Yeovil Congress

[IM Jack Rudd]

More detailed results, and games, will be available when I get back home, but here are the prizewinners from Yeovil:

FIDE-Rated Open:
1. Paul Cooksey 4½
2. C. Bruce Jenks 4
3= Allan Pleasants, Martin Simons and Andrew Footner 3½ (Footner wins the grading prize as this is larger than a third-share of third prize.)

British Championship qualifier: Cooksey
Partial FIDE ratings achieved by John Footner, Tristram de Piro and Selwyn Hamilton.

FIDE-Rated Major:
1. Julian Spradley 4½ (outright winner with a round to spare!)
2. Brendan O'Gorman 3½
3= Jim Fewkes, Chris McKinley, Martin Oliver and Terry Stuttard 3 (Fewkes and McKinley are under the grading prize limit; the two prize funds are combined and these four players get an equal share.)

Partial FIDE ratings achieved by Jim Fewkes, Chris McKinley, Terry Stuttard, Steve Dean, Tim Chapman and Tim F. Woodward.

Minor:
1= Rhys Bennett, Peter Dimond, Michael Pope, James Galloway and Duncan Macarthur 4
Grading Prize = Chris Constable and James Barnett 3

Somerset Senior Championship: Andrew Footner
Somerset U-18 Championship: Rhys Cumming
Somerset U-16 and U-14 Championships: Martin Oliver
Somerset U-13 and U-12 Championships: Nikita Ayvazyan

[Paul Cooksey]

championes championes ole ole ole

[Brendan O'Gorman]

Some photos here (including most of the winners) http://tinyurl.com/yeovil-pics Thanks to Jack for organising the event.

[IM Jack Rudd]

With any luck, the games should be attached to this post.