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British Championship Qualifying & MCCU Grand Prix

The MCCU Midland Individual Title was run in 2007/8 as a grand prix.  The MCCU player with the highest aggregate score in the Opens of the three events listed ( Leicester, Warwickshire and Nottingham ) secured the Midland Individual Title, holds the trophy for one year and win the £100 first prize.  The fist winner is

Ankush Khandelwal (Ashfield)

In addition, the highest placed Midlands player in the grand prix not already qualified for Liverpool 2008 (and who wishes to participate) will receive the MCCU nomination and be able to play in the British Championship.  The full Grand Prix table is

Player Club Grade Leics Warwicks Notts Total Qualified?
Khandelwal, Ankush Ashfield 196 4 3.5 3 10.5 Q
Byron, Alan M Wigston 185 3 2.5 3.5 9  
Armstrong, Malcolm J Stafford 174 2.5 2.5 2.5 7.5  
Hynes, AM (Tony) 4NCL Warwicks.Select 188 3.5 4   7.5 Q
Burrows, Martin Wigston 181 3.5   3.5 7  
Cox, Tristan A Sutton Coldfield 186   3.5 3.5 7 Q
Gibson, Christopher Chess Mates Northampton 161 4 2 1 7  
James, Russell A South Birmingham 180 3 4   7 Q
Mason, Donald J Shirley 198   4 2.5 6.5  
Coates, David Lincoln 164 2   3 5  
Hebden, Mark Littlethorpe 239     5 5 Q
Baruch, Andrew JD Whoberley 173   1.5 2.5 4  
Houska, Jovanka Hilsmark 214 4     4 Q
Kingston, Ian West Nottingham 155 2.5   1.5 4  
Padilla Cabero, Pablo South Birmingham 161 2.5   1.5 4  
Surtees, Mike Bolton 183     3.5 3.5  
Dehnen, Walter Wigston 167 3     3  
Lam, Paul GM Kenilworth 177   3   3  
Page, Mark Whoberley 183   3   3  
Robinson, John Braunstone 160 3     3  
Briggs, Phil Tamworth 184     3 3  
Eckloff, Colin Whoberley 148 2.5 0   2.5  
Fowler, Simon A Warwick University 192   2.5   2.5  
Hagesaether, Arne Hilsmark 178 2.5     2.5  
Hylands, Liam M South Birmingham 157   2.5   2.5  
Richardson, Alex Newcastle-u-Lyme 176   2.5   2.5  
Jarvis, Derek Breadsall 154     2.5 2.5  
Beveridge, Nigel K Hereford 166   2   2  
Cooper, David M Bushbury 158   2   2  
Glover, John Loughborough 139 2     2  
Webster, Richard Ashfield 157     2 2  
Burke, Steve Ashfield 156     2 2  
Mercs, Peter Gambit 170     2 2  
Levens, David West Nottingham 158     2 2  
Fisher, Simon Warwickshire   * 135   1.5   1.5  
Kitson, Peter Droitwich 169 1.5     1.5  
Pierbattisti, Giorgio Grantham 151 1.5     1.5  
Stepanyan, Henrik Sutton Coldfield 134 1.5     1.5  
Ilet, Ray Peterborough 146     1.5 1.5  
Ali, Golam Shabbir South Birmingham 158 1     1  
Clarke, Neil South Birmingham 151   1   1  
Edwards, Alan Scraptoft Valley 180 1     1  
Essinger, James Bridle 159 1     1  
Farrall, Dave Shepshed 137 0.5     0.5  
McNally, Richard JE Stratford 154   0.5   0.5  

 

Any MCCU congress which operates an open section can apply for one of the three MCCU qualifying place for the 2009 British Championships, or to participate in the 2008/9 MCCU Grand Prix.  Please send your requests to the Events Director by clicking here no later than 1st June 2008.

ECF County Championships

The final draw has been published by the ECF and has been updated here.

14/4 - We publish the 4th version of the draw, which we think is the final one!!

Web Forum

An MCCU Web Forum has been created.  Its at http://mccu.proboards62.com .  Lets use it to bounce ideas around and and take chess in the midlands forward.

Appointments

The following appointments have been made

County Teams Controller : Cyril Johnson  

Correspondence Controller : Bob Veitch  

Details of the the competitions they will be controlling and how to enter will be circulated shortly

AGM

For details of what happened at the AGM, click here.

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