RICHMOND JUNIOR CHESS CLUB
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 11 2000

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The 29th Richmond Rapidplay, organised by Richmond Junior Chess Club, was held at the White House Community Association, Hampton on Sunday 9 April. Once again it was the younger participants who made the headlines.

Richmond's young 4NCL stars Richard Bates and Simon Williams took first and second place in the Open, with Richard's Round 3 win proving decisive. The third IM, Graeme Buckley, lost two games, to Richard Bates and to 12-year-old Jonathan Lappage, of Oxfordshire.

The Major fell to Donny Muter, while there were successes for young players in both the Intermediate and Minor sections, 9-year-old Sussex star Sebastian Pozzo won the Intermediate section with 5½/6 and Alex O'Toole, aged 8, from Essex, triumphed in the Minor section with the same score. In a great day for the O'Toole family, Alex's younger brother George, aged only 6, scored 4/6 in the Minor, sharing 4th place, while big brother Antony, 11, shared 3rd place in the Intermediate section.

PRIZEWINNERS:

OPEN:
1st Richard Bates (Richmond) 5/6
2nd Simon Williams (Sussex Univ) 4½/6
3rd Gerald Moore (Hayes, Middx) 4/6
U190 Jonathan Lappage (Kidlington) 3/6
12 players

MAJOR:
1st Donny Muter (W London) 5/6
2nd Morris Bernadt (S London) 4/6
9 players

INTERMEDIATE:
1st Sebastian Pozzo (SE London/Sussex) 5½/6
2nd Dominic Bennett (Canterbury) 5/6
3rd= Peter Alexander (Surbiton/RJCC) 4/6
Anton Chernikov (SW London/RJCC) 4/6
Jeff Fleischer (E London) 4/6
Antony O'Toole (Southend) 4/6
Peter, Anton and Antony also shared the U100 Grading Prize
23 players

MINOR:
1st Alex O'Toole (Southend) 5½/6
2nd= Tim Powell (Hoddesdon) 4½/6
Chantal Sirisena (SW London/RJCC) 4½/6
4th= Alex Brett (SW London) 4/6
Adam Gordon (SW London) 4/6
Ben Hutter (Epsom) 4/6
Marco Lizzul (Hampton/RJCC) 4/6
George O'Toole (Southend) 4/6
24 players

 
29th Richmond Rapidplay
Open
 
Venue: White House Community Association, The Avenue, Hampton, Middx
Date of congress: 09/04/00
Organisers: Richmond Junior Club
Controller: Adam Raoof
 
Rate of play: All moves in 30 minutes
Graded for the Rapidplay list by Richard James
  Rapid j/                
Pos Player Grade /e 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B
1 BATES,Richard A.......... 215 bye= b11+ w2+ w4+ b3+ w5= 5 5
                   
2 WILLIAMS,Simon K......... 219 b3= w12+ b1- w8+ b5+ w6+ 4½ 6
                   
3 MOORE,Gerald............. 200 e w2= b6+ w5= b7+ w1- b8+ 4 6
                   
4 BUCKLEY,Graeme N......... 228 w9+ b5= w7+ b1- w6- b10+ 3½ 6
5 LEWIS,Andrew P........... 198 e w6+ w4= b3= b9+ w2- b1= 3½ 6
                   
6 LAPPAGE,Jonathan CT...... 123 j b5- w3- b10+ w11+ b4+ b2- 3 6
7 PHILLIPS,Roy............. 194 b12= w8+ b4- w3- b10= w11+ 3 6
                   
8 KAPADIA,Sujit R.......... 160 b w11= b7- w12+ b2- w9+ w3- 2½ 6
                   
9 OSBORNE,Marcus E......... 187 b4- w10+ b11+ w5- b8- b12- 2 6
                   
10 BOZTAS,Kenan............. 137 j b13- b9- w6- b12+ w7= w4- 1½ 6
11 REUBEN,Stewart........... 173 e b8= w1- w9- b6- w12+ b7- 1½ 6
12 SOMEKH,Jonathan S........ 118 j w7= b2- b8- w10- b11- w9+ 1½ 6
                   
13 JAMES,Richard............ 147 w10+ bye bye bye bye bye 1 1
 
29th Richmond Rapidplay
Major U160
 
Venue: White House Community Association, The Avenue, Hampton, Middx
Date of congress: 09/04/00
Organisers: Richmond Junior Club
Controller: Adam Raoof
 
Rate of play: All moves in 30 minutes
Graded for the Rapidplay list by Richard James
  Rapid j/                
Pos Player Grade /e 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B
1 MUTER,Donny.............. 152 j b4+ w2- b3+ w8+ w6+ b2+ 5 6
                   
2 BERNADT,Morris W......... 127 b9+ b1+ w7+ b5+ w3- w1- 4 6
                   
3 PARTINGTON,Anna G........ 111 j b8+ b5= w1- w10+ b2+ w4- 3½ 6
                   
4 HEATON,Robert J.......... 122 je w1- w9- b8+ b6- w5+ b3+ 3 6
                   
5 MACARTHUR,Duncan......... 131 b b6+ w3= b9+ w2- b4- bye 2½ 5
6 POOBALASINGAM,Peter...... 84 j w5- w8- b10= w4+ b1- b8+ 2½ 6
                   
7 JAMES,Richard............ 147 bye+ b10+ b2- bye bye bye 2 2
8 WRIGLEY,Simon............ 134 w3- b6+ w4- b1- bye+ w6- 2 5
                   
9 COLES,Steven J........... 130 d w2- b4+ w5- bye bye bye 1 3
10 HOGAN,Douglas............ 130 d bye= w7- w6= b3- bye bye 1 3
 
29th Richmond Rapidplay
Intermediate U120
 
Venue: White House Community Association, The Avenue, Hampton, Middx
Date of congress: 09/04/00
Organisers: Richmond Junior Club
Controller: Adam Raoof
 
Rate of play: All moves in 30 minutes
Graded for the Rapidplay list by Richard James
  Rapid j/                
Pos Player Grade /e 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B
1 POZZO,Sebastian.......... 93 j b22+ w2+ b17+ w13+ b8+ w3= 5½ 6
                   
2 BENNETT,Dominic L........ 112 w20+ b1- w4+ b19+ w5+ b7+ 5 6
                   
3 ALEXANDER,Peter R........ 94 j b8- w22+ b18= w10+ w9+ b1= 4 6
4 CHERNIKOV,Anton S........ 89 j bye= b5= b2- w15+ w18+ b13+ 4 5
5 FLEISCHER,Jeff H......... 106 b18= w4= w12+ b6+ b2- w8+ 4 6
6 O'TOOLE,Antony J......... 75 j b13- w21+ b10+ w5- w19+ b11+ 4 6
                   
7 PORTER,James S........... 60 j b14= bye= w23+ b9= w17+ w2- 3½ 5
8 SEYMOUR,Timothy P........ 72 j w3+ b9+ b13= w11+ w1- b5- 3½ 6
9 XUEREB,Joe M............. 100 b21+ w8- b15+ w7= b3- w14+ 3½ 6
                   
10 CHERNIKOV,Alexei S....... 96 j bye= b15= w6- b3- w20+ b19+ 3 5
11 KREUZER,Christopher RL... 100 b16= w18+ b14+ b8- w13= w6- 3 6
12 SNOWDEN,James EH......... 84 j w24= w16= b5- b20= w21= b17+ 3 6
13 WIEDER,Adam K............ 95 j w6+ b19+ w8= b1- b11= w4- 3 6
                   
14 HARRISON,Albert G........ 94 w7= b20+ w11- w17- b22+ b9- 2½ 6
15 HUNG,Alistair............ 77 j b17= w10= w9- b4- b16= w18+ 2½ 6
16 RIXON,Thomas............. 105 b w11= b12= w19- b18- w15= b21+ 2½ 6
17 SMITS,Pier............... 90 d w15= b24+ w1- b14+ b7- w12- 2½ 6
                   
18 BIRT,Derek............... 79 w5= b11- w3= w16+ b4- b15- 2 6
19 BOZTAS,Lana.............. 80 b23+ w13- b16+ w2- b6- w10- 2 6
20 MOON,Nicholas MW......... 80 j b2- w14- b21= w12= b10- w22+ 2 6
                   
21 BARANGA,Nicholas L....... 77 j w9- b6- w20= w22= b12= w16- 1½ 6
22 LAPPAGE,Daniel........... 7 j w1- b3- w24+ b21= w14- b20- 1½ 6
                   
23 POOBALASINGAM,Iyampillai. 39 w19- bye+ b7- bye bye bye 1 2
                   
24 MCCARTHY,Simon........... 90 d b12= w17- b22- bye bye bye ½ 3
 
29th Richmond Rapidplay
Minor U80
 
Venue: White House Community Association, The Avenue, Hampton, Middx
Date of congress: 09/04/00
Organisers: Richmond Junior Club
Controller: Adam Raoof
 
Rate of play: All moves in 30 minutes
Graded for the Rapidplay list by Richard James
  Rapid j/                
Pos Player Grade /e 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B
1 O'TOOLE,Alex P........... 69 j w23+ b18+ w19+ b6+ w10+ w3= 5½ 6
                   
2 POWELL,Timothy J......... 68 w3+ b19- w18+ b10= b4+ w6+ 4½ 6
3 SIRISENA,Chantal N....... 50 jd b2- w22+ b12+ w7+ b5+ b1= 4½ 6
                   
4 BRETT,Alexander I........ 63 w18- b23+ w9+ b15+ w2- b10+ 4 6
5 GORDON,Adam RC........... 50 jd b12+ w10- b8+ w19+ w3- w16+ 4 6
6 HUTTER,Ben............... 68 jb b22+ w8+ b15+ w1- w11+ b2- 4 6
7 LIZZUL,A Marco........... 77 j w16+ b14+ w10- b3- b13+ w11+ 4 6
8 O'TOOLE,George E......... 55 j w11+ b6- w5- b18+ w21+ b14+ 4 6
                   
9 NAKAR,Adam............... 50 jd b21+ w15= b4- w12+ b14- w18+ 3½ 6
10 SMITH,Chris.............. 50 jd w20+ b5+ b7+ w2= b1- w4- 3½ 6
                   
11 BENNETT,Delroy........... 79 b8- w21+ b13+ w14+ b6- b7- 3 6
12 DANKER,George............ 50 jd w5- b17+ w3- b9- w22+ b20+ 3 6
13 FELSINGER,Owen........... 50 jd w14- b20+ w11- b23+ w7- b21+ 3 6
14 GILLARD,Andrew L......... 61 b13+ w7- b16+ b11- w9+ w8- 3 6
                   
15 CALDECOTT,Ralph L........ 50 jd w17+ b9= w6- w4- b16- b22+ 2½ 6
16 COOMBES,Fred............. 54 b7- w24+ w14- b17= w15+ b5- 2½ 6
17 DODD,Matthew J........... 70 j b15- w12- b22+ w16= b18- w24+ 2½ 6
                   
18 BURT,Jonathan D.......... 50 jd b4+ w1- b2- w8- w17+ b9- 2 6
19 GONZALEZ,Antonio......... 48 b24+ w2+ b1- b5- bye bye 2 4
20 HOU,Jing Da.............. 50 jd b10- w13- b24+ w21- b23+ w12- 2 6
21 LEWIS,Mark E............. 50 jd w9- b11- w23+ b20+ b8- w13- 2 6
                   
22 HUTTER,Joseph............ 34 j w6- b3- w17- w24+ b12- w15- 1 6
23 MUCCINI,Gian P........... 40 b1- w4- b21- w13- w20- bye+ 1 5
24 SIRISENA,Anuk............ 50 jd w19- b16- w20- b22- w25+ b17- 1 6
                   
25 POOBALASINGAM,Iyampillai. 39 bye bye bye bye b24- bye 0 1