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Last update: Tuesday December 2, 2003 12:51

Smith & Williamson Young Masters, 9-17 July 2003

Held at Millfield School, Somerset.

Standings:
1=. Hanley (5th IM norm) & Prokopchuk 6.5/9
3=. Jones & Mah 5.5
5=. Antal, Broomfield, Dearing, Dvorak, Sinkevich & Trent 5

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Final results
1. Prokopchuk 1/2-1/2 Broomfield
2. Hanley 1/2-1/2 Simkevich
3. Mah 1/2-1/2 Antal
4. Jones 1/2-1/2 Dvorak
5. Dearing 1/2-1/2 Trent
6. Palliser 1/2-1/2 S.Buckley
7. Haslinger 1/2-1/2 Addison
8. Jasny 1/2-1/2 Gordon
9. Bigg 1/2-1/2 M.Buckley
10. Pinter 0-1 Nixon

Rated Open Results
1. J. Ezra Lutton (Basildon) 8.5/11 £240
2. Charlie Linford (Brighton) 8 £160
3=. David Bareham (Berkshire), Tom Eckersley-Waites (Saffron Walden) & Ben Purton (Berkshire) 7.5 £66.67
Best Unrated: Tom Eckersley-Waites 7.5 £120
2nd Best Unrated: Peter Roberson (Hampshire) 6.5 £60

Congratulations to the following for gaining FIDE ratings:
Tom Eckersley-Waites (2132 x 10)
Peter Roberson (2120 x 9)
Alexander Combie (1981 x 9)
Tim Seymour (1934 x 9)
Toby Haslinger (1964 x 10)
and for a part-rating:
Ben Edgell (2022 x 7)

Results of the weekend tournament
1. Richard Willis (Northants) 4.5/5
2=. Charlie Fry (Norwich), Graham Hantman (Surrey), Philip Makepeace (Bucks), Adam Prescott (Sussex) & Tom Robinson (Norwich) 4/5
U110 GP. Kasim Khurasanee (Surrey) 3.5
U100 GP. Callum Kilpatrick (south London) 3.5
U80 GP. James Guiney (Surrey) 3/5
U66 GP. Roland Fischer-Vousden (Essex), James Foster (Surrey) & Hari Haran (Herts) 2/5