2012 British Blitz Championship

[Alex Holowczak]

Ameet Ghasi won the 2012 British Blitz Championship, after beating Robert Willmoth in round 11 to score 9/11.

Tahir Vakhidov, Loz Cooper, James Cobb and Mark Hebden were tied in second place on 8.5/11.

These results are subject to confirmation.*

Full results will be published in due course.

* For some reason, the final results are only on Dave Thomas's memory stick, and not my hard drive, so I'm waiting to be e-mailed the results in full.

[Alex Holowczak]

The e-mail has now been sent.

Struggling to find the best way to lay it out, but hopefully this suffices.

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FM	Ghasi, Ameet	2400	ENG	9
GM	Hebden, Mark	2514	ENG	8.5
GM	Vakhidov, Tahir	2481	UZB	8.5
IM	Cobb, James	2411	WLS	8.5
IM	Cooper, Lawrence	2317	ENG	8.5
GM	Gormally, Danny	2520	ENG	8
GM	Arkell, Keith	2429	ENG	7.5
	Harris, Michael	2234	ENG	7.5
	Hynes, Antony	2187	ENG	7.5
	Willmoth, Robert	2158	ENG	7.5
	Jackson, James	2121	ENG	7.5
	Weaving, Richard	2116	ENG	7.5
	Heiny, Johannes	2234	AUT	7
	Richardson, Alex	2114	ENG	7
	Foo, William	1959	ENG	7
	Eilers, Arne	1939	ENG	7
	Molyneux, John	2230	ENG	6.5
	Hughes, Simon	2140	WLS	6.5
	Madynski, Pawel	2128	POL	6.5
	Ferrington, Nigel	2118	ENG	6.5
	Bennett, Dominic	2074	ENG	6.5
	Fallowfield, Jeremy	2026	ENG	6.5
	Page, Mark	2023	ENG	6.5
	Abrahams, Daniel	2021	CAN	6.5
	Fallowfield, Nic	2018	ENG	6.5
	Whitfield, Craig	2004	ENG	6.5
	Timmins, Chris	1946	ENG	6.5
	Stepanyan, Henrik	1942	ENG	6.5
	Smith, Simon	1906	ENG	6.5
	Stewart, Joey	2101	ENG	6
	Jameson, David	2076	WLS	6
	Edge, John	2066	ENG	6
	Sangha, Manpreet	2050	ENG	6
	Sygnowski, Tomasz	2037	POL	6
	Robinson, James	1970	ENG	6
	Jones, Steven	1923	ENG	6
	Morris, Gareth	2105	WLS	5.5
	Baruch, Andy	2085	ENG	5.5
	Burke, Steve	2046	ENG	5.5
	Martin, Nicholas	2002	ENG	5.5
	Zabrocki, Philip	1994	ENG	5.5
	Iyengar, Ilya	1989	ENG	5.5
	Dyett, Greg	1898	ENG	5.5
	Giles, Alan	1898	ENG	5.5
	McCarthy, Damian	1875	ENG	5.5
	Choudhury, Shakeel	1834	ENG	5.5
	Evans, Chris	1786	ENG	5.5
FM	Camacho Collados, Jose	2357	KOR	5
	Zavaleta Hernandez, Jorge	1909	MEX	5
	Olaleye, Oladejo	1906	NIG	5
	Emery, Ian	1866	ENG	5
	Rooney, Steve	1858	ENG	5
	Friar, James	1810	ENG	5
	Ashworth, Michael	1802	ENG	5
	Graff, Ben	1786	ENG	5
	Uddin, Moin	1730	ENG	5
	Sellick, Andrew	1394	ENG	5
	Rome, Tony	0	ENG	5
	Jones, Michael	1922	ENG	4.5
	Turner, Jon	1858	ENG	4.5
	Podlesak, Mark	1786	ENG	4.5
	May, Julian	1769	ENG	4.5
	Banks, Peter	1714	ENG	4.5
	Crockett, Stephen	1637	ENG	4.5
	Rooney, Francis	1522	ENG	4.5
	Pitkeathly, Hamish	1490	ENG	4.5
	Friar, Joseph	1794	ENG	4
	Madden, Jason	1618	ENG	4
	Boswell, Jacob	1554	ENG	4
	Jheeta, Jaspal	1498	ENG	4
	Ashworth, Robert	1490	ENG	4
	Hapeshi, Kevin	1466	ENG	4
	Hapeshi, Eleanor	1386	ENG	4
	Draper, Martin	0	ENG	4
	Islam, Mohammed	0	BAN	4
	Leaper, Richard	1594	ENG	3
	French, Max	1546	ENG	3
	Pakenham, John	1466	IRL	3
	Chohan, Ashrit	1450	ENG	3
	Taylor, Dominic	1026	ENG	3
	Udathu, Nihaar	0	ENG	2
	Atkinson, Sean	1042	ENG	1
	King, Angus	0	ENG	1
	Barnett, Douglas	1714	ENG	0
	Holland, Bruce	1314	ENG	0
	King, Zosia	0	ENG	0

[Joey Stewart]

It was a pretty fun day all in all, and quite exciting to watch the lead keep switching between players throughout the tournament.

I thought the arbiters did a good job under such pressure to keep the rounds flowing as quickly as they did.

[Alex Holowczak]

I thought the arbiters did a good job under such pressure to keep the rounds flowing as quickly as they did.

The arbiters are knackered, and we have a Rapidplay to run tomorrow.

Thanks for your kind words though.

[Steve Rooney]

Well done to Alex, Dave and the team for a brilliant event. Fast and furious for players and arbiters but a lot of fun.

[Michael Jones]

Thanks to Alex for an extremely enjoyable and well run tournament. Just a pity I missed three rounds due to the vagaries of West Midlands public transport!

[Alex Holowczak]

Thanks to Alex for an extremely enjoyable and well run tournament. Just a pity I missed three rounds due to the vagaries of West Midlands public transport!

Spare a thought for those of us who rely on it on a daily basis.

[Michael Jones]

Thanks to Alex for an extremely enjoyable and well run tournament. Just a pity I missed three rounds due to the vagaries of West Midlands public transport!

Spare a thought for those of us who rely on it on a daily basis.

I had to rely on it on a weekly basis when the club had fewer drivers than teams. I think we may once have made it to an away match on time, but it's difficult to remember when!