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03/12/2023

Bolton Rapidplay, December 2023

This 3-section 6-round one-day rapidplay was held on Sunday 3rd December, 2023, at the Ukranian Social Club, Castle Street, Bolton, with the familiar names of Rod Middleton, Julian Clissold and David Clayton cited as those of the main organisers involved.

Deciding the cut-offs for rating-controlled sections can be tricky at the planning stage.  On this occasion the three sections had 20, 24 and 63 entrants respectively, advertised in advance, so maybe the third section’s cut-off might better have been lower, or maybe four sections might have been better than three.  These things are of course unfathomable before the event.  As things turned out, the actual number of participants, excluding “no shows”, was about 99, suggesting that maybe some entrants withdrew at the last minutes on account of the snow.

Final round-by-round cross-tables for the three sections were as follows.

Open
No	Name	Rating		1			2			3			4			5			6		SPS
1	Artur Davtyan	2375	1	B	15	1	W	6	1	B	9	½	W	2	0	B	3	1	B	4
	Manchester *			1			2			3			3½			3½			4½		17½
2	Nigel R Davies	2465	1	W	16	1	B	5	½	W	4	½	B	1	1	W	7	½	B	3
	Tiger Chess			1			2			2½			3			4			4½		17
3	Gediminas Sarakauskas	2346	½	B	10	1	W	14	1	B	7	½	B	4	1	W	1	½	W	2
	4NCL Guildford			½			1½			2½			3			4			4½		16
4	Adam G Ashton	2354	1	W	20	1	B	12	½	B	2	½	W	3	1	B	9	0	W	1
	4NCL 3Cs			1			2			2½			3			4			4		16½
5	Jacob Connor Boswell	2304	1	B	19	0	W	2	1	B	12	0	W	9	1	B	15	1	W	10
	Cheddleton & Leek			1			1			2			2			3			4		13
6	Mike J Surtees	2174	1	W	8	0	B	1	1	W	17	0	W	7	1	B	14	1	W	9
	Great Lever			1			1			2			2			3			4		13
7	Martyn Hamer	2166	½	B	14	1	W	10	0	W	3	1	B	6	0	B	2	1	W	13
	Crusaders Blackburn			½			1½			1½			2½			2½			3½		12
8	Tetsuaki Sanada	1898	0	B	6	½	W	15	0	B	10	1	B	17	1	W	18	1	W	12
	Chorlton-Cum-Hardy			0			½			½			1½			2½			3½		8½
9	Paul Macklin	2337	1	W	17	1	B	13	0	W	1	1	B	5	0	W	4	0	B	6
	Chorlton-Cum-Hardy			1			2			2			3			3			3		14
10	Adam Tyton	1935	½	W	3	0	B	7	1	W	8	½	B	16	1	W	19	0	B	5
	Radcliffe			½			½			1½			2			3			3		10½
11	Thomas A Quilter	2111	0	W	13	0	B	17	1	B	18	0	W	14	1	-	bye	1	W	15
	British Bangla Chess Associati			0			0			1			1			2			3		7
12	Peter Hepworth	1974	1	B	18	0	W	4	0	W	5	½	B	13	1	W	16	0	B	8
	Huddersfield			1			1			1			1½			2½			2½		9½
13	Kyle Pelling	1811	1	B	11	0	W	9	0	B	15	½	W	12	1	B	17	0	B	7
	3Cs			1			1			1			1½			2½			2½		9½
14	Srivathsan Sasikumar	1829	½	W	7	0	B	3	½	W	16	1	B	11	0	W	6	½	B	19
	Leeds University			½			½			1			2			2			2½		8½
15	Noel S McLaughlin	1944	0	W	1	½	B	8	1	W	13	½	B	19	0	W	5	0	B	11
	Bolton			0			½			1½			2			2			2		8
16	Chris Vassiliou	1947	0	B	2	½	W	19	½	B	14	½	W	10	0	B	12	½	W	18
	Chorlton-cum-Hardy			0			½			1			1½			1½			2		6½
17	Kelechukwu Nkwonta	1932	0	B	9	1	W	11	0	B	6	0	W	8	0	W	13	1	-	bye
	Bolton			0			1			1			1			1			2		6
18	Paul D Doherty	1783	0	W	12	½	B	20	0	W	11	1	-	bye	0	B	8	½	B	16
	Bolton			0			½			½			1½			1½			2		6
19	Joel Hutchinson	1898	0	W	5	½	B	16	+	W	20	½	W	15	0	B	10	½	W	14
	Bury			0			½			½			1			1			1½		4½
20	Chris Jardine	1942	0	B	4	½	W	18	-	B	19
	Great Lever			0			½			½			½			½			½		2½
Major - Under 1950
No	Name	Rating		1			2			3			4			5			6		SPS
1	Tim Elgar	1795	1	W	11	1	B	22	1	W	4	1	B	3	1	W	2	1	B	6
	Ashton			1			2			3			4			5			6		21
2	Joel McBeath	1735	1	W	18	1	B	15	½	B	5	1	W	12	0	B	1	1	W	9
	Ashton			1			2			2½			3½			3½			4½		17
3	Nicholas MS Barnaby	1765	1	B	9	1	W	8	½	B	12	0	W	1	1	B	13	1	W	4
	Bolton			1			2			2½			2½			3½			4½		16
4	Robert T Killeen	1915	1	B	16	1	W	13	0	B	1	1	W	8	1	W	5	0	B	3
	Billericay			1			2			2			3			4			4		16
5	Jack Virgin	1726	½	-	bye	1	B	6	½	W	2	1	W	9	0	B	4	1	W	8
	Stockport			½			1½			2			3			3			4		14
6	Simon Layhe	1816	½	B	10	0	W	5	1	B	19	1	W	16	1	B	12	0	W	1
	Crewe			½			½			1½			2½			3½			3½		12
7	Allan Gardner	1902	0	B	13	½	W	10	0	B	16	1	W	21	1	B	22	1	W	12
	Bolton			0			½			½			1½			2½			3½		8½
8	Danny McMenamin	1834	1	W	17	0	B	3	1	W	22	0	B	4	1	W	14	0	B	5
	Lancaster			1			1			2			2			3			3		12
9	Andrew J Stoker	1915	0	W	3	1	B	17	1	W	20	0	B	5	1	W	15	0	B	2
	Stockport			0			1			2			2			3			3		11
10	Sithun De Silva	1722	½	W	6	½	B	7	½	W	14	0	B	15	½	W	11	1	B	17
	Ashton			½			1			1½			1½			2			3		9½
11	Mahin Rughani	1626	0	B	1	½	W	16	0	B	18	1	W	22	½	B	10	1	W	20
	Greater Manchester *			0			½			½			1½			2			3		7½
12	David Wells	1869	1	W	20	1	B	14	½	W	3	0	B	2	0	W	6	0	B	7
	York			1			2			2½			2½			2½			2½		13
13	Richard E Desmedt	1757	1	W	7	0	B	4	1	W	15	½	B	14	0	W	3
	Barnsley			1			1			2			2½			2½			2½		11½
14	Andrew Hargreaves	1774	1	B	21	0	W	12	½	B	10	½	W	13	0	B	8	½	W	18
	Great Harwood			1			1			1½			2			2			2½		10
15	Mark Taylor	1805	1	B	19	0	W	2	0	B	13	1	W	10	0	B	9	½	W	16
	Rochdale			1			1			1			2			2			2½		9½
16	Damien McElvenny	1772	0	W	4	½	B	11	1	W	7	0	B	6	½	W	17	½	B	15
	Swinton & Worsley Community			0			½			1½			1½			2			2½		8
17	Michael I Connor	1733	0	B	8	0	W	9	1	B	21	1	W	18	½	B	16	0	W	10
	Great Lever			0			0			1			2			2½			2½		8
18	Carl Gartside	1860	0	B	2	0	W	19	1	W	11	0	B	17	1	W	20	½	B	14
	Macclesfield			0			0			1			1			2			2½		6½
19	David F Newell	1651	0	W	15	1	B	18	0	W	6	1	B	20
	East Cheshire			0			1			1			2			2			2		8
20	Nigel R Hepworth	1754	0	B	12	1	W	21	0	B	9	0	W	19	0	B	18	0	B	11
	Huddersfield			0			1			1			1			1			1		5
21	Douglas J Barnett	1521	0	W	14	0	B	20	0	W	17	0	B	7	1	-	bye	0	W	22
	Crewe			0			0			0			0			1			1		2
22	Luke Maher	1707	+	B	23	0	W	1	0	B	8	0	B	11	0	W	7	1	B	21
	Liverpool			0			0			0			0			0			1		1
23	Raven Morrello	1816	-	W	22
	Chorlton-Cum-Hardy			0			0			0			0			0			0		0
Knights - Under 1950
No	Name	Rating		1			2			3			4			5			6		SPS
1	Mohammad H Bakhsh	1614	1	W	40	1	B	9	1	W	25	1	B	8	1	W	14	1	B	5
	Bury			1			2			3			4			5			6		21
2	Alannah Ashton	1851	1	B	49	1	W	11	1	B	38	½	W	5	1	B	3	1	W	7
	3Cs			1			2			3			3½			4½			5½		19½
3	Chris Lysons	1473	1	W	34	1	B	51	1	W	22	1	B	7	0	W	2	1	B	10
	Eccles Community			1			2			3			4			4			5		19
4	Sam Wyatt	1605	1	B	46	1	W	13	0	B	14	1	W	24	1	B	11	1	W	9
	Lancaster			1			2			2			3			4			5		17
5	Gary P Fairclough	1611	1	W	43	1	B	19	1	W	12	½	B	2	1	B	6	0	W	1
	Leyland			1			2			3			3½			4½			4½		18½
6	Vincent Logan	1478	½	-	bye	1	B	27	1	W	50	1	B	22	0	W	5	1	W	21
	Greater Manchester *			½			1½			2½			3½			3½			4½		16
7	Martin Baxter	1628	1	B	16	1	W	33	1	B	21	0	W	3	1	B	26	0	B	2
	Settle			1			2			3			3			4			4		17
8	Thomas Nixon	1491	1	B	58	1	W	24	1	B	53	0	W	1	1	B	13	0	W	14
	Cheshire & N.Wales			1			2			3			3			4			4		17
9	Neil Maher	1399	1	B	39	0	W	1	1	B	57	1	W	53	1	B	38	0	B	4
	Liverpool			1			1			2			3			4			4		15
10	Philip Clare	1381	1	B	55	0	B	22	1	W	51	1	W	37	1	B	21	0	W	3
	Stockport			1			1			2			3			4			4		15
11	Mohammed Rohman	1434	1	W	20	0	B	2	1	W	41	1	B	29	0	W	4	1	B	27
	3Cs			1			1			2			3			3			4		14
12	Tyler Sweeney	1136	1	B	17	1	W	37	0	B	5	0	W	21	1	B	32	1	W	30
	Greater Manchester *			1			2			2			2			3			4		14
13	Daniel McGlashan	1377	1	W	29	0	B	4	1	W	40	1	B	25	0	W	8	1	B	23
	3Cs			1			1			2			3			3			4		14
14	Daniel Broomfield	1243	+	W	59	1	B	31	1	W	4	1	W	23	0	B	1	1	B	8
	Preston *			0			1			2			3			3			4		13
15	Andeel Mohammed	1420	1	B	54	0	W	53	1	B	30	0	W	38	1	B	39	1	W	24
	Ashton			1			1			2			2			3			4		13
16	Neil Treadwell	1346	0	W	7	1	B	54	0	W	29	1	B	51	1	B	53	1	W	26
	Leyland			0			1			1			2			3			4		11
17	Nigel Gardner	1444	0	W	12	0	B	41	1	W	58	1	B	44	1	W	29	1	B	28
	Crewe			0			0			1			2			3			4		10
18	Alex Porter	1089	1	B	30	0	W	21	½	B	33	0	W	28	1	B	49	1	W	53
	Leyland			1			1			1½			1½			2½			3½		11
19	Claire Kerton	1216	1	B	32	0	W	5	0	W	39	½	B	43	1	W	35	1	B	34
	3Cs			1			1			1			1½			2½			3½		10½
20	Neil Taylor	1109	0	B	11	½	W	49	0	W	27	1	B	48	1	W	43	1	B	50
	Burnley			0			½			½			1½			2½			3½		8½
21	Peter Logan	1538	1	W	48	1	B	18	0	W	7	1	B	12	0	W	10	0	B	6
	Burnley			1			2			2			3			3			3		14
22	Bryan Slater	1613	1	B	47	1	W	10	0	B	3	0	W	6	1	B	42	0	W	33
	Culcheth			1			2			2			2			3			3		13
23	Neville Layhe	1602	½	W	27	1	B	45	1	W	31	0	B	14	½	B	33	0	W	13
	Crewe			½			1½			2½			2½			3			3		13
24	Shlok Maheshwari	1133	1	W	26	0	B	8	1	W	35	0	B	4	1	W	25	0	B	15
	Stockton Heath Juniors			1			1			2			2			3			3		12
25	Stephen Eddleston	1458	1	B	44	1	W	57	0	B	1	0	W	13	0	B	24	1	W	41
	Ashton			1			2			2			2			2			3		12
26	Brian J Forrest	1434	0	B	24	1	W	58	1	B	36	1	W	39	0	W	7	0	B	16
	Bury			0			1			2			3			3			3		12
27	David Kilmartin	1302	½	B	23	0	W	6	1	B	20	1	B	50	½	W	28	0	W	11
	Blue Club (Oldham)			½			½			1½			2½			3			3		11
28	Philip Treanor	1391	0	W	51	½	B	34	1	W	45	1	B	18	½	B	27	0	W	17
	Ashton			0			½			1½			2½			3			3		10½
29	Calum Robinson	0	0	B	13	1	W	46	1	B	16	0	W	11	0	B	17	1	W	42
	Streatham			0			1			2			2			2			3		10
30	Rosa Morrello	1412	0	W	18	1	B	48	0	W	15	1	B	57	1	W	40	0	B	12
	Greater Manchester *			0			1			1			2			3			3		10
31	Josh Cameron	1554	1	B	41	0	W	14	0	B	23	0	W	42	1	W	54	1	B	44
	Manchester Social			1			1			1			1			2			3		9
32	Khalid Khokhar	1500	0	W	19	0	B	36	1	W	48	1	B	41	0	W	12	1	B	40
	Northenden			0			0			1			2			2			3		8
33	Parshottambhi D Patel	1409	+	B	59	0	B	7	½	W	18	1	B	34	½	W	23	1	B	22
	Bolton			0			0			½			1½			2			3		7
34	Natalie Haydock	1180	0	B	3	½	W	28	1	B	49	0	W	33	1	B	47	0	W	19
	Lancashire *			0			½			1½			1½			2½			2½		8½
35	David Fisher	1402	-	W	57	1	W	44	0	B	24	½	W	36	0	B	19	1	W	39
	Bury			0			1			1			1½			1½			2½		7½
36	Rowan Eccleston	1274	0	B	37	1	W	32	0	W	26	½	B	35	0	W	50	1	B	49
	Bolton			0			1			1			1½			1½			2½		7½
37	Becky Kerton	1560	1	W	36	0	B	12	1	W	43	0	B	10
	Preston			1			1			2			2			2			2		10
38	Richard A Gavin	1583	1	B	42	+	W	52	0	W	2	1	B	15	0	W	9
	Blue Club (Oldham)			1			1			1			2			2			2		9
39	Toby Morrello	811	0	W	9	1	W	47	1	B	19	0	B	26	0	W	15	0	B	35
	Greater Manchester *			0			1			2			2			2			2		9
40	Andy Yang	0	0	B	1	1	W	42	0	B	13	1	W	46	0	B	30	0	W	32
	Bolton			0			1			1			2			2			2		8
41	Darren Stanway	1268	0	W	31	1	W	17	0	B	11	0	W	32	1	B	51	0	B	25
	Eccles Community			0			1			1			1			2			2		7
42	Leo Cheung	1285	0	W	38	0	B	40	1	W	55	1	B	31	0	W	22	0	B	29
	Swinton & Worsley Community			0			0			1			2			2			2		7
43	Donna Chadwick	1323	0	B	5	1	W	55	0	B	37	½	W	19	0	B	20	½	W	45
	Heywood *			0			1			1			1½			1½			2		7
44	Sara Kundan Khan	1151	0	W	25	0	B	35	1	B	47	0	W	17	1	B	46	0	W	31
	Blackpool *			0			0			1			1			2			2		6
45	Danavir Dhunna	1122	½	-	bye	0	W	23	0	B	28	0	W	49	1	W	57	½	B	43
	Bradford			½			½			½			½			1½			2		5½
46	Gary Cresswell	1310	0	W	4	0	B	29	1	W	54	0	B	40	0	W	44	1	B	57
	Bolton			0			0			1			1			1			2		5
47	Mark Haydock	1329	0	W	22	0	B	39	0	W	44	1	B	55	0	W	34	1	B	54
	Lancashire *			0			0			0			1			1			2		4
48	Ken Lawson	1264	0	B	21	0	W	30	0	B	32	0	W	20	1	B	55	1	W	51
	Leyland			0			0			0			0			1			2		3
49	Anant Handa	1373	0	W	2	½	B	20	0	W	34	1	B	45	0	W	18	0	W	36
	Greater Manchester *			0			½			½			1½			1½			1½		5½
50	Paul Leonard	1656	½	-	bye	+	W	56	0	B	6	0	W	27	1	B	36	0	W	20
	Atherton			½			½			½			½			1½			1½		5
51	Husnain Anjum	0	1	B	28	0	W	3	0	B	10	0	W	16	0	W	41	0	B	48
	Manchester*			1			1			1			1			1			1		6
52	Jon Coupe	1330	1	-	bye	-	B	38
	Bury			1			1			1			1			1			1		6
53	David P Price	1635	+	W	60	1	B	15	0	W	8	0	B	9	0	W	16	0	B	18
	Crewe			0			1			1			1			1			1		5
54	Jenny Gartside	1105	0	W	15	0	W	16	0	B	46	1	-	bye	0	B	31	0	W	47
	Macclesfield			0			0			0			1			1			1		3
55	Stephen Bigoude	0	0	W	10	0	B	43	0	B	42	0	W	47	0	W	48	1	-	bye
				0			0			0			0			0			1		1
56	Marcello D'Onofrio	1416	½	-	bye	-	B	50
	Liverpool			½			½			½			½			½			½		3
57	Ronnie Sutton	999	+	B	35	0	B	25	0	W	9	0	W	30	0	B	45	0	W	46
	Great Harwood			0			0			0			0			0			0		0
58	Richard D Bohm	1197	0	W	8	0	B	26	0	B	17
	Great Lever			0			0			0			0			0			0		0
59	Nick Coghlan	1507	-	B	14
	Greater Manchester *			0			0			0			0			0			0		0
60	Ben Newton	1359	-	B	53
	3Cs			0			0			0			0			0			0		0
61	Noah Hicks	1050	-	W	33
	3Cs			0			0			0			0			0			0		0