Surrey Easter Chess Congress, 21-24 March 2008

Last Edited: Saturday March 29, 2008 12:13 PM

Report by Sue Lalic

The Surrey Easter Chess Congress took place at Nonsuch School, Sutton,from March 21-24 2008. 280 players participated, including a junior event on one day, and a prize fund of £2,300. Congress website.

Open (4 days): 1 Graeme Buckley 6½/7, 2 Eddie Dearing 6, 3= Alexander Cherniaev, Jovica Radovanovic,Yang-Fan Zhou 5. Yang-Fan Zhou won the British Championship Qualifying Place for 2008.

Major U160 (4 days): 1 Victor Jones 6½/7, 2= Michael Price, Steven Hampton 5.

Intermediate U120 (4 days): 1= Jasper Tambini, John Rayner 6/7, 3 David Gudmundson 5.

SCCA U-18 Champion: Yang-Fan Zhou
SCCA U-16 Champion: Samuel Franklin
SCCA U-14 Champion: Daniel Hunt

Challengers U140 (2 days): 1= James Porter, James Worthen 4/5, 3 Peter Buckley 3½.

Minor U100 (2 days): 1 Christopher Dunne 4½/5 2= Matthew Wadsworth, Peter Saunders, Joshua Cavendish 4.

Rapidplay U120 (1 day): 1 Ian Mason 4½/5, 2 Christopher Dunne 4, 3= Alexander Jelicic, Sam Porter 3½. Sam Porter wins the U80 grading prize.

The junior event was held on 24th March alongside the rapidplay and the last round of the Open, Major and Intermediate.

U7: Ananth Vijayakumar (BurlingtonSchool)
U8: Victoria Sit (OldPalaceSchool)
U9: Aloyius Lip (HallfieldSchool)
U10: Jonathan Eales (St Dunstan’s)
U11: Alicia Mason (Surbiton High)
U12: Jack Scanlon (RGS Guildford)

Home Page: www.bcmchess.co.uk