Steve Connor

British U175 Champion 2005

British U175 Championship 2005

27th Sept 2005 - Atticus player and club webmaster Steve Connor won the British U175 Championship in the Isle of Man with 4/5, winning a trophy and a cheque for £225. Round by round details and crosstable here. Brian Ewart competed in the very strong British Senior Championships. Full details of this event. Steve also won the Week 2 Open with 4/5 (not 5/5 as shown on the BCF website) and a cheque for £150.

See photos from the championships. Details of all results and events here.

Jim Wiseman

Proud winner of the Liverpool Congress Minor

Photo by C. Atako

Liverpool Congress 2005

5th Sept 2005 - The annual Liverpool Congress was held at Hope University College 2nd - 4th Sept. This was a BCF Grand Prix Event with three main sections; Open, Major and Minor. Atticus player and club secretary Jim Wiseman was the eventual winner of the Minor. Luke Boumphrey competed in the Open beating John Littlewood in Round 1. Well done to both players. Farhad Amir Afshar and Chino Atako competed too. More details to follow

FM Dave James

Elo 2222

European Team Championships 2005

29th July 2005 - Dave James represented Wales in the recent European Team Championships in Göteborg, Sweden. This was a tough event with several strong GM's taking part. Dave played in seven of the nine rounds and his results included a victory over Cypriot Doros Kassinopoullos, Elo 2094 and draws against Turkish IM Mert Erdogdu, Elo 2403, Luxemburg's IM Fred Berend, Elo 2374 and Scotland's GM Colin McNab Elo 2451. For further details including the games click here.

Official site: http://www.goteborgchess2005.se/

: Luke Boumphrey

Rhyl Congress 2005

1st June 2005 - Congratulations to Atticus player Luke Boumphrey, outright winner of the Rhyl Major Championship 2005 and first prize of £120. The event, a five round swiss, held at the Town Hall over the weekend of 20th - 22nd May is one of the toughest Major's to win. This is a deserved result for Luke who, as usual, prepared extremely well for his encounters. See two of his games from the event including an excellent win in 16 moves. Luke also competed very successfully at the Blackpool Chess Conference, Challengers (U175), 11-13 March 2005 winning both a share of 3rd place with a score of 4 out of 5, and for good measure, the £50 grading prize! More details.

MCA Team Lightning 2005

21st June 2005 - Two Atticus teams competed in the annual Merseyside Team Lightning Championships, held on Tuesday at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts in Mount Street. For photos and short report click here. Starting at 7.30pm, nine teams competed over seven rounds with Waterloo taking the title on 24½ points ahead of Liverpool 1 and Aigburth on 20.

Waterloo 1 - Winners 2005

(left to right foreground): Steve McGrane, Peter Kirby, Gary Quillan and Colin Horton. In the background to the left is FIDE Arbiter and tournament controller, David Welch.