Southend Easter Chess Festival
28 March-1 April 2024
Let’s play chess!
4th Southend Rapid
Prize Winners
Open
1st Jack Liu, 5/6;
2nd Dashiell Shaw, 4½/6;
=3rd IM Jovanka Houska, Ivan Myall, Michael Dougherty, 4/6.
20 players
U1700
1st Yijun Wang, 5/6;
2nd Colin V White, 4½/5;
=3rd Aryan Gohil, Manas Mukhopadhyay, 4/6.
18 players
U1400
1st Alice Harmer, 6/6;
2nd Maadesh Manikandan, 4½/6;
=3rd Luis Gomez, Toby Allen, Joshua Buka, 4/6.
15 players
Links: Full results chess-results.com | Festival Prize List
We are sorry that the facilities available on the day of the Rapid were not what we normally expect to provide. It was drawn to our attention at very late notice that the College would be in full session on that day, the last day of term. We thank the College for their co-operation in ensuring that the rooms for the Rapid and the Masters would still be available. However, the space outside of the playing rooms for parents/family/friends – principally the cafeteria area – was not available until the end of the afternoon; if you were affected by this, thank you for your understanding and co-operation.
Southend 2025
Easter Day next year is Sunday 20 April 2025 and Festival will run from Thursday 17 April-Monday 21 April 2025.
We look forward to seeing you then.
Southend Easter Chess Festival
28 March-1 April 2024
Southend Adult Community College,
Ambleside Drive, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 2UN
Organised by Giant Chess
Chief Arbiter: Adam Raoof
66th Southend Easter Chess Congress
Prize Winners
Open
=1st FM Bob Eames, FM Richard Britton, IM Richard Bates, Denis Dupuis, 5½/7;
Rating U1920 – Charlie Metcalfe, 4½/7;
Rating U1800 – Davi Diniz Afonso, 4½/7;
65 players
U1900
=1st Ryan Colclough, Joshua Burnton, 5½/7;
=3rd Dhriti Anand, Michael Saunders, Aram Swiatkowski, 5/7;
=Rating U1630 Taylor Duke, David Orr, Yijun Wang, 4½/7;
Rating U1500 Seth Woozeer, 5/7;
51 players
U1600
=1st Matthew Jiggins, Matthew Helsby, Joe Eagle, 5½/7;
Rating U1450 Jason Ren, 4½/7;
25 players
U1300
1st Brendan Ellis, 7/7;
2nd Ethan Rickett, 5½/7;
3rd Paul Loasby 4½/7;
Rating U1000 Robert Latypov, 2½/7.
10 players
Links: Festival Prize List | chess-results.com | Open live games (Boards 1-3)
Southend Masters
In addition to the Festival there was also taking place in the College, the 28-player Southend Masters title norms tournament.
You can find the results on chess-results.com and all the Masters games on any of the following links:
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