Hilton Ron Banwell Masters, 3-9 August 2003

Last Edited: Thursday July 3, 2003 6:53 PM

Bill O'Rourke reports: The Hilton Ron Banwell Masters takes place from 3-9 August 2003 at the Hilton Blackpool, as part of the Lancashire Chess Festival, with a one day rapidplay to finish off the event on Sunday August 10th.

Playing schedule:
Sunday August 3rd 7.30 p.m. Reception and drawing of lots
Monday August 4th 10.00 Round 1, 16.30 Round 2
Tuesday August 5th 10.00 Round 3
Wednesday August 6th 10.00 Round 4, 16.30 Round 5
Thursday August 7th 10.00 Round 6
Friday August 8th 10.00 Round 7, 16.30 Round 8
Saturday August 9th 10.00 Round 9
Sunday August 10th One day Rapidplay to finish off chess festival

The players in the 10 player all-play-all masters are:

Sundararajan Kidambi IM IND 2442
Kenworthy, Gary FM ENG 2269
Lund, D. Brett ENG 2248
Howell, David WL FM ENG 2323
Specht, Josh USA 2111
Crouch, Colin S. IM ENG 2392
Horner, Jeff FM ENG 2354
Escobedo, Juan F. MEX 2120
Mannion, Stephen R IM SCO 2339
Walton, Alan CM ENG 2158
Average: 2275.6, Category 2, IM Norm = 7/9

The address for the Hilton Blackpool is:
North Promenade, Blackpool, GB FY1 2JQ
Tel: 44-01253-623434 Fax: 44-01253-294371

The hotel offers some of the best business facilities in the North. Most of the modern, well equipped bedrooms have a sea view and are complimented by an excellent choice of restaurants, bars and free parking for 316 cars. The heated indoor pool, sauna and steam room will help make sure you are relaxed after a hard day's chess.

Contact for this and other events which make up the Lancashire Chess Festival: Bill O'Rourke, 101 Queens Park Road, Heywood, Lancashire OL10 4JR (Tel: 01706 627874).

Also see: http://blackpool-hotel.com/hilton.html

Bill O'Rourke
Hilton Blackpool Chess Internationals organiser
Lancashire Chess Association President

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