Today we had about 80 players of all ages and two sections. Thanks to Rob Hammond (photo credit above) and Jo Wildman who ran the event!
The Open was won by Grandmaster Alexander Cherniev on 6/6 winning £100.00 closely followed by five players on 5/6; IM Maciej Czopor, Peter Finn, Kabir Pandit, IM John Pigott (who all won £12.50) and Sanjit Selva Kumar, who won a rating prize of £50.00 (see below).
The Under 1450 section was won convincingly by Sam Pritchard with 6/6. Alexander Kairat scored 5/6 and Robert Raguzin scored 4/6.
Our next event at St Luke's is on 9th October and you can see the rest of the dates for the year on the www.chessengland.com calendar!
I am glad to say that things are moving on the over-ther-board front, and I expect to be able to offer you the possibility of a weekend congress on several weekends in November - once at Imperial College 12-14 November and once at a new venue in Mill Hill, NW London, on 27 and 28 November. Make sure you are on my mailing list.
You can play FIDE rapid chess at the lovely Clissold Arms pub during the day on 5th or 12th October - see www.muswellhillchess.blogspot.com
My club www.hendonchessclub.com is hosting a FIDE blitz event at their new venue in Hampstead (!) on Thursday 14th October from 7.30pm to 10pm but there are only 30 spaces, priority given to Hendon members!
