Eccles Chess Club was originally set up to use chess to meet certain social needs (see here). Most chess clubs enter teams in leagues, so enabling members to encounter a variety of opponents from outside the club. The nature of Eccles Community Chess Club’s origins means that such competition against external players is not a primary objective.

The club’s organisers seem to have got themselves trained up as chess organisers, and one-day events open to outsiders where two standard-rate rounds are played have been tried. This event seems to be the first Eccles CCC has tried in the nature of a “normal” congress. This was a six-round rapidplay event, and maybe a full-blown weekend congress might be tried in the future.

There was a single outright winner in each section. The Open was won by Hull’s Ukranian-born Maksym Larchikov, despite him only drawing in round 1.

	Open

No	Name	Grade		1			2			3			4			5			6		SPS

1	Maksym Larchikov	2274	½	W	7	1	B	2	1	W	5	1	W	3	1	B	4	1	B	6
	Hull & ERCA			½			1½			2½			3½			4½			5½		18
2	Tetsuaki Sanada	2052	1	B	14	0	W	1	1	W	9	½	B	10	1	W	8	1	B	3
	Chorlton-Cum-Hardy			1			1			2			2½			3½			4½		14½
3	Mahin Rughani	2064	1	W	4	1	B	9	1	W	10	0	B	1	1	B	6	0	W	2
	Swinton & Worsley Community			1			2			3			3			4			4		17
4	Yavuz Aydin Kocak	1752	0	B	3	1	W	12	1	B	14	1	B	7	0	W	1	1	W	10
	3Cs			0			1			2			3			3			4		13
5	Ali Reza Jaunooby	2102	0	B	10	1	W	14	0	B	1	1	W	11	1	W	9	1	B	7
	Eccles Community			0			1			1			2			3			4		11
6	Sam Davies	1959	½	-	bye	1	B	11	½	W	7	1	B	8	0	W	3	0	W	1
	Tiger Chess			½			1½			2			3			3			3		13
7	Marcial Flores	2001	½	B	1	1	W	13	½	B	6	0	W	4	1	B	10	0	W	5
	Eccles Community			½			1½			2			2			3			3		12
8	Mike J Surtees	2073	1	B	12	0	W	10	1	B	11	0	W	6	0	B	2	1	W	13
	Great Lever			1			1			2			2			2			3		11
9	Ibrahim Amin	1621	1	-	bye	0	W	3	0	B	2	1	W	13	0	B	5	1	B	12
	Leicester University			1			1			1			2			2			3		10
10	Peter Stone	1971	1	W	5	1	B	8	0	B	3	½	W	2	0	W	7	0	B	4
	Norfolk & Norwich			1			2			2			2½			2½			2½		12½
11	Matthew Chaffe	1860	1	B	13	0	W	6	0	W	8	0	B	5	0	W	12	1	B	14
	Derby			1			1			1			1			1			2		7
12	Reg P Clucas	1831	0	W	8	0	B	4	½	B	13	½	W	14	1	B	11	0	W	9
	Altrincham & Hale			0			0			½			1			2			2		5½
13	Martin Pope	2076	0	W	11	0	B	7	½	W	12	0	B	9	1	W	14	0	B	8
	Oldham			0			0			½			½			1½			1½		4
14	Mark Taylor	1738	0	W	2	0	B	5	0	W	4	½	B	12	0	B	13	0	W	11
	Rochdale			0			0			0			½			½			½		1½

	Major (U1801)

No	Name	Grade		1			2			3			4			5			6		SPS

1	Nicholas MS Barnaby	1785	1	W	28	1	B	14	1	W	6	1	B	12	1	W	4	½	B	3
	Bolton			1			2			3			4			5			5½		20½
2	Ved Sudeep Boganadham	1763	1	B	25	0	W	3	1	B	26	1	B	5	1	W	12	1	W	7
	3Cs			1			1			2			3			4			5		16
3	Josh Cameron	1626	1	W	24	1	B	2	0	W	12	1	B	14	1	B	13	½	W	1
	Manchester Social			1			2			2			3			4			4½		16½
4	Shlok Maheshwari	1604	½	B	16	1	W	18	1	B	9	1	W	7	0	B	1	1	W	13
	Swinton & Worsley Community			½			1½			2½			3½			3½			4½		16
5	Brandon Dao	1503	1	B	27	½	W	7	1	B	17	0	W	2	1	B	11	1	W	8
	Stockport			1			1½			2½			2½			3½			4½		15½
6	Ian Oates	1576	1	B	30	1	W	13	0	B	1	0	W	8	1	W	26	1	B	12
	Glossop			1			2			2			2			3			4		14
7	Kevin Winter	1637	1	W	26	½	B	5	1	W	16	0	B	4	1	W	10	0	B	2
	Ilkley Chess Centre			1			1½			2½			2½			3½			3½		14½
8	Edmund Jones	1591	1	W	15	0	B	12	½	W	10	1	B	6	1	W	16	0	B	5
	Ashton			1			1			1½			2½			3½			3½		13
9	Lorenzo Michael Sahaya Michael Vino	1220	½	-	bye	1	B	31	0	W	4	0	B	10	1	W	19	1	B	14
	Cheshire & N Wales *			½			1½			1½			1½			2½			3½		11
10	John Donegan	1465	0	B	13	1	W	27	½	B	8	1	W	9	0	B	7	1	W	17
	Chorlton-Cum-Hardy			0			1			1½			2½			2½			3½		11
11	Jason Barber	1432	0	W	14	½	B	28	1	W	19	1	B	23	0	W	5	1	-	bye
	Eccles Community			0			½			1½			2½			2½			3½		10½
12	Julian Alderton	1748	1	B	22	1	W	8	1	B	3	0	W	1	0	B	2	0	W	6
	Chorlton-Cum-Hardy			1			2			3			3			3			3		15
13	Jack Virgin	1752	1	W	10	0	B	6	1	W	24	1	B	15	0	W	3	0	B	4
	Stockport			1			1			2			3			3			3		13
14	Andrew Beswick	1629	1	B	11	0	W	1	1	B	18	0	W	3	1	B	21	0	W	9
	Chorlton-Cum-Hardy			1			1			2			2			3			3		12
15	Thomas Lui	1379	0	B	8	1	W	22	1	B	23	0	W	13	0	B	17	1	W	21
	Manchester *			0			1			2			2			2			3		10
16	Akin Soyoye	1387	½	W	4	1	B	21	0	B	7	1	W	17	0	B	8
	Heywood			½			1½			1½			2½			2½			2½		11
17	Paul Leonard	1555	½	W	20	1	B	19	0	W	5	0	B	16	1	W	15	0	B	10
	Atherton			½			1½			1½			1½			2½			2½		10
18	Alexey Larchikov	0	1	W	21	0	B	4	0	W	14	0	B	26	½	W	29	1	B	22
	Hull & ERCA			1			1			1			1			1½			2½		8
19	Daniel Clucas	0	½	B	23	0	W	17	0	B	11	1	W	28	0	B	9	1	W	25
	Altrincham & Hale			½			½			½			1½			1½			2½		7
20	Jon EW Blackburn	0	½	B	17	½	W	23	1	B	28
	Alsager			½			1			2			2			2			2		9½
21	Ryan Turner	1486	0	B	18	0	W	16	1	B	22	1	W	25	0	W	14	0	B	15
	Atherton			0			0			1			2			2			2		7
22	Richard Leese	1460	0	W	12	0	B	15	0	W	21	1	-	bye	1	B	25	0	W	18
	Bury			0			0			0			1			2			2		5
23	Francis E Moan	1502	½	W	19	½	B	20	0	W	15	0	W	11
	Manchester Social			½			1			1			1			1			1		5½
24	Douglas J Barnett	1410	0	B	3	1	W	25	0	B	13
	Crewe			0			1			1			1			1			1		5
25	Johnny Turner	1467	0	W	2	0	B	24	1	W	27	0	B	21	0	W	22	0	B	19
	Doncaster			0			0			1			1			1			1		4
26	Mohamed Gouda	1446	0	B	7	+	W	30	0	W	2	1	W	18	0	B	6
	Eccles Community			0			0			0			1			1			1		3
27	Sandra G Blackburn	0	0	W	5	0	B	10	0	B	25				1	-	bye
	Alsager			0			0			0			0			1			1		2
28	Vincent Logan	1473	0	B	1	½	W	11	0	W	20	0	B	19
	Greater Manchester *			0			½			½			½			½			½		2½
29	Ian D Lamb	1515													½	B	18
	Bolton			0			0			0			0			½			½		1
30	Mathew Sam Thuruthiyil	0	0	W	6	-	B	26
				0			0			0			0			0			0		0
31	James Buckley	0				0	W	9
	Eccles Community			0			0			0			0			0			0		0

	Minor (U1401)

No	Name	Grade		1			2			3			4			5			6		SPS

1	Ambrose Lam	1370	1	W	26	1	B	29	½	W	4	1	B	20	1	W	6	1	B	9
	Culcheth			1			2			2½			3½			4½			5½		19
2	Illia Verlan	1343	0	B	38	1	W	43	1	B	11	1	W	22	1	B	5	1	W	8
	Bolton			0			1			2			3			4			5		15
3	Keshav Sadh	1293	0	B	25	1	W	35	1	B	7	1	W	30	1	W	21	1	B	4
	Swinton & Worsley Community			0			1			2			3			4			5		15
4	Joshua Bullock	1183	1	B	16	1	W	25	½	B	1	1	W	10	1	B	8	0	W	3
	Atherton			1			2			2½			3½			4½			4½		18
5	Claire Kerton	1335	1	W	21	1	B	38	1	W	9	½	B	6	0	W	2	1	B	14
	3Cs			1			2			3			3½			3½			4½		17½
6	Yashas Satyavolu	1180	1	W	32	1	B	33	1	B	13	½	W	5	0	B	1	1	W	12
	Edinburgh			1			2			3			3½			3½			4½		17½
7	Kemal Azizoglu	1173	½	W	14	1	B	27	0	W	3	1	B	16	1	W	25	1	B	13
	Cheshire Junior Knights			½			1½			1½			2½			3½			4½		14
8	Reyansh Arangam	1048	1	B	34	1	W	12	1	B	10	1	B	19	0	W	4	0	B	2
	Altrincham & Hale			1			2			3			4			4			4		18
9	Chris Lysons	1380	1	B	30	1	W	22	0	B	5	1	W	23	1	B	19	0	W	1
	Eccles Community			1			2			2			3			4			4		16
10	Darren Stanway	1343	1	W	11	1	B	37	0	W	8	0	B	4	1	W	29	1	B	21
	Eccles Community			1			2			2			2			3			4		14
11	Amir Muhsin	1061	0	B	10	1	W	24	0	W	2	1	B	34	1	W	31	1	B	20
	Greater Manchester *			0			1			1			2			3			4		11
12	Boas Wu	1200	1	W	35	0	B	8	1	W	38	½	B	25	1	W	15	0	B	6
	Eccles Community			1			1			2			2½			3½			3½		13½
13	Kate Neishabouri	1354	½	-	bye	1	B	14	0	W	6	1	W	17	1	B	26	0	W	7
	Northenden			½			1½			1½			2½			3½			3½		13
14	Ahmed Kashkash	0	½	B	7	0	W	13	1	B	41	1	W	37	1	B	22	0	W	5
	Greater Manchester			½			½			1½			2½			3½			3½		12
15	Lawan Ameen	1072	0	B	37	1	W	40	½	B	16	1	W	43	0	B	12	1	W	19
	London *			0			1			1½			2½			2½			3½		11
16	Ryan Broad	0	0	W	4	1	B	42	½	W	15	0	W	7	1	B	28	1	B	27
	Eccles Community			0			1			1½			1½			2½			3½		10
17	Akasya Ryu Praditta	829	0	W	19	1	B	28	½	W	37	0	B	13	1	B	33	1	W	26
	Cheshire Junior Knights			0			1			1½			1½			2½			3½		10
18	Andrei Zaitsev	0				½	-	bye	1	W	26	0	B	19	1	B	37	1	W	25
	Liverpool *			0			½			1½			1½			2½			3½		9½
19	Maxwell Sullivan	1258	1	B	17	1	W	23	1	B	20	0	W	8	0	W	9	0	B	15
	Manchester *			1			2			3			3			3			3		15
20	Alex Chan	1398	1	W	42	1	B	31	0	W	19	0	W	1	1	B	30	0	W	11
	Halesowen			1			2			2			2			3			3		13
21	Ashwath Ram Ashok Kumar	921	0	B	5	1	W	34	1	-	bye	1	W	18	0	B	3	0	W	10
	Greater Manchester *			0			1			2			3			3			3		12
22	David Fisher	1139	1	W	36	0	B	9	1	W	33	0	B	2	0	W	14	1	B	32
	Bury			1			1			2			2			2			3		11
23	Laurence Berry	953	1	W	28	0	B	19	1	W	31	0	B	9	0	W	27	1	B	29
	Heywood			1			1			2			2			2			3		11
24	Davaa Otgonbayer	0				0	B	11	1	W	42	0	B	29	1	W	39	1	B	33
				0			0			1			1			2			3		7
25	Shivaee Nalawade	858	1	W	3	0	B	4	1	W	29	½	W	12	0	B	7	0	B	18
	Thornaby			1			1			2			2½			2½			2½		11½
26	Stuart Hamilton	1099	0	B	1	½	W	41	1	B	43	1	W	40	0	W	13	0	B	17
	Rhyl & Prestatyn			0			½			1½			2½			2½			2½		9½
27	Mike Howarth	1126	½	B	43	0	W	7	0	B	18	1	W	41	1	B	23	0	W	16
	3Cs			½			½			½			1½			2½			2½		8
28	Peter Norris	1336	0	B	23	0	W	17	½	B	40	1	B	32	0	W	16	1	W	37
	Great Lever			0			0			½			1½			1½			2½		6
29	Ronald Hunt	1168	1	B	40	0	W	1	0	B	25	1	W	24	0	B	10	0	W	23
	Northumberland *			1			1			1			2			2			2		9
30	Haider Chaudry	1115	0	W	9	1	B	36	1	W	32	0	B	3	0	W	20	0	B	34
	Manchester *			0			1			2			2			2			2		9
31	Anant Handa	1175	1	B	41	0	W	20	0	B	23	1	W	33	0	B	11	0	W	24
	Greater Manchester *			1			1			1			2			2			2		9
32	Waseem Chamkhi	0	0	B	6	1	W	39	0	B	30	0	W	28	1	B	35	0	W	22
	Greater Manchester *			0			1			1			1			2			2		7
33	Ariana Muhsin	856	1	B	39	0	W	6	0	B	22	0	B	31	0	W	17	1	W	42
	Greater Manchester *			1			1			1			1			1			2		7
34	Mark Harris-Jones	1339	0	W	8	0	B	21	1	B	35	0	W	11	1	B	36	0	W	30
	3Cs			0			0			1			1			2			2		6
35	Serkan Azizoglu	0	0	B	12	0	B	3	0	W	34	1	B	42	0	W	32	1	W	40
	Stockport			0			0			0			1			1			2		4
36	Tomasso Norini	0	0	B	22	0	W	30	0	B	39	1	-	bye	0	W	34	1	B	43
	Manchester Social			0			0			0			1			1			2		4
37	Alan Dow	1121	1	W	15	0	W	10	½	B	17	0	B	14	0	W	18	0	B	28
	Glossop			1			1			1½			1½			1½			1½		8
38	Nathan Spivak	1053	1	W	2	0	W	5	0	B	12	½	-	bye
	Eccles Community			1			1			1			1½			1½			1½		7½
39	Noam Spivak	1259	0	W	33	0	B	32	1	W	36	½	-	bye
	Eccles Community			0			0			1			1½			1½			1½		5½
40	Kurt Kwan	0	0	W	29	0	B	15	½	W	28	0	B	26	1	W	43	0	B	35
	Cheshire & N Wales *			0			0			½			½			1½			1½		4
41	Syd Dawson	0	0	W	31	½	B	26	0	W	14	0	B	27	0	B	24	1	-	bye
	Merseyside *			0			½			½			½			½			1½		3½
42	Paul Whitwell	1121	0	B	20	0	W	16	0	B	24	0	W	35	1	-	bye	0	B	33
	Eccles Community			0			0			0			0			1			1		2
43	David Pearce	0	½	W	27	0	B	2	0	W	26	0	B	15	0	B	40	0	W	36
	Eccles Community			½			½			½			½			½			½		3