Third Lancaster Rapid Play Congress Sunday 18 February 2024
On Sunday 18th February Lancaster Chess Club held our third rapid play congress at Cumbria University, Bowerham site. We had nearly 80 entrants from Lancashire and beyond. The congress was six rounds on a Swiss System and generously supported by Lancaster City Council. For the first time we operated in a time increment system with players getting 20 minutes each to finish their game plus 10 second increments per move. It was very successful. Particularly encouraging was the large minor section with many youngsters including some competing for the very first time at this level. The results of all the matches were posted live on chess results and you can see all of them at this link. https://chess-results.com/tnr836231.aspx?lan=1&turdet=NO
£800 in prizes were distributed following the merger of the Open and Major sections and the winners were:
Open
1st Gediminus Sarakauskas, International Master– on 5.5
2nd Mike Surtees – on 5
Grading prize Maya Jalloul, Women’s Master (2003) under 2100 - on 4.5
Grading prize Peter Garrett (1817) under 1900 - on 3.5
Intermediate (under 1750)
1st Alan Llewellyn – on 6
2nd on David Newell – on 4.5
Grading prize Chris Lysons (1500) under 1620 £50 – on 4
Minor (under 1500)
1st Jayar Om Reddy – on 6
2nd equal – on 5 points – Alex Porter and William Bartlett (1104). However William picked up the under 1300 grading prize and Alex got the second prize – thus sharing that pot equally.
One of our youngster’s mums ran a refreshment stall for the players and took pictures of the event which can be seen here and thanks to everyone who contributed to making our event a success.
