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2023 Hampshire Open

2023 Hampshire Open		Fed	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total
1	Iwan Cave	WLS	2212	w21+	b9+	w5+	b16=	w2=	b3=	4½
2	Tom Bird	ENG	2026	w18+	b12=	w14=	b6+	b1=	w5+	4½
3	Finn Schell	ENG	1916	w20+	b5-	w24+	b13+	b12+	w1=	4½
4	Peter Hasson	ENG	2077	b17+	w6=	b13=	bye=	w7+	b12+	4½
5	David E Pye	ENG	2141	b11+	w3+	b1-	bye=	w16+	b2-	3½
6	Abhishek Pradhan	FRA	1884	w26+	b4=	w16=	w2-	b10=	b19+	3½
7	Aleksandrs Karasevics	LAT	1798	b23=	w13-	b17+	w21+	b4-	w24+	3½
8	Richard Thorburn	ENG	1871	b15=	w23-	b25+	w10=	b9=	w17+	3½
9	David A Cordner	ENG	1949	b25+	w1-	b11=	bye=	w8=	b18+	3½
10	Colin B Knight	ENG	1710	w12-	bye+	b19=	b8=	w6=	b16+	3½
11	Martin J Clancy	ENG	1809	w5-	b20+	w9=	bye=	w23+	b13=	3½
12	Paul Northcott	ENG	1891	b10+	w2=	b23+	bye=	w3-	w4-	3
13	Kai Sandbrink	SUI	1870		b7+	w4=	w3-	b14+	w11=	3
14	Thomas R Anderson	SCO	1894	b24=	w19+	b2=	bye=	w13-	b15=	3
15	Florence Spirling	ENG	1624	w8=	b16-	w18=	bye=	b26+	w14=	3
16	Roger D W Marsh	ENG	1940	bye=	w15+	b6=	w1=	b5-	w10-	2½
17	Ayan Pradhan	ENG	1741	w4-	b22+	w7-	b24+	w19=	b8-	2½
18	Niclas Hordnes	NOR	1777	b2-	w24=	b15=	w20=	b21+	w9-	2½
19	Matthew Deacon	ENG	1893	w22+	b14-	w10=	bye=	b17=	w6-	2½
20	Matthew Kirk	GCI	1752	b3-	w11-	b22=	b18=	w25=	bye+	2½
21	Joseph A Coburn	ENG	1859	b1-	bye=	w26+	b7-	w18-	b25+	2½
22	Hugo Melling	ENG	1717	b19-	w17-	w20=	bye=	b24=	w26+	2½
23	Max Walker	ENG	2087	w7=	b8+	w12-	bye=	b11-		2
24	John Moore	ENG	1639	w14=	b18=	b3-	w17-	w22=	b7-	1½
25	Neil Crosswell	ENG	1752	w9-	b26=	w8-	bye=	b20=	w21-	1½
26	Gillian A Moore	ENG	1702	b6-	w25=	b21-	bye=	w15-	b22-	1

2023 Hampshire Major

2023 Hampshire Major		Fed	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total
1	Edward A Blanden	ENG	1755	b19+	w3+	b9=	bye=	w15+	w6+	5
2	Brendan O'Gorman	ENG	1873	b17=	w22+	b16+	bye=	w13+	b5+	5
3	Andrew Waters	ENG	1883	w28+	b1-	w14+	bye=	b21+	w12+	4½
4	Tim Jones	ENG	1795	b18+	w31+	b5-	bye=	w11+	b15+	4½
5	Daniel Miller	ENG	1714	w26+	b8+	w4+	b13=	b6=	w2-	4
6	David Collyer	ENG	1804	w20+	b13=	w11+	b9+	w5=	b1-	4
7	Robert McDonald	ENG	1788	w14+	b10-	w26-	b31+	w9+	b16+	4
8	Richard H Edney	ENG	1828	b24+	w5-	b18=	bye=	w14+	b13+	4
9	Igor Alexandrsov		1590	b23+	b12+	w1=	w6-	b7-	w17+	3½
10	Helen Archer Lock	ENG	1642	b29+	w7+	b15-	b12-	w22=	w18+	3½
11	Freddie Sugden	ENG	1751	bye=	w17+	b6-	w18+	b4-	w21+	3½
12	Yasser Tello	ENG	1813	b25+	w9-	b31+	w10+	bye=	b3-	3½
13	Erico Oliveira Ferreira	BRA	1712	b27+	w6=	b23+	w5=	b2-	w8-	3
14	Pietro Silke Balerno		1603	b7-	w24+	b3-	w17+	b8-	b22+	3
15	Maxime Soenen	FRA	1556	w16=	b30+	w10+	bye=	b1-	w4-	3
16	Phil B Pinto	ENG	1698	b15=	w25+	w2-	bye=	b19+	w7-	3
17	Nicholas Stout		1699	w2=	b11-	w30+	b14-	w29+	b9-	2½
18	Nicholas Warner	ENG	1610	w4-	bye+	w8=	b11-	w23+	b10-	2½
19	Liam Devlin	ENG	1606	w1-	b21-	b24+	w27+	w16-	b20=	2½
20	John Belinger	ENG	1614	b6-	w23-	b27=	b25=	w31+	w19=	2½
21	Tom Philidor	ENG	1725	b31-	w19+	bye=	b26+	w3-	b11-	2½
22	John Torrance	SCO	1677	bye=	b2-	w28+	bye=	b10=	w14-	2½
23	David Agostinelli	ENG	1727	w9-	b20+	w13-	bye=	b18-	w27+	2½
24	Daniel Goodlad	ENG	1686	w8-	b14-	w19-	bye+	b27=	b29+	2½
25	Ian Matthew	ENG	1636	w12-	b16-	b29-	w20=	w28+	bye=	2½
26	Lewis Jackson	ENG	1478	b5-	w29+	b7+	w21-			2
27	Charles Charalambous	GRE	1478	w13-	b28=	w20=	b19-	w24=	b23-	1½
28	Roy Goode	SWE		b3-	w27=	b22-	w30-	b25-	w31+	1½
29	David J Holmes	ENG	1816	w10-	b26-	w25+	bye=	b17-	w24-	1½
30	Ashraf Syed	ENG	1649	bye=	w15-	b17-	b28+			1½
31	Anton Vann		1503	w21+	b4-	w12-	w7-	b20-	b28-	1

[Press release] The Hampshire Chess Association 2023 Congress was held at the Lysses Hotel in Fareham on the 3rd to the 5th November 2023 with a record 90 entries playing across three sections.

Iwan Cave (Chandlers Ford) retained the Hampshire Individual Championship and the Silver Rook Trophy on tie-break from Tom Bird (Portsmouth). Two other players also finished level on 4½ points from the six rounds.

The Open section was run as a FIDE rated event for the first time, resulting in a big increase in players competing for the first prize over recent years.

Last year, Iwan became the youngest winner of the Hampshire Individual, a tournament that has been running since 1930, and is now a two-time champion before the age of 17. Iwan now has his eye on Tony Corkett’s record of 10 Championship titles. Iwan is also now representing Wales at the Fide World Youth Chess Championship in November.

In the minor section, another junior and former Pilgrim’s School pupil, Freddie Christou-Moore finished clear first with 5 out of 6, and as the highest scoring Hampshire qualified player in the section he also won the Parsons cup.

The University of Southampton Chess Club was the largest single cohort, with a great turnout of 14 players.

The full list of prize winners is:

OPEN

1st = (4½ pts) Iwan Cave (Chandlers Ford), Finn Schell (Southbourne), Peter Hasson (Farnham), Tom Bird (Portsmouth) Under-2015 Grading Prize (3½ pts) Richard Thorburn (So’ton Uni), Abhishek Pradhan (Reading), Colin Knight (Basingstoke), David Cordner (Southampton), Kai Sandbrink (Oxford University), Aleksandrs Karasevics (Southampton), Martin Clancy (Ringwood)

- The Silver Rook was won by Iwan Cave
- The Len Walters Board was won by Tom Bird

MAJOR

1st = (5 pts) Brendan O’Gorman (DHSS), Edward Blanden (Emsworth) 3rd = (4½ pts) Tim Jones (New Milton), Andrew Waters (Rainham Kent) Under-1750 Grading Prize (4 pts) – Daniel Miller (Horsham)

- The Peter Marshall Cup was awarded to Edward Blanden (Emsworth) as the best placed Hampshire qualified player.

MINOR

1st (5 pts) Frederick Christou-Moore (Eton College) who also wins the Parsons Cup 2nd = (4½ pts) Edward Burton (So’ton Uni), Michael Eason (Chichester) Under-1450 Grading Prize (4 pts) Ben Hermanns (So’ton Uni)

The Gillian Moore Cup, which is awarded to the highest scoring Hampshire lady in the Congress, was shared by Helen Archer-Lock (So’ton Uni) in the Major and Rosamund Hale (Southampton) in the Minor with 3½ points.

The John Dunleavy Memorial Prize for the best game in any section was won by Paul Northcott for his sacrificial attack against Max Walker in the Open section of the congress. [game included in the download - also see here]

Finally, the Hampshire Chess Association would like to say a big thank you to Kevin Thurlow for his work at this year’s congress. Kevin is a well known arbiter on the UK chess circuit, and has been our arbiter for many years. This weekend he announced our event was his last ever congress as an arbiter.

Peter Eales
Vice-president Hampshire Chess Association

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Date	Notes
10 February 2025	First uploaded to BritBase. My thanks to Graham Stuart for sending the games and press releases.