Surrey Easter Congress — 1991

Central Library, Sutton · 29 March–1 April 1991 · SCCA prize winners sheet

About the 1991 Congress

The Surrey Easter Chess Congress 1991 was held at the Central Library, St Nicholas Way, Sutton, Surrey, on 29, 30 and 31 March and 1 April 1991.

The Frank Winter Memorial Open was FIDE rated and attracted 71 competitors. First place was shared by Peter Large, Frank Parr, Gavin Wall and Andrew Webster on 5½/7.

The prize winners sheet also records a last-round decisive game between Peter Large and Andrew Webster, plus the event's special prizes.

Dates29 Mar–1 Apr
Easter 1991
VenueCentral Library
Sutton
Open71
FIDE rated
Major111
competitors

Notable point

The Open was FIDE rated. The official crosstable records 71 players and round-by-round scores.

Archive note

Dates of birth from the FIDE crosstable have deliberately not been reproduced in the HTML version.

Frank Winter Memorial Open Tournament

7-round Swiss · 71 competitors · FIDE rated

PlacePlayerScorePrize
1=Peter Large (Mitcham)5½/7£190 each
1=Frank Parr (Sutton)5½/7£190 each
1=Gavin Wall (Richmond)5½/7£190 each
1=Andrew Webster (Sutton)5½/7£190 each

Grading and Junior Prizes

CategoryPlayerScorePrize
GradingD. MacDonald (Richmond)5£35
GradingJ. M. Shepley (Guildford)4½£35
GradingK. Murooka (Tokyo)4£35
JuniorMiroslav Houska (Crystal Palace)4£25

The sheet notes that 16 FIDE-rated players took part. Paul Johnstone and Julian Shepley achieved part-ratings, subject to ratification. The British Championship qualifier was Gavin Wall, also subject to ratification.

FIDE Open Crosstable — Top 10 Snapshot

Extract from the official FIDE crosstable. Columns showing detailed round results and dates of birth are not reproduced here. Full searchable table to be added later.

PosPlayerNat.TleRtgPts
1Large, P.G.ENGIM23255½
2Parr, F.ENG23255½
3Wall, G.ENG22505½
4Webster, A.J.ENG23305½
5Ady, J.R.ENG22955
6Corkett, A.R.ENG23405
7Hodgson, J.H.ENG5
8Linton, W.A.ENG5
9MacDonald, D.ENG5
10Rossiter, P.J.ENG23205

The full original FIDE crosstable is preserved in the source folder as source/1991xtableFIDE.pdf.

Premier Tournament

Under-170 grading · 7-round Swiss · 61 competitors

PlacePlayerScorePrize
1stA. P. Spice (Orpington)6/7£240
2=J. Cobb (Lawn, Swindon)5½/7£80 each
2=D. G. Flower (Barbican)5½/7£80 each
2=C. J. Todd (International Students)5½/7£80 each

Grading and Junior Prizes

GradingS. Jacob (Lewisham)5£17.50 each
GradingJ. H. Manners (Sutton)5£17.50 each
JuniorOliver Rosten (Sutton)4½£25

Major Tournament

Under-145 grading · 7-round Swiss · 111 competitors

PlacePlayerScorePrize
1=S. Tomlinson (Orpington)6/7£150
1=J. Noyes (Sidcup)6/7£67 **
3=L. Butt (Brighton)5½/7£48 each
3=R. Jennings (West London)5½/7£48 each
3=A. Neviazsky (Richmond)5½/7£48 each
3=M. B. Wood (Barbican)5½/7£48 each

** Ungraded player limited to winning one third of the first prize.

Grading and Junior Prizes

GradingR. Newton (R.A.E., Farnborough)5£35
JuniorAdam Hunt (Cowley)5£35
JuniorJovanka Houska (Morley College)5£35
JuniorJoel Newman (Hayes, Kent)5£35

Minor Tournaments

Minor A

Under-120 grading · Friday and Saturday · 5-round Swiss · 62 competitors

1stG. M. Gibson (Richmond)5/5£100
2=J. Clifford (Richmond)4½/5£50 each
2=Luke McShane (Richmond) (aged 7 years and two months!)4½/5£50 each
GradingThomas Walton (Hayes, Kent)4£25
JuniorChristopher A. Baker (Richmond)4£20
JuniorSujit Kapadia (Newland House School)3½£15

Minor B

Under-120 grading · Sunday and Monday · 5-round Swiss · 47 competitors

1=R. J. Jones (Shortlands, Kent)4½/5£34 **
1=S. R. Jones (South Norwood)4½/5£83 each
1=J. Webb (Brighton)4½/5£83 each
GradingJ. Purdom (Hayes, Middlesex)3½£25
JuniorSimon Williams (The Hart, Fleet)3½£20
JuniorLuke McShane (Richmond)3£15

** Ungraded player limited to winning one third of first prize.

Novice Tournaments

Novice A

Under-100 grading · Friday and Saturday · 5-round Swiss · 47 competitors

1stJ. Purdom (Hayes, Middlesex)5/5£45
2ndS. Fitzgerald (Sutton Manor School)4½/5£30
3=Roger Johnson (Wallington)4/5£5 each
3=S. Nagaratnam (Kingston)4/5£5 each
3=N. K. Wood (Sutton)4/5£5 each
JuniorFraser Sim (Sutton)4£12.50
JuniorSanjay Joshi (Barnet Knights)3£12.50

Novice B

Under-100 grading · Sunday and Monday · 5-round Swiss · 38 competitors

1stD. Buckland (Cowley)5/5£40
2ndS. Fitzgerald (Sutton Manor School)4½/5£20
3rdJ. Cogan (Mercia)4/5£10
JuniorCharmaine Webster (Sutton)4£10
JuniorJonathan Conradi (R.G.S., Guildford)3½£10

Special Congress Prizes

PrizeWinner / noteScorePrize
Ladies PrizeMs Gloria Sullivan — Minor A4/5£12.50 each
Ladies PrizeMiss Charmaine Webster — Novice B4/5£12.50 each
Veterans PrizeS. Nagaratnam (Kingston) — Novice A4/5£20
Family PrizeCharles and James Cobb (Lawn, Swindon)71.43%Chess Magazine subscription
Best Game28 entries to be judged for one Best Game and three Highly Commended Game prizes.

Featured Game — Large v Webster

The prize winners sheet describes this as the critical last-round game. Peter Large led by a full point and needed only a draw to win outright; playing White against Andrew Webster, he lost and the tournament ended in a four-way tie.

View printed score
White: Peter Large Black: Andrew Webster Surrey Easter Congress Open, Round 7, 1991 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. Ne4 de4 6. Bc4 a6 7. Be3 b5 8. Bb3 Bb7 9. Nh3 c5 10. dc Qd1+ 11. Rd1 Nd7 12. Rg5 Bc6 13. Rd7 Bd7 14. Ne4 Bc6 15. Nd6+ Bd6 16. ed Kd7 17. f3 Bd5 18. Kd2 a5 19. Re1 Rhe8 20. Bd5 ed5 21. a4 d4 22. Bd4 Re1 23. Ke1 ba 24. Kd2 Kc6 25. g4 f6 26. h4 h5 27. Ke3 Rh8 28. g5 fg 29. hg h4 30. Kf2 h3 31. Ke1 Rh5 32. f4 h2+ 33. Kh1 g6 34. Bf2 Rh3 35. f5 gf 36. g6 Rh6 37. g7 Rg6 38. Bd4 f4 39. Kh2 f3 40. Kh3 Rg5 41. Kh2 f2 42. Bf2 Rg7 43. Bd4 Rg4 44. Be3 Re4 45. Bg5 Re2+ 46. Kg3 Rc2 47. Bf6 Rc5 48. Kf4 Kd6 49. Ke4 Rd5 50. Be7+ Kc6 51. Ba3 Rd7 52. Ke3 Kb5 and White resigned.

The score is reproduced as printed on the prize winners sheet. It should be checked before PGN publication.

Sources

Source files preserved in the source folder:

The FIDE crosstable includes additional columns not reproduced here, including personal data that is unnecessary for publication.