2021 Northumbria Masters, Newcastle, 26-30 August

Three tournaments: GM a.p.a., IM a.p.a., Open. Organiser/Tournament Director Tim Wall, Chief Arbiter Alan Atkinson

2021 Northumbria Masters GM		Nat'y	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total
1	Ravi Haria	ENG	2440m	&;	0	½	½	1	1	½	1	1	1	6½
2	Conor E Murphy	IRL	2382f	1	&;	0	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	6½
3	Marcus R Harvey	ENG	2440f	½	1	&;	0	1	0	1	1	½	1	6
4	Tamas Fodor jr	HUN	2520g	½	½	1	&;	½	½	½	½	½	1	5½
5	Matthew J Wadsworth	ENG	2416m	0	½	0	½	&;	1	1	½	1	1	5½
6	Callum Kilpatrick	ENG	2381f	0	½	1	½	0	&;	½	1	1	½	5
7	Matthew J Turner	SCO	2509g	½	0	0	½	0	½	&;	½	½	1	3½
8	Peter T Roberson	ENG	2437m	0	0	0	½	½	0	½	&;	½	1	3
9	Alexander Cherniaev	RUS	2438g	0	0	½	½	0	0	½	½	&;	0	2
10	David J Eggleston	ENG	2381m	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	1	&;	1½

Category 8, Average 2434. GM norm = 6½, IM norm = 5
GM norms achieved: Ravia Haria (final), Conor Murphy (1st)
IM norms achieved, Marcus Harvey, Callum Kilpatrick.

2021 Northumbria Masters IM		Nat'y	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total
1	Zala Urh	SLO	2216wm	&;	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	0	1	6½
2	James E Moreby	ENG	2283f	½	&;	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	0	6
3	Peter G Large	ENG	2335m	½	½	&;	½	½	1	0	½	½	1	5
4	Jonah B Willow	ENG	2396f	0	½	½	&;	1	0	1	½	½	1	5
5	Yichen Han	NED	2307f	½	0	½	0	&;	1	0	1	1	1	5
6	William Claridge-Hansen	ENG	2290f	0	½	0	1	0	&;	½	½	1	1	4½
7	Harry Grieve	ENG	2282f	0	0	1	0	1	½	&;	1	½	0	4
8	Andrew J Muir	SCO	2259m	0	0	½	½	0	½	0	&;	1	1	3½
9	Iain Gourlay	SCO	2342f	1	0	½	½	0	0	½	0	&;	½	3
10	Roderick M McKay	SCO	2258m	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	½	&;	2½

Category 2, Average 2297. IM norm = 6½, WGM = 6

Slovenian WIM Zala Urh (born 2002) achieved both WGM and IM norms, and won the tournament despite being lowest rated by a considerable margin.

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2021 Northumbria Masters Open

2021 Northumbria Masters Open		Nat'y	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Total
1	Brandon G I Clarke	ENG	2429m	69w1	23b1	13w1	7b½	14w1	5b1	10w1	2b½	3w½	7½
2	Daniel W Gormally	ENG	2479g	38w1	44b½	29w+	18w1	6b½	7w1	33b1	1w½	5b½	7
3	Marian Petrov	BUL	2457g	59b1	16w1	7b0	36w1	13b1	8w½	14b1	6w1	1b½	7
4	Keith C Arkell	ENG	2382g	60b1	25w1	14b0	26w1	8b0	67w1	11b1	9w1	10b1	7
5	Peter K Wells	ENG	2381g	46w1	17b1	8w1	14b½	30w1	1w0	7b1	12b1	2w½	7
6	Hamish Olson	SCO	2246f	47b1	36w1	18b½	44w1	2w½	12b½	30w1	3b0	14w1	6½
7	Dong Bao Nghia	VIE	2227c	40w1	27b1	3w1	1w½	32b1	2b0	5w0	35b1	19w1	6½
8	Roland Bezuidenhout	RSA	2196f	72b1	45w1	5b0	28w1	4w1	3b½	12w0	32b1	26w+	6½
9	Neil H Bradbury	ENG	2297m	39b1	18w0	37w1	35b1	10w0	63b1	23w1	4b0	29w1	6
10	Max N Turner	ENG	2182c	41b1	30w0	69b1	43w1	9b1	32w1	1b0	18w1	4w0	6
11	Ryan Murphy	USA	1977	43w1	15w0	79b1	13b0	55w1	22b1	4w0	23b1	27w1	6
12	John Merriman	ENG	2245	½/bye	42w1	33b1	16w½	41b1	6w½	8b1	5w0		5½
13	Steven A Jones	ENG	2234	48b1	28w1	1b0	11w1	3w0	35b½	25w1	19b0	39w1	5½
14	Peter J Sowray	ENG	2196f	49w1	67b1	4w1	5w½	1b0	19b1	3w0	33w1	6b0	5½
15	Thomas A Eggleston	ENG	2178	50w1	11b1	32b0	½/bye	½/bye	59w1	18b0	30w1	17b½	5½
16	Thomas Villiers	ENG	2165c	75w1	3b0	49w1	12b½	52w1	30b0	19w0	40b1	44b1	5½
17	Thomas Brown	WLS	2129	76b1	5w0	53b1	41w0	48b1	½/bye	21w½	55b1	15w½	5½
18	Mikhail Sedykh	ENG	2124	54w1	9b1	6w½	2b0	22w½	39b1	15w1	10b0	20w½	5½
19	Shyam Jagdish Modi	ENG	2118	65b½	53w½	76b1	25w½	44b1	14w0	16b1	13w1	7b0	5½
20	Luis Ortiz Sanchez	ESP	1899	33b0	64w0	74b½	65w½	79b1	76w1	56b1	24w1	18b½	5½
21	Rafe Martyn	ENG	2242f	½/bye	62b1	44w0	37b1	34w0	43w1	17b½	39b½	22w½	5
22	Aditya Verma	ENG	2170	52b½	51w1	30b0	60w1	18b½	11w0	41b½	36w1	21b½	5
23	David Guthrie	NZL	2165c	74b1	1w0	60b½	48w½	69b1	41w1	9b0	11w0	57b1	5
24	Andrew D Green	SCO	2154c	½/bye	52w½	41b0	57b½	73w1	46b1	27w½	20b0	48w1	5
25	Andrew Philip Smith	IRL	2144f	73w1	4b0	50w1	19b½	33b0	60w1	13b0	52w1	30b½	5
26	Robert F Willmoth	ENG	2116c	55w1	33w½	½/bye	4b0	½/bye	50b1	½/bye	31w1	8b-	5
27	Jacob D Yoon	ENG	2116	56b1	7w0	64b½	52w0	47b1	62w1	24b½	57w1	11b0	5
28	Samuel A Milson	ENG	2106	57w1	13b0	70w1	8b0	50w½	52b0	66w½	51b1	55w1	5
29	Paul A G Dargan	ENG	2064c	79b½	78w1	2b-	39b½	½/bye	53w½	52b1	43w1	9b0	5
30	Jacob Connor Boswell	ENG	2012	80w1	10b1	22w1	32w½	5b0	16w1	6b0	15b0	25w½	5
31	Mate Ther	ENG	1964	½/bye	79w½	43b0	53w½	64b1	56w½	63b1	26b0	50w1	5
32	Michael J Basman	ENG	2289m	61w1	35b1	15w1	30b½	7w0	10b0	34w1	8w0	41b	4½
33	Klauss Mosnegutu	ROU	2235	20w1	26b½	12w0	46b1	25w1	34b1	2w0	14b0	35w	4½
34	Peter M Gayson	ENG	2150f	42b0	77w1	52b½	64w1	21b1	33w0	32b0	44w½	43b½	4½
35	Nigel Birtwistle	ENG	2123	64b1	32w0	42b1	9w0	76b1	13w½	44b1	7w0	33b	4½
36	Paul A Hutchinson	ENG	2120	70w1	6b0	63w1	3b0	39w0	40b½	46w1	22b0	62w1	4½
37	Peter Finn	ENG	1981	77b½	65w1	9b0	21w0	53b0	78w1	42b½	64w½	63b1	4½
38	Neil Thomson	SCO	1960	2b0	½/bye	½/bye	42w1	56b½	44w0	64b½	63w½	65b1	4½
39	Joshua Pink	ENG	1924	9w0	54b½	73b1	29w½	36b1	18w0	53b1	21w½	13b0	4½
40	Sheng Liang Bernard Chan	MAS	1870	7b0	56w0	66b0	75w1	71b1	36w½	60b1	16w0	64b1	4½
41	Gopakumar Siddharth	IND	1856	10w0	80b1	24w1	17b1	12w0	23b0	22w½	68b1	32w	4½
42	Mark Lim	ENG	1779	34w1	12b0	35w0	38b0	70w1	68b½	37w½	49b½	60w+	4½
43	Mahmoud Shahbazi	ENG		11b0	1/bye	31w1	10b0	68w1	21b0	49w1	29b0	34w½	4½
44	Tim Kett	WLS	2167c	63w1	2w½	21b1	6b0	19w0	38b1	35w0	34b½	16w0	4
45	Rohan Bansal	ENG	2042	66w1	8b0	57w½	55b½	63w0	49b0	50w½	72b1	52w½	4
46	Chris Izod	ENG	1924	5b0	73w½	65b1	33w0	58b1	24w0	36b0	56w½	71w1	4
47	Dominic V Gibbs	ENG	1904	6w0	70b0	80w1	66b½	27w0	55b0	77w1	61b1	54w½	4
48	Martin J Faulkner	ENG	1874	13w0	55b½	54w1	23b½	17w0	57b0	76w1	66b1	24b0	4
49	Nicolas Skettos	CYP	1862	14b0	66w1	16b0	76w0	77b1	45w1	43b0	42w½	56b½	4
50	Sam Jukes	WLS	1846	15b0	71w1	25b0	77w1	28b½	26w0	45b½	59w1	31b0	4
51	Gary Gillespie	SCO	1843	½/bye	22b0	55w0	54b½	½/bye	65w½	71b1	28w0	68w1	4
52	Chirag Hosdurga	ENG	1838	22w½	24b½	34w½	27b1	16b0	28w1	29w0	25b0	45b½	4
53	James Merriman	ENG	1837	½/bye	19b½	17w0	31b½	37w1	29b½	39w0	69w1		4
54	Saahil Bansal	ENG	1745	18b0	39w½	48b0	51w½	74b1	69w0	75b1	62w½	47b½	4
55	Theo Khoury	ENG	1697	26b0	48w½	51b1	45w½	11b0	47w1	59b1	17w0	28b0	4
56	Toby Kan	ENG	1696	27w0	40b1	67w½	68b½	38w½	31b½	20w0	46b½	49w½	4
57	Connor Clarke	ENG	1691	28b0	72w1	45b½	24w½	59b0	48w1	69b1	27b0	23w0	4
58	Vikas Sajanani	ENG		½/bye	½/bye	½/bye	67b0	46w0	73b½	61w0	75w1	69b1	4
59	Roger D de Coverly	ENG	1954	3w0	63b0	75w1	78b1	57w1	15b0	55w0	50b0	66w½	3½
60	Ifan Rathbone-Jones	WLS	1941	4w0	75b1	23w½	22b0	66w1	25b0	40w0	73b+	42b-	3½
61	Julien M Shepley	ENG	1913	32b0	76w0	72b½	74w½	65b½	64w0	58b1	47w0	75b1	3½
62	David Paul Gillespie	SCO	1862	½/bye	21w0	77b½	79w1	½/bye	27b0	68w½	54b½	36b0	3½
63	Anum Sheikh	ENG	1837wc	44b0	59w1	36b0	71w1	45b1	9w0	31w0	38b½	37w0	3½
64	Shlok Verma	ENG	1724	35w0	20b1	27w½	34b0	31w0	61b1	38w½	37b½	40w0	3½
65	Eugenia Karas	ENG	1697	19w½	37b0	46w0	20b½	61w½	51b½	73w½	76b1	38w0	3½
66	Jonathan McKay	SCO	1620	45b0	49b0	40w1	47w½	60b0	74w1	28b½	48w0	59b½	3½
67	Chris Fegan	ENG	2034	71b1	14w0	56b½	58w1	½/bye	4b0				3/6
68	Stephen J Homer	ENG	1988	½/bye	½/bye	½/bye	56w½	43b0	42w½	62b½	41w0	51b0	3
69	Savas Marin Stoica	ENG	1954	1b0	74w1	10w0	70b1	23w0	54b1	57w0	53b0	58w0	3
70	Sanjit S Kumar	ENG	1702	36b0	47w1	28b0	69w0	42b0	71w0	74b0	77b1	72w1	3
71	Patrick Damodaran	ENG	1498	67w0	50b0	1/bye	63b0	40w0	70b1	51w0	74w1	46b0	3
72	Robin J Nandi	ENG	1867	8w0	57b0	61w½	73b0	75b0	77w1	78b1	45w0	70b0	2½
73	Benjamin Larkin	ENG	1753	25b0	46b½	39w0	72w1	24b0	58w½	65b½	60w-		2½
74	Jacques Tivillier	ENG	1829	23w0	69b0	20w½	61b½	54w0	66b0	70w1	71b0	77w0	2
75	Paul A Johnson	ENG	1812	16b0	60w0	59b0	40b0	72w1	79w+	54w0	58b0	61w0	2
76	Roger Greatorex	ENG	1747	17w0	61b1	19w0	49b1	35w0	20b0	48b0	65w0		2
77	Zain Patel	ENG	1353	37w½	34b0	62w½	50b0	49w0	72b0	47b0	70w0	74b1	2
78	Kevin Winter	ENG	1735	½/bye	29b0	½/bye	59w0	½/bye	37b0	72w0			1½
79	James McKay	ENG	1630	29w½	31b½	11w0	62b0	20w0	75b-				1/6
80	Alex Minton	ENG	1488	30b0	41w0	47b0	½/bye	½/bye					1/5

 

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Date	Notes
31 August 2021	First upload. Games from TWIC and tables obtained from chess-results.com