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

	We are very grateful to Ro Cemm for his kind permission to use his photographs. Click here to look at Ro Cemm's most recent work on Flickr.
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	(Left) the directors of Pieces of Fate - (left to right) Simon Hayward (treasurer), Duncan Badham (chairman) & Duncan Roy (secretary).
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	(Left) Second from left, Paul Selby of the Brighton & Hove Chess Club. (Right) Ian George with his back to the camera and, centre shot, Andrew Caswill playing. Both are members of the Brighton & Hove Chess Club.
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	(Left) Daniel Brooks, a former member of Brighton & Hove Chess Club, with the beer. (Right) Liam King playing Kevin Gee in the foreground and Nathan Gregg playing Charles Holcombe behind them. All are members of Brighton & Hove Chess Club.
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	(Left) Second from left, Paul Selby, a member of Brighton & Hove Chess Club.
	(Left) Grandmaster Simon Williams who won the Open tournament. (Right) Video of the day.

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.

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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.