34th Frome Congress - 2025

[Christopher Lamming]

Frome Congress took place on May 16-18 at Selwood Academy, Frome, Somerset. The weather was amazing as ever and the tournament went by with a backdrop of lovely spring sunshine and Somerset hills.

We had a brilliant turnout again this year with 190 players.

The final results are shown below to go with the cross tables and Swiss Manager data - follow the links below.

Photos from 2025 Congress may be found here: (https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjCfMaB)

** Open
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Equal First
Jacob Connor Boswell, IM Chris R Beaumont (4)

Equal third:
CM Jan Murawski, CM Jonathan W Arnott, Jim Burnett, Stuart White, Philip T Hayward, Jospeh Morrison (3.5)

Somerset Champion (Denys Bonner)
Andy Hill (2.5)

Rating prize (U1960)
Jospeh Morrison (3.5)

Open Section Results (https://chess-results.com/tnr1178179.aspx?lan=1&art=4)

** Major
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Equal First
Simon Arnold, Matthew A Holmes, George I Miller, Elliot Bleeg (4)

Somerset Trophy (Leon York)
Simon Arnold (4)

Rating prize (U1800)
George Georgiou (3)

Major Section Results (https://chess-results.com/tnr1178181.aspx?lan=1&art=4)

** Intermediate
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Equal First
Helen Archer-Lock, Robert G Thompson, Stephen Williams (4.5)

Somerset Trophy (Roy Hossell)
Binoy Manimala (2.5)

Rating Prize (U1640)
Jon Tuson (3.5)

Intermediate Section Results (https://chess-results.com/tnr1178182.aspx?lan=1&art=4)

** Minor
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Winner
Lewis Jackson (4.5)

Equal Second
Chris Foley, Lydia Sun, Jacob Thomas (4)

Somerset Trophy (Cyril Chapman)
Lydia Sun (4)

Rating Prize (U1530)
Graeme Ford (3.5)

Minor Section Results (https://chess-results.com/tnr1178183.aspx?lan=1&art=4)

** Standard
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Winner
Dillon Harle (4.5)

Equal Second
Martyn J Maber, Samuel Cheeseman, Benjamin Nathan, Ian Leslie (4)

Somerset Trophy (Gerry Jepps)
Dillon Harle (4.5)

Somerset Trophy (Jean Mackereth)
Dillon Harle (4.5)

Rating prize (U1315)
Joe Gelder, Rebecca LG Gardiner, Xiaojun Tang, Philip Smith, Chris Thompson (3)

Standard Section Results (https://chess-results.com/tnr1178186.aspx?lan=1&art=4)

** Team Event (Gerry Udell Shield)
Winners
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** Southampton Uni (15 points)
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Inter Helen Archer-Lock (4.5)
Minor Lewis Jackson (4.5)
Minor Oliver Williamson (3.5)
Minor Kian King (2.5)

London Chess and Bridge (https://chess.co.uk/) were the main equipment and bookstall provider this year - huge thanks to Jim Fisher, Tao and his team at London Chess and Bridge.


https://www.regencychess.co.uk/
Winner of the Regency Chess raffle prize this year was Matthew Goatcher - well done Matt!

See you again in 2026!

[Kevin Thurlow]

The weather was too hot, but I won't blame Chris...

Tournament was very well-organized as usual. The dedicated team of about 12 organizers did a great job. I am so used to tournaments where one or two people are trying to run the weekend and floundering, and at Frome it looks completely under control! Refreshments were excellent also.

[Christopher Lamming]

Ahh, thanks Kevin!