This standard-play congress followed on from two earlier rapid-play events in June 2022 and Jan 2023. It was held over the weekend of Friday 4th to Sunday 6th of August 2023 in the Alexandra Building of Cumbria University, Bowerham, Lancaster LA1 3JD. There were the 4 sections, each of 5 rounds. Maximum capacity was advertised as 120 participants, though only 96 entered, as follows:

Section	Open	Major	Intermediate	Minor
Rating Limit	(none)	Under 1900	Under 1750	Under 1500
Entrants	28	24	26	18

Round-by-round results, and final scores and rankings were as follows.

Open

No	Name	Rtg		1			2			3			4			5		SPS

1	Connor Clarke	2122	1	W	16	1	B	5	1	W	9	½	B	2	1	W	7
	Middlesex Juniors			1			2			3			3½			4½		14
2	John M Potter	2180	½	-	bye	1	W	11	1	B	6	½	W	1	1	B	8
	Belper			½			1½			2½			3			4		11½
3	Peter JE Ackley	2072	1	W	21	½	B	4	1	W	12	½	B	7	½	W	10
	Sheffield, Chesterfield			1			1½			2½			3			3½		11½
4	Johnathan D Bourne	1938	1	-	bye	½	W	3	½	-	bye	1	B	9	½	W	5
	Brown Jack			1			1½			2			3			3½		11
5	Philip Thomas	2014	1	B	26	0	W	1	1	B	23	1	W	13	½	B	4
	Leighton Buzzard			1			1			2			3			3½		10½
6	Robert G Clark	2011	½	W	23	1	B	20	0	W	2	1	B	21	1	W	12
	Penyffordd			½			1½			1½			2½			3½		9½
7	John J Carleton	2089	1	B	19	½	W	8	1	B	17	½	W	3	0	B	1
	Chester			1			1½			2½			3			3		11
8	Andrew J Stoker	1984	1	W	28	½	B	7	1	W	14	½	B	10	0	W	2
	Stockport			1			1½			2½			3			3		11
9	David Phillips	2035	1	W	25	1	B	15	0	B	1	0	W	4	1	B	18
	Coventry Chess Academy			1			2			2			2			3		10
10	Jane Richmond	2165	½	B	24	1	W	18	½	-	bye	½	W	8	½	B	3
	Brown Jack			½			1½			2			2½			3		9½
11	Eric D Gardiner	1977	½	-	bye	0	B	2	1	W	25	½	B	15	1	W	20
	Hull			½			½			1½			2			3		7½
12	Bao Nghia Dong	2384	½	-	bye	1	W	13	0	B	3	1	W	19	0	B	6
	Battersea			½			1½			1½			2½			2½		8½
13	Ahmad Daryanto	1908	1	W	22	0	B	12	1	W	16	0	B	5	½	W	14
	Lancaster			1			1			2			2			2½		8½
14	Rohan Pal	2079	½	-	bye	1	W	24	0	B	8	½	W	18	½	B	13
	Coventry Chess Academy			½			1½			1½			2			2½		8
15	Keatan Patel	1624	1	B	27	0	W	9	½	B	19	½	W	11	½	W	16
	Coventry Chess Academy			1			1			1½			2			2½		8
16	Philip T Seery	1965	0	B	1	1	W	26	0	B	13	1	W	24	½	B	15
	Bare Village			0			1			1			2			2½		6½
17	Kit W Hopkins	2066	½	-	bye	½	B	23	0	W	7	1	W	26
	Lytham St Annes			½			1			1			2			2		6½
18	Niamh Bridgeman	1940	½	-	bye	0	B	10	1	W	22	½	B	14	0	W	9
	Morecambe			½			½			1½			2			2		6½
19	Jonathan A Day	1955	0	W	7	1	B	28	½	W	15	0	B	12	½	W	21
	West Nottingham			0			1			1½			1½			2		6
20	David C Wedge	1858	½	-	bye	0	W	6	½	B	24	1	W	23	0	B	11
	Hebden Bridge			½			½			1			2			2		6
21	Daniel Holden	1952	0	B	3	½	B	22	1	W	27	0	W	6	½	B	19
	Lancaster			0			½			1½			1½			2		5½
22	Chris Sykes	1989	0	B	13	½	W	21	0	B	18	1	B	27	½	W	24
	Edinburgh			0			½			½			1½			2		4½
23	George Turner	1911	½	B	6	½	W	17	0	W	5	0	B	20	½	B	26
	Ilkley Chess Centre			½			1			1			1			1½		5
24	Mike Bramson	1966	½	W	10	0	B	14	½	W	20	0	B	16	½	B	22
	Bradford			½			½			1			1			1½		4½
25	James P Rothwell	1918	0	B	9	½	W	27	0	B	11	1	W	28
	Atticus			0			½			½			1½			1½		4
26	Simon Layhe	1912	0	W	5	0	B	16	1	W	28	0	B	17	½	W	23
	Crewe			0			0			1			1			1½		3½
27	Rudy Van Kemenade	1981	0	W	15	½	B	25	0	B	21	0	W	22	1	B	28
	Oswestry			0			½			½			½			1½		3
28	Julie Van Kemenade	1641	0	B	8	0	W	19	0	B	26	0	B	25	0	W	27
	Oswestry			0			0			0			0			0		0

Major

No	Name	Rtg		1			2			3			4			5		SPS

1	James McKiernan	1884	1	W	20	1	B	12	1	W	9	1	B	3	1	W	7
	Lancaster			1			2			3			4			5		15
2	Ewan Kershaw	1819	1	B	22	½	W	7	½	B	4	½	W	11	1	B	8
	Lancaster			1			1½			2			2½			3½		10½
3	Carmel J Barwick	1760	½	B	5	1	W	13	1	B	14	0	W	1	1	B	11
	Crewe			½			1½			2½			2½			3½		10½
4	Shriaansh Ganti	1689	1	-	bye	½	B	10	½	W	2	½	B	12	1	W	9
	Wakefield			1			1½			2			2½			3½		10½
5	Robert Clegg	1860	½	W	3	½	B	18	½	W	16	1	B	19	1	W	10
	Huddersfield			½			1			1½			2½			3½		9
6	Justin Smith	1691	0	W	10	1	B	17	1	W	20	½	B	9	1	W	16
	Derby			0			1			2			2½			3½		9
7	Raymond Wynarczyk	1864	1	W	16	½	B	2	½	-	bye	1	W	15	0	B	1
	Newcastle-upon-Tyne			1			1½			2			3			3		10½
8	Mark Taylor	1803	1	W	19	0	B	9	1	W	18	1	B	10	0	W	2
	Rochdale			1			1			2			3			3		10
9	David Wells	1870	1	B	15	1	W	8	0	B	1	½	W	6	0	B	4
	York			1			2			2			2½			2½		10
10	M John Cawston	1857	1	B	6	½	W	4	1	B	11	0	W	8	0	B	5
	Undercliffe			1			1½			2½			2½			2½		10
11	Michelle Ngo Yu Chan	1848	1	W	24	1	B	23	0	W	10	½	B	2	0	W	3
	St Albans			1			2			2			2½			2½		10
12	Thomas Page	1832	1	B	21	0	W	1	½	B	13	½	W	4	½	B	14
	Barnet Knights			1			1			1½			2			2½		8
13	Zak Tomlinson	1780	1	W	17	0	B	3	½	W	12	½	B	16	½	W	20
	Barnby Dun			1			1			1½			2			2½		8
14	Robert A Dean	1820	0	W	23	1	B	24	0	W	3	1	B	18	½	W	12
	Saltaire			0			1			1			2			2½		6½
15	Titas Vdovycia	1789	0	W	9	1	B	19	1	W	23	0	B	7
	Wallasey			0			1			2			2			2		7
16	Brendan O'Gorman	1785	0	B	7	1	W	22	½	B	5	½	W	13	0	B	6
	DHSS			0			1			1½			2			2		6½
17	Rob Tokeley	1863	0	B	13	0	W	6	½	B	22	½	W	21	1	-	bye
	Burnley			0			0			½			1			2		3½
18	Jeremy P Brockes	1782	½	-	bye	½	W	5	0	B	8	0	W	14	½	B	21
	Hampstead			½			1			1			1			1½		5
19	Jack Virgin	1887	0	B	8	0	W	15	1	B	21	0	W	5	½	B	22
	Charlton			0			0			1			1			1½		3½
20	Gordon Tim	1800	0	B	1	½	W	21	0	B	6	½	W	22	½	B	13
				0			½			½			1			1½		3½
21	Nigel Collins	1496	0	W	12	½	B	20	0	W	19	½	B	17	½	W	18
	Milton Keynes			0			½			½			1			1½		3½
22	Danny McMenamin	1897	0	W	2	0	B	16	½	W	17	½	B	20	½	W	19
	Lancaster			0			0			½			1			1½		3
23	Graham J Ashcroft	1898	1	B	14	0	W	11	0	B	15
	Preston			1			1			1			1			1		5
24	Terry Tyson	1686	0	B	11	0	W	14
	Maryport			0			0			0			0			0		0

Intermediate

No	Name	Rtg		1			2			3			4			5		SPS

1	Paul D Doherty	1743	1	B	18	½	W	7	1	W	16	1	B	6	1	W	8
	Bolton			1			1½			2½			3½			4½		13
2	Laurence JN Tarbuck	1681	1	W	10	1	B	4	½	W	5	1	B	15	½	B	3
	Lichfield			1			2			2½			3½			4		13
3	Kevin Winter	1744	½	W	6	1	B	24	1	W	9	1	B	5	½	W	2
	Bradford			½			1½			2½			3½			4		12
4	Stephen C Pride	1584	1	W	11	0	W	2	1	B	12	1	B	16	1	W	7
	Cambridge City			1			1			2			3			4		11
5	Peter Mellor	1676	1	B	19	1	W	21	½	B	2	0	W	3	1	B	17
	Liverpool			1			2			2½			2½			3½		11.5
6	Martin Baxter	1612	½	B	3	1	W	22	1	B	20	0	W	1	1	W	11
	Portsmouth *			½			1½			2½			2½			3½		10.5
7	Cecil Sloan	1665	1	W	23	½	B	1	½	W	8	1	B	10	0	B	4
	Greater London Chess Club			1			1½			2			3			3		10.5
8	Paul Salisbury	1703	½	-	bye	1	W	12	½	B	7	1	W	9	0	B	1
	Wetherby			½			1½			2			3			3		10
9	Arnold Peace	1651	1	W	26	1	W	20	0	B	3	0	B	8	1	W	15
	Shirley & Wythall			1			2			2			2			3		10
10	Jake Money	1559	0	B	2	1	B	14	1	W	13	0	W	7	1	B	18
	Liverpool			0			1			2			2			3		8
11	David Teague	1717	0	B	4	½	B	15	1	W	24	1	W	22	0	B	6
	Harrogate			0			½			1½			2½			2½		7
12	Harry Altoft	1451	1	W	25	0	B	8	0	W	4	½	B	13	1	W	21
	Blue Club (Oldham)			1			1			1			1½			2½		7
13	Charles J Richmond	1586	0	B	20	1	W	26	0	B	10	½	W	12	1	B	22
	Newmarket			0			1			1			1½			2½		6
14	Alan P Hiatt	1656	0	B	21	0	W	10	½	B	19	+	W	26	1	W	23
	Carlisle Austin Friars			0			0			½			1½			2½		4.5
15	Cagan Arda Ozkan	1448	½	B	17	½	W	11	1	B	18	0	W	2	0	B	9
	Lancaster			½			1			2			2			2		7.5
16	Dominic Ginger	1675	½	-	bye	1	W	17	0	B	1	0	W	4	½	B	19
	Lancaster			½			1½			1½			1½			2		7
17	James Clark	1620	½	W	15	0	B	16	½	W	25	1	B	24	0	W	5
	Oxford University			½			½			1			2			2		6
18	David P Price	1586	0	W	1	1	B	23	0	W	15	1	B	25	0	W	10
	Crewe			0			1			1			2			2		6
19	Paul Robert Jackson	1556	0	W	5	½	B	25	½	W	14	½	B	21	½	W	16
	Lancashire *			0			½			1			1½			2		5
20	Richard A Gavin	1739	1	W	13	0	B	9	0	W	6	½	B	23
	Blue Club (Oldham)			1			1			1			1½			1½		6
21	Ben Plimley	1510	1	W	14	0	B	5	0	B	22	½	W	19	0	B	12
	Oxford University			1			1			1			1½			1½		6
22	Neil Treadwell	1674	½	-	bye	0	B	6	1	W	21	0	B	11	0	W	13
	Leyland			½			½			1½			1½			1½		5.5
23	Brian Butterworth	1513	0	B	7	0	W	18	1	B	26	½	W	20	0	B	14
	Waterloo			0			0			1			1½			1½		4
24	David N Ashton	1625	½	-	bye	0	W	3	0	B	11	0	W	17	1	B	25
	Chester			½			½			½			½			1½		3.5
25	Ian Nicholson	1627	0	B	12	½	W	19	½	B	17	0	W	18	0	W	24
	Liverpool			0			½			1			1			1		3.5
26	Ben Taylor	1500	0	B	9	0	B	13	0	W	23	-	B	14
	Chester *			0			0			0			0			0		0

Minor

No	Name	Rtg		1			2			3			4			5		SPS

1	David Kilmartin	1451	1	W	15	0	B	5	1	W	13	1	B	9	1	W	4
	Holmfirth			1			1			2			3			4		11
2	Andy Wise	1358	0	W	5	1	B	15	1	W	14	1	W	8	1	B	3
	Cheshire & N Wales *			0			1			2			3			4		10
3	Alan Kelly	1513	1	W	13	1	B	11	½	W	4	1	B	5	0	W	2
	Pensby			1			2			2½			3½			3½		12½
4	Ken Lawson	1422	1	W	18	1	B	10	½	B	3	1	W	6	0	B	1
	Leyland			1			2			2½			3½			3½		12½
5	Elaine Johnson	1000	1	B	2	1	W	1	1	B	8	0	W	3	½	B	7
	Lancashire			1			2			3			3			3½		12½
6	Peter Rose	1465	½	-	bye	1	W	9	1	B	10	0	B	4	1	W	13
	Lichfield			½			1½			2½			2½			3½		10½
7	James A Ovens	1330	0	B	8	1	W	16	1	W	12	1	B	11	½	W	5
	Carlisle Austin Friars			0			1			2			3			3½		9½
8	Jonathan W Ransom	1485	1	W	7	1	B	12	0	W	5	0	B	2	1	W	15
	Marple			1			2			2			2			3		10
9	Martin K Cockerill	1350	1	-	bye	0	B	6	1	W	11	0	W	1	1	B	14
	Wallasey			1			1			2			2			3		9
10	Keerthi Angammana	1458	1	B	14	0	W	4	0	W	6	0	B	15	1	W	17
	Lancaster			1			1			1			1			2		6
11	Bob Steele	1442	1	B	17	0	W	3	0	B	9	0	W	7	1	B	16
	Liverpool			1			1			1			1			2		6
12	Keith A Hylands	1387	1	B	16	0	W	8	0	B	7	0	W	14	1	-	bye
	Watford			1			1			1			1			2		6
13	Jonathan Verden	1351	0	B	3	1	W	17	0	B	1	1	W	16	0	B	6
	Lancaster			0			1			1			2			2		6
14	Donna Chadwick	1304	0	W	10	+	B	18	0	B	2	1	B	12	0	W	9
	Heywood *			0			1			1			2			2		6
15	Liam Cadogan	1276	0	B	1	0	W	2	1	B	17	1	W	10	0	B	8
	Ireland			0			0			1			2			2		5
16	Jeffery Hoyland	1200	0	W	12	0	B	7	1	-	bye	0	B	13	0	W	11
	Lancaster *			0			0			1			1			1		3
17	Cristina Wasmeier	1207	0	W	11	0	B	13	0	W	15	1	-	bye	0	B	10
	Barnet Knights			0			0			0			1			1		2
18	Jack Davis	1200	0	B	4	-	W	14
	Lancaster			0			0			0			0			0		0