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46th Southend Easter Chess Congress 2002

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SOUTHEND OPEN

7 Round Swiss Tournament open to all.

Jointly won by Simon Knott and Simon Williams, who also share the SCCU title.
Simon Knott wins the M.D. Speigel Memorial Trophy on tie-break.

Play through Open games: HERE

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REDBUS CHESS KNOCKOUT
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Rate of play: Two games at 100 minutes per game plus 30 seconds per move (below referred to as the 'primary rate' games). If scores were tied after these two games, two games at 10 minutes on the clock each were played. If scores were tied after these games, the first player to win a game at five minutes on the clock each went through to the next round.
Prizes: First round losers £200 each; Second round losers £400 each; Losing semi-finalists £600 each. Bogdan Lalic won £2,000 whilst Chris Ward received £1,000.

Play through all the primary rate games: HERE

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FIVE ROUND SWISS TOURNAMENTS
Open to all. No upper or lower grading limits.

The winners in each section were:

Swiss A
Ivor Smith and John Dodgson 4/5;

Swiss B
Helmut Muller 4½/5;

Swiss C
Luke Styles 4½/5
who also received £50 from the David Wood Memorial Trust and the Derek Field Memorial Trophy as the Essex Junior with the highest percentage score in the Congress.

Essex Chess Association

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