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Total Festival Entries
| On 31 Mar 2024 @ 10:28 | Federations |
| All entries | 204 | Bulgaria | France | Norway | USA |
| Sub Totals | | Canada | India | Poland | Wales |
| Rapid | 52 | China | Ireland | Scotland | |
| Congress | 152 | England | Italy | Spain | |
| Notes |
| Ratings shown are March 2024. FIDE ratings reflect revaluation after year-long review of the FIDE rating system. |
| ^ Players marked thus are shown in a higher section than originally entered, due to current rating. |
| FIDE sections sorted by PTR (Provisional Tournament Rating), which is the higher of FIDE and ECF. |
| ECF sections sorted by ECF ratings, but FIDE rating shown where player has no ECF rating. |
| Ratings in italics are Standard rating for an entrant in the Rapid, or vice versa for the Congress. |
4th Southend FIDE Rapid
| FIDE Rapid Open |
| Entries: | 18 | |
| Entry | Name | | Club | Fed | FIDE | ECF | PTR | Byes |
| 10 | Jovanka Houska | IM/WGM | Eng | ENG | 2295 | 2411 | 2411 | |
| 5 | Alan Punnett | | Guildford | ENG | 2062 | 2133 | 2133 | |
| 11 | Arne Hagesaether | | Norway | NOR | 2128 | 0 | 2128 | |
| 8 | Michael Dougherty | FM | Canada | CAN | 2030 | 2103 | 2103 | |
| 3 | Mike Waddington | | Dorchester | ENG | 1990 | 2102 | 2102 | |
| 2 | Russell White | | Chelmsford | ENG | 1878 | 2086 | 2086 | |
| 17 | Dashiell Shaw | | Hackney | ENG | 1951 | 2080 | 2080 | |
| 4 | Jack Liu | | Eng | ENG | 1956 | 2061 | 2061 | |
| 18 | Alex Davis-Loades | | Southend-on-Sea | ENG | 1828 | 2020 | 2020 | |
| 14 | Ivan Myall | | Chelmsford | ENG | 1915 | 1942 | 1942 | |
| 6 | Kevin Williamson | | Leighton Buzzard | ENG | 1924 | 1869 | 1924 | |
| 12 | Charlie Metcalfe | | Tunbridge Wells | ENG | 1804 | 2007P | 1804 | |
| 19 | Yashwardhan Shankar | | Scotland | SCO | 1771 | 1750 | 1771 | |
| 13 | Joshua Burnton | | Muswell Hill | ENG | 1719 | 1763 | 1763 | |
| 7 | Olga Latypova | | Chelmsford | ENG | 1724 | 1734 | 1734 | |
| 15 | James Yiming Wang | | Crowborough | CHN | 1701 | 1728 | 1728 | |
| 16 | Furion Kapitanski | | Lewisham | BGR | 1555 | 1382 | 1555 | |
| 9 | Russell Shanahan | | Chelmsford | ENG | 0 | 1568 | 0 | |
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| FIDE Rapid U1700 |
| Entries: | 19 | |
| Entry | Name | | Club | Fed | FIDE | ECF | PTR | Byes |
| 2 | Dominic Czarnuch | | Eng | ENG | 1691 | 1551 | 1691 | |
| 5 | Taylor Duke | | Southend | ENG | 1617 | 1678 | 1678 | |
| 10 | Yijun Wang | | Crowborough | CHN | 1665 | 1678 | 1678 | |
| 11 | David Ruppert | | Southend | ENG | 1593 | 1660 | 1660 | |
| 6 | Joshua Davis | | Southend | ENG | 1535 | 1615 | 1615 | |
| 18 | Kevin Nazarenus | | Arona | ESP | 1608 | 0 | 1608 | |
| 1 | Paul Haddock | | Pimlico, Wanstead | ENG | 1572 | 1431 | 1572 | |
| 9 | Matthew Jiggins | | Chelmsford | ENG | 1565 | 1386 | 1565 | |
| 19 | Aryan Gohil | | Brentwood Juniors | ENG | 1555 | 1538 | 1555 | |
| 7 | ^ Colin White | | Chelmsford | ENG | 1542 | 1328 | 1542 | |
| 16 | Shivaan Darda | | India | IND | 1506 | 0 | 1506 | |
| 8 | ^ Manas Mukhopadhyay | | Lewisham | ENG | 1504 | 1302 | 1504 | |
| 20 | Lam Vy Le Nguyen | | Kent | ENG | 1412 | 1473 | 1473 | |
| 4 | David King | | Southend | ENG | 0 | 1468 | 1468 | |
| 21 | Trevor Dickerson | | Eng | ENG | 0 | 1441 | 1441 | |
| 3 | ^ Roger House | | Medway | ENG | 1436 | 1310 | 1436 | |
| 17 | Oscar Qin | | Eng | ENG | 1408 | 1102 | 1408 | |
| 14 | Joshua Emdon | | Southend | ENG | 0 | 1240 | 1240 | |
| 22 | Charlie Qin | | Eng | ENG | 0 | 1239 | 1239 | |
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| FIDE Rapid U1400 |
| Entries: | 15 | |
| Entry | Name | | Club | Fed | FIDE | ECF | PTR | Byes |
| 7 | Alice Harmer | | Brit | ENG | 0 | 1271 | 1271 | |
| 5 | Maadesh Manikandan | | Brentwood | ENG | 0 | 1254 | 1254 | |
| 17 | Luis Gomez | | San Diego | USA | 1131 | 0 | 1131 | |
| 1 | Joshua Kenny | | Essex Juniors | ENG | 0 | 1083 | 1083 | |
| 16 | Ethan Ricketts | | Godalming | ENG | 0 | 1029 | 1029 | |
| 9 | Pranav Chandalia | | Eng | ENG | 0 | 977 | 977 | |
| 18 | Akaash Jain | | Essex Juniors | ENG | 0 | 846 | 846 | |
| 14 | Jacob Broad | | CJCC | ENG | 0 | 841 | 841 | |
| 19 | Joseph Felton | | Chelmsford Juniors | ENG | 0 | 829 | 829 | |
| 10 | Dhruv Chandalia | | Eng | ENG | 0 | 792 | 792 | |
| 20 | Alexander Kingston | | Eng | ENG | 0 | 727 | 727 | |
| 13 | Joshua Buka | | Chelmsford Juniors | ENG | 0 | 706 | 706 | |
| 12 | Nikith Vignesh | | Essex Juniors | ENG | 0 | 640 | 640 | |
| 3 | Matt Bennett | | Colchester | ENG | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Toby Allen | | Eng | ENG | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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66th Southend Easter Chess Congress (4 days, 7 Rounds)
| Southend FIDE Open |
| Entries | 64 | |
| Entry | Name | Title | Club | Fed | FIDE | ECF | PTR | Byes |
| 14 | Richard Bates | IM | Hackney | ENG | 2318 | 2382 | 2382 | |
| 27 | Alistair Hill | | Hammersmith | ENG | 2187 | 2290 | 2290 | |
| 50 | Remy Rushbrooke | | Cambridge University | ENG | 2085 | 2287 | 2287 | |
| 57 | Jonathan Arnott | CM | SASCA | ENG | 2113 | 2257 | 2257 | 5 |
| 3 | David Spence | | Eng | ENG | 2186 | 2254 | 2254 | |
| 9 | Bob Eames | FM | Hackney | ENG | 2148 | 2247 | 2247 | |
| 34 | Richard Britton | FM | Hackney | ENG | 2097 | 2231 | 2231 | |
| 73 | Matthew Dignam | | Ireland | IRL | 2079 | 2222 | 2222 | |
| 59 | Oscar Pollack | | Eng | ENG | 2092 | 2209 | 2209 | |
| 2 | Supratit Banerjee | | Scotland | SCO | 2025 | 2193 | 2193 | |
| 31 | Max Pert | | Brentwood | ENG | 2020 | 2187 | 2187 | |
| 10 | Jack Liu | | Eng | ENG | 1992 | 2170 | 2170 | |
| 18 | Michael Dougherty | FM | Canada | CAN | 2086 | 2154 | 2154 | 5 |
| 19 | Balahari Bharat Kumar | | Desert Penguins | ENG | 1936 | 2150 | 2150 | |
| 28 | Alexandr Pereslavtsev | | Upminster | ENG | 1928 | 2134 | 2134 | |
| 11 | Alan Punnett | | Guildford | ENG | 2062 | 2133 | 2133 | |
| 67 | Andrew Brett | | Eng | ENG | 2064 | 2131 | 2131 | |
| 25 | Steve Ledger | | Bedford | ENG | 2002 | 2124 | 2124 | 5 |
| 58 | Liam Varnam | | The Sharks | ENG | 2027 | 2120 | 2120 | 2 |
| 53 | Partha Mulay | | Wanstead Woodford | ENG | 1888 | 2117 | 2117 | |
| 65 | Forbes Welford-Ranson | | Eng | ENG | 2074 | 2116 | 2116 | |
| 7 | Mike Waddington | | Dorchester | ENG | 1951 | 2102 | 2102 | |
| 26 | Paul Williamson | | Maldon | ENG | 2093 | 1993 | 2093 | |
| 74 | Ubong Archibong | | Scotland | SCO | 2042 | 2092 | 2092 | |
| 30 | Denis Dupuis | | Eng | ENG | 1863 | 2080 | 2080 | |
| 51 | Keith Blades | | Sussex Juniors | ENG | 1909 | 2047 | 2047 | |
| 32 | Ivan Myall | | Chelmsford | ENG | 1956 | 1992 | 1992 | |
| 47 | Howard Grist | | Southend | ENG | 1984 | 1987 | 1987 | |
| 52 | John Moore | | Writtle | ENG | 1952 | 1984 | 1984 | |
| 17 | Dylan Wastney | | Reading | ENG | 1901 | 1979 | 1979 | |
| 6 | Ashley Freeman | | Wanstead Woodford | ENG | 1893 | 1978 | 1978 | |
| 66 | Ethan Pang | | Eng | ENG | 1880 | 1975 | 1975 | 5, 6 |
| 60 | Han-Sen Choong | | Eng | ENG | 1730 | 1970 | 1970 | |
| 5 | Julian Llewellyn | | Eng | ENG | 1877 | 1967 | 1967 | |
| 64 | Peter Jaszkiwskyj | | Barking | ENG | 1895 | 1965 | 1965 | |
| 56 | Andrew Fleming | | Bexhill | ENG | 1918 | 1964 | 1964 | |
| 54 | Daniel Ellis | | Hendon | ENG | 1945 | 0 | 1945 | |
| 24 | Charlie Metcalfe | | Tunbridge Wells | ENG | 1852 | 1937 | 1937 | |
| 72 | Adrian Joseph | | Eng | ENG | 1933 | 1718 | 1933 | 1 |
| 21 | Roberta Brunello | | Italy | ITA | 1921 | 1856 | 1921 | |
| 29 | ^ Kevin Williamson | | Leighton Buzzard | ENG | 1916 | 1830 | 1916 | |
| 78 | Hassan Mugalu | | Eng | ENG | 1913 | 1874 | 1913 | 1, 7 |
| 68 | Aayush Dewangan | | Eng | ENG | 1842 | 1908 | 1908 | |
| 23 | David Flynn | | Nomads (Notts) | ENG | 1872 | 1905 | 1905 | |
| 62 | Alex Davis-Loades | | Southend-on-Sea | ENG | 1852 | 1897 | 1897 | |
| 77 | Peter Laundy | | Basildon | ENG | 1891 | 1863 | 1891 | 7 |
| 37 | Tibo Rushbrooke | | Oxford City | ENG | 1852 | 1884 | 1884 | |
| 16 | Olga Latypova | | Chelmsford | ENG | 1831 | 1883 | 1883 | |
| 39 | Berk Edipoglu | | Eng | ENG | 1832 | 1774 | 1832 | |
| 49 | Rezin Catabay | | Colchester Juniors | ENG | 1749 | 1819 | 1819 | |
| 33 | Alan Ronald Prince | | Eng | ENG | 1804 | 1787 | 1804 | |
| 63 | Jon Cave | | Charlton | ENG | 0 | 1785 | 1785 | 4, 6 |
| 48 | Mae Catabay | | Colchester Juniors | ENG | 1728 | 1780 | 1780 | |
| 61 | Roy Hare | | Eng | ENG | 1777 | 0 | 1777 | 1, 2 |
| 70 | Dominik Swiatkowski | | Medway | ENG | 1642 | 1777 | 1777 | |
| 38 | DAVI DINIZ AFONSO | | Wanstead Woodford | ENG | 1693 | 1759 | 1759 | |
| 41 | Conor Beattie | | Buckinghamshire | ENG | 1753 | 1745 | 1753 | |
| 71 | Richard Chiang | | Brit | ENG | 1744 | 1714 | 1744 | |
| 69 | Swati Singha | | Eng | ENG | 1737 | 1717 | 1737 | 1 |
| 76 | Alexis Audran-Reiss | | France | FRA | 1642 | 0 | 1642 | |
| 75 | Seha Konara | | Eng | SCO | 1595 | 1527 | 1595 | |
| 35 | SIDDHARTHA SHANKAR SRIVASTAVA | | India | IND | 1590 | 1546 | 1590 | |
| 20 | Russell Shanahan | | Chelmsford | ENG | 0 | 1568 | 1568 | |
| 55 | Jonathan Ellis | | Hendon | ENG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4, 6 |
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| “Leigh-on-Sea” FIDE and ECF U1900 |
| Entries | 50 | |
| Entry | Name | | Club | Fed | FIDE | ECF | PTR | Byes |
| 52 | Craig Kennedy | | Scotland | SCO | 1886 | 1896 | 1896 | |
| 3 | Philip Staniland | | Wanstead Woodford | ENG | 1837 | 1860 | 1860 | |
| 31 | Dominic Gallagher | | Rose Forgrove | ENG | 1852 | 1699 | 1852 | |
| 40 | Paul Kenning | | Braintree | ENG | 1800 | 1832 | 1832 | |
| 21 | Joshua Burnton | | Muswell Hill | ENG | 1655 | 1830 | 1830 | |
| 1 | Mark Murrell | | Wanstead Woodford | ENG | 1791 | 1826 | 1826 | |
| 36 | Aram Swiatkowski | | Medway | ENG | 1756 | 1814 | 1814 | |
| 19 | Zak Tomlinson | | Barnby Dun | ENG | 1807 | 1772 | 1807 | |
| 5 | Pete Meadows | | Wanstead Woodford | ENG | 1783 | 1730 | 1783 | |
| 38 | Egor Latypov | | Chelmsford | ENG | 1752 | 1782 | 1782 | 1, 5 |
| 55 | Zoe Veselow | | Wanstead Woodford | ENG | 1686 | 1781 | 1781 | |
| 48 | Ryan Colclough | | Wanstead Woodford | WLS | 1758 | 1742 | 1758 | |
| 10 | Jeremy Brockes | | Hampstead | ENG | 1750 | 1754 | 1754 | 4 |
| 37 | Dhriti Anand | | Eng | ENG | 1750 | 1666 | 1750 | |
| 39 | Michael Saunders | | Southend | ENG | 1749 | 1617 | 1749 | |
| 17 | GAVIN JOSEPHS | | Dartford and Swanley | ENG | 0 | 1724 | 1732 | |
| 6 | Simon Riley | | Ipswich | ENG | 0 | 1728 | 1728 | |
| 4 | David Helsby | | Lewisham | ENG | 1547 | 1727 | 1727 | |
| 51 | Yashwardhan Shankar | | Scotland | SCO | 1665 | 1726 | 1726 | |
| 12 | Rian Sarkar | | Eng | ENG | 1706 | 1693 | 1706 | |
| 9 | Michael Hayward | | Bexhill | ENG | 1669 | 1659 | 1669 | |
| 27 | Aarav Sai Katukuri | | Eng | ENG | 1667 | 1628 | 1667 | |
| 41 | Maya Keen | | Epsom | ENG | 1663 | 1577 | 1663 | |
| 50 | Khairul Munadi | | Eng | ENG | 1651 | 1659 | 1659 | |
| 22 | Joshua Davis | | Southend | ENG | 0 | 1640 | 1640 | |
| 30 | Yijun Wang | | Crowborough | CHN | 1540 | 1640 | 1640 | |
| 32 | Muhammad Faheem | | Chelmsford | ENG | 1639 | 1554 | 1639 | |
| 34 | Jane Scott | | Barnet Knights | ENG | 1570 | 1638 | 1638 | |
| 18 | Taylor Duke | | Southend | ENG | 0 | 1622 | 1622 | |
| 16 | David Orr | | DARTFORD & SWANLEY | ENG | 0 | 1615 | 1615 | |
| 7 | Nick Lacey | | Southend | ENG | 0 | 1613 | 1613 | |
| 23 | Shrishti Shiva | | Colchester Juniors | ENG | 1608 | 1470 | 1608 | |
| 44 | Kevin Nazarenus | | Arona | ESP | 1608 | 0 | 1608 | |
| 20 | John Brown | | Eng | ENG | 1607 | 1386 | 1607 | |
| 24 | ^ Dominic Czarnuch | | ENG | ENG | 1581 | 1606 | 1606 | |
| 25 | Oscar Dybowski | | Poland | POL | 1599 | 1568 | 1599 | |
| 29 | James Yiming Wang | | Crowborough | CHN | 0 | 1578 | 1578 | |
| 49 | Máximo Pollack | | Hendon | ENG | 1573 | 1344 | 1573 | |
| 42 | David Harrington | | Chelmsford | ENG | 0 | 1571 | 1571 | |
| 26 | Daniel Dupuis | | Eng | ENG | 1562 | 1284 | 1562 | |
| 11 | Rose Burgess | | Bexhill | ENG | 1547 | 1305 | 1547 | |
| 54 | Lam Vy Le Nguyen | | Kent | ENG | 1525 | 1397 | 1525 | |
| 28 | Ashwin Gopi Krishna | | Wanstead Woodford | ENG | 1471 | 1510 | 1510 | |
| 33 | Colin Ellis | | Brentwood | ENG | 0 | 1507 | 1507 | |
| 58 | Liana Wen | | Eng | ENG | 1470 | 1197 | 1470 | 1 |
| 57 | Nuvee Konara | | Eng | ENG | 1468 | 1176 | 1468 | |
| 56 | Nav Dhinsa | | Medway | ENG | 0 | 1458 | 1458 | |
| 46 | Furion Kapitanski | | Lewisham | BGR | 1456 | 1376 | 1456 | |
| 53 | Simon Jacobs | | Eng | ENG | | 1436 | 1436 | |
| 47 | Seth Woozeer | | SASCA/Doncaster Juniors | ENG | 0 | 1402 | 1402 | 5 |
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| “Westcliff” ECF U1600 |
| Entries | 27 | |
| Entry | Name | | Club | Fed | FIDE | ECF | PTR | Byes |
| 22 | Ben Middleton | | Southend | ENG | | 1589 | 1589 | |
| 12 | Lee Bullock | | Eng | ENG | | 1581 | 1581 | |
| 11 | William Walshe | | Medway | ENG | | 1568 | 1568 | |
| 13 | Matthew Jiggins | | Chelmsford | ENG | | 1558 | 1558 | |
| 7 | David Smith | | Wanstead Woodford | ENG | | 1553 | 1553 | |
| 8 | David King | | Southend | ENG | | 1551 | 1551 | 2 |
| 9 | Isha Aggarwal-Stanbridge | | Southend | ENG | | 1538 | 1538 | |
| 10 | Kenneth Jardine | | Ilford | ENG | | 1521 | 1521 | |
| 24 | Shivaan Darda | | India | IND | 1506 | 0 | 1506 | |
| 18 | Nigel White | | Wanstead Woodford | ENG | | 1504 | 1504 | |
| 1 | Pepperell, James | | Braintree | ENG | | 1503 | 1503 | |
| 23 | Anastasija Royce | | Hammersmith | ENG | | 1491 | 1491 | 1 |
| 17 | Jon Hunt | | Sandwich | ENG | | 1490 | 1490 | |
| 20 | Stephen Simpson | | London | ENG | | 1469 | 1469 | |
| 3 | Matthew Helsby | | Lewisham | ENG | | 1439 | 1439 | |
| 16 | John Jestico | | Wanstead Woodford | ENG | | 1438 | 1438 | |
| 6 | Joe Eagle | | Eng | ENG | | 1436 | 1436 | |
| 15 | Jayden Xia | | Medway | ENG | | 1379 | 1379 | |
| 5 | Keven Lamb | | Chandler’s Ford | ENG | | 1351 | 1351 | |
| 4 | Roger House | | Medway | ENG | | 1345 | 1345 | |
| 14 | Yueci Li | | Kent Juniors | ENG | | 1327 | 1327 | |
| 29 | Com Davids | | Eng | ENG | | | 1304 | |
| 28 | Charlie Qin | | Eng | ENG | | 1287 | 1287 | |
| 27 | Oscar Qin | | Eng | ENG | | 1169 | 1169 | |
| 21 | Mary Cawdery | | Wanstead Woodford | ENG | | 1033 | 1033 | |
| 26 | Jason Ren | | Colchester Junior | ENG | | 965 | 965 | |
| 25 | Spencer Gierszewski | | Eng | ENG | | 0 | 0 | 5, 6 |
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| “Thorpe Bay” ECF U1300 |
| Entries | 11 | |
| Entry | Name | | Club | Fed | FIDE | ECF | PTR | Byes |
| 6 | Paul Loasby | | Gravesend | ENG | | 1216 | 1216 | |
| 1 | John Chapman | | Southend | ENG | | 1166 | 1166 | 4, 6 |
| 12 | Ethan Ricketts | | Godalming | ENG | | 1136 | 1136 | |
| 4 | Brendan Ellis | | Letchworth Juniors | ENG | | 1068 | 1068 | |
| 11 | Carol Quinn | | London | ENG | | 1025 | 1025 | |
| 3 | Callum Ellis | | Letchworth Juniors | ENG | | 1013 | 1013 | |
| 14 | Robert Latypov | | Essex Juniors | ENG | | 615 | 615 | 1, 5 |
| 5 | Eshal Faheem | | Chelmsford | ENG | | 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | Sansara Nagpal | | India | IND | | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | Amaan Sheikh | | Eng | ENG | | 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | Nicole Wen | | Eng | ENG | | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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Southend Easter Chess Festival 