English Chess Forum

Thank you to The John Robinson Youth Chess Trust, The Chess Trust & The Friends of Chess for their financial support of the event.

Dates: Thursday 14th July - Tuesday 18th July 2023

Venue: Links Suite, Oddfellows Hall, 17, Greengate Street, Stafford, ST16 2HP

Format: Ten player round robin with GM, IM, WGM, WIM opportunities.

Rate of play: 90 minutes plus 30 second increment from move 1.

Norm requirements: GM norm 7/9, IM norm 5.5.

Round by round schedule:

Round 1: Friday 14th July 10:00
Round 2: Friday 14th July 15:00
Round 3: Saturday 15th July 10:00
Round 4: Saturday 15th July 15:00
Round 5: Sunday 16th July 10:00
Blitz: Sunday 16th July 15:00
Round 6: Monday 17th July 10:00
Round 7: Monday 17th July 15:00
Round 8: Tuesday 18th July 10:00
Round 9: Tuesday 18th July 15:00

Pairings: https://chess-results.com/tnr788482.asp ... =2&flag=30

Live games: https://lichess.org/broadcast/wood-gree ... 1/eiE5RLcg

Wood Green Invitational 2023

Pairings/Results

Round 1 on 2023/07/14 at 1000

Bo. No. Rtg Name Result Name Rtg No.
1 1 2455 IM Sousa, Andre Ventura IM Rudd, Jack 2276 10
2 2 2495 IM Ghasi, Ameet K GM Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan E 2305 9
3 3 2293 FM Rees, Ioan IM Wadsworth, Matthew J 2431 8
4 4 2439 GM Turner, Matthew J FM Waldhausen Gordon, Frederick 2325 7
5 5 2421 IM Willow, Jonah B GM Gasanov, Eldar 2481 6

Round 2 on 2023/07/14 at 1500

Bo. No. Rtg Name Result Name Rtg No.
1 10 2276 IM Rudd, Jack GM Gasanov, Eldar 2481 6
2 7 2325 FM Waldhausen Gordon, Frederick IM Willow, Jonah B 2421 5
3 8 2431 IM Wadsworth, Matthew J GM Turner, Matthew J 2439 4
4 9 2305 GM Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan E FM Rees, Ioan 2293 3
5 1 2455 IM Sousa, Andre Ventura IM Ghasi, Ameet K 2495 2

Round 3 on 2023/07/15 at 1000

Bo. No. Rtg Name Result Name Rtg No.
1 2 2495 IM Ghasi, Ameet K IM Rudd, Jack 2276 10
2 3 2293 FM Rees, Ioan IM Sousa, Andre Ventura 2455 1
3 4 2439 GM Turner, Matthew J GM Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan E 2305 9
4 5 2421 IM Willow, Jonah B IM Wadsworth, Matthew J 2431 8
5 6 2481 GM Gasanov, Eldar FM Waldhausen Gordon, Frederick 2325 7

Round 4 on 2023/07/15 at 1500

Bo. No. Rtg Name Result Name Rtg No.
1 10 2276 IM Rudd, Jack FM Waldhausen Gordon, Frederick 2325 7
2 8 2431 IM Wadsworth, Matthew J GM Gasanov, Eldar 2481 6
3 9 2305 GM Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan E IM Willow, Jonah B 2421 5
4 1 2455 IM Sousa, Andre Ventura GM Turner, Matthew J 2439 4
5 2 2495 IM Ghasi, Ameet K FM Rees, Ioan 2293 3

Round 5 on 2023/07/16 at 1000

Bo. No. Rtg Name Result Name Rtg No.
1 3 2293 FM Rees, Ioan IM Rudd, Jack 2276 10
2 4 2439 GM Turner, Matthew J IM Ghasi, Ameet K 2495 2
3 5 2421 IM Willow, Jonah B IM Sousa, Andre Ventura 2455 1
4 6 2481 GM Gasanov, Eldar GM Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan E 2305 9
5 7 2325 FM Waldhausen Gordon, Frederick IM Wadsworth, Matthew J 2431 8

Round 6 on 2023/07/17 at 1000

Bo. No. Rtg Name Result Name Rtg No.
1 10 2276 IM Rudd, Jack IM Wadsworth, Matthew J 2431 8
2 9 2305 GM Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan E FM Waldhausen Gordon, Frederick 2325 7
3 1 2455 IM Sousa, Andre Ventura GM Gasanov, Eldar 2481 6
4 2 2495 IM Ghasi, Ameet K IM Willow, Jonah B 2421 5
5 3 2293 FM Rees, Ioan GM Turner, Matthew J 2439 4

Round 7 on 2023/07/17 at 1500

Bo. No. Rtg Name Result Name Rtg No.
1 4 2439 GM Turner, Matthew J IM Rudd, Jack 2276 10
2 5 2421 IM Willow, Jonah B FM Rees, Ioan 2293 3
3 6 2481 GM Gasanov, Eldar IM Ghasi, Ameet K 2495 2
4 7 2325 FM Waldhausen Gordon, Frederick IM Sousa, Andre Ventura 2455 1
5 8 2431 IM Wadsworth, Matthew J GM Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan E 2305 9

Round 8 on 2023/07/18 at 1000

Bo. No. Rtg Name Result Name Rtg No.
1 10 2276 IM Rudd, Jack GM Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan E 2305 9
2 1 2455 IM Sousa, Andre Ventura IM Wadsworth, Matthew J 2431 8
3 2 2495 IM Ghasi, Ameet K FM Waldhausen Gordon, Frederick 2325 7
4 3 2293 FM Rees, Ioan GM Gasanov, Eldar 2481 6
5 4 2439 GM Turner, Matthew J IM Willow, Jonah B 2421 5

Round 9 on 2023/07/18 at 1500

Bo. No. Rtg Name Result Name Rtg No.
1 5 2421 IM Willow, Jonah B IM Rudd, Jack 2276 10
2 6 2481 GM Gasanov, Eldar GM Turner, Matthew J 2439 4
3 7 2325 FM Waldhausen Gordon, Frederick FM Rees, Ioan 2293 3
4 8 2431 IM Wadsworth, Matthew J IM Ghasi, Ameet K 2495 2
5 9 2305 GM Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan E IM Sousa, Andre Ventura 2455 1

Round 1 on 2023/07/14 at 1000

Bo. No. Rtg Name Result Name Rtg No.
1 1 2455 IM Sousa, Andre Ventura IM Rudd, Jack 2276 10 0-1
2 2 2495 IM Ghasi, Ameet K GM Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan E 2305 9 DRAW
3 3 2293 FM Rees, Ioan IM Wadsworth, Matthew J 2431 8 0-1
4 4 2439 GM Turner, Matthew J FM Waldhausen Gordon, Frederick 2325 7 1-0
5 5 2421 IM Willow, Jonah B GM Gasanov, Eldar 2481 6 DRAW

Round 2 on 2023/07/14 at 1500

Bo. No. Rtg Name Result Name Rtg No.
1 10 2276 IM Rudd, Jack GM Gasanov, Eldar 2481 6 0-1
2 7 2325 FM Waldhausen Gordon, Frederick IM Willow, Jonah B 2421 5 0-1
3 8 2431 IM Wadsworth, Matthew J GM Turner, Matthew J 2439 4 1-0
4 9 2305 GM Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan E FM Rees, Ioan 2293 3 0-1
5 1 2455 IM Sousa, Andre Ventura IM Ghasi, Ameet K 2495 2 0-1

Today's round 3 games felt very entertaining and instructive with participants keen to play out to the end. Even the one draw lasted over 90 moves!

Round 3 on 2023/07/15 at 1000

Bo. No. Rtg Name Result Name Rtg No.
1 2 2495 IM Ghasi, Ameet K IM Rudd, Jack 2276 10 1-0
2 3 2293 FM Rees, Ioan IM Sousa, Andre Ventura 2455 1 DRAW
3 4 2439 GM Turner, Matthew J GM Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan E 2305 9 1-0
4 5 2421 IM Willow, Jonah B IM Wadsworth, Matthew J 2431 8 1-0
5 6 2481 GM Gasanov, Eldar FM Waldhausen Gordon, Frederick 2325 7 1-0

Round 4 on 2023/07/15 at 1500

Bo. No. Rtg Name Result Name Rtg No.
1 10 2276 IM Rudd, Jack FM Waldhausen Gordon, Frederick 2325 7 1-0
2 8 2431 IM Wadsworth, Matthew J GM Gasanov, Eldar 2481 6 0-1
3 9 2305 GM Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan E IM Willow, Jonah B 2421 5 1-0
4 1 2455 IM Sousa, Andre Ventura GM Turner, Matthew J 2439 4 0-1
5 2 2495 IM Ghasi, Ameet K FM Rees, Ioan 2293 3 1-0

What is the GM norm?

Leonard Barden wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 15, 2023 7:08 pm

What is the GM norm?

As per my initial post: Norm requirements: GM norm 7/9, IM norm 5.5.

Round 5 on 2023/07/16 at 1000

Bo. No. Rtg Name Result Name Rtg No.
1 3 2293 FM Rees, Ioan IM Rudd, Jack 2276 10 DRAW
2 4 2439 GM Turner, Matthew J IM Ghasi, Ameet K 2495 2 0-1
3 5 2421 IM Willow, Jonah B IM Sousa, Andre Ventura 2455 1 DRAW
4 6 2481 GM Gasanov, Eldar GM Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan E 2305 9 1-0
5 7 2325 FM Waldhausen Gordon, Frederick IM Wadsworth, Matthew J 2431 8 0-1

Birthday blitz results:

Final Ranking after 9 Rounds
Rk. SNo Name FED RtgI RtgN Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3
1 6 IM Sousa, Andre Ventura POR 2346 0 6,5 1,5 6 32,25
2 5 IM Wadsworth, Matthew J ENG 2347 0 6,5 1,5 5 32,00
3 1 IM Ghasi, Ameet K ENG 2555 2365 6,5 0 6 33,50
4 9 FM Derakhshani, Borna ENG 2286 0 6 1 5 32,50
5 7 FM Waldhausen Gordon, Frederick SCO 2321 2273 6 0 6 15,00
6 2 GM Turner, Matthew J SCO 2429 0 5,5 0 5 14,75
7 3 IM Rudd, Jack ENG 2374 0 5 0 5 23,00
8 10 GM Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan SCO 2233 0 5 0 5 21,00
9 4 IM Willow, Jonah B ENG 2295 2371 5 0 5 19,00
10 8 IM Cooper, Lawrence H ENG 2297 2290 5 0 5 16,00
11 12 Shearsby, Jude ENG 1908 2107 5 0 5 15,00
12 13 AFM Clarke, Neil ENG 1721 2013 3,5 0 3 5,25
13 11 Richardson, Alex ENG 2154 2021 3 0 3 3,50
14 14 Sullivan, Luke ENG 1466 1741 2,5 0 2 2,75
15 15 Hankey, Chris P ENG 0 1734 0,5 0,5 0 0,25
16 Jamieson, Graham Grant SCO 1504 0 0,5 0,5 0 0,25

https://chess-results.com/tnr793687.asp ... ES&flag=30

LawrenceCooper wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 15, 2023 7:18 pm

Leonard Barden wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 15, 2023 7:08 pm

What is the GM norm?

As per my initial post: Norm requirements: GM norm 7/9, IM norm 5.5.

So, Ameet needs 2.5/4, whereas Jonah & Matthew need 4/4
Ioan needs 3.5/4

OK. I have just about accepted that inexperienced juniors will always play until mate. But when you are an FM rated over 2300, isn’t it time to show your opponents a little respect?

I wasn't too bothered in my game against him; it's reasonable to play on until I play Qf3+, and then the mate was only five moves later.

Round 6 on 2023/07/17 at 1000

Bo. No. Rtg Name Result Name Rtg No.
1 10 2276 IM Rudd, Jack IM Wadsworth, Matthew J 2431 8 0-1
2 9 2305 GM Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan E FM Waldhausen Gordon, Frederick 2325 7 1-0
3 1 2455 IM Sousa, Andre Ventura GM Gasanov, Eldar 2481 6 draw
4 2 2495 IM Ghasi, Ameet K IM Willow, Jonah B 2421 5 draw
5 3 2293 FM Rees, Ioan GM Turner, Matthew J 2439 4 0-1

Simon Brown wrote: ↑

Sun Jul 16, 2023 7:19 pm

OK. I have just about accepted that inexperienced juniors will always play until mate. But when you are an FM rated over 2300, isn’t it time to show your opponents a little respect?

I think CS have (or had) a policy that juniors should not offer or accept draw offers while representing Scotland and should play games out to the end to speed up the learning process. I accept that this is an individual event instead of a team event but he may have decided to follow the approach in all his games.

His playing until mate therefore may have nothing to do with not respecting his opponents.

Edit

Matthew Turner may be able to confirm or deny this if he sees this post.