This was held from 8th to 10th December 2023 at The Business Centre, South Ribble Borough Council Civic Centre, West Paddock, Leyland, Lancashire, PR25 1DH. It was in the nature of a “stars barred” event as each of the three sections had an upper rating limit for entrants, the sections being

Major:	Under 2200	12 participants
Inter:	Under 1900	14 participants
Minor:	Under 1600	17 participants

A number of games were available to be watched on line:

Major https://view.livechesscloud.com/#1219713f-b8dc-4920-b1ef-bbe25739b89c

Inter https://view.livechesscloud.com/#4e38b77a-c77f-4b69-944d-517af253f85f

Round-by-round results were as follows:

	MAJOR

No	Name	Grade		1			2			3			4			5		SPS

1	Mike J Surtees	2046	0	B	12	1	W	10	1	B	5	1	W	8	1	B	2
	Great Lever			0			1			2			3			4		10
2	Oliver A Jackson	2069	1	W	6	1	B	12	1	W	9	½	B	7	0	W	1
	Cheshire & N Wales			1			2			3			3½			3½		13
3	Peter O'Driscoll	1915	½	-	bye	½	W	8	½	B	7	½	W	4	1	B	10
	Waterloo			½			1			1½			2			3		8
4	Chris Doran	1891	½	-	bye	0	B	9	1	W	11	½	B	3	1	W	7
	Chester			½			½			1½			2			3		7½
5	Kushal Jakhria	1847	½	-	bye	½	B	6	0	W	1	1	B	11	1	W	9
	Charlton			½			1			1			2			3		7½
6	Malcolm R Peacock	2013	0	B	2	½	W	5	½	B	10	1	W	12	1	B	8
	Preston			0			½			1			2			3		6½
7	Barry Hymer	1922	½	-	bye	1	B	11	½	W	3	½	W	2	0	B	4
	Lancaster			½			1½			2			2½			2½		9
8	Martin J Burns	1838	½	-	bye	½	B	3	1	W	12	0	B	1	0	W	6
	Crewe			½			1			2			2			2		7½
9	Damian McCarthy	1827	½	-	bye	1	W	4	0	B	2	½	W	10	0	B	5
	Culcheth			½			1½			1½			2			2		7½
10	Lindsay Pyun	1642	½	-	bye	0	B	1	½	W	6	½	B	9	0	W	3
	Leicestershire Juniors			½			½			1			1½			1½		5
11	Peter J Kobryn	1873	½	-	bye	0	W	7	0	B	4	0	W	5	1	B	12
	Great Lever			½			½			½			½			1½		3½
12	Mahin Rughani	1687	1	W	1	0	W	2	0	B	8	0	B	6	0	W	11
	Swinton & Worsley			1			1			1			1			1		5

	INTER

No	Name	Grade		1			2			3			4			5		SPS

1	Steven Potter	1750	1	B	3	1	W	5	1	B	2	½	W	7	½	B	4
	St Helens			1			2			3			3½			4		13½
2	Graham J Ashcroft	1738	1	W	14	1	B	8	0	W	1	½	B	3	1	W	10
	Preston			1			2			2			2½			3½		11
3	Hambel M Willow	1625	0	W	1	1	-	bye	1	B	6	½	W	2	1	B	7
	West Nottingham			0			1			2			2½			3½		9
4	Jon Blackburn	1714	½	-	bye	½	W	6	1	B	10	½	B	11	½	W	1
	Alsager			½			1			2			2½			3		9
5	Martin Baxter	1673	1	W	13	0	B	1	1	W	12	0	B	10	1	W	11
	Settle			1			1			2			2			3		9
6	Ishan Kumar	1461	½	-	bye	½	B	4	0	W	3	1	B	8	1	W	13
	Bristol GS			½			1			1			2			3		7½
7	Mike J O'Mahony	1634	½	-	bye	1	B	12	½	W	9	½	B	1	0	W	3
	Wallasey			½			1½			2			2½			2½		9
8	Bryony Eccleston	1251	1	-	bye	0	W	2	½	B	11	0	W	6	1	B	12
	Bolton			1			1			1½			1½			2½		7½
9	Martin P Gawne	1734	½	-	bye	1	W	10	½	B	7
	Barrow			½			1½			2			2			2		8
10	James Holyhead	1464	1	W	11	0	B	9	0	W	4	1	W	5	0	B	2
	Telepost			1			1			1			2			2		7
11	John Gillett	1696	0	B	10	1	B	13	½	W	8	½	W	4	0	B	5
	Waterloo			0			1			1½			2			2		6½
12	Sandra G Blackburn	1416	½	-	bye	0	W	7	0	B	5	½	W	13	0	W	8
	Alsager			½			½			½			1			1		3½
13	Rowan Eccleston	1156	0	B	5	0	W	11	½	-	bye	½	B	12	0	B	6
	Bolton			0			0			½			1			1		2½
14	Chris W Ford	1606	0	B	2
	Prescot & Knotty Ash			0			0			0			0			0		0

	MINOR

No	Name	Grade		1			2			3			4			5		SPS

1	Adam Bleakley	1501	1	W	10	1	W	9	1	B	2	0	B	4	1	W	5
	Hemel Hempstead			1			2			3			3			4		13
2	Andeel Mohammed	1576	1	B	14	1	W	7	0	W	1	1	B	8	1	W	4
	Ashton			1			2			2			3			4		12
3	Alex Porter	1386	0	B	4	1	B	16	1	W	15	1	W	10	1	B	12
	Leyland			0			1			2			3			4		10
4	Brian Butterworth	1541	1	W	3	1	B	15	½	-	bye	1	W	1	0	B	2
	Waterloo			1			2			2½			3½			3½		12½
5	Gary Slegg	1589	½	B	6	1	W	13	½	B	9	1	W	12	0	B	1
	Wrexham			½			1½			2			3			3		10
6	David Kilmartin	1497	½	W	5	0	B	11	1	W	14	½	-	bye	1	B	10
	Blue Club (Oldham)			½			½			1½			2			3		7½
7	Ken Lawson	1416	1	W	8	0	B	2	0	B	10	1	W	16	½	W	9
	Leyland			1			1			1			2			2½		7½
8	Neil Treadwell	1528	0	B	7	½	W	14	1	B	13	0	W	2	1	W	15
	Leyland			0			½			1½			1½			2½		6
9	Paul Robert Jackson	1579	1	W	16	0	B	1	½	W	5	+	B	11	½	B	7
	Lancaster			1			1			1½			1½			2		7
10	Guy McCombe	1234	0	B	1	1	-	bye	1	W	7	0	B	3	0	W	6
	Preston			0			1			2			2			2		7
11	Peter Hanks	1271	½	-	bye	1	W	6	0	B	12	-	W	9
	Ulverston			½			1½			1½			1½			1½		6½
12	David Sherman	1409	½	-	bye	+	B	17	1	W	11	0	B	5	0	W	3
	Bury			½			½			1½			1½			1½		5½
13	Jeff Wilson	1488	½	-	bye	0	B	5	0	W	8	1	B	15	+	W	16
	Oldham			½			½			½			1½			1½		4½
14	Patrick N Coleman	1464	0	W	2	½	B	8	0	B	6	1	-	bye
	Lytham St Annes			0			½			½			1½			1½		4
15	Dale Eccleston	1301	1	-	bye	0	W	4	0	B	3	0	W	13	0	B	8
	Bolton			1			1			1			1			1		5
16	Edward Staples	1494	0	B	9	0	W	3	1	-	bye	0	B	7	-	B	13
	Hull			0			0			1			1			1		3
17	David N Ashton	1575	½	-	bye	-	W	12
	Chester			½			½			½			½			½		2½