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FIDE Open (35 players)

Rank Name Flags Score Fed. M/F Rating TPR W-We Prize
1st GM Hebden, Mark L Leicester 4.5 ENG M 2529 2600 0.34 £250
2nd= IM Ghasi, Ameet K Birmingham 4 ENG M 2425 2532 0.44 £87.50
2nd= Mercs, Peter J Gambit 4 ENG M 2106 2415 1.14 £87.50
2050+ Burrows, Martin P Wigston 3.5 ENG M 2120 2300 1.09 £25
U2050 Alvarez Jimenez, Alfonso Shepshed Rooks 3 ESP M 1799 2161 1.38 £25

Major (35 players)

Rank Name Flags Score M/F Rating Prize
1st Ruffle, Alan Sadlincote 4.5 M 152 £250
2nd= Cawston, M John Lady Anne Middl 4 M 159 £58.33
2nd= Greatorex, Roger Llangollen 4 M 159 £58.33
2nd= Sudar, Dragoljub Gambit 4 M 151 £58.33
U150= Dean, Robert Pudsey 3.5 M 147 £12.50
U150= Harlow, Philip Wigston 3.5 M 147 £12.50
U140= Horman, Paul A Morecambe 3 M 136 £12.50
U140= Ross, Stuart Neport 3 M 123 £12.50

Minor (34 players)

Rank Name Flags Score M/F Rating Prize
1st Hoch, Toby Braunstone 4.5 M 106 £250
2nd= Alexander, Ken Tiverton 4 M 129 £58.33
2nd= Allen, Timothy S Battersea 4 M 126 £58.33
2nd= Williams, Barry Aughton 4 M 120 £58.33
U120= Ross, Colin Blaby District 3.5 M 119 £12.50
U120= Sangha, Karam West Notts 3.5 M 111 £12.50
U110 Reid, Conor J P Braunstone 3.5 M 85 £25

Numbers up on last year. 9 players upgraded to silver / gold membership as required. 2 non-members played and paid the £6 pay to play fee.

Not wishing to pull you up on typos .................

is "Sadlincote" possibly "Swadlincote" and "Neport" more likely to be "Newport"?

One further point - whilst I've spent many years losing to the representatives of Gambit including both those mentioned here , it might be useful to actually add "Nottingham" to the title (which is the full club name) so that forum readers who are not conversant where the club is located will recognise that they hail from the city known as "the Queen of the Midlands". All the other prize winners are identifiable by area though Newport could be one of several.

Neil Graham wrote: is "Sadlincote" possibly "Swadlincote" and "Neport" more likely to be "Newport"?

This is the mystery bug which inflicts e2e4 cross tables from time to time, the disappearing w.

The Hinckley Major had a player from Warickshire as well as one from Neport (Salop), not to mention Leisham, Dulich and igston.

Neil Graham wrote:One further point - whilst I've spent many years losing to the representatives of Gambit including both those mentioned here , it might be useful to actually add "Nottingham" to the title (which is the full club name) so that forum readers who are not conversant where the club is located will recognise that they hail from the city known as "the Queen of the Midlands". All the other prize winners are identifiable by area though Newport could be one of several.

The club name is that supplied by the player. If they say Gambit, we say Gambit. If they say Gambit Nottingham, then so do we.

As long as there isn't a 'w' in the club name

hat's rong ith Sheffield endsday?

For the answer see -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19871508