The organisers are in the process of distributing any prizes that were not collected at the event. This may take some time, but if you are listed below any would like to be updated about progress, then please get in touch using our contact form.
OPEN
| Prize | Winner(s) | Score | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| First equal | IM Alan Merry (Bury St Edmunds), IM Richard Pert (Brentwood), IM Neil Bradbury (Welwyn Garden City) | 4/5 | £ 210 each |
| First equal Junior | Max Pert (Brentwood), Supratit Banerjee (Coulsden) | 3½/5 | £ 80 each |
| u2100 Rating | Jon Collins (Bury St Edmunds) | 2½/5 | £ 50 |
| u1950 Rating | Michael Gibbons (North Norfolk) | 2½/5 | £ 50 |
MAJOR
| Prize | Winner(s) | Score | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| First equal | Brendan O’Gorman (DHSS), Paul Kenning (Braintree) | 4/5 | £ 150 each |
| Third equal | Francois Swiegers (Stevenage), Stephen Ruthen (Bury St Edmunds), Francis Bowers (Peterborough), Chris Willoughby* (Brentwood) | 3½/5 | £ 20 each |
| u1800 Rating | Chris Willoughby* (Brentwood) | 3½/5 | £ 50 |
| u1750 Rating | Ben Yelverton (St Johns Norwich) | 2½/5 | £ 50 |
* Chris is listed against two prizes for completeness. However, he receives only one, the higher value u1800 Rating prize. No junior prize was awarded in the Major as there were no junior players in this section of the event (the funds were allocated to increasing the junior prizes in the Open).
INTER
| Prize | Winner(s) | Score | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| First equal | Alonso Paez (Ipswich), Peter Newton (Bury St Edmunds) | 4/5 | £ 150 each |
| Third equal | Ander Movilla, Craig Bradshaw* (Bury St Edmunds), Rowan Kent* (Bury St Edmunds), Oliver Ferris* (Bury St Edmunds) | 3½/5 | £ 30 each |
| First equal Junior | Rowan Kent* (Bury St Edmunds), Oliver Ferris* (Bury St Edmunds) | 3½/5 | £ 45 each |
| u1600 Rating | Craig Bradshaw* (Bury St Edmunds) | 3½/5 | £ 50 |
| u1550 Rating | Harry Bellano (Letchworth & Hitchin) | 3/5 | £ 50 |
* Craig, Rowan and Oliver are listed against two prizes for completeness. However, Craig recieves only the rating prize as this is of higher value than a shared prize would have been. This leaves Rowan and Oliver, who share both third place and the junior prize. Their award is made in respect of the shared junior prize, but increased by a share of the third place prize.
MINOR
| Prize | Winner(s) | Score | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | Gerald Gregory (Hertford) | 4½/5/5 | £ 150 |
| Second | Chris Shepherd-Rose* (Bury St Edmunds) | 4/5 | £ 80 |
| Third equal | Bernard Ross (Woodbridge), Sam Kerruish (Sudbury), Mark Webb (Bury St Edmunds), George Robinson* (Bury St Edmunds), David Avery* (Sidcup) | 3½/5 | £ 30 each |
| First junior | Nickolay Starodubcevs-Snaiders (Bury St Edmunds) | 3/5 | £ 60 |
| u1400 Rating | George Robinson* (Bury St Edmunds) | 3½/5 | £ 50 |
| u1350 Rating | David Avery* (Sidcup) | 3½/5 | £ 50 |
Amongst those finishing third-equal, George and David are both allocated the higher value rating prizes.
Giant Slayer Prizes
The prizes listed below were £50 vouchers for the Chess & Bridge bookstall, to be spent on the Sunday of the event. They were awarded to the players who achieved the biggest “upset” in their section in any of rounds 1 to 3. Defeating a player rated 100 points above would give a “slayer-score” of 100 (the rating difference), while drawing against the same opponent would give a “slayer score” of half the rating difference.
| Slayer | Giant | Result | Slayer Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | Roy Hughes (2008) | Alan Merry (2544) | Draw | 268 |
| Major | James Briginshaw (1750) | Andrew Hartland (1869) | Win | 119 |
| Inter | Harry Bellano (1457) | Barry Connor (1611) | Win | 154 |
| Minor | Brian Kirby* (1221) | Edmund Southgate (1484) | Win | 263 |
* This was the first time we’ve awarded a “Giant Slayer” prizes, and we scanned the results manually to find the winners. Checking these later with a more reliable method, I found that we had made an error and awarded the prize in the Minor section to David Avery for his first round win against Alan Gardner (with an Slayer Score of 119). David will of course be allowed to keep his purchases, and we’ll be in touch with Brian make up for this error.
Chess.com membership prizes.
The prizes listed below are chess.com memberships at diamond level. Because these cannot be shared we have used tie-breaks to distribute the prizes when players have the same score. The tie-breaks used were: head-to-head result, the number of wins and Buchholz (roughly the sum of opponents’ scores).
Allocating these prizes can take some time due to needing to collect chess.com membership details. Any winner not wishing to take up their prize can allocate it to a friend, or ask us to award it to another player of our choosing.
| 1st Place | 2nd Place | 3rd Place | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 month diamond | 3 month diamond | 3 month diamond | |
| Open | IM Alan Merry | IM Richard Pert | IM Neil Bradbury |
| Major | Brendan O’Gorman | Paul Kenning | Chris Willoughby |
| Inter | Alonso Paez | Peter Newton | Craig Bradshaw |
| Minor | Gerald Gregory | Chris Shepherd-Rose | Bernard Ross |
THE BOB JONES TROPHY
Awarded to the highest-scoring junior playing in the Bury League or Suffolk League from the highest section in which a score of 1.5 points is achieved. The trophy has been awarded to:
Ruben Nangalia Evans (Linton) – who achieved 2.5 points in the Open section.
THE ROY ADAMS TROPHY
Awarded to the highest-scoring player who plays in the Bury League or Suffolk League. This can be in action section of the event, with tie-breaks of higher event section and sum of progressive scores. The winner is:
Alonso Paez (Ipswich) – who achieved 4 points in the Inter section.