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15/01/2023

Hull Rapidplay, 2023

played Sunday 15/01/2023

at Kingsley Function Suite, Canham Turner Conference Centre, University of Hull, Cottingham Road, Hull HU6 7RX

This was a 6-round Swiss event run with three sections: Open Under-1900 and Under-1600, each FIDE-rated and ECF-rated.

The 2022 event had been held in the shadow of COVID, with obligatory mask-wearing, which will have limited entry numbers, that year. The 2021 was cancelled due to COVID. Entries in the above three sections in recent years were as follows

Year	Open	U‑1900*	U‑1600*	Total
2019	18	26	26	70
2020	22	22	30	74
2021	Cancelled due to COVID
2022	14	28	30	72
2023	20	45	36	101

* or equivalent grade in earlier years

So, 2023 saw the “sound barrier” of 100 entries broken at last.

Advertised prizes in each section were:

1st place £200, 2nd place £100, 3rd place £50 (tied places sharing); 1st performance prize £30, 2nd performance prize £20.

Section results are detailed below. Click on the section link on the net line to jump down the page to that section’s crosstable.

Open

Under-1900

Under-1600

Open

No	Name	Grade		1			2			3			4			5			6		SPS	Prize

1	Artem Lutsko (IM)	2401	1	B	19	1	W	14	1	B	8	1	W	13	1	B	5	0	W	2		1st
	Ukraine			1			2			3			4			5			5		20
2	Maksym Larchikov	1883	½	B	7	1	W	12	½	B	5	½	W	3	1	B	13	1	B	1		2nd=
	Hull			½			1½			2			2½			3½			4½		14.5
3	Gavyn Cooper	2248	½	W	10	½	B	9	1	W	19	½	B	2	1	W	4	1	B	7		2nd=
	Acomb WM Club			½			1			2			2½			3½			4½		14
4	Mike J Surtees	2178	1	B	15	½	W	5	1	B	18	½	W	8	0	B	3	1	W	9
	Great Lever			1			1½			2½			3			3			4		15
5	Richard Britton	2178	1	W	20	½	B	4	½	W	2	1	B	14	0	W	1	1	B	10
	Hackney			1			1½			2			3			3			4		14.5
6	Joe Varley	1758	1	W	16	0	B	8	0	W	10	1	B	19	1	W	14	1	B	13		Performance
	Hull			1			1			1			2			3			4		12	Prize
7	Ben S Rich	2108	½	W	2	0	B	13	1	W	16	1	B	18	1	W	8	0	W	3
	York			½			½			1½			2½			3½			3½		12
8	Andrei Ciuravin	2214	1	B	17	1	W	6	0	W	1	½	B	4	0	B	7	½	W	14
	Hull			1			2			2			2½			2½			3		13
9	Eric D Gardiner	1953	1	B	12	½	W	3	0	W	13	½	B	10	1	W	17	0	B	4
	Hull DCA			1			1½			1½			2			3			3		12
10	Shaun J Culkin	2020	½	B	3	0	W	18	1	B	6	½	W	9	1	B	15	0	W	5
	Hull			½			½			1½			2			3			3		10.5
11	Maksym Kryshtafor	1563	0	B	14	0	W	17	1	B	12	0	W	15	1	B	20	1	W	18
	Eagle & Child			0			0			1			1			2			3		7
12	Ben Yaniw	2216	0	W	9	0	B	2	0	W	11	1	B	16	1	W	18	1	B	17
	Durham University			0			0			0			1			2			3		6
13	John G Cooper	2219	½	B	18	1	W	7	1	B	9	0	B	1	0	W	2	0	W	6
	Hull			½			1½			2½			2½			2½			2½		12
14	Kamila Hryshchenko	2036	1	W	11	0	B	1	1	W	17	0	W	5	0	B	6	½	B	8
	Hull			1			1			2			2			2			2½		10.5
15	John Thackray	1905	0	W	4	½	B	16	0	W	20	1	B	11	0	W	10	1	W	19
	St Andrews Hull			0			½			½			1½			1½			2½		6.5
16	Jack Walker	2078	0	B	6	½	W	15	0	B	7	0	W	12	1	B	19	1	W	20
	Hull			0			½			½			½			1½			2½		5.5
17	Paul S N Kendall	1941	0	W	8	1	B	11	0	B	14	1	W	20	0	B	9	0	W	12
	Beverley			0			1			1			2			2			2		8
18	Mark I Collinson	2002	½	W	13	1	B	10	0	W	4	0	W	7	0	B	12	0	B	11
	Victoria Dock			½			1½			1½			1½			1½			1½		8
19	Jim W R Nicholson	2022	0	W	1	1	B	20	0	B	3	0	W	6	0	W	16	0	B	15
	York			0			1			1			1			1			1		5
20	Bill Wilson	1916	0	B	5	0	W	19	1	B	15	0	B	17	0	W	11	0	B	16
	Hartlepool			0			0			1			1			1			1		4

Under-1900

No	Name	Grade		1			2			3			4			5			6		SPS	Prize

1	Chris J Matthews	1808	1	W	43	½	B	31	½	W	20	1	B	35	1	W	8	1	W	7		1st=
	East Hull Chess Club			1			1½			2			3			4			5		16.5
2	Paul May	1830	0	W	29	1	B	42	1	W	37	1	B	23	1	W	9	1	W	6		1st=
	Alwoodley			0			1			2			3			4			5		15
3	Kyle Pelling	1835	1	B	30	1	W	21	½	B	8	1	W	7	½	B	6	½	W	4		3rd=
	Heywood			1			2			2½			3½			4			4½		17.5
4	David Wells	1857	1	W	25	½	B	20	1	W	16	½	B	8	1	W	13	½	B	3		3rd=
	York			1			1½			2½			3			4			4½		16.5
5	Gerald Cuaresma	1884	0	B	21	1	W	36	1	B	40	½	W	15	1	B	22	1	W	13		3rd=
	Huddersfield			0			1			2			2½			3½			4½		13.5
6	Stephen Crow	1878	1	W	45	1	B	23	1	W	24	½	B	13	½	W	3	0	B	2
	St Andrews Hull			1			2			3			3½			4			4		17.5
7	Alex Royle	1848	1	W	42	1	B	29	1	W	9	0	B	3	1	W	19	0	B	1
	Louth			1			2			3			3			4			4		17
8	Michael I Connor	1694	1	W	28	1	B	39	½	W	3	½	W	4	0	B	1	1	B	23		1st perf.
	Great Lever			1			2			2½			3			3			4		15.5	prize
9	Peter Harker	1761	1	B	17	1	W	44	0	B	7	1	W	21	0	B	2	1	W	25
	Hartlepool			1			2			2			3			3			4		15
10	M John Cawston	1820	0	W	31	1	B	43	1	W	29	1	B	20	½	B	14	½	W	15
	Undercliffe			0			1			2			3			3½			4		13.5
11	Edward S Oxley	1885	0	W	20	½	B	25	1	B	17	1	W	26	½	B	15	1	W	21
	Beverley			0			½			1½			2½			3			4		11.5
12	Kam Wa Siu	1701	0	W	13	0	B	33	1	W	43	1	B	37	1	W	28	1	B	19
	Sheffield Nomads			0			0			1			2			3			4		10
13	Sam Kerr	1864	1	B	12	1	W	27	1	B	19	½	W	6	0	B	4	0	B	5
	Alwoodley			1			2			3			3½			3½			3½		16.5
14	Roger Greatorex	1732	½	-	bye	1	B	26	½	W	31	1	B	24	½	W	10
	Llangollen			½			1½			2			3			3½			3½		14
15	Kevin Winter	1758	0	W	37	1	B	38	1	W	33	½	B	5	½	W	11	½	B	10
	Bradford			0			1			2			2½			3			3½		12
16	Paul W Jones	1725	½	B	36	1	W	18	0	B	4	½	W	22	½	B	17	1	W	31
	York			½			1½			1½			2			2½			3½		11.5
17	John Grasham	1618	0	W	9	1	B	45	0	W	11	1	B	34	½	W	16	1	B	32
	Scunthorpe			0			1			1			2			2½			3½		10
18	Richard Atkinson	1766	½	W	26	0	B	16	0	W	25	1	B	41	1	W	33	1	B	20
	Victoria Dock			½			½			½			1½			2½			3½		9
19	Phil Bawden	1797	1	W	38	1	B	37	0	W	13	1	B	31	0	B	7	0	W	12
	Willows, The			1			2			2			3			3			3		14
20	Kieran Dickson	1724	1	B	11	½	W	4	½	B	1	0	W	10	1	B	36	0	W	18
	Harrogate			1			1½			2			2			3			3		12.5
21	Nathaniel Holroyd‑Doveton	1719	1	W	5	0	B	3	1	W	28	0	B	9	1	W	35	0	B	11
	Rotherham			1			1			2			2			3			3		12
22	Bill Tait	1638	1	W	32	0	B	24	1	W	39	½	B	16	0	W	5	½	B	26
	Ilkley			1			1			2			2½			2½			3		12
23	Richard Sanger	1756	1	B	35	0	W	6	1	B	44	0	W	2	1	B	38	0	W	8
	Acomb Wm Club			1			1			2			2			3			3		12
24	Bien Cuaresma	1815	1	B	41	1	W	22	0	B	6	0	W	14	0	B	25	1	W	36
	Wakefield			1			2			2			2			2			3		12
25	Andrew D Bettley	1696	0	B	4	½	W	11	1	B	18	½	W	27	1	W	24	0	B	9
	St Andrews Hull			0			½			1½			2			3			3		10
26	William J Egan	1622	½	B	18	0	W	14	1	B	41	0	B	11	1	W	39	½	W	22
	Hull DCA			½			½			1½			1½			2½			3		9.5
27	Craig Chatterton	1746	1	W	33	0	B	13	0	W	35	½	B	25	½	W	30	1	B	37
	Darnall & Handsworth			1			1			1			1½			2			3		9.5
28	Denis Georgiou	1849	0	B	8	1	W	30	0	B	21	1	W	40	0	B	12	1	W	38
	Appleby Frodingham			0			1			1			2			2			3		9
29	Geoffrey D Brown	1675	1	B	2	0	W	7	0	B	10	0	W	36	1	B	43	1	W	35
	Darnall & Handsworth			1			1			1			1			2			3		9
30	Aaron Rich	1675	0	W	3	0	B	28	1	W	45	½	B	33	½	B	27	1	W	40
	York			0			0			1			1½			2			3		7.5
31	Samuel Gaffney	1666	1	B	10	½	W	1	½	B	14	0	W	19	½	W	32	0	B	16
	Lowestoft			1			1½			2			2			2½			2½		11.5
32	Ewan Miller	1798	0	B	22	0	W	40	1	B	42	1	W	44	½	B	31	0	W	17
	York			0			0			1			2			2½			2½		8
33	Raymond Ezra	1308	0	B	27	1	W	12	0	B	15	½	W	30	0	B	18	1	W	41		1st perf.
	St Andrews Hull			0			1			1			1½			1½			2½		7.5	prize
34	David J Hambly	1785	0	B	44	½	W	41	½	B	36	0	W	17	½	B	40	1	W	45
	East Hull Chess Club			0			½			1			1			1½			2½		6.5
35	Peter C Westhead	1569	0	W	23	1	-	bye	1	B	27	0	W	1	0	B	21	0	B	29
	Yorkshire *			0			1			2			2			2			2		9
36	William Bryan	1295	½	W	16	0	B	5	½	W	34	1	B	29	0	W	20	0	B	24
	Yorkshire Juniors			½			½			1			2			2			2		8
37	Robert Dennington	1617	1	B	15	0	W	19	0	B	2	0	W	12	1	B	42	0	W	27
	Alwoodley			1			1			1			1			2			2		8
38	Daniel Langhamer	1636	0	B	19	0	W	15	1	-	bye	1	B	39	0	W	23	0	B	28
	Acomb WM Club			0			0			1			2			2			2		7
39	David W Stephenson	1823	1	B	40	0	W	8	0	B	22	0	W	38	0	B	26	1	W	44
	St Andrews Hull			1			1			1			1			1			2		7
40	Robin A Edwards	1667	0	W	39	1	B	32	0	W	5	0	B	28	½	W	34	0	B	30
	St Andrews Hull			0			1			1			1			1½			1½		6
41	R Malcolm Hara	1645	0	W	24	½	B	34	0	W	26	0	W	18	1	B	44	0	B	33
	Beverley			0			½			½			½			1½			1½		4.5
42	Bruce R Oliver	1693	0	B	7	0	W	2	0	W	32	1	B	45	0	W	37	½	B	43
	Bridlington			0			0			0			1			1			1½		3.5
43	Alec Grice	1638	0	B	1	0	W	10	0	B	12	1	-	bye	0	W	29	½	W	42
	Beverley			0			0			0			1			1			1½		3.5
44	Alan J Smith	1630	1	W	34	0	B	9	0	W	23	0	B	32	0	W	41	0	B	39
	Three Horseshoes			1			1			1			1			1			1		6
45	Phillip J Battye	1714	0	B	6	0	W	17	0	B	30	0	W	42	1	-	bye	0	B	34
	Three Horseshoes			0			0			0			0			1			1		2

Under-1600

No	Name	Grade		1			2			3			4			5			6		SPS	Prize

1	David Stothard	1533	1	B	24	1	W	8	1	B	7	1	W	2	1	B	5	0	W	4		1st=
	Hull			1			2			3			4			5			5		20
2	Haidar Hussam Al	1506	1	B	33	1	W	17	1	B	6	0	B	1	1	W	11	1	W	13		1st=
	Hull			1			2			3			3			4			5		18
3	Benedikt Pitel	1468	1	W	35	1	B	27	½	W	12	½	B	5	1	W	16	1	B	6		1st=
	Hull			1			2			2½			3			4			5		17.5
4	Shriaansh Ganti	1574	0	B	17	1	W	33	1	B	13	1	W	8	1	B	7	1	B	1		1st=
	Wakefield			0			1			2			3			4			5		15
5	Andrew T Watson	1421	1	B	34	1	W	10	1	B	22	½	W	3	0	W	1	1	B	11
	Skegness			1			2			3			3½			3½			4½		17.5
6	Amarishika Anbalagan	1245	1	B	29	1	W	28	0	W	2	1	B	26	1	B	22	0	W	3		1st perf.
	Grantham			1			2			2			3			4			4		16	prize
7	Daniel Meredith	1348	1	W	25	1	B	9	0	W	1	1	B	27	0	W	4	1	B	16
	York			1			2			2			3			3			4		15
8	Stuart Sharp	1385	1	W	16	0	B	1	1	W	30	0	B	4	1	W	29	1	B	23
	Hull			1			1			2			2			3			4		13
9	Srivathsan Sasikumar	1531	1	B	14	0	W	7	1	W	19	0	B	16	1	W	26	1	B	18
	Leeds University			1			1			2			2			3			4		13
10	Amanthika Anbalagan	1532	1	W	36	0	B	5	0	W	11	1	W	31	1	B	17	1	B	12
	Grantham			1			1			1			2			3			4		12
11	Eric Lyu	1438	1	B	20	½	W	13	1	B	10	1	W	12	0	B	2	0	W	5
	York			1			1½			2½			3½			3½			3½		15.5
12	Mes-Mar Mesina	0	1	B	18	1	W	23	½	B	3	0	B	11	1	W	27	0	W	10
	Hull *			1			2			2½			2½			3½			3½		15
13	Craig Robinson	1570	1	W	21	½	B	11	0	W	4	1	B	15	1	W	14	0	B	2
	Peterborough			1			1½			1½			2½			3½			3½		13.5
14	Rajan Mistry	1083	0	W	9	1	B	25	1	B	28	½	W	22	0	B	13	1	W	24		2nd perf.
	University of Warwick			0			1			2			2½			2½			3½		11.5	prize
15	Dominik Pitel	1029	0	B	28	1	W	29	½	B	23	0	W	13	1	B	31	1	W	22
	Hull			0			1			1½			1½			2½			3½		10
16	Richard Lunt	0	0	B	8	1	W	24	1	B	18	1	W	9	0	B	3	0	W	7
	Doncaster *			0			1			2			3			3			3		12
17	Navaneeth Sasikumar	1310	1	W	4	0	B	2	0	W	27	1	B	34	0	W	10	1	B	26
	Yorkshire Juniors			1			1			1			2			2			3		10
18	Oliver Stevens‑Vallecillo	1427	0	W	12	1	B	31	0	W	16	1	B	30	1	W	19	0	W	9
	Acomb Wm Club			0			1			1			2			3			3		10
19	Anbalagan Marimuthu	1281	0	W	27	1	B	35	0	B	9	1	W	28	0	B	18	1	W	29
	Grantham			0			1			1			2			2			3		9
20	Jatinder Singh	0	0	W	11	1	B	21	0	W	26	0	B	32	1	W	34	1	B	27
	Bradford *			0			1			1			1			2			3		8
21	Tony Lee	1291	0	B	13	0	W	20	0	B	31	1	W	33	1	B	35	1	W	28
	Skegness			0			0			0			1			2			3		6
22	Ian Scott	1587	1	W	32	1	B	26	0	W	5	½	B	14	0	W	6	0	B	15
	St Andrews Hull			1			2			2			2½			2½			2½		12.5
23	James Weldon	1491	1	W	31	0	B	12	½	W	15	0	B	29	1	W	25	0	W	8
	West Yorkshire *			1			1			1½			1½			2½			2½		10
24	Kai Taylor	1232	0	W	1	0	B	16	1	W	35	½	B	25	1	W	32	0	B	14
	York			0			0			1			1½			2½			2½		7.5
25	James Howorth	1597	0	B	7	0	W	14	1	B	34	½	W	24	0	B	23	1	W	33
	North Yorkshire *			0			0			1			1½			1½			2½		6.5
26	Steve J Thrower	1487	1	B	30	0	W	22	1	B	20	0	W	6	0	B	9	0	W	17
	Hull			1			1			2			2			2			2		10
27	Tom Tallentire	1568	1	B	19	0	W	3	1	B	17	0	W	7	0	B	12	0	W	20
	Hull			1			1			2			2			2			2		10
28	Sebastian Dworniak	1529	1	W	15	0	B	6	0	W	14	0	B	19	1	W	30	0	B	21
	Hull			1			1			1			1			2			2		8
29	Steven R Brooks	1552	0	W	6	0	B	15	1	W	36	1	W	23	0	B	8	0	B	19
	Barnby Dun			0			0			1			2			2			2		7
30	Amandeep Singh	972	0	W	26	1	B	32	0	B	8	0	W	18	0	B	28	1	W	36
	Bradford			0			1			1			1			1			2		6
31	Seb Wilford	1017	0	B	23	0	W	18	1	W	21	0	B	10	0	W	15	1	B	35
	York			0			0			1			1			1			2		5
32	Andy Donegan	1335	0	B	22	0	W	30	½	B	33	1	W	20	0	B	24	+	W	34
	Hull			0			0			½			1½			1½			1½		5
33	Adamjeet Singh	1028	0	W	2	0	B	4	½	W	32	0	B	21	1	W	36	0	B	25
	Bradford			0			0			½			½			1½			1½		4
34	Richard Libertini	0	0	W	5	1	B	36	0	W	25	0	W	17	0	B	20	-	B	32
	Alwoodley			0			1			1			1			1			1		5
35	Henry Sinclair	0	0	B	3	0	W	19	0	B	24	1	B	36	0	W	21	0	W	31
	York			0			0			0			1			1			1		3
36	Andy Langhamer	1228	0	B	10	0	W	34	0	B	29	0	W	35	0	B	33	0	B	30
	Acomb WM Club			0			0			0			0			0			0		0