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Richmond Rapidplay, 16th January 2000

Peter Large of Putney won the Open section of the 27th Richmond Rapidplay. The IM has an enviable record in this event, which is about the only tournament he chooses to play in these days. Star performer was 12-year-old Jonathan Lappage from Oxford, who beat IM Simon Williams and drew with IMs Marusenko and Sherwin. His rapidplay grade is a modest 123! Richmond juniors dominated the Major, with Ross Rattray 1st on 5½/6. The Minor section was boosted by the presence of 5 juniors from Korea, who had played a match with Richmond Juniors earlier in the week. However, it was won by ungraded Iosef Arutyunyan, who had just come to support his 7-year-old son.

Results:
Open:
1st: IM Peter Large (Putney) 5/6
2nd: GM Aaron Summerscale (Slough) 4½/6
3rd= IM James Sherwin (Bristol), Gavin Wall (Richmond) 4/6
U/190 Grading prize: Adeoye Dasaolu (Enfield)
18 players

Major (U/160)
1st: Ross Rattray (RJCC) 5½/6
2nd:Thomas Nixon (RJCC) 5/6
3rd= Donny Muter (RJCC), Donald Chaudhry (Hounslow) 4½/6
U/140 Grading prize: Jonathan Somekh
19 players

Intermediate (U/120)
1st= Edward Leung (RJCC), Alexander Lim (Hounslow) 5/6
3rd= Mohsen Abedian (Kensington), Matthew Sommer (Camberley)4½/6
U/100 Grading prize: Anton Chernikov, Nicholas Moon, Lakshman Ruthirapathy (all RJCC) 4/6
27 players

Minor (U/80)
1st: Iosef Arutyunyan (London NW1) 5½/6
2nd: Matthew O'Conor (RJCC) 5/6
3rd= Caroline Robson (Enfield), Marco Lizzul (RJCC) 4½/6
5th= Delroy Bennett (Croydon), Sul Han Bit (Korea), Alex O'Toole (Southend), James Porter (RJCC), Desmond Christy (Crystal Palace) 4/6
29 players

27th Richmond Rapidplay
Minor U80
 
Venue: White House Community Association, Hampton
Date of congress: 16/01/00
Organisers: Richmond Junior Chess Club
Controller: Adam Raoof
 
Rate of play: All moves in 30 minutes
Graded for the Rapidplay list by Richard James
  Rapid j/ R O U N D S        
Pos Player Grade /e 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B C D
1 ARUTYUNYAN,Iosif......... 50 d bye+ b10+ w11+ w9= b14+ b4+ 5 470 94
                       
2 O'CONOR,Matthew.......... 50 jd b5- w18+ b15+ w20+ b6+ w9+ 5 6 517 86
                       
3 LIZZUL,A Marco........... 77 j b23+ w12= b24+ b4- w19+ w5+ 6 503 84
4 ROBSON,Caroline J........ 70 b26+ w24+ b5+ w3+ b9= w1- 6 506 84
                       
5 BENNETT,Delroy........... 79 w2+ b19+ w4- b13+ w16+ b3- 4 6 443 74
6 CHRISTY,Desmond.......... 50 d b29+ w7- b17+ b8+ w2- w14+ 4 6 434 72
7 O'TOOLE,Alex P........... 69 j w14+ b6+ b9- w16- w15+ b19+ 4 6 392 65
8 PORTER,James S........... 60 j b24- w21+ b27+ w6- b13+ b20+ 4 6 392 65
9 SUL,Han Bit.............. 50 jd w25+ b13+ w7+ b1= w4= b2- 4 6 465 78
                       
10 KIM,Byung Seo............ 50 jd b22+ w1- b14- w24+ b23+ b11= 6 350 58
11 KIM,Tae Hun.............. 50 jd b18+ w15+ b1- w14- b25+ w10= 6 372 62
12 SNAPE,Joseph A........... 50 jd w20+ b3= w13- b19- w22+ b16+ 6 373 62
                       
13 ASLAM,Jameel............. 42 j b28+ w9- b12+ w5- w8- b25+ 3 6 371 62
14 CALDECOTT,Ralph L........ 50 jd b7- bye+ w10+ b11+ w1- b6- 3 5 219 44
15 KHORASANEE,Reza J........ 38 je w16+ b11- w2- w17+ b7- w23+ 3 6 324 54
16 LEIGHTON,Mark............ 50 d b15- w17+ w25+ b7+ b5- w12- 3 6 375 63
17 O'TOOLE,George E......... 55 j w27+ b16- w6- b15- w28+ b22+ 3 6 288 48
18 REVANS,Tom............... 50 jd w11- b2- b23+ w25- b24+ w26+ 3 6 334 56
                       
19 COOMBES,Fred............. 54 b21+ w5- b20= w12+ b3- w7- 6 325 54
20 WILTSHIRE,Liam........... 50 jd b12- w22+ w19= b2- b26+ w8- 6 264 44
                       
21 ABEDIAN,Mohammed......... 50 d w19- b8- b22- w26- w27+ b28+ 2 6 214 36
22 BURT,Jonathan D.......... 50 jd w10- b20- w21+ w27+ b12- w17- 2 6 205 34
23 CHOI,Hyung Min........... 50 jd w3- b26+ w18- b28+ w10- b15- 2 6 215 36
24 LEE,Tae Woo.............. 50 jd w8+ b4- w3- b10- w18- b27+ 2 6 257 43
25 WOOD,Erroll W............ 84 j b9- w28+ b16- b18+ w11- w13- 2 6 194 32
                       
26 ARUTYUNYAN,Arutyun....... 50 jd w4- w23- b29- b21+ w20- b18- 1 6 120 20
27 ASLAM,Umar............... 50 jd b17- w29+ w8- b22- b21- w24- 1 6 115 19
28 COHEN,Jonathan........... 50 jd w13- b25- bye+ w23- b17- w21- 1 5 31 6
29 MILLSON,Simon............ 50 jd w6- b27- w26+ bye bye bye 1 3 100 33
27th Richmond Rapidplay
Intermediate U120
 
Venue: White House Community Association, Hampton
Date of congress: 16/01/00
Organisers: Richmond Junior Chess Club
Controller: Adam Raoof
 
Rate of play: All moves in 30 minutes
Graded for the Rapidplay list by Richard James
  Rapid j/ R O U N D S        
Pos Player Grade /e 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B C D
1 LEUNG,Edward............. 112 j w15+ b23+ w13+ b6= w4+ w2= 5 6 800 133
2 LIM,Alexander............ 85 d b8+ w17= b19+ w5+ w6+ b1= 5 6 752 125
                       
3 ABEDIAN,Mohsen........... 85 d w25+ b9+ w6- b21+ w10= b13+ 6 712 119
4 SOMMER,Matthew C......... 111 j b22+ w5= b17+ w11+ b1- b10+ 6 697 116
                       
5 CHERNIKOV,Anton S........ 89 j w14+ b4= w23+ b2- w9+ b6= 4 6 673 112
6 LUSHER,Claire E.......... 112 b10+ w12+ b3+ w1= b2- w5= 4 6 650 108
7 MOON,Nicholas MW......... 80 j w13- b18+ w24= b19= b11+ w12+ 4 6 659 110
8 RUTHIRAPATHY,Lakshman.... 87 j w2- b25+ w20+ b9- w21+ b16+ 4 6 590 98
                       
9 ALEXANDER,Peter R........ 94 j b19= w3- b27+ w8+ b5- w22+ 6 552 92
10 YARDLEY,Jamie MD......... 86 j w6- b14+ w16+ b13+ b3= w4- 6 612 102
                       
11 CHERNIKOV,Alexei S....... 96 j w16= b24= w22+ b4- w7- b21+ 3 6 541 90
12 CURRAN,Andrew D.......... 93 w26+ b6- w21- b20+ w19+ b7- 3 6 472 79
13 FLEISCHER,Jeff H......... 106 b7+ w20+ b1- w10- b14+ w3- 3 6 504 84
14 KHORASANEE,Kasim......... 71 j b5- w10- w15+ b23+ w13- b26+ 3 6 506 84
15 RATTRAY,Roland........... 86 b1- w21- b14- w27+ b26+ w20+ 3 6 469 78
                       
16 BARANGA,Nicholas L....... 77 j b11= w19- b10- w25+ b22+ w8- 6 454 76
17 BUCHER,Grant............. 80 j b27+ b2= w4- w22- b25+ bye 5 444 89
18 HALL,Joshua DW........... 88 j b20- w7- b25- w26+ b27+ w19= 6 384 64
19 SEYMOUR,Timothy P........ 72 j w9= b16+ w2- w7= b12- b18= 6 467 78
                       
20 MILLER,Naomi............. 70 j w18+ b13- b8- w12- w23+ b15- 2 6 460 77
21 RUPPRECHT,Jean-Francois.. 85 jd w23- b15+ b12+ w3- b8- w11- 2 6 447 75
22 SNOWDEN,James EH......... 84 j w4- w27+ b11- b17+ w16- b9- 2 6 443 74
23 XUEREB,Joe M............. 100 b21+ w1- b5- w14- b20- w25+ 2 6 406 68
                       
24 DAILLEY,Colin............ 104 bye= w11= b7= bye bye bye 2 176 88
                       
25 BIRT,Derek............... 79 b3- w8- w18+ b16- w17- b23- 1 6 317 53
26 POOBALASINGAM,Iyampillai. 39 b12- bye+ bye b18- w15- w14- 1 4 108 27
                       
27 MCCARTHY,Simon........... 85 d w17- b22- w9- b15- w18- bye 0 5 182 36
27th Richmond Rapidplay
Major U160
 
Venue: White House Community Association, Hampton
Date of congress: 16/01/00
Organisers: Richmond Junior Chess Club
Controller: Adam Raoof
 
Rate of play: All moves in 30 minutes
Graded for the Rapidplay list by Richard James
  Rapid j/ R O U N D S        
Pos Player Grade /e 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B C D
1 RATTRAY,Ross B........... 149 j b15+ w13+ b17+ w4= b10+ w3+ 6 1065 178
                       
2 NIXON,Thomas CM.......... 127 j b4- w8+ b11+ w12+ b6+ b7+ 5 6 973 162
                       
3 CHAUDHRY,S Donald........ 145 w5+ b19+ b10+ w14= b4+ b1- 6 959 160
4 MUTER,Donny.............. 152 j w2+ b18+ w7+ b1= w3- b10+ 6 968 161
                       
5 SOMEKH,Jonathan S........ 118 j b3- b14- bye+ w9+ w18+ b12+ 4 5 678 136
                       
6 BERNADT,Morris W......... 127 w16+ w10- b13+ b7= w2- w14+ 6 774 129
7 GILBERT,Jessie........... 129 j w9+ b12+ b4- w6= b14+ w2- 6 828 138
                       
8 ADCOCK,Justin I.......... 137 b w19- b2- w15+ b13= w11= w16+ 3 6 661 110
9 COLES,Steven J........... 125 d b7- w15+ w18- b5- w13+ b17+ 3 6 696 116
10 DUPRE,Paul D............. 156 w17+ b6+ w3- b18+ w1- w4- 3 6 820 137
11 WALDOCK,Adrian DP........ 106 e b13- w16= w2- b17+ b8= w18+ 3 6 690 115
                       
12 MCCABE,Shane............. 122 bye= w7- b16+ b2- w19+ w5- 5 533 107
13 POOBALASINGAM,Peter...... 84 j w11+ b1- w6- w8= b9- bye+ 5 502 100
14 SONG,Jin Woo............. 125 d b18- w5+ w19+ b3= w7- b6- 6 689 115
                       
15 HEATON,Robert J.......... 122 je w1- b9- b8- bye+ w17- b19+ 2 5 501 100
16 KREUZER,Christopher RL... 100 b6- b11= w12- w19= bye+ b8- 2 5 451 90
17 MACARTHUR,Duncan......... 131 b b10- bye+ w1- w11- b15+ w9- 2 5 508 102
18 PARTINGTON,Anna G........ 111 j w14+ w4- b9+ w10- b5- b11- 2 6 676 113
                       
19 JONES,J Glynn............ 109 b8+ w3- b14- b16= b12- w15- 6 601 100
27th Richmond Rapidplay
Open
 
Venue: White House Community Association, Hampton
Date of congress: 16/01/00
Organisers: Richmond Junior Chess Club
Controller: Adam Raoof
 
Rate of play: All moves in 30 minutes
Graded for the Rapidplay list by Richard James
  Rapid j/ R O U N D S        
Pos Player Grade /e 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B C D
1 LARGE,Peter G............ 215 b15+ w16+ b2= b5= w6+ w9+ 5 6 1435 239
                       
2 SUMMERSCALE,Aaron P...... 231 w3+ b4+ w1= b6- w7+ b5+ 6 1373 229
                       
3 DASAOLU,Adeoye........... 175 d b2- w15+ b16+ w7- b11+ w6+ 4 6 1149 192
4 SHERWIN,James T.......... 175 d b18+ w2- b6- w15+ b14+ w10+ 4 6 1089 182
5 WALL,Gavin............... 220 b7+ w12+ b9= w1= b10+ w2- 4 6 1318 220
                       
6 MARUSENKO,Petr........... 215 b w10= b14+ w4+ w2+ b1- b3- 6 1196 199
7 SHEVELEV,Ilya............ 162 w5- b17+ w13= b3+ b2- w14+ 6 1097 183
8 TAYLOR,Martin R.......... 166 j b11+ w9- b15- w17= b13+ b12+ 6 1036 173
9 WILLIAMS,Simon K......... 219 w14+ b8+ w5= b10- w12+ b1- 6 1215 203
                       
10 LAPPAGE,Jonathan CT...... 123 j b6= w11+ b12= w9+ w5- b4- 3 6 962 160
                       
11 JAMES,Richard............ 147 w8- b10- w17= b18+ w3- b15+ 6 837 140
12 LEDGER,David J........... 193 w17+ b5- w10= b13+ b9- w8- 6 1036 173
13 YOUNG,Craig A............ 139 b16- w18+ b7= w12- w8- b17+ 6 929 155
                       
14 CANNON,Richard J......... 154 b9- w6- b18+ w16+ w4- b7- 2 6 922 154
15 DEVA,Chetan.............. 126 j w1- b3- w8+ b4- b16+ w11- 2 6 877 146
16 WEIDT,Frank.............. 175 d w13+ b1- w3- b14- w15- b18+ 2 6 853 142
                       
17 BEER,Douglas............. 175 d b12- w7- b11= b8= w18= w13- 6 792 132
                       
18 HEALEY,Michael W......... 122 j w4- b13- w14- w11- b17= w16- ½ 6 676 113