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Results and Section Winners
The 2022 Online Grand Prix is now complete following the round 10 events in October. Congratulations to the category prize winners, who will be awarded ECF online trophies shortly.
ECF Online Blitz Grand Prix – Category Prize Winners
Open | Senior (Over 50) | Women’s | Junior (U18) | |
1st | Michael Harris | Michael Harris | Elis Denele Dicen | Pengxiao Zhu |
2nd | Chris Davison | John Sharp | Anusha Subramanian | Elis Denele Dicen |
3rd | Tristan Cox | Julian Tang | Karin Bayona | Stanley Badacsonyi |
U2000 | U1700 | U1400 | U1100 | |
1st | Kyle Bennett | Pengxiao Zhu | Jonas Zurba | Louis Buckland |
2nd | Elis Denele Dicen | Rithwik Gururaj | George Calvert | Shaivi Prasad |
3rd | John Sharp | Julian Tang | Louis Buckland | Agreya Agnihotri |
ECF Online Rapid Grand Prix – Category Prize Winners
Open | Senior (Over 50) | Women’s | Junior (U18) | |
1st | Chris Davison | Julian Tang | Elis Denele Dicen | Elis Denele Dicen |
2nd | Tristan Cox | Mark Jones | Anusha Subramanian | Eoin Moore |
3rd | Elis Denele Dicen | Vincent Logan | Caroline Jane Robson | Alex Royle |
U2000 | U1700 | U1400 | U1100 | |
1st | Elis Denele Dicen | Supratit Banerjee | Supratit Banerjee | Neil Bates |
2nd | Kyle Bennett | Anusha Subramanian | Alexander Cant | Supratit Banerjee |
3rd | Eoin Moore | Pengxiao Zhu | Ishanth Reddy Thangella | Ishanth Reddy Thangella |
Series Report
The ECF Online Grand Prix Series started on 2nd January 2022 and ran for 10 months.
The ECF Online Blitz and Rapid Grand Prix Series 2 events were held at 2.00pm on the first Sunday of each month (for the blitz tournaments) and the third Sunday of each month (for the rapid tournaments) from January to October 2022. The leaderboards and schedule can be found below. Email enquiries should be directed to director.homechess@englishchess.org.uk or office@englishchess.org.uk
Find the current Blitz leader boards – https://www.englishchess.org.uk/2022-online-grand-prix-series-blitz-leaderboards/ |
Find the current Rapid leader boards here – https://www.englishchess.org.uk/2022-online-grand-prix-series-rapid-leaderboards/ |
You must be a member or supporter of the ECF to enter. Entry for a single event costs £5.00, or £25.00 for a season ticket (click here to become a member)
Entry is free to titled players (i.e. holders of ECF National Master/CM/FM/WFM/IM/WIM/GM/WGM titles)
Online Blitz Grand Prix Series 2
This will take place on the first Sunday of the month with various time controls and formats as follows –
Event | Date | Style | Duration | Time | Berserk |
1 | 02-Jan | Arena | 90 mins | 5+0 | Off |
2 | 06-Feb | Swiss | 9 rounds | 3+2 | N/A |
3 | 06-Mar | Arena | 90 mins | 3+0 | Off |
4 | 03-Apr | Swiss | 9 rounds | 5+0 | N/A |
5 | 01-May | Arena | 90 mins | 3+2 | Off |
6 | 05-Jun | Swiss | 9 rounds | 3+0 | N/A |
7 | 03-Jul | Arena | 90 mins | 5+0 | On |
8 | 07-Aug | Arena | 90 mins | 3+2 | On |
9 | 04-Sep | Arena | 90 mins | 3+0 | On |
10 | 02-Oct | Swiss | 9 rounds | 3+2 | N/A |
There will be trophy prizes for the top three players in each of the nine Grand Prix categories as follows – Open, Senior (Over 50), Women’s, Junior (U18), U2000, U17000, U1400, U1100. Prizes will be awarded to the highest scoring player in each category based on total cumulative points scored at the end of the events based on the player’s best six scores across all events. Detailed regulations – Online Blitz Grand Prix Regulations 2022
Online Rapid Grand Prix Series 2
Each event will start at 2.00pm on the third Sunday of every month
Event | Date | Style | Duration | Time | Berserk |
1 | 16-Jan | Swiss | 6 rounds | 10+5 | N/A |
2 | 20-Feb | Swiss | 6 rounds | 10+5 | N/A |
3 | 20-Mar | Swiss | 6 rounds | 10+5 | N/A |
4 | 17-Apr | Swiss | 6 rounds | 10+5 | N/A |
5 | 15-May | Swiss | 6 rounds | 10+5 | N/A |
6 | 19-Jun | Swiss | 6 rounds | 10+5 | N/A |
7 | 17-Jul | Swiss | 6 rounds | 10+5 | N/A |
8 | 21-Aug | Swiss | 6 rounds | 10+5 | N/A |
9 | 18-Sep | Swiss | 6 rounds | 10+5 | N/A |
10 | 16-Oct | Swiss | 6 rounds | 10+5 | N/A |
There will be trophy prizes for the top three players in each of the nine Grand Prix categories as follows – Open, Senior (Over 50), Women’s, Junior (U18), U2000, U17000, U1400, U1100. Prizes will be awarded to the highest scoring player in each category based on total cumulative points scored at the end of the events based on the player’s best six scores across all events. Detailed regulations – Online Rapid Grand Prix Regulations 2022