Golders Green FIDE Rapid Chess
Saturdays from 11am to 5pm at St Luke’s Church in Kidderpore Avenue, London NW3 7SU , just off the A41 Finchley Road. Ok, technically it's Hampstead.
Tired of playing chess online? Come to our North West London FIDE and ECF Rapid Chess tournament, FORMAT - Open, Under 1900, Under 1600, ECF Under 1300 (if entries permit) and an ECF Under 1100 swiss format tournaments, 6 rounds, 20 mins each plus 5 seconds a move. 11am start, 5pm finish. Enter online now by clicking here
DATES FOR 2025
Jan 11, Feb 8, Mar 29, Apr 26, May 10, Jun 14, Jul 5, Aug 2, Sep 13, Oct 11, Nov 8, Dec -
http://goldersgreenchess.blogspot.com is the old web page, but it has lots of useful stuff. Here is how to get to the venue - http://bit.ly/stlukeschess
All participants should ideally be current English Chess Federation members at GOLD or above, including titled players. If you are not an ECF member then you pay £10.00 extra to play. Please forward this page to any chess players who may be interested. If you are a Junior or you are UKR registered then please contact the English Chess Federation to claim your FREE English Chess federation membership!
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A 6-round FIDE & ECF rated rapid in 5 sections. Free on-street parking.
Time control is 20 minutes per player PLUS 5 seconds added to the clock for each move.
Entry fee for all events is £30.00 paid in advance plus £10.00 for anyone not an ECF GOLD member or above. If you are a new Junior player or UKR registered then please claim your FREE English Chess federation membership!
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out and contact me.
See you there!
Adam Raoof (adamraoof@gmail.com)
FIDE International Organiser and International Arbiter
PRIZEWINNERS FROM THE EVENT OF 9TH NOVEMBER 2024
Thanks to Jo Wildman and Rob Hammond for their arbiting! Our next Golders Green FIDE Rapid event at the church is January 11th 2025. If you can’t wait for that, come to Muswell Hill this Tuesday for two standard games or six rapid FIDE rated games! Register here for Muswell Hill - https://form.jotform.com/62384663046964
Register here for Golders Green - https://form.jotform.com/211384934514961
Email me, adamraoof@gmail.com, with bank details if you want to claim any prize, or send me a money request on PayPal.
Open Prizes
1st. Justinas Stojanas [5.5/6] £100, 2nd. Peter Large [5.0/6] £50
Rating. Ethan Luc [4.0/5] £50
U1900 Prizes
1st. Claudio Oliveri [5.5/6] £100, 2nd. Mohammad Mozaffari [5.0/6] £50
Rating. Greg Billenness [4.0/5] £50
U1600 Prizes
1st Equal = Christopher Adams and Polina Popovtseva 5/6 = £60+30 / 2 = £45 each
Rating = Richard Kulibaev and Tamal Matilal 4.5/6 £15.00 each
U1100 Prizes
1st Equal = Mete Mortimer and Abhiram Shourya Kaparaboyena 5/6 = £60+30 / 2 = £45 each. Rating = Mark Gritsenko and Liu, Kunyu Vincent £15.00 each for 3/6
PRIZEWINNERS FROM THE EVENT OF 12TH OCTOBER 2024
Thanks to Jo Wildman for her dedication! Our next Golders Green FIDE Rapid event at the church is November 9th.
Email me, adamraoof@gmail.com, with bank details if you want to claim any prize, or send me a money request on PayPal.
If you fancy playing WEEKEND or RAPID chess in Torquay, Devon over the weekend of 25-27 October, click here - https://form.jotform.com/240824430495961
Open Prizes
1st = Kemal Ozeren 5/6 = £100
2nd = FM Maciej Czopor = £50
Rating = Vincent Sagues = £50
U1900 Prizes
1st = Raghu Kamath 6/6 = £100
2nd = Mohammed Mozaffari 5/6 = £50
Rating = Kaichen Sun 5/6 = £50
U1600 Prizes
1st. £45 each - Vedansh Krishna and Lee Simmonds 5/6
Rating. £30 - Yihua Ding 4.5/6
U1100 Prizes
1st. £45 each to Hongqian He and Lucca Bergallo 4.5/6
Rating. £30 - Eli Newsome 2.5/6
PRIZEWINNERS FROM THE EVENT OF 7TH SEPTEMBER 2024
Thanks to Lance Leslie-Smith, Jo Wildman and Olivier Djololian for their hard work today. Our next Golders Green FIDE Rapid event at the church is 12th October. If you can’t wait for that, come to Muswell Hill this Tuesday and next for two standard games or six rapid FIDE rated games! Register here - https://form.jotform.com/62384663046964
Register here for Golders Green events - https://form.jotform.com/211384934514961
Email me, adamraoof@gmail.com, with bank details if you want to claim any prize, or send me a money request on PayPal.
Open Prizes
1st [£100] FM Koby Kalavannan (5.5/6)
2nd [£50] Jinghan Cameron Goh (5/6)
Shared Rating [£50/2 = £25 each] CM Ethan Pang & Lion Lebedev (3.5/6)
U1900 Prizes
1st [£100] Dmytro Romaniuk (5.5/6)
Shared 2nd [£50/2 = £25 each] Jonathan Rubeck & Mohammad Hossein Mozaffari (5/6)
Shared Rating Prize [£50/2 = £25 each] Benedict Lewis & William Lin (3.5/6)
U1600 Prizes
1st Equal = Billy Readman and Lara De Boer 5/6 = £60+30/2 = £45 each
Rating = Edward Wolfin = 4/5 and U1100 = £30
U1100 Prizes
1st = Ben Simms 5/6 = £60
2nd = Nathan Henry = 4.5/6 = £30
Rating = Mikhail Tsarev = 3.5/6 = £30
PRIZEWINNERS FROM THE EVENT OF 3RD AUGUST 2024
Thanks to Rob Hammond, John Bowley and Olivier Djololian for their hard work today in the heat. Thanks also for your patience and understanding at the end of the event, I am glad to say that all worked out well. Our next Golders Green event at the church is 7th September.
Register here - https://form.jotform.com/211384934514961
Email me, adamraoof@gmail.com, with bank details if you want to claim any prize, or send me a money request on PayPal.
Open Prizes
1st. £100 FM Bob Beeke [5.0/6]
2nd. £50 (Tied) [£12.50 each] Michael W Healey, Alfred Soulier, CM Max N Turner, FM Peter J Sowray
Rating. £50 = Shambavi Hariharan [3.5/6]
U1900 Prizes
1st. £100 B R Gagan [5.5/6]
2nd. £50 Tied [£25 each] Samuel Cheung, Samuel Tombs
Rating. £50 Hooman Honarvarmahalati [4.0/6]
U1600 Prizes
1st. £60 Faraz Rahman 5.5/6
2nd. £30 Ashwath Kumar Kota 5/6
Rating. £30 Albert Eldridge 4/6
U1100 Prizes
1st. £60 Jan Vanbiervliet 5.5/6
2nd. £30 Arthur Fitzjohn 5/6
Rating. £30 Louise Chen 4/6
PRIZEWINNERS FROM THE EVENT OF 13TH JULY 2024
114 players! Thanks to Rob Hammond, Lance Leslie-Smith and Jo Wildman for their hard work today. Our next Golders Green event at the church is 3rd August, register here - https://form.jotform.com/223566285096970
Email me, adamraoof@gmail.com, with bank details if you want to claim any prize, or send me a money request on PayPal.
Open Prizes
1st. (£100.00) FM Maciej Czopor [5.5/6]
2nd. (£50.00) GM Alexander Cherniaev [5.0/6]
Rating. (£50) Kit Blades [4.0/6] (U1700)
U1900 Prizes
1st. (£100.00) Mohammad Hossein Mozaffari [6.0/6]
Tied for 2nd (£25.00 each) - George Hassabis, Orest Stus
Rating - (£50) Rithwik Gururaj (4.05/6, U1700 & Tie 2nd)
U1600 Prizes
1st. (£60) Luca Thorogood [6.0/6]
2nd. (£30) Antoine Clarke [5.0/6]
Rating. (£30) Frederick Fenton [4.0/6] (U1600)
U1300 Prizes
1st Equal = £60+30/3 = David Jobet, Michael Danes, Delroy Bennett = £30 each
Rating = Sam Fenton = £15.00
U1100 Prizes
1st = Ediz Bassoy = £60.00
2nd = Martynas Jukonis = £30.00
Rating = Joshan Patel = £15.00
PRIZEWINNERS FROM THE EVENT OF 15TH JUNE 2024
Thanks to Rob Hammond, Lance Leslie-Smith and Jo Wildman for their help today. Our next Golders Green event at the church is 13th July, register here - https://form.jotform.com/223566285096970
Email me, adamraoof@gmail.com, with bank details if you want to claim any prize, or send me a money request on PayPal.
OPEN
1st. £100 + 2nd. £50 (4 Way Tie) [5.0/6] (£37.50 ea)
- GM Alexander Cherniaev, CM Stanley Badacsonyi, IM Peter Large, FM Peter Sowray
Rating. £50 (Under 1900) Henry Adams [4.0/5]
U1900 Prizes
1st. £100 Aden Kennedy [6.0/6]
2nd. £50 Vineet Sood [5.0/6]
Rating. (Under 1650) £50 Russell Fletcher-Bott [4.5/6]
U1600 Prizes
1st Equal - Druha Chandrashekhar and Anastasiia Shukhman = 5/6 = £45 each
Rating U1485 - Richard Kulibaev = £30.00
ECF U1300 Prizes
Equal 1st place = Devina Bedi and Sebastian Toghill = 4.5/5 = £45 each
3rd place = Max Hersh = 3/5 = £15
ECF U1100 Prizes
1st Equal = Edward Wolfin and Daniel Dugdale = 5/6 = £45 each
3rd Equal = Mak Lester and Lucca Bergallo = 4.5/6 = £7.50 each
Rating = Mobai Lu and Leo Gui = £15 each
PRIZEWINNERS FROM THE EVENT OF 11TH MAY 2024
Thanks to Rob Hammond and Jo Wildman for their help today. Our next Golders Green event at the church is 15th June, but before then look out for London Chess League Congress on 31 May, 1 and 2 June, with a section running just Saturday and Sunday for ECF U1400 players. Register here - https://form.jotform.com/223566285096970
Email me, adamraoof@gmail.com, with bank details if you want to claim any prize, or send me a money request on PayPal.
OPEN
1st £100 GM Alexander Cherniaev [6.0/6], 2nd £50 Jenith Wiratunga [4.5/6]
Rating tied [3.5/6] and £25.00 each - Jonathan Britnell, Tim L Rogers
MAJOR Under 1900
1st. £100 Edwin Magombe [6.0/6]
2nd tied [4.5/6] £25 each - Mohammed Alahi, Claudio Oliveri
Rating [4/6] £25 each - Orest Stus, Michael Bridges
INTERMEDIATE Under 1600
1st equal = Russell Fletcher-Bott and Jake Tomy 5.5/6 = £100+50/2 = £75 each
Rating = Mark Horton 4/6 = £30
MINOR ECF Under 1300
1st equal = Theo Mears and Delroy Bennett 5/6 = £60+30/2 = £45.00 each
Rating =Leo Ornstein 4/6 = £20.00
AMATEUR ECF Under 1100
1st equal = Zoltan Kocsis and Theo Kyriacou 5/6 = £60+£30/2 = £45.00 each
Rating = Prakhar Saxena 4.5/6 = £20.00
PRIZEWINNERS FROM THE EVENT OF 6TH APRIL 2024
Thanks to Rob Hammond, Jo Wildman and Lance Leslie-Smith for all their help today. Our next Golders Green event at the church is 11th May (new format), but before then look out for London Chess League Congress this coming weekend 12 to 14 April, and East Midlands Congress on 27 and 28 April.
Email me, adamraoof@gmail.com, with bank details if you want to claim any prize, or send me a money request on PayPal.
OPEN
1st Alexander Cherniaev (£100) [5.5/6]. 2nd Alex Browning (£50) [5.0/6]
Rating U1850. (£50) Joshua Burnton [3.5/6]
MAJOR
1st Jonathan Rubeck (£100) [6.0/6]. = 2nd Khairul Munadi (£50) [5.0/6], Rating (and =2nd) Lam Ve Nguyen (£50) [5.0/6]
MINOR
1st - Faraz Rahman 6/6 = £60. 2nd = Saiarya Arun and Jonathan Rosen-Webb 4/6 = £30/2 = £15 each
Rating = Oscar Worrall and Joshua Emdon £15.00 each
AMATEUR
1st - Jack Lucas 5.5/6 = £60. 2nd = Niko Petrov and Emmanuelle Li 5/6 = £30/2 = £15 each
Rating prize = Daniel Dugdale and James Clegg £15.00 each
PRIZEWINNERS FROM THE EVENT OF 9TH MARCH 2024
Thanks to Rob Hammond, Ray Cannon and Domenico Napolitano for all their help today. Our next Golders Green event at the church is 6th April, but before then look out for Kensington FIDE Rapid on 17th March!
Email me, adamraoof@gmail.com, with bank details if you want to claim any prize, or send me a money request on PayPal.
Open
1st £100 + 2nd £50 CM Stanley Badacsonyi + IM Peter Large [5.0/6] £75.00 each
Rating £50 Oliver Petrick [4.0/6]
Major
1st £100 Andrii Poliakov [6.0/6], 2nd £50 Julian Llewellyn [5.0/6]
Rating: £50 Thomas Anthony [4.0/6]
Minor
1st Simran Dhillon 6/6 = £60.00, 2nd John McGann 5/6 = £30.00
3rd / Rating Prize:= £30.00 to Albert Eldridge 4/6
Amateur
= 1st - James Chong and Mischa Gerko 5/6 £45.00 each
Rating Prize: Jules Mak 4/6 £30.00
PRIZEWINNERS FROM THE EVENT OF 10TH FEBRUARY 2024
Thanks to Rob Hammond, and Joshua Morris for all their help today.
Email me, adamraoof@gmail.com, with bank details if you want to claim any prize, or send me a money request on PayPal.
Open
1st. Denis K Dupuis (£100) [5.5/6], 2nd. IM Peter G Large (£50) [5.0/6]
Rating - Jamie Doyle (£50) [4.0/6]
Major
1st. Place Tied (£100 + £50 = £50 ea) [5.0/6], - Simon Holin, David J Faulkner and Nayan Keats Rastogi
Rating - Arjun Bharadwaj (£50) [4.0/6]
Minor
1st Joe Eagle 5.5/6 £60.00, 2nd Richard Kulibaev 5/6 £30.00, Rating Prize Ashwath Kumar Kota, Venkata Hemanth Myneni, Rob Coles 4/6 and £10.00 each
Amateur
Zachary Lewis and Vladislav Kazantsev 5/6 £45.00 each
Rating Prize to Vedant Nedungadi 4/6 £30.00
PRIZEWINNERS FROM THE EVENT OF 13TH JANUARY 2024
Thanks to Rob Hammond, and Lance Leslie-Smith for running Golders Green, and for Domenico Napolitano for all his help.
Email me, adamraoof@gmail.com, with bank details if you want to claim any prize, or send me a money request on PayPal.
Open Prizes
1st. £100 Chukwunonso Oragwu [5.0/6]
2nd. £50 IM Peter Large / Robin W Haldane / Daniel J Young / Anirudh Shidlagatta (£12.50 each [4.5/6]
Rating. £50 (U1850) Jinghan Cameron Goh [4.0/6]
Major Prizes
1st. £100 Yashwardhan Shankar [5.5/6]
2nd. £50 Arjun Bharadwaj [5.0/6]
Rating. £50 Sebastian Griffin-Young [4.5/6]
Minor Prizes
Tied 1st [£60 + £30 = 90. 90/3 = £30 each] Benedict Lewis, Delroy Bennett, & Chris Adams (5/6)
Rating Prize Tied [£30/3 = £10 each] Nikolai Averianov, Kestutis Gudovijus, & Medhir Mehta (4/6)
Amateur Prizes
1st Sebastian Toghill 5/6 with £60.00
2nd Julius Lawless-Master 4.5/6 £30.00
Rating Prize: John McGann and William Lin £10.00 each
PRIZEWINNERS FROM THE EVENT OF 14TH OCTOBER 2023
Thanks to Rob Hammond, Lance Leslie-Smith, and Jo Wildman for running this event, and for Domenico for his help. Sign up to our free mailing list at www.chessengland.com for news of the next tournament and much more! Email me, adamraoof@gmail.com, with bank details if you want to claim any prize, or send me a money request on PayPal.
Open Prizes
1st £100 Alexander Cherniaev [5.5/6]
2nd £50 Peter D Lalic [5.0/6]
Rating Prize £50 (£25 each) Iulian Tudor and Liam Clery
Major Prizes
1st. £100 + 2nd. £50 [5.0/6] (£50 each) - Leandro Niels Gervasio, Platon Pushnya, Mohammad Hossein Mozaffari
Rating £50 Salvatore Pepe [4.0/6]
Minor Prizes
1st equal = Alexey Kureev, Yasin Buenadicha Merali, Gunnar Niels 5/6 = 60+30/3 = £30 each
Rating = James Collier = £30
Amateur Prizes
£15 each to: Rodolfo Niels Gervasio and Maya Rebeca Tudor = 5/6
£5 each to: Ivo Nikolov, Jason Williams and Yihua Ding = 4/6
PRIZEWINNERS FROM THE EVENT OF 11TH NOVEMBER 2023
Thanks to Rob Hammond, and Jo Wildman for running this event, and for Domenico Napolitano for all his help. Sign up to our free mailing list at www.chessengland.com for news of 2024 tournaments at Golders Green, Kensington and much more!
Email me, adamraoof@gmail.com, with bank details if you want to claim any prize, or send me a money request on PayPal.
Open Prizes
1st. £100 Tom O'Gorman [5.5/6], 2nd £50 Tom Eckersley-Waites [5.0/6]. Rating £50 Enrico Spataro [4.0/6]
Major Prizes
1st. £100 Anil Ayhan [6.0/6], 2nd. £50 Mohammed Mozaffari [5.0/6]. Rating £50 Jonathan D Smith [3.5/6]
Minor Prizes
1st = Sam Jackson 5.5/6 = £60, 2nd = Samuel Ebbutt 4.5/6 = £30. Rating = Joe Eagle 4.5/6 = £30
Amateur Prizes
1st = Richard Kulibaev 5/6 = £60
2nd Equal = Ruslan Shekhmametev and Vladislav Kazantsev 4.5/6= £30/2 = £15 each
Rating Prize = Lester Mak and Isabel Lamont 3/6= £30/2 = £15 each