Results 2023/24 - Speed Chess Grand Prix

This competition runs from May to August 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	20	20	20	20	1	20			121
2	Howard Grist	12		1	12	1	20	12	20	16	94
3	Stephen L Wedlock	3		12	4	12	8			16	55
4	Joshua Davis	8	1	3	8	4	3	6	1	3	37
5	Nick J Lacey		12	1	1	8	1		12	1	36
6	Michael J Saunders	1	3	3	1	1	12	1	1	3	26
7	David Ruppert		8	3	1		3	6	1		22
8	Colin M Newton		3			1			6	1	11
9	Ben Middleton			1	1	1			6	1	10
10	Lana Hurrell	1	1		1	1	1	1	1	1	8
=11	Joshua Emdon	1	1	1	1	1	1		1		7
=11	David J King	3							1	3	7
=11	Dennis B Paul	1		3						3	7
14	Mark Clancy			3			3				6
15	Fred R Whitefield			1			1			3	5
16	James I Courtenay	1			1	1				1	4
=17	Matt P Bellman			1			1			1	3
=17	Matthew H Shaw			3							3
=19	Taylor R Duke		1				1				2
=19	Stuart A Pithers						1	1			2
=19	Melvin R Pool	1	1								2
=22	Liam Bird				1						1
=22	Douglas D Smallbone	1									1
=22	Tom Webster	1									1
=22	Christopher Wray			1							1

Event 1 - 03/05/24 - 5 Minutes

	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Total	GP
1	Ovidiu Chindea	X	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	11	20
2	Howard Grist	1	X	1	0	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	10½	12
3	Joshua Davis	0	0	X	1	1	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	9½	8
4	David J King	0	1	0	X	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	8	3
5	Stephen L Wedlock	0	0	0	1	X	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	8	3
6	Dennis B Paul	0	½	0	0	1	X	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	7½	1
7	Melvin R Pool	0	0	½	1	0	0	X	1	1	1	1	1	1	7½	1
8	Michael J Saunders	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	1	1	1	1	1	6	1
9	Joshua Emdon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	1	1	1	1	4	1
10	James I Courtenay	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	1	1	1	3	1
11	Douglas D Smallbone	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	1	1	2	1
12	Tom Webster	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	1	1	1
13	Lana Hurrell	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	0	1
Event 2 - 17/05/24 - 10 Minutes

	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Perf	GP
1	Ovidiu Chindea	1766	X	1	1	1	1	½	1	1	1	1	8½	2038	20
2	Nick J Lacey	1531	0	X	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	7	1793	12
3	David Ruppert	1616	0	0	X	1	1	0	1	½	1	1	5½	1657	8
4	Colin M Newton	1823	0	1	0	X	0	1	1	0	1	1	5	1643	3
5	Michael J Saunders	1841	0	0	0	1	X	0	1	1	1	1	5	1645	3
6	Taylor R Duke	1649	½	0	1	0	1	X	0	0	1	1	4½	1581	1
7	Joshua Davis	1602	0	0	0	0	0	1	X	1	1	1	4	1532	1
8	Joshua Emdon	1188	0	0	½	1	0	1	0	X	0	1	3½	1436	1
9	Melvin R Pool	e1532	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	X	1	2	1353	1
10	Lana Hurrell	e1098	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	0	656	1
Event 3 - 31/05/24 - 15 Minutes

	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	Total	Perf	GP
1	Ovidiu Chindea	1766	w15+	b8+	w9+	b3=	w6+	4½	2034	20
2	Stephen L Wedlock	1994	b4=	b5-	w14+	w12+	b3+	3½	1780	12
3	Dennis B Paul	1746	bye=	w10+	b5+	w1=	w2-	3	1815	3
4	Joshua Davis	1602	w2=	w12+	b7-	w10+	b5=	3	1717	3
5	Mark Clancy	e1589	bye=	w2+	w3-	b7+	w4=	3	1879	3
6	David Ruppert	1616	w7-	b15+	w8+	b9+	b1-	3	1769	3
7	Matthew H Shaw	1806	b6+	b9-	w4+	w5-	b14+	3	1699	3
8	Michael J Saunders	1841	b10+	w1-	b6-	w14+	b9+	3	1720	3
9	Fred R Whitefield	1762	b11+	w7+	b1-	w6-	w8-	2	1608	1
10	Nick J Lacey	1531	w8-	b3-	w11+	b4-	b15+	2	1465	1
11	Joshua Emdon	1188	w9-	b14-	b10-	w15+	b12+	2	1386	1
12	Christopher Wray	e1303	bye=	b4-	w15+	b2-	w11-	1½	1256	1
13	Howard Grist	1984	w14+					1	2392	1
14	Ben Middleton	e1566	b13-	w11+	b2-	b8-	w7-	1	1510	1
15	Matt P Bellman	e1309	b1-	w6-	b12-	b11-	w10-	0	668	1
Event 4 - 14/06/24 - 5 Minutes

	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total	GP
1	Ovidiu Chindea	X	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	11	20
2	Howard Grist	0	X	1	1	1	1	1	1	½	1	1	1	9½	12
3	Joshua Davis	0	0	X	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	9	8
4	Stephen L Wedlock	0	0	0	X	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	8	4
5	Ben Middleton	0	0	0	0	X	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	7	1
6	Nick J Lacey	0	0	0	0	0	X	1	1	1	1	1	1	6	1
7	Joshua Emdon	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	1	1	1	1	1	5	1
8	David Ruppert	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	1	1	1	1	4	1
9	James I Courtenay	0	½	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	1	1	1	3½	1
10	Michael J Saunders	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	1	1	2	1
11	Lana Hurrell	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	1	1	1
12	Liam Bird	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	0	1
Event 5 - 28/06/24 - 10 Minutes

	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total	Perf	GP
1	Ovidiu Chindea	1836	X	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1		8	1985	20
2	Stephen L Wedlock	1976	0	X	1	½	1	1	½	1	1	1		7	1886	12
3	Nick J Lacey	1578	0	0	X	1	0	1	½	1	1	1	0	5½	1654	8
4	Joshua Davis	1604	0	½	0	X	½	1	½	1	½	1		5	1626	4
5	Joshua Emdon	1212	0	0	1	½	X	0	1	0	1	1		4½	1497	1
6	Ben Middleton	1646	1	0	0	0	1	X	0	1	1	0		4	1549	1
7	Colin M Newton	1784	0	½	½	½	0	1	X	0	½	1		4	1580	1
8	Michael J Saunders	1787	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	X	0	1		3	1498	1
9	James I Courtenay	1129	0	0	0	½	0	0	½	1	X	0		2	1224	1
10	Lana Hurrell	e1138	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	X		2	1230	1
11	Howard Grist	1986			1								X	0	2394	1
Event 6 - 12/07/24 - 15 Minutes

	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	Total	Perf	GP
1	Howard Grist	1988	b6+	w5+	b2=	w3+	b4+	4½	2077	20
2	Michael J Saunders	1724	b13+	w11+	w1=	b7+	b3=	4	1978	12
3	Stephen L Wedlock	1963	w4+	b8+	w7+	b1-	w2=	3½	1910	8
4	Mark Clancy	e1607	b3-	w13+	b9+	w5+	w1-	3	1841	3
5	David Ruppert	1647	w14+	b1-	w10+	b4-	w8+	3	1678	3
6	Joshua Davis	1614	w1-	b14+	w8=	b10+	w7=	3	1684	3
7	Taylor R Duke	1633	b12+	w9+	b3-	w2-	b6=	2½	1663	1
8	Ovidiu Chindea	1853	b11+	w3-	b6=	w9+	b5-	2½	1714	1
9	Fred R Whitefield	1743	w10+	b7-	w4-	b8-	w11+	2	1537	1
10	Matt P Bellman	e1294	b9-	w12+	b5-	w6-	b13+	2	1472	1
11	Nick J Lacey	1601	w8-	b2-	w14+	b12+	b9-	2	1504	1
12	Joshua Emdon	1270	w7-	b10-	w13+	w11-	b14+	2	1392	1
13	Stuart A Pithers	1503	w2-	b4-	b12-	w14+	w10-	1	1197	1
14	Lana Hurrell	1290	b5-	w6-	b11-	b13-	w12-	0	727	1
Event 7 - 26/07/24 - 5 Minutes

	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total	GP
1	Ovidiu Chindea	X	2	2	2	2	2	2	12	20
2	Howard Grist	0	X	1	2	2	2	2	9	12
3	Joshua Davis	0	1	X	1	1	2	2	7	6
4	David Ruppert	0	0	1	X	2	2	2	7	6
5	Michael J Saunders	0	0	1	0	X	1	2	4	1
6	Lana Hurrell	0	0	0	0	1	X	1	2	1
7	Stuart A Pithers	0	0	0	0	0	1	X	1	1
Event 8 - 09/08/24 - 10 Minutes

	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Perf	GP
1	Howard Grist	1999	X	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	8	2002	20
2	Nick J Lacey	1586	0	X	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	7	1827	12
3	Colin M Newton	1741	0	1	X	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	6	1734	6
4	Ben Middleton	1629	1	0	0	X	1	1	0	1	1	1	6	1730	6
5	Joshua Davis	1649	0	0	0	0	X	1	1	1	½	1	4½	1603	1
6	David Ruppert	1657	0	0	1	0	0	X	1	1	0	1	4	1559	1
7	Michael J Saunders	1755	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	1	1	1	4	1567	1
8	David J King	1506	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	1	1	3	1482	1
9	Joshua Emdon	1283	0	0	0	0	½	1	0	0	X	1	2½	1425	1
10	Lana Hurrell	1267	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	0	787	1
Event 9 - 23/08/24 - 15 Minutes

	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	Total	Perf	GP
1	Howard Grist	1999	b9+	w3+	b4+	w2=	b5+	4½	2109	16
2	Stephen L Wedlock	1961	w12+	b6+	w8+	b1=	b3+	4½	2112	16
3	Joshua Davis	1649	bye+	b1-	w10+	b6+	w2-	3	1760	3
4	Fred R Whitefield	1720	w11+	b10+	w1-	w5-	b13+	3	1620	3
5	Michael J Saunders	1755	w10-	b11+	w7+	b4+	w1-	3	1662	3
6	Dennis B Paul	1755	b7+	w2-	b12+	w3-	w8+	3	1761	3
7	David J King	1506	w6-	bye+	b5-	w9+	b11+	3	1571	3
8	Colin M Newton	1741	b13+	w9=	b2-	w12+	b6-	2½	1656	1
9	Ben Middleton	1629	w1-	b8=	w13+	b7-	w12+	2½	1620	1
10	Matt P Bellman	1323	b5+	w4-	b3-	w11-	bye+	2	1363	1
11	James I Courtenay	1144	b4-	w5-	bye+	b10+	w7-	2	1282	1
12	Nick J Lacey	1586	b2-	w13+	w6-	b8-	b9-	1	1431	1
13	Lana Hurrell	1267	w8-	b12-	b9-	bye+	w4-	1	833	1