Saturday
31st October / Sunday 1st November 2015
Great Hall, James Graham
Building,
Leeds Beckett University,
Beckett’s Park Campus,
Headingley LS6 3QS [map]
An English Chess
Federation supported Grand Prix event | Entries - Steve Burton (0113)
2568157
Tournament Secretary - Brent Kitson kitson453@btinternet.com
For more detailed maps of the venue - click HERE and HERE
British Rapidplay Chess –Second Day Report. November
1st .2015. BK
A somewhat foggy day on the Sunday, yet still mild, saw
the second day of the
British Rapidplay
Chess. The Chess Direct Bookstall had some great new titles for my
Christmas bag. I must mention by the way the IT library staff who were all
Outstanding in sorting gliches etc.
In the Junior events we saw some beautiful chess, plus the
radiators were
now working! The day’s four
winners were James Lee, Kevin Ye, Kishan
Modi
and Weiming
Xu…..next year the Sunday has got a new event planned for juniors.
The vending machine was now fixed, plus the lighting
control had been
mastered. The main hall screen projector would have
to wait until 2016 before
we could use it.
In the Open event record holding winner Mark Hebden and 2000
champion
Ahmeet Ghasi
I.M. were virtually head to head most of the day.
Daniel Fernandez I.M.
and Simon Ansell I.M. were close
behind. Although Mark
blundered in one round ,
he and Ahmeet
finished joint winners on 9/11.Simon and Daniel finished joint third
on
8.5/10 points.
In the Major section the winner was Pawel Golomowski of Spalding on 9.5/11
points whilst in The Intermediate
Kevin Winter and Mike Connor finished on 9/11
points .The Minor saw Gonzolo Stoobridge and Juju Samworth-Calver finish on
on 8.5/11 points.
We must give a big thank you to all the players who played
the event,
as well as the controllers,
arbiters, and staff for its smooth running. The event will be
30 years old in 2016! We have the 26/27th
November 2016 provisionally
booked for
next year. Should you wish to
forward any suggestions for the event we welcome
your views through our website at
www.british-rapidplay.org.uk
.A full set of cross
-tables
will follow from Jon Griffiths.
B.Kitson
Secretary B.R. Chess.
