The 3rd iteration of the congress run by the Ilkley Chess Centre was held on 22nd & 23rd June 2024 and Ilkley Grammar School. Participants were nominally capped at 80 in number, though in fact there were 86 listed in the initial lists – 21 from the chess centre itself and the others drawn from 34 other clubs/locations. In the event, there was one “no show”.

Round-by-round results were as follows.

Open

No	Name / Club	Rtg		1			2			3			4			5		SPS

1	James Hall	1989	1	W	13	1	B	4	½	B	2	1	W	7	½	W	3
	Ilkley Chess Centre			1			2			2½			3½			4		13
2	Peter Shaw	2129	1	W	12	1	B	10	½	W	1	½	B	3	1	W	8
	Wakefield			1			2			2½			3			4		12.5
3	Peter Hepworth	2028	1	W	11	½	B	7	½	W	4	½	W	2	½	B	1
	Huddersfield			1			1½			2			2½			3		10
4	Daniel J Staples	2030	1	B	9	0	W	1	½	B	3	½	W	5	1	B	7
	York			1			1			1½			2			3		8.5
5	Alan Peart	2054	½	W	8	0	B	6	1	W	13	½	B	4	1	B	14
	Harrogate			½			½			1½			2			3		7.5
6	Zachary Cansdale	2077	0	B	7	1	W	5	0	B	9	1	W	11	1	B	12
	Durham University			0			1			1			2			3		7
7	Giuseppe Magazzù	1972	1	W	6	½	W	3	1	B	10	0	B	1	0	W	4
	Middlesbrough			1			1½			2½			2½			2½		10
8	John S Garnett	1965	½	B	5	½	W	12	½	B	11	1	W	9	0	B	2
	The Buffs			½			1			1½			2½			2½		8
9	Shriaansh Ganti	1920	0	W	4	1	B	13	1	W	6	0	B	8	½	W	11
	Ilkley Chess Centre			0			1			2			2			2½		7.5
10	Alex Burke	1991	1	B	14	0	W	2	0	W	7	0	B	12	1	W	13
	Holmfirth			1			1			1			1			2		6
11	Jim E Vickery	1839	0	B	3	1	W	14	½	W	8	0	B	6	½	B	9
	Alwoodley			0			1			1½			1½			2		6
12	Alistair A Gilbert	1979	0	B	2	½	B	8	½	-	bye	1	W	10	0	W	6
	Bristol Grendel			0			½			1			2			2		5.5
13	Paul G Day	1753	0	B	1	0	W	9	0	B	5	1	W	14	0	B	10
	Bingley & Keighley			0			0			0			1			1		2
14	Benedikt Pitel	1835	0	W	10	0	B	11	½	-	bye	0	B	13	0	W	5
	Hull			0			0			½			½			½		1.5

Major

No	Name / Club	Rtg		1			2			3			4			5		SPS

1	Robert Clegg	1816	1	W	17	½	B	8	1	W	27	1	B	10	1	W	5
	Huddersfield			1			1½			2½			3½			4½		13
2	AJ (Tony) Slinger	1856	1	B	24	½	W	6	½	-	bye	1	W	11	1	B	9
	Undercliffe			1			1½			2			3			4		11.5
3	Gawain Ako	1718	1	W	31	0	B	5	1	W	22	+	B	19	1	B	6
	Ilkley Chess Centre			1			1			2			3			4		11
4	James Annan	1804	0	W	21	1	B	36	1	W	17	1	W	13	1	B	15
	Settle			0			1			2			3			4		10
5	Richard J Johnson	1918	1	B	30	1	W	3	½	-	bye	1	W	9	0	B	1
	Bristol Grendel			1			2			2½			3½			3½		12.5
6	Gary Corcoran	1702	1	W	23	½	B	2	1	W	12	1	B	7	0	W	3
	Ilkley Chess Centre			1			1½			2½			3½			3½		12
7	Charlie Wainwright	1781	½	B	34	1	W	32	1	B	28	0	W	6	1	W	16
	Ilkley Chess Centre			½			1½			2½			2½			3½		10.5
8	Richard Sanger	1706	1	B	13	½	W	1	½	B	11	½	W	15	1	B	23
	Acomb			1			1½			2			2½			3½		10.5
9	Toby Quaite	1801	1	W	35	1	B	14	1	W	19	0	B	5	0	W	2
	Leeds			1			2			3			3			3		12
10	Mohammad Abdulhamid	1752	1	B	16	½	W	28	1	B	29	0	W	1	½	W	12
	South Bradford			1			1½			2½			2½			3		10.5
11	Climate Mupfiga	1775	1	W	36	½	B	27	½	W	8	0	B	2	1	W	22
	Alwoodley			1			1½			2			2			3		9.5
12	Carlo Cavaliere	1804	½	B	32	1	W	34	0	B	6	1	W	21	½	B	10
	Leeds			½			1½			1½			2½			3		9
13	Paul May	1871	0	W	8	1	B	18	1	W	14	0	B	4	1	W	20
	Limewood & Scarcroft			0			1			2			2			3		8
14	Dominic Lodge	1690	1	B	25	0	W	9	0	B	13	1	W	31	1	B	30
	Alwoodley			1			1			1			2			3		8
15	Daniel Meredith	1832	0	W	27	1	B	35	1	W	20	½	B	8	0	W	4
	York			0			1			2			2½			2½		8
16	Adam Bleakley	1574	0	W	10	1	B	33	½	-	bye	1	W	30	0	B	7
	Alwoodley			0			1			1½			2½			2½		7.5
17	Martin Baxter	1634	0	B	1	1	W	25	0	B	4	½	W	18	1	B	33
	Settle			0			1			1			1½			2½		6
18	Kevin Winter	1693	½	B	29	0	W	13	½	-	bye	½	B	17	1	W	27
	Ilkley Chess Centre			½			½			1			1½			2½		6
19	Samir Cradock	1823	1	B	26	1	W	20	0	B	9	-	W	3
	Undercliffe			1			2			2			2			2		9
20	Nigel R Hepworth	1682	1	W	22	0	B	19	0	B	15	1	W	25	0	B	13
	Huddersfield			1			1			1			2			2		7
21	Chris W Ford	1602	1	B	4	0	W	29	½	-	bye	0	B	12	½	W	24
	Prescot & Knotty Ash			1			1			1½			1½			2		7
22	M John Cawston	1838	0	B	20	1	W	26	0	B	3	1	W	34	0	B	11
	Undercliffe			0			1			1			2			2		6
23	Matthew R Wilson	1868	0	B	6	½	W	24	½	-	bye	1	B	27	0	W	8
	Teignmouth			0			½			1			2			2		5.5
24	Jacob Smith	1698	0	W	2	½	B	23	0	B	30	1	W	36	½	B	21
	Ilkley Chess Centre			0			½			½			1½			2		4.5
25	Paul Butterworth	1856	0	W	14	0	B	17	1	W	36	0	B	20	1	W	35
	Ilkley Chess Centre			0			0			1			1			2		4
26	Roland Fraser	1639	0	W	19	0	B	22	½	-	bye	½	W	32	1	B	34
	Scotland			0			0			½			1			2		3.5
27	Nathan Madzia	1680	1	B	15	½	W	11	0	B	1	0	W	23	0	B	18
	Leeds			1			1½			1½			1½			1½		7
28	Colin Weller	1621	1	W	33	½	B	10	0	W	7
	Scarborough			1			1½			1½			1½			1½		7
29	Randolph E Donahue	1850	½	W	18	1	B	21	0	W	10
	Leeds			½			1½			1½			1½			1½		6.5
30	Michael Beard	1709	0	W	5	½	B	31	1	W	24	0	B	16	0	W	14
	Settle			0			½			1½			1½			1½		5
31	Sylvan Clarke	1360	0	B	3	½	W	30	½	-	bye	0	B	14	½	W	32
	Alwoodley			0			½			1			1			1½		4
32	John Cleland	1598	½	W	12	0	B	7	0	W	35	½	B	26	½	B	31
	Ilkley Chess Club			½			½			½			1			1½		4
33	Colin S Procter	1813	0	B	28	0	W	16	½	-	bye	1	B	35	0	W	17
	Saltaire			0			0			½			1½			1½		3.5
34	Dominik Pitel	1586	½	W	7	0	B	12	½	-	bye	0	B	22	0	W	26
	Hull			½			½			1			1			1		4
35	Samesh Chotai	1587	0	B	9	0	W	15	1	B	32	0	W	33	0	B	25
	Ilkley Chess Centre			0			0			1			1			1		3
36	Koby Dickson	1531	0	B	11	0	W	4	0	B	25	0	B	24	1	-	bye
	York			0			0			0			0			1		1

Minor

No	Name / Club	Rtg		1			2			3			4			5		SPS

1	Steve Collins	1389	1	W	34	1	B	22	1	W	7	½	B	2	1	W	6
	Harrogate			1			2			3			3½			4½		14
2	Paul Blakeston	0	1	W	14	1	B	9	1	W	4	½	W	1	½	B	3
	Five Towns			1			2			3			3½			4		13.5
3	Jeff Dutton	1546	1	B	19	1	W	26	½	B	16	1	W	10	½	W	2
	Harrogate			1			2			2½			3½			4		13
4	Elaine Johnson	1491	1	B	31	1	W	20	0	B	2	1	W	17	1	B	10
	Settle			1			2			2			3			4		12
5	Pietro Convalle	1488	1	W	23	0	B	6	1	W	27	1	B	18	1	B	11
	Leeds			1			1			2			3			4		11
6	James Bowmer	1366	1	B	24	1	W	5	½	B	17	1	W	16	0	B	1
	Ilkley Chess Centre			1			2			2½			3½			3½		12.5
7	Andrew T Watson	1517	½	W	9	1	B	14	0	B	1	1	W	20	1	B	19
	Skegness			½			1½			1½			2½			3½		9.5
8	Alzbeta Kluckova	1270	0	B	17	1	B	30	1	W	22	½	B	12	1	W	16
	Castleford			0			1			2			2½			3½		9
9	Ethan Gaffney	1403	½	B	7	0	W	2	1	W	28	1	B	21	1	B	17
	Harrogate			½			½			1½			2½			3½		8.5
10	Neil Taylor	1594	1	W	15	1	B	13	1	W	18	0	B	3	0	W	4
	Burnley			1			2			3			3			3		12
11	Steve A Spencer	1560	1	W	30	0	B	18	1	W	13	1	B	23	0	W	5
	Rose Forgrove			1			1			2			3			3		10
12	David Kilmartin	1482	1	B	25	0	W	16	1	B	29	½	W	8	½	-	bye
	Blue Club (Oldham)			1			1			2			2½			3		9.5
13	Alex Rawse	1467	1	W	28	0	W	10	0	B	11	1	B	30	1	W	23
	Ilkley Chess Centre			1			1			1			2			3		8
14	Jon Hinds	1447	0	B	2	0	W	7	1	B	25	1	W	29	1	B	24
	Ilkley Chess Centre			0			0			1			2			3		6
15	Christopher Patrick	1429	0	B	10	0	W	19	1	B	32	1	W	27	1	W	22
	Ilkley Chess Centre			0			0			1			2			3		6
16	Liam Kennedy	1412	1	W	21	1	B	12	½	W	3	0	B	6	0	B	8
	Alwoodley			1			2			2½			2½			2½		10.5
17	Neil Horisk	1476	1	W	8	1	B	27	½	W	6	0	B	4	0	W	9
	Leeds			1			2			2½			2½			2½		10.5
18	James Weldon	1465	1	B	32	1	W	11	0	B	10	0	W	5	½	-	bye
	Five Towns			1			2			2			2			2½		9.5
19	Simon Jones	1398	0	W	3	1	B	15	½	-	bye	1	B	26	0	W	7
	Saltaire			0			1			1½			2½			2½		7.5
20	Patrick N Coleman	1440	1	W	33	0	B	4	½	W	21	0	B	7	1	W	26
	Lytham St Annes			1			1			1½			1½			2½		7.5
21	Barry Edgar	1566	0	B	16	1	W	25	½	B	20	0	W	9	1	B	31
	Consett			0			1			1½			1½			2½		6.5
22	Peter Nichols	1468	1	B	29	0	W	1	0	B	8	1	W	31	0	B	15
	Roebuck			1			1			1			2			2		7
23	Chris Stead	1325	0	B	5	1	W	32	1	B	24	0	W	11	0	B	13
	Saltaire			0			1			2			2			2		7
24	Luis Virgos Matilla	1493	0	W	6	1	B	33	0	W	23	1	B	28	0	W	14
	Leeds			0			1			1			2			2		6
25	Sevan Chotai	1270	0	W	12	0	B	21	0	W	14	1	W	33	1	B	32
	Ilkley Chess Centre			0			0			0			1			2		3
26	Caelan Batty	1460	1	W	35	0	B	3	½	-	bye	0	W	19	0	B	20
	Ilkley Chess Centre			1			1			1½			1½			1½		6.5
27	Brendan Smith	1094	1	-	bye	0	W	17	0	B	5	0	B	15	½	W	28
	Ilkely Chess Centre			1			1			1			1			1½		5.5
28	Alan Millthorpe	1267	0	B	13	1	W	31	0	B	9	0	W	24	½	B	27
	Barnsley			0			1			1			1			1½		4.5
29	Cora Wainwright	1192	0	W	22	1	B	34	0	W	12	0	B	14	½	W	30
	Ilkley Chess Centre			0			1			1			1			1½		4.5
30	John A Light	1411	0	B	11	0	W	8	1	B	33	0	W	13	½	B	29
	Ilkley Chess Centre			0			0			1			1			1½		3.5
31	Stuart Wild	1328	0	W	4	0	B	28	1	W	34	0	B	22	0	W	21
	Ilkley Chess Centre			0			0			1			1			1		3
32	James Kennedy	1147	0	W	18	0	B	23	0	W	15	1	B	34	0	W	25
	Ilkley Chess Centre			0			0			0			1			1		2
33	Louis Lau	0	0	B	20	0	W	24	0	W	30	0	B	25	1	W	34
	Ilkley Chess Centre			0			0			0			0			1		1
34	Diane Dickson	1514	0	B	1	0	W	29	0	B	31	0	W	32	0	B	33
	York			0			0			0			0			0		0
35	Rouslan Belkasemi	0	0	B	26
	Bingley & Keighley			0			0			0			0			0		0