Results 2023/24 - Summer Blitz Grand Prix
This competition is open to all members of the League's affiliated clubs.
It will be held as a series of five blitz tournaments with a time control of three minutes plus two seconds per move.
| Schedule | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Date | Venue | |
| 1 | Monday 13 May | Southend | |
| 2 | Thursday 6 June | Basildon | |
| 3 | Wednesday 17 July | Thurrock | - St Thomas of Canterbury Church Social Club, 16 East Thurrock Road, Grays, RM17 6SR. - Map |
| 4 | Thursday 15 August | Basildon | |
| 5 | Monday 23 September | Southend | |
Competitors should arrive by 7.45pm to register so the event can commence around 8.00pm. The event should finish around 9.30pm.
The entry fee for each event is £2.00 per competitor (£1.00 for juniors).
Points are awarded as follows:
| 1st Place | 8 points |
| 2nd Place | 6 points |
| 3rd Place | 4 points |
| 4th Place | 2 points |
All other competitors are awarded 1 point if they finish their games.
Points are shared in the event of ties.
The winner is the player scoring the most points, only the three highest scoring rounds will count.
An award is given to the winner.
Grand Prix Standings
| E V E N T | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Player | Club | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Total |
| 1 | Robbie Staff | Basildon | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 | ||
| =2 | Alice Harmer | Basildon | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | ||
| =2 | David Kraszewski | Basildon | 5 | 4 | 9 | |||
| =4 | Ovidiu Chindea | Southend | 6 | 2 | 8 | |||
| =4 | Arunas Gedvilas | Basildon | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | ||
| =6 | Joshua Davis | Southend | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | ||
| =6 | David Ruppert | Southend | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | ||
| 8 | Stephen L Wedlock | Southend | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| =9 | Jim A Arbuckle | Thurrock | 1 | 1 | ||||
| =9 | Gerald Cattouse | Thurrock | 1 | 1 | ||||
| =9 | Bogdan Caus | Basildon | 1 | 1 | ||||
| =9 | David Chapman | Basildon | 1 | 1 | ||||
| =9 | George Cooper | Thurrock | 1 | 1 | ||||
| =9 | Malcolm K Crane | Thurrock | 1 | 1 | ||||
| =9 | David Farr | Southend | 1 | 1 | ||||
| =9 | Brendan Gibbons | Thurrock | 1 | 1 | ||||
| =9 | Spencer Gierszewski | Thurrock | 1 | 1 | ||||
| =9 | Oliver Grabowski | Thurrock | 1 | 1 | ||||
| =9 | Lana Hurrell | Southend | 1 | 1 | ||||
| =9 | Peter R Laundy | Basildon | 1 | 1 | ||||
| =9 | Melvin R Pool | Southend | 1 | 1 | ||||
| =9 | Michael J Saunders | Southend | 1 | 1 | ||||
| =9 | Mridul Sharma | Thurrock | 1 | 1 | ||||
| =9 | Douglas D Smallbone | Southend | 1 | 1 | ||||
| =9 | George Thomas | Thurrock | 1 | 1 | ||||
| =9 | Malhar Vaidya | Basildon | 1 | 1 | ||||
Event 1 - 13/05/24 - Southend
| Player | Club | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Total | GP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robbie Staff | Basildon | X | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 |
| 2 | Ovidiu Chindea | Southend | 0 | X | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 |
| 3 | Alice Harmer | Basildon | 1 | 1 | X | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 |
| 4 | Arunas Gedvilas | Basildon | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 |
| 5 | David Ruppert | Southend | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| 6 | Joshua Davis | Southend | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| 7 | Melvin R Pool | Southend | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| 8 | Stephen L Wedlock | Southend | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 9 | Michael J Saunders | Southend | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | David Farr | Southend | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | Douglas D Smallbone | Southend | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Lana Hurrell | Southend | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 0 | 1 |
Event 2 - 06/06/24 - Basildon | ||||||||||||||||
| Player | Club | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Total | GP | |
| 1 | Robbie Staff | Basildon | X | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 |
| 2 | Alice Harmer | Basildon | 1 | X | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 |
| 3 | David Kraszewski | Basildon | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 |
| 4 | Ovidiu Chindea | Southend | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7½ | 2 |
| 5 | Arunas Gedvilas | Basildon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| 6 | David Ruppert | Southend | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| 7 | Joshua Davis | Southend | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| 8 | Peter R Laundy | Basildon | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5½ | 1 |
| 9 | Malhar Vaidya | Basildon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 10 | Stephen L Wedlock | Southend | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 11 | Bogdan Caus | Basildon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 12 | David Chapman | Basildon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 0 | 1 |
Event 3 - 17/07/24 - Thurrock | ||||||||||||||||
| Player | Club | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Total | GP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robbie Staff | Basildon | w15+ | b3+ | w8+ | b7+ | w4+ | b2+ | 6 | 8 |
| 2 | Arunas Gedvilas | Basildon | w8= | w9+ | b14= | b3+ | w11+ | w1- | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | David Ruppert | Southend | b16+ | w1- | b9+ | w2- | b14+ | w6+ | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | David Kraszewski | Basildon | b14- | w15+ | b10+ | w6+ | b1- | w12+ | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Joshua Davis | Southend | w10- | b8- | w13+ | b15+ | w7+ | b11+ | 4 | 4 |
| 6 | Stephen L Wedlock | Southend | w13+ | b10+ | w7= | b4- | w8+ | b3- | 3½ | 1 |
| 7 | Jim A Arbuckle | Thurrock | b12+ | w14+ | b6= | w1- | b5- | w8= | 3 | 1 |
| 8 | Alice Harmer | Basildon | b2= | w5+ | b1- | w12+ | b6- | b7= | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | Brendan Gibbons | Thurrock | w11+ | b2- | w3- | w10+ | b12- | b15+ | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | George Cooper | Thurrock | b5+ | w6- | w4- | b9- | b16+ | w13+ | 3 | 1 |
| 11 | Mridul Sharma | Thurrock | b9- | w16+ | b12= | w14+ | b2- | w5- | 2½ | 1 |
| 12 | Oliver Grabowski | Thurrock | w7- | b13+ | w11= | b8- | w9+ | b4- | 2½ | 1 |
| 13 | Spencer Gierszewski | Thurrock | b6- | w12- | b5- | b16+ | w15+ | b10- | 2 | 1 |
| 14 | Malcolm K Crane | Thurrock | w4+ | b7- | w2= | b11- | w3- | w16- | 1½ | 1 |
| 15 | Gerald Cattouse | Thurrock | b1- | b4- | w16+ | w5- | b13- | w9- | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | George Thomas | Thurrock | w3- | b11- | b15- | w13- | w10- | b14+ | 1 | 1 |