Results 2007/08 - 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 results of the fifteen minute games were sent for ECF rapidplay grading.
Grand Prix Standings
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Pos | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Total |
1 | Howard Grist 1 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 20 | 12 | 144 |
=2 | Colin M Newton | 10 | 16 | 12 | | 12 | 6 | | 8 | 4 | 68 |
=2 | Stephen L Wedlock | | 8 | 20 | | | | 20 | | 20 | 68 |
4 | Mark G Kay | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | | 6 | 8 | | | 28 |
5 | Gary M Perks | 10 | 4 | | 12 | | | | | | 26 |
6 | Ian D Gilbert | | | | | | | | 12 | 8 | 20 |
7 | Peter H Billson | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 19 |
8 | Matthew H Shaw | | | | | | 16 | | | | 16 |
9 | Steve J Haggerty | | 1 | | | 4 | | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 |
10 | James I Courtenay | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
=11 | John R Chapman | | | 1 | | 1 | 1 | | | 1 | 4 |
=11 | David Coote | 1 | 1 | | | 1 | | | 1 | | 4 |
=11 | Paul Ford | | | 4 | | | | | | | 4 |
=11 | Alan H Wilson | 1 | | 1 | 1 | | 1 | | | | 4 |
15 | Henry Field | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | 2 |
=16 | Chris King | | | | | 1 | | | | | 1 |
=16 | Michael J Seabourne | | | 1 | | | | | | | 1 |
=16 | Fred R Whitefield | | 1 | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Total | GP |
1 | Howard Grist | X | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 20 |
2 | Gary M Perks | 1 | X | 1 | 1½ | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1½ | 2 | 13 | 10 |
3 | Colin M Newton | 0 | 1 | X | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 |
4 | Mark G Kay | 0 | ½ | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7½ | 4 |
5 | James I Courtenay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
6 | Peter H Billson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
7 | Alan H Wilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | X | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
8 | David Coote | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | 1 | 3½ | 1 |
9 | Henry Field | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 1 | 1 |
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| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Total | GP |
1 | Colin M Newton | X | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 16 |
2 | Howard Grist | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 16 |
3 | Stephen L Wedlock | ½ | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8½ | 8 |
4 | Gary M Perks | ½ | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7½ | 4 |
5 | Fred R Whitefield | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
6 | James I Courtenay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
7 | Steve J Haggerty | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
8 | Mark G Kay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
9 | Peter H Billson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | ½ | 1 | 2½ | 1 |
10 | David Coote | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | X | 1 | 2½ | 1 |
11 | Henry Field | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 0 | 1 |
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| Player | Grade | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Total | Perf | GP |
1 | Stephen L Wedlock | 165 | w10+ | b5+ | w4+ | b2+ | w3+ | 5 | 196 | 20 |
2 | Colin M Newton | 91 | w7+ | b10+ | w5+ | w1- | b6+ | 4 | 113 | 12 |
3 | Howard Grist | 172 | b6+ | w4- | b8+ | w5+ | b1- | 3 | 157 | 8 |
4 | Paul Ford | e171 | w8+ | b3+ | b1- | | | 2 | 173 | 4 |
5 | Michael J Seabourne | e137 | b9+ | w1- | b2- | b3- | w7+ | 2 | 116 | 1 |
6 | Alan H Wilson | 36 | w3- | b7+ | w10- | w8+ | w2- | 2 | 42 | 1 |
7 | James I Courtenay | 17 | b2- | w6- | b9+ | w10+ | b5- | 2 | 30 | 1 |
8 | Mark G Kay | 63 | b4- | w9+ | w3- | b6- | bye+ | 2 | 42 | 1 |
9 | John R Chapman | 24 | w5- | b8- | w7- | bye+ | b10+ | 2 | 18 | 1 |
10 | Peter H Billson | 28 | b1- | w2- | b6+ | b7- | w9- | 1 | 13 | 1 |
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| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Total | GP |
1 | Howard Grist | X | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 20 |
2 | Gary M Perks | 0 | X | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 |
3 | Mark G Kay | 0 | 1 | X | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
4 | Peter H Billson | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 2 | 3 | 4 |
5 | Alan H Wilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 0 | 1 |
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| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Total | GP |
1 | Howard Grist | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 20 |
2 | Colin M Newton | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 12 |
3 | Peter H Billson | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
4 | Steve J Haggerty | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
5 | John R Chapman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
6 | James I Courtenay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | ½ | 1 | 1½ | 1 |
7 | Chris King | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | X | 1 | 1½ | 1 |
8 | David Coote | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 1 |
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| Player | Grade | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Total | Perf | GP |
1 | Howard Grist | 172 | X | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5½ | 177 | 16 |
2 | Matthew H Shaw | e152 | ½ | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5½ | 164 | 16 |
3 | Colin M Newton | 91 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 80 | 6 |
4 | Mark G Kay | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 64 | 6 |
5 | John R Chapman | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 2 | 37 | 1 |
6 | Peter H Billson | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 0 | 1 | 21 | 1 |
7 | Alan H Wilson | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 1 | 24 | 1 |
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| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Total | GP |
1 | Stephen L Wedlock | X | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 20 |
2 | Howard Grist | 1 | X | 2 | 2 | 1½ | 2 | 8½ | 12 |
3 | Mark G Kay | 0 | 0 | X | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
4 | Steve J Haggerty | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
5 | James I Courtenay | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 1½ | 1 |
6 | Peter H Billson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 1 | 1 |
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| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Total | GP |
1 | Howard Grist | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 20 |
2 | Ian D Gilbert | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 12 |
3 | Colin M Newton | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
4 | Steve J Haggerty | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
5 | Peter H Billson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
6 | James I Courtenay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 |
7 | David Coote | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 0 | 1 |
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| Player | Grade | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Total | Perf | GP |
1 | Stephen L Wedlock | 165 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 186 | 20 |
2 | Howard Grist | 172 | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 176 | 12 |
3 | Ian D Gilbert | 155 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 152 | 8 |
4 | Colin M Newton | 91 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 92 | 4 |
5 | John R Chapman | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 1 |
6 | James I Courtenay | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 0 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 1 |
7 | Steve J Haggerty | e46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 1 | 2 | 38 | 1 |
8 | Peter H Billson | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 0 | 1 | 1 |
1 Howard Grist was awarded the Speed Chess Cup.