UK Open Blitz 2022 results and qualifiers

… as at 4th September

Results to date can be found at https://chess-results.com/tnr668675.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=15&flag=30 with qualifiers and category prizewinners as below —

Wales – Cardiff 29th August

Open Qualifiers

1		IM	Jose Camacho Collados	WLS		2351	14
2			Oliver Stubbs	ENG	Downend and Fishponds	1971	13

Women’s Qualifiers

6			Bodhana Sivanandan	ENG	Harrow	1626	8.5
7			Lindsay Pyun	ENG		1399	8

Section Winner – A Jose Comacho Collados

London – Golders Green 3rd September

Open Qualifiers

1		GM	Eldar Gasanov	UKR	West London	2454	12
2		GM	Jon S Speelman	ENG	Wood Green	2569	12

Women’s Qualifiers

30			Kamila Hryshchenko	UKR		1938	9
38		WGM	Elmira Mirzoeva	FID		2160	8.5

Section Winners
A – GM Eldar Gasimov (West London); B – CM Jonathan Pein (Celtic Tigers); C – Peter Finn (Cavendish); D – Kabir Pandit; E – Ryan Benguelo; F – Zain Patel; G – Eugenia Karas; H – Arran Airlie; I – Slawomir Kalinowski.

Midlands (Kenilworth – 3rd September)

Open Qualifiers

1		IM	Jonah B Willow	ENG	West Nottingham	2248	14
2		GM	Mark L Hebden	ENG	Syston	2457	13

Women’s Qualifiers

17			Elis Denele Dicen	ENG	Coventry Chess Academy	1420	8
18		WGM	Katarzyna Toma	ENG		2210	8

Section Winners
A – Jonah Willow; B – Shabir Okhai; C – Anusha Subramanian; D – Elis Dicen

Scotland (Edinburgh – 3rd September)

Open Qualifiers

1		CM	Adam Bremner	SCO	Edinburgh	2155	14
2		FM	Keith Ruxton	SCO	Edinburgh	2346	14

Women’s Qualifiers

5		WFM	Louise Head	ENG	Crowthorne	1849	9
10		WIM	Svetlana Sucikova	SVK	Chessable White Rose	2059	9

Section Winners
A – Adam Bremner (Edinburgh); B – Louise Head (Crowthorne) on tie break; C – Frederick Gordon

Northern Ireland (Belfast – 4th September)

Open Qualifiers

1			Koichi Nicholas	ENG	Schach Attack	2075	16½
2			Mandar Tahmankar	IND	NICS	2104	16

Women’s Qualifiers

14			Louison Fuchs	FRA		1394	6
15			Leah Worbey	IRL	Greenisland	1317	4½

Section Winners
A – Koichi Nicholas (Schach Attack); B – Andrew Campbell (Greenisland)

North West (Bolton – 4th September)

Open Qualifiers

1			Jacob Connor Boswell	ENG	Cheddleton	1948	13.5
2			Allan W Beardsworth	ENG	Stockport	2195	11

Women’s Qualifiers

WIM

Natasha Regan

ENG

Barbican

1951

7.5

Section Winners
A – Jacob Connor Boswell; B – Mohammed Khan

South West (Swindon – 10th September)

Open Qualifiers

1	CM	Jonathan Pein	ENG	Celtic Tigers	2140	13
2	FM	Yichen Han	NED		2117	12.5
3	IM	Marcus R Harvey	ENG	4NCL Wood Green	2485	12.5

Women’s Qualifiers

15			Stefanie Duessler	GER		2093	8.5
17		WFM	Meri Grigoryan	ENG	Cavendish	1978	8.5

Section Winners
A – Jonathan Pein; B – Indy Southcott-Myers; C – Dylan Wastney; D – Jude Shearsby

North East (North Shields – 11th September)

Open Qualifiers

1		GM	Daniel W Gormally	ENG	Blackthorne	2554	14
2		FM	Charles H Storey	ENG	Forest Hall	2188	13.5

Women’s Qualifiers

10			Madara Orlovska	LAT	Lewisham	2063	8
12			Anita Somton	ENG		1690	8

Section Winners
A – Daniel Gormally; B – Maksym Larchikov