This year’s Northumbria Masters was held over the long bank-holiday weekend of 24th to 28th August at Forest Hall Social Club, Errington Terrace, Newcastle upon Tyne. There were four FIDE-rated sections (Masters, Challengers, Major and Minor) each of 9 rounds and a 5-round Foundation section with opponents playing two games per round with the intention of enabling unrated players to get an ECF “K” rating from just one tournament. Alongside this was a Schiller-system event intended to enabled players to get title norms. There was initially mention of both a “GM Tournament” offering the possibility of GM & IM norms and a “WGM Tournament” offering the possibility of WGM & WIM norms. In the event, the WGM tournament seems not to have materialised.

Participants of each section or event (apart from the norm-), including about 6 fillers but excluding “no shows” were as follows:

	Masters	Challengers	Major	Minor	Foundation	Norm‑Qualifiers	Total
Rating Limit	2000+	Under 2000	Under 1800	Under 1600	Under 1400
Participants	28	51	27	24	15	24	169

157 participants in the Swiss sections would be a satisfactory but relatively modest number for a weekend congress, but the number of games resulting is commensurate with a 5-round congress of 250 participants. Six players achieved title norms, as indicated in the relevant tables below. The advertised live coverage of games did not materialise due to internet connectivity problems.

Masters

No	Name	Rtg		1			2			3			4			5			6			7			8			9		SPS

1	Daniel W Gormally	2447	1	B	24	1	W	6	1	B	26	1	W	9	½	B	3	½	W	2	½	B	11	1	W	14	½	B	4
	4NCL Blackthorne Russia			1			2			3			4			4½			5			5½			6½			7		38½
2	Gudmundur Kjartansson	2458	1	W	27	½	B	21	½	W	16	½	B	5	1	W	22	½	B	1	1	W	12	1	W	3	1	B	7
	Iceland			1			1½			2			2½			3½			4			5			6			7		32½
3	Steven A Jones	2197	½	B	17	1	W	25	½	B	13	1	W	6	½	W	1	1	B	8	1	W	5	0	B	2	1	W	12
	Basingstoke			½			1½			2			3			3½			4½			5½			5½			6½		32½
4	Keith C Arkell	2373	½	W	20	0	B	8	1	B	25	1	W	14	½	B	9	½	W	13	1	B	16	+	W	11	½	W	1
	4NCL Cheddleton			½			½			1½			2½			3			3½			4½			5½			6		27½
5	Manmay Chopra	1899	1	-	bye	½	B	16	½	W	8	½	W	2	1	B	6	½	W	11	0	B	3	½	W	17	1	B	14
	Harrow			1			1½			2			2½			3½			4			4			4½			5½		28½
6	Charles H Storey	2138	1	W	23	0	B	1	1	W	18	0	B	3	0	W	5	1	B	25	½	B	15	1	W	16	1	B	13
	Jesmond			1			1			2			2			2			3			3½			4½			5½		24½
7	David J Walker	2253	1	W	22	½	B	12	½	W	21	½	-	bye	½	B	16	½	-	bye	1	W	13	½	-	bye	0	W	2
	Leam Lane			1			1½			2			2½			3			3½			4½			5			5		28
8	Kenneth Hobson	2166	½	-	bye	1	W	4	½	B	5	1	W	13	½	B	11	0	W	3	0	B	14	1	W	18	½	B	10
	Cowley			½			1½			2			3			3½			3½			3½			4½			5		27
9	Jacob Connor Boswell	2226	1	B	19	½	W	13	1	B	17	0	B	1	½	W	4	0	W	14	½	B	10	½	W	15	1	B	21
	Cheddleton & Leek			1			1½			2½			2½			3			3			3½			4			5		26
10	Sheng Liang Bernard Chan	2051	1	-	bye	0	B	26	½	W	15	½	B	19	½	W	21	1	B	22	½	W	9	½	B	12	½	W	8
	Leeds University			1			1			1½			2			2½			3½			4			4½			5		25
11	Thomas Villiers	2163	0	B	13	1	W	19	1	W	12	1	B	21	½	W	8	½	B	5	½	W	1	-	B	4
	Muswell Hill			0			1			2			3			3½			4			4½			4½			4½		27
12	Matthew Forster	2045	1	B	14	½	W	7	0	B	11	1	W	15	1	B	26	½	W	16	0	B	2	½	W	10	0	B	3
	Horsham			1			1½			1½			2½			3½			4			4			4½			4½		27
13	Jacob D Yoon	2050	1	W	11	½	B	9	½	W	3	0	B	8	1	W	27	½	B	4	0	B	7	1	W	20	0	W	6
	Barnet Knights			1			1½			2			2			3			3½			3½			4½			4½		25½
14	Peter J Sowray	2151	0	W	12	½	B	22	1	W	20	0	B	4	1	W	19	1	B	9	1	W	8	0	B	1	0	W	5
	4NCL Barbican			0			½			1½			1½			2½			3½			4½			4½			4½		23
15	Michael V R Steadman	2100	0	W	26	1	W	28	½	B	10	0	B	12	½	W	23	1	B	21	½	W	6	½	B	9	½	B	18
	New Zealand			0			1			1½			1½			2			3			3½			4			4½		21
16	Callum D Brewer	2144	1	B	18	½	W	5	½	B	2	½	W	26	½	W	7	½	B	12	0	W	4	0	B	6	½	B	24
	4NCL Sussex Martlets			1			1½			2			2½			3			3½			3½			3½			4		24½
17	Jude Shearsby	2053	½	W	3	1	B	20	0	W	9	0	B	22	½	W	25	½	B	23	1	W	24	½	B	5
	Kenilworth			½			1½			1½			1½			2			2½			3½			4			4		21
18	Supratit Banerjee	2016	0	W	16	1	-	bye	0	B	6	½	B	23	½	W	20	½	B	24	1	W	22	0	B	8	½	W	15
	Coulsdon Chess Club			0			1			1			1½			2			2½			3½			3½			4		19
19	Kett Timothy J	2072	0	W	9	0	B	11	1	-	bye	½	W	10	0	B	14	+	B	27	½	-	bye	1	W	25
				0			0			1			1½			1½			2½			3			4			4		17½
20	Aron Saunders	2113	½	B	4	0	W	17	0	B	14	½	W	24	½	B	18	1	-	bye	½	W	21	0	B	13	1	W	25
	Downend & Fishponds			½			½			½			1			1½			2½			3			3			4		16½
21	Theo Khoury	2066	1	B	28	½	W	2	½	B	7	0	W	11	½	B	10	0	W	15	½	B	20	½	W	24	0	W	9
	Maidenhead Junior			1			1½			2			2			2½			2½			3			3½			3½		21½
22	Archibong Ubong Samuel	2085	0	B	7	½	W	14	1	B	24	1	W	17	0	B	2	0	W	10	0	B	18	0	W	23	1	-	bye
				0			½			1½			2½			2½			2½			2½			2½			3½		18
23	Alexandros N Ethelontis	2015	0	B	6	½	W	24	½	B	27	½	W	18	½	B	15	½	W	17	0	B	25	1	B	22
	Muswell Hill			0			½			1			1½			2			2½			2½			3½			3½		17
24	David Henderson	2113	0	W	1	½	B	23	0	W	22	½	B	20	1	-	bye	½	W	18	0	B	17	½	B	21	½	W	16
	Tynemouth			0			½			½			1			2			2½			2½			3			3½		15½
25	Shyam Jagdish Modi	2113	½	-	bye	0	B	3	0	W	4	1	-	bye	½	B	17	0	W	6	1	W	23	0	B	19	0	B	20
	Syston			½			½			½			1½			2			2			3			3			3		16
26	Vincenzo Montilli	2282	1	B	15	1	W	10	0	W	1	½	B	16	0	W	12
	Hammersmith			1			2			2			2½			2½			2½			2½			2½			2½		20
27	Robert F Willmoth	2125	0	B	2	½	-	bye	½	W	23	½	-	bye	0	B	13	-	W	19	1	-	bye
	Hendon			0			½			1			1½			1½			1½			2½			2½			2½		13½
28	Thomas A Eggleston	2215	0	W	21	0	B	15
	Durham City			0			0			0			0			0			0			0			0			0		0

Challengers

No	Name	Fed		1			2			3			4			5			6			7			8			9		SPS

1	Owen Crawford	ENG	1	B	40	1	W	11	½	B	9	1	W	10	1	B	2	½	W	15	1	B	3	½	W	5	½	B	4
	Derby			1			2			2½			3½			4½			5			6			6½			7		38
2	Edmond Andal	PHI	1	W	8	1	B	30	1	W	22	1	B	3	0	W	1	½	B	5	½	W	4	½	W	18	1	B	9
	Philippines			1			2			3			4			4			4½			5			5½			6½		35½
3	Liu Jack Tianyi	ENG	1	W	27	1	B	35	1	W	23	0	W	2	½	B	15	1	B	16	0	W	1	1	B	19	1	W	10
				1			2			3			3			3½			4½			4½			5½			6½		33½
4	Ran Song	CHN	½	B	10	½	W	15	1	B	36	1	W	26	½	B	24	1	W	6	½	B	2	1	W	9	½	W	1
	China			½			1			2			3			3½			4½			5			6			6½		32
5	Fiachra Scallan	IRL	1	B	36	1	W	39	1	W	6	½	B	16	½	-	bye	½	W	2	½	-	bye	½	B	1	½	B	7
	University College Dublin			1			2			3			3½			4			4½			5			5½			6		34½
6	Maksym Larchikov	UKR	1	W	44	1	W	12	0	B	5	1	B	30	1	W	28	0	B	4	½	W	23	½	B	15	1	W	20
	Hull *			1			2			2			3			4			4			4½			5			6		31½
7	Mohindra Raj K	ENG	0	W	23	1	B	41	½	W	18	½	B	19	1	W	14	½	B	12	1	W	24	1	B	22	½	W	5
				0			1			1½			2			3			3½			4½			5½			6		27
8	Nicholas Kowalski Rubiales	ESP	0	B	2	½	W	31	1	B	40	½	W	33	½	B	26	1	W	32	½	B	25	1	W	17	1	B	18
	Hammersmith			0			½			1½			2			2½			3½			4			5			6		25
9	Jonathan McKay	SCO	1	W	20	½	B	29	½	W	1	1	B	22	½	W	16	1	B	24	1	W	15	0	B	4	0	W	2
	Glasgow Montrose			1			1½			2			3			3½			4½			5½			5½			5½		32
10	Lewis A Turner	ENG	½	W	4	1	B	45	1	W	12	0	B	1	1	W	18	0	B	22	1	W	28	1	B	23	0	B	3
	Wigston			½			1½			2½			2½			3½			3½			4½			5½			5½		29½
11	Chris Izod	ENG	1	W	18	0	B	1	½	W	27	½	B	29	1	W	42	0	B	23	½	W	20	1	B	26	1	W	24
	Jesmond			1			1			1½			2			3			3			3½			4½			5½		25
12	Peter Hasson	ENG	1	W	41	0	B	6	0	B	10	½	W	20	1	B	44	½	W	7	1	B	42	½	W	13	1	B	15
	Farnham			1			1			1			1½			2½			3			4			4½			5½		24
13	Alexandr Pereslavtsev	ENG	½	-	bye	½	-	bye	0	B	24	0	W	36	1	B	39	1	W	45	1	W	30	½	B	12	1	W	22
	Upminster			½			1			1			1			2			3			4			4½			5½		22½
14	David Egan	ENG	0	B	17	0	W	36	1	B	32	1	W	39	0	B	7	1	W	46	½	-	bye	1	B	27	1	W	23
	Jesmond			0			0			1			2			2			3			3½			4½			5½		21½
15	Louis Cheng	SCO	1	W	24	½	B	4	1	W	29	1	B	23	½	W	3	½	B	1	0	B	9	½	W	6	0	W	12
	Scotland			1			1½			2½			3½			4			4½			4½			5			5		31½
16	Colin A Costello	ENG	½	B	34	1	W	42	1	B	46	½	W	5	½	B	9	0	W	3	0	B	19	1	W	32	½	B	17
	Carlisle Austin Friars			½			1½			2½			3			3½			3½			3½			4½			5		27½
17	Maxime Quillaud	ENG	1	W	14	0	B	23	1	W	38	0	B	28	1	W	21	1	B	30	½	W	22	0	B	8	½	W	16
	Desert Penguins (London)			1			1			2			2			3			4			4½			4½			5		27
18	Paul Brencher	ENG	0	B	11	1	W	33	½	B	7	1	W	46	0	B	10	1	W	34	1	W	29	½	B	2	0	W	8
	Acomb WM Club			0			1			1½			2½			2½			3½			4½			5			5		25½
19	Lindsay Pyun	ENG	½	-	bye	½	-	bye	½	B	31	½	W	7	+	B	48	½	B	28	1	W	16	0	W	3	½	B	25
	Leicestershire Juniors			½			1			1½			2			3			3½			4½			4½			5		25½
20	Olga L Latypova	ENG	0	B	9	½	W	40	½	B	41	½	B	12	1	W	38	1	W	26	½	B	11	1	W	25	0	B	6
	Chelmsford			0			½			1			1½			2½			3½			4			5			5		23
21	Sam Trevelyan	ENG	0	B	26	½	W	32	1	W	35	½	-	bye	0	B	17	1	W	31	0	B	36	1	W	42	1	B	29
	Jesmond			0			½			1½			2			2			3			3			4			5		21
22	Kritan Boggarapu	SCO	1	B	32	1	W	26	0	B	2	0	W	9	1	B	33	1	W	10	½	B	17	0	W	7	0	B	13
	Edinburgh *			1			2			2			2			3			4			4½			4½			4½		27½
23	David Armbruster	ENG	1	B	7	1	W	17	0	B	3	0	W	15	1	B	37	1	W	11	½	B	6	0	W	10	0	B	14
	Gosforth			1			2			2			2			3			4			4½			4½			4½		27½
24	Goran Turicar	CRO	0	B	15	1	-	bye	1	W	13	1	B	25	½	W	4	0	W	9	0	B	7	1	W	36	0	B	11
	Croatia			0			1			2			3			3½			3½			3½			4½			4½		25½
25	Nathan Ekanem	NGR	½	-	bye	½	-	bye	1	B	34	0	W	24	1	W	27	½	B	29	½	W	8	0	B	20	½	W	19
	Gateshead			½			1			2			2			3			3½			4			4			4½		24½
26	Robbie Kildea	IRL	1	W	21	0	B	22	1	W	37	0	B	4	½	W	8	0	B	20	1	B	34	0	W	11	1	W	30
	4NCL Enniscorthy			1			1			2			2			2½			2½			3½			3½			4½		22½
27	Lynda Smith	WLS	0	B	3	1	W	43	½	B	11	1	W	47	0	B	25	½	-	bye	½