28th 4NCL Congress Open took place from 8-10 July at Woodland Grange, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, featuring three tournaments: Open, Under 2000 and Under 1700. All events were played in 5 swiss rounds and gathered nearly 200 participants.
The 2022 Chessable English Chess Champion of two categories: Seniors and Open – GM Mark Hebden, triumphed in the 28th edition of the 4NCL Congress Open scoring 4.5 points. He was the sole Winner of the event, half a point ahead of the group of six players who tied for second place with 4 points: GM Daniel Gormally, IM Gary Quillan, FM Roland Bezuidenhout, Mikhail Sedykh, Matthew Payne and Callum Brewer.
John Garnett and Zak Tomlinson tied for the first place of the Under 2000 event with 4.5/5 points, while three players shared the top of the Under 1700 tournament: Paul Salisbury, Manel Fernando and Magnus Borissow, scoring 4.5/5 points each. (Scroll down for final rankings of all categories)
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Final rankings 28th 4NCL Congress Open:
Rk.
Name
sex
FED
Rtg
TB1
w-we
1
GM
Hebden Mark L
ENG
2546
4.5
0.54
2
GM
Gormally Daniel W
ENG
2494
4
0.09
3
IM
Quillan Gary
ENG
2386
4
0.76
4
FM
Bezuidenhout Roland
RSA
2346
4
0.36
5
Sedykh Mikhail
ENG
2273
4
0.05
6
Payne Matthew J
ENG
2230
4
0.16
7
Brewer Callum D
ENG
2226
4
0.85
8
Gallana Marco
ITA
2344
3.5
-0.84
9
Taylor Adam A
ENG
2288
3.5
-0.3
10
IM
Bradbury Neil H
ENG
2274
3.5
0.63
11
Okhai Shabir
ENG
2265
3.5
-0.15
12
Modi Shyam Jagdish
ENG
2222
3.5
0.66
13
Kolani Arjun
ENG
2163
3.5
0.56
14
Stubbs Oliver
ENG
2134
3.5
1.15
15
Chan Sheng Liang Bernard
MAS
2037
3.5
1.9
16
GM
Davies Nigel R
ENG
2441
3
-1.37
17
Dignam Matthew P
IRL
2289
3
-0.83
18
Zhang Anthony Y
ENG
2237
3
-1.02
19
FM
Walker Martin G
ENG
2232
3
-0.84
20
Carroll Thomas
ENG
2226
3
-0.36
21
Ogunshola Olugbemiga (Ben)
NGR
2224
3
0.07
22
Agnew Alan
ENG
2195
3
0.87
23
CM
Goater Kevin P
ENG
2115
3
1.05
24
Gomez Daniel
ENG
2094
3
1.2
25
Ackley Peter JE
ENG
2092
3
0.47
26
Buanne Luca
ENG
2038
3
1.7
27
Woltery Nicolai
ENG
1930
3
2.01
28
Li Ethan Bingxuan
ENG
1902
3
2.12
29
Schwartz Julius
SCO
2285
2.5
-1.53
30
Burrows Martin P
ENG
2179
2.5
-1.05
31
Ther Mate
ENG
2153
2.5
-0.47
32
WFM
Richmond Jane
w
WLS
2152
2.5
0.26
33
Jina Taran
ENG
2131
2.5
-0.5
34
Seymour Timothy P
ENG
2125
2.5
-0.08
35
Ireland David J
ENG
2106
2.5
-0.75
36
Shearsby Jude
ENG
2071
2.5
0.04
37
Pink Joshua
ENG
2066
2.5
-0.13
38
Weersing Abigail R
w
ENG
2041
2.5
-0.16
39
Cast Julian
ENG
2021
2.5
0.39
40
Verma Shlok
ENG
2012
2.5
0.93
41
Hill Andy
ENG
2008
2.5
1.28
42
Ortiz Sanchez Luis
ESP
2008
2.5
0.75
43
Cave Iwan
ENG
1994
2.5
0.95
44
Larkin Benjamin
ENG
1986
2.5
1.43
45
Gopakumar Siddharth
ENG
1979
2.5
1.04
46
Miller George I
ENG
1847
2.5
1.45
47
Subramanian Anusha
w
ENG
1705
2.5
1.99
48
FM
Martin Lewis
ENG
2273
2
-1.93
49
James Russell A
ENG
2148
2
-1.27
50
Arora Tashika
w
ENG
2090
2
-1.56
51
Phan Stefanus
SGP
2049
2
-0.9
52
Chauhan Pranay
ENG
2047
2
0.52
53
Varley Joe
ENG
2047
2
0.65
54
Pal Rohan
ENG
2022
2
-0.58
55
Gardiner Eric D
ENG
2001
2
0.42
56
Bill Vincenz
ENG
1940
2
0.18
57
Shenbagakumar Gautham
ENG
1934
2
-0.33
58
Jones Steven A
ENG
2348
1.5
-0.98
59
FM
Jackson Oliver A
ENG
2197
1.5
-1.7
60
Mulay Partha
ENG
2139
1.5
-2.06
61
Saunders Aron
ENG
2055
1.5
0.61
62
Brixel Christof
GER
2026
1.5
0.47
63
Gregory Keith DF
ENG
2024
1.5
-0.17
64
Sullivan Daniel JS
ENG
2012
1.5
-0.3
65
Basson Heinrich
RSA
1983
1.5
-0.24
66
Bramson Mike
ENG
1976
1.5
-0.68
67
Murawski Jan
ENG
1963
1.5
-0.01
68
Gibson Christopher A
ENG
1947
1.5
-0.15
69
Wedge David C
ENG
1927
1.5
0.05
70
Vijayakumar Rishi
SCO
1867
1.5
0.23
71
Karas Eugenia
w
ENG
1844
1.5
0.46
72
Cook Ben
ENG
0
1.5
73
Vleeshhouwer Douglas
ENG
2062
1
-1.89
74
Bourne Johnathan D
ENG
1992
1
-1.22
75
Sandhu Manvith
ENG
1952
1
-0.8
76
Liu Jack
CHN
1947
1
-0.93
77
Hertog Alexander
ENG
1801
1
-0.04
78
Modi Kishan J
ENG
2128
0.5
-1.04
79
Simpson Joshua
ENG
2022
0.5
-2.02
.
Final rankings 28th 4NCL Congress U2000:
Rk.
Name
sex
FED
Rtg
TB1
w-we
1
Garnett John S
ENG
1951
4.5
0.55
2
Tomlinson Zak
ENG
1847
4.5
2.25
3
Holmes Matthew A
ENG
1784
4
1.79
4
Brocklehurst Andrew
ENG
1987
3.5
-0.11
5
Turner Lewis A
ENG
1986
3.5
-0.3
6
Sangha Manpreet
ENG
1976
3.5
0.35
7
Brencher Paul
ENG
1959
3.5
-0.29
8
Thynne Trefor F
ENG
1897
3.5
0.55
9
Johnson Richard J
ENG
1886
3.5
0.44
10
Jakhria Kushal
ENG
1853
3.5
0.49
11
Dean Robert A
ENG
1843
3.5
1.05
12
Moss Jack O
ENG
1766
3.5
1.87
13
Dooley Max
ENG
1728
3.5
1.72
14
Isik Muhammed Oguz
ENG
1547
3.5
2.66
15
McDonnell James J
IRL
1934
3
-0.48
16
Jacob Sydney J
ENG
1899
3
-0.7
17
Figueroa Edison
ENG
1888
3
-0.26
18
Singleton Luke
ENG
1859
3
-0.02
19
McLachlan Matthew
ENG
1795
3
0.91
20
Passariello Andrea
ITA
1766
3
0.35
21
Chapman Philip M
ENG
1758
3
1.24
22
Winter Kevin
ENG
1751
3
0.57
23
Sivanandan Bodhana
w
ENG
1588
3
2.13
24
Loog Tiiu
w
ENG
1576
3
1.04
25
Jones Gabriel
ENG
1501
3
1.61
26
Bott Simeon
ENG
1963
2.5
-0.83
27
Obi Okwose Marc
ENG
1962
2.5
-1.06
28
Fearnhead Ben
ENG
1876
2.5
-1.07
29
Hickman John E
ENG
1869
2.5
-0.86
30
Towers Nigel S
ENG
1864
2.5
-0.78
31
Gardner Phillip K
ENG
1863
2.5
-0.64
32
Pyda Arjun
ENG
1789
2.5
-0.71
33
Nilsson Adam
ENG
1766
2.5
0.6
34
Chantrell Paul
ENG
1733
2.5
0.52
35
Burns Kenneth
ENG
1711
2.5
1.16
36
Veselow Zoe
w
ENG
1641
2.5
0.67
37
Daniels David W
ENG
1921
2
-1.71
38
Bowman Richard L
ENG
1893
2
-1.42
39
Gordon Sean
ENG
1890
2
-0.43
40
Wheeler Tim
ENG
1815
2
-1.81
41
Lewis Evan
ENG
1802
2
-1.17
42
Boughen Andrew
ENG
1799
2
-0.95
43
Coward Neil
ENG
1787
2
-1.2
44
Sun Meng
ENG
1745
2
0.28
45
Prince Alan R
ENG
1730
2
-0.01
46
Clark Evan
ENG
1712
2
0.14
47
Timbrell Matthew
ENG
1709
2
0.13
48
Webster Vivien
w
ENG
1614
2
0.81
49
Faulkner Martin J
ENG
1940
1.5
0
50
Garrett Peter A
ENG
1784
1.5
-0.81
51
O’Gorman Brendan
ENG
1762
1.5
-0.59
52
Freund Michael P
ENG
1759
1.5
-0.51
53
Acharya Kandara
w
ENG
1748
1.5
-0.31
54
Vdovycia Titas
ENG
1734
1.5
-0.8
55
McMorran Richard
ENG
1688
1.5
-0.52
56
David Barry AH
ENG
1670
1.5
-0.13
57
Pitt Chris W
ENG
1648
1.5
-0.31
58
Ajimal Jet
ENG
1627
1.5
0.42
59
Sharpe Peter T
ENG
1757
1
-1.61
60
Fisher Neal
ENG
1732
1
-1.21
61
Berridge Martin
ENG
1693
1
-0.7
62
Lekoudis George
ENG
1775
0.5
-1.98
.
Final rankings 28th 4NCL Congress U1700:
Rk.
Name
sex
FED
Rtg
TB1
w-we
1
Salisbury Paul
ENG
1692
4.5
0.5
2
Fernando Manel
w
ENG
1651
4.5
0.79
3
Borissow Magnus
ENG
1528
4.5
2.48
4
Fearnhead Paul N
ENG
1694
3.5
0.12
5
Maher Mike P
ENG
1693
3.5
0.25
6
Seymour Paul
ENG
1674
3.5
-0.07
7
Homer Neil S
ENG
1673
3.5
0.02
8
Harrison Oliver
ENG
1629
3.5
-0.5
9
Blower Trevor R
ENG
1607
3.5
-0.34
10
Bullock Lee
ENG
1582
3.5
0.46
11
Jerome Stellio
ENG
1562
3.5
1.04
12
Khomytska Kateryna
w
UKR
1297
3.5
2.82
13
Pandya Dhairya
ENG
0
3.5
14
Belinger John
ENG
1685
3
-0.3
15
Morrish John
ENG
1678
3
-0.99
16
Jenkins Theo
ENG
1672
3
-0.46
17
Gill Gursharanjit S
ENG
1660
3
-0.83
18
Oliver Peter J R
ENG
1650
3
0.13
19
Madden Jason D
ENG
1521
3
0.82
20
Ravi Vash
w
ENG
1484
3
1.4
21
Khan Khalid
ENG
0
3
22
Sibborn Dale
ENG
0
3
23
Dos Santos Silva Bruno Alexandre
ENG
1679
2.5
-1.02
24
Duffell Andrew
ENG
1599
2.5
-0.43
25
Egan William J
ENG
1589
2.5
-0.23
26
Weersing Nathan
ENG
1560
2.5
-0.35
27
Watkinson Phil K
ENG
1552
2.5
-0.14
28
Cuthbert Larissa
w
ENG
1505
2.5
-0.2
29
Dairi Ramsey
ENG
1496
2.5
0.19
30
Matilal Tamal K
ENG
1424
2.5
0.37
31
WCM
Norman Dinah M
w
ENG
1691
2
-0.41
32
Morris Nigel W
ENG
1619
2
-1.96
33
Ramaraju Siddarth
ENG
1581
2
-0.47
34
Holden Hayden
ENG
1562
2
-0.91
35
Wallman James
ENG
1530
2
-0.04
36
Gibson Stephen
ENG
1511
2
0.32
37
Gowers George
ENG
1439
2
1.36
38
Wright George A
ENG
1407
2
0.14
39
Gregory Gerald
ENG
1385
2
0.58
40
Walker Heather Enid
w
ENG
1184
2
0.78
41
Hamra Morgan
AUS
0
2
42
Morris Cameron
ENG
0
2
43
Usher Frank
ENG
1548
1.5
-0.67
44
Hu Edward
ENG
1380
1.5
0.2
45
Butler Rene
ENG
1267
1.5
1.12
46
Borissow Alastair
ENG
0
1.5
47
Brown Stephen
ENG
0
1.5
48
Graham Aiden
ENG
0
1.5
49
McWilliams Mark D
ENG
1494
1
-0.23
50
Hylands Keith A
ENG
1397
1
-0.41
51
Veeturi Yashvardhan
ENG
1334
1
-0.39
52
Gomez Mario
ENG
1315
1
-0.24
53
Kirkland Arnold G
ENG
1614
0.5
-2.95
54
Dhillon Tarsem
ENG
1593
0.5
-0.37
55
Page Michael
ENG
1581
0.5
-0.81
56
Glass Andrew
ENG
1293
0
0
57
Merrifield Peter
WLS
1115
0
-0.14
.
