26th Chorley Chess Congress Results - 25th to 27th August 2001

Held at Chorley Town Hall, Chorley (Six Rounds). Incorporating Lancashire Championships.

Report

The annual Chorley Chess Congress was once again held over the August Bank Holiday weekend in the spacious venue of Chorley Town Hall.

170 players took part in the six round event. In the Open section Tom Wiley put up a strong fight against the two Grand Masters, Keith Arkell and Nigel Davies, by drawing both his games against them. But as he drew with other players Keith and Nigel came out winners as they both won against their other opponents and drew the game between themselves.

In the Major, for players graded under 175, the five highest scoring players in the penultimate round all shared the prize money after the final round. The brothers David & Martin Cutmore from Wood Green shared 3rd place with John Thompson whilst Bob Newton from Morecambe and Jon Burgess from Chorlton shared the first prize.

The Intermediate section, for players graded under 140 resulted in a three way tie with Martin Burns from Stockport, CW Davies from Rose Forgrove and Tony Pawson also from Rose Forgrove. The Minor, an under 110 tournament had an outright winner in JM Walker from Leicestershire.

The tournament also hosted the Lancashire individual championships. Lancashire players who have been coming to the Chorley Congress for many years featured in the roll call of Lancashire Champions this year. George Ellison from Poulton is the Lancashire Open Champion, Bob Newton the Lancashire Major Champion, John McBride and John Whitfield share the title of Lancashire Intermediate Champion and the Lancashire Minor Champion is shared between Tony Rigby, Neil Coward and James McKiernan. Tony Rigby also won the Eric Wandless-Renton trophy that is awarded to the player with the highest score who is resident in the borough of Chorley.

Results

Congress Director:	D Clayton
Congress Treasurer:	S Woodcock
Chief Controller:	D Welch BCF Chief Arbiter
Number of competitors:	170
Number of tournaments:	4
Prize fund:	£1,785

Open Section (Open to all players)

Number of competitors:	29
Controller:	P Purland
Prize fund:	£415

1=	N Davies	3C's	5	£150.00
	K Arkell	Bury
3	T Wiley	Cheshire	4½	£50.00
Grading prizes
172 - 184	DG Ellison	Poulton	4	£20.00
171 and under	M Hamer	Gt Harwood	3½	£10.00
	N Moss	Ashton

Major Section (For players graded below 175)

Number of competitors:	25
Controller:	G Jones
Prize fund:	£415

1=	R Newton	Morecambe	5	£150.00
	J Burgess	Chorlton
3=	D Cutmore	Wood Green	4½	£16.66
	M Cutmore	Wood Green
	J Tompson	3C's
Grading Prizes
147 - 162	P Widrascu	Halifax	3½	£10.00
	D Cutmore	Wood Green
146 and under	R Vann	Chorlton	3½	£20.00

Intermediate Section (For players graded below 140)

Number of competitors:	58
Controller:	G Jones
Prize fund:	£415

1=	T Pawson	Rose Forgrove	5	£116.66
	M Burns	Stockport
	CW Davies	Rose Forgrove
Grading Prizes
134 - 126	GL Bishop	Chislehurst	4	£10.00
	G Collyer	Spalding
125 and below	R Clegg	Huddersfield	4	£10.00
	D Palmer	Crusaders

Minor Section (For players graded below 110)

Number of competitors:	58
Controller:	D Welch
Prize fund:	£415

1	JM Walker	Leicestershire	5½	£150.00
2=	M Reynolds	Co. Durham	5	£37.50
	A Rigby	Chorley
	N Coward	AXA
	J McKiernan	Nelson
Grading Prizes
95 - 80	D Davies	Blackpool	4½	£20.00
79 and under	N Jerzynek	Oldham	3½	£20.00

Lancashire Champions

Awarded for the highest score by a player registered with the Lancashire Chess Association.

Open	DG Ellison	Poulton	4	£25.00
Major	R Newton	Morecambe	5	£25.00
Intermediate	J McBride	Preston	4½	£12.50
	J Whitfield	Blackburn
Minor	A Rigby	Chorley	5	£8.33
	N Coward	AXA
	J McKiernan	Nelson

Eric Wandless-Renton Trophy

Awarded for the highest score by a player resident within Chorley Borough.

A Rigby

Minor

Chorley

£25.00