Report by Bill Tracey:
At the recent Sussex University Congress five members of our club took part.
In the Open section Luke Chapman was our only entrant and he had an excellent tournament.
Luke was rated 20th in the starting line up but finished with 3.5 points and in a tie for 6th place.
His only loss was in the first round to an IM who went on to win the event.
In the U1600 event we had four entrants Lawry Rhodes, Harry Morter, Noah Pearson and myself.
Harry had a decent first day with 1.5 from 3. His second day was challenging as in his two games he faced the second and third seeds and, despite fighting well in both games he eventually lost both.
I had a disastrous first day, managing to lose all three despite being in commanding positions in two of them. I had a better second day and managed to win both of my games.
Noah and Lawry both had very strong performances with only one loss each from their five games.
They each gained 3.5 points and finished joint 3rd.