North Gloucestershire Chess Association
Chair Frank Jewell
Treasurer & Secretary Nigel Hosken
League Secretary Rob Wilden
Postal Address NGCA, 28 Tommy Taylor's Lane, Cheltenham, GL50 4NJ
Ian Robson Retains Title
19-4-24
On Wednesday at Wotton Hall, Wotton Hall’s
Ian Robson retained his title of North
Gloucestershire individual championship with
a win over Rich Maclannan and in so doing
achieved an impressive and emphatic 6/6
score in the competition.
The full list of prize winners was
1st 6/6 Ian Robson £60 Prize
2nd 4.5/6 Mike Ashworth £45.00 Prize
=3rd 4/6 Ben Lappin £12.50 Prize
=3rd 4/6 John Jenkins £12.50 Prize
=3rd 4/6 Zach Norris £25.00 1st Rating Prize
2.5/6 Frank Jewell £25.00 2nd Rating Prize
Full details of the tournament can be found
in the results page whilst photos from the
even are now up in the Gallery
Cotswold Congress 2024
28/5/24
A very successful 54th Cotswold Congress
was held over the Spring Bank Holiday
weekend. The tournament was full to
capacity with three sections each playing six
rounds over the three days of the Bank
Holiday Weekend.
First place in the open section was shared by
David Spence & Thomas Brown on 5/6.
Michael Ashworth and George Zhao shared
3rd place on 4.5, and as the highest placed
local player, Michael was also declared
Gloucestershire County Champion.
First place in the Major was a three way tie
between Clinton Wells, Bendan O’Gorman &
Emma Kong all with 5/6, whilst in the Minor
first place went to Oleksii Pustyntsev on 5.5,
William Purle came second on 5/6 with
Cirencester’s John Sleggs one of three
players sharing third place.
Stroud Summer Rapid
28/5/24
Building on the success of their Spring rapid,
Stroud Chess Club held a Summer Rapid
tournament on the 11th of this month. 52
players took part, with Indy Southcott-
Moyers once again coming out on top with
5.5 from 6. Half a point behind him, second
place was shared by Oscar Garcia, Johnathan
Fowler and Leon Nelson just nudging out a
trio of local players, Benjamin Lappin,
Duncan Dicks and Matthew Hammond who
finished on 4.5.
Look out for the Stroud Autumn rapid later
this year!
NGCA Individual Rapid
23/7/24
The Final event of the 2023/24 season, the
North Gloucestershire Individual Rapid took
place on the evenings of Tuesday 9th & 16th
this month.
A total of 23 players convened at Stroud’s
Star Anise venue for two evenings of exciting
chess.
joint winners of the tournament on 5/6 were
Duncan Dicks & Zack Norris, probably the
youngest ever winner of a North
Gloucestershire Individual Title.
Other prize winners were
Mike Ashworth 3rd 4.5/6
Joe Ingram & Evan Punshon Ratings prizes
Alex Carey Junior Prize
Full details can be found in the results
section of the site.