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

		E V E N T
Pos	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Total
1	Stephen L Wedlock	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

Event 1 - 06/05/22 - 5 Minutes

	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
Event 2 - 20/05/22 - 10 Minutes

	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
Event 3 - 10/06/22 - 15 Minutes

	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
Event 4 - 24/06/22 - 5 Minutes

	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
Event 5 - 08/07/22 - 10 Minutes

	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
Event 6 - 22/07/22 - 15 Minutes

	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
Event 7 - 05/08/22 - 5 Minutes

	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
Event 8 - 19/08/22 - 10 Minutes

	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
Event 9 - 02/09/22 - 15 Minutes

	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