Lowestoft Summer Rapidplay 21st August 2011
LSR Report
Gallery Images now Online
Fletcher Open
IM Gediminas Sarakauskas of Lithuania and IM Dagne Ciuksyte came joint first in the LSR this weekend, both gained 5 from 6. Congratulations to both of them and we hope to see you both at future Lowestoft events. Gediminas said "We all really enjoyed ourselves! This club
is the nicest chess club he's ever seen (and I have been to a lot of clubs all round the world)!" Labai ačiū Gediminas!!
GM Stephen Gordon came 3rd with 4.5/6 then came IM Adam Hunt, club member Jason Leverett and Norwich DONS player David Hall all on 4/6.
Local players Mark Johnson of Lowestoft ESCCG, Terry Turner and Martin Woolnough of Diss came 7th with 3/6. Mark actually played one GM and two IMs, what a weekend he had, will it ever happened to him again?
Barnard Section
Bryan Lee stormed to victory in the Barnard Section with 5.5/6. Bryan is a member of the Writtle Chess Club. in joint second spot came Mark Weidman, club member Daniel Jackson and Zac Vane of Bury St Edmunds.
A private donation was awarded to Partha Mulay for being the highest placed ungraded player in the Barnard Section, Partha won a cash prize and an excellent chess book. Many thanks for the donation.
I would like to take this moment to thank ALL the players for making the effort to come and play at this years LSR. Without you, it wouldn't get off the ground. Of course, I would like to thank the titled players for coming to our tournament, but more importantly I would like to thank the bread and butter players for making the effort. We had players from London and Liverpool make the journey to play. Thanks to you all from Lowestoft Chess Club
With the success of this event, we are looking at future tournaments being played at Parkhill Hotel. Please keep an eye on the website for further news. Or follow us on Twitter. Also Graham Plain our resident photographer was taking pictures and these will be diplayed in a gallery here shortly.
Lastly, before I bore you to death, I would like to thank the following people for making the event happen. John Wickham, who apart from being arbitir and organiser for the day, is Chairman of both the NCCA and EACU as well as a ECF delegate. Mark Nettleton for helping out with gathering scores and sorting the money out. Graham Plain for taking the photosand finally Mark Pooley, for working like a trojan to make this event happen. Parkhill Hotel for providing the hotel and also the sponsors Inncount Ltd, Field Farm Fisheries and Marvach Holistic Remendies.
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Entries
2-07-2011
- Fletcher Open
- GM Stephen Gordon - 241 - Hilsmark Kingfisher
- IM Adam Hunt - 238 - 4NCL Betsson.com
- IM Gediminas Sarakauskas - 224 - Lithuania
- IM Dagne Ciuksyte - 207 - 4NCL Guildford
- Mervyn Hughes - 175 - Norwich DONS
- Mark Johnson - 170 - Lowestoft ESCCG
- Terry Turner - 168 - Diss Chess Club
- Martin Woolnough - 166 - St John's Phoenix Chess Club
- David Hall - 160 - Norwich DONS Chess Club
- Jason Leverett - 158 - Lowestoft Chess Club
- Graham Blowers - 155 - Great Yarmouth Chess Club
- Warren Kingston - 154 - Lowestoft Chess Club
- Matthew Parry - 148 - St Johns Phoenix Chess Club
- John Lambert - 148 - Atticus Chess Club
- Leon Hines - 145 - Lowestoft Chess Club
- Keith Osborne - 143 - Lewes Chess Club
- Greg Tebble - 136 - Norwich DONS Chess Club
- Mark Pooley - 132 - Lowestoft Chess Club
- Barnard Section U130
- Bryan Lee - 124 - Writtle Chess Club
- Mark Weidman - 124 - Martlesham Chess Club
- Daniel Jackson - 112 - Lowestoft Chess Club
- Keith Garrod - 108 - Lowestoft Chess Club
- Roger Smith - 104 - Ipswich Chess Club
- James Jackson - 104 - Lowestoft Chess Club
- Zac Vane - 97 - Bury St Edmunds Chess Club
- Jordan May - Ungraded - Lowestoft Chess Club
- Aditya Kanojia - Ungraded - Lowestoft Chess Club
- Graham Plain - Ungraded - Lowestoft Chess Club
- Karthik Saravanan - Ungraded - Lowestoft Chess Club
- Graham Jones - Ungraded - Brundall
- Partha Mulay - Ungraded - Redbridge Chess Academy