DCCA Congress Results

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

1st Srivathsan Sasikumar (£400), 2nd 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

1st Joel Tofield-Brown, £400  2nd Danield Williams, £250, =3rd 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

2023 EJCOA NATIONAL YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS

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:

DCCA Junior Championships

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)

Ron Evers Tournament – Results

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.

The winning Bishop Auckland team – Mark and Deborah Edmundson, Paul Jenkins and Bryan Bainbridge.

Cancellation of Events

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.