PIECES OF FATE

2008 Brighton Rapid Play Chess Tournament

28th September 2008, Royal Albion Hotel, Brighton, 35 Old Steine, Brighton, BN1 1NT.

30 minutes per player per game.

Results

Open		Major (ECF 100 - 140)		Minor (ECF <100)
1st	Simon Williams GM (£100)	1st	Paul Kelly (£80)	1st	Trevor Dickerson (£60)
Joint 2nd	Donald MacFarlane, Francis Rayner, Luke Rutherford (£23.33 each)	2nd	Amogh Sarpotdar (£40)	2nd	Julien Frank, Felix Haxby, Matt Kelly, Sue Chadwick (£12.50 each)
Grading Prize	Malola Prasath (£20)	3rd	Matthew Lenton, Robin Shaw, Paul Smith, Dona Strauss (£5 each)	Grading Prize	Dom de Silva (£20)
		Grading Prize	Ram Mohan (£20)

Photographs

Photographs and video of the tournamen to follow.

Here is our chairman and tournament controller, Duncan Badham, sitting in the playing room for the 2008 rapid play tournament, dreaming up future events, such as a full scale Brighton & Hove Chess Congress!

Here is a bird's eye view of the venue. The windows on the ground floor at the right of the Royal Albion Hotel are those looking out from the tournament room.

*Pieces of Fate Ltd is recognised by HMRC (the Inland Revenue) as a charity

but it is not registered with the Charity Commission because its income and assets are below the thresholds for registration.

Registered Office: Pieces of Fate, 11 Jew Street, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 1UT. Registered in England, Company No. 6541316.