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Northern Counties Chess Union

Established 1899

A constituent unit of the English Chess Federation

 

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15/06/2025

SOUTH LAKES CONGRESS 2025

 

The 26th South Lakes Congress took place on 13th to 15th June 2025 at a new venue, the Town Hall, Barrow-in-Furness, with three sections.  This year it hosted the NCCU Individual Championship which was won by Alannah Ashton with 2½ out of 5 in the Open section.  The congress prizes winners were as follows:

 

OPEN (20 Entries)

1st John Potter (Belper) 4½/5

2nd Yaoyao Zhu (3C’s) 4/5

=3rd   Nigel Davies (Tiger Chess), Ali Jaunooby (Eccles) 3½/5

Rating prize:    Alannah Ashton (3C’s)

Cumbria prize: = David Phillips (Kendal), Barry Hymer (Ulverston)

 

MAJOR (33 Entries)

=1st Simon Arnold (Eagle & Child), Raymond Wynarczyk (Northumberland),

Peter Garrett (Waterloo), Michael Allen (South Shields) 4/5

Rating prizes: Paul Jackson (Coulsdon), Adrian Waldock (Ashtead)

Cumbria prize: = Paul Rivers (Carlisle), Steve Bailey (Ulverston)

 

MINOR (47 Entries)

1st Paul Ashton (Leyland) 5/5

=2nd Simon Richards (Northwich), Neville Pearce (York), Bernard Cassidy (Glasgow) 4/5

Rating prizes: Mohammed Rohman (3C’s), Michael Foss (Woking)

Cumbria prize: James Ovens (Carlisle)

 

Full round-by-round results are given below the photograph.

 

 

 

Open

 

Pos

Name

Rating

Code

1

2

3

4

5

Total

1

John M Potter

2165A

147395F

b15+

w10+

b7+

w8+

b3=

1st

2

Yaoyao Zhu

2081A

269274A

bye=

w19+

b3=

w6+

b7+

4

2nd

3

Nigel R Davies

2371K

109386B

b12+

w6=

w2=

b5+

w1=

3rd=

4

Ali Reza Jaunooby

2127A

241589G

w17+

b5-

w16=

b18+

b8+

3rd=

5

Qixiang Han

2265A

328538J

bye=

w4+

b6=

w3-

b14+

3

6

Michael McDonagh

2100K

234765K

w18+

b3=

w5=

b2-

b16+

3

7

Jonathan WR Underwood

2177K

242283K

w20+

b9+

w1-

b11=

w2-

8

Mike J Surtees

2171A

119904D

bye=

w13+

b10+

b1-

w4-

9

Daniel B Rosen

2127A

118218D

b16+

w7-

b14=

w17=

b13=

10

David A Phillips

2070K

117052B

bye+

b1-

w8-

b19+

w11=

11

Paul A Evans

2035A

124889D

bye=

w14=

b18=

w7=

b10=

12

Barry J Hymer

2026A

148377J

w3-

b17+

b13=

w14-

w18+

13

Robert G Clark

1998K

108416B

bye=

b8-

w12=

b20+

w9=

14

Alannah Ashton

1962A

314028D

bye=

b11=

w9=

b12+

w5-

15

Kit W Hopkins

2010A

297121F

w1-

bye=

b19=

w16=

b17=

2

16

Max Fyson

1959A

368637B

w9-

bye+

b4=

b15=

w6-

2

17

Alan K Punnett

1963K

117524F

b4-

w12-

w20=

b9=

w15=

18

Alice Lampard

1908A

275563E

b6-

b20+

w11=

w4-

b12-

19

Derek A Sheppard

1715A

118884H

bye=

b2-

w15=

w10-

b20=

20

Neill Cooper

2023K

234560C

b7-

w18-

b17=

w13-

w19=

1

 

Major

Under 1975 & below

 

Pos

Name

Grade

Code

1

2

3

4

5

Total

1

Simon D Arnold

1945A

105860F

w28+

b5=

b4+

w10=

w15+

4

1st=

2

Raymond Wynarczyk

1827K

127187J

w24+

b7=

w14+

b5+

w3=

4

1st=

3

Peter A Garrett

1758K

135991F

bye=

w26+

b23+

w18+

b2=

4

1st=

4

Michael EI Allen

1705A

317126H

w6+

b9+

w1-

w8+

b10+

4

1st=

5

Paul G Jackson

1743A

162291C

b32+

w1=

b16+

w2-

b18+

6

Robert Kane

1848K

127320G

b4-

w33+

b19=

w12=

b26+

3

7

Conor Reaney

1823K

117725E

b33+

w2=

b10-

w30+

b13=

3

8

Robert A Dean

1798A

109533L

w19=

b25=

w24+

b4-

w20+

3

9

Neil Coward

1795A

163643B

b31+

w4-

b30=

w27+

b14=

3

10

Kevin F Shaw

1751K

118817D

w27+

b15=

w7+

b1=

w4-

3

11

Richard L Bowman

1744K

149635K

bye=

w30=

b27=

w19=

b21+

3

12

Kevin Winter

1734A

228399C

w13=

b20=

w15=

b6=

w25+

3

13

Gordon SG Christie

1729A

108350J

b12=

w16-

b31+

w22+

w7=

3

14

Martin Baxter

1712A

106425D

b17=

w21+

b2-

w16+

w9=

3

15

Andrew Jaques

1939K

100668L

bye=

w10=

b12=

w23+

b1-

16

Michael I Connor

1852A

108722J

bye=

b13+

w5-

b14-

w30+

17

Hugh F Fenwick

1845A

267281K

w14=

b29+

w18-

bye=

b19=

18

Martin Beardsley

1701A

180331B

bye+

w23=

b17+

b3-

w5-

19

Adrian DP Waldock

1664A

120944K

b8=

w22=

w6=

b11=

w17=

20

Cliff H Rutlidge

1855K

123900E

b23-

w12=

b26=

w32+

b8-

2

21

Torrin Anderson

1817A

344125J

bye=

b14-

w29+

b25=

w11-

2

22

Paul Rivers

1793K

171254J

bye=

b19=

w25=

b13-

b27=

2

23

Steven Bailey

1714K

362450L

w20+

b18=

w3-

b15-

w31=

2

24

Ian C Stone

1700K

147985E

b2-

w32+

b8-

w33+

 

2

25

Jon EW Blackburn

1667A

178103A

bye=

w8=

b22=

w21=

b12-

2

26

Graham W Matthews

1626A

136698B

bye=

b3-

w20=

b28+

w6-

2

27

Stephen Holmes

1455A

287351F

b10-

bye+

w11=

b9-

w22=

2

28

Philip J Walters

1717K

152877E

b1-

w31=

b33=

w26-

w29=

29

Shion Rowlands

1682K

355503D

bye=

w17-

b21-

w31=

b28=

30

Sandra G Blackburn

1522A

178127D

bye=

b11=

w9=

b7-

b16-

31

Nigel Collins

1507A

352062G

w9-

b28=

w13-

b29=

b23=

32

Michael Lally

1303P

160118A

w5-

b24-

bye+

b20-

 

1

33

Martin Coles

1678K

147448A

w7-

b6-

w28=

b24-

 

½

 

Minor

Under 1675 & below

 

Pos

Name

Grade

Code

1

2

3

4

5

Total

1

Paul Ashton

1557K

344303G

b43+

b10+

w13+

w3+

b8+

5

1st

2

Simon Richards

1648A

150598B

w34+

b14-

w16+

b33+

w5+

4

2nd=

3

Neville R Pearce

1628A

128551J

w16+

b40+

w33+

b1-

w14+

4

2nd=

4

Bernard Cassidy

1547K

254175A

bye=

b44+

w22+

b14=

w13+

4

2nd=

5

Paul Leonard

1617A

170361E

bye=

w27+

b17+

w24+

b2-

6

David J Buckell

1600A

107586L

w26+

b33-

w43+

b18=

w23+

7

Mohammed Rohman

1574A

320822K

b36+

b22=

w14=

w9=

b24+

8

James A Ovens

1474A

314141L

bye=

b11+

w23+

b12+

w1-

9

Malcolm A Roberts

1677A

118034E

w31=

b18=

w32+

b7=

w17=

3

10

Arnold Peace

1645A

126132A

b15+

w1-

b24-

w42+

b26+

3

11

David Kelly

1625K

125231J

bye=

w8-

b41+

w31+

b18=

3

12

Elliott Spencer

1601K

300083H

w25+

b32+

bye=

w8-

bye=

3

13

Kevin Cox

1587A

180398A

b19+

w30+

b1-

w28+

b4-

3

14

John Foster

1585

152836B

b35+

w2+

b7=

w4=

b3-

3

15

Robert Roy

1501K

357895B

w10-

b25-

w45+

b44+

w33+

3

16

Ian Dacre

1496K

305584L

b3-

w36+

b2-

w41+

b30+

3

17

Daniel Westhead

1492A

368514H

b37+

b23=

w5-

w29+

b9=

3

18

Con Carey

1485A

107982H

b41=

w9=

b29+

w6=

w11=

3

19

Jon G Duffield

1428K

103176E

w13-

b45+

w39+

b22-

w32+

3

20

Michael P Foss

1423K

110784H

w23-

w29-

b46+

b39+

w34+

3

21

Russ Hayley

1664K

148380J

w32-

w41+

b31=

b23-

w40+

22

Alan P Hiatt

1656A

112594B

b42+

w7=

b4-

w19+

 

23

Robert Picksley

1585K

371724A

b20+

w17=

b8-

w21+

b6-

24

John M Knowles

1555K

173363B

w44=

b47+

w10+

b5-

w7-

25

Gary Clarke

1483K

174268B

b12-

w15+

b38=

w30=

b28=

26

Gilbert A Alomenu

1461K

130162H

b6-

w37+

b30=

w35+

w10-

27

Graham R Marshall

1407K

103413D

bye=

b5-

w35-

b47+

w42+

28

Jack Davies

1373P

372141D

bye=

b39=

w40+

b13-

w25=

29

Michael Bunter

1658K

361670J

w33-

b20+

w18-

b17-

w44+

2

30

John D Merry

1538K

134013L

w45+

b13-

w26=

b25=

w16-

2

31

Neil Dee

1532K

312575A

b9=

w38=

w21=

b11-

w39=

2

32

Stanley Johnson

1515A

130453H

b21+

w12-

b9-

w43+

b19-

2

33

Noel J Boustred

1512A

139288J

b29+

w6+

b3-

w2-

b15-

2

34

Nathan Sowerby

1504K

369746A

b2-

bye=

w47+

bye=

b20-

2

35

David M Scorer

1363A

123932G

w14-

w42=

b27+

b26-

w36=

2

36

John HT Eddershaw

1331A

110070B

w7-

b16-

w37+

b40=

b35=

2

37

Christian Hope

954P

375903K

w17-

b26-

b36-

bye+

w45+

2

38

Paul Salisbury

1627A

118422C

bye=

b31=

w25=

 

 

39

Alan Johnson

1603A

358519A

bye=

w28=

b19-

w20-

b31=

40

Herbert Greener

1536K

277698E

b46+

w3-

b28-

w36=

b21-

41

Patrick N Coleman

1533A

142748K

w18=

b21-

w11-

b16-

b43+

42

Neil Foxcroft

1509K

130956A

w22-

b35=

w44=

b10-

b27-

1

43

Peter Hanks

1300K

286617B

w1-

w46+

b6-

b32-

w41-

1

44

John Moore

1261A

370126J

b24=

w4-

b42=

w15-

b29-

1

45

Alan Smith

1160A

360065J

b30-

w19-

b15-

w46+

b37-

1

46

Toby Conyers-Kelly

1150K

142620F

w40-

b43-

w20-

b45-

w47+

1

47

Felix Alloway

714P

366125J

bye=

w24-

b34-

w27-

b46-

½