Results 2012/13 - 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 | Howard Grist 1 | 12 | 20 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 14 | 162 |
2 | Stephen L Wedlock | 20 | 12 | 4 | | 10 | | 12 | 12 | 4 | 74 |
3 | Michael J Saunders | 4 | 4 | 16 | | 3 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 65 |
=4 | Colin M Newton | | | 4 | | 10 | 12 | | | 1 | 27 |
=4 | Fred R Whitefield | 8 | 8 | 4 | | 3 | 4 | | | | 27 |
6 | John Wright | | | 4 | 12 | 1 | | | | | 17 |
7 | Neil A Sutherland | | | | | | | | | 14 | 14 |
8 | Paul Ward | | | | 8 | | 1 | 4 | | | 13 |
9 | Krishna Karthikeyan | 1 | | 1 | 4 | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
10 | James I Courtenay | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 8 |
=11 | John C French | | | | | | | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
=11 | Skanda Karttikeyan | 1 | | 1 | 1 | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
13 | Justus J Genthe | | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | | | 1 | 4 |
=14 | David Kohler | | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | 2 |
=14 | Trisha Srinivasan | 1 | | | 1 | | | | | | 2 |
=16 | Niall Ali | | | | | 1 | | | | | 1 |
=16 | Peter H Billson | 1 | | | | | | | | | 1 |
=16 | Bernard S Chalk | | | 1 | | | | | | | 1 |
=16 | John R Chapman | | | | | | 1 | | | | 1 |
=16 | Philip Leeks | | | | 1 | | | | | | 1 |
=16 | Deva Loganathan | | 1 | | | | | | | | 1 |
=16 | Sri Haran Loganathan | | 1 | | | | | | | | 1 |
=16 | Sri Nivasan Loganathan | | 1 | | | | | | | | 1 |
=16 | Alan H Wilson | | 1 | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Total | GP |
1 | Stephen L Wedlock | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 20 |
2 | Howard Grist | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 12 |
3 | Fred R Whitefield | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 |
4 | Michael J Saunders | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4½ | 4 |
5 | James I Courtenay | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | X | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3½ | 1 |
6 | Krishna Karthikeyan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | ½ | 1 | 1 | 2½ | 1 |
7 | Skanda Karttikeyan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | X | 1 | 1 | 2½ | 1 |
8 | Peter H Billson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 2 | 1 |
9 | Trisha Srinivasan | 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 | 10 | Total | GP |
1 | Howard Grist | X | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8½ | 20 |
2 | Stephen L Wedlock | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 12 |
3 | Fred R Whitefield | ½ | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7½ | 8 |
4 | Michael J Saunders | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
5 | Justus J Genthe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
6 | James I Courtenay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
7 | Sri Nivasan Loganathan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
8 | Deva Loganathan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
9 | Sri Haran Loganathan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 1 | 2 | 1 |
10 | Alan H Wilson | 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 | Howard Grist | 178 | b7+ | w2+ | b3+ | w6+ | b4- | 4 | 178 | 16 |
2 | Michael J Saunders | 147 | w10+ | b1- | w4+ | b5+ | b3+ | 4 | 178 | 16 |
3 | Stephen L Wedlock | 167 | w9+ | b5+ | w1- | b4+ | w2- | 3 | 158 | 4 |
4 | John Wright | 151 | b11+ | w6+ | b2- | w3- | w1+ | 3 | 158 | 4 |
5 | Colin M Newton | 136 | b8+ | w3- | b7+ | w2- | b9+ | 3 | 130 | 4 |
6 | Fred R Whitefield | 135 | bye+ | b4- | w11+ | b1- | w10+ | 3 | 129 | 4 |
7 | James I Courtenay | 77 | w1- | b10+ | w5- | b8= | bye+ | 2½ | 79 | 1 |
8 | Justus J Genthe | 50 | w5- | b9- | bye+ | w7= | w11+ | 2½ | 58 | 1 |
9 | Bernard S Chalk | e65 | b3- | w8+ | b10- | bye+ | w5- | 2 | 60 | 1 |
10 | Krishna Karthikeyan | e80 | b2- | w7- | w9+ | b11+ | b6- | 2 | 76 | 1 |
11 | Skanda Karttikeyan | e50 | w4- | bye+ | b6- | w10- | b8- | 1 | 28 | 1 |
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| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Total | GP |
1 | Howard Grist | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8½ | 20 |
2 | John Wright | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 12 |
3 | Paul Ward | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6½ | 8 |
4 | Krishna Karthikeyan | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
5 | James I Courtenay | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | X | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
6 | Justus J Genthe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
7 | Skanda Karttikeyan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
8 | David Kohler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
9 | Trisha Srinivasan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 |
10 | Philip Leeks | 0 | 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 | Howard Grist | 178 | X | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6½ | 189 | 20 |
2 | Colin M Newton | 135 | ½ | X | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4½ | 156 | 10 |
3 | Stephen L Wedlock | 166 | 0 | 1 | X | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 4½ | 158 | 10 |
4 | Fred R Whitefield | 135 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 149 | 3 |
5 | Michael J Saunders | 153 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 149 | 3 |
6 | John Wright | 154 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 3½ | 142 | 1 |
7 | Niall Ali | 114 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 102 | 1 |
8 | James I Courtenay | 78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 0 | 67 | 1 |
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| Player | Grade | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Total | Perf | GP |
1 | Howard Grist | 178 | X | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 174 | 20 |
2 | Colin M Newton | 135 | 1 | X | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 4½ | 150 | 12 |
3 | Michael J Saunders | 153 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 148 | 8 |
4 | Fred R Whitefield | 135 | 0 | ½ | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3½ | 134 | 4 |
5 | Paul Ward | 98 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 2½ | 106 | 1 |
6 | James I Courtenay | 78 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 1½ | 81 | 1 |
7 | John R Chapman | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 0 | 48 | 1 |
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| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Total | GP |
1 | Howard Grist | X | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 20 |
2 | Stephen L Wedlock | 1 | X | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 12 |
3 | Michael J Saunders | 0 | 0 | X | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 |
4 | Paul Ward | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 |
5 | John C French | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
6 | Krishna Karthikeyan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
7 | Skanda Karttikeyan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | 2 | 4 | 1 |
8 | David Kohler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 1 | 1 |
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| Player | Grade | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Total | Perf | GP |
1 | Howard Grist | 178 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 195 | 20 |
2 | Stephen L Wedlock | 166 | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 173 | 12 |
3 | Michael J Saunders | 153 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 149 | 8 |
4 | John C French | 78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 95 | 4 |
5 | James I Courtenay | 78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 2 | 78 | 1 |
6 | Skanda Karttikeyan | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 54 | 1 |
7 | Krishna Karthikeyan | 83 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 0 | 47 | 1 |
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| Player | Grade | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Total | Perf | GP |
1 | Neil A Sutherland | 166 | b10+ | w8+ | w2+ | b4+ | w3- | 4 | 180 | 14 |
2 | Howard Grist | 178 | b8+ | w3+ | b1- | w6+ | b5+ | 4 | 177 | 14 |
3 | Michael J Saunders | 153 | w9+ | b2- | w5+ | b7+ | b1+ | 4 | 171 | 14 |
4 | Stephen L Wedlock | 166 | w7+ | b5= | w9+ | w1- | b6+ | 3½ | 156 | 4 |
5 | Colin M Newton | 135 | b6+ | w4= | b3- | w9+ | w2- | 2½ | 137 | 1 |
6 | Justus J Genthe | 89 | w5- | b7+ | w10+ | b2- | w4- | 2 | 94 | 1 |
7 | James I Courtenay | 78 | b4- | w6- | b8+ | w3- | b10+ | 2 | 82 | 1 |
8 | John C French | 78 | w2- | b1- | w7- | b10+ | b9+ | 2 | 80 | 1 |
9 | Krishna Karthikeyan | 83 | b3- | w10+ | b4- | b5- | w8- | 1 | 70 | 1 |
10 | Skanda Karttikeyan | 55 | w1- | b9- | b6- | w8- | w7- | 0 | 35 | 1 |
1 Howard Grist was awarded the Speed Chess Cup.