Thank you to all who entered this year’s Southend Easter Chess Festival and made it such a vibrant event. Such was the support this year – a record entry since 2015 (inclusive) of 150 in the Congress – that we are able to enhance the guaranteed minimum Prize Fund from £2,700 to £3,500 plus (rounding up the multiple ties, makes an actual figure of £3,517).
No player may win more than one prize in one event and where a player qualifies for more than one prize (e.g. a main prize and a rating prize) the higher amount will be paid.
Congratulations to all the prize winners for whom we are now commencing the process of paying the indicated amounts.
All the results have been submitted to the ECF for rating and the three Rapid sections plus the Congress Open and U1900 have also been submitted for FIDE rating.
| Section | Place/Prize | Title | Player | Score | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RAPID | |||||
| Open | 1st | Jack Liu | 5/6 | £104.00 | |
| 2nd | Dashiel Shaw | 4½/6 | £52.00 | ||
| =3rd | IM | Jovaka Houska | 4/6 | £10.00 | |
| =3rd | Ivan Myall | 4/6 | £10.00 | ||
| =3rd | Michael Dougherty | 4/6 | £10.00 | ||
| U1700 | 1st | Yijun Wang | 5/6 | £104.00 | |
| 2nd | Colin White | 4½/6 | £52.00 | ||
| =3rd | Aryan Gohil | 4/6 | £13.00 | ||
| =3rd | Manas Mukhopadhyay | 4/6 | £13.00 | ||
| U1400 | 1st | Alice Harmer | 6/6 | £104.00 | |
| 2nd | Maadesh Manikandan | 4½/6 | £52.00 | ||
| =3rd | Luis Gomez | 4/6 | £10.00 | ||
| =3rd | Toby Allen | 4/6 | £10.00 | ||
| =3rd | Joshua Buka | 4/6 | £10.00 | ||
| CONGRESS | |||||
| Open | =1st-3rd | FM | Bob Eames | 5½/7 | £250.00 |
| =1st-3rd | FM | Richard Britton | 5½/7 | £250.00 | |
| =1st-3rd | IM | Richard Bates, | 5½/7 | £250.00 | |
| =1st-3rd | Denis Dupuis | 5½/7 | £250.00 | ||
| Rating U1920-1800 | Charlie Metcalfe | 4½/7 | £123.00 | ||
| Rating U1800 | Davi Diniz Afonso | 4½/7 | £123.00 | ||
| U1900 | =1st-2nd | Ryan Colclough | 5½/7 | £296.00 | |
| =1st-2nd | Joshua Burnton | 5½/7 | £296.00 | ||
| =3rd | Dhriti Anand, | 5/7 | £40.00 | ||
| =3rd | Michael Saunders | 5/7 | £40.00 | ||
| =3rd | Aram Swiatkowski | 5/7 | £40.00 | ||
| =Rating U1630-1500 | Taylor Duke | 4½/7 | £27.00 | ||
| =Rating U1630-1500 | David Orr | 4½/7 | £27.00 | ||
| =Rating U1630-1500 | Yijun Wang | 4½/7 | £27.00 | ||
| Rating U1500 | Seth Woozeer | 5/7 | £79.00 | ||
| U1600 | =1st-3rd | Matthew Jiggins | 5½/7 | £128.00 | |
| =1st-3rd | Matthew Helsby | 5½/7 | £128.00 | ||
| =1st-3rd | Joe Eagle | 5½/7 | £128.00 | ||
| Rating U1450 | Jason Ren | 4½/7 | £39.00 | ||
| U1300 | 1st | Ellis Brendan | 7/7 | £188.00 | |
| 2nd | Ethan Ricketts | 5½/7 | £130.00 | ||
| 3rd | Paul Loasby | 4½/7 | £65.00 | ||
| Rating U1000 | Robert Latypov | 2½/7 | £39.00 | ||
| TOTAL | £3,517.00 |
Southend Easter Chess Festival 