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Many thanks to Mick Riding, who again did a terrific job in organising the Durham County Congress, as well as the team of arbiters.

Mick has supplied the following report with the list of winners:

First off, great turn out again, I thoroughly enjoyed it and appreciate your support – same again next year please.

OPEN

David Walker, Tim Wall, Andrew Burnett, Jonathan Arnott and Chris Izod. Share =1 and £150 each.

Grading prizes Marcos Caso Huerta (U2000 sum of opponents tie break) and Andrew Swales (U1900) £50 each.

MAJOR

1^st Srivathsan Sasikumar (£400), 2^nd John Cawston, Royce Parker, Dave Patterson £117 each.

Grading prizes Kristaps Baumanis (U1750) and Stephen Holmes (U1600 sum of opponents tie break) £50 each.

MINOR

1^st Joel Tofield-Brown, £400  2^nd Danield Williams, £250, =3^rd Rob Jarvis, Ryan Duff (£50 each). Aidin Breakley was also =3 but wins the U1400 rating prize.

Grading Prizes Ethan Tatters (U1550) £50 and Aidin Breakley (Unrated) £50 each.

The full results can be found here:

Open

https://chess-results.com/tnr765953.aspx?lan=1

Major

https://chess-results.com/tnr765954.aspx?lan=1

Minor

https://chess-results.com/tnr765955.aspx?lan=1

Tim Wall has sent details of the North East Zonal of the 2023 EJCOA National Youth Championships, to be held on Sunday June 18, 1pm-6pm, at Forest Hall Ex-Servicemen’s Institute, 26 Crescent Way North, Forest Hall NE12 8AR.

(Please note: this is NOT Forest Hall Social Club on Great Lime Road, Palmersville).

There are sections for: Under 8s, Under 10s, Under 12s, Under 14s, Under 16s, Under 18s & Under 20s.

Juniors will qualify from the North East Zonal to the EJCOA Youth Championships National Finals, which are in the form of 5-round FIDE-rated tournaments and include high-level coaching from experienced FIDE Trainers.

The EJCOA National Finals take place on 7-9 July at Nottingham High School.

(See this link for more details: https://ejcoa.co.uk/national-youth-championships )

Entry forms in Word and pdf formats are attached:

A reminder that the Durham County Chess Association Congress will he held in Darlington over the weekend of 12-14 May. This will include a one-day Junior Event on Sunday 14 May. Entry forms for both can be downloaded here:

A belated report on the Durham County Junior Championships, held in Coxhoe on 18th March.

Here is a list of the prizewinners, supplied by the main organiser Douglas Smith:

U-18: Luke Owen (4/5)

U-15: Xander Gray, Tom Hawkins, Riley Lambert-Cousins, Georgii Polonskyi (3/5)

U-13: Fedir Dyshliuk (5/5)

U-11: Elliot McDonald, Lleyton Rennie (4/5)

U-9: Daniel Sewart (4/5)

U-15 Girls: Jessica Sewart (0.5/5)

Secondary Runners-up: Bailin Li, Jamie Wang (4/5, also both U-13)

Primary Winners: Yannick Haniffa, Aditya Jadhav (4/5)

The league results and current tables can be found here:

https://ecflms.org.uk/lms/node/82180/ofixtures

The Ron Evers tournament – a rating-handicap team event named in honour of a dedicated Washington organiser who was active many years ago – was held last Saturday at Durham University, and was won by Bishop Auckland, ahead of South Shields, Durham University and Durham City.

This is a traditional rating handicap tournament for teams of four, with a rapid time limit. Durham University have booked a room for the Tournament on Saturday 3rd December 2022. Club entries should be sent to Bryan Bainbridge 07786614159. Further details to follow.

From Tim Wall:

Unfortunately, the 2022-23 Forest Hall Rapidplay Grand Prix tournaments (November 19, January 28, March 11, April 23 & June 17) and the 5th EJCOA International (December 16-20) have been cancelled due to unforeseen financial problems.

All entrants will receive full refunds as soon as possible, and I would like to apologise for the inconvenience caused.

This event, organised by Kevin Wilson and held in Elm Ridge Methodist Church Hall on Saturday 8th October, produced the following winners:

Under 16

1, Ben Dodgson 2, Josh Hall 3, Xander Gray

Under 13

1, Chris Sinu 2, Joseph Machin 3, Harris Wilson

Under 11

1, Sagar Patil 2, Joseph Towson 3, Elliot McDonald 

Under 9

1, Isaac Machin 2, John Sinu 3, George Butterworth