Surrey Chess Archive

Surrey Chess Congress 2018

A three-section autumn congress held at Kingston University, with interactive crosstables for the Frank Winter Open, Eric Weimann Major and Bill Waterton Minor.
Kingston University, Penrhyn Road, venue of the Surrey Chess Congress 2018
Kingston University, Penrhyn Road, Kingston upon Thames — venue of the Surrey Chess Congress 2018.

Overview

The 2018 Surrey Chess Congress was played at Kingston University over the weekend of 26–28 October 2018. The surviving interactive tables record three sections: the Frank Winter Open, the Eric Weimann Major and the Bill Waterton Minor.

VenueKingston University, Penrhyn Road
Dates26–28 October 2018
Rounds5-round Swiss
SectionsOpen, Major, Minor

Prize Winners

Prize details are taken from the prize panels in the interactive crosstable files.

Frank Winter Open

Richard A. Bates, Adam C. Taylor and Ben Ogunshola shared 1st–3rd prize on 4/5.

PrizeWinner(s)Amount
1st–3rdBates, Taylor, Ogunshola£350 shared
Best Under 1980Nasir Rizvi£50
Surrey PrizeJovica Radovanovic£45

Eric Weimann Major

Nicholas D. Grey and Oliver Finnegan shared 1st–2nd prize on 4½/5.

PrizeWinner(s)Amount
1st–2ndGrey, Finnegan£300 shared
3rdAlexandros Pappas£50
Best Under 1600Boris Stoyanov£50
Surrey PrizeGraham P. Alcock£45

Bill Waterton Minor

Soham Kumar won the Minor outright with 4½/5.

PrizeWinnerAmount
1stSoham Kumar£200
2ndJames F. McKenna£100
3rdTim G. Cutter£50
Best Under 100Diego Cordova Lopez£50
Surrey PrizeTom Usharovsky£30

Interactive Crosstables

Full round-by-round results, seeding lists, prize panels and crosstables are available in the interactive pages.

Open Crosstable Major Crosstable Minor Crosstable

Archive Notes

This congress marks a later phase of the Surrey Chess Congress, away from the long-running Sutton Central Library era. The section names also preserve the memory of three important figures in Surrey chess history: Frank Winter, Eric Weimann and Bill Waterton.

This page has been prepared from the surviving interactive crosstable files and can be expanded if a full prize-winners sheet, entry form, bulletin or photographs are located.

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