This was held over Saturday to Monday 19th to 21st of April at the Ukrainian Social Club, 99 Castle Street, Bolton, BL2 1JP, with three six-round sections: Open (17 participants), Under 1975 rating (30 participants), and Under 1650 (47 participants).

Prizes offered were handsome enough for relatively local players but would not be expected to draw strong players from far afield, nevertheless, the event lured GM Bogdan Lalić from London as well as 27-year-old German player Henrik Meyer who has no ECF rating but has a relatively modest 2036 FIDE rating. The latter started well, scoring 3½ from the first four rounds, having drawn in round 3 with Ali Janouby, which put him into the sole lead in the Open, and was then paired in round 5 with Lalić who had taken a ½-point bye in round 2 and drawn with Ali Janouby in round 4.

It was no surprise, really, when Lalić won that round-5 game, and also his round-6 game against teenager Shriaansh Ganti, who looks a good prospect for the future.

	Open

No	Name	Grade		1			2			3			4			5			6		SPS

1	Bogdan Lalic	2401	1	B	8	½	-	bye	1	W	9	½	W	5	1	B	4	1	W	2
	Wood Green			1			1½			2½			3			4			5		17
2	Shriaansh Ganti	2071	1	B	15	½	-	bye	½	W	7	1	B	6	1	W	5	0	B	1
	Ilkely Chess Centre			1			1½			2			3			4			4		15½
3	Mike J Surtees	2135	1	W	17	0	B	4	1	B	13	½	W	8	1	B	9	½	B	5
	Eccles Community			1			1			2			2½			3½			4		14
4	Henrik Meyer	2036	1	W	10	1	W	3	½	B	5	1	B	7	0	W	1	0	B	6
	Germany			1			2			2½			3½			3½			3½		16
5	Ali Jaunooby	2130	1	B	14	1	W	11	½	W	4	½	B	1	0	B	2	½	W	3
	Eccles Community			1			2			2½			3			3			3½		15
6	John P Wareing	1995	0	W	7	1	B	10	1	B	11	0	W	2	½	B	8	1	W	4
	Calderdale			0			1			2			2			2½			3½		11
7	Michael Mcdonagh	2148	1	B	6	½	W	9	½	B	2	0	W	4	1	B	16	w	0	1
	Chester			1			1½			2			2			3			3		12½
8	Qixuan Han	2004	0	W	1	1	B	12	1	W	15	½	B	3	½	W	6
	Kent Juniors			0			1			2			2½			3			3		11½
9	Tetsuaki Sanada	2099	1	W	12	½	B	7	0	B	1	½	W	11	0	W	3	1	B	13
	Chorlton-cum-Hardy			1			1½			1½			2			2			3		11
10	Kelechukwu Nkwonta	1838	0	B	4	0	W	6	1	-	bye	1	W	14	1	B	13	b	-	bye
	Bolton			0			0			1			2			3			3		9
11	Qixiang Han	2271	1	W	16	0	B	5	0	W	6	½	B	9	1	W	12
	Kent Juniors			1			1			1			1½			2½			2½		9½
12	Leo A Keely	1946	0	B	9	0	W	8	1	W	17	½	B	16	0	B	11	1	W	14
	Huddersfield			0			0			1			1½			1½			2½		6½
13	John S Garnett	1977	½	-	bye	½	B	16	0	W	3	1	B	17	0	W	10	0	W	9
	Billingham Synthonia			½			1			1			2			2			2		8½
14	Chris Vassiliou	1953	0	W	5	½	B	17	½	W	16	0	B	10	1	W	15	0	B	12
	Chorlton-cum-Hardy			0			½			1			1			2			2		6½
15	Peter J Kobryn	1898	0	W	2	1	-	bye	0	B	8				0	B	14	1	W	17
	Great Lever			0			1			1			1			1			2		6
16	James Dunbar	2000	0	B	11	½	W	13	½	B	14	½	W	12	0	W	7
	Greater Manchester *			0			½			1			1½			1½			1½		6
17	Neville Barnes	1837	0	B	3	½	W	14	0	B	12	0	W	13	1	-	bye	0	B	15
	Chorlton-cum-Hardy			0			½			½			½			1½			1½		4½

	Major (Under 1875)

No	Name	Grade		1			2			3			4			5			6		SPS

1	Jayar Om Reddy	1880	1	W	20	1	B	18	1	B	24	1	W	8	1	B	14	0	W	2
	London			1			2			3			4			5			5		20
2	Carmel J Barwick	1971	1	W	16	½	B	11	½	W	3	1	B	24	1	W	10	1	B	1
	Crewe			1			1½			2			3			4			5		16½
3	Matthew Grimley	1710	½	B	12	1	W	20	½	B	2	1	B	6	1	W	15	1	W	8
	Burnley			½			1½			2			3			4			5		16
4	Robert A Newton	1974	1	B	7	0	W	13	1	B	12	1	W	16	½	B	8	1	W	9
	Rochdale			1			1			2			3			3½			4½		15
5	Alex Robinson	1759	½	B	22	½	W	22	1	B	28	1	W	19	½	B	9	½	W	12
	Urmston			½			1			2			3			3½			4		14
6	John Ryan	1879	1	B	18	0	W	9	1	B	21	0	W	3	1	B	16	1	W	14
	Denton			1			1			2			2			3			4		13
7	Josh Cameron	1738	0	W	4	½	-	bye	1	B	20	½	W	12	1	B	19	1	B	13
	Chorlton-cum-Hardy			0			½			1½			2			3			4		11
8	Leo Cheung	1741	1	W	30	1	B	10	1	W	11	0	B	1	½	W	4	0	B	3
	Swinton & Worsley Community			1			2			3			3			3½			3½		16
9	Jamie Barnes	1849	1	-	bye	1	B	6	1	W	13	0	B	10	½	W	5	0	B	4
	Atherton			1			2			3			3			3½			3½		16
10	Carl Gartside	1888	1	B	17	0	W	8	1	B	25	1	W	9	0	B	2	½	W	11
	Macclesfield			1			1			2			3			3			3½		13½
11	Morgan French	1803	1	B	28	½	W	2	0	B	8	1	W	27	½	B	26	½	B	10
	Forest Hall			1			1½			1½			2½			3			3½		13
12	Martin J Burns	1904	½	W	3	1	B	26	0	W	4	½	B	7	1	W	24	½	B	5
	Crewe			½			1½			1½			2			3			3½		12
13	Connor Michael I	1867	1	W	26	1	B	4	0	B	9	0	W	14	1	B	27	0	W	7
	Great Lever			1			2			2			2			3			3		13
14	Martin Baxter	1692	0	W	10	1	B	29	1	-	bye	1	B	13	0	W	1	0	B	6
	Burnley			0			1			2			3			3			3		12
15	Max Fyson	1966	1	B	25	0	W	24	0	B	19	1	W	21	0	B	3	1	W	26
	Lancaster			1			1			1			2			2			3		10
16	Richard A Gavin	1731	0	B	2	1	W	17	1	B	22	0	B	4	0	W	6	1	W	30
	Blue Club (Oldham)			0			1			2			2			2			3		10
17	Jon EW Blackburn	1669	0	W	6	0	B	16	½	W	26	½	-	bye	1	B	29	1	W	25
	Alsager			0			0			½			1			2			3		6½
18	Jon Coupe	1634	1	B	11	0	W	1	½	-	bye	1	W	28
	Blue Club (Oldham)			1			1			1½			2½			2½			2½		11
19	Ethan Tatters	1679	0	B	1	1	-	bye	1	W	15	0	B	5	0	W	7	½	B	21
	Forest Hall			0			1			2			2			2			2½		9½
20	Peter Mellor	1748	½	W	27	0	B	3	0	W	7	1	-	bye	1	B	25	0	W	23
	John Littlewood			½			½			½			1½			2½			2½		8
21	Ved Sudeep Boganadham	1584	½	W	5	½	B	23	0	W	6	0	B	15	1	-	bye	½	W	19
	3Cs			½			1			1			1			2			2½		8
22	Paul D Doherty	1789	½	-	bye	½	B	5	0	W	16	0	W	25	½	B	30	1	B	24
	Bolton			½			1			1			1			1½			2½		7½
23	Vincent Logan	1791	0	W	21	½	W	21	½	-	bye	+	B	29	½	-	bye	1	B	20
	Greater Manchester *			0			½			1			1			1½			2½		6½
24	Andy Yang	1742	1	B	29	1	B	15	0	W	1	0	W	2	0	B	12	0	W	22
	Bolton			1			2			2			2			2			2		11
25	Aram Marsh	1645	0	B	15	1	W	27	0	W	10	1	B	22	0	W	20	0	B	17
	Chorlton-cum-Hardy			0			1			1			2			2			2		8
26	Brian Butterworth	1559	½	B	19	0	W	12	½	B	17	½	-	bye	½	W	11	0	B	15
	Waterloo			½			½			1			1½			2			2		7½
27	Tyler Sweeney	1721	0	W	14	0	B	25	1	W	30	0	B	11	0	W	13	1	W	29
	Swinton & Worsley Community			0			0			1			1			1			2		5
28	John Gillett	1643	0	W	10	1	B	30	0	W	5	0	B	18
	Merseyside *			0			1			1			1			1			1		5
29	Michael Lally	0	0	B	12	0	W	14	1	-	bye	-	W	23	0	W	17	0	B	27
				0			0			1			1			1			1		4
30	Sandra G Blackburn	1557	0	W	24	0	W	28	0	B	27	½	-	bye	½	W	22	0	B	16
	Alsager			0			0			0			½			1			1		2½

	Minor (under 1650)

No	Name	Grade		1			2			3			4			5			6		SPS

1	Sam Wyatt	1492	1	W	44	1	B	25	1	W	13	1	B	6	1	W	2	½	B	3
	Lancaster			1			2			3			4			5			5½		20½
2	Shlok Maheshwari	1648	1	W	20	½	B	7	1	W	24	1	B	31	0	B	1	1	W	12
	Swinton & Worsley Community			1			1½			2½			3½			3½			4½		16½
3	John Donegan	1475	1	B	47	½	-	bye	1	W	9	½	B	11	1	W	6	½	W	1
	Chorlton-cum-Hardy			1			1½			2½			3			4			4½		16½
4	Sara Kundan Khan	1588	1	B	40	0	W	18	1	B	37	1	W	22	½	B	12	1	W	15
	Poulton-le-Fylde			1			1			2			3			3½			4½		15
5	David J Buckell	1553	½	W	38	1	B	39	½	W	7	½	B	20	1	W	31	1	B	11
	Roebuck			½			1½			2			2½			3½			4½		14½
6	Tadeusz Gumulka	1553	1	B	41	1	W	21	1	B	18	0	W	1	0	B	3	1	W	22
	Sheffield Chess Centre			1			2			3			3			3			4		16
7	Patrick N Coleman	1495	1	B	43	½	W	2	½	B	5	½	W	19	1	B	17	½	W	8
	Lytham St Annes			1			1½			2			2½			3½			4		14½
8	Paul Leonard	1612	½	W	39	½	B	31	1	W	26	1	B	13	½	W	11	½	B	7
	Atherton			½			1			2			3			3½			4		14
9	Gary Slegg	1540	1	B	46	½	W	11	0	B	3	1	W	32	½	B	18	1	W	19
	Wrexham			1			1½			1½			2½			3			4		13½
10	Peter Fisher S	1635	1	W	36	0	B	13	0	W	34	1	B	29	1	W	26	1	B	20
	Wrexham			1			1			1			2			3			4		12
11	Stewart Ogden	0	1	-	bye	½	B	9	1	W	14	½	W	3	½	B	8	0	W	5
	Todmorden			1			1½			2½			3			3½			3½		15
12	Paul Robert Jackson	1551	½	W	33	½	B	38	1	W	29	1	B	34	½	W	4	0	B	2
	Lancashire *			½			1			2			3			3½			3½		13½
13	Darren Stanway	1487	1	B	30	1	W	10	0	B	1	0	W	8	1	B	37	½	W	14
	Eccles Community			1			2			2			2			3			3½		13½
14	Ian Mitchell	1603	1	B	28	½	W	24	0	B	11	½	-	bye	1	W	34	½	B	13
	Heywood			1			1½			1½			2			3			3½		12½
15	Sam Bartlett	1472	½	-	bye	½	B	29	½	W	38	1	B	35	1	W	16	0	B	4
	Ashton			½			1			1½			2½			3½			3½		12½
16	Anthony Jinks	1565	½	-	bye	½	-	bye	1	B	40	½	W	18	0	B	15	1	W	21
	Heywood			½			1			2			2½			2½			3½		12
17	Chris W Ford	1626	0	W	21	1	B	33	½	W	36	1	B	38	0	W	7	1	B	31
	Prescot & Knotty Ash			0			1			1½			2½			2½			3½		11
18	Christopher Lysons	1475	1	W	45	1	B	4	0	W	6	½	B	16	½	W	9	0	B	23
	Eccles Community			1			2			2			2½			3			3		13½
19	David Kilmartin	1638	1	B	34	½	W	23	½	-	bye	½	B	7	½	W	20	0	B	9
	Blue Club (Oldham)			1			1½			2			2½			3			3		13
20	Con Carey	1472	0	B	2	1	W	43	1	B	41	½	W	5	½	B	19	0	W	10
	Heywood			0			1			2			2½			3			3		11½
21	Philip Roe	1447	1	B	17	0	B	6	½	W	35	½	W	23	1	B	27	0	B	16
	Scarborough			1			1			1½			2			3			3		11½
22	William Bartlett	1420	½	-	bye	½	B	35	1	W	25	0	B	4	1	W	24	0	B	6
	Ashton			½			1			2			2			3			3		11½
23	Gordon L Glover	1532	1	W	42	½	B	19	0	W	31	½	B	21	+	W	36	1	W	18
	Crusaders Blackburn			1			1½			1½			2			2			3		11
24	Neil Treadwell	1483	1	W	32	½	B	14	0	B	2	½	W	28	0	B	22	1	W	41
	Leyland			1			1½			1½			2			2			3		11
25	Mohammed Rohman	1620	1	B	37	0	W	1	0	B	22	½	W	40	1	B	28	½	W	30
	3Cs			1			1			1			1½			2½			3		10
26	Claire Kerton	1467	½	W	35	½	-	bye	0	B	8	1	W	41	0	B	10	1	W	42
	3Cs			½			1			1			2			2			3		9½
27	Vidhyuth Kavin Sudagar	1592	0	W	31	½	B	46	1	W	33	½	B	36	0	W	21	1	B	39
	The Chess Centre			0			½			1½			2			2			3		9
28	Lawrence Harold	1405	0	W	14	½	B	32	1	W	46	½	B	24	0	W	25	1	B	34
	Eccles Community			0			½			1½			2			2			3		9
29	Ibrahim Riaz	1038	½	-	bye	½	W	15	0	B	12	0	W	10	1	B	46	1	W	37
	3Cs			½			1			1			1			2			3		8½
30	Ben Abraham	1259	0	W	13	0	B	36	½	-	bye	1	W	46	1	B	40	½	B	25
	Ashton			0			0			½			1½			2½			3		7½
31	Anthony Taylor	1390	1	B	27	½	W	8	1	B	23	0	W	2	0	B	5	0	W	17
	Forest Hall			1			1½			2½			2½			2½			2½		12½
32	Hafsa Riaz	1246	0	B	24	½	W	28	1	W	39	0	B	9	1	W	38
	3Cs			0			½			1½			1½			2½			2½		8½
33	Parshottambhi D Patel	1332	½	B	12	0	W	17	0	B	27	1	W	44	0	B	41	1	W	45
	Bolton			½			½			½			1½			1½			2½		7
34	Andrew R De Santos	1472	0	W	19	1	B	42	1	B	10	0	W	12	0	B	14	0	W	28
	Preston			0			1			2			2			2			2		9
35	Nicholas C Flaherty	1630	½	B	26	½	W	22	½	B	21	0	W	15	½	-	bye
	East Cheshire			½			1			1½			1½			2			2		8½
36	Jeff Wilson	1470	0	B	10	1	W	30	½	B	17	½	W	27	-	B	23
	Blue Club (Oldham)			0			1			1½			2			2			2		8½
37	Nicholas PA Wright	1434	0	W	25	1	B	44	0	W	4	1	B	45	0	W	13	0	B	29
	Newcastle-under-Lyme			0			1			1			2			2			2		8
38	David M Scorer	1337	½	B	5	½	W	12	½	B	15	0	W	17	0	B	32	½	W	43
	Roebuck			½			1			1½			1½			1½			2		8
39	Ken Lawson	1430	½	B	8	0	W	5	0	B	32	1	W	43	½	B	42	0	W	27
	Leyland			½			½			½			1½			2			2		7
40	Noah Hicks	1346	0	W	4	1	B	47	0	W	16	½	B	25	0	W	30	½	B	44
	3Cs			0			1			1			1½			1½			2		7
41	Jenny Gartside	1334	0	W	6	1	B	45	0	W	20	0	B	26	1	W	33	0	B	24
	Belper			0			1			1			1			2			2		7
42	Anant Handa	1321	0	B	23	0	W	34	½	B	44	1	W	47	½	W	39	0	B	26
	Greater Manchester *			0			0			½			1½			2			2		6
43	John HT Eddershaw	1314	0	W	7	0	B	20	1	W	47	0	B	39	½	W	45	½	B	38
	Ecclesall			0			0			1			1			1½			2		5½
44	Sean Hicks	1302	0	B	1	0	W	37	½	W	42	0	B	33	1	B	47	½	W	40
	3Cs			0			0			½			½			1½			2		4½
45	Mark Sun	772	0	B	18	0	W	41	1	-	bye	0	W	37	½	B	43	0	B	33
	Greater Manchester Juniors			0			0			1			1			1½			1½		5
46	Mykhailo Yashchera	1326	0	W	9	½	W	27	0	B	28	0	B	30	0	W	29	1	B	47
	Eccles Community			0			½			½			½			½			1½		3½
47	Zongheng Li	888	0	W	3	0	W	40	0	B	43	0	B	42	0	W	44	0	W	46
	Bowen Sale			0			0			0			0			0			0		0