The Chess Centre,Ilkley, organised its first Chess Festival from 16th to 18th September, at the King's Hall & Winter Garden, Station Road, Ilkley, with four sections: Open, Major (<=2000 rating), Intermediate (<= 1750), Minor (<=1500), with in each section, respectively, 44, 54, 39 and 22 participants, after discounting two entrants who did not turn up and play, making 161 participants in all.

Advertised prizes in each section were 1st £300, 2nd £130 and 3rd £75, with grading prizes of £50.

The lowest section of congresses tends to be the one with the largest number of participants, so the Minor here being the smallest is relatively unusual, perhaps being due to a lower-than-average rating cut-off.

Among the Open participants was Huddersfield player of yesteryear, Rudy van Kemenade, whose cats used to collect small rodents from the grassy slope opposite the house and dump them on the garden path, meaning approaching the front door necessitated tiptoeing among the corpses. (Ask Chris Dossett if you don’t believe me.) Rudy has long been living and playing chess in Wales. Another interesting name is that of Tim Wickens, who has recently been living in Scotland, apparently at Fortrose on the Black Isle, and playing chess for Inverness. Presumably he is the Scottish Correspondence Chess IM Tim S. Wickens. He is also probably the Tim Wickens who played for Sheffield University in a Woodhouse Cup match against Sheffield c. 1967, losing to the writer.

Around 7 or 8 games were published live each round on Chess.com, not all being from the Open section. Rapidplay and/or Blitz tournaments were advertised as evening side events, though results are not to hand.

In the Open, three players entered the final round sharing the lead on 3½ out of 4, and their 5th-round games were as follows (click on link to play through game on screen; use browser’s back function to return to this page):

Gediminas Sarakauskas 1-0 Steven A Jones

Tim P Wall 1--0 Adam G Ashton

In the Major, two players entered the final round sharing the lead on 4 out of 4, a full point ahead of their nearest rivals, so a win for one would earn clear 1st place, but they drew and so shared the prize money involved. Their final-round game went as follows (click on link to play through game on screen):

Luke Gostelow ½-½ Robert A Newton

Brendan O’Gorman was participating, and once again took a series of photographs at the event, and these can be seen at

https://brendanogorman.smugmug.com/Chess/2022/Ilkley-Chess-Festival-2022/.

Result cross-tables for each section were as follows:

Open

No	Name	Rating		1			2			3			4			5		SPS

1	Tim P Wall	2350	½	W	10	1	B	27	1	W	21	1	B	10	1	W	12
	Forest Hall			½			1½			2½			3½			4½		12½
2	Gediminas Sarakauskas	2493	½	W	16	1	B	44	1	W	13	1	B	16	1	W	4
	4NCL Guildford			½			1½			2½			3½			4½		12½
3	Greg T Eagleton	2048	½	-	bye	½	W	24	1	B	41	1	W	15	1	B	18
	Huddersfield			½			1			2			3			4		10½
4	Steven A Jones	2308	1	B	40	1	W	11	½	B	5	1	W	6	0	B	2
	Basingstoke			1			2			2½			3½			3½		12½
5	Peter Shaw	2199	1	W	32	1	B	14	½	W	4	½	B	8	½	W	7
	Wakefield			1			2			2½			3			3½		12
6	Mike J Surtees	2107	1	W	41	1	B	23	½	W	7	0	B	4	1	W	17
	Great Lever			1			2			2½			2½			3½		11½
7	Andrei Ciuravin	2176	½	B	12	1	W	22	½	B	6	1	W	19	½	B	5
	Hull			½			1½			2			3			3½		10½
8	Bruce L Baer	2130	½	B	24	½	W	15	1	B	31	½	W	5	1	B	22
	Mutual Circle			½			1			2			2½			3½		9½
9	Jonathan W R Underwood	2100	½	W	33	0	B	10	1	W	23	1	B	27	1	W	16
	Seaton			½			½			1½			2½			3½		8½
10	Thomas Wills	2000	½	B	27	1	W	9	1	B	18	0	W	1	½	B	11
	SASCA			½			1½			2½			2½			3		10
11	David Barlow	2071	1	W	43	0	B	4	1	W	26	½	B	17	½	W	10
	South Bradford			1			1			2			2½			3		9½
12	Adam G Ashton	2420	½	B	23	½	W	30	1	B	40	1	W	20	0	B	1
	4NCL 3Cs			½			1			2			3			3		9½
13	Zachary Cansdale	2026	½	B	1	1	W	33	0	B	2	1	W	25	½	B	14
	Bingley			½			1½			1½			2½			3		9
14	Christopher Bak	2081	1	B	38	0	W	5	½	-	bye	1	B	32	½	W	13
	Bradford			1			1			1½			2½			3		9
15	Rudy Van Kemenade	2015	½	W	7	½	B	8	1	W	36	0	B	3	1	W	30
	4NCL Rhyfelwyr Essyllwg			½			1			2			2			3		8½
16	Miles D Edwards-Wright	2034	1	W	42	½	-	bye	1	B	30	0	W	2	0	B	9
	SASCA			1			1½			2½			2½			2½		10
17	Tim Wickens	2035	1	B	36	½	W	18	½	B	19	½	W	11	0	B	6
	Inverness			1			1½			2			2½			2½		9½
18	Paul A Hutchinson	2139	1	W	39	½	B	17	0	W	10	1	B	21	0	W	3
	Scarborough			1			1½			1½			2½			2½		9
19	Kyle Pelling	2031	½	W	14	1	B	29	½	W	17	0	B	7	½	B	23
	Heywood			½			1½			2			2			2½		8½
20	Jim W R Nicholson	2028	½	-	bye	½	W	31	1	B	24	0	B	12	½	W	26
	York			½			1			2			2			2½		8
21	Andy Hill	2033	½	B	2	1	W	35	0	B	1	0	W	18	1	B	31
	Horfield & Redland			½			1½			1½			1½			2½		7½
22	Lewis A Turner	2005	½	-	bye	0	B	7	1	W	29	1	B	36	0	W	8
	Wigston			½			½			1½			2½			2½		7½
23	Mike Bramson	1978	1	W	29	0	W	6	0	B	9	1	B	41	½	W	19
	Bradford			1			1			1			2			2½		7½
24	Tim Hilton	2001	½	W	8	½	B	3	0	W	20	1	B	42	½	W	28
	Rochdale			½			1			1			2			2½		7
25	Mitchell R Burke	2112	½	W	11	½	B	26	½	W	32	0	B	13	1	W	37
	3Cs			½			1			1½			1½			2½		7
26	Niamh Bridgeman	1968	½	-	bye	½	W	25	0	B	11	1	W	40	½	B	20
	Morecambe			½			1			1			2			2½		7
27	Yaoyao Zhu	2009	½	-	bye	0	W	1	1	B	39	0	W	9	1	B	35
	4NCL 3Cs			½			½			1½			1½			2½		6½
28	Peter J E Ackley	2107	0	B	21	½	B	32	1	W	38	½	W	30	½	B	24
	Rotherham			0			½			1½			2			2½		6½
29	David A Patrick	1831	½	-	bye	0	W	19	0	B	22	1	W	39	1	B	40
	Calderdale			½			½			½			1½			2½		5½
30	Paul Brencher	1952	1	W	35	½	B	12	0	W	16	½	B	28	0	B	15
	Acomb WM Club			1			1½			1½			2			2		8
31	Christopher S Dossett	1825	½	-	bye	½	B	20	0	W	8	1	B	34	0	W	21
	Scarborough			½			1			1			2			2		6½
32	Pete Redmond	1921	½	B	9	½	W	28	½	B	25	0	W	14	½	B	33
	Bingley			½			1			1½			1½			2		6½
33	Li Jiping	1677	½	-	bye	0	B	13	½	W	37	½	B	38	½	W	32
	Sheffield University			½			½			1			1½			2		5½
34	Roger D de Coverly	2022	0	B	5	½	W	38	½	B	35	0	W	31	1	W	42
	Bourne End			0			½			1			1			2		4½
35	Richard L Bowman	1854	½	-	bye	0	B	21	½	W	34	½	B	37	0	W	27
	Leeds			½			½			1			1½			1½		5
36	Leo A Keely	2104	0	B	31	1	W	42	0	B	15	0	W	22	½	B	38
	Huddersfield			0			1			1			1			1½		4½
37	Michael Ridge	2010	0	B	18	½	W	39	½	B	33	½	W	35	0	B	25
	Edinburgh			0			½			1			1½			1½		4½
38	Andrew B Mata	1877	0	W	15	½	B	34	0	B	28	½	W	33	½	W	36
	Tonbridge/Hadlow			0			½			½			1			1½		3½
39	Gerald Cuaresma	1980	0	W	25	½	B	37	0	W	27	0	B	29	1	W	41
	Huddersfield			0			½			½			½			1½		3
40	Joe Varley	2026	0	W	4	1	B	43	0	W	12	0	B	26	0	W	29
	Hull			0			1			1			1			1		4
41	Paul Stanley	1255	0	B	17	1	-	bye	0	W	3	0	W	23	0	B	39
	Purbeck			0			1			1			1			1		4
42	Damian M McCarthy	1955	0	B	6	0	B	36	1	W	43	0	W	24	0	B	34
	Culcheth			0			0			1			1			1		3
43	Martin P Gawne	1811	0	B	13	0	W	40	0	B	42	1	-	bye
	Barrow			0			0			0			1			1		2
44	Eric D Gardiner	2009	½	-	bye	0	W	2
	Hull DCA			½			½			½			½			½		2½
45	Bien Cuaresma	1710	½	-	bye
	Wakefield			½			½			½			½			½		2½

Major

No	Name	Rating		1			2			3			4		SPS

1	Luke Gostelow	1869	1	B	35	1	W	16	1	B	5	1	W	3
	Leeds University			1			2			3			4		10
2	Robert A Newton	1965	1	W	46	1	B	9	1	W	21	1	B	12
	Rochdale			1			2			3			4		10
3	Maksym Larchikov	1710	1	W	18	1	B	8	1	W	25	0	B	1
	Hull *			1			2			3			3		9
4	J Hall	1808	1	W	29	½	B	12	1	W	32	½	W	6
	Bradford			1			1½			2½			3		8
5	Robinson David	1857	1	W	47	1	B	37	0	W	1	1	B	26
				1			2			2			3		8
6	Nick Burton	1953	1	W	11	½	B	22	1	W	27	½	B	4
	Ilkley			1			1½			2½			3		8
7	Danny Mcmenamin	1881	1	W	51	½	B	14	½	W	23	1	B	22
	Lancaster			1			1½			2			3		7½
8	Ben Fearnhead	1852	1	B	53	0	W	3	1	B	49	1	W	13
	Poulton-Le-Fylde			1			1			2			3		7
9	Mark B W Waterfield	1839	1	W	49	0	W	2	1	B	45	1	B	21
	Kettering			1			1			2			3		7
10	M John Cawston	1840	½	-	bye	1	B	41	½	W	26	1	B	23
	Undercliffe			½			1½			2			3		7
11	Greg Billenness	1780	0	B	12	1	W	35	1	B	30	1	W	24
	Crawley			0			1			2			3		6
12	Tim R Spanton	1949	1	B	42	½	W	4	1	B	15	0	W	2
	Hastings & St Leonards			1			1½			2½			2½		7½
13	Robert A Dean	1864	½	W	40	1	B	48	1	W	14	0	B	8
	Undercliffe			½			1½			2½			2½		7
14	Arthur Hibbitt	1759	1	B	11	½	W	7	0	B	13	1	W	38
	Banbury			1			1½			1½			2½		6½
15	Bernie T Hare	1827	1	W	39	½	B	25	0	W	12	1	B	37
	Leeds CCCC			1			1½			1½			2½		6½
16	Nicholas Webb	1747	1	W	34	0	B	1	1	W	46	½	B	29
	The Buffs			1			1			2			2½		6½
17	Lindsay Pyun	1681	½	-	bye	½	W	18	½	B	38	1	W	39
	Leicestershire Juniors			½			1			1½			2½		5½
18	Jim E Vickery	1834	½	-	bye	½	B	17	½	W	40	1	B	41
	Alwoodley			½			1			1½			2½		5½
19	Randolph E Donahue	1789	½	-	bye	0	B	26	1	W	47	1	B	40
	Leeds CCCC			½			½			1½			2½		5
20	Dariusz Rak	0	½	W	37	0	B	27	1	W	52	1	B	42
	Poland			½			½			1½			2½		5
21	Gawain Ako	1843	1	-	bye	1	W	45	0	B	2	0	W	9
	Moortown			1			2			2			2		7
22	David W Adam	1824	1	B	10	½	W	6	½	B	24	0	W	7
	Ilkley			1			1½			2			2		6½
23	Alannah Ashton	1710	½	-	bye	1	W	31	½	B	7	0	W	10
	3Cs			½			1½			2			2		6
24	Zak Tomlinson	1893	½	-	bye	1	B	52	½	W	22	0	B	11
	Barnby Dun			½			1½			2			2		6
25	Graham J Ashcroft	1953	1	B	45	½	W	15	0	B	3	½	W	27
	Preston			1			1½			1½			2		6
26	Conroy A Geoff	0	½	B	21	1	W	19	½	B	10	0	W	5
				½			1½			2			2		6
27	Neil Coward	1763	½	-	bye	1	W	20	0	B	6	½	B	25
	Blackpool			½			1½			1½			2		5½
28	Kevin Winter	1762	½	-	bye	½	B	46	½	W	29	½	B	33
	Bradford			½			1			1½			2		5
29	David Wells	1854	0	B	3	1	W	53	½	B	28	½	W	16
	York			0			1			1½			2		4½
30	Gary D Gillespie	1937	0	W	14	1	B	54	0	W	11	1	B	47
	Rolls Royce Derby			0			1			1			2		4
31	A Keith Aitchison	1853	½	W	52	0	B	23	½	W	48	1	B	49
	Edinburgh			½			½			1			2		4
32	Richard Porter	1929	0	B	24	1	W	51	0	B	4	1	W	50
	Halifax			0			1			1			2		4
33	Paul May	1833	0	B	50	½	W	50	1	B	51	½	W	28
	Limewood & Scarcroft			0			½			1½			2		4
34	David P Gillespie	1983	0	B	4	½	W	43	½	B	50	1	W	45
	Scotland			0			½			1			2		3½
35	Dominic Gallagher	1623	0	W	26	0	B	11	1	W	54	1	B	48
	Rose Forgrove			0			0			1			2		3
36	Vivien Webster	1631	0	B	19	0	W	42	1	-	bye	1	B	46
	Halifax			0			0			1			2		3
37	John Torrance	1663	1	-	bye	0	W	5	½	B	39	0	W	15
	Kings Head			1			1			1½			1½		5
38	Steve Westmoreland	1853	½	-	bye	½	B	47	½	W	17	0	B	14
	Holmfirth			½			1			1½			1½		4½
39	Paul Wheatley	1802	½	-	bye	½	B	40	½	W	37	0	B	17
	Sheffield University			½			1			1½			1½		4½
40	Nigel Redmond	1652	½	-	bye	½	W	39	½	B	18	0	W	19
	Saltaire			½			1			1½			1½		4½
41	Francis D Smith	1686	½	-	bye	0	W	10	1	B	43	0	W	18
	Rose Forgrove			½			½			1½			1½		4
42	Roger Greatorex	1794	0	W	36	1	B	36	½	-	bye	0	W	20
	Llangollen			0			1			1½			1½		4
43	Stephen W Berkley	1779	0	W	13	½	B	34	0	W	41	1	B	53
	Barking			0			½			½			1½		2½
44	Gary Corcoran	1806	0	B	2	0	W	49	½	B	53	1	W	52
	Shipley			0			0			½			1½		2
45	Jeremy Butts	1642	1	W	41	0	B	21	0	W	9	0	B	34
	Hebden Bridge			1			1			1			1		4
46	George J Ellames	1917	½	B	13	½	W	28	0	B	16	0	W	36
	Alnwick			½			1			1			1		3½
47	Bill Tait	1704	½	B	32	½	W	38	0	B	19	0	W	30
	Ilkley			½			1			1			1		3½
48	David Boulden	1723	½	-	bye	0	W	13	½	B	31	0	W	35
	Denton			½			½			1			1		3
49	Joseph Morrison	1658	0	B	9	1	B	44	0	W	8	0	W	31
	Richmond Juniors			0			1			1			1		3
50	John K Holliday	1703	0	W	8	½	B	33	½	W	34	0	B	32
	Saltaire			0			½			1			1		2½
51	Cobus Daneel	1724	0	W	1	0	B	32	0	W	33	1	B	54
	Hebden Bridge			0			0			0			1		1
52	Michael I Connor	1760	½	-	bye	0	W	24	0	B	20	0	B	44
	Great Lever			½			½			½			½		2
53	Paul Butterworth	1722	0	B	5	0	B	29	½	W	44	0	W	43
	Bristol Grendel			0			0			½			½		1
54	Paul G Day	1732	0	B	15	0	W	30	0	B	35	0	W	51
	Keighley			0			0			0			0		0

Intermediate

No	Name	Rating		1			2			3			4			5		SPS

1	Paul N Fearnhead	1698	1	B	23	1	W	30	1	B	10	½	W	5	1	B	6
	Poulton-Le-Fylde			1			2			3			3½			4½		14
2	Kate Walker	1631	1	B	4	½	W	9	1	B	8	1	W	22	1	B	5
	Telepost (Shrewsbury)			1			1½			2½			3½			4½		13
3	Kajus Mikalajunas	1698	½	-	bye	1	W	33	1	B	19	1	W	7	1	B	9
	Leicestershire Juniors			½			1½			2½			3½			4½		12½
4	James Annan	0	0	W	2	1	B	34	1	B	30	1	W	10	1	W	11
				0			1			2			3			4		10
5	Keith Marsh	1650	1	B	38	1	W	14	1	B	18	½	B	1	0	W	2
	Q Gardens			1			2			3			3½			3½		13
6	Kieran Dickson	1648	½	-	bye	1	B	36	1	W	12	1	B	17	0	W	1
	Harrogate			½			1½			2½			3½			3½		11½
7	Titas Lukauskas	1688	1	B	33	1	W	29	½	W	17	0	B	3	1	W	18
	Limewood & Scarcroft			1			2			2½			2½			3½		11½
8	Neal Fisher	1698	1	W	31	½	B	19	0	W	2	1	B	20	1	W	32
	Peterborough			1			1½			1½			2½			3½		10
9	Brendan O'Gorman	1734	1	W	20	½	B	2	½	W	32	1