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Final standings for the GP season 23/24:

Congratulations to our 2023/24 winner: Mark Rich!

Loyalty medals:

Rose Burgess, Harry Morter, Steve Merchant, Jo Carthew, Luke Chapman, Bill Tracey, Bill Luxton, Janis Petersons, James Lumsden, Mark Rich.

Overall winner:

1. Mark Rich – 17.5
2. James Lumsden – 16
3. Janis Petersons – 15

U1800:

1. Bill Luxton – 13.5
2. Bill tracey – 13
3. Luke Chapman – 13

U1600:

1. Steve Merchant – 10.5
2. Sharon Merchant – 9
3. Samuel Merchant – 8.5

U1400:

1. Rose Burgess – 11.5
2. Harry Morter – 10.5
3. Sebastian Merchant – 8.5

Unrated:

1. Timmy Nguyen – 6.5
2. Zacharius Carthew – 5
3. Mike Chapman – 5

Grand prix 1 – November 2023

Bexhill GP1 – November

Venue: St. Marks, Little common

Date: 10/11/2023

Federation: England

Timings: 15 mins, plus increment of 5 secs/move

Pos	Name	Rating	1	2	3	4	A	B	C	D	E	F
1	Petersons, Janis	1767K	b16+	w17+	b4+	w7+	4	2	2
2	Nguyen, Anh	1880A	b12+	w5+	b7=	w6+	3½	4	3½	1545	3.21	0.29
3	Lumsden, James	1858P	w4-	b15+	w8+	b12+	3	4	3	1368	3.63	-0.63
4	Burgess, Rose	1333A	b3+	w10+	w1-	b11+	3	4	3	1700	0.56	2.44
5	Merchant, Sebastian	1266A	w9+	b2-	w15+	w10+	3	4	3	1646	0.88	2.12
6	Carthew, Jo	1846P	w15+	b8=	w9+	b2-	2½	4	2½	1608	2.71	-0.21
7	Luxton, William H	1622K	w18+	b19+	w2=	b1-	2½	3	1½	1515	1.41	0.09
8	Merchant, Samuel	1531A	b21+	w6=	b3-	w16+	2½	2	½
9	Fleming, Andrew SJ	1857K	b5-	w21+	b6-	w17+	2	2	0
10	Hayward, Michael	1684P	w13+	b4-	w16+	b5-	2	2	0
11	Merchant, Sharon	1492P	w19-	b13+	b17+	w4-	2	2	0
12	Kimber, John D	1445P	w2-	b18+	w19+	w3-	2	3	1	1545	1.08	-0.08
13	Booth, Ed	1000	b10-	w11-	b21+	w18+	2	2	0
14	Chapman, Luke	1618A				b19+	1	1	1
15	Petersone, Alise	1162K	b6-	w3-	b5-	w21+	1	3	0	1657	0.52	-0.52
16	Barden, Kyle	1000	w1-	bye+	b10-	b8-	1	3	0	1661		984
17	Chapman, Mike	1000	bye+	b1-	w11-	b9-	1	3	0	1705		1028
18	Nguyen, Timmy	1000	b7-	w12-	bye+	b13-	1	2	0
19	Morter, Harry	898A	b11+	w7-	b12-	w14-	1	4	1	1544	0.32	0.68
20	Rhodes, Lawrence	1654P					0	0
21	Parr, George	1000	w8-	b9-	w13-	b15-	0	0	0

Index:

A = Player’s score.

B = Number of rated opponents played (N).

C = Score against rated opponents (W).

D = Average rating of rated opponents (Rc). Not shown for unrated players if B is less than 3 or Score is less than 1.

E = Rated players:   Sum of expected score for each rated opponent (We).

F = Rated players:   Actual score less expected score. This must be multiplied by K to get change of rating.

Unrated players: FIDE Performance rating.

K is the development coefficient. K is 20 except in a month where a junior player has outperformed expectation, then the k factor is 40

Loyalty points awarded to Bill Tracey and Steve Merchant who were playing for Bexhill 3.