Results 2021/22 - Speed Chess Grand Prix
This competition runs from May to September with nine events of 'five', 'ten' or 'fifteen' minute games. Points are awarded for the top four places (20, 12, 8 and 4 respectively) and one point for taking part. The player with the highest points total at the end of all nine events holds the Speed Chess Grand Prix trophy for one year. The results of the 'ten' and 'fifteen' minute games are sent for ECF rapidplay rating at the end of each month.
An incremental time control is in operation. For 'five' minute games the time control is three minutes plus three seconds per move, for 'ten' minute games the time control is six minutes plus five seconds per move and for 'fifteen' minute games the time control is ten minutes plus five seconds per move.
Grand Prix Standings
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Pos | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Total |
1 | Stephen L Wedlock 1 | 12 | 20 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 16 | | 3 | 8 | 104 |
2 | Howard Grist | 8 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 85 |
3 | Michael J Saunders | 4 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 80 |
4 | David Ruppert | 1 | 1 | 5 | | | 1 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 52 |
5 | Julian Corfield | 20 | | | | | 1 | | | | 21 |
6 | Colin M Newton | | 10 | | | 8 | 1 | | | | 19 |
=7 | Taylor R Duke | | 10 | 5 | | 1 | | | | 1 | 17 |
=7 | Dennis B Paul | 1 | | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | | | 17 |
9 | Nick J Lacey | 1 | 1 | | | 1 | | | 8 | | 11 |
10 | Joshua Emdon | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
11 | Graham Ballinger | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 8 |
=12 | Joshua Davis | | | 1 | | | | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
=12 | Fred R Whitefield | | | | | | 6 | | | 1 | 7 |
=14 | David J King | | | | | | 1 | | | 3 | 4 |
=14 | Stuart A Pithers | | | | 1 | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
=14 | Elias Samaha | 1 | | 1 | 1 | | 1 | | | | 4 |
17 | John R Chapman | | | | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 3 |
18 | James I Courtenay | | | | | 1 | | 1 | | | 2 |
=19 | Mike Horne | | | | | | | 1 | | | 1 |
=19 | Adam JM Moyse | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
=19 | Michael Raja | | | | | | 1 | | | | 1 |
=19 | Stewart Russell | | | | | | | 1 | | | 1 |
=19 | Elliot Tamatave | 1 | | | | | | | | | 1 |
=19 | Christopher Wray | | | | | | | 1 | | | 1 |
=19 | Daniel Wren | | 1 | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Total | GP |
1 | Julian Corfield | X | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 20 |
2 | Stephen L Wedlock | 1 | X | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8½ | 12 |
3 | Howard Grist | 0 | 1 | X | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 |
4 | Michael J Saunders | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 |
5 | Elias Samaha | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
6 | Nick J Lacey | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
7 | David Ruppert | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
8 | Dennis B Paul | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3½ | 1 |
9 | Joshua Emdon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
10 | Elliot Tamatave | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 |
11 | Graham Ballinger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 0 | 1 |
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| Player | Rating | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Total | Perf | GP |
1 | Stephen L Wedlock | e2035 | X | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8½ | 2186 | 20 |
2 | Taylor R Duke | e1325 | 0 | X | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1733 | 10 |
3 | Colin M Newton | e1848 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1859 | 10 |
4 | Howard Grist | e2073 | ½ | 1 | 0 | X | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6½ | 1929 | 4 |
5 | David Ruppert | 1460 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1682 | 1 |
6 | Michael J Saunders | e1900 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1624 | 1 |
7 | Joshua Emdon | 1259 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1366 | 1 |
8 | Nick J Lacey | 1365 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1306 | 1 |
9 | Daniel Wren | e1396 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 1186 | 1 |
10 | Graham Ballinger | e1268 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 0 | 694 | 1 |
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| Player | Rating | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Total | Perf | GP |
1 | Howard Grist | 2055 | w8+ | b6+ | w2+ | b4+ | w3+ | 5 | 2637 | 20 |
2 | Michael J Saunders | 1856 | w10+ | b4+ | b1- | w5+ | b6+ | 4 | 2035 | 12 |
3 | Taylor R Duke | 1874 | b7+ | w5- | b6+ | w9+ | b1- | 3 | 1754 | 5 |
4 | Stephen L Wedlock | 2062 | b5+ | w2- | b7+ | w1- | w9+ | 3 | 1856 | 5 |
5 | David Ruppert | 1663 | w4- | b3+ | w8+ | b2- | w7+ | 3 | 1805 | 5 |
6 | Dennis B Paul | 1729 | b9+ | w1- | w3- | b10+ | w2- | 2 | 1632 | 1 |
7 | Joshua Davis | 1426 | w3- | b10+ | w4- | b8+ | b5- | 2 | 1558 | 1 |
8 | Joshua Emdon | 1452 | b1- | w9+ | b5- | w7- | b10- | 1 | 1278 | 1 |
9 | Graham Ballinger | 1257 | w6- | b8- | w10+ | b3- | b4- | 1 | 1320 | 1 |
10 | Elias Samaha | e1400 | b2- | w7- | b9- | w6- | w8+ | 1 | 1291 | 1 |
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| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Total | GP |
1 | Stephen L Wedlock | X | 1½ | 1½ | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 20 |
2 | Howard Grist | ½ | X | 1 | 1½ | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 12 |
3 | Michael J Saunders | ½ | 1 | X | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9½ | 8 |
4 | Dennis B Paul | 0 | ½ | 2 | X | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8½ | 4 |
5 | Elias Samaha | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
6 | Stuart A Pithers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | X | ½ | 1 | 4½ | 1 |
7 | Joshua Emdon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1½ | X | 2 | 3½ | 1 |
8 | Graham Ballinger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | 2 | 1 |
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| Player | Rating | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Total | Perf | GP |
1 | Stephen L Wedlock | 2041 | X | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2104 | 20 |
2 | Michael J Saunders | 1878 | ½ | X | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1918 | 12 |
3 | Colin M Newton | 1872 | ½ | ½ | X | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1821 | 8 |
4 | Dennis B Paul | 1642 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 5½ | 1738 | 4 |
5 | Howard Grist | 2075 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1811 | 1 |
6 | Taylor R Duke | 1704 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1706 | 1 |
7 | Nick J Lacey | 1365 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1552 | 1 |
8 | Joshua Emdon | 1432 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1397 | 1 |
9 | Graham Ballinger | 1350 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 0 | 1½ | 1317 | 1 |
10 | James I Courtenay | 1195 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 1 | 1168 | 1 |
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| Player | Rating | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Total | Perf | GP |
1 | Michael J Saunders | 1878 | w11+ | b7= | w9+ | b5+ | w3= | 4 | 2037 | 16 |
2 | Stephen L Wedlock | 2041 | w12+ | b9- | w8+ | b10+ | w5+ | 4 | 2084 | 16 |
3 | Fred R Whitefield | 1773 | w14+ | b12+ | w5- | b7+ | b1= | 3½ | 1838 | 6 |
4 | Dennis B Paul | 1642 | w5- | b11+ | w7+ | b9+ | w8= | 3½ | 1916 | 6 |
5 | Howard Grist | 2075 | b4+ | w6+ | b3+ | w1- | b2- | 3 | 1884 | 1 |
6 | David J King | 1213 | w8+ | b5- | w10- | b12+ | w9+ | 3 | 1592 | 1 |
7 | David Ruppert | 1678 | b13+ | w1= | b4- | w3- | b10+ | 2½ | 1586 | 1 |
8 | Colin M Newton | 1872 | b6- | w13+ | b2- | w11+ | b4= | 2½ | 1625 | 1 |
9 | Julian Corfield | 1975 | b10+ | w2+ | b1- | w4- | b6- | 2 | 1673 | 1 |
10 | Elias Samaha | 1353 | w9- | b14+ | b6+ | w2- | w7- | 2 | 1474 | 1 |
11 | John R Chapman | e1274 | b1- | w4- | w14+ | b8- | b13+ | 2 | 1433 | 1 |
12 | Joshua Emdon | 1432 | b2- | w3- | b13+ | w6- | b14- | 1 | 1232 | 1 |
13 | Michael Raja | e1200 | w7- | b8- | w12- | w14+ | w11- | 1 | 1208 | 1 |
14 | Graham Ballinger | 1350 | b3- | w10- | b11- | b13- | w12+ | 1 | 1160 | 1 |
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| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Total | GP |
1 | Howard Grist | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 20 |
2 | David Ruppert | 0 | X | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9½ | 12 |
3 | Michael J Saunders | 0 | 1 | X | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 |
4 | Joshua Davis | 0 | ½ | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8½ | 4 |
5 | Dennis B Paul | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
6 | John R Chapman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
7 | James I Courtenay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
8 | Joshua Emdon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
9 | Stuart A Pithers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
10 | Graham Ballinger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
11 | Stewart Russell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
12 | Christopher Wray | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 1 | 3 | 1 |
13 | Mike Horne | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 | 1 |
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| Player | Rating | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Total | Perf | GP |
1 | Howard Grist | 2007 | b3+ | w7+ | b4+ | w2- | b5+ | w6+ | 5 | 2024 | 16 |
2 | David Ruppert | 1676 | b9+ | w4- | b8+ | b1+ | w6+ | b10+ | 5 | 1865 | 16 |
3 | Nick J Lacey | 1402 | w1- | b9+ | b5- | w10+ | b4+ | w8+ | 4 | 1684 | 8 |
4 | Stephen L Wedlock | 2063 | w6+ | b2+ | w1- | b5= | w3- | w7+ | 3½ | 1826 | 3 |
5 | Michael J Saunders | 1919 | w10+ | b6- | w3+ | w4= | w1- | b9+ | 3½ | 1753 | 3 |
6 | Joshua Davis | 1509 | b4- | w5+ | b7+ | w8+ | b2- | b1- | 3 | 1630 | 1 |
7 | Stuart A Pithers | 1078 | b8+ | b1- | w6- | b9+ | w10+ | b4- | 3 | 1397 | 1 |
8 | John R Chapman | e1282 | w7- | b10+ | w2- | b6- | w9+ | b3- | 2 | 1267 | 1 |
9 | Graham Ballinger | 1329 | w2- | w3- | b10+ | w7- | b8- | w5- | 1 | 1147 | 1 |
10 | Joshua Emdon | 1358 | b5- | w8- | w9- | b3- | b7- | w2- | 0 | 620 | 1 |
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| Player | Rating | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Total | Perf | GP |
1 | Michael J Saunders | 1902 | b8+ | w2+ | b7+ | w3- | b11+ | 4 | 1953 | 16 |
2 | David Ruppert | 1707 | bye+ | b1- | w5+ | b6+ | w7+ | 4 | 1904 | 16 |
3 | Stephen L Wedlock | 2034 | b11+ | w7+ | b4- | b1+ | w6= | 3½ | 1959 | 8 |
4 | Howard Grist | 2014 | w5+ | b6+ | w3+ | | | 3 | 2589 | 3 |
5 | David J King | 1447 | b4- | w9+ | b2- | w11+ | b10+ | 3 | 1567 | 3 |
6 | Taylor R Duke | 1710 | b9+ | w4- | b10+ | w2- | b3= | 2½ | 1679 | 1 |
7 | Fred R Whitefield | 1784 | w10+ | b3- | w1- | b9+ | b2- | 2 | 1613 | 1 |
8 | Adam JM Moyse | e1370 | w1- | bye+ | b11- | w10+ | w9- | 2 | 1230 | 1 |
9 | Stuart A Pithers | e1078 | w6- | b5- | bye+ | w7- | b8+ | 2 | 1246 | 1 |
10 | Joshua Emdon | 1324 | b7- | w11+ | w6- | b8- | w5- | 1 | 1314 | 1 |
11 | Joshua Davis | 1529 | w3- | b10- | w8+ | b5- | w1- | 1 | 1353 | 1 |
1 Stephen L Wedlock was awarded the Speed Chess Cup.