Once again the first congress in Yorkshire in the new year was the Hull Rapidplay held on Sunday 05/01/2019, at the Royal Hotel Hull, 170 Ferensway, Hull. Entries were 4 up on last year’s 70. That excludes two named local players who may have withdrawn to achieve an even number of entries in the Open and Major sections.

Results were being posted to Chess-Results.com, and all went fine with the posting of pairings and results in all five rounds of the Major and Minor sections. Unfortunately, after the posting of the round 4 pairings, information on the Open section ground to a halt, and at the initial time of writing, round 4 results in the Open remain missing as does anything for round 5 in the Open.

(Information has since become available, allowing this page to be updated accordingly.)

Results in the three sections were as follows:

Section	Grade Limit	Entries	1st-Place Winner(s)	Score / 5	Jumps to Cross‑Table
Open		22	Daniel J Staples (York RI)	4½	Open Cross-Table
Major	Under‑1900 Under 160	22	Paul May (Limewood&Scarcroft)	4½	Major Cross-Table
Minor	Under 120	30	Alan J Smith (3 Horseshoes [Doncaster]) Milosz Kasprzyk (Hull)	4½	Minor Cross-Table
	total	74

Open Section

No	Name		1			2			3			4			5		SPS

1	Daniel J Staples	1	B	22	1	W	4	1	B	10	½	W	2	1	B	3
	York RI		1			2			3			3½			4½		14
2	Peter J E Ackley	1	B	18	1	W	7	1	W	13	½	B	1	½	B	4
	Sheffield		1			2			3			3½			4		13.5
3	Nugith Jayawarna	½	W	10	1	B	11	1	B	8	1	W	15	0	W	1
	Heywood		½			1½			2½			3½			3½		11.5
4	Simon Smith	1	W	12	0	B	1	1	W	16	1	B	7	½	W	2
	Hutton Cranswick		1			1			2			3			3½		10.5
5	Shaun J Culkin	½	B	8	0	W	9	1	B	21	1	W	17	1	B	6
	Hull		½			½			1½			2½			3½		8.5
6	Eric D Gardiner	1	W	19	1	B	14	0	W	1	1	B	13	0	W	5
	Hull		1			2			2			3			3		11
7	Jim Burnett	1	W	16	0	B	2	1	B	9	0	W	4	1	B	14
	Ecclesall		1			1			2			2			3		9
8	Jonathan W Arnott	½	W	5	1	B	10	0	W	3	1	B	11	½	W	9
	SASCA (Sheffield)		½			1½			1½			2½			3		9
9	Joe Kilshaw	½	W	11	1	B	5	0	W	7	1	B	19	½	B	8
	Grimsby		½			1½			1½			2½			3		9
10	Ben S Rich	½	B	3	0	W	8	1	W	14	½	B	16	1	W	13
	York RI		½			½			1½			2			3		7.5
11	Anita Somton	½	B	9	0	W	3	1	B	22	0	W	8	1	W	19
	West Nottingham		½			½			1½			1½			2½		6.5
12	Jim Davis	0	B	4	1	W	22	0	B	15	1	B	20	½	W	17
	Worksop		0			1			1			2			2½		6.5
13	John G Cooper	1	B	17	1	W	15	0	B	2	0	W	10	0	B	10
	Hull		1			2			2			2			2		9
14	Leo A Keely	1	W	20	0	B	13	1	W	12	0	B	3	0	W	7
	Huddersfield		1			1			2			2			2		8
15	John Thackray	0	W	13	1	B	20	½	W	19	0	B	5	½	W	16
	St Andrews (Hull)		0			1			1½			1½			2		6
16	David E Lord	0	B	7	1	W	18	0	B	4	½	W	10	½	B	15
	Beverley		0			1			1			1½			2		5.5
17	Steve R Hodge	½	B	21	0	W	10	0	B	10	1	W	22	½	B	12
	Hull		½			½			½			1½			2		5
18	Oliver Graham	0	W	2	0	B	16	0	W	20	1	W	21	1	B	22
	Sheffield		0			0			0			1			2		3
19	Tim M Turner	0	B	10	1	W	21	½	B	17	0	W	9	0	B	11
	Beverley		0			1			1½			1½			1½		5.5
20	Edward S Oxley	0	B	15	0	W	17	1	B	18	0	W	12	½	B	21
	Beverley		0			0			1			1			1½		3.5
21	Stephen Crow	½	W	14	0	B	19	0	W	5	0	B	18	½	W	20
	St Andrews (Hull)		½			½			½			½			1		3
22	Denis Georgiou	0	W	1	0	B	12	0	W	11	0	B	14	0	W	18
	Scunthorpe		0			0			0			0			0		0

Major Section

No	Name		1			2			3			4			5		SPS

1	Paul May	1	W	14	1	B	13	1	W	16	1	B	4	½	W	2
	Limewood & Scarcroft		1			2			3			4			4½		14.5
2	Kevin Winter	1	W	19	1	B	3	½	W	5	1	B	13	½	B	1
	Bradford		1			2			2½			3½			4		13
3	Bruce R Oliver	1	B	8	0	W	2	1	B	20	1	W	7	1	B	11
	Beverley		1			1			2			3			4		11
4	T Noel Stewart	1	B	21	1	W	18	1	B	6	0	W	1	½	B	5
	York RI		1			2			3			3			3½		12.5
5	Paul A Allison	1	B	20	1	W	9	½	B	2	½	W	6	½	W	4
	Hull		1			2			2½			3			3½		12
6	Richard Atkinson	1	W	10	1	B	11	0	W	4	½	B	5	½	B	8
	Victoria Dock		1			2			2			2½			3		10.5
7	Joe Varley	½	W	12	½	B	14	1	W	17	0	B	3	1	W	13
	Hull		½			1			2			2			3		8.5
8	Zak Farley	0	W	3	1	B	19	½	W	11	1	B	12	½	W	6
	Hull		0			1			1½			2½			3		8
9	Michael Lally	1	W	17	0	B	5	0	W	13	1	B	16	1	B	15
	Sheffield?		1			1			1			2			3		8
10	Andrew D Bettley	0	B	6	1	W	22	0	B	15	1	W	20	1	W	14
	St Andrews Hull		0			1			1			2			3		7
11	Alec Grice	1	B	22	0	W	6	½	B	8	1	W	21	0	W	3
	Beverley		1			1			1½			2½			2½		8.5
12	Rupert W Jones	½	B	7	0	W	20	1	B	18	0	W	8	1	B	21
	Leeds		½			½			1½			1½			2½		6.5
13	Peter Cloudsdale	1	B	15	0	W	1	1	B	9	0	W	2	0	B	7
	York RI		1			1			2			2			2		8
14	Oleg Dukalev	0	B	1	½	W	7	1	B	22	½	W	15	0	B	10
	Hull		0			½			1½			2			2		6
15	John Grasham	0	W	13	½	B	16	1	W	10	½	B	14	0	W	9
	Louth		0			½			1½			2			2		6
16	Michael Pollard	½	B	18	½	W	15	0	B	1	0	W	9	1	B	22
	St Andrews Hull		½			1			1			1			2		5.5
17	Lavanya Maladkar	0	B	9	1	W	21	0	B	7	0	W	18	1	B	20
	West Nottingham		0			1			1			1			2		5
18	Mike Pointon	½	W	16	0	B	4	0	W	12	1	B	17	½	W	19
	Great Ayton		½			½			½			1½			2		5
19	David Stothard	0	B	2	0	W	8	0	B	21	1	W	22	½	B	18
	Hull		0			0			0			1			1½		2.5
20	Phillip J Battye	0	W	5	1	B	12	0	W	3	0	B	10	0	W	17
	Three Horseshoes		0			1			1			1			1		4
21	Li Jiping	0	W	4	0	B	17	1	W	19	0	B	11	0	W	12
	Sheffield University		0			0			1			1			1		3
22	Jim Miklevicz	0	W	11	0	B	10	0	W	14	0	B	19	0	W	16
	Victoria Dock		0			0			0			0			0		0

(One suspects Michael Lally is the former Sheffield Nomads and Midland Bank/HSBC player.)

Minor Section

No	Name		1			2			3			4			5		SPS

1	Alan J Smith	1	B	26	1	W	13	½	B	2	1	W	10	1	B	3
	Three Horseshoes		1			2			2½			3½			4½		13.5
2	Milosz Kasprzyk	1	B	28	1	W	8	½	W	1	1	B	6	1	W	9
	Hull		1			2			2½			3½			4½		13.5
3	David Buckley	1	W	10	1	B	14	1	W	4	1	B	7	0	W	1
	York RI		1			2			3			4			4		14
4	Patrick Jm Costello	1	B	21	1	W	5	0	B	3	1	W	8	1	W	12
	England		1			2			2			3			4		12
5	Ian Scott	1	W	15	0	B	4	1	W	10	1	B	17	1	W	7
	St Andrews Hull		1			1			2			3			4		11
6	Keith Noons	½	B	29	1	W	12	1	B	27	0	W	2	1	W	15
	Barton-On-Humber		½			1½			2½			2½			3½		10.5
7	Michell Rosamonte	1	B	10	1	W	18	1	B	17	0	W	3	0	B	5
	Leeds		1			2			3			3			3		12
8	Ian Farrow	1	W	24	0	B	2	1	W	15	0	B	4	1	W	20
	Dons		1			1			2			2			3		9
9	Phillip J Shaughnessy	0	B	12	1	W	23	1	B	19	1	W	18	0	B	2
	Ashton		0			1			2			3			3		9
10	Gary P Fairclough	0	W	7	1	B	24	1	W	14	0	B	1	1	W	17
	Chorley		0			1			2			2			3		8
11	Philip A Wood	0	B	3	1	W	21	0	B	5	1	W	28	1	B	18
	Hull		0			1			1			2			3		7
12	Gabriel Wood	1	W	11	0	B	6	½	W	16	1	W	13	0	B	4
	Hull		1			1			1½			2½			2½		8.5
13	Aaron Rich	1	W	16	0	B	1	1	W	22	0	B	12	½	W	14
	York		1			1			2			2			2½		8.5
14	Thisumi Jayawarna	1	B	23	0	W	3	0	B	10	1	W	19	½	B	13
	Tameside Juniors		1			1			1			2			2½		7.5
15	Peter T Perkins	0	B	13	1	W	25	½	B	12	1	W	27	0	B	6
	Beverley		0			1			1½			2½			2½		7.5
16	Nick Colley	0	B	5	1	W	28	0	B	8	½	B	22	1	W	27
	Hull		0			1			1			1½			2½		6
17	David Summerland	1	W	20	1	B	22	0	W	7	0	W	5	0	B	10
	West Leeds		1			2			2			2			2		9
18	Bradley Triffitt	1	W	30	0	B	7	1	W	20	0	B	11	0	W	11
	Yorkshire Juniors		1			1			2			2			2		8
19	J Gerry Johnstone	1	B	19	0	W	17	0	B	13	½	W	15	½	B	23
	Beverley		1			1			1			1½			2		6.5
20	Solomon Hayes	0	B	17	1	W	26	0	B	18	1	W	25	0	B	8
	Eagle and Child		0			1			1			2			2		6
21	John D Duncan	0	W	22	1	B	30	0	W	11	0	B	14	1	W	26
	Grimsby		0			1			1			1			2		5
22	Steve J Thrower	½	W	27	0	B	16	½	W	29	0	B	20	1	-	bye
	Hull		½			½			1			1			2		5
23	Sri Sriharan	0	B	8	0	W	10	½	B	21	1	-	bye	½	W	19
	York RI		0			0			½			1½			2		4
24	Piotr Kaszynski	0	W	4	0	B	10	½	W	24	½	B	23	1	W	28
			0			0			½			1			2		3.5
25	Raymond Ezra	0	W	14	0	B	11	½	B	26	½	W	21	1	B	29
	England		0			0			½			1			2		3.5
26	Robin Sarsfield	½	B	25	1	W	29	0	W	6	0	B	16	0	B	21
	Alwoodley		½			1½			1½			1½			1½		6.5
27	Steve Donoghue	0	W	1	0	B	20	½	W	23	1	B	29	0	B	16
	St Andrews Hull		0			0			½			1½			1½		3.5
28	Natasha Pointon	½	W	6	0	B	27	½	B	25	0	W	26	0	B	24
	Cleveland		½			½			1			1			1		4
29	Brendan Stoneham	0	W	2	0	B	15	W	W	30	0	B	10	0	W	25
			0			0			0			0			0		0
30	Ben Crow	0	B	18	0	W	19	L	B	28
	Greater Manchester		0			0			0			0			0		0