{"id":2951,"date":"2026-09-29T11:03:01","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T11:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bexhillchessclub.co.uk\/?p=2951"},"modified":"2026-10-04T15:32:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T15:32:13","slug":"grand-prix-series-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bexhillchessclub.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/09\/29\/grand-prix-series-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"GRAND PRIX SERIES Winner"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-accent-background-color has-background has-larger-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">GRAND PRIX 7 &#8211; Friday 18 September 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The full data for this event is unavailable, but Michael Hayward&#8217;s report is as follows :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>WINNER &#8211; James Lumsden &#8211; 4\/4<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>JOINT 2nd &#8211; Oliver Kuzmanoski, Bill Tracey, Michael Hayward 2.5\/4<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>With apologies for the late announcement &#8211;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The overall winner of the 2026 series therefore is :<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James Lumsden<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"592\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/bexhillchessclub.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-18-592x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2952\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.5781273842585528;width:592px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bexhillchessclub.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-18-592x1024.png 592w, https:\/\/bexhillchessclub.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-18-173x300.png 173w, https:\/\/bexhillchessclub.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-18-768x1328.png 768w, https:\/\/bexhillchessclub.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-18-888x1536.png 888w, https:\/\/bexhillchessclub.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-18.png 1116w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 592px) 100vw, 592px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many congratulations to James for his sustained intensity and skill under pressure in a challenging series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Runners-up &#8211; jointly<\/strong> <strong>are <\/strong> :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Oliver Kuzmanoski <\/strong>and <strong>Jonathan Mfula<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/bexhillchessclub.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-19-768x1024-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2954\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bexhillchessclub.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-19-768x1024-1.png 768w, https:\/\/bexhillchessclub.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-19-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/bexhillchessclub.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-19-300x400.png 300w, https:\/\/bexhillchessclub.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-19-1152x1536.png 1152w, https:\/\/bexhillchessclub.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-19-1200x1600.png 1200w, https:\/\/bexhillchessclub.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-19.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It has been great to see members who have joined us fairly recently achieving so well across the whole series. Well done, Jonathan and Oliver!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">See our separate GRAND PRIX page for the breakdown of the 2026 series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GRAND PRIX 7 &#8211; Friday 18 September 2026 The full data for this event is unavailable, but Michael Hayward&#8217;s report is as follows : WINNER &#8211; James Lumsden &#8211; 4\/4 JOINT 2nd &#8211; Oliver Kuzmanoski, Bill Tracey, Michael Hayward 2.5\/4 With apologies for the late announcement &#8211; The overall winner of the 2026 series therefore [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grand-prix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bexhillchessclub.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bexhillchessclub.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bexhillchessclub.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bexhillchessclub.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bexhillchessclub.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2951"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/bexhillchessclub.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2951\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2978,"href":"https:\/\/bexhillchessclub.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2951\/revisions\/2978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bexhillchessclub.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bexhillchessclub.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bexhillchessclub.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}