Hampshire Congress 2011 Report (Eastleigh, 4-6 Nov, 2011)
- Report by John Wheeler
- Downloadable results in detail: MS Word format Adobe Acrobat (.PDF)
- Open Section Games and Crosstable
- Major Section Games and Crosstable
Report by John Wheeler
Peter Williams (16) is the new Hampshire County Champion, and will hold the Silver Rook for one year. The defending champion Mike Yeo could not defend his title because of illness, and is happy to ‘lend’ the silver rook for a year, but he intends to reclaim it next time.
(The awards were presented by Rupert Kyrle, Deputy Mayor of Eastleigh).
Craig Hanley won the Open, with Peter Williams in second place and Paul Hackman third. The top two met in round 4, where Peter succumbed surprisingly quickly to the IM.
The grading prize was won by Rohan Shiatis (12).
The major section becomes more popular every year, and was won outright this time by Ian Matthew. In clear second place was Matt Chapman, but third place was shared by Gillian Moore, Alec Samuels and Peter Dallas. The grading prize was shared by Paul Hurn and Mark Stone.
There was another clear winner in the Minor – Gunnar Mallon. Second place was shared by James Farrant, Kevin Sawers and Alex Dore. And the grading prize went to Robert Hewitt.
Here are the full results:
Open.
1. Craig Hanley (Wood Green) (5½ pts)
2. Peter A.Williams (Alton) (5 pts)
3. Paul Hackman (Andover) (4 pts)
Under-175 Grading Prize: Rohan Shiatis (Coulsdon) (3½ pts)
Major (Under-160)
1. Ian Matthew (Portsmouth) (5 pts)
2. Matt Chapman (So’ton University) (4½ pts)
3= Gillian Moore (So’ton), Alec Samuels (So’ton) and Peter Dallas ( Cosham) (4 pts)
Under-140 Grading Prize: Paul Hurn (So’ton) and Mark Stone ( Orpington) (3½ pts)
Minor (Under-125)
1. Gunnar Mallon (So’ton University) (5 pts)
2= James Farrant, Kevin Sawers and Alex Dore (all Southampton) (4½ pts)
Under-100 Grading Prize: Robert Hewitt (So’ton University) (4 pts)
John Wheeler (Sec, Hampshire C.A.) 7/Nov/2011
Games
We are indebted to Arthur Brameld for entering these games and making them available.
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Open Section
Major Section