
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
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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. | ![]() |
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(Left) Grandmaster Simon Williams who won the Open tournament. (Right) Video of the day. |
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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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© All images and artwork, Pieces of Fate, 20th March 2008.