Our 49th Congress
Our congress has obviously now ended so this space will be updated soon with a full report on the event.
There's quite a bit to get through and I'm still recovering from the amount of work this congress creates so please bear with me.
I'd just like to at least thank our sponsors once again .... Chess Essentials, Chess Pick, Ookchess and of course AidaChess which has been our main talking point over the weekend.
We very much hope it was enjoyed by all and for anyone who was not totally happy we will endeavour to address any issues as we want our congress to be your congress to come to but we're going to limit entries to 500 from now on .... we didn't quite make this total this year but this is our aim for 2027 which will be our 50th congress - scheduled for 29th-31st October 2027 - full details will be released in January 2027.
So please call back later to see a full list of winners and a more comprehensive report.
Thank you.
Main prize winners
Below are our main prize winners for each section
Open |
Points | Prize | |
| 1st | Rajat Makkar | 4½ | £1,000 |
| 2nd= | Gustavo Leon Cazares | 4 | £150 |
| Maksym Larchikov | 4 | £150 | |
| Martin Mitchell | 4 | £150 | |
| Rishi Vijayakumar | 4 | £150 | |
| Rating Prizes | Points | Prize | |
| U2150 | Ethan Ross | 3½ | £33.33 |
| Max Fyson | 3½ | £33.33 | |
| Ted Ronald | 3½ | £33.33 | |
| U1980 | Andrew Ponting | 2½ | £33.33 |
| Joe Kilshaw | 2½ | £33.33 | |
| Mark I Collinson | 2½ | £33.33 | |
Challengers |
Points | Prize | |
| 1st= | Gary C Jackson | 4½ | £450 |
| Roger W Jennings | 4½ | £450 | |
| 3rd= | Damian McCarthy | 4 | £25 |
| Daniel Thompson | 4 | £25 | |
| Joel Wagg | 4 | £25 | |
| Thomas W Day | 4 | £25 | |
| Rating Prizes | Points | Prize | |
| U1950 | John S Garnett | 3½ | £100 |
| U1850 | Justin Smith | 3 | £100 |
Major |
Points | Prize | |
| 1st= | Jyothika U R | 4½ | £450 |
| Vidhyuth Kavin Sudagar | 4½ | £450 | |
| 3rd= | Jacob Smith | 4 | £20 |
| Matthew Haworth | 4 | £20 | |
| Randolph E Donahue | 4 | £20 | |
| Thomas Rampling | 4 | £20 | |
| Tim M Turner | 4 | £20 | |
| Rating Prizes | Points | Prize | |
| U1840 | Kevin J Dalley | 3½ | £33.33 |
| Martin Gawne | 3½ | £33.33 | |
| Matthew R Wilson | 3½ | £33.33 | |
| U1775 | Brendan Haswell | 3 | £33.33 |
| Conor Reaney | 3 | £33.33 | |
| Roger Greatorex | 3 | £33.33 | |
Intermediate |
Points | Prize | |
| 1st | Simon Hickey | 5 | £600 |
| 2nd= | Andrew Beswick | 4½ | £200 |
| Matthew Walshaw | 4½ | £200 | |
| Rating Prizes | Points | Prize | |
| U1690 | Brandon Dao | 4 | £20 |
| Elliott Spencer | 4 | £20 | |
| Gary White | 4 | £20 | |
| Rob McClatchey | 4 | £20 | |
| Simon Dixon | 4 | £20 | |
| U1650 | Ethan Gaffney | 3½ | £25 |
| Natalie Haydock | 3½ | £25 | |
| Tom Hudson | 3½ | £25 | |
| Tommy Cooke | 3½ | £25 | |
| U1600 | Daniel Westhead | 3 | £33.33 |
| Harry Carr | 3 | £33.33 | |
| Keith Porteous | 3 | £33.33 | |
Minor |
Points | Prize | |
| 1st | Steven Clark | 5 | £600 |
| 2nd= | Kieran Hooton | 4½ | £200 |
| Paul Castledine | 4½ | £200 | |
| Rating Prizes | Points | Prize | |
| U1550 | David Malcolm Innes | 4 | £33.33 |
| Gursharanjit S Gill | 4 | £33.33 | |
| John Castledine | 4 | £33.33 | |
| U1490 | Neil Milson | 3½ | £100 |
Foundation |
Points | Prize | |
| 1st | Aman Kumar | 5 | £400 |
| 2nd | Surya Krishna Dogiparthi | 4½ | £200 |
| 3rd= | Alan Gardner | 4 | £16.66 |
| Henrik Kalmar | 4 | £16.66 | |
| Louis Lau | 4 | £16.66 | |
| Luke Clifford | 4 | £16.66 | |
| Noah Hicks | 4 | £16.66 | |
| Vincent B Naan | 4 | £16.66 | |
| Rating Prizes | Points | Prize | |
| U1380 | Ben Longstaff | 3½ | £16.66 |
| David Littler | 3½ | £16.66 | |
| Jason Clemmey | 3½ | £16.66 | |
| Joel Ogah | 3½ | £16.66 | |
| Mark Haydock | 3½ | £16.66 | |
| Sofia Daysh | 3½ | £16.66 | |
| U1200 | Andrew Tod | 3 | £25 |
| Donna Chadwick | 3 | £25 | |
| Piotr Kaszynski | 3 | £25 | |
| Vihaan Mahesh Iyer | 3 | £25 |
Performance Winners
Performance is calculated on how people have performed relative to their rating compared to their opponents. The winners listed below will receive credits from ChessPick.
Note that this information has been copied in from AidaChess so the links have carried through for each player if you wish to see who they played against.
Open |
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| 1st | Liam Bellwood | 264 |
| 2nd | Steve F Tarr | 230 |
| 3rd | Henry Burton | 202 |
Challengers |
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| 1st | Gary C Jackson | 388 |
| 2nd | Roger W Jennings | 286 |
| 3rd | Joel Wagg | 213 |
Major |
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| 1st | Jyothika U R | 343 |
| 2nd | Vidhyuth Kavin Sudagar | 302 |
| 3rd | Randolph E Donahue | 268 |
Intermediate |
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| 1st | Simon Hickey | 903 |
| 2nd | Andrew Beswick | 452 |
| 3rd | Matthew Walshaw | 419 |
Minor |
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| 1st | Steven Clark | 732 |
| 2nd | David Malcolm Innes | 333 |
| 3rd | Kieran Hooton | 304 |
Foundation |
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| 1st | Aman Kumar | 789 |
| 2nd | Vihaan Mahesh Iyer | 401 |
| 3rd | Ben Longstaff | 347 |
Club Championship
Ilkley Chess Centre retain their title of Club Champions with a total score of 59. Banbury & Darlington came second with 50, followed by Hull on 49.
In total we 23 Clubs and 200 players participating. The championship was determined by awarding 3 points for a black win, 2 points for a white win and 1 point for a draw. Only the top 6 players in each club contributed to towards the Club's score. Below shows the top 6 from Ilkley.
| Player | Section | Rating | Black Wins | White Wins | Draws | Loses | Points |
| Ben De Smet | Minor 49 | 1583 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| Vidhyuth Kavin Sudagar | Major 49 | 1899 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| Louis Lau | Foundation 49 | 1367 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| Jacob Smith | Major 49 | 1841 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| Charlie Wainwright | Challengers 49 | 2001 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Shriaansh Ganti | Open 49 | 2209 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
