2025 Ringwood Rapidplay Report and Results

There were 3 people on 4 points who shared the U2000 and U1900 rating prizes, winning £20 each: Christian Westrap, Ivan Georgiev and James Forster.

The Junior prize was shared between Hugo Melling and Anuhas Gamage with 3 points, each winning £15.

Intermediate Section

There was also a tie for 1st place in this section, with between Niclas Hordnes, Simon Redmill and Richard Ursell who scored 5 points and won £70 each.

The Under 1700 prize of £25 was won by Phil Pinto on 4.5 points.

The Under 1600 prize of £25 was won by David Dowson on 4 points.

Mac Holland on 4 points was the top scoring junior and also qualified for the Under 1600 and U1500 rating prizes.  Whilst the rules say a competitor can only win one prize, we felt it only fair to give Mac more than a single prize and awarded him £40.   Unfortunately, Mac had a long journey home so was not at the prize giving.

Karla Venter and James Hawkes (both pictured below) and also Jadan Gerety were on 3 points shared the U1500 rating prize, winning £15 each.

Peter Nimmo did exceptionally well and scored 3.5 and won the Under 1400 rating prize of £25 outright.

Thanks

We would like to thank all those who took part and we hope you may enter again next year.

We would also like to thank all those who helped organise and run the event, not least for the effort in keeping players fed and watered throughout the day.  A special thanks goes to those who are not Ringwood Chess Club members: Bridget Clancy and Nikki Forster for their hard work in the kitchen, James Forster and Christian Westrap for helping clear up at the end, and Martin Simons for acting as chief arbiter.