The Stroud Autumn Rapid Play Chess Tournament was held in October 2024.  

Congratulations to all the prize winners below!

Winners

• Joint First Place:  Andy Horton & Indy Southcott-Moyers – 5.5 points (£75 each)

Rating Prizes

• 0 - 500 : Mark-Anthony Cullen & Jok Angok – 3 points; free entry into the next rapid tournament 

• 501 - 1100 : Henry Burton – 3 points (£30)

• 1101 - 1300 : Adam Mussa & Ayush Memon – 2 points (£15 each)

• 1301 - 1400 : Stephen Hinde – 3 points (£30)

• 1401 - 1500 : Noah Taylor – 3.5 points (£30)

• 1501 - 1550 : David Carter, Joshua Francis, Adrian Walker, & Greta Bullman – 3 points (£10 each)

• 1551 - 1650 : Jeremy Morton – 4 points (£30)

• 1651 - 1710 : Elliott Bleeg & Thomas Weavin – 4 points (£15 each)

• 1711 - 1900 : Jacob Edwards & Graeme Hood – 4 points (£15 each)

• 1901 - 2000 : Ondrej Cizek – 4.5 points (£30)

• 2001 - 2200 : Michael Ashworth – 5 points (£30)

(Zack Norris also scored 5 points but scooped the Junior prize this time!)

Junior Prize

•  Zack Norris – 5 points (£30)

Crust Issues Pizza David v Goliath prize (for the biggest rating gap win)

• Jon-Li Hunter (1033) for his impressive victory against a 1500+ rated player! Enjoy your £30 pizza voucher – details will be emailed shortly.

Kudos also to Henry Burton (820) for an even higher rated win, though he’ll be enjoying his rating prize instead!  Just two examples among many to show anything can happen in rapid chess  

Some photos from the Stroud Autumn Rapid Play Chess Tournament can be seen below.