Bolton Easter 2011

[Mick Norris]

Bolton Easter Congress 2011

Held 22nd – 24th April 2011 at the Bolton Ukrainian Sports & Social Club.
76 players competed in the main congress.

Don Mason who is a regular Bolton Easter entrant won the Open. Both he and Adam Ashton were on 3.5/4 after their 4th round draw. Don had a fortunate win in the 5th round when his opponent, David Hart, overlooked a checkmate, whereas Adam could only draw with 14yrs old Joseph McPhillips.

Bolton Open Championship
1st Don Mason Warwickshire Select 4.5pts/5
2nd Adam Aston 3Cs 4pts
3rd Joseph McPhillips* Bolton 3.5pts
Under 185 Grading prize: David Hart, Southampton Univ. 3pts
(* awarded the British Championship Qualifying place)
16 competitors. £ 450 prize fund

Bolton Major (under 170)
1st Clive Davies Rose Forgrove 5pts/5
2nd Martin Burns Stockport 4.5pts
3rd Mick Connor Great Lever 4pts
Under 155 Grading Prizes
George Glover (Carlisle) & John Schofield (Crusaders) 3.5pts
27 competitors. £ 370 prize fund

Bolton Knights (under 135)
1st Lawrence Harold Eccles 4.5pts/5
2nd= John Sutcliffe, Ronnie Whiteside, James Rothwell,
Colin White, Ian Lamb, Andy Ross, Mark Rivlin 3.5pts
Under 120 grading (& 2nd=) Gordon Glover 3.5pts
Under 100 grading Jacob Boswell & Angelica Dean 2.5pts
33 competitors. £ 420 prize fund.

Busy Persons (10 minute blitz)
1st Ali Jaunooby Denton 7pts / 8
2nd= Mike Surtees Bolton 6.5pts
166-185 Grading (& 2nd=) Mitchell Burke 3Cs
Rob Hearne 6.5pts
Grading prizes 146-165
Damian McCarthy, Stuart Bainbridge & Robert Frith 5pts
Grading 126-145 Doug Barnett 5.5pts
Grading 106-125 Tim Hilton 4.5pts
Grading 85-105 Brian Davies 4pts
Under 85 Grading Jacob Boswell 3pts
48 competitors £221 prize fund

Report by Rod Middleton

[Mick Norris]

OPEN
ECF Code Player Club Grade Pts Perf
1 115042L Mason, Donald J Shirley 196 4.5 220
2 102327F Ashton, Adam G Three C's 214 4 216
3 267851C McPhillips, Joseph Bolton 177 3.5 219
4= 215269B Hart, David PO Southampton University 184 3 202
4= 163397B Goodger, Martyn Ely 191 3 196
4= 240308A Whitfield, Craig M Cheddleton & Leek 191 3 195
4= 241589G Jaunooby, Ali Reza Denton 199 3 187
4= 119904D Surtees, Mike J Bolton 193 3 187
9= 116801A Patrick, David A Courier Halifax 160 2.5 188
9= 111078A Garnett, John S Elmwood 177 2.5 180
11= 270885B Keogh, Edward Preston 174 2 164
11= 155319H Doran, Chris Chester 181 2 158
11= 147741K Jarmany, John Cockermouth 173 2 153
14 259332E Burke, Mitchell R Three C's 171 1.5 164
15= 127696H Kobryn, Peter J Great Lever 164 1 156
15= 125474B Newton, Robert A Heywood 180 1 140

[Mick Norris]

Major
ECF Code Player Club Grade Pts Perf
1 158301D Davies, Clive W Rose Forgrove 169 5 202
2 181426G Burns, Martin J Stockport 152 4.5 198
3 108722J Connor, Michael I Great Lever 151 4 177
4= 192876E Schofield, John H Crusaders 154 3.5 176
4= 111311C Glover, George V Carlisle 152 3.5 165
6= 120471D Tokeley, Rob Lancashire CA 147 3 168
6= 230002D Gartside, Carl High Peak 154 3 167
6= 245951G Jones, Steven A Grappenhall 168 3 163
6= 113998J Lally, Mike E Sheffield 151 3 160
6= 106062E Bainbridge, Stuart G Radcliffe 160 3 157
6= 120826D Vassiliou, Chris Chorlton-cum-Hardy 167 3 154
6= 141575L Siddall, Dave Penrith 152 3 154
13= 111116E Gavin, Richard A Oldham 157 2.5 148
13= 112248E Hartley, Dean M Amber Valley 143 2.5 146
13= 165744G Riddoch, Alan E Chelmsford 145 2.5 141
16= 105788B Appleby, Stephen Burnley e144 2 144
16= 259538C Hurst, Hugh Radcliffe e137 2 137
16= 142857D Nicolson, Jim R Greater Manchester * 143 2 136
16= 163643B Coward, Neil AXA Lytham 152 2 131
16= 230106E Clegg, Robert Huddersfield 162 2 130
16= 267642E Mitchell, Robert Daventry 148 2 114
22= 247722B Connolly, David Bolton 139 1.5 146
22= 156824D Lloyd, Stephen M Chester 148 1.5 144
22= 117936G Ridgway, J Stuart Greater Manchester * 128 1.5 115
25= 282187E Ahmadi, Kamran Denton e121 1 121
25= 263459E Stokes, Alan East Cheshire 135 1 111
27 130379L Moan, Francis E Bolton 135 0.5 95

[Mick Norris]

Knights
ECF Code Player Club Grade Pts Perf
1 240934D Harold, Lawrence Eccles 123 4.5 148
2= 263899L White, Colin J Chester 130 3.5 145
2= 251027D Rivlin, Mark Hackney 126 3.5 145
2= 160168E Sutcliffe, John Chester 133 3.5 140
2= 134030L Whiteside, Ronnie Blackburn e139 3.5 139
2= 255717E Rothwell, James P Ormskirk 130 3.5 137
2= 256834C Glover, Gordon L Crusaders 105 3.5 131
2= 114007D Lamb, Ian D Bolton 128 3.5 121
2= 180285K Ross, Andy Rose Forgrove 128 3.3 129
3= 282176L Hilton, Tim Three C's 114 3 120
3= 279649B Pendlebury, Josh Worsley 108 3 117
3= Fairhurst, Martin Bolton e113 3 114
3= 164595L Parkin, Kenneth W Pendle 111 3 110
3= 166521C Baron, Lee Bury 112 3 109
3= 143912B Amos, Bob Prescot & Knotty Ash 131 3 105
16= 277163K Boswell, Jacob Connor Cheddleton & Leek 84 2.5 121
16= 264465E Mehmood, Athar Newport (Salop) 130 2.5 120
16= 123666A McHugh, Malcolm J Harrogate 107 2.5 110
16= 273523E Dean, Angelica Three C's 72 2.5 98
20= Jones, Wayne Great Harwood e96 2 96
20= 142748K Coleman, Patrick N Lytham ex-Servicemen 111 2 89
20= 278428C Marsden, Kenneth L Pudsey 87 2 89
20= 264330D Tanner, Frank Crusaders 87 2 79
24= 279646G Choudhary, Aum Newcastle-under-Lyme 72 1.5 80
24= 277648A McCrann, Celeste Cheshire/N.Wales * 108 1.5 65
24= Hindley, Lee Eccles e59 1.5 54
27= 276212C Mahony, Jonathan Leeds 110 1 106
27= 187281D Summerland, David Leeds 123 1 75
27= 220003L Watson, Dave Scotland e70 1 69
27= 262830C Hamilton, Stuart Rhyl 67 1 58
27= 269239K Dodsworth, Peter Warrington e67 1 57
32 266384D Charlton, Stuart Worsley 111 0.5 76
33 262439E Fulthorpe, Barry Pudsey 91 0 70

[David Shepherd]

Another impressive performance by Joseph (who is 13).

[Adam Ashton]

Congrats to Don Mason! Banking on beating the 13 year old in the last round didn't quite go to plan

Was impressed with young McPhillips play throughout. Interesting to see how he does in the British if he takes up his place.

[LozCooper]

Congrats to Don Mason! Banking on beating the 13 year old in the last round didn't quite go to plan

Was impressed with young McPhillips play throughout. Interesting to see how he does in the British if he takes up his place.

Yes, very encouraging result. Hopefully a name we'll hear a lot more of.

[David Shepherd]

Congrats to Don Mason! Banking on beating the 13 year old in the last round didn't quite go to plan

Was impressed with young McPhillips play throughout. Interesting to see how he does in the British if he takes up his place.

Yes, very encouraging result. Hopefully a name we'll hear a lot more of.

Would that be through chess or football? - hopefully both. I think his performance is even more impressive as he devotes a lot of time to playing football at a high standard too.