SPECTRUM 4th Portsmouth Congress 25-27th September 2009

Kevin Thurlow · Post by **Kevin Thurlow** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 12:37 pm

This was held at the Portsmouth Hilton.

MAJOR

1st David Fowler (Southampton University) 5/6
2nd John Wilkinson (Passed Pawns) 4.5
Grading Prize Peter Manning (New Milton) 3

This was really close and most of the top boards ended with flags hanging. There were also a couple of cruel twists of fate...

MINOR

1st= Ken Alexander (Tiverton)
Russell Finch (Guernsey)
Jim Hall (East Grinstead)
Hazel Welch (Seaton) 4.5/6

Grading Prize Philip Gordon (Isle of Wight) 3.5

Even closer - and players came from far and wide to play!

CHALLENGERS
1= Oskar Hackner (Germany)
John Davis (Southampton) 4.5/6

3= Michael Henbury (Eastleigh Railway)
Alan Fraser (Beckenham and Bromley) 4

Young Oskar was nearby on holiday and decided to play some chess...

There were 58 players across the sections. The arbiting highlight was managing to pair Kennedy and Dallas in the last round, although I didn't notice I'd done it until the result came in.