The 2024 Bolton Easter Congress, with Rod Middleton as congress secretary and with Julan Clissold and Ian Lamb as arbiters, was held at the Ukrainian Social Club, 99 Castle St, Bolton, BL2 1JP over the three days 29th to 31st March.

The format adopted at this event took advantage of the fact that many people (not all!) get Good Friday off work, and accordingly there are two rounds on the Friday rather than the commoner one round, making the event a 6-round one, with 2 rounds on each of three days, Friday to Sunday. Interestingly, the 4NCL Easter Congress in Peterborough was exploiting the Easter break to run a 7-round event with just one round on the Friday but two rounds on the Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday. This event attracted some players who otherwise might have been drawn to Bolton.

Results were as follows.

Open

No	Name	Rating		1			2			3			4			5			6		SPS

1	Nigel R Davies	2431	1	B	8	1	W	9	1	B	10	1	W	2	½	B	5	½	W	3
	Tiger Chess			1			2			3			4			4½			5		19½
2	Donald J Mason	2081	1	B	6	½	W	3	1	B	11	0	B	1	1	W	12	1	W	5
	Shirley & Wythall			1			1½			2½			2½			3½			4½		15½
3	Paul Macklin	2345	1	W	4	½	B	2	½	W	5	½	B	7	1	W	8	½	B	1
	Swinton & Worsley Community			1			1½			2			2½			3½			4		14½
4	Chris Vassiliou	1954	0	B	3	½	W	6	½	B	7	1	W	11	1	B	10	1	W	9
	Chorlton-Cum-Hardy			0			½			1			2			3			4		10½
5	Ali Reza Jaunooby	2246	1	B	12	½	W	11	½	B	3	1	W	10	½	W	1	0	B	2
	Eccles Community			1			1½			2			3			3½			3½		14½
6	Ewan Kershaw	1897	0	W	2	½	B	4	1	W	13	½	B	8	1	W	7	½	B	15
	Lancaster			0			½			1½			2			3			3½		10½
7	Joel Hutchinson	1895	0	B	9	1	-	bye	½	W	4	½	W	3	0	B	6	1	B	12
	Bury			0			1			1½			2			2			3		9½
8	Peter J Kobryn	1956	0	W	1	½	B	13	1	B	9	½	W	6	0	B	3	1	W	14
	Great Lever			0			½			1½			2			2			3		9
9	Leo A Keely	2007	1	W	7	0	B	1	0	W	8	½	B	15	1	W	11	0	B	4
	Huddersfield			1			1			1			1½			2½			2½		9½
10	Mohammad H Bakhsh	1615	1	W	13	1	B	14	0	W	1	0	B	5	0	W	4
	Bury			1			2			2			2			2			2		11
11	Kelechukwu Nkwonta	1890	1	W	15	½	B	5	0	W	2	0	B	4	0	B	9	½	W	13
	Bolton			1			1½			1½			1½			1½			2		9
12	Dennis Owen	1945	0	W	5	1	B	15	½	-	bye	½	-	bye	0	B	2	0	W	7
	Urmston			0			1			1½			2			2			2		8½
13	Adam Tyton	1936	0	B	10	½	W	8	0	B	6	0	W	14	1	-	bye	½	B	11
	Radcliffe			0			½			½			½			1½			2		5
14	Mike J Surtees	2169				0	W	14	-	B	10	1	B	12	½	W	10	0	B	7
	Great Lever			0			0			0			1			1½			1½		4
15	Michael Ridge	1984	0	B	11	0	W	12	+	W	14	½	W	9	½	B	14	½	W	6
	Edinburgh			0			0			0			½			1			1½		3

Major (Under 1975)

No	Name	Rating		1			2			3			4			5			6		SPS

1	Robert A Newton	1973	1	B	35	½	W	10	1	B	12	½	B	6	1	W	15	1	W	2
	Rochdale			1			1½			2½			3			4			5		17
2	John P Wareing	1962	1	B	18	½	W	12	1	B	20	1	W	9	1	W	5	0	B	1
	Calderdale			1			1½			2½			3½			4½			4½		17½
3	Simon D Arnold	1972	1	W	4	½	B	15	½	W	11	1	B	17	1	W	7	½	B	5
	Eagle and Child			1			1½			2			3			4			4½		16
4	Mahin Rughani	1772	0	B	3	1	W	19	1	B	23	½	W	8	1	B	11	1	W	10
	Swinton & Worsley Community			0			1			2			2½			3½			4½		13½
5	George Turner	1969	1	B	31	1	W	34	½	B	9	1	W	11	0	B	2	½	W	3
	Heywood			1			2			2½			3½			3½			4		16½
6	Chris Sykes	1931	1	W	28	½	B	7	1	B	31	½	W	1	½	B	10	½	W	8
	Edinburgh			1			1½			2½			3			3½			4		15½
7	Sai Vaddhireddy	1826	1	B	21	½	W	6	½	B	10	1	W	25	0	B	3	1	W	16
	Ashton			1			1½			2			3			3			4		14½
8	Simon Myles	1967	1	W	38	0	B	11	1	W	27	½	B	4	1	W	21	½	B	6
	Winwick			1			1			2			2½			3½			4		14
9	Chinmay Bokade	1930	1	B	24	1	W	22	½	W	5	0	B	2	½	B	12	½	W	14
	Manchester			1			2			2½			2½			3			3½		14½
10	Martin J Burns	1906	1	W	17	½	B	1	½	W	7	1	B	16	½	W	6	0	B	4
	Crewe			1			1½			2			3			3½			3½		14½
11	Carl Gartside	1851	1	B	19	1	W	8	½	B	3	0	B	5	0	W	4	1	W	20
	Macclesfield			1			2			2½			2½			2½			3½		14
12	Mark Taylor	1841	1	W	36	½	B	2	0	W	1	½	B	26	½	W	9	1	B	35
	Blue Club (Oldham)			1			1½			1½			2			2½			3½		12
13	Shion Rowlands	1625	½	-	bye	½	-	bye	1	B	22	0	B	15	1	W	18	½	W	19
	Rhyl & Prestatyn			½			1			2			2			3			3½		12
14	Paul D Doherty	1824	0	W	25	1	B	32	0	W	16	1	B	27	1	W	17	½	B	9
	Bolton			0			1			1			2			3			3½		10½
15	Graham J Ashcroft	1873	1	B	32	½	W	3	½	B	25	1	W	13	0	B	1
	Preston			1			1½			2			3			3			3		13½
16	Ethan Parker	1637	0	B	34	1	W	35	1	B	14	0	W	10	1	B	25	0	B	7
	Chorlton-cum-Hardy			0			1			2			2			3			3		11
17	Paul Leonard	1674	0	B	10	1	W	33	1	B	34	0	W	3	0	B	14	1	W	28
	Atherton			0			1			2			2			2			3		10
18	Nathan Harvey-Jones	1718	0	W	2	1	W	38	½	-	bye	½	B	20	0	B	13	1	W	27
	Northenden			0			1			1½			2			2			3		9½
19	Steve Clare	1624	0	W	11	0	B	4	1	W	32	½	B	28	1	W	23	½	B	13
	Wallasey			0			0			1			1½			2½			3		8
20	Vincent Logan	1810	1	B	33	½	-	bye	0	W	2	½	W	18	½	-	bye	0	B	11
	Eccles			1			1½			1½			2			2½			2½		11
21	Bryan Slater	1599	0	W	7	½	B	28	1	W	24	1	B	34	0	B	8
	Bolton			0			½			1½			2½			2½			2½		9½
22	David A Talbot	1785	1	W	37	0	B	9	0	W	13	½	B	23	½	W	35	½	B	24
	Clitheroe			1			1			1			1½			2			2½		9
23	Reyansh Saxena	1319				1	B	37	0	W	4	½	W	21	0	B	19	1	W	30
	Wey Valley			0			1			1			1½			1½			2½		7½
24	Jon EW Blackburn	1674	0	W	9	½	-	bye	0	B	21	½	W	33	1	B	31	½	W	22
	Alsager			0			½			½			1			2			2½		6½
25	Sandra G Blackburn	1570	1	B	14	½	-	bye	½	W	15	0	B	7	0	W	16	0	B	23
	Alsager			1			1½			2			2			2			2		10½
26	Alex Robinson	1746	½	-	bye				1	W	28	½	W	12
	Swinton & Worsley Community			½			½			1½			2			2			2		8½
27	John Gillett	1679	½	-	bye	½	-	bye	0	B	8	0	W	14	1	W	33	0	B	18
	Ormskirk			½			1			1			1			2			2		7½
28	Peter S Fisher	1714	0	B	6	½	W	21	0	B	26	½	W	19	1	W	32	0	B	17
	Wrexham			0			½			½			1			2			2		6
29	Cofi Nash	1720	½	-	bye	0	W	30							1	-	bye	½	B	33
	Swindon			½			½			½			½			1½			2		5½
30	Francis E Moan	1703	½	-	bye	1	B	29
	Great Lever			½			1½			1½			1½			1½			1½		8
31	Michael I Connor	1736	0	W	5	1	B	36	0	W	6	½	B	35	0	W	24
	Great Lever			0			1			1			1½			1½			1½		6½
32	Martin Baxter	1664	0	W	15	0	W	14	0	B	19	1	-	bye	0	B	28	½	W	29
	Settle			0			0			0			1			1			1½		3½
33	Jon Coupe	1524	0	W	20	0	B	17				½	B	22	0	B	29	1	-	bye
	Blue Club (Oldham)			0			0			0			½			½			1½		2½
34	Robert Kane	1863	1	W	16	0	B	5	0	W	17	0	W	21
	West London			1			1			1			1			1			1		6
35	Gareth NR Griffiths	1783	0	W	1	0	B	16	+	W	36	½	W	31	½	B	22	0	W	12
	Stockport			0			0			0			½			1			1		2½
36	Gabor Kiss	1614	0	B	12	0	W	31	-	B	35
	Chess Mates Northampton			0			0			0			0			0			0		0
37	Douglas J Barnett	1496	0	B	22	0	W	23
	Crewe			0			0			0			0			0			0		0
38	Sanjoy K Banerjee	1738	0	B	8	0	B	18
	Atticus			0			0			0			0			0			0		0

Knights (Under 1650)

No	Name	Rating		1			2			3			4			5			6		SPS

1	Stephen M Chadaway	1622	1	B	30	1	W	36	½	B	11	1	W	2	1	B	7	½	W	3
	Olton			1			2			2½			3½			4½			5		18½
2	Tyler Sweeney	1618	1	W	16	1	B	35	1	W	8	0	B	1	1	W	11	1	B	5
	Swinton & Worsley Community			1			2			3			3			4			5		18
3	Gary Slegg	1592	1	W	37	½	B	18	1	W	34	½	W	7	1	B	12	½	B	1
	Wrexham			1			1½			2½			3			4			4½		16½
4	Leo Cheung	1425	0	W	5	1	B	41	1	W	35	1	B	8	½	W	6	1	W	14
	Swinton & Worsley Community			0			1			2			3			3½			4½		14
5	Ian Mitchell	1593	1	B	4	1	W	22	½	-	bye	½	W	11	1	B	18	0	W	2
	Heywood			1			2			2½			3			4			4		16½
6	Paul Robert Jackson	1590	1	B	20	1	W	12	½	B	7	½	W	18	½	B	4	½	W	9
	Lancashire *			1			2			2½			3			3½			4		16
7	Mohammed Rohman	1511	1	B	33	1	W	27	½	W	6	½	B	3	0	W	1	1	B	19
	3Cs			1			2			2½			3			3			4		15½
8	Andy Yang	1544	1	B	9	1	W	29	0	B	2	0	W	4	1	B	30	1	W	18
	Bolton			1			2			2			2			3			4		14
9	Peter J Hughes	1369	0	W	8	1	B	17	½	W	16	1	B	36	1	W	26	½	B	6
	Mutual Circle			0			1			1½			2½			3½			4		12½
10	Ashton Morrissey	1512	0	W	25	½	B	38	1	W	37	½	B	15	1	W	34	1	B	20
	Bolton			0			½			1½			2			3			4		11
11	Gordon L Glover	1553	1	W	38	1	B	25	½	W	1	½	B	5	0	B	2	½	W	12
	Crusaders Blackburn			1			2			2½			3			3			3½		15
12	Khalid Khokhar	1493	1	W	43	0	B	6	1	W	23	1	B	26	0	W	3	½	B	11
	Chorlton-Cum-Hardy			1			1			2			3			3			3½		13½
13	Barry Edgar	1582	½	-	bye	1	B	28	½	W	26	½	B	25	½	W	20	½	B	15
	Consett			½			1½			2			2½			3			3½		13
14	David J Buckell	1605	½	W	28	½	B	34	½	W	15	1	B	16	1	W	25	0	B	4
	Roebuck			½			1			1½			2½			3½			3½		12½
15	Andrew R De Santos	1415	½	-	bye	½	-	bye	½	B	14	½	W	10	1	B	27	½	W	13
	Preston			½			1			1½			2			3			3½		11½
16	Om Reddy Jayar	1461	0	B	2	1	W	40	½	B	9	0	W	14	1	B	39	1	W	25
	London			0			1			1½			1½			2½			3½		10
17	Lawrence Harold	1477	0	B	29	0	W	9	½	B	39	1	W	42	1	B	33	1	W	28
	Eccles Community			0			0			½			1½			2½			3½		8
18	Darren Stanway	1468	1	B	21	½	W	3	1	W	19	½	B	6	0	W	5	0	B	8
	Eccles Community			1			1½			2½			3			3			3		14
19	Kevin Cox	1589	½	-	bye	1	W	32	0	B	18	½	W	20	1	B	22	0	W	7
	Gateshead			½			1½			1½			2			3			3		11½
20	Nicholas PA Wright	1408	0	W	6	1	B	43	1	W	31	½	B	19	½	B	13	0	W	10
	Newcastle-Under-Lyme			0			1			2			2½			3			3		11½
21	Siyuan Ou	1373	0	W	18	1	W	24	½	B	36	1	B	28				½	-	bye
	Warwickshire Juniors			0			1			1½			2½			2½			3		10½
22	Becky Kerton	1498	1	W	41	0	B	5	0	W	25	1	B	23	0	W	19	1	B	34
	Preston			1			1			1			2			2			3		10
23	Advik Saxena	1298				1	-	bye	0	B	12	0	W	18	1	B	43	1	W	36
	Wey Valley			0			1			1			1			2			3		8
24	Phillip J Shaughnessy	1509	0	W	34	0	B	21	½	-	bye	½	-	bye	1	W	41	1	B	37
	Urmston			0			0			½			1			2			3		6½
25	Claire Kerton	1361	1	B	10	0	W	11	1	B	22	½	W	13	0	B	14	0	B	16
	3Cs			1			1			2			2½			2½			2½		11½
26	Karl Moorcroft	1606	½	B	32	1	W	42	½	B	13	0	W	12	0	B	9	½	W	29
	3Cs			½			1½			2			2			2			2½		10½
27	Anthony Jinks	1625	1	W	31	0	B	7	½	-	bye	½	-	bye	0	W	15	½	B	30
	Heywood			1			1			1½			2			2			2½		10
28	Chris Lysons	1428	½	B	14	0	W	13	1	B	42	0	W	21	1	W	36	0	B	17
	Eccles Community			½			½			1½			1½			2½			2½		9
29	Noah Hicks	784	1	W	17	0	B	8	0	W	30	½	B	38	½	W	31	½	B	26
	3Cs			1			1			1			1½			2			2½		9
30	Patrick N Coleman	1462	0	W	1	½	-	bye	1	B	29	½	B	34	0	W	8	½	W	27
	Lytham St Annes			0			½			1½			2			2			2½		8½
31	Jeff Wilson	1467	0	B	27	1	W	33	0	B	20	½	W	39	½	B	29	½	W	32
	Blue Club (Oldham)			0			1			1			1½			2			2½		8
32	David M Scorer	1450	½	W	26	0	B	19	½	W	38	½	B	41	½	W	37	½	B	31
	Roebuck			½			½			1			1½			2			2½		8
33	Parshottambhi D Patel	1358	0	W	7	0	B	31	1	W	43	½	B	35	0	W	17	1	B	41
	Bolton			0			0			1			1½			1½			2½		6½
34	Peter Nichols	0	1	B	24	½	W	14	0	B	3	½	W	30	0	B	10	0	W	22
	Roebuck			1			1½			1½			2			2			2		10
35	David Kilmartin	1497	1	B	39	0	W	2	0	B	4	½	W	33	½	-	bye	0	B	23
	Blue Club (Oldham)			1			1			1			1½			2			2		8½
36	Alex Porter	1506	1	B	40	0	B	1	½	W	21	0	W	9	0	B	28	½	W	39
	Leyland			1			1			1½			1½			1½			2		8½
37	Isaiah Slater	1413	0	B	3	½	W	39	0	B	10	1	W	40	½	B	32	0	W	24
	Culcheth			0			½			½			1½			2			2		6½
38	Siyao Ou	1400	0	B	11	½	W	10	½	B	32	½	W	29				½	-	bye
	Warwickshire Juniors			0			½			1			1½			1½			2		6½
39	Jenny Gartside	1114	0	W	35	½	B	37	½	W	17	½	B	31	0	W	16	½	B	36
	Macclesfield			0			½			1			1½			1½			2		6½
40	Rory Lynch	1234	0	W	36	0	B	16	0	W	41	0	B	37	1	B	42	1	W	43
	Frodsham			0			0			0			0			1			2		3
41	Sean Hicks	1198	0	B	22	0	W	4	1	B	40	½	W	32	0	B	24	0	W	33
	3Cs			0			0			1			1½			1½			1½		5½
42	Donna Chadwick	1245	½	-	bye	0	B	26	0	W	28	0	B	17	0	W	40	1	-	bye
	Heywood *			½			½			½			½			½			1½		4
43	Pratik Jayar	1086	0	B	12	0	W	20	0	B	33	1	-	bye	0	W	23	0	B	40
	Lancaster			0			0			0			1			1			1		3