This year’s Hull (now Hull & East Riding) Rapidplay Congress was held on Sunday, 7th January 2024, at the Kingsley Function Suite, Canham Turner, University of Hull, Cottingham Road, Hull HU6 7RX, with three sections each of six rounds.

Prizes in each section were advertised as

1st Place	£200
2nd Place	£100
3rd Place	£50
1st Performance prize	£30
2nd Performance prize	£20

Performance prizes were awarded on the basis of rating-related overall game performance measured against “expected” performance.

A Junior Trophy was awarded to the junior in any section who scored the highest number of points.

There was also a “Fair Play” prize listed after the event, though the nature of this prize is not immediately evident.

Round-by-round results were as follows:

Open

No	Name	Grade		1			2			3			4			5			6		SPS	Prize

1	Kamila Hryshchenko	2112	1	W	8	½	B	6	1	W	11	1	B	4	1	W	7	0	B	2		1-3=
	Hull			1			1½			2½			3½			4½			4½		17.5
2	Samuel A Milson	2239	1	W	7	1	B	11	½	W	4	0	B	6	1	W	10	1	W	1		1-3=
	Louth			1			2			2½			2½			3½			4½		16
3	Maksym Larchikov	2100	0	W	4	1	B	16	½	W	10	1	B	8	1	W	6	1	B	7		1-3=
	Hull			0			1			1½			2½			3½			4½		13
4	Artem Lutsko	2349	1	B	3	1	W	5	½	B	2	0	W	1	½	B	9	1	W	10
	Ukraine			1			2			2½			2½			3			4		15
5	Nigel Birtwistle	2172	1	W	16	0	B	4	0	W	7	1	B	11	1	W	14	1	B	6		2nd
	Grantham			1			1			1			2			3			4		12	perf
6	Kajus Mikalajunas	2179	1	B	12	½	W	1	1	B	9	1	W	2	0	B	3	0	W	5
	Loughborough			1			1½			2½			3½			3½			3½		15.5
7	Ben S Rich	2090	0	B	2	1	W	13	1	B	5	1	W	9	0	B	1	0	W	3
	York			0			1			2			3			3			3		12
8	Aaron Rich	1848	0	B	1	½	W	12	1	B	14	0	W	3	½	B	13	1	W	9		1st
	York			0			½			1½			1½			2			3		8.5	perf
9	Mike J Surtees	2178	1	W	15	1	B	10	0	W	6	0	B	7	½	W	4	0	B	8
	Great Lever			1			2			2			2			2½			2½		12
10	Andrei Ciuravin	2117	1	B	14	0	W	9	½	B	3	1	W	12	0	B	2	0	B	4
	Hull			1			1			1½			2½			2½			2½		11
11	John G Cooper	2174	1	B	13	0	W	2	0	B	1	0	W	5	1	B	12	½	W	15
	Hull			1			1			1			1			2			2½		8.5
12	Kevin C McCarthy	2016	0	W	6	½	B	8	1	W	15	0	B	10	0	W	11	1	W	16
	4NCL The Sharks			0			½			1½			1½			1½			2½		7.5
13	Mike Bramson	1959	0	W	11	0	B	7	1	W	16	½	B	15	½	W	8	½	B	14
	Bradford			0			0			1			1½			2			2½		7
14	Srivathsan Sasikumar	1878	0	W	10	½	B	15	0	W	8	1	B	16	0	B	5	½	W	13
	Leeds University			0			½			½			1½			1½			2		6
15	Eric D Gardiner	1967	0	B	9	½	W	14	0	B	12	½	W	13	½	B	16	½	B	11
	Hull And East Riding CA			0			½			½			1			1½			2		5.5
16	Eldars Gulijevs	1897	0	B	5	0	W	3	0	B	13	0	W	14	½	W	15	0	B	12
	West Nottingham			0			0			0			0			½			½		1

Major - Under 1900

No	Name	Grade		1			2			3			4			5			6		SPS	Prize

1	Edouardos Ter Gevorkian	1850	½	B	16	1	W	28	1	B	15	1	W	7	1	B	13	1	W	3		1st
	Darnall & Handsworth			½			1½			2½			3½			4½			5½		18
2	Phil Bawden	1679	1	W	34	0	B	4	1	W	18	1	B	9	1	W	10	1	B	6		2nd
	East Hull Chess Club			1			1			2			3			4			5		16
3	Roger Greatorex	1721	½	-	bye	1	W	26	1	B	16	1	B	5	1	W	6	0	B	1		3rd=
	Llangollen			½			1½			2½			3½			4½			4½		17
4	Paul May	1792	1	B	31	1	W	2	0	B	6	1	W	28	1	B	14	½	B	7		3rd=
	Limewood & Scarcroft			1			2			2			3			4			4½		16.5
5	Benedikt Pitel	1613	1	W	10	1	B	9	½	B	7	0	W	3	1	B	22	1	W	14		3rd=
	Hull			1			2			2½			2½			3½			4½		16
6	Neil Milson	1749	1	W	35	1	B	18	1	W	4	1	W	13	0	B	3	0	W	2
	Louth			1			2			3			4			4			4		18
7	Xiaofan Li	1765	1	W	30	1	B	25	½	W	5	0	B	1	1	B	21	½	W	4
	Hull			1			2			2½			2½			3½			4		15.5
8	Jack Virgin	1764	1	B	33	1	W	29	0	B	13	0	W	14	1	B	28	1	W	22
	Stockport			1			2			2			2			3			4		14
9	Peter Harker	1779	1	B	24	0	W	5	1	B	25	0	W	2	1	B	16	1	W	17
	Hartlepool			1			1			2			2			3			4		13
10	Bien Cuaresma	1752	0	B	5	1	W	31	1	B	24	1	W	15	0	B	2	1	W	13
	Wakefield			0			1			2			3			3			4		13
11	John Grasham	1661	0	B	15	1	W	27	½	B	34	½	W	17	½	B	31	1	W	21
	Limewood & Scarcroft			0			1			1½			2			2½			3½		10.5
12	Gary Morris	1698	½	B	26	0	W	16	0	B	22	1	W	33	1	B	25	1	W	24
	Hull			½			½			½			1½			2½			3½		9
13	Shamil Khadaev	1790	1	W	32	1	B	19	1	W	8	0	B	6	0	W	1	0	B	10
	Darnall & Handsworth			1			2			3			3			3			3		15
14	Stephen Crow	1886	0	W	19	1	B	32	1	W	21	1	B	8	0	W	4	0	B	5
	St Andrews Hull			0			1			2			3			3			3		12
15	Denis Georgiou	1801	1	W	11	½	B	21	0	W	1	0	B	10	1	W	30	½	B	18
	Appleby Frodingham			1			1½			1½			1½			2½			3		11
16	Geoffrey D Brown	1670	½	W	1	1	B	12	0	W	3	½	B	23	0	W	9	1	B	28
	Darnall & Handsworth			½			1½			1½			2			2			3		10.5
17	Richard Atkinson	1754	0	W	25	½	B	30	1	W	35	½	B	11	1	W	23	0	B	9
	Victoria Dock			0			½			1½			2			3			3		10
18	Robin A Edwards	1604	1	B	22	0	W	6	0	B	2	½	W	20	1	B	32	½	W	15		2nd
	St Andrews Hull			1			1			1			1½			2½			3		10	perf
19	Ian McDonald	1676	1	B	14	0	W	13	0	B	28	½	W	26	½	B	27	1	W	29
	Lincoln			1			1			1			1½			2			3		9.5
20	Paul A Allison	1745	0	B	29	0	W	24	½	B	33	½	B	18	1	W	35	1	W	31
	Hull			0			0			½			1			2			3		6.5
21	Nathaniel Holroyd-Doveton	1710	1	W	27	½	W	15	0	B	14	1	B	34	0	W	7	0	B	11
	Rotherham			1			1½			1½			2½			2½			2½		11.5
22	Michael I Connor	1725	0	W	18	½	B	35	1	W	12	1	B	29	0	W	5	0	B	8
	Eccles Community			0			½			1½			2½			2½			2½		9.5
23	Andrew D Bettley	1711	0	B	28	1	W	33	½	B	29	½	W	16	0	B	17	½	W	27
	St Andrews Hull			0			1			1½			2			2			2½		9
24	Phillip J Battye	1651	0	W	9	1	B	20	0	W	10	½	B	27	1	W	34	0	B	12
	Three Horseshoes			0			1			1			1½			2½			2½		8.5
25	William J Egan	1616	1	B	17	0	W	7	0	W	9	½	B	30	0	W	12	1	B	34
	York			1			1			1			1½			1½			2½		8.5
26	Rene Butler	1402	½	W	12	0	B	3	½	W	30	½	B	19	½	W	29	½	B	33		1st
	Market Harborough			½			½			1			1½			2			2½		8	perf
27	Aashita Roychowdhury	1455	0	B	21	0	B	11	1	-	bye	½	W	24	½	W	19	½	B	23
	Leeds Cccc			0			0			1			1½			2			2½		7
28	Tom Tallentire	1604	1	W	23	0	B	1	1	W	19	0	B	4	0	W	8	0	W	16
	Hull			1			1			2			2			2			2		10
29	Alan J Smith	1609	1	W	20	0	B	8	½	W	23	0	W	22	½	B	26	0	B	19
	Three Horseshoes			1			1			1½			1½			2			2		9
30	Peter T Perkins	1625	0	B	7	½	W	17	½	B	26	½	W	25	0	B	15	½	W	32
	Beverley			0			½			1			1½			1½			2		6.5
31	Bill Tait	1657	0	W	4	0	B	10	½	W	32	1	B	35	½	W	11	0	B	20
	Ilkley			0			0			½			1½			2			2		6
32	Hussam Al Haidar	1656	0	B	13	0	W	14	½	B	31	1	-	bye	0	W	18	½	B	30
	Hull			0			0			½			1½			1½			2		5.5
33	Alec Grice	1616	0	W	8	0	B	23	½	W	20	0	B	12	1	-	bye	½	W	26
	Beverley			0			0			½			½			1½			2		4.5
34	Amandeep Singh	1329	0	B	2	1	-	bye	½	W	11	0	W	21	0	B	24	0	W	25
	Leeds Jca			0			1			1½			1½			1½			1½		7
35	Gary P Fairclough	1611	0	B	6	½	W	22	0	B	17	0	W	31	0	B	20	1	-	bye
	Leyland			0			½			½			½			½			1½		3.5

Minor - Under 1600

No	Name	Grade		1			2			3			4			5			6		SPS	Prize

1	Paul Leonard	1540	1	W	37	1	B	38	1	W	30	1	B	12	1	W	5	½	B	2		1st
	Atherton			1			2			3			4			5			5½		20.5
2	Adam Hague	0	1	B	56	1	W	19	½	B	3	1	W	26	1	B	16	½	W	1		2-3=
	Lancashire *			1			2			2½			3½			4½			5		18.5
3	Neil Hambly	1585	1	B	4	½	W	50	½	W	2	1	B	30	1	W	27	1	B	10		2-3=
	Hull			1			1½			2			3			4			5		16.5
4	Alex Porter	1193	0	W	3	1	B	47	1	W	13	1	B	55	1	W	15	1	W	11		2-3=
	Leyland			0			1			2			3			4			5		15	Junior
5	David Lawrence	1379	1	B	43	1	W	28	½	B	26	1	W	7	0	B	1	1	W	16
	Lincoln			1			2			2½			3½			3½			4½		17
6	Ian Barker	1418	1	B	53	1	W	27	0	B	10	1	W	23	1	W	17	½	B	8
	Darnall & Handsworth			1			2			2			3			4			4½		16.5
7	Piotr Stachowiak	0	1	W	34	½	B	13	1	W	22	0	B	5	1	W	55	1	W	21
	Yorkshire *			1			1½			2½			2½			3½			4½		15.5
8	Edward Staples	0	0	B	11	1	-	bye	1	W	38	1	W	19	1	B	26	½	W	6
	Hull			0			1			2			3			4			4½		14.5
9	Graeme C Reid	1441	0	B	27	1	W	57	1	B	45	1	W	41	½	B	10	1	W	20
	St Andrews Hull			0			1			2			3			3½			4½		14
10	Jonathan R Slater	0	1	W	14	1	B	42	1	W	6	½	B	15	½	W	9	0	W	3
	Hull			1			2			3			3½			4			4		17.5
11	Vidhyuth Kavin Sudagar	1297	1	W	8	1	B	18	½	W	15	½	B	17	1	W	12	0	B	4		2nd
	Greater Manchester *			1			2			2½			3			4			4		16.5	perf
12	James Weldon	1406	1	W	40	1	B	52	1	W	55	0	W	1	0	B	11	1	B	29
	West Yorkshire *			1			2			3			3			3			4		16
13	Colin Weller	1599	½	B	16	½	W	7	0	B	4	1	W	32	1	B	41	1	W	27
	Scarborough			½			1			1			2			3			4		11.5
14	Adamjeet Singh	1332	0	B	10	1	W	53	0	B	23	1	W	45	1	B	46	1	W	28
	Leeds Jca			0			1			1			2			3			4		11
15	Andrew Donegan	1430	1	B	57	1	W	29	½	B	11	½	W	10	0	B	4	½	W	23
	Hull			1			2			2½			3			3			3½		15
16	Ben Plimley	1256	½	W	13	1	B	39	1	W	31	1	B	18	0	W	2	0	B	5
	Oxford University			½			1½			2½			3½			3½			3½		15
17	Tim Roth	0	½	-	bye	1	W	21	1	B	50	½	W	11	0	B	6	½	B	18
	Hull *			½			1½			2½			3			3			3½		14
18	Hasti Pargan	1513	1	B	41	0	W	11	1	B	32	0	W	16	1	B	35	½	W	17
	York *			1			1			2			2			3			3½		12.5
19	Richard Lunt	1437	1	W	25	0	B	2	1	W	52	0	B	8	1	W	30	½	B	24
	Doncaster *			1			1			2			2			3			3½		12.5
20	Tony Lee	1265	0	W	52	1	B	40	1	W	25	½	W	28	1	B	50	0	B	9
	Skegness			0			1			2			2½			3½			3½		12.5
21	Edward Thompson	1332	½	W	31	0	B	17	1	W	39	1	B	43	1	W	22	0	B	7
	Louth			½			½			1½			2½			3½			3½		12
22	Nicolas Roth	0	½	-	bye	1	W	33	0	B	7	1	W	51	0	B	21	1	B	44
	Cambridgeshire *			½			1½			1½			2½			2½			3½		12
23	Wade Udin	0	0	W	30	1	B	49	1	W	14	0	B	6	1	W	34	½	B	15
	Rotherham *			0			1			2			2			3			3½		11.5
24	Suhaib Zaino	1222	0	B	26	1	W	46	0	B	28	1	W	52	1	B	51	½	W	19
	Sheffield *			0			1			1			2			3			3½		10.5
25	Roland Gehrels	0	0	B	19	1	W	56	0	B	20	1	B	44	1	W	38	½	W	33
	York			0			1			1			2			3			3½		10.5
26	Rico-Bradley Ellis	1588	1	W	24	1	B	51	½	W	5	0	B	2	0	W	8	½	B	31
	Appleby Frodingham			1			2			2½			2½			2½			3		13.5
27	Aart Gehrels	0	1	W	9	0	B	6	1	W	42	1	W	54	0	B	3	0	B	13
	York			1			1			2			3			3			3		13
28	John Scotter	1484	1	W	49	0	B	5	1	W	24	½	B	20	½	W	29	0	B	14
	Hull			1			1			2			2½			3			3		12.5
29	Toby Bailey	0	1	W	44	0	B	15	1	B	54	½	W	36	½	B	28	0	W	12
	Lincolnshire *			1			1			2			2½			3			3		12.5
30	Dominik Pitel	1280	1	B	23	1	W	54	0	B	1	0	W	3	0	B	19	1	W	43
	Hull			1			2			2			2			2			3		12
31	Michael Smalley	0	½	B	21	1	W	36	0	B	16	1	W	50	0	B	33	½	W	26
	Hartlepool			½			1½			1½			2½			2½			3		11.5
32	Seth Woozeer	1103	1	W	36	0	B	55	0	W	18	0	B	13	1	B	52	1	W	42		1st
	South Yorkshire *			1			1			1			1			2			3		9	perf
33	Jason Clemmey	1378	½	W	39	0	B	22	0	W	34	1	B	49	1	W	31	½	B	25
	Hull			½			½			½			1½			2½			3		8.5
34	Anant Handa	1329	0	B	7	0	W	45	1	B	33	1	W	47	0	B	23	1	W	46
	Greater Manchester *			0			0			1			2			2			3		8
35	Hugo Beswick	0	0	B	54	0	B	44	1	W	48	1	B	42	0	W	18	1	W	55
	Cheshire & N.Wales CA *			0			0			1			2			2			3		8
36	Stuart Sharp	1475	0	B	32	0	B	31	1	W	40	½	B	29	½	W	43	1	W	41
	Hull			0			0			1			1½			2			3		7.5
37	Vincent Barker	1184	0	B	1	0	W	43	1	B	57	0	W	46	1	B	48	1	B	45
	Grantham			0			0			1			1			2			3		7
38	David Atkin	1383	1	B	46	0	W	1	0	B	8	1	W	53	0	B	25	½	W	40
	St Andrews Hull			1			1			1			2			2			2½		9.5
39	Alan Shybu	0	½	B	33	0	W	16	0	B	21	0	W	56	1	B	57	1	W	51
	Leeds *			½			½			½			½			1½			2½		6
40	Toby Maynard	0	0	B	12	0	W	20	0	B	36	1	W	57	1	B	54	½	B	38
	Hull University			0			0			0			1			2			2½		5.5
41	Shaun Moody	1139	0	W	18	1	B	48	1	W	44	0	B	9	0	W	13	0	B	36
	Hull			0			1			2			2			2			2		9
42	Mark Robinson	1403	1	B	45	0	W	10	0	B	27	0	W	35	1	B	47	0	B	32
	Hull			1			1			1			1			2			2		8
43	Alfie Robinson	0	0	W	5	1	B	37	½	W	51	0	W	21	½	B	36	0	B	30
	Appleby Frodingham			0			1			1½			1½			2			2		8
44	Jatinder Singh	1467	0	B	29	1	W	35	0	B	41	0	W	25	1	B	53	0	W	22
	Bradford *			0			1			1			1			2			2		7
45	Paddy McLeary	0	0	W	42	1	B	34	0	W	9	0	B	14	1	B	56	0	W	37
	St Andrews Hull			0			1			1			1			2			2		7
46	Carlos Munoz	0	0	W	38	0	B	24	1	-	bye	1	B	37	0	W	14	0	B	34
	Beverley			0			0			1			2			2			2		7
47	Thomas Mcpherson	0	0	B	51	0	W	4	1	B	56	0	B	34	0	W	42	1	W	50
	Hull *			0			0			1			1			1			2		5
48	Fernando Munoz	0	0	B	50	0	W	41	0	B	35	1	-	bye	0	W	37	1	W	56
	Beverley			0			0			0			1			1			2		4
49	Fin Johnson-Summers	1128	0	B	28	0	W	23	0	B	53	0	W	33	1	-	bye	1	W	54
	Yorkshire Juniors			0			0			0			0			1			2		3
50	Ben Ashcroft	1379	1	W	48	½	B	3	0	W	17	0	B	31	0	W	20	0	B	47
	Lincoln			1			1½			1½			1½			1½			1½		8.5
51	Dan Malbon	1400	1	W	47	0	W	26	½	B	43	0	B	22	0	W	24	0	B	39
	St Andrews Hull			1			1			1½			1½			1½			1½		8
52	Vadym Vynogrodskyy	0	1	B	20	0	W	12	0	B	19	0	B	24	0	W	32	½	W	53
	Hull *			1			1			1			1			1			1½		6.5
53	Sebastian Jedlinski	0	0	W	6	0	B	14	1	W	49	0	B	38	0	W	44	½	B	52
	Hull			0			0			1			1			1			1½		4.5
54	Michal Trafas	1460	1	W	35	0	B	30	0	W	29	0	B	27	0	W	40	0	B	49
	Scunthorpe			1			1			1			1			1			1		6
55	Andrew Nettleship	1467	+	W	58	1	W	32	0	B	12	0	W	4	0	B	7	0	B	35
	Darnall & Handsworth			0			1			1			1			1			1		5
56	Dave M Cooper	1425	0	W	2	0	B	25	0	W	47	1	B	39	0	W	45	0	B	48
	Hull			0			0			0			1			1			1		3
57	Jordan Goodwin	0	0	W	15	0	B	9	0	W	37	0	B	40	0	W	39	1	-	bye
	Hull *			0			0			0			0			0			1		1
58	Koby Dickson	1097	-	B	55
	Ilkley			0			0			0			0			0			0		0