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39th THANET CHESS CONGRESS RESULTS

Published by admin on August 24, 2008 0 Comments

OPEN - 26 Players - £725 total prize fund
1st 4.5 pts
Martin Cutmore (Folkestone)
2nd= 4pts
Cliff Chandler (Phoenix) - Martin Taylor (Rainham,Kent)
Steve Barrett (Athenaeum)
Grading U-180 Andrew Mayhew (Bristol University)
Kent Champion - Martin Cutmore (Folkestone)

MAJOR (U-160) - 42 Players - £455 total prize fund
1st= 4 pts
John Atherton (Folkestone) - Paul Jackson (Coulsdon)
Peter Wood (Lewisham)
Grading U-140 Alan Sands (Beckenham)
Kent Champion - John Atherton (Folkestone)

INTERMEDIATE (U-125) - 44 Players - £360 total prize fund
1st= 4.5 pts
P Childs (Dartford) - Tom Rixon (Hemel Hempstead)
3rd 4 pts
Bob Lanzer (Crawley)
Grading U-110 James W Hall (East Grinstead)
Kent Champion - P Childs (Dartford)

MINOR (U-100) - 35 Players - £250 total prize fund
1st= 4.5 pts
David Howdle (Ramsgate) -Robert Woolacott (Ashford)
3rd= 4 pts
Kit Nelson (Canterbury) -R Meluish (Loughton)
Kent Champion - David Howdle (Ramsgate)

SPECIAL PRIZES - £20
Senior (Over 60) - Roger Walker (Belper)
Junior (Under 15) - Raunuk Rao (Lewisham)

Links Page

Published by admin on August 3, 2008 1 Comment

The site has a new links page (top menu) and the first link is to our friends of the Kent Junior Chess Association. This organisation is run for the benefit of junior chess in Kent and deserves our support. On this site you can obtain an entry form for the Caterham Chess Congress 24-26 October , this is a full congress for both adults and juniors with sections for Open, Major, Intermediate and Minor.