Results 2011/12 - 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 fifteen minute games are 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 | John Wright 1 | 20 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 80 |
2 | Stephen L Wedlock | 1 | 12 | 20 | 20 | | 1 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 79 |
3 | Tony Peterson | | 20 | | | 8 | 20 | 20 | 10 | | 78 |
4 | Fred R Whitefield | 8 | 6 | 3 | | 16 | 5 | 8 | | 4 | 50 |
5 | Neil A Sutherland | | | | | | 12 | | 20 | 4 | 36 |
6 | Howard Grist | 8 | | | | | | | 4 | 20 | 32 |
7 | Michael J Saunders | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 25 |
8 | Colin M Newton | 8 | 1 | 8 | | | 5 | | 1 | 1 | 24 |
9 | Paul Ward | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 | | 1 | | 1 | 18 |
=10 | Matt P Bellman | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 1 | | 1 | | | 5 |
=10 | John R Chapman | 1 | | 1 | 1 | | 1 | | 1 | | 5 |
12 | James I Courtenay | 1 | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | 3 |
=13 | John C French | | | | 1 | | | | | 1 | 2 |
=13 | Alan H Wilson | | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | 2 |
=15 | Peter H Billson | | | | | | 1 | | | | 1 |
=15 | William U Bremner | | 1 | | | | | | | | 1 |
=15 | Mark G Kay | | | | | | | 1 | | | 1 |
=15 | David Kohler | 1 | | | | | | | | | 1 |
=15 | Dennis M Thompson | 1 | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Total | GP |
1 | John Wright | X | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 20 |
2 | Fred R Whitefield | 1 | X | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8½ | 8 |
3 | Howard Grist | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8½ | 8 |
4 | Colin M Newton | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | + | 8½ | 8 |
5 | Stephen L Wedlock | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
6 | Michael J Saunders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
7 | James I Courtenay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
8 | Paul Ward | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
9 | Dennis M Thompson | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3½ | 1 |
10 | John R Chapman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
11 | Matt P Bellman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 |
12 | David Kohler | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 0 | 1 |
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| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Total | GP |
1 | Tony Peterson | X | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7½ | 20 |
2 | Stephen L Wedlock | ½ | X | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6½ | 12 |
3 | Fred R Whitefield | 0 | 0 | X | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
4 | Michael J Saunders | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
5 | John Wright | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4½ | 1 |
6 | Colin M Newton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4½ | 1 |
7 | Paul Ward | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
8 | William U Bremner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 |
9 | Matt P Bellman | 0 | 0 | 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 | 163 | X | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6½ | 175 | 20 |
2 | John Wright | 150 | 0 | X | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 149 | 12 |
3 | Colin M Newton | 137 | ½ | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4½ | 139 | 8 |
4 | Fred R Whitefield | 117 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 130 | 3 |
5 | Michael J Saunders | 148 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 134 | 3 |
6 | Paul Ward | 94 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 0 | 1 | 2 | 96 | 1 |
7 | Matt P Bellman | e100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 1 | 2 | 98 | 1 |
8 | John R Chapman | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 0 | 56 | 1 |
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| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Total | GP |
1 | Stephen L Wedlock | X | 2 | 1½ | 1½ | 2 | 2 | 1½ | 10½ | 20 |
2 | Paul Ward | 0 | X | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 |
3 | John Wright | ½ | 0 | X | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7½ | 8 |
4 | Michael J Saunders | ½ | 1 | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5½ | 4 |
5 | John C French | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
6 | John R Chapman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 2 | 3 | 1 |
7 | James I Courtenay | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 2½ | 1 |
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| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Total | GP |
1 | John Wright | X | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 16 |
2 | Fred R Whitefield | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 16 |
3 | Tony Peterson | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
4 | Michael J Saunders | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | ½ | 1 | 3½ | 4 |
5 | Alan H Wilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
6 | Paul Ward | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | X | 1 | 1½ | 1 |
7 | Matt P Bellman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 0 | 1 |
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| Player | Grade | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Total | Perf | GP |
1 | Tony Peterson | 178 | w4+ | b6+ | w2+ | b3+ | w7+ | 5 | 203 | 20 |
2 | Neil A Sutherland | e163 | b5+ | w7+ | b1- | w4+ | b6= | 3½ | 171 | 12 |
3 | John Wright | 152 | bye+ | b4- | w6+ | w1- | b9+ | 3 | 150 | 5 |
4 | Colin M Newton | 140 | b1- | w3+ | b7+ | b2- | w8+ | 3 | 157 | 5 |
5 | Fred R Whitefield | 119 | w2- | b9+ | w8+ | b6- | bye+ | 3 | 119 | 5 |
6 | Stephen L Wedlock | 168 | b8+ | w1- | b3- | w5+ | w2= | 2½ | 150 | 1 |
7 | Michael J Saunders | 144 | w9+ | b2- | w4- | bye+ | b1- | 2 | 121 | 1 |
8 | Peter H Billson | e70 | w6- | bye+ | b5- | w9+ | b4- | 2 | 74 | 1 |
9 | John R Chapman | 65 | b7- | w5- | bye+ | b8- | w3- | 1 | 46 | 1 |
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| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Total | GP |
1 | Tony Peterson | X | 2 | 1½ | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13½ | 20 |
2 | Stephen L Wedlock | 0 | X | 1½ | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10½ | 12 |
3 | Fred R Whitefield | ½ | ½ | X | ½ | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9½ | 8 |
4 | John Wright | 0 | 0 | 1½ | X | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8½ | 4 |
5 | Mark G Kay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
6 | Paul Ward | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
7 | Michael J Saunders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 | 2 | 1 |
8 | Matt P Bellman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 1 | 1 |
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| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Total | GP |
1 | Neil A Sutherland | X | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6½ | 20 |
2 | Tony Peterson | 0 | X | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
3 | John Wright | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
4 | Howard Grist | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5½ | 4 |
5 | Colin M Newton | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | X | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
6 | Michael J Saunders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
7 | Stephen L Wedlock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
8 | James I Courtenay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 |
9 | John R Chapman | 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 | Howard Grist | 176 | b10+ | w2- | b6+ | b3+ | w7+ | 4 | 175 | 20 |
2 | Stephen L Wedlock | 168 | w8+ | b1+ | w3- | w5+ | b4= | 3½ | 173 | 12 |
3 | Michael J Saunders | 144 | b9+ | w4+ | b2+ | w1- | b6- | 3 | 156 | 4 |
4 | Neil A Sutherland | e163 | w6+ | b3- | w7= | b9+ | w2= | 3 | 146 | 4 |
5 | John Wright | 152 | w7+ | b6- | w8+ | b2- | w10+ | 3 | 140 | 4 |
6 | Fred R Whitefield | 119 | b4- | w5+ | w1- | b10+ | w3+ | 3 | 161 | 4 |
7 | Paul Ward | 95 | b5- | w9+ | b4= | w8+ | b1- | 2½ | 115 | 1 |
8 | Alan H Wilson | e93 | b2- | w10+ | b5- | b7- | w9+ | 2 | 105 | 1 |
9 | John C French | 79 | w3- | b7- | b10+ | w4- | b8- | 1 | 79 | 1 |
10 | Colin M Newton | 140 | w1- | b8- | w9- | w6- | b5- | 0 | 79 | 1 |
1 John Wright was awarded the Speed Chess Cup.