These were held over the extended weekend of Thursday 24th to Monday 28th of April at the Holiday Inn Kenilworth-Warwick, 212 Abbey End, Kenilworth CV8 1ED, with live coverage making it a spectator event as is common with larger events these days. There were the now-usual two “senior” categories: aged over 50 and aged over 65. A number of players from NCCU territory were playing. Of these, in the Over-50 section, Chester’s Philip Crocker and Hull’s Andrei Ciuravin were placed respectively 5th and 6th out of 26 in the initial ranking list; in the Over-50 section, York’s Paul Townsend and Cheshire’s Oliver Jackson were placed respectively 2nd and 6th out of 43 in the initial ranking.

The timetable was as follows:

Round	Date		Time
1	Th	24/04/2025	16:00
2	Fri	25/04/2025	10:00
3	Fri	25/04/2025	16:00
4	Sat	26/04/2025	14:00
5	Sun	27/04/2025	10:00
6	Sun	27/04/2025	16:00
7	Mon	28/04/2025	11:00

Having only one round on the Saturday was perhaps intended to make Saturday a semi-rest day.

As play progressed, it became evident Andrei Ciuravin might pick up some prize money but not a title, whereas Paul Townsend stayed on the top two boards of the draw. He finished by drawing the last two rounds then having to wait to see how many other players could join him to share first place, and there weas a three-way tie on game points between Paul Townsend, Paul Littlewood and Chris Baker. If the writer’s interpretation of the Bucholz tie-break system is correct (see rules here), then Paul Townsend won the title, but the three share the 1st prize of £500, second prize of £250 and third prize of £100, i.e. £283.34 each.

Paul Townsend’s games, round by round were as follows. (Click on a game to play through it on screen.)

1	Townsend, M Paul 1‑0 Johnson, Richard J
2	Myall, Ivan J 0-1 Townsend, M Paul
3	Townsend, M Paul 1-0 Moore, John C
4	Baker, Chris W ½-½ Townsend, M Paul
5	Townsend, M Paul 1-0 Dilleigh, Stephen P
6	Littlewood, Paul E ½-½ Townsend, M Paul
7	Townsend, M Paul ½‑½ Moore, Geoffrey R

Round-by round game results:

	Over 50

No	Name	Grade		1			2			3			4			5			6			7		SPS

1	Peter K Wells	2448	1	B	18	1	W	5	½	B	2	½	W	6	1	B	13	½	W	3	1	W	10
	Witney			1			2			2½			3			4			4½			5½		22½
2	Nigel R Davies	2366	1	W	15	½	B	12	½	W	1	½	B	4	½	-	bye	1	W	9	1	B	3
	Tiger Chess			1			1½			2			2½			3			4			5		19
3	Stephen Dishman	2289	1	B	23	½	W	8	1	B	9	½	W	7	1	B	6	½	B	1	0	W	2
	Wycombe & Hazlemere			1			1½			2½			3			4			4½			4½		21
4	Russell A James	2165	1	W	20	½	-	bye	½	B	8	½	W	2	½	-	bye	½	B	12	1	W	15
	Solihull			1			1½			2			2½			3			3½			4½		18
5	Martin P Burrows	2141	1	B	22	0	B	1	½	W	11	½	W	14	1	B	20	1	W	6	½	B	7
	Wigston			1			1			1½			2			3			4			4½		17
6	Andrei Ciuravin	2190	1	B	24	1	W	13	½	-	bye	½	B	1	0	W	3	0	B	5	1	W	12
	Hull			1			2			2½			3			3			3			4		18½
7	Philip J Crocker	2214	1	W	16	½	B	14	½	W	12	½	B	3	1	W	8	0	B	10	½	W	5
	Chester			1			1½			2			2½			3½			3½			4		18
8	Alan J Walton	2106	1	W	17	½	B	3	½	W	4	½	B	12	0	B	7	½	-	bye	1	W	22
	4NCL 3Cs			1			1½			2			2½			2½			3			4		16½
9	Russell P White	2132	½	-	bye	1	B	11	0	W	3	1	B	16	½	W	12	0	B	2	1	W	23
	Chelmsford			½			1½			1½			2½			3			3			4		16
10	Mark L Hebden	2451	0	W	11	1	-	bye	1	B	14	0	W	13	1	B	21	1	W	7	0	B	1
	Syston			0			1			2			2			3			4			4		16
11	Natasha K Regan	2072	1	B	10	0	W	9	½	B	5	½	W	21	½	-	bye	½	-	bye	1	B	20
	4NCL Barbican			1			1			1½			2			2½			3			4		15
12	Andrew R Brett	2105	1	B	26	½	W	2	½	B	7	½	W	8	½	B	9	½	W	4	0	B	6
	4NCL Barbican			1			1½			2			2½			3			3½			3½		17
13	Stephen J Homer	2083	1	W	19	0	B	6	1	W	25	1	B	10	0	W	1	0	B	15	½	W	17
	4NCL West Is Best			1			1			2			3			3			3			3½		16½
14	Daniel J Staples	2073	1	B	25	½	W	7	0	W	10	½	B	5	½	W	15	½	-	bye	½	B	18
	York			1			1½			1½			2			2½			3			3½		15
15	Andy Hill	2039	0	B	2	½	W	22	½	B	24	1	W	26	½	B	14	1	W	13	0	B	4
	Horfield & Redland			0			½			1			2			2½			3½			3½		13
16	Graham Bolt	1985	0	B	7	1	W	26	½	B	21	0	W	9	1	B	23	0	W	20	1	-	bye
	Exeter			0			1			1½			1½			2½			2½			3½		12½
17	Martin J Faulkner	1839	0	B	8	½	W	23	½	B	22	½	W	18	1	-	bye	½	-	bye	½	B	13
	Coulsdon Chess Club			0			½			1			1½			2½			3			3½		12
18	Nigel R E Alldritt	2043	0	W	1	0	B	20	1	W	19	½	B	17	1	W	24	½	B	22	½	W	14
	Harrow			0			0			1			1½			2½			3			3½		11½
19	Simon Richards	1662	0	B	13	½	W	24	0	B	18	1	-	bye	0	W	22	1	B	26	1	W	25
	Northwich			0			½			½			1½			1½			2½			3½		10
20	Richard Anderson	1928	0	B	4	1	W	18	½	B	23	½	-	bye	0	W	5	1	B	16	0	W	11
	Lichfield			0			1			1½			2			2			3			3		12½
21	Alan M Byron	2122	½	-	bye	½	-	bye	½	W	16	½	B	11	0	W	10	½	B	24	½	W	26
	Wigston			½			1			1½			2			2			2½			3		12½
22	Adrian M S Matthews	1855	0	W	5	½	B	15	½	W	17	½	-	bye	1	B	19	½	W	18	0	B	8
	Leighton Buzzard			0			½			1			1½			2½			3			3		11½
23	Simon E Lazarus	2014	0	W	3	½	B	17	½	W	20	1	B	25	0	W	16	1	-	bye	0	B	9
	Kirby Castlers			0			½			1			2			2			3			3		11½
24	Eric D Gardiner	1931	0	W	6	½	B	19	½	W	15	½	-	bye	0	B	18	½	W	21
	Hull And East Riding Ca			0			½			1			1½			1½			2			2		8½
25	Stephanie Gelder	1488	0	W	14	1	-	bye	0	B	13	0	W	23	½	B	26	½	-	bye	0	B	19
	Leicestershire *			0			1			1			1			1½			2			2		8½
26	Neil S Homer	1683	0	W	12	0	B	16	1	-	bye	0	B	15	½	W	25	0	W	19	½	B	21
	4NCL The Pitstop			0			0			1			1			1½			1½			2		7

	Over 65

No	Name	Grade		1			2			3			4			5			6			7		SPS

1	M Paul Townsend	2225	1	W	29	1	B	7	1	W	18	½	B	2	1	W	5	½	B	3	½	W	8
	Eagle And Child (York)			1			2			3			3½			4½			5			5½		24½
2	Chris W Baker	2219	1	B	31	1	W	24	½	B	6	½	W	1	½	B	4	1	W	13	1	B	5
	4NCL The Ads			1			2			2½			3			3½			4½			5½		22
3	Paul E Littlewood	2288	1	B	23	½	W	17	½	B	5	1	W	18	1	B	6	½	W	1	1	B	7
	Wood Green			1			1½			2			3			4			4½			5½		21½
4	Ian L Snape	2214	1	W	22	0	B	18	1	W	20	1	B	19	½	W	2	½	B	7	1	W	12
	Beckenham & Bromley			1			1			2			3			3½			4			5		19½
5	Stephen P Dilleigh	2044	1	W	32	1	B	20	½	W	3	1	B	8	0	B	1	1	W	6	0	W	2
	Horfield & Redland			1			2			2½			3½			3½			4½			4½		21½
6	Oliver A Jackson	2117	1	W	30	1	B	19	½	W	2	1	B	17	0	W	3	0	B	5	1	W	18
	Cheshire & N Wales *			1			2			2½			3½			3½			3½			4½		20½
7	Ivan J Myall	2025	1	B	34	0	W	1	1	B	28	1	W	25	1	B	16	½	W	4	0	W	3
	Chelmsford			1			1			2			3			4			4½			4½		20
8	Geoffrey R Moore	2051	1	B	33	½	W	36	1	B	13	0	W	5	1	W	24	½	B	12	½	B	1
	Norwich Dons			1			1½			2½			2½			3½			4			4½		19½
9	Philip R Bonafont	2118	½	B	28	½	W	13	1	B	33	0	W	12	1	B	17	½	W	10	1	B	20
	Norwich Dons			½			1			2			2			3			3½			4½		16½
10	Alan A Hall	1702	0	B	17	1	W	23	½	-	bye	1	W	28	½	B	14	½	B	9	1	W	24
	Marple			0			1			1½			2½			3			3½			4½		16
11	Mark E Page	2096	½	B	27	0	W	28	½	B	41	1	W	33	1	B	26	½	-	bye	1	W	17
	Kenilworth			½			½			1			2			3			3½			4½		15
12	Tim R Spanton	1985	1	B	37	½	-	bye	½	W	25	1	B	9	½	-	bye	½	W	8	0	B	4
	Battersea			1			1½			2			3			3½			4			4		19
13	Paul F Habershon	1933	1	W	42	½	B	9	0	W	8	1	B	35	1	W	36	0	B	2	½	W	14
	Bedford			1			1½			1½			2½			3½			3½			4		17½
14	Robert G Clark	2022	½	W	35	½	B	26	1	W	29	½	B	36	½	W	10	½	-	bye	½	B	13
	Penyffordd			½			1			2			2½			3			3½			4		16½
15	Ian Campbell	1929	1	B	43	½	-	bye	0	W	17	½	B	21	½	-	bye	½	W	16	1	B	26
	Widnes			1			1½			1½			2			2½			3			4		15½
16	Sheila Jackson	2065	½	W	26	0	B	25	1	W	22	1	B	27	0	W	7	½	B	15	1	B	29
	4NCL Spirit Of Atticus			½			½			1½			2½			2½			3			4		14½
17	Roger D De Coverly	1997	1	W	10	½	B	3	1	B	15	0	W	6	0	W	9	1	B	31	0	B	11
	Bourne End			1			1½			2½			2½			2½			3½			3½		17
18	John C Moore	2003	1	B	21	1	W	4	0	B	1	0	B	3	½	W	31	1	W	25	0	B	6
	Writtle			1			2			2			2			2½			3½			3½		16½
19	Dave J Bray	1979	1	B	41	0	W	6	1	B	34	0	W	4	½	B	25	½	W	29	½	B	21
	Anstey			1			1			2			2			2½			3			3½		15
20	Chris J V Bellers	1937	1	B	39	0	W	5	0	B	4	1	W	37	½	W	21	1	B	30	0	W	9
	4NCL Wessex			1			1			1			2			2½			3½			3½		14½
21	Kevin Winter	1724	0	W	18	1	B	43	½	-	bye	½	W	15	½	B	20	½	-	bye	½	W	19
	Ilkely Chess Centre			0			1			1½			2			2½			3			3½		13½
22	Ed H Goodwin	1872	0	B	4	½	W	41	0	B	16	1	W	43	½	B	28	½	W	34	1	B	37
	Coventry Chess			0			½			½			1½			2			2½			3½		10½
23	Hassan Erdogan	1909	0	W	3	0	B	10	½	W	38	1	B	40	0	W	27	1	B	42	1	B	33
	Club Unknown			0			0			½			1½			1½			2½			3½		9½
24	Richard J E McNally	1981	1	W	38	0	B	2	½	-	bye	1	W	32	0	B	8	½	-	bye	0	B	10
	Stratford			1			1			1½			2½			2½			3			3		14½
25	Chris J P Leeson	1750	½	-	bye	1	W	16	½	B	12	0	B	7	½	W	19	0	B	18	½	W	31
	Weymouth			½			1½			2			2			2½			2½			3		14
26	Raymond Wynarczyk	1822	½	B	16	½	W	14	½	B	30	½	-	bye	0	W	11	1	B	38	0	W	15
	Northumberland CA			½			1			1½			2			2			3			3		13
27	Andrew C Waters	1838	½	W	11	½	B	35	½	-	bye	0	W	16	1	B	23	½	W	28	0	B	36
	Rainham (Kent)			½			1			1½			1½			2½			3			3		13
28	David S Tucker	1858	½	W	9	1	B	11	0	W	7	0	B	10	½	W	22	½	B	27	½	W	32
	Dartford & Swanley			½			1½			1½			1½			2			2½			3		12½
29	Richard J Johnson	1894	0	B	1	1	W	37	0	B	14	1	W	41	½	-	bye	½	B	19	0	W	16
	Bristol Grendel			0			1			1			2			2½			3			3		12½
30	James N Hawkins	1846	0	B	6	½	-	bye	½	W	26	1	B	38	½	-	bye	0	W	20	½	B	34
	Liverpool			0			½			1			2			2½			2½			3		11½
31	Adrian O Pickersgill	1877	0	W	2	½	B	38	½	-	bye	1	W	42	½	B	18	0	W	17	½	B	25
	Hastings & St Leonards			0			½			1			2			2½			2½			3		11½
32	Paul H Kenning	1790	0	B	5	1	W	39	½	-	bye	0	B	24	½	-	bye	½	W	37	½	B	28
	Braintree			0			1			1½			1½			2			2½			3		11½
33	A Philip Neatherway	1808	0	W	8	1	B	40	0	W	9	0	B	11	1	W	35	1	B	39	0	W	23
	4NCL Oxfordshire			0			1			1			1			2			3			3		11
34	Roger Greatorex	1741	0	W	7	1	B	42	0	W	19	½	-	bye	½	-	bye	½	B	22	½	W	30
	Llangollen			0			1			1			1½			2			2½			3		11
35	Brendan O'Gorman	1728	½	B	14	½	W	27	½	-	bye	0	W	13	0	B	33	½	-	bye	1	W	40
	Dhss			½			1			1½			1½			1½			2			3		11
36	Mike J Donnelly	1946	+	W	40	½	B	8	½	-	bye	½	W	14	0	B	13	½	-	bye	1	W	27
	Kenilworth			0			½			1			1½			1½			2			3		9½
37	John Morrish	1644	0	W	12	0	B	29	1	W	43	0	B	20	1	W	40	½	B	32	0	W	22
	Swindon			0			0			1			1			2			2½			2½		9
38	Nigel Collins	1566	0	B	24	½	W	31	½	B	23	0	W	30	1	B	42	0	W	26	½	W	39
	Milton Keynes			0			½			1			1			2			2			2½		9
39	David J Carpenter	1530	0	W	20	0	B	32	0	W	40	1	-	bye	1	B	41	0	W	33	½	B	38
	Sutton Coldfield			0			0			0			1			2			2			2½		7½
40	Duncan Clarke	1541	-	B	36	0	W	33	1	B	39	0	W	23	0	B	37	1	W	41	0	B	35
	Aylesbury			0			0			1			1			1			2			2		7
41	Nigel W Morris	1560	0	W	19	½	B	22	½	W	11	0	B	29	0	W	39	0	B	40	1	-	bye
	Leamington			0			½			1			1			1			1			2		6½
42	Steve Robinson	1415	0	B	13	0	W	34	1	-	bye	0	B	31	0	W	38	0	W	23	1	B	43
	Morecambe			0			0			1			1			1			1			2		6
43	George A Wright	1292	0	W	15	0	W	21	0	B	37	0	B	22	½	-	bye	½	-	bye	0	W	42
	Oxford City			0			0			0			0			½			1			1		2½