This year’s Bradford congress had 103 participants, which is more than in any of the previous three years, the recent highest entry being 102 in 2016.

First and second prizes in the Open were shared by Adam Ashton of 3Cs, Lancashire, and local player Phil R Watson, both on 4 points out of 5.

In the Major, 1st to 4th places were shared by Tim Spanton (Battersea), Marek Soszynski (Sutton Coldfield), Stephen Stokes (Bury) and Yasser Tello (Wimbledon), all on 4 points out of 5.

In the Minor, 1st and 2nd places were shared by Vivien Webster (Calderdale) and David Ashton (Pensby), both on 4½ out of 5.

Section	Players			2019 Results: (cross‑tables below)
Section	2017	2018	2019	2019 Results: (cross‑tables below)
Open	18	18	25	Open
Major	32	37	36	Major
Minor	35	34	42	Minor
Total	85	89	103

Open Section
	Name / Club		1			2			3			4			5		SPS
1	Ashton, Adam G	19	B	1	18	W	1	8	B	½	3	W	1	2	B	½	13
	3Cs		1			2			2½			3½			4
2	Watson, Phil R	23	B	1	14	W	1	3	B	½	11	W	1	1	W	½	13
	South Bradford		1			2			2½			3½			4
3	Han, Yichen	22	W	1	6	B	1	2	W	½	1	B	0	12	W	1	11.5
	Forest Hall		1			2			2½			2½			3½
4	Parsons, Matthew	HPB	-	½	21	W	1	17	B	½	8	W	1	5	B	½	10.5
	Hebden Bridge		½			1½			2			3			3½
5	Burnett, Jim	14	B	0	23	W	1	24	B	1	17	W	1	4	W	½	9.5
	Sheffield		0			1			2			3			3½
6	Shaw, Peter	16	B	1	3	W	0	18	B	½	20	W	1	11	B	1	9.5
	Wakefield		1			1			1½			2½			3½
7	Starley, Robert	17	W	0	22	B	1	13	W	1	12	B	½	18	W	1	9
	Leeds University		0			1			2			2½			3½
8	Ackley, Peter J E	24	W	1	15	B	1	1	W	½	4	B	0	9	W	½	11
	Sheffield		1			2			2½			2½			3
9	Surtees, Mike J	18	B	0	19	W	½	25	B	1	21	W	1	8	B	½	7.5
	Great Lever		0			½			1½			2½			3
10	Stephenson, John	HPB	-	½	20	B	0	22	W	½	24	B	1	17	W	1	7
	Alwoodley		½			½			1			2			3
11	Chipanga, Takaedza	12	W	1	17	B	½	20	W	1	2	B	0	6	W	0	10
	(Zimbabwe)		1			1½			2½			2½			2½
12	Burke, Mitchell R	11	B	0	16	W	1	14	B	1	7	W	½	3	B	0	8
	Huddersfield		0			1			2			2½			2½
13	Ther, Mate	HPB	-	½	25	W	1	7	B	0	18	W	½	14	B	½	8
	Harrogate		½			1½			1½			2			2½
14	Graham, Oliver	5	W	1	2	B	0	12	W	0	19	B	1	13	W	½	7.5
	Worksop		1			1			1			2			2½
15	Jaunooby, Ali Reza	HPB	-	½	8	W	0	21	B	0	23	W	1	20	B	1	5.5
	M/c Manticores		½			½			½			1½			2½
16	Rabbi, Fazal	6	W	0	12	B	0	23	B	½	FPB	-	1	22	W	1	4.5
	Central Division		0			0			½			1½			2½
17	Bramson, Mike	7	B	1	11	W	½	4	W	½	5	B	0	10	B	0	8.5
	Pudsey		1			1½			2			2			2
18	Ilett, Raymond J	9	W	1	1	B	0	6	W	½	13	B	½	7	B	0	7.5
	New England		1			1			1½			2			2
19	Keely, Leo A	1	W	0	9	B	½	HPB	-	½	14	W	0	24	W	1	4.5
	Huddersfield		0			½			1			1			2
20	Slinger, A J (Tony)	HPB	-	½	10	W	1	11	B	0	6	B	0	15	W	0	6.5
	Undercliffe		½			1½			1½			1½			1½
21	Gardiner, Eric D	HPB	-	½	4	B	0	15	W	1	9	B	0	WD			5.5
	Hull		½			½			1½			1½			1½
22	Cohen, Gerald M	3	B	0	7	W	0	10	B	½	25	W	1	16	B	0	3.5
	Aigburth		0			0			½			1½			1½
23	Newton, Robert A	2	W	0	5	B	0	16	W	½	15	B	0	25	B	1	2.5
	Rochdale		0			0			½			½			1½
24	Ross, Stuart	8	B	0	FPB	-	1	5	W	0	10	W	0	19	B	0	4
	Newport (Shropshire)		0			1			1			1			1
25	Gonem, Sherif	HPB	-	½	13	B	0	9	W	0	22	B	0	23	W	0	2.5
	Syston		½			½			½			½			½

Major Section
	Name / Club		1			2			3			4			5		SPS
1	Spanton, Tim R	36	W	1	4	B	1	9	W	1	2	B	½	5	W	½	13.5
	Battersea		1			2			3			3.5			4
2	Soszynski, Marek J	27	B	½	25	W	1	22	B	1	1	W	½	7	B	1	11.5
	Sutton Coldfield		0.5			1.5			2.5			3			4
3	Stokes, Stephen	HPB	-	½	28	W	1	12	B	1	7	W	½	10	B	1	11.5
	Bury		0.5			1.5			2.5			3			4
4	Tello, Yasser	32	W	1	1	W	0	27	B	1	21	B	1	8	W	1	11
	Wimbledon		1			1			2			3			4
5	Whitehead, Mark A	10	B	½	19	W	1	8	B	½	23	W	1	1	B	½	10.5
	Rochdale		0.5			1.5			2			3			3.5
6	Quader, Zia Mohammed	28	B	½	7	W	0	29	B	1	25	W	1	15	B	1	8.5
	Bury St Edmunds		0.5			0.5			1.5			2.5			3.5
7	Szasz, Anna K	HPB	-	½	6	B	1	11	W	1	3	B	½	2	W	0	10.5
	Ilkley		0.5			1.5			2.5			3			3
8	Clegg, Robert	HPB	-	½	17	W	1	5	W	½	13	B	1	4	B	0	10
	Huddersfield		0.5			1.5			2			3			3
9	Quereshi, M Younis	34	W	1	14	B	1	1	B	0	10	W	0	21	B	1	10
	Moortown		1			2			2			2			3
10	Cullum, Dale H	5	W	½	18	B	½	30	W	1	9	B	1	3	W	0	9.5
	Moortown		0.5			1			2			3			3
11	Procter, Colin S	23	B	1	15	W	½	7	B	0	31	W	1	12	B	½	9.5
	South Bradford		1			1.5			1.5			2.5			3
12	Marsden, Kenneth L	21	W	½	26	B	1	3	W	0	24	B	1	11	W	½	9
	West Leeds		0.5			1.5			1.5			2.5			3
13	Burns, Martin J	HPB	-	½	27	W	½	32	B	1	8	W	0	23	B	1	8.5
	Stockport		0.5			1			2			2			3
14	Milnes, John D H	29	W	1	9	W	0	23	B	0	32	B	1	17	W	1	8
	Bradford College		1			1			1			2			3
15	Lamb, Harry	20	W	1	11	B	½	21	W	½	16	B	½	6	W	0	9.5
	Bolton		1			1.5			2			2.5			2.5
16	Burton, Nick	35	W	½	33	B	1	HPB	-	½	15	W	½	WD			9
	Ilkley		0.5			1.5			2			2.5			2.5
17	Turner, Sam	HPB	-	½	8	B	0	28	W	1	22	W	1	14	B	0	7.5
	Newcastle-under-Lyme		0.5			0.5			1.5			2.5			2.5
18	Baxter, Harry	HPB	-	½	10	W	½	24	B	½	ZPB	-	0	26	W	1	7
	Alwoodley		0.5			1			1.5			1.5			2.5
19	Donahue, Randolph E	HPB	-	½	5	B	0	26	W	½	29	B	½	30	W	1	6
	Leeds		0.5			0.5			1			1.5			2.5
20	Holi, Siefaldin A	15	B	0	23	W	0	36	W	1	30	B	½	31	B	1	5
	Wakefield		0			0			1			1.5			2.5
21	O'Gorman, Brendan	12	B	½	31	W	1	15	B	½	4	W	0	9	W	0	8
	DHSS		0.5			1.5			2			2			2
22	Connor, Michael I	HPB	-	½	35	B	1	2	W	0	17	B	0	28	B	½	7
	Great Lever		0.5			1.5			1.5			1.5			2
23	Teague, David	11	W	0	20	B	1	14	W	1	5	B	0	13	W	0	7
	Harrogate		0			1			2			2			2
24	Tomlinson, Zak	HPB	-	½	30	B	½	18	W	½	12	W	0	25	B	½	6.5
	Barnby Dun		0.5			1			1.5			1.5			2
25	Blackburn, Jon E W	HPB	-	½	2	B	0	33	W	1	6	B	0	24	W	½	6
	Cheddleton		0.5			0.5			1.5			1.5			2
26	Dunkley, Michael	HPB	-	½	12	W	0	19	B	½	27	W	1	18	B	0	6
	Peterborough		0.5			0.5			1			2			2
27	Clarke, Paul RH	2	W	½	13	B	½	4	W	0	26	B	0	34	W	1	5.5
	Rose Forgrove		0.5			1			1			1			2
28	Holliday, John K	6	W	½	3	B	0	17	B	0	FPB	-	1	22	W	½	5
	Bradford		0.5			0.5			0.5			1.5			2
29	Lamb, Ian D	14	B	0	34	B	½	6	W	0	19	W	½	33	B	1	4
	Bolton		0			0.5			0.5			1			2
30	Blackburn, Sandra G	HPB	-	½	24	W	½	10	B	0	20	W	½	19	B	0	5.5
	Cheddleton		0.5			1			1			1.5			1.5
31	Robson, Owen R	HPB	-	½	21	B	0	34	W	1	11	B	0	20	W	0	5.5
	Eagle & Child		0.5			0.5			1.5			1.5			1.5
32	Adam, David W	4	B	0	36	B	1	13	W	0	14	W	0	ZPB	-	0	4
	Ilkley		0			1			1			1			1
33	Grice, Alec	HPB	-	½	16	W	0	25	B	0	34	B	½	29	W	0	3.5
	Beverley		0.5			0.5			0.5			1			1
34	Wright, Dennis J	9	B	0	29	W	½	31	B	0	33	W	½	27	B	0	3
	Barnet Elizabeth		0			0.5			0.5			1			1
35	Hilton, Tim	16	B	½	22	W	0	WD									2.5
	Rochdale		0.5			0.5			0.5			0.5			0.5
36	Winter, Kevin	1	B	0	32	W	0	20	B	0	WD						0
	Bradford		0			0			0			0			0

Minor
1	Webster, Vivien	32	B	1	39	W	1	11	B	1	5	W	1	3	W	½	14½
	Calderdale		1			2			3			4			4½
2	Ashton, David N	HPB	-	½	23	B	1	20	W	1	9	W	1	12	B	1	12½
	Pensby		½			1½			2½			3½			4½
3	Buckell, David J	23	W	½	30	B	1	26	W	1	FPB	-	1	1	B	½	12
	Clitheroe		½			1½			2½			3½			4
4	Weller, Colin	33	W	1	7	B	½	13	B	½	25	W	1	6	B	½	11
	Scarborough		1			1½			2			3			3½
5	Edwards, Steve A	37	W	½	28	B	1	10	W	1	1	B	0	20	W	1	1½
	Sutton Coldfield		½			1½			2½			2½			3½
6	Fryer, Stephen M	24	W	½	27	B	1	7	W	½	15	B	1	4	W	½	1½
	Oscott		½			1½			2			3			3½
7	Oliver, Bruce R	16	B	1	4	W	½	6	B	½	8	W	½	22	B	1	1½
	Hull DCA		1			1½			2			2½			3½
8	Egan, William J	HPB	-	½	38	B	1	12	W	½	7	B	½	19	W	1	10
	York RI		½			1½			2			2½			3½
9	Kumaar, Sai Chinmayee N	42	W	1	35	B	1	18	W	½	2	B	0	10	W	½	11
	Bradford		1			2			2½			2½			3
10	Neil, Graham	17	B	1	34	W	1	5	B	0	13	W	½	9	B	½	1½
	Nomads (Notts)		1			2			2			2½			3
11	Gelder, Paul	40	B	1	19	B	1	1	W	0	12	B	0	25	W	1	10
	Alwoodley		1			2			2			2			3
12	Walker, Roger W	HPB	-	½	FPB	-	1	8	B	½	11	W	1	2	W	0	10
	Belper		½			1½			2			3			3
13	Edgar, Barry	HPB	-	½	24	B	1	4	W	½	10	B	½	14	W	½	9½
	Hetton Lyons		½			1½			2			2½			3
14	Burton, Stephen	18	W	0	33	B	1	35	W	1	19	B	½	13	B	½	8½
	West Leeds		0			1			2			2½			3
15	Gonzales, Angel A	35	W	0	32	B	1	39	B	1	6	W	0	27	B	1	8
	Central Division		0			1			2			2			3
16	Holmes, Nick D	7	W	0	37	B	1	19	W	0	39	B	1	26	W	1	7
	Telepost (Shrewsbury)		0			1			1			2			3
17	Marsden, Kenneth L	10	W	0	21	B	0	33	W	1	31	B	1	36	B	1	6
	West Leeds		0			0			1			2			3
18	Strickland, Ian D	14	B	1	25	W	1	9	B	½	WD						1½
	West Leeds		1			2			2½			2½			2½
19	Edwards, Chris S	22	B	1	11	W	0	16	B	1	14	W	½	8	B	0	9
	Central Division		1			1			2			2½			2½
20	Harrington, Steve	HPB	-	½	41	W