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
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| Pos | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Total |
| 1 | Ovidiu Chindea | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 1 | | | | 101 |
| 2 | Howard Grist | 12 | | 1 | 12 | 1 | 20 | | | | 46 |
| 3 | Stephen L Wedlock | 3 | | 12 | 4 | 12 | 8 | | | | 39 |
| 4 | Joshua Davis | 8 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 3 | | | | 27 |
| 5 | Nick J Lacey | | 12 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | | | | 23 |
| 6 | Michael J Saunders | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | | | | 21 |
| 7 | David Ruppert | | 8 | 3 | 1 | | 3 | | | | 15 |
| =8 | Mark Clancy | | | 3 | | | 3 | | | | 6 |
| =8 | Joshua Emdon | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | | 6 |
| 10 | Lana Hurrell | 1 | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | | 5 |
| =11 | Colin M Newton | | 3 | | | 1 | | | | | 4 |
| =11 | Dennis B Paul | 1 | | 3 | | | | | | | 4 |
| =13 | James I Courtenay | 1 | | | 1 | 1 | | | | | 3 |
| =13 | David J King | 3 | | | | | | | | | 3 |
| =13 | Ben Middleton | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | | | 3 |
| =13 | Matthew H Shaw | | | 3 | | | | | | | 3 |
| =17 | Matt P Bellman | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | | 2 |
| =17 | Taylor R Duke | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | | 2 |
| =17 | Melvin R Pool | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | 2 |
| =17 | Fred R Whitefield | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | | 2 |
| =21 | Liam Bird | | | | 1 | | | | | | 1 |
| =21 | Stuart A Pithers | | | | | | 1 | | | | 1 |
| =21 | Douglas D Smallbone | 1 | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| =21 | Tom Webster | 1 | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| =21 | Christopher Wray | | | 1 | | | | | | | 1 |
| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Total | GP |
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| 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 |
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| Player | Rating | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Total | Perf | GP |
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| 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 |
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| Player | Rating | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Total | Perf | GP |
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| 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 |
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| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Total | GP |
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| 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 |
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| Player | Rating | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Total | Perf | GP |
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| 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 |
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| Player | Rating | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Total | Perf | GP |
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| 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 |
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