5th WELLINGTON COLLEGE INTERNATIONAL

(Previously YATELEY MANOR INTERNATIONAL)

Prizes

1st= Thomas Hinks-Edwards 7 £225
1st= Simon Williams 7 £225
3rd= John Cox 6.5 £37.50
3rd= and Best Rating Improvement (+0.94) Andrew Greet 6.5 £62.50
(£37.50+£25)
2nd Best Rating Improvement (+0.77) Peter Roberson 5 £25
Best Unrated Player (Part Rating 2207) Peter Constantinou 6 £50
British Championship Place John Cox 6.5  
British Championship 1st Reserve Andrew Greet 6.5  

Wellington College International	
	
Venue:      Wellington College, Crowthorne, Berkshire	
Date:       30 Jan 2004 to 8 Feb 2004	
Controller: Mr Neville Belinfante	
Timings:    First 40 moves in 120 mins. 60 mins to completion. 	
	
                               Nat Ti FIDE                     R O U N D S	
Pos Player                     lty tl Rtng      Code    1     2     3     4     5     6     7     8     9     A   B  C     D     E     F	
  1 Hinks-Edwards, Thomas....  ENG f  2357     403938  b6+   w8+   b11=  w2-   b32=  w19+  b3+   w4+   b13+   7   8  6   2222  5.44  0.56	
  2 Williams, Simon K........  ENG m  2396     404454  w14+  b4=   w34+  b1+   w3=   b21+  w5=   w8+   b6=    7   7  5½  2213  5.18  0.32	
	
  3 Cox, John J..............  ENG f  2310     401064  w10+  b28+  w7+   b4=   b2=   w11+  w1-   b5=   w15+   6½  8  6   2196  5.28  0.72	
  4 Greet, Andrew N..........  ENG    2305     405817  b32+  w2=   b16+  w3=   bye=  b14+  w21+  b1-   w11+   6½  7  5   2251  4.06  0.94	
	
  5 Constantinou, Peter......  ENG                     bye=  b26+  w13-  b25+  w10=  b12+  b2=   w3=   b18+   6   5  2½  2207        2207	
	
  6 Dignam, Matthew P........  IRL    2159    2501422  w1-   b36+  w28+  b27=  w14-  b25+  w13=  b23+  w2=    5½  7  3½  2173  3.36  0.14	
	
  7 Crichton, Martin.........  IRL    1991    2500973  bye=  w39+  b3-   w23=  b31+  b13=  w15=  w20=  b10=   5   5  2   2158  1.40  0.60	
  8 Gibbs, Dominic...........  ENG                     w13+  b1-   w27-  b12=  w36+  b18+  w10=  b2-   w23+   5   5  1½  2246        2097	
  9 Gilbert, Jessie LC.......  ENG wf 2122     409090  bye=  bye=  bye=  bye=  bye=  b10=  w23-  b25+  w20+   5   3  2½  2056  1.77  0.73	
 10 Lock, Gavin R............  ENG    2138     408646  b3-   w24+  b19=  w22+  b5=   w9=   b8=   bye=  w7=    5   4  1½  2099  2.20 -0.70	
 11 Lyell, Mark..............  ENG    2272     402354  w20+  b15+  w1=   b13+  w21-  b3-   w14+  bye=  b4-    5   8  4½  2203  4.80 -0.30	
 12 Quintana, Marcos.........  MEX                     w29+  b17=  b21-  w8=   b20+  w5-   w28+  b13-  b19+   5   6  3½  2098        2111	
 13 Radovanovic, Jovica......  SCG    2217     915912  b8-   w33+  b5+   w11-  b16+  w7=   b6=   w12+  w1-    5   4  1   2195  2.12 -1.12	
 14 Roberson, Peter T........  ENG    2102     412384  b2-   w25+  b20=  w24+  b6+   w4-   b11-  w17+  b16=   5   7  3½  2179  2.73  0.77	
 15 Varnam, Liam D...........  ENG    2066     410950  bye=  w11-  b39+  w32=  b23=  w38+  b7=   w19+  b3-    5   5  2   2131  2.05 -0.05	
	
 16 Matthews, Adrian MS......  ENG                     b22+  bye+  w4-   b21-  w13-  b28-  w31+  b29+  w14=   4½  5   ½  2175        1809	
 17 Pickersgill, Adrian O....  ENG    2093     404519  bye=  w12=  b22=  w33-  b26=  w31+  b20=  b14-  w30+   4½  2   ½  2080  1.04 -0.54	
 18 Song, Jinwoo J...........  ENG                     bye=  w32-  b33-  w35+  b24+  w8-   w25+  b30+  w5-    4½  3  2   1967        1980            	
	
 19 Hillman, Jamie O.........  ENG    1972     411159  b23=  w21=  w10=  b36+  bye=  b1-   w26+  b15-  w12-   4   4  1   2184  0.92  0.08	
 20 Low, Ying Min............  SIN    2057    5800595  b11-  w23+  w14=  b34=  w12-  b30+  w17=  b7=   b9-    4   6  2   2095  2.70 -0.70	
 21 Nixon, Thomas CM.........  ENG    2209     410306  bye=  b19=  w12+  w16+  b11+  w2-   b4-                4   4  1½  2236  1.84 -0.34	
 22 Radford, Darren..........  ENG                     w16-  b29+  w17=  b10-  w25-  b26=  w30-  b31+  b40+   4   3   ½              	
 23 Snowden, James EH........  ENG                     w19=  b20-  w29+  b7=   w15=  bye=  b9+   w6-   b8-    4   6  2½  2061        2004	
	
 24 Kelly, Paul J............  ENG                     bye=  b10-  w26+  b14-  w18-  bye=  bye=  b38+  w25-   3½  3  0               	
 25 Seymour, Timothy P.......  ENG    1973     412112  bye=  b14-  w30+  w5-   b22+  w6-   b18-  w9-   b24+   3½  3  0   2128  0.87 -0.87	
 26 Sirisena, Chantal........  ENG w                   bye=  w5-   b24-  b38+  w17=  w22=  b19-  w44+         3½  2   ½              	
	
 27 Borg, Andrew.............  MLT    2123    5600065  bye=  w34=  b8+   w6=   b33=                           3   2  1   2073  1.14 -0.14	
 28 Giles, Benjamin..........  NZL    2040    4300866  w30+  w3-   b6-   b31-  b39+  w16+  b12-               3   2  0   2235  0.50 -0.50	
 29 James, David.............  ENG                     b12-  w22-  b23-  w40+  w30-  b39+  b38+  w16-  w37-   3   0  0   1785         	
 30 Jurjevic, Robert.........  CRO                     b28-  w38=  b25-  w39=  b29+  w20-  b22+  w18-  b17-   3   4  0   2041        1364	
 31 Lobo, Richard A..........  ENG                     b34-  w35+  b32-  w28+  w7-   b17-  b16-  w22-  b44+   3   6  2   2007        1882	
 32 Milnes, Anthony CP.......  ENG    2108     409634  w4-   b18+  w31+  b15=  w1=                            3   3  1   2243  0.96  0.04	
 33 Truslove, Arthur.........  ENG                     bye=  b13-  w18+  b17+  w27=                           3   3  1½  2144        2144            	
	
 34 Martin, Katie A..........  ENG w  1987     411809  w31+  b27=  b2-   w20=  bye=                           2½  3  1   2172  0.78  0.22	
	
 35 Cohen, Ronnie............  ENG    1820     412082  bye=  b31-  w36-  b18-  w38+                           1½  0  0   1804  2.08 -1.08	
 36 Hogarth, Mark............  ENG                     bye=  w6-   b35+  w19-  b8-                            1½  3  1   1984        1859            	
	
 37 Belinfante, Neville......  ENG                                                                     b29+   1   0  0               	
 38 Clark, Ray...............  ENG                           b30=        w26-  b35-  b15-  w29-  w24-  b41=   1   2  0               	
 39 Guiney, James............  ENG                     bye=  b7-   w15-  b30=  w28-  w29-                     1   3  0   1984        1859            	
	
 40 Clark, Andrew J..........  ENG                           bye=        b29-                          w22-    ½  0  0            	
 41 Coombes, Fred............  ENG                                                                     w38=    ½  0  0               	
 42 Dunn, Alan...............  ENG    2111    4300858  bye=  def-                                              ½  0  0                	
	
 43 McIntyre, Paul...........  ENG                                                                            0   0  0                	
 44 Seymour, Paul............  ENG                                                               b26-  w31-   0   0  0            	
	
Index:	
     A = Player's score.	
     B = Number of rated opponents played (N).	
     C = Score against rated opponents (W).	
     D = Average rating of rated opponents (Rc). Not show for unrated players if B < 4.	
     E = Rated players:   Score expectation against rated opponents (We).	
         Unrated players: '--' if player scored more than 50%.	
     F = Rated players:   Actual score less expected score. This must be multiplied by K to get change of rating.	
         Unrated players: FIDE Performance rating.	
     K = 25 for up to 30 FIDE rated games, K = 15 until rating reaches 2400, then K = 10.

BCF R O U N D S Pos Player Grade 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D 1 Hinks-Edwards, Thomas.... 215B b6+ w8+ b11= w2- b32= w19+ b3+ w4+ b13+ 7 9 1971 219 2 Williams, Simon K........ 209A w14+ b4= w34+ b1+ w3= b21+ w5= w8+ b6= 7 9 1948 216 3 Cox, John J.............. 209A w10+ b28+ w7+ b4= b2= w11+ w1- b5= w15+ 6½ 9 1880 209 4 Greet, Andrew N.......... 210A b32+ w2= b16+ w3= bye= b14+ w21+ b1- w11+ 6½ 8 1751 219 5 Constantinou, Peter...... 151A bye= b26+ w13- b25+ w10= b12+ b2= w3= b18+ 6 8 1454 182 6 Dignam, Matthew P........ 178A w1- b36+ w28+ b27= w14- b25+ w13= b23+ w2= 5½ 9 1663 185 7 Crichton, Martin......... 154A bye= w39+ b3- w23= b31+ b13= w15= w20= b10= 5 8 1253 157 8 Gibbs, Dominic........... 158B w13+ b1- w27- b12= w36+ b18+ w10= b2- w23+ 5 9 1533 170 9 Gilbert, Jessie LC....... 181A bye= bye= bye= bye= bye= b10= w23- b25+ w20+ 5 4 663 166 10 Lock, Gavin R............ 171A b3- w24+ b19= w22+ b5= w9= b8= bye= w7= 5 8 1333 167 11 Lyell, Mark.............. 199A w20+ b15+ w1= b13+ w21- b3- w14+ bye= b4- 5 8 1574 197 12 Quintana, Marcos......... 145B w29+ b17= b21- w8= b20+ w5- w28+ b13- b19+ 5 9 1440 160 13 Radovanovic, Jovica...... 191A b8- w33+ b5+ w11- b16+ w7= b6= w12+ w1- 5 9 1558 173 14 Roberson, Peter T........ 173A b2- w25+ b20= w24+ b6+ w4- b11- w17+ b16= 5 9 1586 176 15 Varnam, Liam D........... 161A bye= w11- b39+ w32= b23= w38+ b7= w19+ b3- 5 8 1280 160 16 Matthews, Adrian MS...... 145A b22+ bye+ w4- b21- w13- b28- w31+ b29+ w14= 4½ 8 1151 144 17 Pickersgill, Adrian O.... 157A bye= w12= b22= w33- b26= w31+ b20= b14- w30+ 4½ 8 1067 133 18 Song, Jinwoo J........... 138A bye= w32- b33- w35+ b24+ w8- w25+ b30+ w5- 4½ 8 1125 141 19 Hillman, Jamie O......... 156A b23= w21= w10= b36+ bye= b1- w26+ b15- w12- 4 8 1202 150 20 Low, Ying Min............ 135* b11- w23+ w14= b34= w12- b30+ w17= b7= b9- 4 9 1285 143 21 Nixon, Thomas CM......... 206A bye= b19= w12+ w16+ b11+ w2- b4- 4 6 1166 194 22 Radford, Darren.......... 93A w16- b29+ w17= b10- w25- b26= w30- b31+ b40+ 4 9 923 103 23 Snowden, James EH........ 123A w19= b20- w29+ b7= w15= bye= b9+ w6- b8- 4 8 1123 140 24 Kelly, Paul J............ 143A bye= b10- w26+ b14- w18- bye= bye= b38+ w25- 3½ 6 762 127 25 Seymour, Timothy P....... 160A bye= b14- w30+ w5- b22+ w6- b18- w9- b24+ 3½ 8 1104 138 26 Sirisena, Chantal........ 117A bye= w5- b24- b38+ w17= w22= b19- w44+ 3½ 7 860 123 27 Borg, Andrew............. 176E bye= w34= b8+ w6= b33= 3 4 670 168 28 Giles, Benjamin.......... 158* w30+ w3- b6- b31- b39+ w16+ b12- 3 7 970 139 29 James, David............. 69* b12- w22- b23- w40+ w30- b39+ b38+ w16- w37- 3 9 702 78 30 Jurjevic, Robert......... 88 b28- w38= b25- w39= b29+ w20- b22+ w18- b17- 3 9 821 91 31 Lobo, Richard A.......... 101A b34- w35+ b32- w28+ w7- b17- b16- w22- b44+ 3 9 1033 115 32 Milnes, Anthony CP....... 155A w4- b18+ w31+ b15= w1= 3 5 854 171 33 Truslove, Arthur......... 146A bye= b13- w18+ b17+ w27= 3 4 707 177 34 Martin, Katie A.......... 138A w31+ b27= b2- w20= bye= 2½ 4 590 148 35 Cohen, Ronnie............ 114A bye= b31- w36- b18- w38+ 1½ 4 356 89 36 Hogarth, Mark............ 143D bye= w6- b35+ w19- b8- 1½ 4 506 127 37 Belinfante, Neville...... 111C b29+ 1 1 121 121 38 Clark, Ray............... 61D b30= w26- b35- b15- w29- w24- b41= 1 7 371 53 39 Guiney, James............ 108A bye= b7- w15- b30= w28- w29- 1 5 401 80 40 Clark, Andrew J.......... 66B bye= b29- w22- ½ 2 62 31 41 Coombes, Fred............ 60A w38= ½ 1 61 61 42 Dunn, Alan............... 147* bye= def- ½ 0 0 0 43 McIntyre, Paul........... 138E 0 0 0 0 44 Seymour, Paul............ 133D b26- w31- 0 2 118 59 Index: A = Player's score B = Number of graded games played C = Total grading points D = Grading performance
Wellington College International; list of players on 29th January 2004 Age No Name Rating Group Club 1 Williams, Simon K 2380 4NCL Richmond 2 Hinks-Edwards, Thomas 2357 4NCL Richmond 3 Cox, John J 2310 4NCL Barbican 4 Greet, Andrew N 2297 Cambridge City 5 Lyell, Mark 2272 Hackney 6 Nixon, Thomas CM 2226 (U18) 4NCL Richmond 7 Radovanovic, Jovica 2217 4NCL MindsportsLtd.com 8 Roberson, Peter T 2172 (U15) Basingstoke Juniors 9 Dignam, Matthew P 2159 (U16) Berkhamsted 10 Borg, Andrew 2123 4NCL Nidum Knights 11 Gilbert, Jessie LC 2122 (U17) Coulsdon & Purley 12 Lock, Gavin R 2117 Crawley 13 Dunn, Alan 2111 Croydon * 14 Milnes, Anthony CP 2108 Maidenhead 15 Pickersgill, Adrian O 2093 Guildford 16 Varnam, Liam D 2066 (U19) Maidenhead 17 Low, Ying Min 2057 Cambridge University 18 Hillman, Jamie O 2035 (U16) Wood Green 19 Crichton, Martin 1991 Cavendish 20 Martin, Katie A 1987 (U15) Three C's 21 Seymour, Timothy P 1973 (U17) Athenaeum 22 Cohen, Ronnie 1820 Albany 23 Gibbs, Dominic 158 Flying Teapots 24 Constantinou, Peter 151 (U15) Bedford Modern School 25 Truslove, Arthur 146 (U14) Camberley 26 Matthews, Adrian MS 145 Leighton Buzzard 27 Quintana, Marcos 145 Birmingham University 28 Hogarth, Mark 143 4NCL Hilsmark Kingfisher 29 Kelly, Paul J 143 Hastings & St Leonards 30 McIntyre, Paul 138 South Norwood 31 Song, Jinwoo J 138 Kingston 32 Walker, Gary 124 South Birmingham 33 Snowden, James EH 123 (U14) Richmond Juniors 34 Sirisena, Chantal 117 (U14) Ashtead 35 Jurjevic, Robert 115 Ashtead 36 Guiney, James 108 (U15) Ashtead 37 Lobo, Richard A 101 (U12) Petts Wood & Orpington 38 Radford, Darren 93 Portsmouth 39 James, David 69 Brighton & Hove 40 Clark, Ray 61 Gerrards Cross These print outs were produced by Tournament Director (v4.3) which is available from Neil Hayward, 85 Windsor Road, Swindon, Wiltshire. SN3 1LG. Tel: 01793 336941 EMail: tournament.director@ntlworld.com

Details

This event is FIDE rated and part of the British Chess Federation Grand Prix. The event takes place over 2 weekends

Friday 30th January to Sunday 1st February 2004 and Saturday 7th to Sunday 8th February 2004

Venue: Wellington College, Crowthorne, Berkshire RG45 7PU - (35 miles south west of London)

Tournament Director: IM Andrew Martin. - Chief Controller: Neville Belinfante (BCF Arbiter)

Background

This growing event allows players to improve/obtain their international FIDE rating without taking a week off from studies/work. If there is a sufficiently large non-English entry with high enough grades then IM norms may be possible. We expect more IM's this year.  If you are from outside England and need a visa ask the Tournament Secretary for a letter to support your visa application.

Format

A 9 round Open FIDE Swiss tournament over 2 weekends. Players who can only enter one weekend should contact the tournament secretary. Rate of play is 40 moves in 2 hours, followed by all remaining moves in 1 hour. There will be no adjournments.

Timetable (round starting times)

Friday 30th Jan. 18.00; Saturday 31th Jan. 9.00 and 16.00; Sunday 1st Feb. 9.00 and 16.00
Saturday 7th Feb. 9.00 and 16.00; Sunday 8th Feb. 9.00 and 16.00

Prizes Fund £1000

This includes a paid for place in the 2004 British Championships. The prize fund and allocation (e.g. grading & junior prizes) depends on entry. The organisers reserve the right to reduce prizes.

Entry fees:

GM, IM, WGM, WIM free;
FM & WFM £25;
players rated 2300 & above £ 30;
players rated 2100 ? 2295 £40;
players rated 1800 - 2095 £50;
BCF175 or higher £60;
players below BCF175 £70.
Deductions: players under 21 yrs on 1st January 2004 £10;
players over 60 yrs on 1st January 2004 £10;
disabled players (apply in confidence) £10.
BCF Direct Members can claim a £2 refund (show membership card to the organisers at the event).

Venue

Wellington College www.wellington-college.berks.sch.uk in Crowthorne, Berkshire. Enter from junction of Sandhurst Road and Crowthorne Road.  Situated 35 miles south west of London between M3 (junction 4) and M4 (junction 10) and within easy reach of M25 and M40.  For map enter post code RG45 7PU on internet site www.multimap.com.  Crowthorne station (on Gatwick-Guildford-Reading line) is 1hour from London Paddington (via Reading) or London Waterloo (via Wokingham or Bracknell) call Train Information 08457 484950 or National Travel 0870 6082608. Smoking is not permitted at the venue except in designated areas. Light refreshments will be provided.

Tournament conditions

Byes (for any tround) can be requested on the entry form. FIDE and BCF rules require FIDE rated players to be members of their national federation.

The organizers reserve the right to refuse any entry without assigning a reason. Grades will be taken from the latest FIDE or national list.

Results will be graded by both FIDE and BCF.

Cheques should be made payable to 'Southern Chess' (send stamped addressed envelope for confirmation). A late entry fee of £3 will be charged on entries post marked after 27th January 2004. Entries at the venue will be at the discretion of the organizers (telephone first to check availability of places). Refunds will only be made if notification of withdrawal is made to the Tournament Secretary at least 24 hours before the event starts. A deduction of 20% will normally be made from any refund of entry fee.

Enquiries

Entries, requests for an accommodation list, travel details, detailed map and other enquiries should be addressed to either:
Ray Clark High Cedars, Oak End Way, Gerrards Cross, Bucks, SL9 8DA
Tel. (44) (0)7802 306210 (Mon.-Fri. daytime) or Tel. (44) (0)1753 883300 (other times)
E-mail rayclark.mc@tiscali.co.uk
or
Andrew Martin 41 New Road, Sandhurst, Camberley, Surrey. GU17 8EF
Tel. (44) (0)1252 870235 E-mail andrew@wizard100.demon.co.uk


YATELEY MANOR INTERNATIONAL - Entry Form

Send entries to: 
Ray Clark  High Cedars, Oak End Way, Gerrards Cross, Bucks, SL9 8DA   
Tel. (44)(0)7802 306210 (day) or (44)(0)1753 883300 (evenings & 
weekends) or  e-mail  rayclark.mc@tiscali.co.uk

I wish to play in this Swiss event 30th Jan. -1st Feb. (rounds 1-5) 
and 7th ? 8th Feb. 2004 (rounds 6-9)  

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