Chess in the Greater Manchester area
Manchester Rapidplay
Manchester Rapidplay 2011
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The fourth New East Manchester Rapidplay Chess Tournament was held at the City of Manchester Stadium on Sunday 6 March 2011.
The entry fees were again tiered to encourage early entry, £15 before end February and £20 in advance. Despite this, a few players turned up to pay £25 on the day.
My thanks go to Fiona Green, Julian Clissold and Rod Middleton in controlling, and to Rod for grading the results.
The event was organised by Sport4life on behalf of the Eagle Chess Club in association with the Manchester Chess Federation (MCF). Local MP Tony Lloyd kindly said a few words at the opening ceremony.
With a number of photographers in attendance, look out for the post event publicity.
The MCF would like to thank the sponsors, New East Manchester Ltd, Street Games and Equity Solutions; Chess Direct who supplied the bookstall; all the staff of Manchester City FC and the stadium who helped to make us welcome; and especially all the staff from Sport4Life, particularly Adam Smith, John and Gemma Dwan
.
We were reasonably pleased with the numbers, with our best ever entry of 87 playing.
A full results Excel file is here (revised version)
The entry fees were again tiered to encourage early entry, £15 before end February and £20 in advance. Despite this, a few players turned up to pay £25 on the day.
My thanks go to Fiona Green, Julian Clissold and Rod Middleton in controlling, and to Rod for grading the results.
The event was organised by Sport4life on behalf of the Eagle Chess Club in association with the Manchester Chess Federation (MCF). Local MP Tony Lloyd kindly said a few words at the opening ceremony.
With a number of photographers in attendance, look out for the post event publicity.
The MCF would like to thank the sponsors, New East Manchester Ltd, Street Games and Equity Solutions; Chess Direct who supplied the bookstall; all the staff of Manchester City FC and the stadium who helped to make us welcome; and especially all the staff from Sport4Life, particularly Adam Smith, John and Gemma Dwan
.
We were reasonably pleased with the numbers, with our best ever entry of 87 playing.
A full results Excel file is here (revised version)
The Results
The Junior (U16) Trophies were won by:
The Junior (U16) Trophies were won by:
A Kozlovkis (Blackburn)
Jason Lau (3Cs)
Tom Paterson (Bolton)
In the U120 section (37 players), the Trophies were won by:
Joshua Pendlebury (Worsley grade 95) with a score of 5/6 winning £75
Dean Madden (Spondon grade 104) who split first prize winning £75
Agron Elizi (Eagles ungraded) with a score of 4.5/6 winning £5
Third place prize money was split with Elliot Fordham (Altrincham ungraded) and Thomas Robson (Macclesfield ungraded) both winning £5
The U100 grading prize was won by Jenifer Neil (Chorley grade 91) with 4/6 winning £40
In the U160 section (31 players), the Trophies were won by:
Farshap Ai (Phoenix grade 155) with a score of 5/6 winning £120
Kevin Winter (Bingley grade 141) with 4.5/6 winning £40
Philip Cattermole (Macclesfield) also with 4.5/6 winning £40
Third place prize money was also split with Mick Connor (Great Lever grade 141) winning £40
The U140 grading prize trophy was won with 4/6 by Oskar Hackner (Rotherham grade 134) winning £20 with the prize shared by Richard Szwajkun (Newport grade 121) winning £20
In the Open section (19 players), the Trophies were won by:
Alan Walton (3Cs grade 193) with a score of 5/6 winning £125
Alex Longson (3Cs grade 213) also with 5/6 winning £125
Mike Surtees (Bolton grade 196) with 4.5/6 winning £125
The U180 grading prize was won with 4/6 by Steven Jones (Padgate) winning £40
We hope to stage the event again next year, subject to stadium availability.
Mick Norris
MCF Congress Director
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