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Smith & Williamson British Chess Championships 2003 - Summary of Winners

The 90th Annual Championships of the British Chess Federation
Sunday 20th July - Saturday 2nd August, George Heriot's School, Edinburgh

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Smith & Williamson British Championship

1st

GM Abhijit Kunte

India

8.5

British Champion

 

 

 

 

 

2nd=

GM Paul Motwani

Scotland

8.0

 

2nd=

GM Harikrishna Pentala

India

8.0

 

2nd=

GM Vassilios Kotronias

Cyprus

8.0

 

5th=

WGM Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant

Edinburgh

7.5

 

5th=

GM Joseph Gallagher

Switzerland

7.5

 

5th=

IM Nicholas Pert

Ipswich

7.5

 

5th=

GM Jonathan Rowson

Ayrshire

7.5

 

5th=

GM Aaron Summerscale

Slough

7.5

 

 

 

 

 

 

Smith & Williamson British Ladies' Champion

 

WGM Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant

Edinburgh

7.5

British Ladies' Champion

 

 

 

 

 

British Under 21 Champion

 

GM Harikrishna Pentala

India

8.0

British U21 Champion

 

 

 

 

 

Alexander Best Game Prize

 

WGM Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant (v GM Stuart Conquest)

 

 

 

 

 

Most Improved Rating Performances

2005-2150=

Sam Williams

Guildford

1.92

 

2005-2150=

Martyn Goodger

Ely

1.92

 

2151-2295

Alexander Longson

3Cs

2.81

 

 

 

 

 

 

Title Norms achieved within "The British"

 

FM David Howell

IM

 

 

 

Ameet Ghasi

IM

 

 

 

WIM Swati Ghate

WGM & IM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

British Senior Championship

1st=

Norman Stephenson

Middlesbrough

5.0

Joint British Senior Champion

1st=

George Dickson

Metropolitan

5.0

Joint British Senior Champion

1st=

David Anderton

Walsall Kipping

5.0

Joint British Senior Champion

 

 

 

 

 

British Junior Championships

Under 18 Champion (within Major Open)

1st=

Sumeet Ghasi

Birmingham

7.5

Joint British U18 Champion

1st=

Yashodan Gogte

India

7.5

 

1st=

Richard Mycroft

Cambridge

7.5

 

Girls

Sabrina Chevannes

Sutton Coldfield

6.5

British U18 Girls Champion

 

 

 

 

 

Under 16 Championship

 

 

 

1st

William Bennet

Oakham

6.0

British U16 Champion

2nd=

Balvinder Grewal

Nottingham

5.5

Joint British U16 Champion

2nd=

Richard Westwood

Cannock

5.5

 

Girls

Priyanka Desai

India

2.5

British U16 Girls Champion

 

 

 

 

 

Under 15 Championship (within U16)

1st

William Bennet

Oakham

6.0

British U15 Champion

Girls

M Rudula Namibar

India

 

British U15 Girls Champion

 

 

 

 

 

Under 14 Championship

 

 

 

1st

James Hanley

Lancaster

5.5

British U14 Champion

2nd

Peter Constantinou

Bedford

5.0

 

3rd=

Alexei Chernikov

Richmond

4.5

 

3rd=

Anton Chernikov

Richmond

4.5

 

3rd=

Simon Fowler

Shropshire

4.5

 

3rd=

Charlie Fry

Norfolk

4.5

 

3rd=

Jonathan Lai

Newcastle-upon-Tyne

4.5

 

3rd=

Thomas Pym

Shropshire

4.5

 

Girls

no girl

 

 

British U14 Girls Champion

 

 

 

 

 

Under 13 Championship

 

 

 

1st

Thomas Pym

Shropshire

6.0

British U13 Champion

2nd=

Joe Fraser

Sussex

5.5

 

2nd=

Peter Poobalasingam

Somerset

5.5

 

Girls

Robyn Smith

Oldham

4.5

British U13 Girls Champion

 

 

 

 

 

Under 12 Championship

 

 

 

1st= & Girls

Anya Corke

Hong Kong

6.0

British U12 Champion & Girls Champion

2nd=

Murray David

Lutterworth

5.5

 

2nd=

Utkarsh Gupta

India

5.5

 

 

 

 

 

 

Under 11 Championship

 

 

 

1st

Fenil Shah

India

6.5

British U11 Champion

2nd

Eugene Geidelberg

Guildford

5.5

 

3rd= & Girls

Amisha Parmar

Ilkeston

5.0

British U11 Girls Champion

3rd=

Gajern Kailavasan

Richmond

5.0

 

3rd=

Lewis Martin

Swindon

5.0

 

3rd=

Prasanna Rao

India

5.0

 

3rd=

Saravanan Sathyanandha

Barnet

5.0

 

3rd=

Jac Thomas

Monmouth

5.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

Under 10 Championship

 

 

 

1st

Chirakandath Manoj

India

6.5

British U10 Champion

2nd

Prasanna Rao

India

6.0

 

3rd

Sahaj Grover

India

5.5

 

Girls

Sheila Dines

Croydon

5.0

British & Joint English U10 Champion

English=

Anuk Sirisena

Richmond

5.0

Joint English U10 Champion

 

 

 

 

 

Under 9 Championship

 

 

 

1st=

Prasanna Rao

India

6.5

Joint British U9 Champion

1st=

Fenil Shah

India

6.5

Joint British U9 Champion

3rd=

Rhian Hughes

Edinburgh

5.0

British U9 Girls Champion

3rd=

Patrick Butler

Reading

5.0

Joint English U9 Champion

3rd=

Daniel Fernandez

Hertfordshire

5.0

Joint English U9 Champion

3rd=

George Tunstall

Woking

5.0

Joint English U9 Champion

3rd=

Ben Wetherfield

Richmond Juniors

5.0

Joint English U9 Champion

3rd=

Craig Whitfield

Newcastle-under-Lyme

5.0

Joint English U9 Champion

3rd=

Yang-Fan Zhou

Richmond Juniors

5.0

Joint English U9 Champion

Girls

Fay Birch

Surrey

2.0

English Girls U9 Champion

 

 

 

 

 

Under 8 Championship

 

 

 

1sth

Sahaj Grover

India

5.5

British U8 Champion

2nd=

Fenil Shah

India

5.0

 

2nd=

Craig Whitfield

Newcastle-under-Lyme

5.0

English U8 Champion

Girls=

Megan Owens

Monmouth

4.0

British U8 Girls' Champion

Girls=

Stephanie Hale

Millfield

3.0

English U8 Girls Champion

Best Scottish=

Scott Knight

 

3.0

 

Best Scottish=

Matthew Thomas

 

3.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

Roy Clues Trophy for the Most Meritorious Performance by a Welsh Player

 

Megan Owens

Under 8 Championship

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

British Graded Championships

Under 175 Championship

 

 

 

1st=

Paul Botham

Ipswich

4.0

 

1st=

Koichi Nicholas

Stoke Poges

4.0

 

1st=

Alec Toll

Coltishall

4.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

Under 150 Championship

 

 

 

1st=

John Harbour

Bedford

4.5

 

1st=

Chon Lee

Edinburgh University

4.5

 

2nd=

Joshua Hall

Swindon

4.0

 

2nd=

Ankush Khandelwal

Nottingham

4.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

Under 125 Championship

 

 

 

1st

Clive Pemberton

Balsall Common

5.0

 

2nd=

Peter McAfee

Wooton-under-Edge

4.5

 

2nd=

Chantal Sirisena

Richmond

4.5

 

 

 

 

 

 

Under 100 Championship

 

 

 

1st

Tom Peet

Muswell Hill

4.5

 

2nd=

Jeremy Fallowfield

Stourbridge

4.0

 

2nd=

Robert Hart

Chorley

4.0

 

2nd=

Joseph Pym

Telford

4.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

Major Open

1st

GM Evgeny Prokopchuk

Russia

11.0

 

2nd=

Philip Almond

Preston

8.0

 

2nd=

David Buckley

Bath

8.0

 

4th=

Christopher Briscoe

Chessington

7.5

 

4th=

Yashodan Gogte

India

7.5

 

4th=

Sumeet Ghasi

Birmingham

7.5

 

4th=

Richard Mycroft

Cambridge

7.5

 

4th=

Thomas Quilter

Beaconsfield

7.5

 

 

 

 

 

 

Five Day Week 1 - 1 round a day

1st

Neville Gill

Isle of Man

4.5

 

2nd=

Richard Almond

Hastings

4.0

 

2nd=

Carlo Weoman

Luxembourg

4.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

Five Day Week 2 - 1 round a day

1st=

Andrew Dunn

Washington

4.0

 

1st=

Chris Howell

Redhill

4.0

 

1st=

Carey Wilman

Edinburgh

4.0

 

1st=

Joe Watson

Limpley Stoke

4.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

Five Day Week 1 - 2 rounds a day - Harry Baines Week 1

1st

Paul Dupre

Addlestone

8.0

 

2nd=

Paul Smith

Hove

6.5

 

2nd=

Stephen Pride

Cambridge

6.5

 

 

 

 

 

 

Five Day Week 2 - 2 rounds a day - Harry Baines Week 2

1st=

Robert Clegg

Huddersfield

7.0

 

1st=

Colin Ramage

Barking

7.0

 

3rd

Stephen Pride

Cambridge

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rapidplays

Rapidplay - Week 1

 

 

 

1st

Ameet Ghasi

Birmingham

6.0

 

2nd=

Walter Burnett

Scotland

5.0

 

2nd=

Andrew Burnett

Scotland

5.0

 

2nd=

Peter Gayson

Yorkshire

5.0

 

2nd=

Andrew Greet

Cornwall

5.0

 

U130=

Jeremy Fallowfield

Stourbridge

4.0

 

U130=

Callum Gordon

Birmingham

4.0

 

U130=

Mark Hogarth

Surrey

4.0

 

U130=

Paul Smith

Hove

4.0

 

Slow-starter Prize

Neil Carter

East Grinstead

2.5

 

Slow-starter Prize

Henry Christian

Broxbourne

2.5

 

Slow-starter Prize

Richard Heathwood

Edinburgh

2.5

 

Slow-starter Prize

Andrew Inglis

Edinburgh

2.5

 

Slow-starter Prize

James Macrae

Glasgow

2.5

 

Slow-starter Prize

Ian Nisbet

East Kilbride

2.5

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rapidplay - Week 2

 

 

 

1st

Neelotpal Das

India

6.0

 

2nd

Thomas Nixon

Richmond

5.0

 

U130=

Robbie Coleman

Cathcart

3.0

 

U130=

Alastair Girvan

Edinburgh

3.0

 

U130=

Andrew Tucker

Crowborough

3.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weekenders

Atkins Tournament

 

 

 

1st

John Stephenson

Undercliffe

4.5

 

2nd=

Gordon MacArainn

Renfrew

4.0

 

2nd=

Edwin Spencer

Dundee

4.0

 

2nd=

Peter Mercs

Fiveways

4.0

 

2nd=

Kenny Malkin

Kilmarnock

4.0

 

Slow-starter Prize

David Gillespie

Crowwood

3.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

Soanes Tournament (U140)

 

 

 

1st

John Dempsey

Glasgow

4.5

 

2nd=

Robert O'Brien

Largs

4.0

 

2nd=

Robert Clegg

Huddersfield

4.0

 

2nd=

John Ozyer

Brighouse

4.0

 

2nhd=

Jinwoo Song

Kingston

4.0

 

2nd=

Peter Horlock

Godalming

4.0

 

Slow-starter Prize

Tony Pattinson

Tynemouth

3.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yates Tournament (U110)

 

 

 

1st=

Lana Boztas

Ashtead

4.5

 

1st=

Calum McQueen

Giffnock, Renfrewshire

4.5

 

Slow-starter Prize

David Cubitt

Wandering Dragons

3.5