Chess and the City 4 - Manchester Rapidplay 6 March 2011

[Mick Norris]

The fourth New East Manchester Rapidplay Chess Tournament was held at the City of Manchester Stadium on Sunday 6 March 2011.

The entry fees were again tiered to encourage early entry, £15 before end February and £20 in advance. Despite this, a few players turned up to pay £25 on the day.

My thanks go to Fiona Green, Julian Clissold and Rod Middleton in controlling, and to Rod for grading the results.

The event was organised by Sport4life on behalf of the Eagle Chess Club in association with the Manchester Chess Federation (MCF). Local MP Tony Lloyd kindly said a few words at the opening ceremony.

With a number of photographers in attendance, look out for the post event publicity. Some photos will appear at http://www.manchesterchessfederation.co.uk/.

The MCF would like to thank the sponsors, New East Manchester Ltd, Street Games and Equity Solutions; Chess Direct who supplied the bookstall; all the staff of Manchester City FC and the stadium who helped to make us welcome; and especially all the staff from Sport4Life, particularly Adam Smith, John and Gemma Dwan.

We were reasonably pleased with the numbers, with our best ever entry of 87 playing.

The Junior (U16) Trophies were won by:
1. A Kozlovkis (Blackburn)
2. Jason Lau (3Cs)
3. Tom Paterson (Bolton)

In the U120 section (37 players), the Trophies were won by:
1. Joshua Pendlebury (Worsley grade 95) with a score of 5/6 winning £75
2. Dean Madden (Spondon grade 104) who split first prize winning £75
3. Agron Elizi (Eagles ungraded) with a score of 4.5/6 winning £5
Third place prize money was split with Elliot Fordham (Altrincham ungraded) and Thomas Robson (Macclesfield ungraded) both winning £5
The U100 grading prize was won by Jenifer Neil (Chorley grade 91) with 4/6 winning £40

In the U160 section (31 players), the Trophies were won by:
1. Farshap Ai (Phoenix grade 155) with a score of 5/6 winning £120
2. Kevin Winter (Bingley grade 141) with 4.5/6 winning £40
3. Philip Cattermole (Macclesfield) also with 4.5/6 winning £40
Third place prize money was also split with Mick Connor (Great Lever grade 141) winning £40
The U140 grading prize trophy was won with 4/6 by Oskar Hackner (Rotherham grade 134) winning £20 with the prize shared by Richard Szwajkun (Newport grade 121) winning £20

In the Open section (19 players), the Trophies were won by:
1. Alan Walton (3Cs grade 193) with a score of 5/6 winning £125
2. Alex Longson (3Cs grade 213) also with 5/6 winning £125
3. Mike Surtees (Bolton grade 196) with 4.5/6 winning £125
The U180 grading prize was won with 4/6 by Steven Jones (Padgate) winning £40

We hope to stage the event again next year, subject to stadium availability.

Mick Norris
MCF Congress Director

[Mick Norris]

06/03/2011 Manchester Rapidplay
Open
Pos Player Club Grade Pts Perf
1= Walton, Alan J Three C's 193 5 223
1= Longson, Alexander Three C's 213 5 218
3 Surtees, Mike J Bolton 196 4.5 212
4= Shaw, Robert High Peak 210 4 203
4= Jones, Steven A Grappenhall 168 4 197
6= Hernandez, Samuel Correa Manchester * e201 3.5 201
6= Burke, Mitchell R Three C's 180 3.5 193
6= Rabbitte, Liam F Heywood 190 3.5 182
9= Gruca, Miroslav Widnes 200 3 183
9= Rabbitte, Dominic M Heywood 163 3 181
9= Fernandez, M Marple e178 3 178
9= Lamb, Harry Bolton 180 3 162
13= Rabbitte, Michael J Heywood 186 2.5 174
13= Jameson, David Colwyn Bay 179 2.5 169
15= Chadwick, Chris Grappenhall 171 2 165
15= Peters, George Chesterfield 164 2 150
17= Rita, Joao Chorlton 158 1.5 175
17= Carter, Kerrington FJ Hastings & St Leonards 142 1.5 134
19 Walsh, James Leyland 169 1 141

[Mick Norris]

06/03/2011 Manchester Rapidplay
Under 160
Pos Player Club Grade Pts Perf
1 Ai, Farshad Phoenix (Yorks) 155 5 171
2= Cattermole, Philip J Macclesfield 134 4.5 170
2= Winter, Kevin Bingley 141 4.5 160
2= Connor, Michael I Great Lever 141 4.5 154
5= Hackner, Oskar A Rotherham Junior 134 4 168
5= Szwajkun, Richard Market Drayton 121 4 160
5= Koslovskis, Arnolds Blackburn e158 4 156
5= Abbas, Daniel Didsbury Dynamos 147 4 145
9= Hodgson, Christopher Worsley 129 3.5 155
9= Ahmadi, Kamran Denton e155 3.5 155
9= Akbas, Erdem York University e150 3.5 150
9= Gavin, Richard A Oldham 142 3.5 149
9= Walsh, Matthew Leyland 151 3.5 146
9= Searles, Matthew JE Oldham 159 3.5 140
15= Logan, Vincent Greater Manchester * 122 3 145
15= Lamb, Ian D Bolton 127 3 144
15= Scattergood, Ben Holmes Chapel 139 3 138
15= Hesford, Mark Eccles e136 3 136
15= Butterworth, Fred Oldham 148 3 130
20= Hilton, Tim Three C's 122 2.5 142
20= Doherty, Michael P Chorlton-cum-Hardy 147 2.5 129
20= Laurence, Geoff Macclesfield 157 2.5 127
20= Mehmood, Athar Newport (Salop) 130 2.5 126
24= Virgin, Jack Worsley 140 2 129
24= Kitshoff, Jan Culcheth 115 2 121
26= Clegg, Robert Huddersfield 154 1.5 128
26= Johnston, Keith Urmston 142 1.5 107
26= Crockett, Stephen J Birmingham * 139 1.5 95
29= Scattergood, George J Holmes Chapel 116 1 107
29= Barnett, Douglas J Alsager 145 1 106
29= Newton, Paul D Oldham 120 1 93

[Mick Norris]

06/03/2011 Manchester Rapidplay
Under 120
Pos Player Club Grade Pts Perf
1= Pendlebury, Josh Worsley 95 5 128
1= Madden, Dean Spondon 104 5 122
3= Fordham, Elliot Altrincham & Hale e132 4.5 132
3= Robson, Thomas Macclesfield e129 4.5 130
3= Elezi, Agron Clayton Eagles e125 4.5 126
6= Lau, Jason Three C's e123 4 124
6= Sime, Alan Macclesfield 108 4 118
6= Szwajkun, Steve Market Drayton 80 4 115
6= Fisher, David Bury 90 4 114
6= Patterson, Alec Bolton e113 4 113
6= Neil, Jennifer Bolton 91 4 103
12= Dean, Angelica Shrewsbury 118 3.5 110
12= Jones, Hugh Denton 93 3.5 104
12= Carroll, Anthony Swinton 102 3.5 104
15= Fox, Lance Three C's 108 3 107
15= Caka, Adnan Clayton Eagles 90 3 106
15= Waddington, James Bolton 112 3 104
15= Kitshoff, Alex Grappenhall 110 3 95
15= Crofts, Brian Chesterfield 113 3 94
15= Paskali, Bajram Clayton Eagles 101 3 85
15= Marsden, Derek Greater Manchester * 93 3 85
15= Patterson, Tom Bolton e77 3 77
15= Hackner, Claes M Rotherham Junior 61 3 73
24= Rabbitte, Alex P Heywood 97 2.5 93
24= Anderson, Barry Bury 82 2.5 83
24= Hindley, Lee Eccles e81 2.5 81
24= Saeed, Taviq Greater Manchester * e80 2.5 79
24= Beardmore, Sam Cheddleton & Leek 118 2.5 79
24= Caka, Albin Clayton Eagles e48 2.5 47
30= Williamson, Alan Denton 84 2 75
30= Scattergood, Ellen Holmes Chapel 85 2 74
30= Abbas, Ahmed C Didsbury 87 2 72
30= Rabbitte, Paul G Heywood 83 2 70
30= Paskali, Lividon Clayton Eagles e56 2 56
35= Green, Tom Didsbury Dynamos e57 1.5 53
35= Akbas, Sema York * e23 1.5 18
37 Caka, Leutrim Clayton Eagles 71 1 64