This year’s Northumberland (as opposed to Northumbria) congress was held over the weekend of 27th to 29th of September at The Parks Leisure Centre, Howdon Road, North Shields, NE29 6TL, following the same recipe as last year. Thus there were 4 sections: Open, Major (<=1900 rating), Minor (<=1675 rating) and Foundation (<=1450 rating). The first three were played at standard rate over 5 rounds while the “Foundation” (=beginners’) section was played at the rate of 1 hour per game, with players playing 2 games (second with colours reversed) in each or the 5 rounds. The Open was to be FIDE-rated. Entries were marginally upon last year’s, from 125 to 133.

Final cross-tables were as follows:

Open

No	Name	Rtg		1			2			3			4			5		SPS

1	Daniel W Gormally	2418	1	B	18	1	W	4	1	B	3	1	W	5	½	W	2
	4NCL Blackthorne Russia			1			2			3			4			4½		14½
2	Fedir Dyshliuk	1880	½	-	bye	1	W	23	1	W	16	1	B	6	½	B	1
	Durham University			½			1½			2½			3½			4		12
3	Husain Nakara	1591	1	W	32	1	B	13	0	W	1	1	B	16	1	W	9
	Newcastle University			1			2			2			3			4		12
4	Louis Cheng	2047	1	W	29	0	B	1	1	W	11	1	B	12	1	B	10
	Scotland			1			1			2			3			4		11
5	Theo Khoury	2176	1	W	34	1	B	8	½	W	9	0	B	1	1	W	12
	Maidenhead Junior			1			2			2½			2½			3½		11½
6	David J Walker	2226	½	-	bye	1	W	20	1	B	28	0	W	2	1	W	17
	Leam Lane			½			1½			2½			2½			3½		10½
7	Tim P Wall	2202	1	W	11	0	B	9	1	W	26	½	B	8	1	W	18
	Forest Hall			1			1			2			2½			3½		10
8	Tommaso Penna	2039	1	W	37	0	W	5	1	B	33	½	W	7	1	B	14
				1			1			2			2½			3½		10
9	David Henderson	2026	1	B	24	1	W	7	½	B	5	½	W	10	0	B	3
	Tynemouth			1			2			2½			3			3		11½
10	Mark B Waterfield	1797	½	-	bye	1	B	21	1	W	19	½	B	9	0	W	4
	Kettering			½			1½			2½			3			3		10½
11	Sean Gordon	1942	0	B	7	1	W	24	0	B	4	1	W	33	1	W	26
	Watford			0			1			1			2			3		7
12	James Turner	1811	½	-	bye	1	W	17	1	B	15	0	W	4	0	B	5
	Morpeth			½			1½			2½			2½			2½		9½
13	Graeme Oswald	2098	1	B	31	0	W	3	½	B	14	½	W	22	½	B	20
	Leam Lane			1			1			1½			2			2½		8
14	Nathan Ekanem	1941	½	W	35	½	B	32	½	W	13	1	B	19	0	W	8
	Gateshead			½			1			1½			2½			2½		8
15	Michael L Green	1997	½	-	bye	1	B	27	0	W	12	½	B	26	½	W	24
	Carlisle Austin Friars			½			1½			1½			2			2½		8
16	Avyukt Dasgupta	2154	½	-	bye	1	W	25	0	B	2	0	W	3	1	B	29
	Watford			½			1½			1½			1½			2½		7½
17	Yaoyao Zhu	2004	½	-	bye	0	B	12	1	W	25	1	W	28	0	B	6
	4NCL 3Cs			½			½			1½			2½			2½		7½
18	Theodoros Vasiliadis	1944	0	W	1	1	B	37	½	-	bye	1	W	29	0	B	7
	Greece			0			1			1½			2½			2½		7½
19	John F Turnock	2013	½	W	33	+	B	36	0	B	10	0	W	14	1	B	30
	Jesmond			½			1½			1½			1½			2½		7½
20	Alannah Ashton	1874	½	-	bye	0	B	6	1	W	23	½	B	21	½	W	13
	3Cs			½			½			1½			2			2½		7
21	Jack Erskine-Pereira	1981	½	-	bye	0	W	10	1	B	30	½	W	20	½	B	22
	Gosforth			½			½			1½			2			2½		7
22	Chris Izod	1942	½	-	bye	0	B	26	1	W	31	½	B	13	½	W	21
	Jesmond			½			½			1½			2			2½		7
23	Tim Sewart	1796	½	-	bye	0	B	2	0	B	20	1	-	bye	1	W	34
	Durham City			½			½			½			1½			2½		5½
24	Jeremy Revell	1781	0	W	9	0	B	11	1	-	bye	1	W	34	½	B	15
	Newcastle University			0			0			1			2			2½		5½
25	Robin J Nandi	1874	½	-	bye	0	B	16	0	B	17	1	W	27	1	W	31
	Cowley			½			½			½			1½			2½		5½
26	Daniel Sewart	1666	½	-	bye	1	W	22	0	B	7	½	W	15	0	B	11
	Durham City			½			1½			1½			2			2		7½
27	Brian Towers	1809	½	-	bye	0	W	15	½	B	34	0	B	25	1	W	33
	South Shields			½			½			1			1			2		5
28	Shambavi Hariharan	1926	½	-	bye	1	W	30	0	W	6	0	B	17
	Oxford City			½			1½			1½			1½			1½		6½
29	Raj K Mohindra	1798	0	B	4	½	-	bye	1	W	32	0	B	18	0	W	16
	Forest Hall			0			½			1½			1½			1½		5
30	Irina Briggs	1581	½	-	bye	0	B	28	0	W	21	1	B	32	0	W	19
	Leam Lane			½			½			½			1½			1½		4½
31	Mick D Riding	1857	0	W	13	½	-	bye	0	B	22	1	W	37	0	B	25
	Gosforth			0			½			½			1½			1½		4
32	Nicolas Skettos	2002	0	B	3	½	W	14	0	B	29	0	W	30	1	B	37
	Glasgow *			0			½			½			½			1½		3
33	Dalil Benchebra	1632	½	B	19	½	-	bye	0	W	8	0	B	11	0	B	27
	Leam Lane			½			1			1			1			1		4½
34	Nigel G Villalard	1905	0	B	5	½	-	bye	½	W	27	0	B	24	0	B	23
	Newcastle University			0			½			1			1			1		3½
35	Andrew Burnett	2180	½	B	14
	Forest Hall			½			½			½			½			½		2½
36	Martin J Faulkner	1824	½	-	bye	-	W	19
	Coulsdon Chess Club			½			½			½			½			½		2½
37	Radin Karimi	1604	0	B	8	0	W	18	½	-	bye	0	B	31	0	W	32
	Newcastle University			0			0			½			½			½		1½

Major

No	Name	Rtg		1			2			3			4			5		SPS

1	Mark Taylor	1828	1	B	19	1	W	15	½	B	2	1	W	9	1	B	4
	Blue Club (Oldham)			1			2			2½			3½			4½		13½
2	Utku Deniz Demir	1773	1	W	22	1	B	6	½	W	1	1	B	13	½	W	5
				1			2			2½			3½			4		13
3	Joel Tofield-Brown	1666	0	B	9	1	W	28	1	W	26	1	B	12	1	W	7
	Tynemouth			0			1			2			3			4		10
4	Aanuoluwapo John Awesome	1807	1	W	29	1	B	26	1	W	5	½	B	7	0	W	1
	Newcastle			1			2			3			3½			3½		13
5	Dave Patterson	1706	1	B	28	1	W	9	0	B	4	1	W	21	½	B	2
	South Shields			1			2			2			3			3½		11½
6	Martin Baxter	1673	1	W	12	0	W	2	1	B	27	½	B	8	1	W	13
	Settle			1			1			2			2½			3½		10
7	Richard M George	1877	½	B	27	1	W	16	1	B	25	½	W	4	0	B	3
	Cirencester			½			1½			2½			3			3		10½
8	Steve Burnell	1814	½	B	25	1	W	31	½	B	14	½	W	6	½	B	10
	Tynemouth			½			1½			2			2½			3		9½
9	John S Clarke	1790	1	W	3	0	B	5	1	W	18	0	B	1	1	W	22
	Tynemouth			1			1			2			2			3		9
10	Philip Rimmer	1683	½	-	bye	½	W	27	+	B	17	½	B	11	½	W	8
	Consett			½			1			2			2½			3		9
11	Graham W Matthews	1626	½	-	bye	½	W	21	1	B	15	½	W	10	½	B	14
	Hartlepool			½			1			2			2½			3		9
12	Andrew Robinson	1793	0	B	6	1	W	22	1	B	19	0	W	3	1	B	21
	Gosforth			0			1			2			2			3		8
13	Morgan French	1767	1	B	23	½	W	14	1	B	30	0	W	2	0	B	6
	Forest Hall			1			1½			2½			2½			2½		10
14	Ethan Tatters	1632	1	W	20	½	B	13	½	W	8	0	B	16	½	W	11
	Forest Hall			1			1½			2			2			2½		9
15	Colin J White	1741	1	W	32	0	B	1	0	W	11	1	B	28	½	W	17
	Chester			1			1			1			2			2½		7½
16	Kevin Winter	1720	½	-	bye	0	B	7	1	W	24	1	W	14
	Ilkely Chess Centre			½			½			1½			2½			2½		7½
17	Paul R Bielby	1830	½	W	24	½	B	18	-	W	10	1	W	25	½	B	15
	South Shields			½			1			1			2			2½		7
18	Stuart Marchbank	1709	½	-	bye	½	W	17	0	B	9	1	W	30	½	B	23
	Scotland			½			1			1			2			2½		7
19	Sam Trevelyan	1731	0	W	1	1	B	32	0	W	12	½	B	20	1	W	26
	Jesmond			0			1			1			1½			2½		6
20	Robert A Dean	1777	0	B	14	1	W	23	0	B	21	½	W	19	+	B	25
	Saltaire			0			1			1			1½			2½		6
21	Kevin Gee	1726	½	-	bye	½	B	11	1	W	20	0	B	5	0	W	12
	Brighton & Hove			½			1			2			2			2		7½
22	Daniel Atcheson	1556	0	B	2	0	B	12	1	W	29	1	W	27	0	B	9
	Newcastle			0			0			1			2			2		5
23	Ben Wicks	1530	0	W	13	0	B	20	1	-	bye	½	B	26	½	W	18
	St Albans			0			0			1			1½			2		4½
24	Michael EI Allen	1739	½	B	17	0	W	25	0	B	16	½	W	29	1	B	30
	Newcastle University			½			½			½			1			2		4½
25	Darren Mccarthy	1698	½	W	8	1	B	24	0	W	7	0	B	17	-	W	20
	Alnwick			½			1½			1½			1½			1½		6½
26	Ian B Chester	1752	1	B	30	0	W	4	0	B	3	½	W	23	0	B	19
	Gosforth			1			1			1			1½			1½		6
27	Alex K Blake	1756	½	W	7	½	B	10	0	W	6	0	B	22	½	W	28
	Gosforth			½			1			1			1			1½		5
28	Reg P Clucas	1823	0	W	5	0	B	3	1	B	31	0	W	15	½	B	27
	Altrincham & Hale			0			0			1			1			1½		3½
29	John G Horton	1694	0	B	4	0	W	30	0	B	22	½	B	24	1	-	bye
	Morpeth			0			0			0			½			1½		2
30	Mark Mckay	1852	0	W	26	1	B	29	0	W	13	0	B	18	0	W	24
	Gosforth			0			1			1			1			1		4
31	John S Marsh	1707	½	-	bye	0	B	8	0	W	28
	Leam Lane			½			½			½			½			½		2½
32	Zachary Barton	1843	0	B	15	0	W	19
	Crusaders Blackburn			0			0			0			0			0		0

Minor

No	Name	Rtg		1			2			3			4			5		SPS

1	Daniel Williams	1602	1	W	25	1	B	9	1	W	8	1	B	3	½	W	2
	Delves			1			2			3			4			4½		14½
2	Stephen Williams	1563	1	W	29	1	W	19	1	B	15	1	W	7	½	B	1
	Cwmbran			1			2			3			4			4½		14½
3	Reese Wright	1559	1	W	34	1	B	31	1	W	18	0	W	1	1	B	6
	Forest Hall			1			2			3			3			4		13
4	Gary Hunter	1554	0	B	19	1	W	26	1	B	21	1	W	16	1	B	17
	South Shields			0			1			2			3			4		10
5	Noel J Boustred	1557	0	B	6	1	W	30	1	B	35	1	W	15	1	B	10
	Gosforth			0			1			2			3			4		10
6	Robert McKinney	0	1	W	5	½	W	16	½	B	19	1	B	8	0	W	3
				1			1½			2			3			3		10½
7	Tim Bowler	1582	½	B	32	1	W	24	1	W	12	0	B	2	½	W	9
	Maryport			½			1½			2½			2½			3		10
8	Ryan Jg Duff	1581	1	W	30	1	B	28	0	B	1	0	W	6	1	B	27
	Forest Hall			1			2			2			2			3		10
9	Alan Johnson	1560	1	B	38	0	W	1	1	B	32	½	W	13	½	B	7
	South Shields			1			1			2			2½			3		9½
10	Brandon Russell	1538	½	B	17	½	W	21	1	B	29	1	W	31	0	W	5
	Gosforth			½			1			2			3			3		9½
11	David J Buckell	1570	½	B	35	1	W	37	½	B	16	½	W	17	½	B	13
	Roebuck			½			1½			2			2½			3		9½
12	Andre Coltman	1571	½	-	bye	1	W	36	0	B	7	1	B	24	½	W	14
	Bare Village			½			1½			1½			2½			3		9
13	Paul Ashton	1600	½	B	22	½	W	32	1	W	28	½	B	9	½	W	11
	Leyland			½			1			2			2½			3		9
14	Deborah Edmundson	1541	0	W	31	½	B	34	1	B	37	1	W	19	½	B	12
	Co Durham *			0			½			1½			2½			3		7½
15	Kevin Cox	1593	1	W	39	1	B	27	0	W	2	0	B	5	½	W	20
	Gateshead			1			2			2			2			2½		9½
16	Barry Edgar	1575	1	W	26	½	B	6	½	W	11	0