49th Torbay Chess Congress
13th - 15th November 2015
Livermead House Hotel, Torquay
Congress Website: http://www.torbaycongress.com
Entrants
Open 19; Major 30; Intermediate 31; Minor 44; giving a total of 124 entrants.
Winners
Open
1st Humphrey Andolo (190) Plymouth/Downend 4/5 Winning £225 and WECU nominated open qualifying event for the 2016 British Championships.
Joint 2nd Ali R Jaunooby (202) Denton, Paul D Helbig (196) South Bristol, Robert Thompson (171) Bristol University all on 3.5/5 winning £69.
Grading Prize 188 – 177 inclusive Stephen P Dilleigh (187) Horfield, Stephen H Homer (181) Exeter/Newton Abbot both on 3/5 winning £15.
Grading Prize Under 177 Simon Bartlett (168) Bude/Tiverton 3/5 winning £30.
Major (U170)
Joint 1st Robert G Taylor (167) Malpas (Newport), Paul G Jackson (163) Coulsdon, Andrew C Waters (159) Rainham (Kent) all on 4/5 winning £84.
Grading Prize 158 - 150 inclusive John CH Nyman (154) King's Head, Roger D Knight (157) Yeovil both on 3.5/5 winning £15.
Grading Prize Under 150 Jonathan Ayres (139) Scarborough 3/5 winning £30.
Intermediate (U140)
Joint 1st Stephen Williams (136) Cwmbran, Stephen M Chadaway (133) Olton, Terence V Greenaway (130) Torquay all on 4/5 winning £84
Grading Prize 133 – 130 inclusive Michael Fielding (132) Patchway 3.5/5 winning £30
Grading Prize Under 130 Timothy J Crouch (127) King's Head/Pimlico 3/5 winning £30
Minor (U120)
Joint 1st Roy A Ludow (118) Trowbridge, Philip J McConnell (115) South Hams, Martin E Jones (109) Newquay, Alan R Fraser (105) Beckenham and Bromley, Joshua P Blackmore (101) Newton Abbott all on 4/5 winning £50.
Grading Prize 108 – 98 inclusive Colin J Gardiner (107) Barnstaple, Martin Maber ((99) Taunton both on 3.5/5 winning £15
Grading Prize Under 98 Adam Hussain (82) Truro Prep School winning £30
British Championship Qualifier and a Bursary of £100
Humphrey Andolo
Torbay Individual Championships (incorporated in the Congress)
Open: Basil Wallis Cup Humphrey Andolo
Major: Challenge Cup Bill Ingham
Intermediate: Intermediate Cup Terence Greenaway
Minor: Candidates Cup Joshua Blackmore
Best Score by a Devon Player in the Graded Sections
Winner of the Ralph Newman Cup: Terence Greenaway
Best Score by a Junior
John Whitfield Cup, awarded to the best score by a junior across all 4 sections. The winner was Joshua Blackmore with a score of 4/5 in the Minor.
Team Event
A four player team event was held for the fourth time, with the players making up the team having to come from the same club. There were five teams, Newton Abbott, Plymouth, Teignmouth, Tiverton and Weymouth. Teignmouth won the event with 11/20 narrowing pipping Weymouth who had set the pace earlier in the Tournament. The winning team consisted of Bill Ingham (Major), Nathan Mills (Major), Norman Tidy (Minor) and Mark Cockerton (Minor).