Bolton Easter Congress 2018.

Eighty two competitors attended the Bolton Easter Congress, held at the Bolton Ukrainian club from Friday March 30th to Sunday April 1st.

The FIDE Open ended in a 3 way tie between FM Joseph McPhillips, Mike Surtees and Ali Jaunooby on 4pts. Joseph had a 1 point advantage starting the final round but was defeated my Mike, so the first place was shared.

The first place in the Major was shared between Gogia Aman, Barry Hymer, David Patrick and Mark Whitehead on 4pts.

S Davin Silva, a visitor from India, won the Knights section on 4.5pts.

Busy Persons Blitz attracted 73 competitors with first place was shared between Joseph McPhillips and Mike Surtees.

Bolton FIDE Open. 21 competitors

1st= Joseph McPhillips Bolton

Mike Surtees Great Lever

Ali Jaunooby Manchester Manticores 4pts/5

U2000 Grading Kamil Celinski Poland

21 competitors. £600 prize fund

Bolton Major

1st= Gogia Armaan West Nottingham

Barry Hymer Lancaster

David Patrick Calderdale

Mark Whitehead Rochdale 4pts

U150 Grading Colin White Chester 3.5pts

29 competitors. £480 prize fund

Bolton Knights

1st S Davin Silva India 4.5pts

2nd= Sayad Affi-Dehghan Sale

Lawrence Harold Eccles

Khalid Khokhar Sale

Robert Owen Woodvale 4pts

U100 Grading Aisha Benhamida, Tameside & Andrew De Santos, Preston 2.5pts

Busy Person Blitz

1st= Joseph McPhillips, Bolton & Mike Surtees, Great Lever 7pts/8

166 to 185 Grading Tom Leah, York; Kit Hopkins, Lytham Ex and Jacob Boswell, Cheddleton 6pts

146 to 165 Grading Peter Garrett, Waterloo 6pts

126 to 145 Grading Mark Constantine, Manchester area 4.5pts

106 to 125 Grading Keith Wicks, Sheffield 4pts

85 to 125 Grading Denzil Supatan, Ashton 5pts

Under 85 Grading Khalid Mehmood, Stockport 5pts

73 Competitors £220 prize fund