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GM Peter Wells wins the 17th South Wales International Chess Tournament

The 17th edition of the South Wales International Chess Tournament took place from 7-12 July in Bridgend. The event was played in 9 rounds, Swiss system, with participation of 49 players.

GM Peter Wells convincingly won the event scoring 8/9 points, thus pocketing a Winner-prize of 800£. Wells was a full point ahead of the runner-up GM Keith Arkell who claimed silver with 7/9 points. As many as five players tied for the third place scoring 6 points, each, with tiebreak criteria favoring IM Jose Camacho Collados. (scroll down for final rankings)

GM Peter Wells wins 17th South Wales International Open; Photo by: britishchessnews

Final rankings – 17th South Wales International Chess Tournament 2022:


Rk.   Name FED Rtg Pts.  TB1 TB2 TB3
1 GM Wells Peter K  ENG 2379 8 0 7 47
2 GM Arkell Keith C  ENG 2400 7 0 5 52
3 IM Camacho Collados Jose  WLS 2410 6 0 5 53
4 FM Richardson John R  ENG 2289 6 0 5 51
5 IM Rudd Jack  ENG 2331 6 0 5 50
6   Murphy Hugh W  ENG 2125 6 0 5 44
7 GM Maksimenko Andrei  UKR 2434 6 0 4 50
8 CM Bullen Alex  WLS 2106 5.5 0 5 43
9 WFM Smith Olivia  WLS 2038 5.5 0 4 50
10   Hill Alistair  ENG 2190 5.5 0 4 48
11 FM Nilsson Joakim  SWE 2213 5.5 0 4 46
12   Menadue Jeremy F S  ENG 1989 5.5 0 4 46
13   Rathbone-Jones Ifan  WLS 1936 5.5 0 4 44
14 FM Waddington Mike P  ENG 2071 5.5 0 4 40
15   Brown Thomas  WLS 2194 5 0 4 47
16   Ralphs Nigel  WLS 1964 5 0 4 43
17 AGM Skettos Nicolas  CYP 1972 5 0 4 36
18   Fowler Hugo  WLS 1873 5 0 3 46
19   Turner Joseph David  WLS 1869 5 0 3 40
20   Jukes Sam  WLS 1906 4.5 0 4 42
21 AGM Van Kemenade Rudy  WLS 1921 4.5 0 4 39
22   Thomas Roy  WLS 1673 4.5 0 4 32
23 FM Blackburn Jonathan L B  WLS 2176 4.5 0 3 49
24   Spanton Tim R  ENG 1889 4.5 0 3 43
25   Gibbs Dominic V  ENG 1873 4.5 0 3 41
26   Robinson David  WLS 1857 4.5 0 3 38
27   De Coverly Roger D  ENG 1914 4.5 0 2 40
28   Fathallah Joe  WLS 1912 4.5 0 2 39
29 ACM Mckenna Joshua  WLS 1658 4 0 4 36
30   Fowler Caspian  WLS 1483 4 0 4 32
31 FM Derakhshani Borna  ENG 2387 4 0 3 51
32 CM Hughes Anthony  WLS 1865 4 0 3 40
33   Gawne Martin  ENG 1724 4 0 3 39
34   Davies Callum  WLS 0 4 0 3 37
35   Khan Mohammed  ENG 1778 4 0 3 28
36   Probert Malcolm  WLS 1572 4 0 2 35
37   Hurn Robert Aj  WLS 1605 3.5 0 2 42
38   Williams Ron  WLS 1589 3.5 0 2 30
39   Dixon Chris  WLS 1696 3.5 0 1 33
40   Jones Jeremy  WLS 1574 3.5 0 1 32
41   Sainbayar Anuurai  ENG 1512 3 0 3 40
42   Farley Harry  ENG 0 3 0 1 34
43   Bridges Paul  WLS 1754 2.5 0 2 38
44   Westcott Dale  WLS 1250 2.5 0 0 37
45   Jones Luke  ENG 0 2.5 0 0 33
46   Harding Gareth  WLS 1808 2 0 1 40
47   Di-Vetta Andrew  WLS 1754 1 0 1 32
48   Emblem Mark  WLS 1437 1 0 0 34
49 FM Kozusek Daniel  WLS 2328 0 0 0 27
  FM Liu Yi  AUS 2297 0 0 0 27
    Volovich Julia  ENG 1783 0 0 0 27
    Allen Edwin  ENG 1442 0 0 0 27

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