Golders Green Easter Congress, 19-21 April 2014

[Adam Raoof]

I am pleased to announce that we will be holding our second weekend congress at Golders Green over the Easter weekend of 19-21 April 2014. As this is a three day event, it will take the following format;

There will be three sections, an Open (with a British Championship Qualifying Place), an Under 1900 (or ECF 160 if you don't have a standard FIDE rating already) and an Under 1600 (or Under ECF 120).

There will be a first prize of £200 and a second prize of £100 in each section.

The time control is all the moves in 90 minutes per player PLUS 30 seconds a move.

There will be SIX ROUNDS, with two rounds a day, at 10.30am-2.30pm and 3pm-7pm.

All sections will be rated by FIDE and graded by the English Chess Federation. If you are English then you will have to be a member of the ECF at Gold or Platinum to participate. Non-English players don't have to be a member of the ECF but DO have to supply a FIDE ID number with their entry.

We have space for 100 players.

http://www.goldersgreenchessweekender.blogspot.co.uk/

[Adam Raoof]

I forgot to mention that, as players at Golders Green know already, there is plenty of free parking in the area on all three days. You have to read the guidance on the website, but despite being right next to the tube at Golders Green we can still find spaces a short walk away.

[Adam Raoof]

According to TFL there do not appear to be any planned engineering works for Easter weekend on the Northern Line, which is great news for anyone considering travelling to the tournament by public transport!

[Adam Raoof]

Entries are coming in for this event, which starts on Saturday 19th and ends on Bank Holiday Monday.

Here are 12 reasons why you should play:

1. SIX FIDE rated games of chess right in the heart of Golders Green
2. Modest entry fees and easy to commute daily
3. Guaranteed prizes and rating prizes
4. British Championship Qualifying Place for the OPEN (based on 20 players)
5. A longer time limit - all moves in 90 minutes each plus 30 seconds a move
6. Three sections - OPEN, Under 1900 (160) and Under 1600 (120)
7. Easy to get to by public transport, right next to Golders Green Underground (Northern Line)
8. FREE car parking possible nearby all day, every day
9. No accommodation required (though plenty available at reasonable cost if needed)
10. Reasonable round times, two games a day starting 10.30am and finishing 7pm
11. Food and drink throughout
12. Come and play! We provide everything you need… join us!

http://www.goldersgreenchessweekender.blogspot.co.uk/

Another event on 3-5 May Bank Holiday Weekend if you can't make this one!

[Adam Raoof]

I forgot a couple more reasons to play;

no late entry fee if you enter online

two byes available, so if you can't make a day then you can at least get a point for your trouble!

we are up to 48 players as of 8pm, Thursday - hope to get to 60 by Saturday!

[Adam Raoof]

Results of the 2nd Golders Green Weekend Congress, 19-21 April

Final Standings: OPEN - http://www.goldersgreenchessweekender.blogspot.co.uk/

I believe the top three qualify for the British, though Eden was already qualified on ECF grade.

No. PNo. Name Score
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1. 1 Eden,Tomer 4.5 £100=1st
7 Makepeace, Phil 4.5 £100=1st
11 Rogers, Tim 4.5 £100=1st

4. 5 Willmoth, Robert 4.0
6 Sano, Tomu 4.0
9 Bonafont, Philip 4.0
15 Landau, Jonathan 4.0 £80.00 rating
8. 8 Villiers, Thomas 3.5
10 Rice, Chris 3.5
10. 2 Ethelontis, Alexandros N 3.0
3 Karayiannis,Costas 3.0
12 Vlcek, Marek 3.0
13 Taylor, John-Paul 3.0
14. 20 Kane,Robert 2.5
22 Barasi, Paul 2.5
23 Brozel,Sacha 2.5
17. 4 Mircov, Nicola-Alexandru 2.0
14 Farzaliyev, Kanan 2.0
17 Alin-Dumitru, Paveliuc 2.0
19 Mitra,Roman C 2.0
21 Islam, Mohammed 2.0
24 Anbukumar, Hajane 2.0
25 Darvish, Masoud 2.0
24. 16 Ponting,Andrew 1.5
25. 18 Iqbal, Zafar 0.5

Final Standings: Under 1900 - http://www.goldersgreenchessweekender.blogspot.co.uk/


No. PNo. Name Score
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1. 1 McCabe,Shane 5.5 £200 1st

2. 4 Healeas, Simon 4.5 £34.00=2nd
6 Kazmierczak, Milosz 4.5 £34.00=2nd
9 Parry, Jacques 4.5 £34.00=2nd
5. 3 Finnegan, Oliver 4.0
5 Clegg, Chris R A 4.0
7 Hewitt, Robert 4.0
15 Sloan, Cecil 4.0 £80.00 rating
25 Balouka Myers, Gabriel 4.0 £80.00 rating
10. 2 Joslin, Tim 3.5
10 Carter, John 3.5
11 Rocco, Federico 3.5
12 Davies, Cledwyn 3.5
22 Onslow, Alfie 3.5
29 Bynnersley, Tony 3.5
33 Chauhan,Pranay 3.5
17. 14 Rogal, Christopher 3.0
16 Smith, Gary P 3.0
28 O'Caolaidhe, Cormac 3.0
36 Ogah, Adah Simon 3.0
21. 17 Pollack, Oscar 2.5
18 Karia, Rishul 2.5
19 Lim, Peter Yu chin 2.5
20 Baroukh, Leon 2.5
21 Mitchell, Robert 2.5
31 Balouka Myers, Reuben 2.5
27. 8 Selvarattinam, Gengadharan 2.0
24 Karel, Ayse 2.0
26 Ritchie, Paul 2.0
27 Karia, Kamlesh 2.0
35 Onslow, Teddy 2.0
32. 13 Jina, Taran 1.5
30 Hirjee, Shezan 1.5
32 Jina, Asha 1.5
34 Gladstone, Joel 1.5
36. 23 Willmoth, Harrison 0.5