The Sheffield International Congress, as it was billed, was help from 04/10/2024 to 06/10/2024 at the Sheffield Chess Centre, 329A Coleford Road, Sheffield, S9 5NF. (The name incorporating “International” may have been used/retained to distinguish it from the Sheffield Congress ran last year, and which might wish to resume in 2025.) It incorporated the Yorkshire Individual Champion for 2024.

The number of entries was limited by space, but the number of entries, 68 in all, may have been a little disappointing. The two sections, U-2400 and U-1700 were both to be FIDE-rated, meaning Gold ECF Membership was required for the U-1700 section, which may have put off some Bronze members wishing to play in a single congress and pay the pay-to-play fee.

The Yorkshire Championship for 2024 was won by Thomas Carroll, who is currently at Sheffield University and has been playing for Sheffield in the Woodhouse Cup. (Bucholz tie-break was that applied, not the Sum of Progressive Scores shown in the cross-table.)

Final result cross-tables were as follows:

Under 2400

No	Name	Rtg		1			2			3			4			5		SPS

1	Thomas Carroll	2262	1	B	28	1	W	20	½	B	3	1	W	9	½	B	2
	Hoylake			1			2			2½			3½			4		13
2	Adam G Ashton	2337	1	W	27	1	B	18	½	W	6	1	B	10	½	W	1
	4NCL 3Cs			1			2			2½			3½			4		13
3	Jim Burnett	2103	1	W	31	1	B	21	½	W	1	½	B	4	1	B	19
	Sheffield			1			2			2½			3			4		12.5
4	Jacob Connor Boswell	2336	1	B	25	½	W	12	1	B	14	½	W	3	1	B	13
	Cheddleton & Leek			1			1½			2½			3			4		12
5	Tom Junde He	2112	½	-	bye	½	W	23	1	B	25	1	W	29	1	B	8
	King Edward VI Five Ways			½			1			2			3			4		10.5
6	John S Garnett	1968	1	B	41	1	W	8	½	B	2	½	W	11	½	B	7
	The Buffs			1			2			2½			3			3½		12
7	John C Tompson	2128	½	-	bye	½	B	22	1	W	27	1	B	12	½	W	6
	3Cs			½			1			2			3			3½		10
8	Tim P Wall	2300	1	W	30	0	B	6	1	W	22	1	B	18	0	W	5
	Forest Hall			1			1			2			3			3		10
9	Jack Pilley	2109	½	-	bye	1	B	39	1	W	17	0	B	1	½	W	15
	Syston			½			1½			2½			2½			3		10
10	Tetsuaki Sanada	2077	½	-	bye	1	W	35	1	B	19	0	W	2	½	B	14
	Chorlton-cum-Hardy			½			1½			2½			2½			3		10
11	Maksym Larchikov	2249	½	-	bye	1	W	24	½	B	12	½	B	6	½	W	16
	Hull *			½			1½			2			2½			3		9.5
12	Joe Varley	2066	1	B	43	½	B	4	½	W	11	0	W	7	1	B	29
	Hull			1			1½			2			2			3		9.5
13	Peter Shaw	2099	½	-	bye	½	B	34	1	W	31	1	B	17	0	W	4
	Wakefield			½			1			2			3			3		9.5
14	Adithya Vaidyanathan	2048	½	-	bye	1	B	26	0	W	4	1	B	33	½	W	10
	South Birmingham			½			1½			1½			2½			3		9
15	Justin Smith	1714	½	-	bye	½	W	16	½	B	20	1	W	21	½	B	9
	Derby			½			1			1½			2½			3		8.5
16	Alannah Ashton	2069	½	W	26	½	B	15	½	W	34	1	B	35	½	B	11
	3Cs			½			1			1½			2½			3		8.5
17	Gerald Cuaresma	1938	1	W	37	1	B	33	0	B	9	0	W	13	½	W	20
	Huddersfield			1			2			2			2			2½		9.5
18	Thomas Wills	2086	1	B	40	0	W	2	1	B	23	0	W	8	½	B	24
	SASCA			1			1			2			2			2½		8.5
19	Vinod M Fernando	2079	½	-	bye	1	B	36	0	W	10	1	B	34	0	W	3
	Burton			½			1½			1½			2½			2½		8.5
20	Daniel Js Sullivan	2040	1	W	38	0	B	1	½	W	15	½	-	bye	½	B	17
	Sheffield Nomads			1			1			1½			2			2½		8
21	Kam Wa Siu	1920	1	B	44	0	W	3	½	W	33	0	B	15	1	W	39
	Woodseats			1			1			1½			1½			2½		7.5
22	Shambavi Hariharan	1975	½	-	bye	½	W	7	0	B	8	½	W	28	1	B	37
	Oxford City			½			1			1			1½			2½		6.5
23	Sathya Vaidyanathan	1870	½	-	bye	½	B	5	0	W	18	½	B	26	1	W	38
	South Birmingham			½			1			1			1½			2½		6.5
24	Ayodeji Jeje	2017	½	-	bye	0	B	11	½	W	36	1	B	31	½	W	18
	SASCA			½			½			1			2			2½		6.5
25	Paul Wheatley	1879	0	W	4	1	B	43	0	W	5	½	B	36	1	W	35
	Sheffield Nomads			0			1			1			1½			2½		6
26	Dmytro Plotnikov	1750	½	B	16	0	W	14	½	B	28	½	W	23	1	B	40
	Bristol & Clifton			½			½			1			1½			2½		6
27	Dylan Mize	1906	0	B	2	1	W	40	0	B	7	½	W	37	1	W	34
	Liverpool			0			1			1			1½			2½		6
28	Zachary Barton	1843	0	W	1	½	B	38	½	W	26	½	B	22	1	W	36
	Crusaders Blackburn			0			½			1			1½			2½		5.5
29	Sai Vaddhireddy	2003	½	-	bye	½	W	30	1	B	37	0	B	5	0	W	12
	Ashton			½			1			2			2			2		7.5
30	Sithun De Silva	1865	0	B	8	½	B	29	½	W	38	1	W	40
	Ashton			0			½			1			2			2		5.5
31	Daniel Meredith	1792	0	B	3	1	W	44	0	B	13	0	W	24	1	B	41
	York			0			1			1			1			2		5
32	Seth Woozeer	1806	0	W	33	0	B	37	½	W	43	½	B	38	1	W	44
	Doncaster Juniors			0			0			½			1			2		3.5
33	John M Potter	2167	1	B	32	0	W	17	½	B	21	0	W	14
	Belper			1			1			1½			1½			1½		6.5
34	Skott K May	1824	½	-	bye	½	W	13	½	B	16	0	W	19	0	B	27
	Derby			½			1			1½			1½			1½		6
35	Roger Greatorex	1752	½	-	bye	0	B	10	1	W	39	0	W	16	0	B	25
	Llangollen			½			½			1½			1½			1½		5.5
36	Oliver Graham	1818	½	B	42	0	W	19	½	B	24	½	W	25	0	B	28
	Worksop			½			½			1			1½			1½		5
37	Mohammed Andeel	1658	0	B	17	1	W	32	0	W	29	½	B	27	0	W	22
	Ashton			0			1			1			1½			1½		5
38	Nathaniel Holroyd-Doveton	1743	0	B	20	½	W	28	½	B	30	½	W	32	0	B	23
	Rotherham			0			½			1			1½			1½		4.5
39	Benedikt Pitel	1829	½	-	bye	0	W	9	0	B	35	1	W	43	0	B	21
	Hull			½			½			½			1½			1½		4.5
40	Climate Mupfiga	1779	0	W	18	0	B	27	1	W	44	0	B	30	0	W	26
	Alwoodley			0			0			1			1			1		3
41	Andy Yang	1707	0	W	6							1	B	44	0	W	30
	Bolton			0			0			0			1			1		2
42	Robert McLean	2167	½	W	36
	3Cs			½			½			½			½			½		2.5
43	Dominic Gallagher	1749	0	W	12	0	W	25	½	B	32	0	B	39
	Rose Forgrove			0			0			½			½			½		1.5
44	Andrew Beswick	1635	0	W	21	0	B	31	0	B	40	0	W	41	0	B	32
	Chorlton-cum-Hardy			0			0			0			0			0		0

Under 1700

No	Name	Rtg		1			2			3			4			5		SPS

1	Marian-Silviu Talmacel	1564	1	W	13	1	B	11	1	B	7	0	W	2	1	B	8
	Gambit			1			2			3			3			4		13
2	Simon Richards	1662	½	-	bye	1	B	17	1	W	10	1	B	1	½	W	3
	Northwich			½			1½			2½			3½			4		12
3	Dominik Pitel	1627	½	-	bye	1	W	18	1	B	21	1	W	5	½	B	2
	Hull			½			1½			2½			3½			4		12
4	Stephen Williams	1662	½	-	bye	½	B	15	1	W	14	1	W	7	1	B	12
	Cwmbran			½			1			2			3			4		10.5
5	Mike Saunders	0	1	B	8	½	W	16	1	W	6	0	B	3	1	W	11
				1			1½			2½			2½			3½		11
6	Tadeusz Gumulka	1574	½	B	23	1	W	19	0	B	5	1	W	24	1	B	10
	Sheffield Chess Centre			½			1½			1½			2½			3½		9.5
7	Stephen K Lee	1615	1	W	22	1	B	14	0	W	1	0	B	4	1	W	15
	Hillsborough			1			2			2			2			3		10
8	Benjamin Layton	1569	0	W	5	1	B	22	1	W	13	1	B	9	0	W	1
	SASCA			0			1			2			3			3		9
9	Michael Hughes	1629	-	B	14	1	W	24	1	B	16	0	W	8	1	B	14
	Sheffield Nomads			0			1			2			2			3		8
10	Anant Handa	1523	½	-	bye	1	W	20	0	B	2	1	B	22	0	W	6
	Greater Manchester *			½			1½			1½			2½			2½		8.5
11	Chris Fraser	1656	1	B	24	0	W	1	½	B	15	1	W	21	0	B	5
	West Bridgford			1			1			1½			2½			2½		8.5
12	Peter Mari	1585	½	-	bye	0	B	21	1	W	23	1	B	17	0	W	4
	Warrington Central			½			½			1½			2½			2½		7.5
13	Guido Ngandu	1682	0	B	1	1	W	23	0	B	8	½	W	18	1	B	21
	Sheffield			0			1			1			1½			2½		6
14	Vidhyuth Kavin Sudagar	1396	+	W	9	0	W	7	0	B	4	1	B	20	0	W	9
	Leeds JCA			1			1			1			2			2		7
15	Gnana Revanth Potu	1536	½	B	16	½	W	4	½	W	11	½	-	bye	0	B	7
	Coventry University			½			1			1½			2			2		7
16	Jonathan Ferguson	1675	½	W	15	½	B	5	0	W	9	½	-	bye	½	B	19
	Woodseats			½			1			1			1½			2		6
17	Mohammed Rohman	1561	½	-	bye	0	W	2	1	B	19	0	W	12	½	B	18
	3Cs			½			½			1½			1½			2		6
18	David Kilmartin	1521	½	-	bye	0	B	3	½	W	20	½	B	13	½	W	17
	Blue Club (Oldham)			½			½			1			1½			2		5.5
19	Sylvan Clarke	1367	½	-	bye	0	B	6	0	W	17	1	B	23	½	W	16
	Alwoodley			½			½			½			1½			2		5
20	Stephen Gibson	1629	½	W	21	0	B	10	½	B	18	0	W	14	1	W	22
	Sheffield Deaf			½			½			1			1			2		5
21	Ben Findlay	1425	½	B	20	1	W	12	0	W	3	0	B	11	0	W	13
	SASCA			½			1½			1½			1½			1½		6.5
22	Hugh Shipley	1222	0	B	7	0	W	8	1	B	24	0	W	10	0	B	20
	Sheffield *			0			0			1			1			1		3
23	Omar Moylayev	777	½	W	6	0	B	13	0	B	12	0	W	19	½	B	24
	Sheffield *			½			½			½			½			1		3
24	Michael W Simmons	1441	0	W	11	0	B	9	0	W	22	0	B	6	½	W	23
	Sheffield Deaf			0			0			0			0			½		0.5