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Golders Green Rapidplay, 11 December 2004

This month, 59 players competed over four sections. In total, £415.00 in prizes were awarded. All scores are out of six games; ungraded players (UNG) may only win 50% of a prize, the balance going to graded players. Female players (F), Juniors (J) and Seniors (S) are marked where known. Half an hour per player per game. Swiss system (i.e. not a knockout).

NEXT MONTHLY RAPIDPLAY EVENT: January 8th 2005.

OPEN

8 players - £90.00 in prizes

Alex Cherniaev (GM)

238

£45.00

Peter P Taylor

182

£45.00

Antony Hynes

181

4

 

Charles Chakanyuka

175

 

Wolfgang Jekel

146

3

 

MAJOR U160

12 players - £105.00 in prizes

Michael Kobylka

152

£30.00

Helge Hjort (S)

150

£30.00

Robin Huq

123

£30.00

Martin Cutmore

151

 

Jonathan Rubeck

130

£15.00 U145

Emyr Jones (S)

144

3

 

MINOR U130

20 players - £110.00 in prizes

Vivian Woodward (S)

UNG

6

£30.00

K Azizur Rahman

127

£60.00

Paul Kendall

122

4

 

Sir Chris Andrescu

116

4

 

Peter Scott (S)

108

4

£10.00 = U115

Ian Brooke (S)

102

4

£10.00 = U115

Ronnie Cohen

102

 

Gerald Tredinnick (S)

102

 

Tyrone Woo

122

3

 

Michael Connock (S)

108

3

 

Graeme Lennard

90

3

 

AMATEUR U100

19 players - £110.00 in prizes

Kum Loon Cheah

UNG

£30.00

Keong Lee Yeoh

UNG

5

£15.00

Andrew Rubio (S)

87

£45.00

Ben Cameron

91

4

 

Walter Thorpe (S)

90

4

 

Caroline Robson (F)

84

£15.00 U85

Alex Gregory

UNG

 

Peter Taylor scored his first win against the newly-crowned grandmaster! “I think that Cherniaev was winning after I blundered my pawn on a7 despite what he thought at the time.

Cherniaev, A - Taylor, P
Golders Green - Round 3

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Bb4 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bd2 Nc6 9.Bd3 Nf6 10.Bg5 h6 11.Be3 Bd6 12.Qd2 Nb4 13.Bb1 Nbd5 14.0-0 Bd7 15.Ne5 Nxc3 16.bxc3 Bxe5 17.dxe5 Nd5 18.Bd4 Bb5 19.Bd3 Bxd3 20.Qxd3 0-0 21.Bc5 Re8 22.c4 Nb6 23.Bd6 Qd7 24.c5 Nd5 25.Rab1 Qc6 26.Qe4 b6 27.Rfc1 Rac8 28.h4 bxc5 29.Bxc5 Qa6 30.Qd4 Red8 31.a3 Rd7 32.Bd6 Rdd8 33.g3 Rxc1+ 34.Rxc1 Qb6 35.Qc4 Qb2 36.Rc2 Qb1+ 37.Kg2 Qb7 38.Qc6 Qb3 39.Qc4 Qb7 40.Qc6 Qb3 41.Rc4 Qd3 42.Ra4 Qe2 43.Qc5 Nb6 44.Rxa7 Qe4+ 45.Kh2 Nd5 46.a4 g5 47.h5 Qf3 48.Kg1 Qxh5 49.Qd4 Qf3 50.Ra5 h5 51.Rc5 h4 52.Qd2 Nf4 53.gxf4 h3 0-1

Note that 11...Bd6 is a TN recommended by Cherniaev in Weekend Chess after he beat me in June 2002!”


CONTROLLERS: Adam Raoof, Chris Andrescu.
BRITISH CHESS FEDERATION GRADER: Howard Grist, Southend

ORGANISER: Adam Raoof (FIDE International Organiser), (020) 8202 0982

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