Golders Green FIDE Rapid Chess
Saturdays from 11am to 5pm at St Luke’s Church in Kidderpore Avenue, London NW3 7SU , just off the A41 Finchley Road. Ok, technically it's Hampstead.
Tired of playing chess online? Come to our North West London FIDE and ECF Rapid Chess tournament, FORMAT - Open, Under 1900, Under 1600, Under 1300 and ECF Under 1100 swiss format tournaments, 6 rounds, 20 mins each plus 5 seconds a move. 11am start, 5pm finish. Enter online now by clicking here
DATES FOR 2024
March 9th, April 6th, May 11th, June 15th, July 13th, Aug 3th, Sep 7th, Oct 12th, Nov 9th
http://goldersgreenchess.blogspot.com is the old web page, but it has lots of useful stuff. Here is how to get to the venue - http://bit.ly/stlukeschess
All participants must be current English Chess Federation members at Silver or above, including titled players. Please forward this page to any chess players who may be interested. If you are UKR registered then please contact the English Chess Federation to claim your FREE English Chess federation membership!
Scroll right down for results from the latest event
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A 6-round FIDE & ECF rated rapid in 5 sections. Free on-street parking.
Time control is 20 minutes per player PLUS 5 seconds added to the clock for each move.
Entry fee for all events is £30.00 paid in advance plus £10.00 for anyone not an ECF Silver member or above. If you are UKR registered then please claim your FREE English Chess federation membership!
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out and contact me.
See you there!
Adam Raoof (adamraoof@gmail.com)
FIDE International Organiser and International Arbiter
PRIZEWINNERS FROM THE EVENT OF 6TH APRIL 2024
Thanks to Rob Hammond, Jo Wildman and Lance Leslie-Smith for all their help today. Our next Golders Green event at the church is 11th May (new format), but before then look out for London Chess League Congress this coming weekend 12 to 14 April, and East Midlands Congress on 27 and 28 April.
Email me, adamraoof@gmail.com, with bank details if you want to claim any prize, or send me a money request on PayPal.
OPEN
1st Alexander Cherniaev (£100) [5.5/6]. 2nd Alex Browning (£50) [5.0/6]
Rating U1850. (£50) Joshua Burnton [3.5/6]
MAJOR
1st Jonathan Rubeck (£100) [6.0/6]. = 2nd Khairul Munadi (£50) [5.0/6], Rating (and =2nd) Lam Ve Nguyen (£50) [5.0/6]
MINOR
1st - Faraz Rahman 6/6 = £60. 2nd = Saiarya Arun and Jonathan Rosen-Webb 4/6 = £30/2 = £15 each
Rating = Oscar Worrall and Joshua Emdon £15.00 each
AMATEUR
1st - Jack Lucas 5.5/6 = £60. 2nd = Niko Petrov and Emmanuelle Li 5/6 = £30/2 = £15 each
Rating prize = Daniel Dugdale and James Clegg £15.00 each
PRIZEWINNERS FROM THE EVENT OF 9TH MARCH 2024
Thanks to Rob Hammond, Ray Cannon and Domenico Napolitano for all their help today. Our next Golders Green event at the church is 6th April, but before then look out for Kensington FIDE Rapid on 17th March!
Email me, adamraoof@gmail.com, with bank details if you want to claim any prize, or send me a money request on PayPal.
Open
1st £100 + 2nd £50 CM Stanley Badacsonyi + IM Peter Large [5.0/6] £75.00 each
Rating £50 Oliver Petrick [4.0/6]
Major
1st £100 Andrii Poliakov [6.0/6], 2nd £50 Julian Llewellyn [5.0/6]
Rating: £50 Thomas Anthony [4.0/6]
Minor
1st Simran Dhillon 6/6 = £60.00, 2nd John McGann 5/6 = £30.00
3rd / Rating Prize:= £30.00 to Albert Eldridge 4/6
Amateur
= 1st - James Chong and Mischa Gerko 5/6 £45.00 each
Rating Prize: Jules Mak 4/6 £30.00
PRIZEWINNERS FROM THE EVENT OF 10TH FEBRUARY 2024
Thanks to Rob Hammond, and Joshua Morris for all their help today.
Email me, adamraoof@gmail.com, with bank details if you want to claim any prize, or send me a money request on PayPal.
Open
1st. Denis K Dupuis (£100) [5.5/6], 2nd. IM Peter G Large (£50) [5.0/6]
Rating - Jamie Doyle (£50) [4.0/6]
Major
1st. Place Tied (£100 + £50 = £50 ea) [5.0/6], - Simon Holin, David J Faulkner and Nayan Keats Rastogi
Rating - Arjun Bharadwaj (£50) [4.0/6]
Minor
1st Joe Eagle 5.5/6 £60.00, 2nd Richard Kulibaev 5/6 £30.00, Rating Prize Ashwath Kumar Kota, Venkata Hemanth Myneni, Rob Coles 4/6 and £10.00 each
Amateur
Zachary Lewis and Vladislav Kazantsev 5/6 £45.00 each
Rating Prize to Vedant Nedungadi 4/6 £30.00
PRIZEWINNERS FROM THE EVENT OF 13TH JANUARY 2024
Thanks to Rob Hammond, and Lance Leslie-Smith for running Golders Green, and for Domenico Napolitano for all his help.
Email me, adamraoof@gmail.com, with bank details if you want to claim any prize, or send me a money request on PayPal.
Open Prizes
1st. £100 Chukwunonso Oragwu [5.0/6]
2nd. £50 IM Peter Large / Robin W Haldane / Daniel J Young / Anirudh Shidlagatta (£12.50 each [4.5/6]
Rating. £50 (U1850) Jinghan Cameron Goh [4.0/6]
Major Prizes
1st. £100 Yashwardhan Shankar [5.5/6]
2nd. £50 Arjun Bharadwaj [5.0/6]
Rating. £50 Sebastian Griffin-Young [4.5/6]
Minor Prizes
Tied 1st [£60 + £30 = 90. 90/3 = £30 each] Benedict Lewis, Delroy Bennett, & Chris Adams (5/6)
Rating Prize Tied [£30/3 = £10 each] Nikolai Averianov, Kestutis Gudovijus, & Medhir Mehta (4/6)
Amateur Prizes
1st Sebastian Toghill 5/6 with £60.00
2nd Julius Lawless-Master 4.5/6 £30.00
Rating Prize: John McGann and William Lin £10.00 each
PRIZEWINNERS FROM THE EVENT OF 14TH OCTOBER 2023
Thanks to Rob Hammond, Lance Leslie-Smith, and Jo Wildman for running this event, and for Domenico for his help. Sign up to our free mailing list at www.chessengland.com for news of the next tournament and much more! Email me, adamraoof@gmail.com, with bank details if you want to claim any prize, or send me a money request on PayPal.
Open Prizes
1st £100 Alexander Cherniaev [5.5/6]
2nd £50 Peter D Lalic [5.0/6]
Rating Prize £50 (£25 each) Iulian Tudor and Liam Clery
Major Prizes
1st. £100 + 2nd. £50 [5.0/6] (£50 each) - Leandro Niels Gervasio, Platon Pushnya, Mohammad Hossein Mozaffari
Rating £50 Salvatore Pepe [4.0/6]
Minor Prizes
1st equal = Alexey Kureev, Yasin Buenadicha Merali, Gunnar Niels 5/6 = 60+30/3 = £30 each
Rating = James Collier = £30
Amateur Prizes
£15 each to: Rodolfo Niels Gervasio and Maya Rebeca Tudor = 5/6
£5 each to: Ivo Nikolov, Jason Williams and Yihua Ding = 4/6
PRIZEWINNERS FROM THE EVENT OF 11TH NOVEMBER 2023
Thanks to Rob Hammond, and Jo Wildman for running this event, and for Domenico Napolitano for all his help. Sign up to our free mailing list at www.chessengland.com for news of 2024 tournaments at Golders Green, Kensington and much more!
Email me, adamraoof@gmail.com, with bank details if you want to claim any prize, or send me a money request on PayPal.
Open Prizes
1st. £100 Tom O'Gorman [5.5/6], 2nd £50 Tom Eckersley-Waites [5.0/6]. Rating £50 Enrico Spataro [4.0/6]
Major Prizes
1st. £100 Anil Ayhan [6.0/6], 2nd. £50 Mohammed Mozaffari [5.0/6]. Rating £50 Jonathan D Smith [3.5/6]
Minor Prizes
1st = Sam Jackson 5.5/6 = £60, 2nd = Samuel Ebbutt 4.5/6 = £30. Rating = Joe Eagle 4.5/6 = £30
Amateur Prizes
1st = Richard Kulibaev 5/6 = £60
2nd Equal = Ruslan Shekhmametev and Vladislav Kazantsev 4.5/6= £30/2 = £15 each
Rating Prize = Lester Mak and Isabel Lamont 3/6= £30/2 = £15 each