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12/10/2023
Blackpool
Chess Conference
held
at the Imperial Hotel, Blackpool
10/01/2023
to 12/02/2023
There were the following
5 sections with participants totalling 345 (8 more than Scarborough 2022), of
whom about 24 were from Yorkshire:
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Open
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Major
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Intermediate
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Minor
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Standard
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Rating limit
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(none)
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U-2050
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U-1850
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U-1700
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U-1550
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Participants *
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43
|
59
|
69
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86
|
88
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(* Participants =
entrants less “no shows”.)
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Full section results
can be found via links on the NCCU website here.
Yorkshire
participants (some may have been missed) fared as below:
|
Name
|
Club/Location etc
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Place
|
Points
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out
of 5
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Open
|
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Jim
Burnett
|
Ecclesall
|
5
to 10 =
|
3˝
|
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Chris
Bak
|
Bradford
|
5
to 10 =
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3˝
|
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Peter
Hepworth
|
Huddersfield
|
23
to 37 =
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
|
Major
|
|
David
Shapland
|
Hebden Bridge
|
6
to 14 =
|
3˝
|
|
John
Paul Wareing
|
Calderdale
|
15
to 22 =
|
3
|
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Simon D
Arnold
|
Eagle and Child
|
15
to 22 =
|
3
|
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David
Patrick
|
Calderdale
|
23
to 32 =
|
2˝
|
|
Zak
Tomlinson
|
Barnby Dun
|
47
to 55 =
|
1˝
|
|
|
|
|
|
Intermediate
|
|
Randolph
Donahue
|
Leeds
|
2
to 7 =
|
4
|
|
Kevin
Winter
|
Ilkley Chess Centre
|
2
to 7 =
|
4
|
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John
Cawston
|
Ye Olde Starre Inn
|
8
to 11 =
|
3˝
|
|
Robert
Clegg
|
Huddersfield
|
12
to 27 =
|
3
|
|
Robert
Dean
|
Saltaire
|
28
to 40 =
|
2˝
|
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Vivien
Webster
|
Halifax
|
41
to 56 =
|
2
|
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Gordon
Farrar
|
Belgrave &
South Bradford
|
67
to 69 =
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
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Minor
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|
Colin
Weller
|
Scarborough
|
6
to 15 =
|
3˝
|
|
Nigel
Hepworth
|
Huddersfield
|
6
to 15 =
|
3˝
|
|
Andrew
Zigmond
|
Harrogate
|
16
to 34 =
|
3
|
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Adam
Smith
|
Hebden Bridge
|
35
to 48 =
|
2˝
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Paul
Allison
|
Hull
|
35
to 48 =
|
2˝
|
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Ian D
Strickland
|
West Leeds
|
35
to 48 =
|
2˝
|
|
|
|
|
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Standard
|
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Neil
Hambly
|
Hull
|
2
to 4 =
|
4˝
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John H
T Eddershaw
|
Ecclesall
|
40
to 52 =
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2˝
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Rich
Wood
|
Ecclesall
|
77
to 83 =
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1
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For rounds 2 to 5,
live coverage of the top 12 boards of the Open was provided at
https://view.livechesscloud.com/#7afb7293-2403-4bbb-94a8-98b0fc767d2d
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