They All Play at Golders Green in the End.... (From Times Series)

They All Play at Golders Green in the End....

3:25pm Wednesday 12th December 2007 in Sport By Adam Raoof

Our regular event at the church hall in West Heath Drive took place on the 8th December, and we had 70 participants. A welcome new entrant was the Nigerian Master Odion Aikhoje. In 1998, Odion won the gold medal on board two at the Chess Olympiad in Elista!

Open - Grandmaster Alex Cherniaev (Russia) 5.5/6 won £60.00. International Master Odion Aikhoje (Nigeria) 4.5/6 won £30.00. The Under 175 grading prize was shared by Gary Senior (171) and Giles Berry (133) with 3/6, who won £10.00 each.

Gary is one of a number of participants who bring their kids to the tournament each month for some practice. Thomas (pictured above) is under 9, but is already an experienced tournament player as a result.

Major - Justin Hadi (142) 5/6 won £60.00 and Michael Healy (152) 4.5/6 won £30.00. The Under 145 grading prize was shared by Ashley Stewart (116) and Lozvoi Tserenbat (144) 4/6 and £10.00 each.

Minor - Augustine Aaron (121) 5/6 and £60.00, Tony Brown (115) and Shane McCabe (124) scored 4.5/6 and won £15 each. Mark Lim (110) was on 4.6 and won the £15.00 prize for the best Under 115.

Amateur - Maurice Siegel (96) scored 5/6 and won £60.00. Walter Thorpe (85), Richard Bedwell (89) and Amit Desai (78) won £15.00 each.