This year's Scarborough Congress was held at the usual venue, The Spa Centre from the 26th to the 28th of October 2018, and was this year's host congress for the Yorkshire Individual Championship.

The participants featured a large number of players from Scotland, and also French family Bienvenu. Despite this, overall numbers, at 308 (which includes the odd filler), were down on the 349 of 2016 and the 337 of 2017.

It seems the Yorkshire championship was accordingly allocated to Hull-born Richard Britton on tie-break.

The cross-table for the Open section is given below. For cross-tables for the other section may be found at:

Major

Intermediate

Minor

Foundation

Open Section

No	Name, Club/Location		R1			R2			R3			R4			R5		SPS	Prize

1	Adam C Hunt	1	W	36	1	B	9	1	W	6	½	B	2	1	W	10
	4NCL Blackthorne Russia		1			2			3			3½			4½		14	1st
2	Richard Britton	1	W	30	1	B	24	1	W	10	½	W	1	½	B	5
	Hackney		1			2			3			3½			4		13½	2-4=
3	Michael H Barnes	1	B	29	½	W	20	1	B	22	½	W	7	1	B	13
	Gambit		1			1½			2½			3			4		12	2-4=
4	Robert Starley	½	-	bye	1	B	40	1	W	33	½	B	5	1	W	11
	Leeds University		½			1½			2½			3			4		11½	2-4=
5	M Paul Townsend	1	B	16	½	W	7	1	B	20	½	W	4	½	W	2
	York		1			1½			2½			3			3½		11½
6	Yichen Han	1	B	28	1	W	34	0	B	1	1	W	32	½	B	7
	Forest Hall		1			2			2			3			3½		11½
7	Peter J E Ackley	1	W	17	½	B	5	1	W	18	½	B	3	½	W	6
	Chesterfield		1			1½			2½			3			3½		11½
8	Jos Woolley	½	-	bye	½	W	25	1	B	29	½	W	21	1	B	27
	York		½			1			2			2½			3½		9½
9	Simon N Gilmore	1	B	39	0	W	1	½	B	28	1	W	34	1	B	21
	Belper		1			1			1½			2½			3½		9½
10	Martin Mitchell	1	B	42	1	W	23	0	B	2	1	W	14	0	B	1
	4NCL Spirit of Atticus		1			2			2			3			3		11
11	Michael Ridge	½	B	22	1	W	44	½	B	14	1	W	23	0	B	4
	Edinburgh		½			1½			2			3			3		10	GP1=
12	Philip M Giulian	1	W	31	0	B	18	1	W	42	½	B	19	½	W	17
	Scotland		1			1			2			2½			3		9½
13	Nigel W Blades	½	-	bye	½	B	26	1	W	40	1	B	18	0	W	3
	Greater London		½			1			2			3			3		9½	GP1=
14	Eric D Gardiner	½	-	bye	1	B	43	½	W	11	0	B	10	1	W	19
	Hull		½			1½			2			2			3		9	GP1=
15	Joe Kilshaw	½	B	27	0	W	22	1	B	43	½	W	28	1	B	32
	Grimsby		½			½			1½			2			3		7½	GP1=
16	Peter Jaszkiwskyj	0	W	5	1	-	bye	½	B	23	½	-	bye	1	W	35
	Hon Members LCCL		0			1			1½			2			3		7½	GP1=
17	David W Stephenson	0	B	7	½	-	bye	1	W	45	1	W	41	½	B	12
	Hull		0			½			1½			2½			3		7½	GP2=
18	Tim Hilton	1	B	21	1	W	12	0	B	7	0	W	13	½	B	22
	Denton		1			2			2			2			2½		9½
19	Zheming Zhang	½	W	43	1	B	37	½	B	32	½	W	12	0	B	14
	Forest Hall		½			1½			2			2½			2½		9
20	Alex B Combie	1	W	48	½	B	3	0	W	5	½	B	35	½	W	26
	Newark & Southwell		1			1½			1½			2			2½		8½
21	Isaac Craft	0	W	18	1	B	45	1	W	36	½	B	8	0	W	9
	Marple		0			1			2			2½			2½		8
22	Dennis Owen	½	W	11	1	B	15	0	W	3	½	B	33	½	W	18
	Urmston		½			1½			1½			2			2½		8
23	Jim Burnett	1	W	47	0	B	10	½	W	16	0	B	11	1	W	42
	Mansfield		1			1			1½			1½			2½		7½
24	Barry J Hymer	1	B	35	0	W	2	½	B	34	0	W	27	1	B	43
	Lancaster		1			1			1½			1½			2½		7½
25	Rosemary A Giulian	½	W	45	½	B	8	½	W	35	½	B	26	½	W	31
	Scotland		½			1			1½			2			2½		7½
26	Aj (Tony) Slinger	½	-	bye	½	W	13	½	B	41	½	W	25	½	B	20
	Undercliffe		½			1			1½			2			2½		7½
27	Paul A Johnson	½	W	15	0	B	33	1	W	46	1	B	24	0	W	8
	York		½			½			1½			2½			2½		7½
28	Bryan D Harkness	0	W	6	1	B	38	½	W	9	½	B	15	½	W	30
	Consett		0			1			1½			2			2½		7
29	Joel Wagg	0	W	3	1	B	48	0	W	8	½	B	38	1	B	41
	York University		0			1			1			1½			2½		6
30	John S Garnett	0	B	2	0	W	35	1	B	39	1	W	44	½	B	28
	The Buffs		0			0			1			2			2½		5½
31	Richard J Webster	0	B	12	0	W	41	1	B	48	1	W	46	½	B	25
	Calderdale		0			0			1			2			2½		5½
32	Michael Tebelev	½	-	bye	1	B	46	½	W	19	0	B	6	0	W	15
	3CS		½			1½			2			2			2		8
33	Roger W Jennings	½	-	bye	1	W	27	0	B	4	½	W	22
	Rose Forgrove		½			1½			1½			2			2		7½
34	Mark A Whitehead	1	W	38	0	B	6	½	W	24	0	B	9	½	W	36
	Rochdale		1			1			1½			1½			2		7
35	Douglas Mckerracher	0	W	24	1	B	30	½	B	25	½	W	20	0	B	16
	Harrogate		0			1			1½			2			2		6½
36	Mick D Riding	0	B	1	1	W	39	0	B	21	½	W	37	½	B	34
	Tynemouth		0			1			1			1½			2		5½
37	Jim E Vickery	½	-	bye	0	W	19	½	B	44	½	B	36	½	W	38
	Alwoodley		½			½			1			1½			2		5½
38	Paul V Byway	0	B	34	0	W	28	1	B	47	½	W	29	½	B	37
	Hertford		0			0			1			1½			2		4½
39	Peter W Hempson	0	W	9	0	B	36	0	W	30	1	W	48	1	B	40
	Sheffield		0			0			0			1			2		3
40	Stephen G McQuillan	1	B	41	0	W	4	0	B	13	½	B	42	0	W	39
	Scotland		1			1			1			1½			1½		6
41	Andrew Bak	0	W	40	1	B	31	½	W	26	0	B	17	0	W	29
	Pudsey		0			1			1½			1½			1½		5½
42	Richard M Cowan	0	W	10	1	B	47	0	B	12	½	W	40	0	B	23
	York		0			1			1			1½			1½		5
43	Paul Brencher	½	B	19	0	W	14	0	W	15	1	B	45	0	W	24
	York		½			½			½			1½			1½		4½
44	Derek A Sheppard	½	-	bye	0	B	11	½	W	37	0	B	30	½	B	46
	Hull		½			½			1			1			1½		4½
45	Stuart Ross	½	B	25	0	W	21	0	B	17	0	W	43	1	-	bye
	Newport (Shropshire)		½			½			½			½			1½		3½
46	Simon R Edwards	½	-	bye	0	W	32	0	B	27	0	B	31	½	W	44
	Cheddleton & Leek		½			½			½			½			1		3
47	Raymond J Ilett	0	B	23	0	W	42	0	W	38	1	-	bye
	New England		0			0			0			1			1		2
48	Paul L Cheshire	0	B	20	0	W	29	0	W	31	0	B	39
	Sheffield		0			0			0			0			0		0