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Oban Congress 2017
Friday 17th November to Sunday 19th November (3 day event)
Royal Hotel, Argyll Square, Oban, PA34 4BE
Time Controls: Regular | Rounds: 5 | Entry Form
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23rd Oban Chess Congress
17th November - 19th November 2017
Royal Hotel, Argyll Square, Oban, Argyll PA34 4BE
1. Open Tournament Prizes 1st £300 + Trophy 2nd £150 3rd £75 Grading Prize £50 Entry Fee £24
2. Challengers Tournament (Grading Limit 1900) (ECF 172) Prizes 1st £200 + Trophy 2nd £100 3rd £50 Grading Prize £50 Entry Fee £24
3. Major Tournament (Grading Limit 1600) (ECF 142) Prizes 1st £200 + Trophy 2nd £100 3rd £50 Grading Prize £50 Entry Fee £24
4. Minor Tournament (Grading Limit 1350) (ECF 117) Prizes 1st £200 + Trophy 2nd £100 3rd £50 Grading Prize £50 Entry Fee £24
Entry Fees: Juniors £12 SCA members £22 Non-members £24
The completed form and required fee should be sent to: Oban Chess Congress,
c/o Duncan Campbell, Alt na Carmaig, Glenmore road, Pulpit Hill, obAN, PA34 4Nb.
enquiries should be directed to Duncan Campbell on 07804 923482 or by email at
duncan.campbell3411@btinternet.com.
Closing date for entries is Saturday 11th November.
entries received after the closing date will be subject to a late entry fee of £3.00
Entrants
Open [27]
Pnum | Name | Club / Federation | National Rating |
3187 | FM Neil M Berry | ED | 2304 |
5400 | IM Andrew J Muir | HA | 2279 |
23574 | Mark E Page | EN | 2121 |
15053 | Stuart A White | BD | 2101 |
5555 | IM Mark J L Orr | WD | 2084 |
3881 | Neil R Farrell | EW | 2070 |
26481 | Peter J E Ackley | EN | 2029 |
4162 | Alan G Grant | CC | 2028 |
11072 | Richard Birkett | IV | 1986 |
8938 | Sai Kong Tsang | CC | 1971 |
14894 | Ali Roy | CK | 1901 |
14372 | Richard L Jennings | BA | 1899 |
4094 | Rosie A Giulian | GI | 1878 |
18930 | Andrew Newton | IV | 1873 |
4866 | Ian A Marks | CC | 1865 |
4482 | Alan Jelfs | EK | 1856 |
27478 | Andrew J Mort | EN | 1829 |
5828 | Stephen Robinson | AR | 1820 |
15018 | Michael Ridge | ED | 1813 |
28173 | Stephen David Harvey | OB | 1802 |
5223 | Stephen G McQuillan | HA | 1780 |
26683 | Nicolas Skettos | PO | 1751 |
23478 | Callum Smith | NJ | 1744 |
22158 | Euan Dawson | CH | 1727 |
22551 | Jake M Sanger | PW | 1708 |
25042 | Marco D`Alessio | LZ | 1658 |
5670 | David A Potts | BH | 1639 |
Challengers [30]
Pnum | Name | Club / Federation | National Rating |
22505 | Robert Kane | ED | 1889 |
3543 | Richard Cochrane | PA | 1887 |
5575 | Joe Parks | KM | 1873 |
26606 | Tony J Slinger | EN | 1866 |
21097 | M John Cawston | EN | 1821 |
26607 | Colin S Procter | EN | 1764 |
4815 | Andrew MacQueen | GI | 1764 |
5319 | Mark Monaghan | CN | 1764 |
7831 | Ralph Stirrat | CN | 1748 |
4230 | David G Hall | PR | 1725 |
23371 | Ben Volland | DL | 1706 |
6052 | Stephen H Smith | ST | 1704 |
4015 | Joe Galbraith | MU | 1702 |
5346 | Robin Moore | GD | 1687 |
3403 | Alistair W I Campbell | EW | 1661 |
9972 | Michael J Roth | PR | 1644 |
3537 | William Clinton | LV | 1636 |
3020 | A Keith Aitchison | ED | 1618 |
5433 | Frankie Murray | EK | 1609 |
24360 | David Burke | NM | 1582 |
25043 | Liam Tang | LZ | 1531 |
10183 | Ian Washington | PR | 1512 |
5812 | Jim Robertson | EK | 1504 |
20808 | Adam Walkowiak | WD | 1467 |
27414 | Gwenole Le Feuvre | PR | 1451 |
27416 | Robert A Gibb | PY | 1450 |
22155 | Tom Constance | CH | 1404 |
24151 | Sambhav Chadha | BD | 1398 |
22809 | Benjamin Ridge | TC | 1390 |
13560 | Gilbert Alomenu | PY | 1347 |
Major [26]
Pnum | Name | Club / Federation | National Rating |
16715 | David Teague | EN | 1590 |
3785 | Richard K Dowling | CO | 1585 |
27984 | Sam Coates | OB | 1566 |
22119 | Norman G Andrews | EN | 1543 |
6188 | Thomas Tait | DA | 1514 |
24235 | Jan Barron-Majerik | IV | 1504 |
5122 | Ian McKechnie | DA | 1501 |
22100 | Ewan Trantor | PO | 1483 |
11408 | Paul H MacDonald | GD | 1467 |
15294 | Simon Kerridge | BD | 1467 |
14346 | Steve Sawaryn | NM | 1439 |
4379 | Iain D Hope | MU | 1429 |
17298 | William Harkins | BY | 1428 |
3774 | Peter J Doris | BS | 1421 |
15673 | Callum Birkett | IV | 1416 |
27082 | Aravind Kumar | WD | 1381 |
3951 | Raymond Flood | DV | 1377 |
10234 | James Dempsey | DA | 1368 |
23999 | Matthew Billcliff | BD | 1363 |
21908 | Liam Richmond | OB | 1353 |
8736 | Bernard Cassidy | HA | 1351 |
6501 | Donald M Wilson | GR | 1351 |
24546 | Jonathan McKay | NJ | 1334 |
24480 | James Hartman | TC | 1256 |
7603 | John Lynch | CH | 1129 |
24225 | David Galbraith | MU | 980 |
Minor [29]
Pnum | Name | Club / Federation | National Rating |
22203 | Caitlin Reid | RS | 1350 |
24918 | Ruairidh McKay | MU | 1344 |
5607 | Walter J Pearson | PH | 1342 |
9229 | Ian Johnson | EN | 1340 |
15536 | Derek W Coope | OB | 1310 |
3991 | Lawrence Freel | HA | 1293 |
27698 | Graham Wilson | CO | 1291 |
24917 | Niels Billcliff | BD | 1283 |
9557 | William Reid | RS | 1265 |
3950 | Hugh S Flockhart | PH | 1259 |
14266 | Mark J Smith | ED | 1223 |
9743 | David Watson | CO | 1199 |
10275 | Malcolm MacMillan | PT | 1162 |
9032 | Daniel H Boyle | BB | 1145 |
26599 | Thor Saemundsson | HA | 1136 |
17397 | Andrew McCulloch | GI | 1086 |
26866 | Andy Heron | PY | 1059 |
13733 | Robert Mcleod | CH | 1042 |
3672 | Alastair P Dallas | DF | 1016 |
3732 | Scott Dickson | GR | 1014 |
13882 | Derek Birkett | IV | 1002 |
25273 | Alasdair Sandham | W3 | 978 |
27991 | Richard Hall | PY | 952 |
13881 | Lisa Paton | CH | 938 |
17971 | Jeffrey M Robinson | OB | 932 |
19782 | David Newton | IV | 609 |
28180 | David Ainsworth | CO | - |
28171 | Jamie Forgrieve | OB | - |
Christopher Sharp | Oban | - |