2024 Southend Masters, 28 March - 1 April, Southend Community Centre

2024 Southend Masters		Fed	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Total	TB1
1	Szymon Gumularz	POL	2590g	22b1	20w1	4b½	8w1	5b½	7w1	2b½	6w1	3b½	7	2606
2	Shreyas Royal	ENG	2457m	27w½	15b½	23b1	10w1	4b½	8w1	1w½	5b½	6b½	6	2521
3	Jianwen Wong	MAS	2254f	4w0	24b1	26w½	12b½	18w1	23w1	10b½	15b1	1w½	6	2481
4	Igor Janik	POL	2497g	3b1	14w1	1w½	5b½	2w½	6b½	8b½	12w½	13b½	5½	2486
5	Martin Hollan	CZE	2347f	25b1	16w1	8b½	4w½	1w½	11b1	6w0	2w½	10b½	5½	2486
6	Daniel Howard Fernandez	ENG	2532g	½/bye	27b1	7w½	9b½	16w1	4w½	5b1	1b0	2w½	5½	2479
7	Alexander Cherniaev	ENG	2375g	½/bye	17w1	6b½	11w1	½/bye	1b0	14w½	8w½	18b½	5	2458
8	Martin Petrov	BUL	2518g	28w1	19b1	5w½	1b0	9w1	2b0	4w½	7b½	11w½	5	2441
9	Richard G Pert	ENG	2411m	½/bye	½/bye	20b1	6w½	8b0	13w½	23b½	14w1	12b½	5	2415
10	Zhuo Ren Lim	MAS	2290f	21w½	12b½	25w1	2b0	24w1	14b½	3w½	11b½	5w½	5	2350
11	Ezra Kirk	ENG	2407m	19w0	28b1	15w1	7b0	26w1	5w0	21b1	10w½	8b½	5	2332
12	Hüseyin Can Agdelen	TUR	2408f	17b½	10w½	16b0	3w½	19w1	21b½	24w1	4b½	9w½	5	2325
13	Bogdan Lalic	CRO	2354g	15w½	26b½	19w½	16b½	21w½	9b½	17w½	23b1	4w½	5	2312
14	Juan Alberto Gomez Aguirre	ESP	2196c	24w1	4b0	18w½	26b½	27w1	10w½	7b½	9b0	17w½	4½	2327
15	Daniel GH Gallagher	ENG	2219	13b½	2w½	11b0	22w1	23b0	27b1	18w1	3w0	16b½	4½	2315
16	Santhosh Abhyuday	IND	2150	1/bye	5b0	12w1	13w½	6b0	18b0	22w1	17b½	15w½	4½	2300
17	David L Haydon	ENG	2241f	12w½	7b0	27w½	18b0	25b1	26w1	13b½	16w½	14b½	4½	2279
18	James P Jackson	ENG	2371m	20b0	22w½	14b½	17w1	3b0	16w1	15b0	26w1	7w½	4½	2236
19	Thomas Villiers	ENG	2225c	11b1	8w0	13b½	23w½	12b0	24b0	20w½	28w1	21b½	4	2288
20	Gustavo Ribeiro	POR	2220f	18w1	1b0	9w0	24b0	22b½	25w½	19b½	27w1	28b½	4	2281
21	Frankie Badacsonyi	ENG	2160	10b½	23w0	22b½	28w1	13b½	12w½	11w0	24b½	19w½	4	2275
22	Roland Bezuidenhout	RSA	2273f	1w0	18b½	21w½	15b0	20w½	28b1	16b0	25w½	23w1	4	2237
23	Koby Kalavannan	ENG	2324f	26w½	21b1	2w0	19b½	15w1	3b0	9w½	13w0	22b0	3½	2203
24	Alex Browning	GER	2313f	14b0	3w0	28b1	20w1	10b0	19w1	12b0	21w½	25b0	3½	2169
25	Steven A Jones	ENG	2217	5w0	1/bye	10b0	27b0	17w0	20b½	28w½	22b½	24w1	3½	2134
26	Stanley Badacsonyi	ENG	2196c	23b½	13w½	3b½	14w½	11b0	17b0	27w1	18b0		3	2212
27	Marek Kawulok	CZE	2245	2b½	6w0	17b½	25w1	14b0	15w0	26b0	20b0	1/bye	3	2092
28	Rodrigo Ribeiro	POR	2271	8b0	11w0	24w0	21b0	1/bye	22w0	25b½	19b0	20w½	2	1970

Tournament report by IA Lance Leslie-Smith:

The Southend Masters tournament made its grand return this year. The tournament was independently organised by International Arbiter & Organiser Lance Leslie-Smith alongside FIDE Arbiter Jake Hung.

The tournament took place from the 28th March - 1st April over the Easter weekend & bank holiday in Rooms 16 & 17 at the Southend Adult Community College, Southend East (Southend on Sea). The field (limited to a maximum of 30 entries) attracted 28 players from 12 different federations which included 6 GMs, 4 IMs, 9 FMs, 3 CMs, 1 NM, & 5 untitled participants. The average rating of the field came to 2324, very strong for a swiss open tournament, thus not having to resort to using the Baku Accelerated pairing system.

The level of play was very decisive all the way through, barring the draw fest in round 9. The bottom half of the field pulled up their socks and produced some amazing results. FMs Martin Hollan (CZE) and Jianwen Wong (MAS) achieved International Master (IM) norms. Unfortunately, no GM norms or English norms were achieved, but the relentless efforts from the English players can’t go unrecognised. A special mention to IM Shreyas Royal and NM Daniel Gallagher for putting up outstanding performances in a field where nearly half of the players were English. Shreyas had a tough start to the tournament, conceding draws to two 2200 players, but then picked up the pace gaining three wins in the next four games ending up on 4.5 out of 6 points. A GM norm was guaranteed to be 7 out of 9 points, and Shreyas going into round 8 with 5 out of 7 points after holding the top seed (and eventual winner) GM Szymon Gumularz (POL) to a draw, needed to win the last two games on demand to get the norm. He ended up conceding two draws leaving him on a well fought 6 out of 9 points. NM Daniel Gallagher had a great run and at one stage was in position to play for an IM norm. Going into round eight on 4 out of 7 points. Two wins would guarantee a norm or potentially 1.5/2 depending on his opponents’ average ratings. A tough battle against FM Jianwen Wong ending in a loss would spell the end of a fantastic effort from Daniel!

The tournament was won outright by GM Syzmon Gumularz with one point over the chasing group scoring 7/9, followed by IM Shreyas Royal and FM Jianwen Wong with 6/9 respectively.

Final ranking crosstable at chess-results.com

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File Updated

Date	Notes
9 May 2024	First uploaded. Games and reports supplied by IA Lance Leslie-Smith, for which many thanks.