The Durham Congress, sponsored by Cell Pack Solutions, was again held in The Dolphin Centre Darlington. Sections were again Open (FIDE rated), Major (Under 1901) and Minor (Under 1676), using ratings as at 1st of April. Entries were about 20% down on last year for no obvious reason.

Results were as follows.

	Open

No	Name	Grade		1			2			3			4			5		SPS

1	Daniel W Gormally	2366	1	W	28	1	B	7	1	W	6	1	B	9	1	W	3
	4NCL Blackthorne			1			2			3			4			5		15
2	Aaron Rich	2011	1	W	36	½	B	14	1	W	30	1	B	5	½	W	13
	York			1			1½			2½			3½			4		12½
3	Andrew Burnett	2171	1	W	34	1	B	12	½	W	13	1	B	18	0	B	1
	Newcastle			1			2			2½			3½			3½		12½
4	Michael Ridge	1892	1	B	37	1	W	8	½	W	5	½	B	6	½	W	7
	Edinburgh			1			2			2½			3			3½		12
5	Tim P Wall	2170	1	B	24	1	W	19	½	B	4	0	W	2	1	B	10
	Newcastle			1			2			2½			2½			3½		11½
6	Gustavo Leon Cazares	2069	1	B	29	1	W	11	0	B	1	½	W	4	1	B	17
	Gosforth			1			2			2			2½			3½		11
7	David Armbruster	2015	1	B	22	0	W	1	1	B	35	1	W	19	½	B	4
	Gosforth			1			1			2			3			3½		10½
8	M Paul Townsend	2153	1	W	16	0	B	4	1	W	15	½	B	12	1	W	18
	Eagle and Child			1			1			2			2½			3½		10
9	Adam G Ashton	2258	½	-	bye	1	B	21	1	W	20	0	W	1	½	B	11
	4NCL 3Cs			½			1½			2½			2½			3		10
10	Alannah Ashton	2004	½	-	bye	½	B	15	1	W	16	1	B	26	0	W	5
	3Cs			½			1			2			3			3		9½
11	Neil Irving	1892	1	W	26	0	B	6	1	W	36	½	B	14	½	W	9
	Scotland			1			1			2			2½			3		9½
12	Nicolas Skettos	1957	1	B	38	0	W	3	1	B	22	½	W	8	½	B	19
	Glasgow *			1			1			2			2½			3		9½
13	Toby Quaite	2061	1	W	40	+	B	35	½	B	3	1	W	17	½	B	2
	Leeds Junior Chess Club			1			1			1½			2½			3		9
14	David J Walker	2206	1	B	32	½	W	2	0	B	17	½	W	11	1	B	25
	Leam Lane			1			1½			1½			2			3		9
15	Paul Brencher	1866	½	-	bye	½	W	10	0	B	8	1	B	34	1	W	26
	Acomb Wm Club			½			1			1			2			3		7½
16	Chris Sykes	1846	0	B	8	1	W	38	0	B	10	1	W	37	1	B	27
	Edinburgh			0			1			1			2			3		7
17	Tristan Isaac Del Mar	1938	½	B	25	1	W	23	1	W	14	0	B	13	0	W	6
	Akiva School			½			1½			2½			2½			2½		9½
18	Srivathsan Sasikumar	2017	½	-	bye	1	W	27	1	B	25	0	W	3	0	B	8
	Leeds Junior Chess Club			½			1½			2½			2½			2½		9½
19	Walter Burnett	1941	1	W	31	0	B	5	1	W	40	0	B	7	½	W	12
	Scotland			1			1			2			2			2½		8½
20	Nathan Ekanem	1991	½	-	bye	1	W	33	0	B	9	½	W	25	½	B	22
	Newcastle			½			1½			1½			2			2½		8
21	Chris Fegan	1935	½	-	bye	0	W	9	1	B	33	1	W	23
	4NCL CSC			½			½			1½			2½			2½		7½
22	Dylan Mize	1812	0	W	7	1	B	34	0	W	12	1	B	28	½	W	20
	Liverpool			0			1			1			2			2½		6½
23	Benedikt Pitel	1707	½	-	bye	0	B	17	1	W	24	0	B	21	1	W	31
	Hull			½			½			1½			1½			2½		6½
24	Robin J Nandi	1857	0	W	5	½	B	31	0	B	23	1	-	bye	1	W	30
	Cowley			0			½			½			1½			2½		5
25	Liam Bellwood	1734	½	W	17	1	B	28	0	W	18	½	B	20	0	W	14
	Darlington			½			1½			1½			2			2		7½
26	Reese Wright	1716	0	B	11	1	W	29	1	B	39	0	W	10	0	B	15
	Forest Hall			0			1			2			2			2		7
27	Fedir Dyshliuk	1934	½	-	bye	0	B	18	½	W	31	1	B	30	0	W	16
	Durham City			½			½			1			2			2		6
28	Raymond J Ilett	1865	0	B	1	0	W	25	1	B	29	0	W	22	1	B	32
	New England			0			0			1			1			2		4
29	Paul May	1836	0	W	6	0	B	26	0	W	28	1	B	40	1	W	37
	Limewood & Scarcroft			0			0			0			1			2		3
30	Dominik Pitel	1711	½	-	bye	1	W	39	0	B	2	0	W	27	0	B	24
	Hull			½			1½			1½			1½			1½		6½
31	Christopher Nield	1738	0	B	19	½	W	24	½	B	27	½	W	32	0	B	23
	Scotland			0			½			1			1½			1½		4½
32	Jack Walker	1862	0	W	14	0	B	36	1	W	38	½	B	31	0	W	28
	Hull			0			0			1			1½			1½		4
33	Nigel Hall	1804	½	-	bye	0	B	20	0	W	21	½	B	38	½	W	34
	Hetton Lyons			½			½			½			1			1½		4
34	Nicholas Webb	1859	0	B	3	0	W	22	1	B	37	0	W	15	½	B	33
	The Buffs			0			0			1			1			1½		3½
35	Stuart Norman	1320	1	-	bye	-	W	13	0	W	7
	Newcastle *			1			1			1			1			1		5
36	Justin Smith	1812	0	B	2	1	W	32	0	B	11
	Derby			0			1			1			1			1		4
37	Pavlos Melas	1548	0	W	4	1	B	40	0	W	34	0	B	16	0	B	29
	Newcastle University			0			1			1			1			1		4
38	Magnus Etim Ekpiken	1798	0	W	12	0	B	16	0	B	32	½	W	33	½	W	40
				0			0			0			½			1		1½
39	Paul Douglass	1977	½	-	bye	0	B	30	0	W	26
	Thornaby			½			½			½			½			½		2½
40	Ethan Tatters	1817	0	B	13	0	W	37	0	B	19	0	W	29	½	B	38
	Forest Hall			0			0			0			0			½		0½

	Major

No	Name	Grade		1			2			3			4			5		SPS

1	Nazar Kusiumov	1737	1	W	35	1	B	5	1	B	16	1	W	9	0	B	14
	Hull			1			2			3			4			4		14
2	Richard Sanger	1879	½	-	bye	1	B	6	1	W	25	½	W	8	1	B	7
	Acomb Wm Club			½			1½			2½			3			4		11½
3	M John Cawston	1888	½	-	bye	1	W	19	½	B	17	1	W	16	1	B	8
	Ye Olde Starre Inne			½			1½			2			3			4		11
4	Samuel Greig	1806	1	B	38	0	W	7	1	B	19	1	W	17	1	B	10
	Thornaby			1			1			2			3			4		11
5	Morgan French	1815	1	B	31	0	W	1	½	B	26	1	W	28	1	B	11
	Forest Hall			1			1			1½			2½			3½		9½
6	A Keith Aitchison	1759	½	B	28	0	W	2	1	B	32	1	W	27	1	B	21
	Edinburgh			½			½			1½			2½			3½		8½
7	Luke Julyan	1730	1	W	14	1	B	4	½	W	9	½	B	12	0	W	2
	Hull			1			2			2½			3			3		11½
8	Neil Druggan	1691	1	W	22	1	B	20	½	W	24	½	B	2	0	W	3
	Maryport			1			2			2½			3			3		11½
9	Gautham Sathishkumar	1759	1	W	32	1	W	10	½	B	7	0	B	1	½	W	12
	Gosforth			1			2			2½			2½			3		11
10	Alex K Blake	1887	1	W	36	0	B	9	1	W	20	1	B	18	0	W	4
	Gosforth			1			1			2			3			3		10
11	Neil T Jones	1809	½	W	18	½	B	13	1	W	34	1	B	24	0	W	5
	Maryport			½			1			2			3			3		9½
12	Stephen J Hall	1837	½	-	bye	½	W	26	1	B	15	½	W	7	½	B	9
	Hetton Lyons			½			1			2			2½			3		9
13	Robert A Dean	1710	½	B	21	½	W	11	½	B	27	1	W	26	½	B	22
	Saltaire			½			1			1½			2½			3		8½
14	Simon D Arnold	1892	0	B	7	1	W	38	1	B	22	+	W	23	1	W	1
	Eagle and Child			0			1			2			2			3		8
15	Heath Grimman	1755	0	B	19	1	W	29	0	W	12	1	B	33	1	W	24
	Gosforth			0			1			1			2			3		7
16	John Hilton	1775	1	W	29	1	B	34	0	W	1	0	B	3	½	W	18
	Alnwick			1			2			2			2			2½		9½
17	John S Marsh	1675	½	-	bye	1	B	33	½	W	3	0	B	4	½	W	20
	Leam Lane			½			1½			2			2			2½		8½
18	Ian B Chester	1705	½	B	11	1	W	21	½	B	23	0	W	10	½	B	16
	Gosforth			½			1½			2			2			2½		8½
19	Louis Myers	1562	1	W	15	0	B	3	0	W	4	1	B	29	½	W	27
	Stanmore			1			1			1			2			2½		7½
20	Paul D Perrett	1795	1	B	37	0	W	8	0	B	10	1	W	31	½	B	17
	Middlesbrough			1			1			1			2			2½		7½
21	George J Ellames	1843	½	W	13	0	B	18	1	W	35	1	B	25	0	W	6
	Alnwick			½			½			1½			2½			2½		7½
22	Neil Coward	1802	0	B	8	1	W	37	0	W	14	1	B	34	½	W	13
	Blackpool			0			1			1			2			2½		6½
23	Andrew Robinson	1802	1	W	30	½	B	25	½	W	18	-	B	14
	Gosforth			1			1½			2			2			2		8½
24	Randolph E Donahue	1795	½	-	bye	1	W	28	½	B	8	0	W	11	0	B	15
	Leeds			½			1½			2			2			2		8
25	Ran Li	1705	1	B	27	½	W	23	0	B	2	0	W	21	½	B	26
	Durham University			1			1½			1½			1½			2		7½
26	Dalil Benchebra	1725	½	W	33	½	B	12	½	W	5	0	B	13	½	W	25
	Leam Lane			½			1			1½			1½			2		6½
27	Jonathan R Slater	1806	0	W	25	1	B	30	½	W	13	0	B	6	½	B	19
	Hull			0			1			1½			1½			2		6
28	Mohammed Rohman	1660	½	W	6	0	B	24	1	W	36	0	B	5	½	W	32
	3Cs			½			½			1½			1½			2		6
29	Royce Parker	1670	0	B	16	0	B	15	1	-	bye	0	W	19	1	W	36
	Great Ayton			0			0			1			1			2		4
30	Peter Harker	1673	0	B	23	0	W	27	½	-	bye	½	B	32	1	W	34
	Hartlepool			0			0			½			1			2		3½
31	Paul A Allison	1706	0	W	5	½	B	35	1	W	33	0	B	20
	Hull			0			½			1½			1½			1½		5
32	Brian Robinson	1628	0	B	9	½	B	36	0	W	6	½	W	30	½	B	28
	Bishop Auckland			0			½			½			1			1½		3½
33	Phil Eastlake	1867	½	B	26	0	W	17	0	B	31	0	W	15	1	B	35
	Alnwick			½			½			½			½			1½		3½
34	Ethan Lim	1528	1	-	bye	0	W	16	0	B	11	0	W	22	0	B	30
	Gosforth			1			1			1			1			1		5
35	Jayden Wang	1558	0	B	1	½	W	31	0	B	21	½	B	36	0	W	33
	Thornaby			0			½			½			1			1		3
36	Andrea Aramini	1726	0	B	10	½	W	32	0	B	28	½	W	35	0	B	29
	Tyne & Wear *			0			½			½			1			1		3
37	John G Horton	1670	0	W	20	0	B	22	1	B	38
	Morpeth			0			0			1			1			1		3
38	Kevin Gee	1705	0	W	4	0	B	14	0	W	37
	Tynedale			0			0			0			0			0		0

	Minor

No	Name	Grade		1			2			3			4			5		SPS

1	Daniel Williams	1646	1	W	25	1	B	22	1	W	27	1	B	3	½	W	5
	Delves			1			2			3			4			4½		14½
2	Deborah Edmundson	1635	1	W	18	1	B	19	1	W	28	0	W	6	1	B	15
	Co Durham *			1			2			3			3			4		13
3	Andrew Buzzeo	1621	1	B	15	1	W	30	1	B	11	0	W	1	1	B	23
	Newcastle *			1			2			3			3			4		13
4	Oliver Belcher	1382	1	W	37	½	B	13	1	W	16	1	W	14	½	B	6
	Durham City			1			1½			2½			3½			4		12½
5	Edward Staples	1511	½	W	7	1	B	52	1	W	13	1	W	10	½	B	1
	Hull			½			1½			2½			3½			4		12
6	Gregory Ellis	1642	½	B	42	1	W	48	1	W	32	1	B	2	½	W	4
	Bury St Edmunds			½			1½			2½			3½			4		12
7	John Gibbs	1655	½	B	5	1	W	34	½	B	29	1	W	30	½	B	9
	Barnsley			½			1½			2			3			3½		10½
8	Sanjay Sathishkumar	1575	1	W	39	0	B	28	1	W	47	½	B	11	1	W	22
	Gosforth			1			1			2			2½			3½		10
9	James Phillips	1613	0	W	10	1	B	38	1	W	33	1	B	18	½	W	7
	Newcastle			0			1			2			3			3½		9½
10	Andrew Donegan	1416	1	B	9	½	W	14	1	W	21	0	B	5	½	W	16
	Hull			1			1½			2½			2½			3		10½
11	Ben Riedel	0	1	W	35	1	B	17	0	W	3	½	W	8	½	B	13
	Richmond/Kew			1			2			2			2½			3		10½
12	Regan Blakey	1659	½	B	24	1	W	36	½	B	14	1	W	29
	Tyne & Wear *			½			1½			2			3			3		10
13	Chinyere Chukwuemmka‑Ehirim	1609	1	B	49	½	W	4	0	B	5	1	W	32	½	W	11
	Stoke-On-Trent *			1			1½			1½			2½			3		9½
14	Barry Edgar	1590	1	W	45	½	B	10	½	W	12	0	B	4	1	W	35
	Consett			1			1½			2			2			3		9½
15	Stanley Johnson	1424	0	W	3	1	B	39	1	W	19	1	B	27	0	W	2
	South Shields			0			1			2			3			3		9
16	Jeremy P Brockes	1621	½	-	bye	1	W	42	0	B	4	1	W	41	½	B	10
	Hampstead			½			1½			1½			2½			3		9
17	Alan Johnson	1583	1	B	50	0	W	11	½	B	41	½	W	34	1	B	33
	South Shields			1			1			1½			2			3		8½
18	Anthony Taylor	1438	0	B	2	1	W	46	1	B	26	0	W	9	1	B	29
	Forest Hall			0			1			2			2			3		8
19	Paul Salisbury	1550	1	B	46	0	W	2	0	B	15	1	W	49	1	B	34
	Wetherby			1			1			1			2			3		8
20	Ian R Rook	1531	1	B	41	0	W	27	0	B	31	1	W	48	1	B	37
	Forest Hall			1			1			1			2			3		8
21	Lev Drobiazko	1666	½	-	bye	½	W	24	0	B	10	1	W	47	1	B	30
	Gosforth			½			1			1			2			3		7½
22	David J Buckell	1565	1	B	51	0	W	1	1	B	24	½	W	23	0	B	8
	Roebuck			1			1			2			2½			2½		9
23	Alan Tunnacliffe	1657	½	W	33	½	B	47	1	W	35	½	B	22	0	W	3
	North Yorkshire *			½			1			2			2½			2½		8½
24	David J Carpenter	1515	½	W	12	½	B	21	0	W	22	½	B	25	1	B	43
	Sutton Coldfield			½			1			1			1½			2½		6½
25	Felix Todd	1472	0	B	1	1	W	51	0	B	30	½	W	24	1	B	41
	Clacton			0			1			1			1½			2½		6
26	Richard Smith	1535	0	W	28	½	B	45	0	W	18	1	B	51	1	W	42
	Lytham St Annes			0			½			½			1½			2½		5
27	Robert Docwra	1602	1	W	40	1	B	20	0	B	1	0	W	15
	Hull			1			2			2			2			2		9
28	Ahmed Eren Gundogdu	0	1	B	26	1	W	8	0	B	2
				1			2			2			2			2		9
29	Andrew Hardy	1552	½	W	38	1	B	44	½	W	7	0	B	12	0	W	18
	Alnwick			½			1½			2			2			2		8
30	Brian Whitaker	1549	1	W	52	0	B	3	1	W	25	0	B	7	0	W	21
	Billingham Synthonia			1			1			2			2			2		8
31	Owen R Robson	1665	½	-	bye	½	B	33	1	W	20
	Ye Olde Starre Inne			½			1			2			2			2		7½
32	Bryan J Bainbridge	1520	½	-	bye	1	W	43	0	B	6	0	B	13	½	W	40
	Bishop Auckland			½			1½			1½			1½			2		7
33	William A (Bill) Penny	1511	½	B	23	½	W	31	0	B	9	1	W	50	0	W	17
	Tynemouth			½			1			1			2			2		6½
34	Norman G Andrews	1478	½	-	bye	0	B	7	1	W	38	½	B	17	0	W	19
	York			½			½			1½			2			2		6½
35	Guy Smith	1517	0	B	11	1	W	50	0	B	23	1	W	44	0	B	14
	Peterlee			0			1			1			2			2		6
36	David Kilmartin	1506	½	-	bye	0	B	12	½	W	45	1	B	39
	Blue Club (Oldham)			½			½			1			2			2		6
37	Joe Mcginnis	1594	0	B	4	½	W	49	½	-	bye	1	B	42	0	W	20
	Thornaby			0			½			1			2			2		5½
38	Timothy Ogah	1144	½	B	29	0	W	9	0	B	34	½	-	bye	1	W	49
	Forest Hall			½			½			½			1			2		4½
39	Alan Smith	1217	0	B	8	0	W	15	1	B	46	0	W	36	1	B	48
	South Shields			0			0			1			1			2		4
40	Arthur Ryder	1390	0	B	27	0	W	41	½	B	49	1	W	52	½	B	32
	Denton			0			0			½			1½			2		4
41	Js Billy Mole	1546	0	W	20	1	B	40	½	W	17	0	B	16	0	W	25
	Morpeth			0			1			1½			1½			1½		5½
42	Sam Stevenson	1470	½	W	6	0	B	16	1	B	43	0	W	37	0	B	26
	Thornaby			½			½			1½			1½			1½		5½
43	David Ogundare	816	½	-	bye	0	B	32	0	W	42	1	B	45	0	W	24
	Forest Hall			½			½			½			1½			1½		4½
44	Toby Conyers-Kelly	1097	½	-	bye	0	W	29	½	B	48	0	B	35	½	W	45
	York			½			½			1			1			1½		4½
45	John Moore	1272	0	B	14	½	W	26	½	B	36	0	W	43	½	B	44
	South Shields			0			½			1			1			1½		4
46	Joel Ogah	946	0	W	19	0	B	18	0	W	39	½	-	bye	1	B	52
	Forest Hall			0			0			0			½			1½		2
47	Daniel Howe	1486	½	-	bye	½	W	23	0	B	8	0	B	21	-	W	50
	Gosforth			½			1			1			1			1		4½
48	Anant Handa	1302	½	-	bye	0	B	6	½	W	44	0	B	20	0	W	39
	Greater Manchester *			½			½			1			1			1		4
49	David M Scorer	1411	0	W	13	½	B	37	½	W	40	0	B	19	0	B	38
	Roebuck			0			½			1			1			1		3½
50	Shanaya Chauhan	1256	0	W	17	0	B	35	1	W	51	0	B	33	+	B	47
	Thornaby			0			0			1			1			1		3
51	Shivaee Nalawade	1148	0	W	22	0	B	25	0	B	50	0	W	26	1	-	bye
	Thornaby			0			0			0			0			1		1
52	Harris Rock	909	0	B	30	0	W	5	½	-	bye	0	B	40	0	W	46
	Sunderland *			0			0			½			½			½		1½
53	Grant P Hammond	0
	Latimer			0			0			0			0			0		0