2nd Hampshire Rapidplay: Results and Report

Chandler’s Ford Chess Club were well-represented at the 2nd Hampshire Rapidplay at Eastleigh back in April. It was organised and run by CF’s Iwan Cave. And our newest player, Ivan Georgiev, won the Open! Theo Horne reports.

I will premise it by saying it was really well run and enjoyable, all rounds on schedule with no trouble, somewhat helped by myself, Peter and Gillian helping out between rounds.

Now on to the good bit. All CF members gave a great demonstration of their skills, with everyone finishing with pretty respectable points.

Chandler’s Ford Players in the Major

Myself, 6th place in the major on 4/6, winning £50 for best U1450. I was on board 1 in the last round, and if I won I got shared first, but unfortunately lost to a strong Jack McBurnie, the eventual winner.
Stephen on 4/6 as well, shared best U1200, 9th place, performing way above his rating. He too had an excellent tournament, and will be gaining about 60 points, similar to myself, even without the doubled rating gain!
Peter Eales on 3.5, having recovered from a rough start of 0/2 to score 3.5/4, which means he too is gaining rating!
Kev on 3/6 to round off our contingent in the major, giving a very respectable performance although unfortunately losing a little rating, but he enjoyed himself and gave as good as he got. Having spoken to his opponents, his aggressive play is terrifying in the shorter time controls!

The Open

We were somehow even more successful in the Open, with:

Our newest player, Ivan, winning the whole thing with 5/6! He beat 1st seed Paul Northcott, and this performance is very promising in regards of what he could bring to the club!
Eric came next in 10th with 3.5/6, a great score considering the strength of the event. His first rapid rating will be high!
Dave Holmes in 12th with 3/6, narrowly losing to Harry Vernon from the IOW at the end in a drawn game. His first rapid rating will also be pretty high, but it may be lower than his strength as he was winning several of games he lost, just struggling to convert.
Straight after is Bill Purkiss in 13th also with 3, getting a provisional rating from this event. I don’t know too much about how the tournament went for him, but he was in good spirits through the day.
Finally, Phillip came in 20th with 2/6, having a tough event, but he is focusing on his A level preparation over his chess at the moment, a more important preoccupation I would say!

— Theo Horne, Chandler’s Ford Chess Club

Results can be viewed via the links below:

Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com – 2nd Hampshire Rapidplay Open

Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com – 2nd Hampshire Rapidplay Major (U1650)

See our Previous article about the 2nd Hampshire rapidplay