48th Richmond Rapidplay, 22 June 2003

Last Edited: Monday July 21, 2003 10:23 AM

Richard James reports: The 48th Richmond Rapidplay took place at the White House Community Association, Hampton on Sunday 22 June, controlled by Adam Raoof. A total of 99 players took part in the four sections.

You know you’ve got a strong Open when the first round pits two IMs against each other. The 13 competitiors included 5 IMs and one IM elect. The outcome was a three-way tie for first place between IMs Graeme Buckley, Danny Gormally and Simon Williams.

There was a two-way tie in the Major between Richmond Junior Megastar Robert Heaton and Alfredo Luaces of King’s Head, in a field of 22 players.

The Intermediate section was won by the ungraded Paul Chantrell, on 5/6. Second place was split four ways, with Peter Lord sharing the honours with three talented juniors: Callum Kilpatrick, Alex O’Toole and Senthuran Sathyanandha. 31 players took part.

Richmond Junior Club member Gajern Kailavasan, aged 11, took a half point bye in the first round while taking part in a cricket match, then won all five of his games to take first place, just ahead of his clubmate George Dinenis. There were 33 competitors in total in this section.

PRIZEWINNERS:
OPEN:
1st= IM Graeme Buckley (Cheam) 4½/6
IM Danny Gormally (SE London) 4½/6
IM Simon Williams (Farnham) 4½/6
13 players

MAJOR:
1st= Robert Heaton (New Malden/RJCC) 5/6
Alfredo Luaces (NW London) 5/6
3rd Sarah Hegarty (Woking) 4½/6
22 players

INTERMEDIATE:
1st Paul Chantrell (SE London) 5/6
2nd= Callum Kilpatrick (SE London/RJCC) 4½/6
Peter Lord (Uxbridge) 4½/6
Alex O’Toole (Southend) 4½/6
Senthuran Sathyanandha (Barnet) 4½/6
U100 Scott Kenyon (Hounslow) 4/6
Jia Shen Lee (SE London) 4/6
31 players

MINOR:
1st Gajern Kailavasan (Pinner/RJCC) 5½/6
2nd George Dinenis (W London/RJCC) 5/6
3rd= Avinoam Baruch (Hertfordshire) 4½/6
Yehuda Baruch (Hertfordshire) 4½/6
Caroline Robson (Enfield) 4½/6
33 players

Full crosstables of the results of this tournament are available on the Richmond Junior Chess Club web site: http://www.rjcc.org.uk.
Please note the dates of our next two Rapidplays:
49th Richmond Rapidplay: Sunday 14 September 2003
50th Richmond Rapidplay: Sunday 9 November 2003
For further information phone Richard James on 020-8898 0362 or 020-8898 1190 or e-mail richard@chesskids.com

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