Renfrew Congress 4th-6th May 2018

[Gary McPheator]

As has been announced elsewhere, a second Renfrew Chess Congress of the season will take place 4th-6th of May.

Tournaments

Renfrew Congress Championship

A new addition for players graded 1900 and above by Chess Scotland with an additional prize for a perfect 5 out of 5 score. This bonus starts off at £100 and if it is not won this time around it will rollover to the next congress in our series, Largs. The bonus has the potential to add up to £500 on top of our first prizes for the premier section at our congresses!

Fide Rated U2000

A chance for some Fide rated games for those graded under 2000 by Fide.

U1700

Open to all players rated under 1700 by Chess Scotland.

U1400

Open to all players rated under 1400 by Chess Scotland

Fide Rated Open Rapidplay

A one day Allegro that will be Fide rated, a rarity in Scottish chess.

Fide Rated Open Blitz

A fun one day event, also Fide rated.

Players taking part in our U2000, U1700 & U1400 sections have an additional prize to aim for with our Masters Grand Prix, which will award £100 to the player with the most points collected from our congresses at Kirkcaldy, Renfrew & Largs during the 2017/18 season. The latest standings are as follows:

U2000

1st Stephen McQuillan 7.5
2nd Ian Marks 7
3rd= Nicolas Skettos 5.5
3rd= Douglas Will 5.5
3rd= Mike Ridge 5.5

U1700

1st William Clinton 9
2nd Keith Aitchison 7.5
3rd Frank Park 3.5
4th= Raymaond Flood 3
4th= Frankie Murray 3
4th= Mathew Billcliff 3

U1400

1st Walter Pearson 7
2nd= Derek Coope 6.5
2nd= Graham Wilson 6.5
4th Dave Watson 5.5
5th Lee Bishop 4.5

[JMcNicoll]

As has been announced elsewhere, a second Renfrew Chess Congress of the season will take place 4th-6th of May.

Tournaments

Renfrew Congress Championship

A new addition for players graded 1900 and above by Chess Scotland with an additional prize for a perfect 5 out of 5 score. This bonus starts off at £100 and if it is not won this time around it will rollover to the next congress in our series, Largs. The bonus has the potential to add up to £500 on top of our first prizes for the premier section at our congresses!

Fide Rated U2000

A chance for some Fide rated games for those graded under 2000 by Fide.

U1700

Open to all players rated under 1700 by Chess Scotland.

U1400

Open to all players rated under 1400 by Chess Scotland

Fide Rated Open Rapidplay

A one day Allegro that will be Fide rated, a rarity in Scottish chess.

Fide Rated Open Blitz

A fun one day event, also Fide rated.

Players taking part in our U2000, U1700 & U1400 sections have an additional prize to aim for with our Masters Grand Prix, which will award £100 to the player with the most points collected from our congresses at Kirkcaldy, Renfrew & Largs during the 2017/18 season. The latest standings are as follows:

U2000

1st Stephen McQuillan 7.5
2nd Ian Marks 7
3rd= Nicolas Skettos 5.5
3rd= Douglas Will 5.5
3rd= Mike Ridge 5.5

U1700

1st William Clinton 9
2nd Keith Aitchison 7.5
3rd Frank Park 3.5
4th= Raymaond Flood 3
4th= Frankie Murray 3
4th= Mathew Billcliff 3

U1400

1st Walter Pearson 7
2nd= Derek Coope 6.5
2nd= Graham Wilson 6.5
4th Dave Watson 5.5
5th Lee Bishop 4.5

Games from the Under 2000 can be found here. To view all games either go full screen or resize the games window.

[Gary McPheator]

Entries will be taken up to noon on Friday 4th May, but players who enter by midnight of Friday 20th April will be entered into a prize draw to win half price entry to all sections that they playing in over the weekend.

[Gary McPheator]

If you don't fancy 3 days of chess in one of our congress sections, why not play in either our Fide one day events ( Rapidplay and Blitz ) or even both. And again, enter by midnight tonight for a chance to get half price entry to the event!

[Gary McPheator]

Twenty five people will enter the prize draw for half price entry to May's Renfrew Congress, with seven of them also having a chance to win half price entry for a calendar year at my events. Both draws will take place before Round 3 on Saturday 5th May!

[Gary McPheator]

There is still rooms available at our venue, the Normandy Hotel. A Single is £59.45 PRPN and a Double/Twin is £78.90 PRPN (both including breakfast) when you mention you are taking part in the congress while booking. Contact details for the hotel are on the entry form.

[Gary McPheator]

A few announcements:

The Renfrew Congress Championship will, due to the number of entrants, be merged with the U2000 section this weekend. Both sections will however maintain their individual prize structures, and the merger will also mean that all games between those Fide rated under 2200 will now be Fide graded, not just under 2000.

The Fide Rapidplay has been cancelled due to lack of interest. My apologies to those who have contacted me in the last couple of days wishing to enter after the decision to cancel had been made.

There is still time to enter the main congress, with entries being taken up to noon tomorrow, and also the Fide Blitz, which will be open to new entrants up to 6pm on Saturday. If you do not currently have a Fide Identification Number please enter earlier so that one can be arranged for you.

Provisional draws and results and from the weekend will be available on this thread.

[JMcNicoll]

Draws, results and tables will appear online here.

Round 4 results and round 5 draw now available in all 3 sections.

Quickplay now finished. Full results on web. Please check the FIDE report for accuracy if you played in the Quickplay.

U1700 section now finished and all results posted. 4 games still ongoing with 2 of interest to the prize list. And don't forget the Armageddon tie breakers.

U1400 section finished now. And that's the Champ/U2000 done, no doubt Gary will post a list of winners but Steve Mannion won the Championship.

All games will be published later.

[Gary McPheator]

Prize Winners

Championship

1st - IM Stephen Mannion (4.5/5) £150 & Trophy

U2000

1st - Leopold Adrian (4/5) £200
1st Grading Prize - Derek McCormack (3.5/5) £50
2nd Grading Prize - Nicolas Skettos (2.5/5) £50

U1700

1st= (1st after tiebreak) - William Clinton (4/5) £110
1st= (2nd after tiebreak) - Joseph Watson-McFie (4/5) £90

U1400

1st - Niall Fergusson (5/5) £200
1st Grading Prize - Craig Fay (4/5) £50
2nd Grading Prize = Ananth Subramaniam (2.5/5) £25
2nd Grading Prize = John Samson (2.5/5) £25

Blitz

1st - Lennart Koehn (8/9) £40

Prize Draw

CM Paul Roberts - Half price entry to all congresses I run for a calendar year
Allan Buchan - Half price entry to the Renfrew congress

[JMcNicoll]

Championship/U2000  games are here.

Under 1700 games are here.