38th Blackpool Chess Conference - 7th to 9th March 2014

Held at The Puma Imperial Hotel, Blackpool (over five rounds) with 353 players taking part.

Congress Director: S. Woodcock
Chief Controller: D. Welch, ECF Chief Arbiter
Number of tournaments: 5

 

The Puma Lancashire Open (Full Crosstable)

1st GM Matthew Sadler (SG Amersfoort) 5 £600 & Trophy
2nd David John Walker (NE England 4NCL) 4½ £300
Grading Prize 203-190
  Alan Walton (3Cs) 3½ £100
Grading Prize 189-182
  Phil Wheldon (Urmston) 4 £100
Grading Prize 181-116
  Daniel Abbas (3Cs) 3 £100
Junior Prizes
  Andrew Horton (3Cs) 3 £15 & Trophy
  Daniel Abbas (3Cs) 3 £15 & Mike O'Hara Trophy

The Imperial Major (Full Crosstable)

1st Alex Gillies (Stepps, Scotland) 4½ £400 & Trophy
2nd= & GP= Nathanael Paul (Newport) 4 £100
  Joshua Pink (Coventry) 4 £100
  Philip Olbison (Chorlton) 4 £100
2nd= & Junior Prize
  Jason Lau (3Cs) 4 £80
Grading Prize 175-171
  Simon Charles Smith (Warley Quinbourne) 3½ £50
Grading Prize 170-168=
  Jose Pablo Lopez Gomez (Denton) 3½ £50
  Nick Anthony Burrows (Cowley) 3½ £50
Grading Prize 167-165
  Michael Round (Rose Forgrove) 3½ £50
Grading Prize 164-159=
  Paul SN Kendall (Beverley) 3½ £50
  Tom Vout (Culcheth) 3½ £50
Grading Prize 158-155=
  Pawel Golimowski (Spalding) 3 £25
  Richard Jennings (Bon Accord) 3 £25
Grading Prize Under 155=
  Matthew Fanning (Atherton / Heywood) 3 £34
  Nigel Livesey (Marple) 3 £34
  Rostislav Raychev (Denton) 3 £34

The Median (Full Crosstable)

1st= Andrew Hargreaves (Great Harwood) 4½ £300 & Trophy
  Neil Coward (Blackpool Area) 4½ £300
Junior Prize Joshua Fernandes (Hull) 3 £30 & Trophy
Grading Prize 150-148=
  Denis Horton (Urmston) 3½ £25
  Neil Jones (Maryport) 3½ £25
  D. George Ellison (Poulton-le-Fylde) 3½ £25
  William O'Rourke (Heywood) 3½ £25
Grading Prize 147-146
  Robert Clegg (Huddersfield) 4 £100
Grading Prize 145-143
  Michael Farthing (Morecambe) 3½ £100
Grading Prize 142-140=
  Stephen Ward (Rossendale) 3 £34
  Raymond Williams (Chester) 3 £34
  David Stothard (Hull) 3 £34
Grading Prize 139-136
  Jonathan D Reese (Runcorn) 4 £100
Grading Prize Under 136
  Randhir Koli (Castlehill) 3½ £100

The Intermediate (Full Crosstable)

1st= Paul Horman (Morecambe) 4½ £150 & Trophy
  Mark Keady (Brewood) 4½ £150
  Tom Green (Chorlton) 4½ £165 & Junior Trophy
  Conor Reid (Braunstone) 4½ £165 & Junior Trophy
Grading Prize 134-130=
  Nick Jameson (Morecambe) 4 £50
  Kim Andrews (Wigan Area) 4 £50
Grading Prize 129-125
  David Teague (Harrogate) 4 £100
Grading Prize 124-123=
  Andrew P Clark (London NW) 3 £25
  John Macdonald (London NW) 3 £25
  Philip Norden (Dolgellau) 3 £25
  Raymond Sayer (Ashfield) 3 £25
Grading Prize 122-119=
  Michael Barrett (Formby) 3½ £34
  Stephen Clare (Wallasey) 3½ £34
  David Gilbert (DHSS) 3½ £34
Grading Prize 118-115=
  Paul Gelder (Alwoodley) 3 £34
  Robert Hart (Chorley) 3 £34
  David Dunne (Nottingham Area) 3 £34
Grading Prize 114-74
  Tom Cooper (Trowbridge) 3 £100

The Minor (Full Crosstable)

1st= & Veteran
  Alan Fraser (Beckenham & Bromley) 4½  £400
1st= & Top Lady
  Caroline Robson (None) 4½  £300 & Trophy
Best Junior Craig Gillies (Hamilton, Scotland) 2½ £30 & Trophy
Grading Prize 108-103
  Eric Lesnik (Denton) 4 £100
Grading Prize 102-97
  Jennifer Goldsmith (Harrow) 4 £100
Grading Prize 95-91
  Peter Blackmore (Maryport) 3½ £100
Grading Prize 90-86
  Andrew McCulloch (Giffnock & Clarkston) 3½ £100
Grading Prize 83-71=
  John Light (Leeds) 3 £34
  Kate Walker (Telepost) 3 £34
  Josephine Woollard (Sheffield Nomads) 3 £34
Grading Prize Under 71
  Colin George Vernon (Birmingham Uni) 3 £100