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2024 Hampshire Open

2024 Hampshire Open		Fed	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	Total
1	Petr Marusenko	UKR	2111m	w15+	b2=	w12+	b3=	b7+	4
2	Jack Wicken	ENG	1878	w25+	w1=	b11+	b9=	w4=	3½
3	David A Cordner	ENG	1970	w21+	b4=	w27+	w1=	b6=	3½
4	Avyukt Dasgupta	ENG	2191	b31+	w3=	b14+	w7=	b2=	3½
5	Sebastian Mokhber Garcia	ENG	1724	w23=	b17+	w9=	b10+	w12=	3½
6	David Collyer	ENG	1904	w9=	b23+	w10=	b24+	w3=	3½
7	John Merriman	ENG	2325	w32+	b24+	w13+	b4=	w1-	3½
8	Balahari Bharat Kumar	ENG	2159	bye=	w22=	b15=	b26+	w16+	3½
9	James Merriman	ENG	2172	b6=	w18+	b5=	w2=	b11=	3
10	Rajasekhar Pentakota	ENG	1989	b19+	w13=	b6=	w5-	b25+	3
11	Zain Patel	ENG	2194	w26+	b12=	w2-	b15+	w9=	3
12	Roger D W Marsh	ENG	1920	b30+	w11=	b1-	w27+	b5=	3
13	Iwan Cave	WLS	2242	w29+	b10=	b7-	w22+	b14=	3
14	Yash Watarkar	IND	1972	bye=	b16+	w4-	b28+	w13=	3
15	Lukasz Marek Piecha	ENG	1798	b1-	b32+	w8=	w11-	b27+	2½
16	Florence Spirling	ENG	1708	w20=	w14-	b31+	w17+	b8-	2½
17	Tom Bird	ENG	2045	b18=	w5-	w21+	b16-	w28+	2½
18	Philip Tarrent-Edwards		1746	w17=	w29=		b21=	w26+	2½
19	Alikhan Menseitov	ENG	1712	w10-	b26-	w32+	b30+	w20=	2½
20	Olga L Latypova	ENG	1983	b16=	b27-	w30+	bye=	b19=	2½
21	John Moore	ENG	1605	b3-	w31+	b17-	w18=	b22=	2
22	Thomas R Anderson	SCO	1868	w33=	b8=	w26=	b13-	w21=	2
23	Roger D de Coverly	ENG	1972	b5=	w6-	b28-	w31=	b32+	2
24	Kevin J Thurlow	ENG	2023	w28+	w7-	b25+	w6-		2
25	Nicholas Warner	ENG	1615	b2-	bye+	w24-	b29+	w10-	2
26	Martin J Clancy	ENG	1828	b11-	w19+	b22=	w8-	b18-	1½
27	Larissa Cuthbert	ENG	1632	bye=	w20+	b3-	b12-	w15-	1½
28	Daniel Goodlad	ENG	1789	b24-	b29=	w23+	w14-	b17-	1½
29	Niclas Hordnes	NOR	1859	b13-	b18=		w25-	b31=	1½
30	Adam Smith	ENG		w12-	bye=	b20-	w19-	bye+	1½
31	Matthew Kirk	GCI	1837	w4-	b21-	w16-	b23=	w29=	1
32	Andrew Waters	ENG	1872	b7-	w15-	b19-	bye+	w23-	1
33	Steven Jones	ENG	2257	b22=	bye=				1

2024 Hampshire Major

2024 Hampshire Major		Fed	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	Total
1	Tomasz Wilamowski	ENG	1789	b19=	w15+	b9+	w11+	b2+	4½
2	Tim Jones	ENG	1787	w7+	b12+	w5+	b3+	w1-	4
3	Tom Philidor	ENG	1722	w14+	b18+	w4+	w2-	b11+	4
4	Richard Edney	ENG	1830	b20+	w16+	b3-	w8+	b10+	4
5	Dave Agostinelli	ENG	1747	b25+	w13+	b2-	w12=	b16+	3½
6	Lewis Jackson	ENG	1556	b11-	w20+	b25+	w9=	b13+	3½
7	Alex Dore	ENG	1616	b2-	w24+	b13=	w15+	b12+	3½
8	Christian Westbrook	ENG	1670	b21+	w9=	b11=	b4-	w19+	3
9	Joe A Coburn	ENG	1804	w23+	b8=	w1-	b6=	w20+	3
10	David Elliott	ENG	1711	b12-	w19+	b18+	w14+	w4-	3
11	Ian G Matthew	ENG	1670	w6+	b17+	w8=	b1-	w3-	2½
12	Austin Sopocko	ENG	1588	w10+	w2-	b16+	b5=	w7-	2½
13	Chris Stevens	ENG		w27+	b5-	w7=	b17+	w6-	2½
14	John Belinger	ENG	1616	b3-	w22+	b26+	b10-	w17=	2½
15	Graeme Ford	ENG	1514	bye=	b1-	w23+	b7-	w25+	2½
16	Nicholas Stout	ENG	1652	w26+	b4-	w12-	b25+	w5-	2
17	Stephen Lineker-Miller	ENG	1555	b22+	w11-	b19=	w13-	b14=	2
18	Oliver Williamson	ENG	1568	b24+	w3-	w10-	b27=	w22=	2
19	Peter Kasprowicz	ENG	1632	w1=	b10-	w17=	b26+	b8-	2
20	Jack McBurnie	ENG	1639	w4-	b6-	bye+	w21+	b9-	2
21	Milen Kortman	ENG	1587	w8-	b23=	w22=	b20-	w26+	2
22	Helen Archer-Lock	ENG	1705	w17-	b14-	b21=	w24+	b18=	2
23	John Torrance	SCO	1636	b9-	w21=	b15-	bye+		1½
24	Gillian A Moore	ENG	1678	w18-	b7-	w27=	b22-	bye+	1½
25	Edward Burton	ENG	1607	w5-	b27+	w6-	w16-	b15-	1
26	Roy Goode	ENG	1501	b16-	bye+	w14-	w19-	b21-	1
27	Peter C Wood	ENG	1640	b13-	w25-	b24=	w18=		1

2024 Hampshire Minor

2024 Hampshire Minor		Fed	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	Total
1	Megan Birch	ENG	1560	w22+	b21+	w19+	b8+	w3+	5
2	Michal Orszulak	ENG	1623	b26=	w5+	b4=	w9+	b8+	4
3	Isaac Yip Hin Long	ENG	1505	b27+	w10+	bye=	w15+	b1-	3½
4	Oleksii Pustyntsev	UKR	1565	w17=	b7+	w2=	b19+	w6=	3½
5	David Lightfoot	ENG	1353	w6+	b2-	w21+	b12=	b16+	3½
6	Oliver Ward	ENG	1538	b5-	w24+	b23+	w10+	b4=	3½
7	Paul Collis	ENG	1471	bye=	w4-	b20+	w25+	b15+	3½
8	Tim Bland	ENG	1564	b14+	w11+	b16+	w1-	w2-	3
9	Graham Payne	ENG	1444	b25+	w15=	bye=	b2-	w22+	3
10	Michael Eason	ENG	1586	w13+	b3-	w22+	b6-	w21+	3
11	Phil Stevens	ENG	1488	w23+	b8-	w18=	b17+	w12=	3
12	Scott Waugh	ENG	1582	b20-	w28+	b14+	w5=	b11=	3
13	Steven Charles	ENG	1433	b10-	w27=	b26+	w16=	b20+	3
14	Dave Williams	ENG	1391	w8-	b29+	w12-	b28+	w19+	3
15	Rob Coles	ENG	1529	w28+	b9=	w17+	b3-	w7-	2½
16	William Taplin	ENG	1506	w29+	b18+	w8-	b13=	w5-	2½
17	John E Davis	ENG	1401	b4=	w26+	b15-	w11-	b25+	2½
18	Parisa Patel	ENG	1055	b31+	w16-	b11=	w20-	b26+	2½
19	Andy Haynes	ENG	1517	b24+	w20+	b1-	w4-	b14-	2
20	Daniel Burton	ENG	1410	w12+	b19-	w7-	b18+	w13-	2
21	Tim Rushworth	ENG	1487	b30+	w1-	b5-	w24+	b10-	2
22	Keven Lamb	ENG	1376	b1-	w30+	b10-	w23+	b9-	2
23	Dominic Campion	ENG	1196	b11-	bye+	w6-	b22-	w28+	2
24	Alan Weaver	ENG	1227	w19-	b6-	w30+	b21-	b29+	2
25	Eliza Blin	ENG	996	w9-	bye=	b27+	b7-	w17-	1½
26	David Long	ENG	1439	w2=	b17-	w13-	b27+	w18-	1½
27	Ethan Ricketts	ENG	1203	w3-	b13=	w25-	w26-	b30+	1½
28	Nette Robinson	ENG	1313	b15-	b12-	w29+	w14-	b23-	1
29	William Jackson	ENG	1213	b16-	w14-	b28-	b30+	w24-	1
30	Lucas Summers	ENG	1095	w21-	b22-	b24-	w29-	w27-	0
31	Jon Hunt	ENG	1456	w18-					0

Tournament Director: Graham Stuart
Chief Arbiter: Emma-Jane Billington-Phillips

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[press release] The 2024 Hampshire Chess Association Congress was held at the Lysses Hotel in Fareham, 1-3 November 2024, with a record 92 entries playing across three sections.

A change from the previous year saw the Congress held over 5 rounds, with an increased time control on 90+30. This is in keeping with other Congresses, as this seems a well-liked time-control.

Jack Wicken joined the ranks of current and previous Fareham Chess Club players who have won the Hampshire Individual Championship, and the Silver Rook Trophy. Jack finished with six other players in 2nd place in the Open with 3½ points from the five rounds.

The winner of the Open was IM Petr Marusenko who defeated FM John Merriman in the last round, overhauling him and finished with 4 points.

Southampton University’s David Collyer who was also joint 2nd won the Len Walters Board for best score by a Hampshire Under 1950 player (excluding the winner of the Silver Rook).

As per last year the Open section was run as a FIDE rated event and this attracted 34 players, which was the most of all sections.

In the Major section (27 players) Tomasz Wilamowski just dropped the one draw and his 41⁄2 points was half a point ahead of three players. This included Thomas Philidor who took home the Peter Marshall Cup for best score by an eligible Hampshire
player. Thomas won the Parsons Cup two years ago.

In the Minor section (31 players), it was the Megan Birch show, she won all five games to finish a full point ahead of Michal Orszulak. Megan also won the Parsons Cup as the best Hampshire qualified player.

The full list of prize winners is:

OPEN

1st (4 pts) IM Petr Marusenko (Hackney)
2nd = (3½ pts) John Merriman (Petts Wood & Orpington), Avyukt Dasgupta (Watford), David Collyer (So’ton Uni), Sebastian Mokhber-Garcia (Surrey Juniors), David Cordner (Southampton), Jack Wicken (Fareham), Balahari Bharat Kumar (Desert Penguins)
Underbye+950 RP (3½ pts) David Collyer, Sebastian Mokhber-Garcia & Jack Wicken (combined with 2nd place prize)

The Silver Rook was won by Jack Wicken.
The Len Walters Board was won by David Collyer.

MAJOR

1st (4½ pts) Tomasz Wilamowski
2nd (4 pts) Richard H Edney (IOW), Tim Jones (New Milton), Thomas Philidor (Fareham)
Underbye+700 RP (3½ pts) – Alex Dore (Southampton), Lewis Jackson (So’ton Uni)

The Peter Marshall Cup was awarded to Thomas Philidor as the best placed Hampshire qualified player.

MINOR

1st (5 pts) Megan Birch (Basingstoke) who also wins the Parsons Cup
2nd (4 pts) Michal Orszulak
3rd (3½ pts) Oleksii Pustyntsev, Oliver J Ward (So’ton Uni), Hin Long Isaac Yip (Chandler’s Ford), Paul S Collis (Godalming)
Underbye+450 Grading Prize (3½ pts) David Lightfoot (IOW)

The Gillian Moore Cup, which is awarded to the highest scoring Hampshire lady in the Congress, was won by Megan Birch (Basingstoke) for her maximum score in the Minor.

The John Dunleavy Memorial Prize for the best game in any section was won by David Collyer for his excellent round 4 win against Kevin Thurlow in the Open section of the congress.

Graham Stuart
Secretary - Hampshire Chess Association

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File Updated

Date	Notes
10 February 2025	First uploaded to BritBase. My thanks to Graham Stuart for sending the games and press releases.
3 March 2025	Added 64 games from the Hampshire Major tournament. Many thanks to Graham Stuart.