andrew Allen

1826

½

B

57

½

-

bye

1

W

64

½

B

19

0

W

12

 

 

 

Worksop

 

 

½

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

30

Hambel M Willow

1784

1

B

33

0

W

8

½

-

bye

1

B

52

0

W

15

 

 

 

Preston

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31

Maksym Kryshtafor

1860

½

B

34

0

W

37

1

B

57

1

W

50

0

B

10

 

 

 

York/Ukraine

 

 

½

 

 

½

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

32

Nicholas Webb

1757

0

W

39

½

B

44

1

W

48

1

B

35

0

B

13

 

 

 

The Buffs

 

 

0

 

 

½

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

 

33

Aashita Roychowdhury

1467

0

W

30

1

B

49

½

-

bye

0

W

14

1

B

50

 

GP3=

 

Leeds Juniors

 

 

0

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

£15

34

Stephen W Berkley

1723

½

W

31

0

B

25

½

-

bye

½

W

36

1

B

42

 

 

 

East Ham

 

 

½

 

 

½

 

 

1