Happy New Year! We have kick-started the year at Golders Green with our usual rapidplay. Thanks to Jo Wildman, Lance Leslie-Smith and Satish Gaekwad for running the tournament.
If you are looking for a tournament to play in over the next few weekends, check out the calendar and free newsletter at www.chessengland.com. We are doing a rapid at the excellent Kensington Holiday Inn Hotel on the 15th January - https://chesscircuit.substack.com/p/kensington-fide-rapid-chess - and Mill Hill on 21 and 22 January - https://www.chessville.co.uk/coming-up/ with all games rated by FIDE and the ECF. I also run twice-monthly tournaments at The Clissold Arms in Muswell Hill (East Finchley) on Tuesdays, and they often get 30 entrants.
Prizes - Open
Tied 1st [£75 each] - FM Jovica Radovanovic, & Abhinav Reddy Bathula 5/6
Rating Category Prize £50 - Kajus Mikalajunas 4.5/6
Prizes - Major
1st [£100] - Shrihan Koppuravuri 5/6
Tied 2nd [£50/3 = £17 each] - Salvatore Pepe, Prabodha Ariyaratne, & Arnav Kumar 4.5/6
Rating Category Prize [£50] - Michael Rae 3.5/6
Prizes - Minor
1st Prize - £60 to Daniel Dupuis (5.5 points) pictured above clutching a copy of Battle of Endgames by Ray Cannon!)
2nd Prize - £15 each to Christopher Adams & Arjun Kartik Bharadwaj (5 points each)
Rating Category Prize - £30 to Robert Raguzin (5 points)