Chess in the Greater Manchester area

Open
Leading positions
1. Prasun Chakravorty (Sheffield Nomads) (Grade167, TPR 193, Prize £200) 4½ points.
2. El Gehani Ghassan (Peoples) (Grade 141, TPR 203, Prize £100) 4 points.
3=Don Masson (Shirley) (Grade 198, TPR 188, Prize £30) 3½ points.
3=Mithun Chakravorty (Sheffield Univ) (Grade 153, TPR 171, Prize £30) 3½ points.
3=Leo Keely (Peoples) (Grade 152, TPR 188, Prize £30) 3½ points.
6th= M Surtees (Bolton), J Jarmony (Crusaders), Dennis Owen (Urmston), 3 points.
9th= G Utyuzhnikova (Bolton), P Anderson (Leeds), R Newton (Mor/Heywood),
J Stephenson (Undercliffe), C Vassiliou (Chorlton), 2½ points.
14th= A Jaunooby (3 Cs), R Trueman (West Bridgford), L Wells (York RMI), 2 points.
17th J Reed (East Cheshire), 1½ points.
18th= D Farrell (Shepstead Rooks), C Biswas (Oxford City), 1 point.
20th= N Holroyd (Peterborough), P Jaszkiwskyj (East Ham), 0 points.

Major......Leading positions
1st Martin Burns (Stockport)...Carl Heald (Morecambe)...Andy Price (Leamington)...Mark Taylor (Rochdale)...David Bouldon (Staylybridge)...Plilip Olbison (Chorlton)...4pts.
Knights......Leading positions
1st Noel Boustred (Gosforth)...4½pts 2nd= Colin Sinclair (Preston)...Daniel Broughton (West Bridgeford)...4

Manchester Congress 2009
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Manchester Congress 2008
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Open
Leading positions
1st John Garnett (Elmwood) (Grade161, TPR 205, Prize £200) 5 points.
2nd= Alexander Longson (Three Cs) (Grade 193, TPR 197, Prize £100) 4 points.
2nd= Ben Hague (Oldham) (Grade 198, TPR 193, Prize £25)
2nd= Mike Surtees (Bolton) (Grade 189, TPR 187, Prize £25)
2nd= Ghassan El Gehani (Chorlton) (Grade 142, TPR 191, Prize GP U170 £40.)
6th= C Fegan (Writtle), C Kennedy (East Ham), M Brown (Grappenhall), C Doran (Chester),      J Stephenson ( Undercliffe), D Wedge (Hebdon Bridge), S Hamilton ( Warley Q) 3 points.
13th= M Turcan (Slovakia), G Utyuzhnikova (Bolton), A Chion (France), P Armstrong (Oldham), C Vassiliou (Chorlton), H Mhkumba (Trafford), P Isherwood (Widness), M Peim (Chorlton), T Malhotra (Amca Hippos), 2 points.
22nd P Jaszkiwskyj (East Ham) 1 point.

Major......Leading positions
1st A Thomason (Alsager)...E Wood (Chorlton)...D Connolly (Gt. Lever)...S Ridgway (Wilmslow)...M Oliver (Cirencester)...2pts.
Knights......Leading positions
1st S Jones (Padgate)...5pts 2nd F Moan (Bolton)...4.5 pts 3rd= J McPhillips (Bolton)...D McCarthy (Padgate)...4 points.