Results 2022/23 - 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	Ovidiu Chindea	20	16	3	20	12	12	20	20		123
2	Stephen L Wedlock	12	6		8	20	8	10	10	20	94
3	Joshua Davis	8	16	20	4	1	4	4	1	10	68
=4	Dennis B Paul	3	1	10	1	6		1	4	10	36
=4	Ernest Shanks	1		3	12		20				36
6	Howard Grist	3		1				10	10	2	26
7	Nick J Lacey	1	1	10		1		1			14
8	Colin M Newton			1		6			1		8
=9	James I Courtenay	1		1	1		1	1	1	1	7
=9	Taylor R Duke		6						1		7
=9	Joshua Emdon	1	1	1	1	1			1	1	7
=12	David J King		1			1				2	4
=12	David Ruppert	1		1		1		1			4
=12	Nagulan Sankar	1	1		1	1					4
=15	Ben Middleton	1								2	3
=15	Michael J Saunders	1	1							1	3
=15	Fred R Whitefield			3							3
=18	Brian Glasby	1	1								2
=18	Harry Parsons	1		1							2
=18	Stuart A Pithers		1						1		2
=21	Emre Bal				1						1
=21	Graham Ballinger				1						1
=21	Dhanyadha Bharathi Mugilan			1							1
=21	Mark Clancy									1	1
=21	Jamie Fantides	1									1
=21	Prajin Raja				1						1
=21	Matthew H Shaw		1								1

Event 1 - 12/05/23 - 5 Minutes

	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Total	GP
1	Ovidiu Chindea	X	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	14	20
2	Stephen L Wedlock	0	X	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	13½	12
3	Joshua Davis	1	0	X	0	1	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	12½	8
4	Dennis B Paul	0	½	1	X	0	½	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	11	3
5	Howard Grist	0	0	0	1	X	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	11	3
6	David Ruppert	0	0	0	½	0	X	1	1	1	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	10	1
7	Ernest Shanks	0	0	½	0	0	0	X	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	8½	1
8	Joshua Emdon	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	8	1
9	Ben Middleton	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	8	1
10	Nick J Lacey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	X	1	1	1	1	1	1	7	1
11	James I Courtenay	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	0	X	1	1	1	1	1	5½	1
12	Michael J Saunders	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	1	1	1	1	5	1
13	Jamie Fantides	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	½	1	1	2½	1
14	Harry Parsons	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	X	1	1	2½	1
15	Nagulan Sankar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	1	1	1
16	Brian Glasby	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	0	1
Event 2 - 26/05/23 - 10 Minutes

	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	Total	Perf	GP
1	Joshua Davis	1502	b4=	w2+	w7+	b5+	w3=	4	2063	16
2	Ovidiu Chindea	e1800	w8+	b1-	b11+	w6+	w5+	4	1813	16
3	Taylor R Duke	1707	w13+	b10+	w5-	b8+	b1=	3½	1640	6
4	Stephen L Wedlock	2028	w1=	b7-	w12+	b10+	b8+	3½	1850	6
5	Michael J Saunders	1911	b6+	w9+	b3+	w1-	b2-	3	1685	1
6	Nick J Lacey	1475	w5-	b13+	w10+	b2-	w7+	3	1658	1
7	Matthew H Shaw	1822	bye=	w4+	b1-	w11+	b6-	2½	1643	1
8	David J King	1411	b2-	b12+	w9+	w3-	w4-	2	1548	1
9	Nagulan Sankar	635	w11+	b5-	b8-	w13+	b12-	2	955	1
10	Joshua Emdon	1241	w12+	w3-	b6-	w4-	bye+	2	1401	1
11	Stuart A Pithers	1566	b9-	bye+	w2-	b7-	b13+	2	1306	1
12	Dennis B Paul	1773	b10-	w8-	b4-	bye+	w9+	2	1357	1
13	Brian Glasby	e1200	b3-	w6-	bye+	b9-	w11-	1	560	1
Event 3 - 09/06/23 - 15 Minutes
	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	Total	Perf	GP
1	Joshua Davis	1568	b13+	b4+	w8+	w2+	b3=	4½	2015	20
2	Dennis B Paul	1734	w5+	b8+	w7+	b1-	b4=	3½	1714	10
3	Nick J Lacey	1495	w7-	b10+	w12+	b5+	w1=	3½	1514	10
4	Fred R Whitefield	1767	b11+	w1-	b9+	b7=	w2=	3	1712	3
5	Ernest Shanks	1186	b2-	w6+	b11+	w3-	w8+	3	1510	3
6	Ovidiu Chindea	1787	w8-	b5-	w10+	b9+	w7+	3	1613	3
7	Colin M Newton	1808	b3+	w9+	b2-	w4=	b6-	2½	1699	1
8	Dhanyadha Bharathi Mugilan	1288	b6+	w2-	b1-	w11+	b5-	2	1401	1
9	David Ruppert	1714	b10+	b7-	w4-	w6-	b12+	2	1529	1
10	James I Courtenay	1162	w9-	w3-	b6-	b12=	w11+	1½	1222	1
11	Joshua Emdon	1250	w4-	b12+	w5-	b8-	b10-	1	1016	1
12	Harry Parsons	e1000		w11-	b3-	w10=	w9-	½	977	1
13	Howard Grist	2031	w1-					0	839	1
Event 4 - 23/06/23 - 5 Minutes

	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total	GP
1	Ovidiu Chindea	X	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	10	20
2	Ernest Shanks	0	X	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	9	12
3	Stephen L Wedlock	0	0	X	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	7½	8
4	Joshua Davis	0	0	0	X	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	7	4
5	Dennis B Paul	0	0	½	0	X	1	1	1	1	1	+	6½	1
6	Joshua Emdon	0	0	0	0	0	X	1	1	1	1	+	5	1
7	Graham Ballinger	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	1	1	1	+	4	1
8	Nagulan Sankar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	1	1	0	2	1
9	James I Courtenay	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	½	1	1½	1
10	Prajin Raja	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	X	+	1½	1
11	Emre Bal	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	1	0	-	X	1	1
Event 5 - 07/07/23 - 10 Minutes

	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	Total	Perf	GP
1	Stephen L Wedlock	2011	b7+	w6+	b2+	w5+	b3=	4½	2028	20
2	Ovidiu Chindea	1661	b10+	w8+	w1-	b6+	b5+	4	1820	12
3	Colin M Newton	1791	w5=	b4=	w6=	b8+	w1=	3	1745	6
4	Dennis B Paul	1736	b6-	w3=	w9+	b10+	b7=	3	1576	6
5	Nick J Lacey	1504	b3=	w7+	b8+	b1-	w2-	2½	1731	1
6	David J King	1425	w4+	b1-	b3=	w2-	w9+	2½	1646	1
7	Joshua Davis	1617	w1-	b5-	w10+	b9+	w4=	2½	1540	1
8	David Ruppert	1690	w9+	b2-	w5-	w3-	b10+	2	1438	1
9	Joshua Emdon	1224	b8-	w10+	b4-	w7-	b6-	1	1226	1
10	Nagulan Sankar	1057	w2-	b9-	b7-	w4-	w8-	0	604	1
Event 6 - 21/07/23 - 15 Minutes

	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	Total	Perf	GP
1	Ernest Shanks	1326	X	1	½	1	1	3½	1877	20
2	Ovidiu Chindea	1661	0	X	1	1	1	3	1749	12
3	Stephen L Wedlock	2011	½	0	X	½	1	2	1630	8
4	Joshua Davis	1617	0	0	½	X	1	1½	1468	4
5	James I Courtenay	1166	0	0	0	0	X	0	700	1
Event 7 - 04/08/23 - 5 Minutes

	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Total	GP
1	Ovidiu Chindea	X	1	2	2	1	1	2	2	11	20
2	Howard Grist	1	X	½	1	2	2	2	2	10½	10
3	Stephen L Wedlock	0	1½	X	1	2	2	2	2	10½	10
4	Joshua Davis	0	1	1	X	1	1	2	2	8	4
5	Nick J Lacey	1	0	0	1	X	2	1	2	7	1
6	Dennis B Paul	1	0	0	1	0	X	1	1	4	1
7	David Ruppert	0	0	0	0	1	1	X	2	4	1
8	James I Courtenay	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	1	1
Event 8 - 18/08/23 - 10 Minutes

	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Perf	GP
1	Ovidiu Chindea	1692	X	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	8½	2104	20
2	Howard Grist	2013	0	X	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	7	1927	10
3	Stephen L Wedlock	1979	½	0	X	½	1	+	1	1	1	1	7	1889	10
4	Dennis B Paul	1720	0	0	½	X	½	+	1	1	1	1	6	1753	4
5	Colin M Newton	1787	0	1	0	½	X	0	1	1	1	1	5½	1750	1
6	Taylor R Duke	1703	0	0	-	-	1	X	0	0	1	1	3	1557	1
7	Joshua Emdon	1220	0	0	0	0	0	1	X	1	0	1	3	1426	1
8	Joshua Davis	1593	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	1	1	3	1523	1
9	Stuart A Pithers	1541	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	½	1½	1364	1
10	James I Courtenay	1155	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	X	½	1066	1
Event 9 - 01/09/23 - 15 Minutes

	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	Total	Perf	GP
1	Stephen L Wedlock	1968	w7+	b3+	w8+	b2+	w4+	5	2560	20
2	Dennis B Paul	1730	w9+	b7+	w4+	w1-	b3=	3½	1844	10
3	Joshua Davis	1604	b10+	w1-	b6+	w5+	w2=	3½	1741	10
4	Howard Grist	2001	b6+	w5+	b2-	w8+	b1-	3	1833	2
5	David J King	1449	w8+	b4-	w9+	b3-	w10+	3	1609	2
6	Ben Middleton	e1603	w4-	b9+	w3-	b7+	b8+	3	1733	2
7	Mark Clancy	e1565	b1-	w2-	b10+	w6-	w9+	2	1471	1
8	Michael J Saunders	1887	b5-	w10+	b1-	b4-	w6-	1	1472	1
9	Joshua Emdon	1254	b2-	w6-	b5-	w10+	b7-	1	1241	1
10	James I Courtenay	1144	w3-	b8-	w7-	b9-	b5-	0	662	1