This was a 2-day 5-round congress run under the White Rose Chess banner (linked to Ilkley Chess Centre and not the Yorkshire CA) on Saturday-Sunday 28th-29th of March 2026 at Cedar Court Hotel, Ainley Top, Lindley Moor Rd, Elland, Huddersfield, HD3 3RH.

The winner of the Open looks remarkably like a former Sheffield University student of the early 1990s.

Results were as follows.

	Open

No	Name	Grade		1			2			3			4			5		SPS

1	James R Poulton	2380	1	W	15	1	B	18	½	-	bye	1	W	3	1	B	5
	Aylesbury			1			2			2½			3½			4½		13.5
2	Toby Quaite	2232	½	B	10	1	W	13	1	B	16	½	W	4	1	W	8
	The Chess Centre			½			1½			2½			3			4		11.5
3	Ewan Kershaw	1995	1	B	17	1	W	19	1	W	12	0	B	1	½	W	4
	Lancaster			1			2			3			3			3½		12.5
4	Peter Hepworth	2003	1	W	11	1	W	5	½	-	bye	½	B	2	½	B	3
	Huddersfield			1			2			2½			3			3½		12
5	Shriaansh Ganti	2212	1	W	8	0	B	4	1	W	18	1	B	7	0	W	1
	The Chess Centre			1			1			2			3			3		10
6	Leo A Keely	1957	0	W	12	½	B	11	½	-	bye	1	B	18	1	W	9
	Huddersfield			0			½			1			2			3		6.5
7	Mike Bramson	1944	1	W	20	0	B	12	1	B	19	0	W	5	½	B	15
	Bradford			1			1			2			2			2½		8.5
8	Eric D Gardiner	1962	0	B	5	1	W	17	½	-	bye	1	W	16	0	B	2
	HERCA			0			1			1½			2½			2½		7.5
9	Robert A Newton	1956	0	B	19	1	B	20	½	W	13	1	W	14	0	B	6
	Rochdale			0			1			1½			2½			2½		7.5
10	Charlie Wainwright	1984	½	W	2	0	B	16	½	W	11	½	B	13	1	W	17
	The Chess Centre			½			½			1			1½			2½		6
11	William Peacock	1837	0	B	4	½	W	6	½	B	10	½	W	15	1	B	16
	Meltham And Denby Dale			0			½			1			1½			2½		5.5
12	Avadhoot Lokesh Brahme	2144	1	B	6	1	W	7	0	B	3
	Darlington			1			2			2			2			2		9
13	Gerald J Cuaresma	2028	½	W	16	0	B	2	½	B	9	½	W	10	½	B	14
	Wakefield			½			½			1			1½			2		5.5
14	Paul May	1907	0	W	18	½	B	15	1	W	20	0	B	9	½	W	13
	Limewood & Scarcroft			0			½			1½			1½			2		5.5
15	Tony D Wells	1992	0	B	1	½	W	14	½	-	bye	½	B	11	½	W	7
	Athenaeum			0			½			1			1½			2		5
16	Isaac Fossey	1926	½	B	13	1	W	10	0	W	2	0	B	8	0	W	11
	Doncaster			½			1½			1½			1½			1½		6.5
17	Sylvan Clarke	1382	0	W	3	0	B	8	½	-	bye	1	-	bye	0	B	10
	Alwoodley			0			0			½			1½			1½		3.5
18	James Hall	2012	1	B	14	0	W	1	0	B	5	0	W	6
	The Chess Centre			1			1			1			1			1		5
19	Patrick Joseph	2142	1	W	9	0	B	3	0	W	7
	Leeds University			1			1			1			1			1		5
20	Jack Erskine-Pereira	2057	0	B	7	0	W	9	0	B	14
	Gosforth			0			0			0			0			0		0

	Major (Under 1900)

No	Name	Grade		1			2			3			4			5		SPS

1	Mohammad Abdulhamid	1837	1	W	18	1	B	19	1	W	12	½	B	5	½	W	2
	South Bradford			1			2			3			3½			4		13.5
2	Ewan Miller	1829	1	B	30	1	W	24	½	W	5	1	B	12	½	B	1
	York			1			2			2½			3½			4		13
3	David A Patrick	1842	1	B	22	½	W	9	1	B	23	½	W	6	1	B	7
	Calderdale			1			1½			2½			3			4		12
4	James Annan	1832	1	B	29	½	W	6	1	B	9	½	W	7	1	B	8
	Settle			1			1½			2½			3			4		12
5	James P Collier	1892	1	B	15	1	W	8	½	B	2	½	W	1	½	B	6
	Rose Forgrove			1			2			2½			3			3½		12
6	M John Cawston	1882	1	W	26	½	B	4	1	W	13	½	B	3	½	W	5
	Ye Olde Starre Inne			1			1½			2½			3			3½		11.5
7	Kevin F Shaw	1882	1	B	14	1	W	17	½	-	bye	½	B	4	0	W	3
	Harrogate			1			2			2½			3			3		11.5
8	Vidhyuth Kavin Sudagar	1831	1	W	25	0	B	5	1	W	28	1	B	26	0	W	4
	The Chess Centre			1			1			2			3			3		10
9	Nathanael Lancelot	0	1	W	31	½	B	3	0	W	4	½	B	22	1	W	27
	Huddersfield			1			1½			1½			2			3		9
10	Robert A Dean	1745	0	W	12	½	B	18	1	W	19	1	B	25	½	W	13
	Saltaire			0			½			1½			2½			3		7.5
11	Matthew R Wilson	1848	½	W	13	0	B	12	½	-	bye	1	B	28	1	W	18
	Teignmouth			½			½			1			2			3		7
12	Georges R Honore	1539	1	B	10	1	W	11	0	B	1	0	W	2	½	B	14
	Selby			1			2			2			2			2½		9.5
13	Steve Crow	1669	½	B	11	1	W	20	0	B	6	½	W	17	½	B	10
	Huddersfield			½			1½			1½			2			2½		8
14	Louis Needham	1710	0	W	7	0	B	25	1	W	30	1	B	19	½	W	12
	The Chess Centre			0			0			1			2			2½		5.5
15	Carlo Cavaliere	1716	0	W	5	½	B	29	0	W	18	1	B	30	1	W	25
	The Chess Centre			0			½			½			1½			2½		5
16	Randolph E Donahue	1782	0	W	19	0	B	28	1	W	29	½	B	20	1	W	26
	Leeds			0			0			1			1½			2½		5
17	Andrew Thompson	1552	1	W	21	0	B	7	½	W	26	½	B	13	0	W	22
	Ashfield			1			1			1½			2			2		7.5
18	Martin Baxter	1613	0	B	1	½	W	10	1	B	15	½	W	21	0	B	11
	Settle			0			½			1½			2			2		6
19	Ben De Smet	1578	1	B	16	0	W	1	0	B	10	0	W	14	1	W	28
	Leeds University			1			1			1			1			2		6
20	William Pennell	1704	½	W	27	0	B	13	½	-	bye	½	W	16	½	B	21
	Lincoln			½			½			1			1½			2		5.5
21	David Robinson	1754	0	B	17	½	W	22	½	-	bye	½	B	18	½	W	20
	Meltham & Denby Chess Club			0			½			1			1½			2		5
22	Scarlett Rozman	1665	0	W	3	½	B	21	+	W	27	½	W	9	1	B	17
	Leeds University			0			½			½			1			2		4
23	Geoff Conroy	1796	½	-	bye	1	B	27	0	W	3
	Leeds			½			1½			1½			1½			1½		6.5
24	Michael J Fisher	1866	1	W	28	0	B	2	½	W	25
	Rochdale			1			1			1½			1½			1½		6.5
25	Bien Cuaresma	1605	0	B	8	1	W	14	½	B	24	0	W	10	0	B	15
	Wakefield			0			1			1½			1½			1½		5.5
26	Nigel R Hepworth	1715	0	B	6	1	W	30	½	B	17	0	W	8	0	B	16
	Huddersfield			0			1			1½			1½			1½		5.5
27	Mark Taylor	1850	½	B	20	0	W	23	-	B	22	1	W	29	0	B	9
	Rochdale			½			½			½			1½			1½		4.5
28	Simon Richards	1710	0	B	24	1	W	16	0	B	8	0	W	11	0	B	19
	Northwich			0			1			1			1			1		4
29	Alan M Llewellyn	1607	0	W	4	½	W	15	0	B	16	0	B	27	-	W	30
	Barrow			0			½			½			½			½		2
30	Fin Johnson-Summers	1602	0	W	2	0	B	26	0	B	14	0	W	15	-	B	29
	Hebden Bridge			0			0			0			0			0		0
31	Gary Corcoran	1735	0	B	9
	The Chess Centre			0			0			0			0			0		0

	Minor (Under 1600)

No	Name	Grade		1			2			3			4			5		SPS

1	Simon Hickey	1518	1	B	27	½	W	14	1	B	16	1	W	9	1	B	4
	York			1			1½			2½			3½			4½		13
2	John Grasham	1575	1	W	13	0	B	5	1	W	15	1	B	12	1	W	7
	Limewood & Scarcroft			1			1			2			3			4		11
3	John Castledine	1500	0	W	15	1	B	27	1	W	26	1	B	11	1	W	5
	Huddersfield			0			1			2			3			4		10
4	Graham Hewitt	1585	1	W	17	1	B	10	½	W	5	1	B	7	0	W	1
	Heathcote Arms			1			2			2½			3½			3½		12.5
5	Paul Lakin	1473	1	B	28	1	W	2	½	B	4	1	W	8	0	B	3
	York			1			2			2½			3½			3½		12.5
6	Claire Kerton	1453	1	W	20	1	B	11	0	W	7	½	B	10	1	W	14
	3cs			1			2			2			2½			3½		11
7	Cora Wainwright	1514	1	B	26	1	W	24	1	B	6	0	W	4	0	B	2
	The Chess Centre			1			2			3			3			3		12
8	Peter G Moss	1553	1	B	21	1	W	19	½	-	bye	0	B	5	½	W	13
	Halifax			1			2			2½			2½			3		11
9	James Rushton	1376	½	B	16	1	W	22	1	B	20	0	B	1	½	W	10
	The Chess Centre			½			1½			2½			2½			3		10
10	Stephen Holmes	1491	1	B	25	0	W	4	1	B	21	½	W	6	½	B	9
	Market Harborough			1			1			2			2½			3		9.5
11	Andrew T Watson	1549	1	B	23	0	W	6	1	B	19	0	W	3	1	B	21
	Skegness			1			1			2			2			3		9
12	Ethan Lim	1323	½	B	22	1	W	18	½	B	14	0	W	2	1	B	20
	Forest Hall			½			1½			2			2			3		9
13	Steve A Spencer	1447	0	B	2	1	W	28	½	B	22	1	W	16	½	B	8
	Pontefract			0			1			1½			2½			3		8
14	Andrew Sim	1423	1	B	18	½	B	1	½	W	12	½	W	17	0	B	6
	Selby			1			1½			2			2½			2½		9.5
15	Ayhan Deniz	1289	1	B	3	0	W	16	0	B	2	1	W	22	½	B	17
	Manchester			1			1			1			2			2½		7.5
16	Robert Oldfield	1522	½	W	9	1	B	15	0	W	1	0	B	13	1	W	27
	Meltham & Denby Dale			½			1½			1½			1½			2½		7.5
17	Patrick N Coleman	1471	0	B	4	1	W	25	½	-	bye	½	B	14	½	W	15
	Lytham St Annes			0			1			1½			2			2½		7
18	Mark Leatham	1550	0	W	14	0	B	12	½	W	25	1	B	29	1	B	24
	York			0			0			½			1½			2½		4.5
19	Jeff Wilson	1488	1	W	29	0	B	8	0	W	11	+	B	24	1	B	23
	Blue Club (Oldham)			1			1			1			1			2		6
20	Adam Clayton	1578	0	B	6	1	W	23	0	W	9	1	B	27	0	W	12
	Leeds			0			1			1			2			2		6
21	Alan Preene	1428	0	W	8	1	B	29	0	W	10	1	B	26	0	W	11
	Selby			0			1			1			2			2		6
22	Gary Taylor	1515	½	W	12	0	B	9	½	W	13	0	B	15	1	W	28
	Holmfirth			½			½			1			1			2		5
23	Joseph Kitchin	1405	0	W	11	0	B	20	1	W	29	1	B	25	0	W	19
	Meltham & Denby Dale			0			0			1			2			2		5
24	Sri Sriharan	1298	1	-	bye	0	B	7	½	-	bye	-	W	19	0	W	18
	York			1			1			1½			1½			1½		6.5
25	Alan Shaw	1273	0	W	10	0	B	17	½	B	18	0	W	23	1	W	26
	Ashfield			0			0			½			½			1½		2.5
26	Deniz Aytug	0	0	W	7	1	-	bye	0	B	3	0	W	21	0	B	25
				0			1			1			1			1		4
27	Alastair Speirs	1350	0	W	1	0	W	3	1	B	28	0	W	20	0	B	16
	Ilkley Chess Centre			0			0			1			1			1		3
28	Kaemin Ranatunga	746	0	W	5	0	B	13	0	W	27	1	-	bye	0	B	22
	Hull & East Riding			0			0			0			1			1		2
29	Harry Laverack	1078	0	B	19	0	W	21	0	B	23	0	W	18	1	-	bye
	Selby			0			0			0			0			1		1