Essex at the British 2023 – Essex Chess Association

British Chess Championships 2023
20th to 30th July 2023
De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester LE2 7BU

BCC Website | Pairings and Results | Live Boards and Commentary

Live games are spread over a variety of outlets:
DGT live cloud-click on the heading above the board to select round and game. Navigation buttons at bottom of the view.
chess24.com – select game from dropdown above the board. Scroll down the page for all games and multi-board view.
chess.com – select the section in the main window and game to view in the right side panel. Or, from the multi-board view, click on any diagram to enlarge that game, then click on the left arrow at the top of the right side panel to return to multi-boards.

Update We have added a picture, courtesy of Mark Murrell, for the first of Colin Ramage‘s two visits to the show boards in the main arena. So click the link to Day 6 below, then scroll down to Round 2 of the AM Open.

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Day 11 – 30 July 2023

Last round today. All games start at 10:00 am which allows for play-off for the British Championship, if needed.

Keen Essex interest is engaged in the Major Open and the Over 50, where FM Andrew Lewis (Major Open) and Essex Champion, FM Bob Eames (Over 50), are playing for top spot in their respective events. Andrew has White against Mikhail Sedykh, but Bob Eames has the tougher task, Black against GM Keith Arkell.

British Championship – Round 9: 10:00

British Championship live games on chess.com – multi-board view

Max Pert, the U16 Championship having finished, gets a game as a filler in the main British Championship. Thus, we have IM Richard Pert and his twin brother GM Nick Pert, and Richard’s son and daughter, Max and Nina Pert; four players from the same family playing in a round of the British Championship simultaneously. Has this ever occurred before?

Bd	TN	Title	White					Title	Black		TN
8	31	WIM	Yao, Lan	2242	(5)	½-½	(5)	IM	Pert, Richard G	2421	8
23	37		Stoica, Savas Marin	2156	(3½)	1-0	(3½)		Weersing, Abigail R	1919	61
25	63		Volovich, Julia	1811	(3)	0-1	(3)	WCM	Pert, Nina P	2021	54
30	64		Pert, Max P	1936	(0)	½-½	(2½)		Shaw, Peter	2066	50

Max’s rating of 1936 shown in the pairings on the BCC website, is his FIDE rating, whereas the U16 pairings have been using his ECF rating of 2140.

Also:

Ledger, Andrew J

2299

(5)

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(5)

Pert, Nicholas

2536

Major Open – Round 9: 10:00

Major Open live games on chess.com – in multi-board view

Congratulations to FM Andrew Lewis =1 in the Major Open with 7/9, on which score he was joined by Mikhail Sedykh, IM Brandon Clarke and former Essex Junior, Aditya Verma.

Bd	TN	Title	White					Title	Black		TN
1	2	FM	Lewis, Andrew P	2235	(6½)	½-½	(6½)		Sedykh, Mikhail	2084	8
20	39		Rida, Ruqayyah	1828	(4)	1-0	(4)		Macqueen, Andrew	1759	51
22	34		Freeman, Ashley	1846	(3½)	1-0	(3½)		Davis, Timothy J	1737	54
28	73		Dayal, Samar	1433	(3)	1-0	(3)	WCM	Sheikh, Anum	1744	52
30	74		Gamage Ranasinghe, Yuman Ranjula	1100	(2½)	0-1	(2½)		Berkley, Stephen W	1587	67

SENIORS

Over 50 – Round 7: 10:00

Over 50 live games on chess.com – in multi-board view (top 6 only)

Bd	TN	Title	White					Title	Black		TN
1	1	GM	Arkell, Keith C	2392	(5)	1-0	(5)	FM	Eames, Robert S	2124	10
22	32		Mueller, Jens	1862	(1)	0			not paired

Over 65 – Round 7: 10:00

Bd	TN	White					Black		TN
5	3	Binks, Michael E	2140	4	0d1	4	Myall, Ivan J	1927	22
9	28	Moore, John C	1886	3½	½-½	3½	Stokes, Mike R	1940	20
13	38	Ramage, Colin R	1802	3	0-1	3	Habershon, Paul F	1890	27

Day 10 – 28 July 2023

The last day of intense activity: while there is one more day in this year’s “British”, tomorrow is just the last round of the British Championship, the Major Open and the Seniors events.

Today also sees the last rounds in the Junior Championships, the AM and PM Weekday tournaments and the third Rapid (morning and afternoon).

In the event, the 3rd Rapid U1450 nearly produced Essex’ first winner this year. Sergey was leading at the start of the last round, but lost, so was overtaken for first place. Even so, it was a good event for Essex, with Sergey and Ashwin Gopikrishna sharing =3rd on 5½/7 and all Essex participants scored 50% or better.

3^rd Rapid G15+10

Open – 7 Rounds

Rd	Bd	TN	White					Title	Black		TN
R1	11	5	Pert, Max P	2024	(0)	½			not paired	HPB
R2	4	12	Sanada, Tetsuaki	1908	(1)	0-1	(½)		Pert, Max P	2024	5
R3	3	5	Pert, Max P	2024	(1½)	½-½	(1½)		Mason, Donald J	2135	2
R4	4	8	Madhavan, Sanjith	1987	(2)	1-0	(2)		Pert, Max P	2024	5
R5	5	5	Pert, Max P	2024	(2)	0-1	(2)		Gnanagurusamy, Ganeshbabu	1796	17
R6	7	7	Biermann, Florian	1987	(2)	0-1	(2)		Pert, Max P	2024	5
R7	6	5	Pert, Max P	2024	(3)	1-0	(2½)	ACM	Kairat, Alexander	1745	19

U1450 – 7 Rounds

Rd	Bd	TN	White					Black		TN
R1	5	9	Puthanveettil, Joshua	1411	(0)	1d0	(0)	Williams, Alfie	1000	42
R1	10	15	Pereslavtsev, Sergey	1392	(0)	1-0	(0)	Norton, Oscar	886	48
R1	13	55	Suresh, Karun	755	(0)	1-0	(0)	Moustafa, Ibrahim	1304	21
R1	29	25	Gopikrishna, Ashwin	1274	(0)	½		not paired	HPB
R1	8	13	Sharma, Mihir	1400	(0)	1-0	(0)	Manikandan, Maadesh	931	46
R2	3	27	Gray, Anna	1237	(1)	0-1	(1)	Puthanveettil, Joshua	1411	9
R2	5	33	Zheng, Lucas	1085	(1)	0-1	(1)	Pereslavtsev, Sergey	1392	15
R2	9	55	Suresh, Karun	755	(1)	½-½	(1)	Eru, Hugo	1300	22
R2	14	49	Patel, Parisa	873	(½)	0-1	(½)	Gopikrishna, Ashwin	1274	25
R2	24	52	Lath, Shlok	843	(½)	0-1	(0)	Manikandan, Maadesh	931	46
R3	2	9	Puthanveettil, Joshua	1411	(2)	1-0	(2)	Pinna-Chapman, Freya	1387	16
R3	4	15	Pereslavtsev, Sergey	1392	(2)	1-0	(2)	Tomsett, Jonah	1277	24
R3	5	25	Gopikrishna, Ashwin	1274	(1½)	0-1	(1½)	Bettam, Ray	1438	3
R3	8	14	Ekum, Daniel	1394	(1½)	1-0	(1½)	Suresh, Karun	755	55
R3	18	46	Manikandan, Maadesh	931	(1)	0-1	(1)	Van Neerven, Yvon	1228	28
R4	1	9	Puthanveettil, Joshua	1411	(3)	0-1	(3)	Pereslavtsev, Sergey	1392	15
R4	13	36	Gray, Kate	1050	(2)	0-1	(1½)	Gopikrishna, Ashwin	1274	25
R4	17	41	Saxena, Reyansh	1001	(1½)	0-1	(1½)	Suresh, Karun	755	55
R4	24	46	Manikandan, Maadesh	931	(1)	1-0	(1)	Ewbank, Robin	0	62
R5	1	13	Sharma, Mihir	1400	(4)	½-½	(4)	Pereslavtsev, Sergey	1392	15
R5	5	40	Ewart, Thomas	1002	(3)	1-0	(3)	Puthanveettil, Joshua	1411	9
R5	12	25	Gopikrishna, Ashwin	1274	(2½)	1-0	(2½)	Zheng, Lucas	1085	33
R5	13	55	Suresh, Karun	755	(2½)	1-0	(2)	James, Callum	1407	10
R5	18	30	Mehta, Hatle	1190	(2)	1-0	(2)	Manikandan, Maadesh	931	46
R6	2	15	Pereslavtsev, Sergey	1392	(4½)	1-0	(4)	Coupe, Jon	1372	18
R6	5	25	Gopikrishna, Ashwin	1274	(3½)	1-0	(3½)	Donald, Jamie	1400	11
R6	8	20	Kilmartin, David	1315	(3½)	1-0	(3½)	Suresh, Karun	755	55
R6	10	9	Puthanveettil, Joshua	1411	(3)	1-0	(3)	Martin, Tye	1437	4
R6	23	46	Manikandan, Maadesh	931	(2)	1-0	(2)	Kotha, Vedant	1070	35
R7	1	15	Pereslavtsev, Sergey	1392	(5½)	0-1	(5)	O’donnell, Elliot	1425	7
R7	5	30	Mehta, Hatle	1190	(4)	0-1	(4½)	Gopikrishna, Ashwin	1274	25
R7	7	18	Coupe, Jon	1372	(4)	1-0	(4)	Puthanveettil, Joshua	1411	9
R7	13	55	Suresh, Karun	755	(3½)	0-1	(3½)	Van Neerven, Yvon	1228	28
R7	17	36	Gray, Kate	1050	(3)	0-1	(3)	Manikandan, Maadesh	931	46

British Championship – Round 8: 14:30

British Championship live games on chess.com – multi-board view

Bd	TN	Title	White					Title	Black		TN
6	8	IM	Pert, Richard G	2421	(4½)	½-½	(4½)	FM	Claridge-Hansen, William	2332	19
19	61		Weersing, Abigail R	1919	(3½)	–	(3½)		Boswell, Jacob Connor	2163	36
24	54	WCM	Pert, Nina P	2021	(3)	0-1	(3)		Shearsby, Jude	2076	47

Major Open – Round 8: 14:30

Major Open live games on chess.com – in multi-board view

Bd	TN	Title	White					Title	Black		TN
1	2	FM	Lewis, Andrew P	2235	(6)	½-½	(5½)	IM	Clarke, Brandon Gi	2486	1
23	34		Freeman, Ashley	1846	(3)	½-½	(3)		Pang, Ethan	1553	70
25	39		Rida, Ruqayyah	1828	(3)	1-0	(3)		Sinclair, Colin	1652	61
31	52	WCM	Sheikh, Anum	1744	(2)	1-0	(2)		Chantrell, Paul	1576	69
32	67		Berkley, Stephen W	1587	(2)	½-½	(2)		Graham, Danny	1715	57

SENIORS

Over 50 – Round 6: 14:30

Over 50 live games on chess.com – in multi-board view (top 6 only)

Bd	TN	Title	White					Title	Black		TN
2	10	FM	Eames, Robert S	2124	(4)	1-0	(4)	FM	Duncan, Chris R	2191	6
22	32		Mueller, Jens	1862	(1)	0			not paired

Over 65 – Round 6: 14:30

Bd	TN	Title	White					Title	Black		TN
2	22		Myall, Ivan J	1927	(4)	0-1	(4)	WGM	Jackson, Sheila	2039	9
6	29	AIM	Fryer, David W	1880	(3½)	1-0	(3½)		Moore, John C	1886	28
14	24		Hawkins, James N	1910	(2½)	½-½	(2½)		Ramage, Colin R	1802	38

JUNIORS

U16 Championship – Round 7: 09:15

Bd	TN	White					Title	Black		TN
3	3	Madhavan, Sanjith	2065	(4½)	½-½	(4)		Pert, Max P	2140	1
10	23	Ananyev, Yaroslav	1564	(2½)	0-1	(2½)	AFM	Latypova, Olga L	1855	9
11	20	Wills, Jack	1674	(2½)	0-1	(2½)		Afonso, Davi Diniz	1615	22

U14 Championship – Round 7: 09:15

Bd	TN	White					Black		TN
16	7	Catabay, Mae C	1762	(2½)	½-½	(2½)	Mehta, Sophie	1488	25

U12 Championship – Round 7: 09:15

Bd	TN	White					Black		TN
4	20	De Silva, Sithun	1664	(4½)	1-0	(4½)	Pereslavtsev, Alexandr	1880	3
7	4	Ward, Cian	1874	(4)	0-1	(4)	Catabay, Rezin C	1704	16
35	35	Puthanveettil, Joshua	1445	(3)	0		not paired

U10 Championship – Round 7: 09:15

Bd	TN	White					Black		TN
3	2	Kryshtafor, Maksym	1858	(4½)	1-0	(4½)	Veselow, Zoe	1720	5
7	16	Saharkar, Sharvari	1420	(4)	0-1	(3½)	Anjulan, Ashwin	1466	14
18	43	Sarwar, Adam	854	(2)	0-1	(2½)	Gopikrishna, Ashwin	881	40

U8 Championship – Round 7: 09:15

Bd	TN	White					Black		TN
8	25	Feng, Hao-Hsuan	824	(3)	0-1	(3)	Cawdery, Mary	891	21

WEEKDAY TOURNAMENTS

Afternoon U2050 – Round 6: 14:30

Bd	TN	White
15	9	Staniland, Philip	1908	(3½)	not paired
17	18	Latypov, Egor L	1804	(2½)	not paired
18	20	Colclough, Ryan	1795	(3)	not paired

Afternoon U1750 – Round 6: 14:30

Bd	TN	White					Black		TN
11	26	Weersing, Nathan	1526	(2)	1d0	(2)	Crompton, Robert	1662	4
14	28	Fraser, Chris A	1508	(1½)	1-0	(1½)	Jestico, John V	1466	34

Morning Open – Round 6: 09:15

Bd	TN	Title	White					Black		TN
9	34		Staniland, Philip	1908	(2½)	0-1	(2½)	Gilmore, Simon N	2121	9
10	32		Bedi, Adam	1926	(2½)	½-½	(2½)	Freeman, Ashley	1971	27
12	33		Ramage, Colin R	1920	(2)	½-½	(2)	James, Russell A	2096	11
17	30	WCM	Sheikh, Anum	1940	(1½)	1d0	(1)	Brown, Tom	2017	21

Morning U1900 – Round 6: 09:15

Bd	TN	White					Black		TN
6	15	Murrell, Mark R A	1800	(3½)	½-½	(3)	Peer, Musa	1791	19
11	18	Willoughby, Christopher	1794	(2½)	0-1	(2½)	Coleman, Frederick	1850	6
13	32	Berkley, Stephen W	1742	(2½)	½-½	(2½)	Livesey, R Nigel	1811	13
15	16	Willoughby, Andrew P	1797	(2½)	½-½	(2½)	Li, Xiaofan	1673	37
16	34	Schmerwitz, Reinhard	1683	(2½)	½-½	(2½)	Colclough, Ryan	1795	17

Morning U1600 – Round 6: 09:15

Bd	TN	White					Black		TN
6	1	Gilbert, David J	1603	(2½)	0-1	(2½)	Jardine, Kenneth	1537	7
7	12	Jestico, John V	1466	(2½)	1-0	(2)	Chu, Yin	1462	13

Day 9 – 28 July 2023

British Championship – Round 7: 14:30

British Championship live games on chess.com – multi-board view

Richard’s game turned into a 125 move marathon. He let a winning advantage slip and, while Richard was still the exchange to the good, his efforts to revive his winning chances led to a position on move 74 in which all the pawns had disappeared and it was Richard’s rook against White’s bishop. Table base analysis reports 82% the draw, while only an 18% chance of the bishop losing and that includes moves which simply put the bishop en prise. The one factor in Richard’s favour was the clock: both players were within their last five minutes (plus increments); easier to play the attack than the defence. Richard tried to induce an error from White until, at move 125, he concluded that White knew how to defend this ending, even with short time.

Bd	TN	Title	White					Title	Black		TN
5	30	CM	Turner, Max N	2252	(4)	½-½	(4)	IM	Pert, Richard G	2421	8
25	43		Burrows, Martin P	2101	(2½)	0-1	(2½)		Weersing, Abigail R	1919	61
28	54	WCM	Pert, Nina P	2021	(2)	1-0	(1½)		Starley, Robert	2064	51

Major Open – Round 7: 14:30

Major Open live games on chess.com – in multi-board view
At the moment, the links in chess.com are wrongly referenced. To see today’s games, you need to select “Round 3 28 July”. This may be corrected.

Bd	TN	White					Title	Black		TN
1	18	Sanger, Jake M	1933	(5)	½-½	(5½)	FM	Lewis, Andrew P	2235	2
18	22	Young, Daniel J	1913	(3)	1-0	(3)		Rida, Ruqayyah	1828	39
25	61	Sinclair, Colin	1652	(2½)	½-½	(2½)		Freeman, Ashley	1846	34
29	65	Twisk, Sebastian	1599	(2)	1-0	(2)	WCM	Sheikh, Anum	1744	52
33	67	Berkley, Stephen W	1587	(1½)	½-½	(1½)		Cossins-Smith, Joe	0	75

SENIORS

Over 50 – Round 5: 14:30

Over 50 live games on chess.com – in multi-board view (top 6 only)

Bd	TN	White					Title	Black		TN
1	9	Graham, David B	2151	3½	½-½	3½	FM	Eames, Robert S	2124	10
21	32	Mueller, Jens	1862	1	0			not paired

Over 65 – Round 5: 14:30

Over 65 live games on chess24.com – Boards 1-13

Bd	TN	White					Black		TN
6	13	Kelly, Ian G	1987	(3)	0-1	(3)	Myall, Ivan J	1927	22
7	28	Moore, John C	1886	(3)	½-½	(3)	Hutchinson, Norman A	1982	14
14	38	Ramage, Colin R	1802	(2)	½-½	(2)	Campbell, Ian	1952	18

JUNIORS

U16 Championship

Junior Championships on lichess

Round 6: 14:30

Bd	TN	Title	White					Black		TN
2	2		Pal, Rohan	2079	(4)	½-½	(3½)	Pert, Max P	2140	1
12	22		Afonso, Davi Diniz	1615	(2)	½-½	(1½)	Sengupta, Sohana	1510	25
14	9	AFM	Latypova, Olga L	1855	(1½)	1		bye

Round 5: 09:15

Bd	TN	Title	White					Black		TN
3	1		Pert, Max P	2140	(3)	½-½	(3)	Sachdeva, Ronit	2026	6
11	9	AFM	Latypova, Olga L	1855	(1)	½-½	(1)	Sengupta, Sohana	1510	25
13	29		Ewart, Samuel	1086	(1)	0-1	(1)	Afonso, Davi Diniz	1615	22

U14 Championship

Junior Championships on lichess

Round 6: 14:30

Bd	TN	White					Black		TN
14	43	Sohi, Aarav	1230	(2)	½-½	(2)	Catabay, Mae C	1762	7

Round 5: 09:15

Bd	TN	White					Black		TN
10	7	Catabay, Mae C	1762	(2)	0-1	(2)	Kalaiyalahan, Aishwarya	1389	34

U12 Championship

U12 live games on chess.com – in multi-board view (top 13 boards)

Round 6: 14:30

Bd	TN	White					Black		TN
3	3	Pereslavtsev, Alexandr	1880	(4)	½ – ½	(4)	Yu, Rock	1862	8
9	35	Puthanveettil, Joshua	1445	(3)	0 – 1	(3)	Nguyen, Anh	1906	2
12	42	Patel, Diah	1369	(3)	0 – 1	(3)	Catabay, Rezin C	1704	16

Round 5: 09:15

Bd	TN	White					Black		TN
4	16	Catabay, Rezin C	1704	(3)	1-0	(3)	Pereslavtsev, Alexandr	1880	3
22	35	Puthanveettil, Joshua	1445	(2)	1-0	(2)	Merchant, Samuel	1291	49

U10 Championship

U10 live games on chess.com – in multi-board view

Round 6: 14:30

Bd	TN	White					Black		TN
1	1	Zhao, George	1907	(5)	½-½	(4)	Veselow, Zoe	1720	5
11	29	Bedford, Rudi	1089	(2½)	0-1	(2½)	Anjulan, Ashwin	1466	14
19	40	Gopikrishna, Ashwin	881	(1½)	1-0	(1½)	Jha, Advay	1328	20

Round 5: 09:15

Bd	TN	White					Black		TN
2	5	Veselow, Zoe	1720	(1½)	½-½	(3)	Pitel, Benedikt	1817	3
8	14	Anjulan, Ashwin	1466	(2½)	0-1	(2½)	Mittal, Advik	1544	11
17	23	Sriram, Gautam	1305	(1½)	1-0	(1½)	Gopikrishna, Ashwin	881	40

U8 Championship

U8 live games on chess.com – in multi-board view

Round 6: 14:30

Bd	TN	White					Black		TN
4	2	Mulukutla, Ayaansh	1522	(3)	1-0	(3)	Cawdery, Mary	891	21

Round 5: 09:15

Bd	TN	White					Black		TN
8	21	Cawdery, Mary	891	(2)	1-0	(2)	Smirnov, Artem	1054	10

WEEKDAY TOURNAMENTS

Afternoon U2050 – Round 5: 14:30

Bd	TN	White					Black		TN
1	9	Staniland, Philip	1908	(3)	½-½	(4)	Gordon, Sean	1999	3
6	8	Neale, George	1918	(2)	1-0	(2½)	Latypov, Egor L	1804	18
8	29	Rao, Shree	1599	(2)	0-1	(2)	Colclough, Ryan	1795	20

Afternoon U1750 – Round 5: 14:30

Bd	TN	White					Black		TN
11	11	Singhal, Saket	1617	(2)	1-0	(2)	Weersing, Nathan	1526	26
18	34	Jestico, John V	1466	½	1		bye

Morning Open – Round 5: 09:15

Bd	TN	White					Title	Black		TN
5	27	Freeman, Ashley	1971	(2½)	0-1	(2½)		Verma, Aditya	2247	2
12	17	Collinson, Mark I	2034	(2)	1-0	(2)		Ramage, Colin R	1920	33
13	34	Staniland, Philip	1908	(1½)	1-0	(1½)		Kothari, Jai	2027	20
15	10	Orgler, Philipp	2110	(1)	½-½	(1)	WCM	Sheikh, Anum	1940	30

Morning U1900 – Round 5: 09:15

Bd	TN	White					Black		TN
2	2	Gartside, Carl	1895	3½	½-½	3	Murrell, Mark R A	1800	15
5	4	Khan, Mohammed	1873	(2½)	1-0	(2½)	Willoughby, Christopher	1794	18
6	17	Colclough, Ryan	1795	(2½)	0-1	(2½)	Clegg, Robert	1860	5
10	6	Coleman, Frederick	1850	(2)	½-½	(2)	Berkley, Stephen W	1742	32
14	41	Kumar, Arnav	1649	(2)	½-½	(2)	Willoughby, Andrew P	1797	16

Morning U1600 – Round 5: 09:15

Bd	TN	White					Black		TN
4	7	Jardine, Kenneth	1537	(2½)	0-1	(2½)	Dunne, David C	1448	14
9	17	Brown, Stephanie	1406	(1½)	0-1	(1½)	Jestico, John V	1466	12

Day 8 – 27 July 2023

Mixture as before, with the addition, in the evening, of the Junior Blitz, starting at 18:00 with nine rounds of G3+2. As with the other speed events, this page will update with the pairings and results after the event.

Junior Blitz pairings and results: Open | U1600 – starts at 18:00

Junior Blitz Open – Rounds 1-9: 18:00

Rd	Bd	TN	Title	White					Title	Black		TN
R1	8	13		Madhavan, Sanjith	1793	0	0-1	0		Pert, Max P	1614	38
R1	16	23		Catabay, Mae C	1712	0	1-0	0		Leung, Hao Ran	1432	47
R1	29	11	WCM	Sheikh, Anum	1811	0	½			not paired
R1	30	18	WCM	Pert, Nina P	1735	0	½			not paired
R2	7	38		Pert, Max P	1614	1	1-0	1		Humphreys, Benjamin	1723	21
R2	8	41		Hariharan, Shambavi	1528	1	0-1	1		Catabay, Mae C	1712	23
R2	28	11	WCM	Sheikh, Anum	1811	½	½			not paired
R2	29	18	WCM	Pert, Nina P	1735	½	½			not paired
R3	1	23		Catabay, Mae C	1712	2	0-1	2		Badacsonyi, Stanley	2231	2
R3	4	38		Pert, Max P	1614	2	0-1	2		Cancedda-Dupuis, Livio	1862	9
R3	29	18	WCM	Pert, Nina P	1735	1	0			not paired
R4	7	6		Banerjee, Supratit	1918	2	1-0	2		Pert, Max P	1614	38
R4	11	44		Kairat, Alexander	1486	2	1-0	2		Catabay, Mae C	1712	23
R4	20	45		Parikh, Naavya	1476	1	0-1	1	WCM	Pert, Nina P	1735	18
R5	10	18	WCM	Pert, Nina P	1735	2	1-0	2½		Hariharan, Shambavi	1528	41
R5	15	38		Pert, Max P	1614	2	1-0	2		Burnton, Joshua	1733	19
R5	17	23		Catabay, Mae C	1712	2	1-0	2		Xu, Jiarui	1400	51
R6	7	23		Catabay, Mae C	1712	3	0-1	3	FM	Han, Yichen	2355	1
R6	9	12		Vaidyanathan, Adithya	1810	3	0-1	3		Pert, Max P	1614	38
R6	11	18	WCM	Pert, Nina P	1735	3	1-0	3		Sisupalan, Beni	1585	40
R7	7	38		Pert, Max P	1614	4	1-0	4		Zhu, Pengxiao	1759	16
R7	8	44		Kairat, Alexander	1486	4	0-1	4	WCM	Pert, Nina P	1735	18
R7	11	3		Mathur, Pranav	2026	3	1-0	3		Catabay, Mae C	1712	23
R8	4	5		Kothari, Jai	1951	5	½-½	5		Pert, Max P	1614	38
R8	5	18	WCM	Pert, Nina P	1735	5	1-0	5		Lebedev, Lion	1865	7
R8	18	48		Bates, Hubert	1424	3	0-1	3		Catabay, Mae C	1712	23
R9	1	2		Badacsonyi, Stanley	2231	6½	1-0	6	WCM	Pert, Nina P	1735	18
R9	4	38		Pert, Max P	1614	5½	1-0	5½		Patel, Zain	1972	4
R9	12	23		Catabay, Mae C	1712	4	0-1	4		Madhavan, Sanjith	1793	13

Nina joined the blitz from R4 with two HPBs. Anum also with two HPBs did not play.

Junior Blitz U1600 – R1-9: 18:00

Rd	Bd	TN	White					Black		TN
R1	3	39	Shanks, Ernest	1326	0	1-0	0	Wynn, Jacob R	1584	3
R1	4	4	Nargund, Sujan	1559	0	1-0	0	Gopikrishna, Ashwin	1323	40
R1	21	57	Suresh, Karun	1035	0	0-1	0	Pai, Sidhanth	1438	21
R1	22	22	Catabay, Rezin C	1424	0	1-0	0	Bedford, Henry	1025	58
R1	23	59	Kulibaev, Richard	974	0	0-1	0	Anjulan, Ashwin	1418	23
R1	24	24	Puthanveettil, Joshua	1411	0	½-½	0	Qin, Charlie	909	60
R2	1	1	Mathur, Vihaan	1601	1	1-0	1	Catabay, Rezin C	1424	22
R2	2	23	Anjulan, Ashwin	1418	1	0-1	1	Walia, Michael Kanishk	1599	2
R2	15	19	Veeturi, Yashvardhan	1448	1	0-1	1	Shanks, Ernest	1326	39
R2	18	56	Pugaciauskas, Dominic	1077	½	0-1	½	Puthanveettil, Joshua	1411	24
R2	25	38	Helsby, Matthew	1327	0	1-0	0	Suresh, Karun	1035	57
R2	26	40	Gopikrishna, Ashwin	1323	0	1-0	0	Kulibaev, Richard	974	59
R3	6	39	Shanks, Ernest	1326	2	0-1	2	Kryshtafor, Maksym	1527	9
R3	10	24	Puthanveettil, Joshua	1411	1½	½-½	1½	Mitraka, Chrysa	1356	32
R3	15	12	Rughani, Mahin	1515	1	1-0	1	Gopikrishna, Ashwin	1323	40
R3	19	22	Catabay, Rezin C	1424	1	1-0	1	Murthy, Arush Ajai	1178	50
R3	20	45	Ding, Yicheng	1284	1	0-1	1	Anjulan, Ashwin	1418	23
R3	33	57	Suresh, Karun	1035	0	1-0	0	Qin, Oscar	791	66
R4	12	21	Pai, Sidhanth	1438	2	0-1	2	Shanks, Ernest	1326	39
R4	13	44	Sui, Yueyue	1290	2	0-1	2	Catabay, Rezin C	1424	22
R4	14	23	Anjulan, Ashwin	1418	2	1-0	2	Anbalagan, Amarishika	1272	47
R4	15	48	Blin, Henri	1221	2	1-0	2	Puthanveettil, Joshua	1411	24
R4	25	36	Spirling, Florence	13381338	1	1-0	1	Suresh, Karun	1035	57
R4	27	40	Gopikrishna, Ashwin	1323	1	1-0	1	Tang, Ayanna	575	6
R5	4	23	Anjulan, Ashwin	1418	3	1-0	3	Mathur, Vihaan	1601	1
R5	8	39	Shanks, Ernest	1326	3	1-0	3	Czarnuch, Dominic	1482	15
R5	10	22	Catabay, Rezin C	1424	3	1-0	3	Kapitanski, Furion	1119	52
R5	18	18	Chandrashekhar, Druha	1449	2	½-½	2	Gopikrishna, Ashwin	1323	40
R5	20	24	Puthanveettil, Joshua	1411	2	1-0	2	Zheng, Lucas	1315	41
R5	32	57	Suresh, Karun	1035	1	1-0	1	Mun, Jasper	736	67
R6	3	5	Shankar, Yashwardhan	1551	4	1-0	4	Anjulan, Ashwin	1418	23
R6	6	39	Shanks, Ernest	1326	4	0-1	4	Catabay, Rezin C	1424	22
R6	12	11	Whitney, Dylan	1518	3	1-0	3	Puthanveettil, Joshua	1411	24
R6	17	8	Anbalagan, Amanthika	1541	2½	1-0	2½	Gopikrishna, Ashwin	1323	40
R6	24	30	Eradi, Madhav	1373	2	1-0	2	Suresh, Karun	1035	57
R7	2	22	Catabay, Rezin C	1424	5	0-1	5	Shankar, Yashwardhan	1551	5
R7	7	23	Anjulan, Ashwin	1418	4	1-0	4	Railwani, Tavish	1546	7
R7	10	4	Nargund, Sujan	1559	3½	0-1	4	Shanks, Ernest	1326	39
R7	16	24	Puthanveettil, Joshua	1411	3	1-0	3	Helsby, Matthew	1327	38
R7	24	40	Gopikrishna, Ashwin	1323	2½	1-0	2½	Lath, Shlok	842	64
R7	26	12	Rughani, Mahin	1515	2	1-0	2	Suresh, Karun	1035	57
R8	4	22	Catabay, Rezin C	1424	5	1-0	5	Ayaansh, Mulukutla	1522	10
R8	5	39	Shanks, Ernest	1326	5	0-1	5	Sykes, Robin	1484	14
R8	6	23	Anjulan, Ashwin	1418	5	½-½	5	Czarnuch, Dominic	1482	15
R8	11	1	Mathur, Vihaan	1601	4	1-0	4	Puthanveettil, Joshua	1411	2
R8	19	40	Gopikrishna, Ashwin	1323	3½	0-1	3½	Mitraka, Chrysa	1356	3
R8	32	57	Suresh, Karun	1035	2	1-0	2	Tang, Ayanna	575	69
R9	1	16	Schell, Finn	1459	8	1-0	6	Catabay, Rezin C	1424	22
R9	5	8	Anbalagan, Amanthika	1541	5½	1-0	5½	Anjulan, Ashwin	1418	23
R9	10	10	Ayaansh, Mulukutla	1522	5	1-0	5	Shanks, Ernest	1326	39
R9	18	24	Puthanveettil, Joshua	1411	4	0-1	4	Sui, Yueyue	1290	44
R9	23	52	Kapitanski, Furion	1119	3½	0-1	3½	Gopikrishna, Ashwin	1323	4
R9	30	57	Suresh, Karun	1035	3	0-1	3	Humphreys, Jake	0	72

British Championship – Round 6: 14:30

British Championship live games on chess.com – multi-board view

Bd	TN	Title	White					Title	Black		TN
5	8	IM	Pert, Richard G	2421	(3½)	½-½	(3½)	IM	Ledger, Andrew J	2299	23
29	51		Starley, Robert	2064	(1½)	0-1	(1½)		Weersing, Abigail R	1919	61
31	52		Dignam, Matthew P	2055	(1)	0-1	(1)	WCM	Pert, Nina P	2021	54

Major Open – Round 6: 14:30

Major Open live games on chess.com – in multi-board view

Bd	TN	Title	White					Title	Black		TN
1	2	FM	Lewis, Andrew P	2235	(4½)	1-0	(5)		Verma, Shlok	2000	12
16	39		Rida, Ruqayyah	1828	(2½)	½-½	(2½)		Brown, Tom	1959	17
21	34		Freeman, Ashley	1846	(2½)	0-1	(2½)		Wilkinson, Daniel	1712	58
26	52	WCM	Sheikh, Anum	1744	(2)	0-1	(2)	WCM	Sivanandan, Bodhana	1834	37
36	72		Bellano, Harry	1470	(½)	0-1	(½)		Berkley, Stephen W	1587	67

SENIORS

Over 50 – Round 6: 14:30

Over 50 live games on chess24.com

Bd	TN	Title	White					Black		TN
2	10	FM	Eames, Robert S	2124	(2½)	1-0	(2½)	Pitcher, John	2206	5
21	32		Mueller, Jens	1862	(1)	0		not paired

Over 65 – Round 6: 14:30

Over 65 live games on chess24.com – Boards 1-13

Bd	TN	White					Black		TN
3	22	Myall, Ivan J	1927	(2½)	½-½	(2½)	Bray, Dave J	1975	15
10	12	Moore, Geoffrey R	1994	(2)	0-1	(2)	Moore, John C	1886	28
22	49	Carpenter, David J	1485	(1)	0-1	(1)	Ramage, Colin R	1802	38

JUNIORS

U16 Championship – Round 4: 09:15

U16 Championship on lichess

Bd	TN	White					Title	Black		TN
4	18	Burnton, Joshua	1730	(2)	0-1	(2)		Pert, Max P	2140	1
12	22	Afonso, Davi Diniz	1615	(1)	0-1	(1)		Ananyev, Yaroslav	1564	23
13	20	Wills, Jack	1674	(½)	½-½	(½)	AFM	Latypova, Olga L	1855	9

U14 Championship – Round 4: 09:15

Bd	TN	White					Black		TN
11	35	Edwards, Leon	1387	(1½)	½-½	(1½)	Catabay, Mae C	1762	7

U12 Championship – Round 4: 09:15

U12 live games on chess.com – in multi-board view (top 13 boards)

Bd	TN	White					Black		TN
1	3	Pereslavtsev, Alexandr	1880	(3)	0-1	(3)	Dairi, Ramsey	1693	17
10	16	Catabay, Rezin C	1704	(2)	1-0	(2)	Chandrashekhar, Druha	1516	30
13	21	Kendall, Arthur	1664	(2)	1-0	(2)	Puthanveettil, Joshua	1445	35

U10 Championship – Round 4: 09:15

U10 live games on chess.com – in multi-board view

Bd	TN	White					Black		TN
4	5	Veselow, Zoe	1720	(2½)	1-0	(2½)	Anjulan, Ashwin	1466	14
13	19	Sewart, Daniel	1374	(1½)	1-0	(1½)	Gopikrishna, Ashwin	881	40

U8 Championship – Round 4: 09:15

U8 live games on chess.com – in multi-board view

Bd	TN	White					Black		TN
10	23	Li, Emmanuelle	854	(1)	0-1	(1)	Cawdery, Mary	891	21

WEEKDAY TOURNAMENTS

Afternoon U2050 – Round 4: 14:30

Bd	TN	White					Black		TN
4	20	Colclough, Ryan	1795	(2)	0-1	(2)	Staniland, Philip	1908	9
5	18	Latypov, Egor L	1804	(2)	½-½	(2)	Vyas, Alisha	1878	11

Afternoon U1750 – Round 4: 14:30

Bd	TN	White					Black		TN
6	8	Horlock, Peter J	1628	(2)	1-0	(2)	Weersing, Nathan	1526	26
16	34	Jestico, John V	1466	(½)	0-1	(½)	Joseph, Tomy	1549	22

Morning Open – Round 4: 09:15

Bd	TN	Title	White					Black		TN
7	33		Ramage, Colin R	1920	(2)	0-1	(2)	Surtees, Mike J	2165	7
9	11		James, Russell A	2096	(1½)	0-1	(1½)	Freeman, Ashley	1971	27
14	30	WCM	Sheikh, Anum	1940	(1)	0-1	(1)	Gilmore, Simon N	2121	9
17	39		Orgler, Lukas H	1594	(½)	0-1	(½)	Staniland, Philip	1908	34

Morning U1900 – Round 4: 09:15

Bd	TN	White					Black		TN
6	32	Berkley, Stephen W	1742	(2)	0-1	(2)	Murrell, Mark R A	1800	15
7	16	Willoughby, Andrew P	1797	(2)	0-1	(2)	Gonzales, Ceferino	1758	29
17	48	Veeturi, Yashvardhan	1628	(1½)	0-1	(1½)	Colclough, Ryan	1795	17
18	18	Willoughby, Christopher	1794	(1½)	1-0	(1½)	Li, Xiaofan	1673	37

Morning U1600 – Round 4: 09:15

Bd	TN	White					Black		TN
3	3	Pride, Stephen C	1584	(2)	½-½	(2)	Jardine, Kenneth	1537	7
9	12	Jestico, John V	1466	(1)	½-½	(1)	Revitt, Ian	1417	15

Day 7 – 26 July 2023

British Championship – Round 5: 14:30

British Championship live games on chess.com – multi-board view

Bd	TN	Title	White					Title	Black		TN
6	13	IM	Eggleston, David J	2358	(3)	0-1	(2½)	IM	Pert, Richard G	2421	8
25	61		Weersing, Abigail R	1919	(1½)	0-1	(1½)		Merriman, James	2067	48
27	54	WCM	Pert, Nina P	2021	(1)	0-1	(1)		Mitra, Roman C	2171	33

Major Open – Round 5: 14:30

Major Open live games on chess.com – in multi-board view

Bd	TN	White					Title	Black		TN
2	10	Dilley, Jason M	2034	(2½)	0-1	(2½)	FM	Lewis, Andrew P	2235	2
10	14	Sugden, John N	1977	(2½)	1-0	(2½)		Freeman, Ashley	1846	34
12	23	Patel, Zain	1910	(2½)	1-0	(2½)		Rida, Ruqayyah	1828	39
24	22	Young, Daniel J	1913	(1½)	½-½	(1½)	WCM	Sheikh, Anum	1744	52
36	67	Berkley, Stephen W	1587	(0)	½-½	(0)		Laronde-Bennett, Sebastian	1613	64

SENIORS

Over 50 – Round 3: 14:30

Over 50 live games on chess.com – in multi-board view (top 6 only)

Bd	TN	Title	White					Title	Black		TN
5	27		Brown, Alan M	1988	(1½)	0-1	(1½)	FM	Eames, Robert S	2124	10
20	41	ACM	Strugar, Ioan	1359	(0)	0-1	(0)		Mueller, Jens	1862	32

Over 65 – Round 3: 14:30

Bd	TN	White					Black		TN
4	11	Hutchinson, Paul A	1996	(1½)	½-½	(2)	Myall, Ivan J	1927	22
6	28	Moore, John C	1886	(1½)	½-½	(1½)	Orton, Stephen La	2133	4
25	38	Ramage, Colin R	1802	(0)	1-0	(0)	Matthew, Ian G	1745	43

JUNIORS

U16 Championship

Round 3: 14:30

Bd	TN	Title	White					Black		TN
2	1		Pert, Max P	2140	(1½)	½-½	(2)	Chan, Michelle Ngo Yu	1848	10
12	9	AFM	Latypova, Olga L	1855	(0)	½-½	(½)	Afonso, Davi Diniz	1615	22

Round 2: 09:15

Bd	TN	White					Title	Black		TN
1	12	Ivan, Austin	1818	(1)	½-½	(1)		Pert, Max P	2140	1
10	21	Patel, Keatan	1624	(0)	1-0	(0)	AFM	Latypova, Olga L	1855	9
11	22	Afonso, Davi Diniz	1615	(0)	½-½	(0)		Buckland, Louis	1836	11

U14 Championship

Round 3: 14:30

Bd	TN	White					Black		TN
10	7	Catabay, Mae C	1762	(1)	½-½	(1)	Leung, Hao Ran	1432	29

Round 2: 09:15

Bd	TN	White					Black		TN
5	20	Roul, Tushar	1545	(1)	1-0	(1)	Catabay, Mae C	1762	7

U12 Championship

U12 live games on chess.com – in multi-board view (top 13 boards)

Round 3: 14:30

Bd	TN	White					Black		TN
3	14	Lebedev, Lion	1719	(2)	0-1	(2)	Pereslavtsev, Alexandr	1880	3
5	6	Vaidyanathan, Adithya	1870	(2)	1-0	(2)	Catabay, Rezin C	1704	16
23	35	Puthanveettil, Joshua	1445	(1)	1-0	(1)	Gullapelly, Kshetragna	543	69

Round 2: 09:15


3	3	Pereslavtsev, Alexandr	1880	(1)	1-0	(1)	Pandya, Dhairya	1660	22
15	69	Gullapelly, Kshetragna	543	(1)	0-1	(1)	Catabay, Rezin C	1704	16
21	53	Singh, Avyanna	1246	(0)	0-1	(0)	Puthanveettil, Joshua	1445	35

U10 Championship

U10 live games on chess.com – in multi-board view

Round 3: 14:30

Bd	TN	White					Black		TN
4	8	Railwani, Tavish	1636	2	½-½	2	Veselow, Zoe	1720	5
6	40	Gopikrishna, Ashwin	881	1½	0-1	1½	Pitel, Benedikt	1817	3
7	14	Anjulan, Ashwin	1466	1½	1-0	1½	Horwood, Alexander	1442	15

Round 2: 09:15

Bd	TN	White					Black		TN
3	3	Pitel, Benedikt	1817	(1)	½-½	(1)	Anjulan, Ashwin	1466	14
5	5	Veselow, Zoe	1720	(1)	1-0	(1)	Saharkar, Sharvari	1420	16
13	24	Edwards, Laurence	1263	(½)	0-1	(½)	Gopikrishna, Ashwin	881	40

U8 Championship

U8 live games on chess.com – in multi-board view

Round 3: 14:30

Bd	TN	White					Black		TN
5	21	Cawdery, Mary	891	1	0-1	1	Konara, Nuvee	1272	4

Round 2: 09:15

Bd	TN	White					Black		TN
13	21	Cawdery, Mary	891	0	1-0	0	Tang, Sara	734	28

WEEKDAY TOURNAMENTS

Afternoon U2050 – Round 3: 14:30

Bd	TN	White					Black		TN
3	9	Staniland, Philip	1908	(1½)	½-½	(1½)	Latypov, Egor L	1804	18
9	13	Bingham, James T	1860	(1)	0-1	(1)	Colclough, Ryan	1795	20

Afternoon U1750 – Round 3: 14:30

Bd	TN	White					Black		TN
11	26	Weersing, Nathan	1526	(1)	1-0	(1)	Morris, Nigel W	1596	18
14	34	Jestico, John V	1466	(½)	0-1	(½)	Zigmond, Andrew	1647	7

Morning Open – Round 3: 09:15

AM Open live games on chess.com – boards 1-18, multi-board view

Bd	TN	Title	White					Title	Black		TN
3	1	IM	Clarke, Brandon Gi	2577	1½	1-0	2		Ramage, Colin R	1920	33
9	7		Surtees, Mike J	2165	1	1-0	1	WCM	Sheikh, Anum	1940	30
17	27		Freeman, Ashley	1971	½	1-0	0		Orgler, Philipp	2110	10
18	34		Staniland, Philip	1908	0	½-½	0		Jukes, Sam	1977	26

Morning U1900 – Round 3: 09:15

Bd	TN	White					Black		TN
3	47	Horlock, Peter J	1628	(2)	1-0	(2)	Willoughby, Andrew P	1797	16
16	15	Murrell, Mark R A	1800	(1)	1-0	(1)	Mckenna, Joshua	1600	52
21	60	Smithson, Sean	1301	(1)	0-1	(1)	Berkley, Stephen W	1742	32
22	59	Yi, Louis	1443	(1)	0-1	(½)	Willoughby, Christopher	1794	18
24	17	Colclough, Ryan	1795	(½)	1-0	(½)	Homer, Neil S	1648	42

Morning U1600 – Round 3: 09:15

Bd	TN	White					Black		TN
6	13	Chu, Yin	1462	(1)	0-1	(1)	Jardine, Kenneth	1537	7
11	12	Jestico, John V	1466	(0)	1		bye

Day 6 – 25 July 2023

Just the Weekday AM sections this morning.

But the action hots up in the afternoon with the start of the five Junior sections. Lots of talented Essex stars here.

The second of three Blitz events will be held this evening, nine rounds of G3+2

2nd Blitz

Nina was entered for the blitz but had a long game in the Major Open, which finished close to or even overlapped the start time for the Blitz. She was afforded a half point bye in each of the first two rounds, but naturally was not wanting to follow a 4½ game with a G3+2 9-Round blitz, so understandably withdrew.

Max had an excellent tournament, reaching Board 1 in R5 and losing only the two games against titled players (an IM and an FM), for a final score of 6/9 and a spectacular performance rating of 2159 (+545 over his starting blitz rating of 1614).

Here’s the link to the 2nd Blitz Open live games

Open

Rd	Bd	TN	Title	White					Title	Black		TN
R1	13	14		Badacsonyi, Frankie	2050	(0)	1-0	(0)		Catabay, Mae C	1712	61
R1	35	36		Cancedda-Dupuis, Livio	1862	(0)	0-1	(0)		Pert, Max P	1614	83
R1		56	WCM	Pert, Nina P	1735	(0)	½			HPB
R2	19	83		Pert, Max P	1614	(1)	1-0	(1)		Garrett, Peter A	1905	28
R2	32	41	WCM	Sheikh, Anum	1811	(0)	½-½	(0)		Sheikh, Nasarullah	1645	76
R2	41	61		Catabay, Mae C	1712	(0)	0-1	(0)		Pradhan, Ayan	1397	92
R2	49	56	WCM	Pert, Nina P	1735	(0)	½			HPB
R3	8	22		Fellowes, Billy	1967	(2)	0-1	(2)		Pert, Max P	1614	83
R3	17	56	WCM	Pert, Nina P	1735	(1)	0d1	(1)		Green, Michael	2049	15
R3	33	82		Di-Vetta, Andrew	1615	(½)	0-1	(½)	WCM	Sheikh, Anum	1811	41
R3		61		Catabay, Mae C	1712	(0)	–			Withdrawn
R3		56	WCM	Pert, Nina P	1735	(1)	–			Withdrawn
R4	4	83		Pert, Max P	1614	(3)	1-0	(2½)		Mihalik, Agoston	2148	7
R4	25	41	WCM	Sheikh, Anum	1811	(1½)	½-½	(1½)		Kumar, Sachin	1608	84
R5	1	1	IM	Clarke, Brandon Gi	2414	(4)	1-0	(4)		Pert, Max P	1614	83
R5	25	72		Li, Xiaofan	1673	(2)	1-0	(2)	WCM	Sheikh, Anum	1811	41
R6	7	83		Pert, Max P	1614	(4)	½-½	(4)		Banerjee, Supratit	1918	26
R6	26	41	WCM	Sheikh, Anum	1811	(2)	1-0	(2)		Wills, Jack	1655	75
R7	6	32		Phan, Stefanus	1873	(4½)	0-1	(4½)		Pert, Max P	1614	83
R7	24	78		Freeman, Luke	1639	(3)	0-1	(3)	WCM	Sheikh, Anum	1811	41
R8	3	2	FM	Han, Yichen	2355	(5½)	1-0	(5½)		Pert, Max P	1614	83
R8	18	41	WCM	Sheikh, Anum	1811	(4)	1-0	(4)		Madhavan, Sanjith	1793	46
R9	7	83		Pert, Max P	1614	(5½)	½-½	(5½)		Babu, Rahul	1863	35
R9	9	9		Shearsby, Jude	2107	(5)	1-0	(5)	WCM	Sheikh, Anum	1811	41

British Championship – Round 4: 14:30

British Championship live games on chess.com – multi-board view

After being held to three draws, Richard chalks up his first win with a scintillating attack.

Bd	TN	Title	White					Title	Black		TN
8		IM	Pert, Richard G	2421	(1½)	1-0	(1½)		Unnikrishnan, Midhun P	2168	35
28	33		Mitra, Roman C	2171	(½)	½-½	(1)		Weersing, Abigail R	1919	61
30	44	WFM	Kueh, Audrey	2096	(½)	½-½	(½)	WCM	Pert, Nina P	2021	54

Major Open – Round 4: 14:30

Major Open live games on chess.com – in multi-board view

Bd	TN	Title	White					Black		TN
3	2	FM	Lewis, Andrew P	2235	(2½)	1-0	(2½)	Sugden, John N	1977	14
20	62		Whittington, Reece W	1624	(1½)	0-1	(1½)	Freeman, Ashley	1846	34
23	39		Rida, Ruqayyah	1828	(1½)	1-0	(1½)	Dayal, Samar	1433	73
33	52	WCM	Sheikh, Anum	1744	(½)	1-0	(½)	Bellano, Harry	1470	72
35	65		Twisk, Sebastian	1599	(0)	1-0	(0)	Berkley, Stephen W	1587	67

SENIORS

Over 50 – Round 2: 14:30

Over 50 live games on chess.com – in multi-board view (top 6 only)

Bd	TN	Title	White					Title	Black		TN
10	10	FM	Eames, Robert S	2124	(½)	1-0	(½)		Giulian, Rosemary A	1855	33
14	32		Mueller, Jens	1862	(0)	0-1	(0)	FM	Ledger, Dave J	2190	7

Over 65 – Round 2: 14:30

Bd	TN	White					Black		TN
3	22	Myall, Ivan J	1927	(1)	1-0	(1)	Morley, Andrew J	2089	5
12	6	Raynes, Paul	2062	(½)	0-1	(½)	Moore, John C	1886	28
21	14	Hutchinson, Norman A	1982	(0)	1-0	(0)	Ramage, Colin R	1802	38

JUNIORS

U16 Championship – Round 1: 14:30

Bd	TN	Title	White					Black
1	1		Pert, Max P	2140	(0)	1-0	(0)	Sharma, Josh	1765	16
7	7		Evans, Ruben Nangalia	1966	(0)	1-0	(0)	Afonso, Davi Diniz	1615	22
9	9	AFM	Latypova, Olga L	1855	(0)	0-1	(0)	Wynn, Jacob R	1558	24

U14 Championship – Round 1: 14:30

Bd	TN	White					Black		TN
7	7	Catabay, Mae C	1762	(0)	1-0	(0)	Gadiot, Ashton	1415	31

U12 Championship – Round 1: 14:30

U12 live games on chess.com – in multi-board view (top 13 boards)

Bd	TN	White					Black		TN
1	35	Puthanveettil, Joshua	1445	(0)	0-1	(0)	Soulier, Alfred	1972	1
3	37	Pai, Sidhanth	1438	(0)	0-1	(0)	Pereslavtsev, Alexandr	1880	3
16	16	Catabay, Rezin C	1704	(0)	1-0	(0)	Tagg, George	1253	51

U10 Championship – Round 1: 14:30

U10 live games on chess.com – in multi-board view

Bd	TN	White					Black		TN
5	30	Babu, Rohan	1087	(0)	0-1	(0)	Veselow, Zoe	1720	5
14	14	Anjulan, Ashwin	1466	(0)	1-0	(0)	Wen, Max	890	39
15	40	Gopikrishna, Ashwin	881	(0)	½-½	(0)	Horwood, Alexander	1442	15

U8 Championship – Round 1: 14:30

U8 live games on chess.com – in multi-board view

Rd	TN	White					Black		TN
7	7	Kapitanski, Furion	1107	(0)	1-0	(0)	Cawdery, Mary	891	21

WEEKDAY TOURNAMENTS

Afternoon U2050 Round 2: 14:30

Bd	TN		White				Black		TN
7	28	Mckenna, Joshua	1600	(½)	0-1	(½)	Staniland, Philip	1908	9
10	18	Latypov, Egor L	1804	(½)	1-0	(½)	Fernando, Manel	1627	27
12	20	Colclough, Ryan	1795	(0)	1-0	(0)	Livesey, R Nigel	1811	16

Afternoon U1750 – Round 2: 14:30

Bd	TN	White					Black
8	14	Morris, Simon	1604	(1)	1-0	(1)	Weersing, Nathan	1526	26
11	4	Crompton, Robert	1662	(0)	1-0	(½)	Jestico, John V	1466	34

Morning Open – Round 2: 09:15

AM Open live games on chess.com – boards 1-18, multi-board view
Or click the board numbers for individual games.

Bd	TN	Title	White					Black		TN
4	33		Ramage, Colin R	1920	(1)	1-0	(1)	Gilmore, Simon N	2121	9
1 1	30	WCM	Sheikh, Anum	1940	(½)	½-½	(½)	Badacsonyi, Stanley	2190	5
1 5	16		Hodge, Steve R	2035	(0)	1-0	(0)	Staniland, Philip	1908	34
18	39		Orgler, Lukas H	1594	(0)	½-½	(0)	Freeman, Ashley	1971	27

The first of Colin’s two visits to the show boards in the main arena, this in the AM Open. Colin (left) v Simon Gilmore.
(The game is given below.) [Photo: Mark Murrell]

Morning U1900 – Round 2: 09:15

Bd	TN	White					Black		TN
7	16	Willoughby, Andrew P	1797	(1)	1-0	(1)	Smithson, Sean	1301	60
10	32	Berkley, Stephen W	1742	(½)	½-½	(½)	Khan, Mohammed	1873	4
16	46	Shaddick, John	1637	(½)	½-½	(½)	Murrell, Mark R A	1800	15
17	44	Mottram, Paul	1642	(½)	1-0	(½)	Colclough, Ryan	1795	17
24	18	Willoughby, Christopher	1794	(0)	½-½	(0)	Mathur, Pranav	1662	39

Morning U1600 – Round 2: 09:15

Bd	TN	White					Black		TN
2	7	Jardine, Kenneth	1537	(1)	0-1	(1)	Mathur, Vihaan	1601	2
7	24	Mehrgan, Mehrsam	1118	(½)	1-0	(0)	Jestico, John V	1466	12

Day 5 – 24 July 2023

All change! Well, almost all. The Championship and the Major Open are here for the duration, but the Weekenders have finished to be replaced by the AM and PM Weekday tournaments and the two Senior age groups. So lots of action.

If that’s not enough for you, there is also the second of the Rapid events, this one in the afternoon/evening at the fast rapid rate of G10+5, for seven rounds. The website will not be attempting to keep up with this fast moving event, so we’ll add the results retrospectively. Here are the links to the BCC Pairings and results. The Essex players involved are listed to the bottom of the right side panel, this page.

2nd Rapid links: 2nd Rapid Open | 2nd Rapid U1750 | 2nd Rapid U1450

Tomorrow, the Junior age groups get added to the mix!

British Championship – Round 3: 14:30

British Championship live games on chess24.com

British Championship live games on chess.com – multi-board view

Bd	TN	Title	White					Title	Black		TN
13	38	CM	Villiers, Thomas	2140	(1)	½-½	(1)	IM	Pert, Richard G	2421	8
20	61		Weersing, Abigail R	1919	(1)	0-1	(1)		Jones, Steven A	2175	32
28	27	IM	Kolbus, Dietmar	2270	(0)	1-0	(½)	WCM	Pert, Nina P	2021	54

Major Open – Round 3: 14:30

Major Open live games on chess24.com

Major Open live games on chess.com – multi-board view

Bd	TN	Title	White					Title	Black		TN
5	68		Bennett, Max	1583	(2)	0-1	(1½)	FM	Lewis, Andrew P	2235	2
9	14		Sugden, John N	1977	(1½)	1-0	(1½)		Rida, Ruqayyah	1828	39
22	34		Freeman, Ashley	1846	(1)	½-½	(1)	ACM	Lishoy Gengis Paratazham, Dildarav	1618	63
27	52	WCM	Sheikh, Anum	1744	(½)	0-1	(½)		Badacsonyi, Stanley	1976	15
34	47		Pilley, Jack	1785	(0)	1-0	(0)		Berkley, Stephen W	1587	67

SENIORS

Over 50 – Round 1: 14:30

Over 50 live games on chess.com – showing in multi-board view (top 6 only)

Bd	TN	Title	White					Title	Black		TN
10	29		Ledger, Stephen C	1978	(0)	½-½	(0)	FM	Eames, Robert S	2124	10
13	13	FM	Walker, Martin G	2079	(0)	1-0	(0)		Mueller, Jens	1862	32

Over 65 – Round 1: 14:30

Over 65 live games on chess24.com – but no games apparently showing yet.

Bd	TN	White					Title	Black		TN
2	28	Moore, John C	1886	(0)	½-½	(0)	FM	Giulian, Philip M	2141	2
12	38	Ramage, Colin R	1802	(0)	0-1	(0)		Moore, Geoffrey R	1994	12
22	48	Willoughby, Robert H	1564	(0)	0-1	(0)		Myall, Ivan J	1927	22

WEEKDAY TOURNAMENTS

Afternoon U2050 – Round 1: 14:30

Bd	TN	White					Black		TN
4	4	Clarke, Ian J	1981	(0)	1-0	(0)	Colclough, Ryan	1795	20
8	9	Staniland, Philip	1908	(0)	½-½	(0)	Di-Vetta, Andrew	1776	24
16	18	Latypov, Egor L	1804	(0)	½		not paired

Afternoon U1750 – Round 1: 14:30

Bd	TN	White					Black		TN
7	26	Weersing, Nathan	1526	(0)	1-0	(0)	Zigmond, Andrew	1647	7
15	34	Jestico, John V	1466	(0)	½-½	(0)	O Hanlon, Joseph	1597	16

2^nd Rapid Open

Rd	Bd	TN	White					Black		TN
R1	3	5	Pert, Max P	2024	(0)	1 – 0	(0)	Graff, Ben	1780	26
R1	13	16	Humphreys, Stuart	1931	(0)	0 – 1	(0)	Catabay, Mae C	1653	36
R2	3	18	Ashworth, Robert M	1892	(1)	0 – 1	(1)	Pert, Max P	2024	5
R2	7	36	Catabay, Mae C	1653	(1)	0 – 1	(1)	Kothari, Jai	1966	11
R3	2	5	Pert, Max P	2024	(2)	0 – 1	(2)	Vaidyanathan, Adithya	1982	10
R3	13	21	Honarvarmahalati, Hooman	1862	(1)	0 – 1	(1)	Catabay, Mae C	1653	36
R4	4	5	Pert, Max P	2024	(2)	0 – 1	(2½)	Chopra, Manmay	1884	19
R4	7	36	Catabay, Mae C	1653	(2)	½ – ½	(2)	Talbot, Nathan L	1961	13
R5	8	40	Roul, Tushar	1590	(2½)	½ – ½	(2½)	Catabay, Mae C	1653	36
R5	10	39	Bhatia, Kanishka	1619	(2)	1 – 0	(2)	Pert, Max P	2024	5
R6	6	36	Catabay, Mae C	1653	(3)	1 – 0	(3)	Royle, Alex	1998	7
R6	14	27	Judd, Ian P	1780	(2)	0 – 1	2)	Pert, Max P	2024	5
R7	5	1	Clarke, Connor	2202	(4)	1 – 0	(4)	Catabay, Mae C	1653	36
R7	10	5	Pert, Max P	2024	(3)	1 – 0	(3)	Lees, Nicholas	1778	28

2^nd Rapid U1750

Rd	Bd	TN	White					Black
R1	4	4	Catabay, Rezin C	1724	(0)	½ – ½	(0)	Eccleston, Bryony	1554	28
R1	19	43	Anjulan, Ashwin	1418	(0)	0 – 1	(0)	Rampling, Thomas	1622	19
R2	12	34	Pradhan, Ayan	1521	(½)	½ – ½	(½)	Catabay, Rezin C	1724	4
R2	24	43	Anjulan, Ashwin	1418	(0)	1		bye
R3	9	4	Catabay, Rezin C	1724	(1)	1 – 0	(1)	Utinans, Janis	1563	26
R3	16	23	Norris, Zack	1591	(1)	½ – ½	(1)	Anjulan, Ashwin	1418	43
R4	6	19	Rampling, Thomas	1622	(2)	0 – 1	(2)	Catabay, Rezin C	1724	4
R4	14	43	Anjulan, Ashwin	1418	(1½)	0 – 1	(1½)	Ding, Yiwen	1664	12
R5	2	4	Catabay, Rezin C	1724	(3)	1 – 0	(3½)	Chedd, Neil	1651	17
R5	16	6	Ensor, Rob	1712	(1½)	1 – 0	(1½)	Anjulan, Ashwin	1418	43
R6	2	25	Godwin, Charles	1567	(4)	1 – 0	(4)	Catabay, Rezin C	1724	4
R6	20	28	Eccleston, Bryony	1554	(1½)	½ – ½	(1½)	Anjulan, Ashwin	1418	43
R7	4	4	Catabay, Rezin C	1724	(4)	1 – 0	(4)	Pandya, Dhairya	1662	14
R7	21	43	Anjulan, Ashwin	1418	(2)	1 – 0	(1½)	Horwood, Alexander	1355	45

2^nd Rapid U1450

Rd	Bd	TN	White					Black		TN
R1	15	16	Gopikrishna, Ashwin	1274	(0)	½ – ½	(0)	McChrystal, Mario	617	33
R2	11	21	Chotai, Rishi	1205	(½)	½ – ½	(½)	Gopikrishna, Ashwin	1274	16
R3	10	16	Gopikrishna, Ashwin	1274	(1)	1 – 0	(1)	Gunarathne, Miheli	1159	23
R4	4	16	Gopikrishna, Ashwin	1274	(2)	0 – 1	(2)	Kapitanski, Ivan	1380	6
R5	10	35	Bing, Callum	0	(2)	1 – 0	(2)	Gopikrishna, Ashwin	1274	16
R6	11	25	Kapitanski, Furion	1119	(2)	½ – ½	(2)	Gopikrishna, Ashwin	1274	16
R7	11	16	Gopikrishna, Ashwin	1274	(2½)	1 – 0	(2½)	Barber, James R	1392	4

WEEKDAY TOURNAMENTS

Morning Open – Round 1: 09:15

AM Open live games (DGT) – Boards 1-18

Bd	TN	White					Title	Black		TN
7	27	Freeman, Ashley	1971	(0)	0-1	(0)		Phan, Stefanus	2158	8
10	11	James, Russell A	2096	(0)	½-½	(0)	WCM	Sheikh, Anum	1940	30
12	13	Bansal, Saahil	2065	(0)	0-1	(0)		Ramage, Colin R	1920	33
13	34	Staniland, Philip	1908	(0)	0-1	(0)		Banerjee, Supratit	2059	14

Morning U1900 – Round 1: 09:15

AM U1900 live games (DGT) – The game board says “U1600” in the heading, but they’re showing the U1900 pairings.

Bd	TN	White					Black
2	2	Gartside, Carl	1895	(0)	½-½	(0)	Berkley, Stephen W	1742	32
14	15	Murrell, Mark R A	1800	(0)	½-½	(0)	Mottram, Paul	1642	44
15	45	Merchant, Steve	1641	(0)	0-1	(0)	Willoughby, Andrew P	1797	16
16	17	Colclough, Ryan	1795	(0)	½-½	(0)	Shaddick, John	1637	46
17	47	Horlock, Peter J	1628	(0)	0-1	(0)	Willoughby, Christopher	1794	18

Morning U1600 – Round 1: 09:15

Bd	TN	White					Black
1	12	Jestico, John V	1466	(0)	0-1	(0)	Gilbert, David J	1603	1
7	18	Smith, Mark J	1381	(0)	0d1	(0)	Jardine, Kenneth	1537	7

Day 4 – 23 July 2023

British Championship – Round 2: 14:30

British Championship live games on chess24.com

Bd	TN	Title	White					Black		TN
14	8	IM	Pert, Richard G	2421	(½)	½-½	(½)	Stoica, Savas Marin	2156	37
12	18	FM	Balaji, Aaravamudhan	2334	(1)	1-0	(1)	Weersing, Abigail R	1919	61
27	54	WCM	Pert, Nina P	2021	(0)	½-½	(0)	Unnikrishnan, Midhun P	2168	35

Major Open – Round 2: 14:30

Major Open on chess24.com

Bd	TN	Title	White					Title	Black		TN
1	2	FM	Lewis, Andrew P	2235	(1)	½-½	(1)	AIM	Raju, Sooraj Menothuparambil	1861	30
3	6	FM	Dougherty, Michael	2110	(1)	1-0	(1)		Freeman, Ashley	1846	34
17	15		Badacsonyi, Stanley	1976	(½)	0-1	(½)		Rida, Ruqayyah	1828	39
24	21		Green, Michael	1923	(0)	½-½	(0)	WCM	Sheikh, Anum	1744	52
30	67		Berkley, Stephen W	1587	(0)	0-1	(0)	WCM	Sivanandan, Bodhana	1834	37

WEEKENDERS

Open Atkins

W/E Open Atkins live games (DGT) – all boards, 1-32.

Round 5 – 14:30

Max wins again to recover from his poor start and reach 60%.

Bd	TN	White					Black		TN
12	33	Borrowdale, Graham E	2018	(2)	0-1	(2)	Pert, Max P	2140	10

Round 4 – 09:15

Max wins a hairy game in which he gave up two rooks for queen and pawn. The Black rooks and two minor pieces then got stuck into the exposed White king and hounded it across the board, without being able to deliver a finish. Max’s 47 Bg4 put the cat among the pigeons and, now in acute time trouble, Black crumbled, with blunders on successive moves, first dropping a bishop then a rook and Max delivered mate after eight more moves.

Bd	TN	White					Black		TN
22	10	Pert, Max P	2140	(1)	1-0	(1)	Bridgeman, Niamh	1940	47

U2000 Penrose

U2000 Penrose live games (DGT) – boards 1-18.

Round 5 – 14:30

Ryan Smith wins after an extraordinary king hunt.

Bd	TN	White					Black		TN
8	34	Coward, Neil	1800	(2½)	0-1	(2½)	Smith, Ryan M	1962	1
9	36	Colclough, Ryan	1795	(2½)	0-1	(2½)	Taylor, Robert K	1935	6
22	68	Diniz Afonso, Davi	1615	(1½)	½-½	(1½)	Clegg, Robert	1860	22
24	29	Hariharan, Shambavi	1829	(1½)	1-0	(1½)	Veselow, Zoe	1720	52
28	72	Hollyman, Mike	1555	(1)	½-½	(1)	Staniland, Philip	1908	11
29	35	Lataille, Matthias	1797	(1)	½-½	(1)	Ng, Stephen	1618	67

Round 4 – 09:15

Boards 1-18 are live, so this morning, the two Ryans and Zoe can be followed via the above link: when you open the live board view, click on the header select Round 4 and Boards 1, 5 and 15.

Not a good morning for Essex! Ryan, Ryan, Zoe, Philip and Davi all lost, but Matthias got his first win.

Bd	TN	White					Black		TN
3	1	Smith, Ryan M	1962	(2½)	0-1	(2½)	Wastney, Dylan	1893	15
5	14	Gartside, Carl	1895	(2½)	1-0	(2½)	Colclough, Ryan	1795	36
15	52	Veselow, Zoe	1720	(1½)	0-1	(1½)	Coleman, Frederick	1850	23
19	30	Ashton, Alannah	1824	(1½)	1-0	(1½)	Diniz Afonso, Davi	1615	68
24	11	Staniland, Philip	1908	(1)	0-1	(1)	Goatcher, Matthew W	1699	58
33	54	Cave, Nathan	1717	(0)	0-1	(0)	Lataille, Matthias	1797	35

U1750 Soanes

Round 5 – 14:30

Bd	TN	White					Black
28	44	Taylor, Stephen A	1597	(1)	0-1	(1)	Segat, Davide	1525	56

Round 4 – 09:15

Bd	TN	White					Black		TN
24	56	Segat, Davide	1525	(1)	0-1	(1)	Harrison, Oliver	1693	8

U1500 Yates

Round 5 – 14:30

Ken wins his last game to reach 4/5, without loss, but there were five players on 3½ at the start of the round and three of them won so they finish on 4½. Good tournament for Ken.

Bd	TN	White					Black		TN
4	1	Jardine, Kenneth	1537	(3)	1-0	(3)	Clare, Philip	1355	27
7	12	White, Nigel	1434	(2½)	0-1	(2½)	Ware, Adam	1483	5

Round 4 – 09:15

Bd	TN	White					Black		TN
2	14	Jelfs, Tim	1423	(3)	½-½	(2½)	Jardine, Kenneth	1537	1
15	12	White, Nigel	1434	(1½)	1-0	(1½)	Ewart, Samuel	1086	45

Day 3 – 22 July

The morning play focuses on Round 2 of the Weekenders, with a 9:15 start, followed by Round 3 in the afternoon, at 14:30.

Also starting at 14:30, Round 1 of the British Championship – IM Richard Pert, WCM Nina Pert and Abigail Weersing – and the Major Open with FM Andrew Lewis, Ruqayyah Rida, Ashley Freeman, Stephen Berkley and WCM Anum Sheikh all featured.

British Championship – Round 1: 14:30

British Championship live games on chess24.com

Bd	TN	Title	White					Title	Black		TN
8	39		Mihalik, Agoston	2136	(0)	½-½	(0)	IM	Pert, Richard G	2421	8
23	23	IM	Ledger, Andrew J	2299	(0)	1-0	(0)	WCM	Pert, Nina P	2021	54
30	61		Weersing, Abigail R	1919	(0)	1-0	(0)	CM	Turner, Max N	2252	30

TN=Tournament number

Major Open – Round 1: 14:30

Major Open on chess24.com – top six boards

Bd	TN	Title	White					Title	White		TN
1	37	WCM	Sivanandan, Bodhana	1834	(0)	0-1	(0)	FM	Lewis, Andrew P	2235	2
3	39		Rida, Ruqayyah	1828	(0)	½-½	(0)		Verma, Aditya	2138	4
12	14		Sugden, John N	1977	(0)	1-0	(0)	WCM	Sheikh, Anum	1744	52
26	30	AIM	Raju, Sooraj Menothuparambil	1861	(0)	1-0	(0)		Berkley, Stephen W	1587	67
30	34		Freeman, Ashley	1846	(0)	1-0	(0)		Bellano, Harry	1470	72

TN=Tournament number

WEEKENDERS

Open Atkins

W/E Open Atkins live games (DGT)

Round 3 – 14:30

Bd	TN	White					Black		TN
28	61	Cockell, Owen	1577	(½)	1-0	(0)	Pert, Max P	2140	10

Round 2 – 09:15

Bd	TN	White					Black
24	10	Pert, Max P	2140	(0)	0-1	(0)	Phillips, David	1825	53

TN=Tournament number

U2000 Penrose

U2000 Penrose live games

The majority of Essex players in this section are on the same colour pattern, reducing the chances of them being paired together, at least in the short term.

Round 3 – 14:30

Bd	TN	White					Black		TN
2	15	Wastney, Dylan	1893	(2)	½-½	(2)	Colclough, Ryan	1795	36
5	23	Coleman, Frederick	1850	(1½)	0-1	(1½)	Smith, Ryan M	1962	1
9	13	Gnanagurusamy, Ganeshbabu	1896	(1½)	1-0	(1½)	Veselow, Zoe	1720	52
15	55	Chiang, Richard	1715	(1)	1-0	(1)	Staniland, Philip	1908	11
31	68	Diniz Afonso, Davi	1615	(½)	1-0	(½)	Trimble, Thomas	1779	43
32	35	Lataille, Matthias	1797	(0)	0-1	(½)	Norris, Zack	1657	63

Round 2 – 09:15

A much better round for Essex: the two Ryans both won , as did Zoe and Philip. Unfortunately a second loss for Matthias, but a draw for Davi.

Bd	TN	White					Black
4	36	Colclough, Ryan	1795	(1)	1-0	(1)	Bartram, William	1932	8
11	1	Smith, Ryan M	1962	(½)	1-0	(1)	Roul, Tushar	1545	73
18	52	Veselow, Zoe	1720	(½)	1-0	(½)	Khan, Mohammed	1873	17
27	11	Staniland, Philip	1908	(0)	1-0	(0)	Cave, Nathan	1717	54
29	35	Lataille, Matthias	1797	(0)	0-1	(0)	Singha, Swati	1707	57
33	46	Thornley, Oliver	1759	(0)	½-½	(0)	Diniz Afonso, Davi	1615	68

TN=Tournament number

U1750 Soanes

Round 3 – 14:30

Bd	TN	White					Black		TN
21	33	Blackburn, Sandra G	1621	(1)	1-0	(1)	Segat, Davide	1525	56

Round 2 – 09:15

Bd	TN	White					Black		TN
19	55	Segat, Davide	1525	(½)	½-½	(½)	Homer, Neil S	1648	21

TN=Tournament number

U1500 Yates

Round 3 – 14:30

Bd	TN	White					Black		TN
1	1	Jardine, Kenneth	1537	(2)	½-½	(2)	Walke, Kedar	1178	42
13	34	Butler, Rene	1269	(1)	½-½	(1)	White, Nigel	1434	12

Round 2 – 09:15

Bd	TN	White					Black		TN
1	19	Vernon, Colin G	1392	(1)	0-1	(1)	Jardine, Kenneth	1537	1
8	12	White, Nigel	1434	(1)	0-1	(1)	Gunarathne, Miheli	982	50

TN=Tournament number

Day 2 – 21 July

Today saw the first of the three Rapid events, seven rounds at G15+10, with a morning start at 10:30. Shrishti Shiva (Chelmsford) plays in the U1750 section.

This evening, starting at 19:00, the Weekenders get going, playing at G90+30, there’s lots of Essex interest here:

WEEKENDERS – Round 1

Each section 5-Rounds at G90+30; equates to a four hour session for 60 moves.

Open Atkins

Weekend Open live games

Bd	TN	White					Black		TN
9	43	Obi, Okwose Marc	1965	(0)	1-0	(0)	Pert, Max P	2140	10

TN=Tournament number

U2000 Penrose

Weekend U2000 Penrose live games – on chess.com. Follow link and select games in right side panel.

Not much joy here. Ryan Colclough continued his winning habit from a remarkable season for Wanstead, the other Ryan drew and Zoe had a half point bye, but the other three all lost. Perhaps they’re morning players?

Bd	TN	White					Black		TN
1	40	Siu, Kam Wa	1782	(0)	½-½	(0)	Smith, Ryan M	1962	1
9	49	Matthew, Ian G	1745	(0)	1-0	(0)	Staniland, Philip	1908	11
25	68	Diniz Afonso, Davi	1615	(0)	0-1	(0)	Banerji, Kumar	1805	33
27	70	Vadalia, Jainill	1586	(0)	0-1	(0)	Lataille, Matthias	1797	35
28	36	Colclough, Ryan	1795	(0)	1-0	(0)	Hollyman, Mike	1555	72
43	52	Veselow, Zoe	1720	(0)	½		not paired

TN=Tournament number

U1750 Soanes

A draw for Davide.

Bd	TN	White					Black		TN
15	20	Kent, Rowan	1650	(0)	½-½	(0)	Segat, Davide	1525	55

TN=Tournament number

U1500 Yates

Good cheer for Essex as both Kenneth and Nigel won.

Bd	TN	White					Black		TN
1	1	Jardine, Kenneth	1537	(0)	1-0	(0)	Walsh, Shaun	1323	28
10	40	Jelfs, David	1206	(0)	0-1	(0)	White, Nigel	1434	12

TN=Tournament number

21 JULY RAPID U1750

Round times – 10:30, 11:40, 12:50, 14:00, 15:10, 16:20, 17:30.

U1750 Live games

Round 7: A slip in the opening cost Shrishti a pawn, which White carried through to win the K & P ending. So a disappointing end to a tiring day, but Shrishti can be happy with her day’s work. Outrated in every game, ranging between 199 and 305 points, she has a good rating performance, which was 1541 (+99) after R6 slipping to 1491 (+49) after R7.

Round 6: A nice solid draw from a Sicilian. Shrishti gets her score moving again, playing smoothly and quickly. One round to go.

Round 5: Shrishti is Black in a cut-and-thrust King’s Gambit in which White sacrifices a knight (8 Nxg5) for the attack. When White regains the piece with 13 Qxb7 Rb8 14 Qxc6, Shrishti has a sound defence in 14 …Ne7! with advantage, but fails to find it and is mated a few moves later. Rotten luck; she played a good game and might have gone on to another win with 14 …Ne7.

Round 4: Shrishti gets her first win over-the-board when her opponent, rated 305 points higher, puts a bishop en prise. For the piece Black has counterplay and the initiative, but Shrishti keeps her head to see off the challenge; this win will give her heart.

Rd	Bd	TN	White					Black		TN
7	10	13	Chedd, Neil	1651	(2½)	1-0	(2½)	Shiva, Shrishti	1442	25
6	11	25	Shiva, Shrishti	1442	(2)	½-½	(1½)	Edgar, Barry	1696	7
5	7	4	Stokes, Richard	1700	(2)	1-0	(2)	Shiva, Shrishti	1442	25
4	9	25	Shiva, Shrishti	1442	(1)	1-0	(1)	Szwajkun, Richard	1747	2
3	10	15	Munshi, Aryan	1643	(1)	1-0	(1)	Shiva, Shrishti	1442	25
2	14	25	Shiva, Shrishti	1442	(0)	1-0		Bye
1	11	25	Shiva, Shrishti	1442	(0)	0-1	(0)	Day, Jonathan A	1664	11

TN=Tournament Number

Day 1 – 20 July

The British Championships congress is under way with the Open/U1600 Blitz. However, there are no Essex entries.

The first action from Essex entries is in tomorrow’s Rapid with Shrishti Shiva (Chemlsford) going in the U1750 – Round 1 of seven is at 10:30.

Essex at the British Feature returns

The British Championships runs from Thursday 20 July to Sunday 30 July, in Leicester, with more events than ever. There is already a fine Essex presence, 41 strong as we write, listed in the right side panel.

We will keep up a daily blog on this page – bookmark it now – with up-to-date scores, so this will be your place-to-come-to to see what your favourite Essex players are doing.

Events get under way on Thursday 20 July with the first of three Blitz tournaments in the evening, at 19:00. Then on Friday 21 July, the first of three Rapids, morning 09:15 and afternoon, 14:30. The standard play events start, with the Weekenders R1 on Friday evening, 19:00, and Round 1 of the main event, the British Championship in the afternoon, 14:30.

For the full playing schedule and all event details see the BCC website – link at the top of this page.

Summary scores

Apologies to anyone we’ve missed.

* Latest scores for events in play

British Championship – 22/7-30/7
IM Richard Pert (Brentwood); 5½/9
WCM Nina Pert (Brentwood); 4/9
Abigail Weersing (Essex Junior); 3½/9
Max Pert (Brentwood); ½/1

Major Open – 24/7-30/7
FM Andrew Lewis (Anglian Avengers); 7/9 =1
Ruqayyah Rida (Essex Juniors); 5/9
Ashley Freeman (Wanstead); 4/9
Stephen Berkley (East Ham); 3½/9
WCM Anum Sheikh; 3/9

+50 – 24/7-30/7
FM Bob Eames (Loughton); 5/7
Jens Mueller (Chelmsford); 1/3

+65 – 24/7-30/7
Ivan Myall (Chelmsford); 5/7
John Moore (Writtle); 4/7
Colin Ramage (Barking); 3/7

U16 – 25/7-29/7
Max Pert (Brentwood); 4½/7
Olga Latypova (Chelmsford); 3½/7
Davi Diniz Afonso (Wanstead); 3½/7

U14 – 25/7-29/7
Mae Catabay (Colchester Juniors); 3/7

U12 – 25/7-29/7
Alexandr Pereslavtsev (Upminster); 4½/6*
Rezin Catabay (Colchester Juniors); 4/6*
Joshua Puthanveettil (KEGS); 3/6*

U10 – 25/7-29/7
Zoe Veselow (Wanstead); 4½/7
Ashwin Anjulan (Wanstead); 4½/7
Ashwin GopiKrishna (Wanstead); 3½/7

U8 – 25/7-29/7
Mary Cawdery (Wanstead); 4/7

Weekday Morning Open
Ashley Freeman (Wanstead); 3/6
Philip Staniland (Wanstead); 2½/6
Colin Ramage (Barking); 2½/6
WCM Anum Sheikh; 2½/6

Weekday Morning U1900
Mark Murrell (Wanstead); 4/6
Ryan Colclough (Wanstead); 3/6
Andrew Willoughby (Brentwood); 3/6
Christopher Willoughby (Brentwood); 2½/6
Stephen Berkley (East Ham); 3/6

Weekday Morning U1600 – 24/7-29/7
Kenneth Jardine; 3½/6
John Jestico (Wanstead); 3½/6

Weekday Afternoon U2050 – 24/7-29/7
Ryan Colclough (Wanstead); 3/6
Egor Latypov (Chelmsford); 2½/6
Philip Staniland (Wanstead); 3½/6

Weekday Afternoon U1750 – 24/7-29/7
John Jestico (Wanstead); 1½/6
Nate Weersing; 2/6

Weekday Afternoon U1450 – 24/7-29/7
(None)

W/E Open Atkins – 21/7-23/7
Max Pert (Brentwood); 3/5

W/E U2000 Penrose – 21/7-23/7
Ryan Smith (Chelmsford); 3½/5
Philip Staniland (Wanstead); 1½/5
Ryan Colclough (Wanstead); 2½/5
Matthias Lataille (Wanstead); 1½/5
Zoe Veselow (Wanstead); 1½/5
Davi Diniz Afonso (Wanstead); 2/5

W/E U1750 Soanes – 21/7-23/7
Davide Segat (Wanstead), 1½/5

W/E U1500 Yates – 21/7-23/7
Kenneth Jardine; 4/5
Nigel White (Wansted); 2½/5

Thursday 20 Jul Blitz Open – 20/7
(None)

Thursday 20 Jul Blitz U1600 – 20/7
(None)

Tuesday 25 Jul Blitz Open – 25/7
Max Pert (Brentwood); 6/9
WCM Anum sheikh; 5/9

Tuesday 25 Jul Blitz U1600 – 25/7
(None)

Junior Blitz Open – 27/7
WCM Nina Pert (Brentwood); 6/9
Max Pert (Brentwood)6½/9
Mae Catabay (Colchester Juniors); 4/9

Junior Blitz U1600 – 27/7
Ashwin Anjulan (Wanstead);5½/9
Ashwin GopiKrishna (Wanstead); 4½/9
Ernest Shanks (Southend); 5/9
Joshua Puthanveettil (KEGS); 4/9
Karun Suresh (Wanstead); 3/9

Friday 21 Jul Rapid Open – 21/7
(None)

Friday 21 Jul Rapid U1750 – 21/7
Shrishti Shiva (Chelmsford Junior); 2½/7

Friday 21 Jul Rapid U1450 – 21/7
(None)

Monday 24 Jul Rapid Open – 24/7
Max Pert (Brentwood), 4/7
Mae Catabay (Colchester Juniors); 4/7

Monday 24 Jul Rapid U1750 – 24/7
Rezin Catabay (Colchester Juniors); 5/7
Ashwin Anjulan (Wanstead); 3/7

Monday 24 Jul Rapid U1450 – 24/7
Ashwin GopiKrishna (Wanstead); 3½/7

Saturday 29 Jul Rapid Open – 29/7
Max Pert (Brentwood)

Saturday 29 Jul Rapid U1750 – 29/7
(None)

Saturday 29 Jul Rapid U1450 – 29/7
Joshua Puthanveettil (KEGS); 4/7
Sergey Pereslavtsev (Upminster); 5½/7
Maadesh Manikandan (Brentwood); 4/7
Karun Suresh (Wanstead); 3½/7
Ashwin GopiKrishna (Wanstead); 5½/7

British Chess Championships 2023 20th to 30th July 2023 De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester LE2 7BU

Day 11 – 30 July 2023

British Championship – Round 9: 10:00

Major Open – Round 9: 10:00

SENIORS

Over 50 – Round 7: 10:00

Over 65 – Round 7: 10:00

Day 10 – 28 July 2023

3rd Rapid G15+10

Open – 7 Rounds

U1450 – 7 Rounds

British Championship – Round 8: 14:30

Major Open – Round 8: 14:30

SENIORS

Over 50 – Round 6: 14:30

Over 65 – Round 6: 14:30

JUNIORS

U16 Championship – Round 7: 09:15

U14 Championship – Round 7: 09:15

U12 Championship – Round 7: 09:15

U10 Championship – Round 7: 09:15

U8 Championship – Round 7: 09:15

WEEKDAY TOURNAMENTS

Afternoon U2050 – Round 6: 14:30

Afternoon U1750 – Round 6: 14:30

Morning Open – Round 6: 09:15

Morning U1900 – Round 6: 09:15

Morning U1600 – Round 6: 09:15

Day 9 – 28 July 2023

British Championship – Round 7: 14:30

Major Open – Round 7: 14:30

SENIORS

Over 50 – Round 5: 14:30

Over 65 – Round 5: 14:30

JUNIORS

U16 Championship

Round 6: 14:30

Round 5: 09:15

U14 Championship

Round 6: 14:30

Round 5: 09:15

U12 Championship

Round 6: 14:30

Round 5: 09:15

U10 Championship

Round 6: 14:30

Round 5: 09:15

U8 Championship

Round 6: 14:30

Round 5: 09:15

WEEKDAY TOURNAMENTS

Afternoon U2050 – Round 5: 14:30

Afternoon U1750 – Round 5: 14:30

Morning Open – Round 5: 09:15

Morning U1900 – Round 5: 09:15

Morning U1600 – Round 5: 09:15

Day 8 – 27 July 2023

Junior Blitz Open – Rounds 1-9: 18:00

Junior Blitz U1600 – R1-9: 18:00

British Championship – Round 6: 14:30

Major Open – Round 6: 14:30

SENIORS

Over 50 – Round 6: 14:30

Over 65 – Round 6: 14:30

JUNIORS

U16 Championship – Round 4: 09:15

U14 Championship – Round 4: 09:15

U12 Championship – Round 4: 09:15

U10 Championship – Round 4: 09:15

U8 Championship – Round 4: 09:15

WEEKDAY TOURNAMENTS

Afternoon U2050 – Round 4: 14:30

Afternoon U1750 – Round 4: 14:30

Morning Open – Round 4: 09:15

Morning U1900 – Round 4: 09:15

Morning U1600 – Round 4: 09:15

Day 7 – 26 July 2023

British Championship – Round 5: 14:30

Major Open – Round 5: 14:30

SENIORS

British Chess Championships 2023
20th to 30th July 2023
De Montfort University, 20 Western Boulevard, Leicester LE2 7BU

3^rd Rapid G15+10

2^nd Rapid Open

2^nd Rapid U1750

2^nd Rapid U1450