The 41st Bolton Rapidplay was held at the Ukrainian Social Club, 99 Castle Street, Bolton BL2 1JP, on Sunday 1st December 2024, with three sections: Open, U1950 and U1650. The time control was 25 minutes plus 5 seconds increment per move. The tournament director was Roderick Middleton, with Julian Clissold as chief arbiter and David Clayton as assistant arbiter.

The top four boards of the Open section were broadcast live on Lichess, though competition for on-line spectators was provided by the World Championship and the London Chess Classic. Here are the Open winner’s games from rounds 3 and 4. (Click on the link to play through a game on screen.)

Gediminas Sarakauskas 1-0 Paul Macklin,

Tim Elgar 0-1 Gediminas Sarakauskas.

Open

No	Name	Rtg		1			2			3			4			5			6		SPS

1	Gediminas Sarakauskas	2325	1	W	5	1	B	4	1	W	3	1	B	2	1	W	8	1	B	6
	4NCL Guildford			1			2			3			4			5			6		21
2	Tim Elgar	1992	1	W	11	½	B	3	1	W	6	0	W	1	1	B	9	1	W	10
	Ashton			1			1½			2½			2½			3½			4½		15½
3	Paul Macklin	2217	1	B	9	½	W	2	0	B	1	1	W	7	1	W	6	1	B	8
	Swinton & Worsley Community			1			1½			1½			2½			3½			4½		14½
4	Martyn Hamer	2167	1	W	10	0	W	1	0	B	7	0	B	8	1	-	bye	1	W	11
	Crusaders Blackburn			1			1			1			1			2			3		9
5	Michael McDonagh	1972	0	B	1	1	W	10	½	W	8	0	B	6	½	B	11	1	-	bye
	Chester			0			1			1½			1½			2			3		9
6	Tetsuaki Sanada	1887	½	-	bye	1	W	7	0	B	2	1	W	5	0	B	3	0	W	1
	Chorlton			½			1½			1½			2½			2½			2½		11
7	Kelechukwu Nkwonta	1887	1	W	8	0	B	6	1	W	4	0	B	3	0	B	10	½	W	9
	Bolton			1			1			2			2			2			2½		10½
8	Mike J Surtees	2096	0	B	7	1	W	9	½	B	5	1	W	4	0	B	1	0	W	3
	Great Lever			0			1			1½			2½			2½			2½		10
9	Chris Riley	1961	0	W	3	0	B	8	1	B	11	1	-	bye	0	W	2	½	B	7
	Macclesfield			0			0			1			2			2			2½		7½
10	Chris Jardine	1936	0	B	4	0	B	5	1	-	bye	½	W	11	1	W	7	0	B	2
	Great Lever			0			0			1			1½			2½			2½		7½
11	Mohammad H Bakhsh	1713	0	B	2				0	W	8	½	B	10	½	W	5	0	B	4
	Bury			0			0			0			½			1			1		2½

Major (U-1950)

No	Name	Rtg		1			2			3			4			5			6		SPS

1	George Heath	1789	1	W	22	1	B	20	1	W	14	1	B	8	1	W	4	1	B	6
	Kent *			1			2			3			4			5			6		21
2	Oliver Graham	1800	1	W	28	1	B	18	0	W	4	1	B	11	1	W	14	1	B	7
	Worksop			1			2			2			3			4			5		17
3	Elias Asef	1864	½	W	23	0	B	30	1	W	25	1	B	31	1	W	20	1	B	4
	Lancashire *			½			½			1½			2½			3½			4½		13
4	Nicholas MS Barnaby	1788	1	B	29	1	W	17	1	B	2	1	W	5	0	B	1	0	W	3
	Bolton			1			2			3			4			4			4		18
5	Om Reddy Jayar	1661	1	W	16	1	B	7	1	W	31	0	B	4	0	W	6	1	W	17
	London			1			2			3			3			3			4		16
6	Kamil Zak	1864	1	B	13	½	W	8	½	B	15	1	W	12	1	B	5	0	W	1
	Crewe			1			1½			2			3			4			4		15½
7	Allan Gardner	1854	1	B	35	0	W	5	1	B	21	1	W	22	1	B	15	0	W	2
	Bolton			1			1			2			3			4			4		15
8	Andrew Hargreaves	1758	1	W	27	½	B	6	1	W	30	0	W	1	½	B	9	1	B	14
	Great Harwood			1			1½			2½			2½			3			4		14½
9	Grieg Ichim	1572	½	W	19	0	B	31	1	W	28	1	B	30	½	W	8	1	B	16
	Swinton & Worsley Community			½			½			1½			2½			3			4		12
10	Vivien Webster	1708	½	-	bye	½	B	19	0	W	16	1	B	34	1	W	30	1	W	15
	Halifax			½			1			1			2			3			4		11½
11	Mark D Birch	1675	1	B	32	0	W	15	1	B	17	0	W	2	1	B	18	½	W	12
	Greater Manchester *			1			1			2			2			3			3½		12½
12	Peter O'Driscoll	1784	1	W	25	0	B	14	1	W	27	0	B	6	1	W	23	½	B	11
	Waterloo			1			1			2			2			3			3½		12½
13	Simon Richards	1692	0	W	6	0	B	25	1	W	33	½	B	19	1	W	34	1	W	24
	Northwich			0			0			1			1½			2½			3½		8½
14	James McKiernan	1869	1	B	24	1	W	12	0	B	1	1	W	18	0	B	2	0	W	8
	Lancaster			1			2			2			3			3			3		14
15	Robert A Newton	1869	½	W	30	1	B	11	½	W	6	1	B	16	0	W	7	0	B	10
	Rochdale			½			1½			2			3			3			3		13
16	Mahin Rughani	1811	0	B	5	1	W	29	1	B	10	0	W	15	1	B	22	0	W	9
	Swinton & Worsley Community			0			1			2			2			3			3		11
17	Philip T Seery	1853	1	W	33	0	B	4	0	W	11	1	B	25	1	W	21	0	B	5
	Bare Village			1			1			1			2			3			3		11
18	Mark Taylor	1776	1	B	26	0	W	2	1	W	34	0	B	14	0	W	11	1	B	28
	Blue Club (Oldham)			1			1			2			2			2			3		11
19	Nicholas Cunliffe	1799	½	B	9	½	W	10	0	B	22	½	W	13	½	B	28	1	W	27
	Manchester			½			1			1			1½			2			3		9
20	Richard E Desmedt	1756	1	B	34	0	W	1	1	B	26	½	W	21	0	B	3
	Barnsley			1			1			2			2½			2½			2½		11½
21	Kevin Winter	1733	½	W	31	1	B	23	0	W	7	½	B	20	0	B	17	½	W	22
	Ilkely Chess Centre			½			1½			1½			2			2			2½		10
22	Aashita Roychowdhury	1571	0	B	1	1	W	24	1	W	19	0	B	7	0	W	16	½	B	21
	Leeds Junior Chess Club			0			1			2			2			2			2½		9½
23	Peter Barrow	1700	½	B	3	0	W	21	½	B	32	1	W	26	0	B	12	½	W	29
	Lancashire *			½			½			1			2			2			2½		8½
24	Michael I Connor	1752	0	W	14	0	B	22	1	W	35	½	B	27	1	W	29	0	B	13
	Eccles			0			0			1			1½			2½			2½		7½
25	Shlok Maheshwari	1533	0	B	12	1	W	13	0	B	3	0	W	17	½	B	26	1	W	33
	Swinton & Worsley Community			0			1			1			1			1½			2½		7
26	Andrew Beswick	1504	0	W	18	1	B	33	0	W	20	0	B	23	½	W	25	1	B	30
	Chorlton-Cum-Hardy			0			1			1			1			1½			2½		7
27	Leo Cheung	1491	0	B	8	1	W	35	0	B	12	½	W	24	½	B	33	0	B	19
	Swinton & Worsley Community			0			1			1			1½			2			2		7½
28	Bill Tait	1649	0	B	2	½	W	32	0	B	9	1	B	35	½	W	19	0	W	18
	Ilkley			0			½			½			1½			2			2		6½
29	Ashton Morrissey	1547	0	W	4	0	B	16	1	-	bye	½	W	32	0	B	24	½	B	23
	Bolton			0			0			1			1½			1½			2		6
30	Paul D Doherty	1739	½	B	15	1	W	3	0	B	8	0	W	9	0	B	10	0	W	26
	Bolton			½			1½			1½			1½			1½			1½		8
31	David Wells	1865	½	B	21	1	W	9	0	B	5	0	W	3
	York			½			1½			1½			1½			1½			1½		8
32	Simon Myles	1856	0	W	11	½	B	28	½	W	23	½	B	29
	Winwick			0			½			1			1½			1½			1½		6
33	Derek Rooney	1673	0	B	17	0	W	26	0	B	13	1	-	bye	½	W	27	0	B	25
	Atticus			0			0			0			1			1½			1½		4
34	Muhammed Amla	0	0	W	20	1	-	bye	0	B	18	0	W	10	0	B	13
				0			1			1			1			1			1		5
35	Ian Oates	1674	0	W	7	0	B	27	0	B	24	0	W	28
	Glossop			0			0			0			0			0			0		0

Minor (U-1650)

No	Name	Rtg		1			2			3			4			5			6		SPS

1	Danylo Laba	1399	1	B	62	1	W	49	1	B	21	1	W	6	1	B	3	½	W	2
	St Helens			1			2			3			4			5			5½		20½
2	Robert Hoggarth	1543	1	W	34	1	B	31	1	W	10	½	B	9	1	W	19	½	B	1
	Lancaster Chess Academy			1			2			3			3½			4½			5		19
3	Beyazid Kocak	1468	1	W	47	1	B	61	1	W	5	1	B	4	0	W	1	1	B	9
	Manchester Grammar School			1			2			3			4			4			5		19
4	Matthew Heritage	1553	1	B	58	1	W	16	1	B	39	0	W	3	1	B	14	1	W	10
	Lancashire *			1			2			3			3			4			5		18
5	Adam Smith	1614	1	B	45	1	W	7	0	B	3	1	W	32	1	B	11	1	W	13
	Hebden Bridge			1			2			2			3			4			5		17
6	Richard J Walsh	1637	1	W	17	1	B	53	1	W	20	0	B	1	½	W	7	1	B	15
	Lancaster			1			2			3			3			3½			4½		17
7	Mohammed Rohman	1416	1	W	63	0	B	5	1	W	56	1	W	21	½	B	6	1	B	22
	3Cs			1			1			2			3			3½			4½		15
8	Matthew Grimley	1443	½	B	24	0	W	22	1	B	59	1	W	58	1	B	28	1	W	18
	Burnley			½			½			1½			2½			3½			4½		13
9	Josh Cameron	1556	1	B	23	1	W	32	1	B	11	½	W	2	½	B	18	0	W	3
	Manchester Social			1			2			3			3½			4			4		17½
10	Tyler Sweeney	1285	1	W	42	1	W	25	0	B	2	1	W	36	1	B	20	0	B	4
	Swinton & Worsley Community			1			2			2			3			4			4		16
11	Phillip Shaugnessy	1461	1	W	51	1	B	40	0	W	9	1	B	30	0	W	5	1	B	34
				1			2			2			3			3			4		15
12	Vincent Logan	1500	½	-	bye	1	W	59	1	B	50	½	B	18	0	W	15	1	B	19
	Greater Manchester *			½			1½			2½			3			3			4		14½
13	Paul Ashton	1541	0	B	31	1	W	24	1	B	41	1	W	23	1	B	29	0	B	5
	Leyland			0			1			2			3			4			4		14
14	Paul Blakeston	1441	1	W	56	0	B	18	1	W	52	1	B	40	0	W	4	1	B	37
	Five Towns			1			1			2			3			3			4		14
15	Ved Sudeep Boganadham	1391	0	B	50	1	W	47	1	B	55	1	W	33	1	B	12	0	W	6
	Ashton			0			1			2			3			4			4		14
16	Alexander Ursu	1392	1	W	35	0	B	4	0	W	40	1	B	46	1	W	51	1	B	30
	Bloxwich Juniors			1			1			1			2			3			4		12
17	Phillip Claire	1384	0	B	6	1	W	65	0	B	49	1	W	52	1	B	50	1	W	31
				0			1			1			2			3			4		11
18	Barry Edgar	1646	1	B	48	1	W	14	½	B	28	½	W	12	½	W	9	0	B	8
	Consett			1			2			2½			3			3½			3½		15½
19	Gordon L Glover	1465	1	B	65	½	W	50	1	B	22	1	W	28	0	B	2	0	W	12
	Crusaders Blackburn			1			1½			2½			3½			3½			3½		15½
20	Nigel Gardner	1490	1	W	30	1	B	52	0	B	6	1	W	39	0	W	10	½	B	27
	Crewe			1			2			2			3			3			3½		14½
21	Kevin Cox	1575	1	W	44	1	B	29	0	W	1	0	B	7	1	W	35	½	B	23
	Gateshead			1			2			2			2			3			3½		13½
22	Paul Leonard	1537	½	-	bye	1	B	8	0	W	19	1	W	51	1	B	24	0	W	7
	Atherton			½			1½			1½			2½			3½			3½		13
23	Daniel McGlashan	1346	0	W	9	1	B	64	1	W	43	0	B	13	1	B	49	½	W	21
				0			1			2			2			3			3½		11½
24	Thomas Humphreys	1224	½	W	8	0	B	13	1	W	63	1	B	26	0	W	22	1	B	44
	Bolton			½			½			1½			2½			2½			3½		11
25	Douglas J Barnett	1507	1	W	46	0	B	10	½	W	26	0	B	35	1	W	43	1	B	40
	Crewe			1			1			1½			1½			2½			3½		11
26	Richard Smith	1319	1	B	33	0	W	28	½	B	25	0	W	24	1	B	45	1	W	41
	Poole			1			1			1½			1½			2½			3½		11
27	Karol Falgier	1340	0	B	49	0	W	55	1	B	65	1	W	57	1	B	33	½	W	20
	Manchester *			0			0			1			2			3			3½		9½
28	Chris Lysons	1523	1	W	37	1	B	26	½	W	18	0	B	19	0	W	8	½	B	35
	Eccles Community			1			2			2½			2½			2½			3		13½
29	Geoff Swallow	1404	1	B	55	0	W	21	1	B	57	1	W	49	0	W	13
	Bolton			1			1			2			3			3			3		13
30	Mukil Balamurugan	1262	0	B	20	1	B	38	1	W	42	0	W	11	1	B	32	0	W	16
	Swinton & Worsley Community			0			1			2			2			3			3		11
31	Neil Treadwell	1321	1	W	13	0	W	2	0	B	36	1	B	61	1	W	42	0	B	17
	Leyland			1			1			1			2			3			3		11
32	Chaitanya Krishna Vadlamani	1400	1	W	64	0	B	9	1	W	61	0	B	5	0	W	30	+	W	49
				1			1			2			2			2			3		11
33	Gabriel Dixon	1526	0	W	26	1	B	37	1	W	34	0	B	15	0	W	27	1	B	54
	Formby			0			1			2			2			2			3		10
34	Stephen Eddleston	1322	0	B	2	1	W	62	0	B	33	1	W	55	1	B	36	0	W	11
	Ashton			0			1			1			2			3			3		10
35	Scarlett Sanderson	969	0	B	16	½	W	58	1	B	45	1	W	25	0	B	21	½	W	28
	Cheshire & N Wales *			0			½			1½			2½			2½			3		10
36	Timothy Weston	1515	0	B	39	1	W	54	1	W	31	0	B	10	0	W	34	1	B	51
	Crewe			0			1			2			2			2			3		10
37	David Fisher	1303	0	B	28	0	W	33	1	B	60	1	B	53	1	W	38	0	W	14
	Bury			0			0			1			2			3			3		9
38	Becky Kerton	1489	0	B	52	0	W	30	1	B	58	1	W	65	0	B	37	1	W	50
	Preston			0			0			1			2			2			3		8
39	Oscar Ye	1297	1	W	36	1	B	43	0	W	4	0	B	20	0	W	44	½	B	42
	Heywood			1			2			2			2			2			2½		11½
40	Kingsley Shi	827	1	-	bye	0	W	11	1	B	16	0	W	14	½	B	41	0	W	25
				1			1			2			2			2½			2½		11
41	Mike Swift	1387	½	-	bye	½	-	bye	0	W	13	1	B	56	½	W	40	0	B	26
	Bolton			½			1			1			2			2½			2½		9½
42	Scott Judkins	1498	0	B	10	1	W	46	0	B	30	1	W	54	0	B	31	½	W	39
	Manchester Social			0			1			1			2			2			2½		8½
43	Steve A Spencer	1525	1	B	54	0	W	39	0	B	23	½	W	50	0	B	25	1	W	55
	Yorks Copper Works			1			1			1			1½			1½			2½		8½
44	Parshottambhi D Patel	1353	0	B	21	0	W	57	½	B	47	1	W	59	1	B	39	0	W	24
	Bolton			0			0			½			1½			2½			2½		7
45	Mohammed Andeel	1382	0	W	5	½	B	63	0	W	35	1	B	47	0	W	26	1	B	56
	Ashton			0			½			½			1½			1½			2½		6½
46	Ken Lawson	1294	0	B	25	0	B	42	1	W	48	0	W	16	½	B	55	1	W	57
	Leyland			0			0			1			1			1½			2½		6
47	Claire Kerton	1242	0	B	3	0	B	15	½	W	44	0	W	45	1	B	59	1	W	60
	3Cs			0			0			½			½			1½			2½		5
48	Darren Stanway	1387	0	W	18	0	B	56	0	B	46	1	W	64	½	B	57	1	W	52
	Eccles Community			0			0			0			1			1½			2½		5
49	Max Whitehead	1555	1	W	27	0	B	1	1	W	17	0	B	29	0	W	23	-	B	32
				1			1			2			2			2			2		10
50	Sean Hicks	906	1	W	15	½	B	19	0	W	12	½	B	43	0	W	17	0	B	38
	3Cs			1			1½			1½			2			2			2		10
51	Andrew Howard	1231	0	B	11	1	W	60	1	W	53	0	B	22	0	B	16	0	W	36
	Five Towns			0			1			2			2			2			2		9
52	Harrison Theobald	1251	1	W	38	0	W	20	0	B	14	0	B	17	1	W	53	0	B	48
	Lancaster			1			1			1			1			2			2		8
53	Daniel Siggers	1434	1	B	57	0	W	6	0	B	51	0	W	37	0	B	52	1	W	64
	Preston			1			1			1			1			1			2		7
54	Dominik Dubiel	1306	0	W	43	0	B	36	1	W	64	0	B	42	1	W	61	0	W	33
	Manchester *			0			0			1			1			2			2		6
55	Natalie Haydock	1084	0	W	29	1	B	27	0	W	15	0	B	34	½	W	46	0	B	43
	Lancashire *			0			1			1			1			1½			1½		6
56	Jiayu Feng	1221	0	B	14	1	W	48	0	B	7	0	W	41	½	B	60	0	W	45
				0			1			1			1			1½			1½		6
57	Mark Haydock	1147	0	W	53	1	B	44	0	W	29	0	B	27	½	W	48	0	B	46
	Lancashire *			0			1			1			1			1½			1½		6
58	David Kilmartin	1329	0	W	4	½	B	35	0	W	38	0	B	8	1	W	63
	Blue Club (Oldham)			0			½			½			½			1½			1½		4½
59	Ronnie Sutton	992	½	-	bye	0	B	12	0	W	8	0	B	44	0	W	47	1	B	61
	Great Harwood			½			½			½			½			½			1½		4
60	Andrew R De Santos	1388	0	W	61	0	B	51	0	W	37	1	B	63	½	W	56	0	B	47
	Preston			0			0			0			1			1½			1½		4
61	Darsev Singh	856	1	B	60	0	W	3	0	B	32	0	W	31	0	B	54	0	W	59
	Ulverston			1			1			1			1			1			1		6
62	William Bartlett	1056	0	W	1	0	B	34	1	-	bye
	Manchester *			0			0			1			1			1			1		4
63	Noah Hicks	1131	0	B	7	½	W	45	0	B	24	0	W	60	0	B	58	½	B	65
	3Cs			0			½			½			½			½			1		3
64	Prudhvi Nalluri	1064	0	B	32	0	W	23	0	B	54	0	B	48	1	W	65	0	B	53
	Greater Manchester *			0			0			0			0			1			1		2
65	Anant Handa	1237	0	W	19	0	B	17	0	W	27	0	B	38	0	B	64	½	W	63
	Greater Manchester *			0			0			0			0			0			½		½