Events included (as at 1st December 2022)
The Grand Prix is a year-long individual competition based on rated open standardplay and rapid congresses played in England between 1st July 2022 and 30th June 2023. All open congresses (or open sections of congresses) rated by the ECF are included with the current list of events received from 1st July 2022 to 1st December 2022 as below. The event list and leaderboards will be updated periodically as results are submitted for rating.
Events included to 1st December 2022
| Event No | Time Control | Event Name | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26330 | RAPID | Golders Green Rapidplay 2nd July – Open | 02-Jul-22 | 02-Jul-22 |
| 26328 | RAPID | Cleethorpes Rapidplay 2022 – Open | 03-Jul-22 | 03-Jul-22 |
| 26361 | STANDARD | 28th 4NCL Congress – Open | 08-Jul-22 | 10-Jul-22 |
| 26450 | RAPID | Kensington FIDE Rapidplay 10th July 2022 – Open | 10-Jul-22 | 10-Jul-22 |
| 26452 | RAPID | Cook-For-Good Evening FIDE Rapidplay-11th July | 11-Jul-22 | 11-Jul-22 |
| 26447 | RAPID | Muswell Hill FIDE Rapidplay Open – 12th July | 12-Jul-22 | 12-Jul-22 |
| 26440 | RAPID | GLCC Summer Rapidplay Open | 16-Jul-22 | 16-Jul-22 |
| 26400 | RAPID | Muswell Hill FIDE Rapidplay Open – 19th July | 19-Jul-22 | 19-Jul-22 |
| 26554 | RAPID | Kensington FIDE Rapidplay 31st July 2022 – Open | 31-Jul-22 | 31-Jul-22 |
| 26548 | RAPID | Golders Green Rapidplay 6th August – Open | 03-Aug-22 | 03-Aug-22 |
| 26533 | STANDARD | Chessable British Chess Championships 2022: Week 1 Open | 08-Aug-22 | 12-Aug-22 |
| 26521 | RAPID | Chessable British Chess Championships 2022: Open Rapidplay | 10-Aug-22 | 10-Aug-22 |
| 26539 | STANDARD | Chessable British Chess Championships 2022: Weekend Atkins Open | 12-Aug-22 | 14-Aug-22 |
| 26570 | STANDARD | Chessable British Chess Championships 2022: Major Open | 13-Aug-22 | 21-Aug-22 |
| 26572 | STANDARD | Chessable British Chess Championships 2022: Week 2 Open | 14-Aug-22 | 20-Aug-22 |
| 26654 | STANDARD | Northumbria Masters Open | 26-Aug-22 | 30-Aug-22 |
| 26615 | STANDARD | Berks & Bucks 2022 Championship | 27-Aug-22 | 29-Aug-22 |
| 26620 | RAPID | 1st Brentwood FIDE-Rated Rapid Play 28th August 2022 Open Section | 28-Aug-22 | 28-Aug-22 |
| 26649 | RAPID | North Gloucestershire Chess Association Individual Rapidplay | 30-Aug-22 | 08-Sep-22 |
| 26657 | RAPID | 2022 Warwickshire Rapidplay Championship Open | 04-Sep-22 | 04-Sep-22 |
| 26665 | RAPID | Northampton FIDE Rapidplay 4th September 2022 – Open | 04-Sep-22 | 04-Sep-22 |
| 26727 | RAPID | Golders Green FIDE Rapidplay 10th September – Open | 10-Sep-22 | 10-Sep-22 |
| 26760 | RAPID | Mindsports Masters FIDE Rapidplay | 11-Sep-22 | 11-Sep-22 |
| 26724 | RAPID | Muswell Hill FIDE Rapidplay Open – 13th September 2022 | 13-Sep-22 | 13-Sep-22 |
| 26769 | STANDARD | Ilkley Chess Festival – Open | 16-Sep-22 | 18-Sep-22 |
| 26750 | RAPID | Kensington FIDE Rapidplay 18th September 2022 – Open | 18-Sep-22 | 18-Sep-22 |
| 26808 | RAPID | 17th Cambridgeshire Rapidplay Open | 25-Sep-22 | 25-Sep-22 |
| 26906 | RAPID | Muswell Hill FIDE Rapidplay Open – 27th September | 27-Sep-22 | 27-Sep-22 |
| 27100 | STANDARD | Northumberland Open 2022 | 30-Sep-22 | 02-Oct-22 |
| 27135 | RAPID | Golders Green FIDE Rapidplay 8th October – Open | 08-Oct-22 | 08-Oct-22 |
| 27116 | STANDARD | Open – Hull 4NCL International | 14-Oct-22 | 16-Oct-22 |
| 27151 | STANDARD | 39th Bury St Edmunds Congress Open | 15-Oct-22 | 16-Oct-22 |
| 27233 | STANDARD | Crewe Open 2022 | 14-Oct-22 | 16-Oct-22 |
| 27418 | STANDARD | 1st Cornwall Autumn Open 2022 | 14-Oct-22 | 16-Oct-22 |
| 27294 | RAPID | Kensington FIDE Rapidplay 16th October 2022 – Open | 16-Oct-22 | 16-Oct-22 |
| 27339 | RAPID | 32nd Birmingham Rapidplay Open | 30-Oct-22 | 30-Oct-22 |
| 27363 | RAPID | Coulsdon Chess: Autumn Rapidplay – Open | 29-Oct-22 | 29-Oct-22 |
| 27380 | STANDARD | Scarborough 2022 – Open | 28-Oct-22 | 30-Oct-22 |
| 27377 | RAPID | 1st Kentish FIDE Rapidplay – Open | 30-Oct-22 | 30-Oct-22 |
| 27491 | RAPID | Golders Green FIDE Rapidplay 12th November – Open | 12-Nov-22 | 12-Nov-22 |
| 27606 | RAPID | Muswell Hill FIDE Rapidplay Open – 15th November 2022 | 15-Nov-22 | 15-Nov-22 |
| 27495 | STANDARD | 2022 Birmingham Open | 19-Nov-22 | 20-Nov-22 |
| 27531 | RAPID | Muswell Hill FIDE Rapidplay Open – 22nd November 2022 | 22-Nov-22 | 22-Nov-22 |
Leaderboards (provisional as at 1st December 2022)
Grand Prix points may be scored based on results in any number of events as follows:
(i) The member must play at least four games in the event. Byes and wins by default will not be counted.
(ii) In a Standard Play event the member’s Grand Prix points are calculated as percentage score in the event, with any fraction of a percent ignored; plus the number of games played in that event (up to a maximum of 11).
(iii) In a Rapid Play event the points are calculated as above, then halved, and truncated, if necessary, to produce a whole number.
(b) Calculating overall Grand Prix scores
The leaderboard shows total number of qualifying standard and rapidplay events for each player.
Grand Prix scores are usually based on a best performance subset of the events played in. The scores are calculated as the sum of the member’s best performances in:
• up to 7 Standard Play events, or
• up to 6 Standard Play events + 2 Rapid Play events, or
• up to 5 Standard Play events + 4 Rapid Play events
—whichever gives the highest score.
Open 2050+ Grand Prix Leaderboard – Top 20 – Results received 1/07/22 to 01/12/22
| Name | Club | FIDE Nat | SP Rating | SP Evts | RP Evts | GP Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ackley, Peter JE | Chesterfield | ENG | 2092 | 5 | 1 | 338 |
| Finn, Peter | Wycombe & Hazlemere | ENG | 2176 | 3 | 3 | 313 |
| Saunders, Aron | Downend & Fishponds | ENG | 2055 | 4 | 1 | 290 |
| James, Russell A | Solihull | ENG | 2147 | 5 | 0 | 286 |
| Cherniaev, Alexander | Hackney | ENG | 2472 | 1 | 15 | 282 |
| Wall, Tim P | Forest Hall | ENG | 2355 | 3 | 0 | 265 |
| Shearsby, Jude | Kenilworth | ENG | 2071 | 4 | 3 | 262 |
| Ogunshola, Olugbemiga (Ben) | Camberley | NGR | 2224 | 3 | 1 | 258 |
| Baer, Bruce L | Mutual Circle | ENG | 2116 | 3 | 1 | 247 |
| Arnott, Jonathan W | SASCA | ENG | 2196 | 4 | 1 | 241 |
| Jackson, Edward | 3Cs | ENG | 2077 | 3 | 1 | 239 |
| Gormally, Daniel W | 4NCL Blackthorne Russia | ENG | 2494 | 2 | 1 | 208 |
| Hobson, Kenneth | Cowley | ENG | 2198 | 2 | 3 | 208 |
| Hutchinson, Paul A | Scarborough | ENG | 2117 | 3 | 1 | 207 |
| Sowray, Peter J | 4NCL Barbican | ENG | 2324 | 1 | 4 | 206 |
| Mitra, Roman C | Southampton University | ENG | 2268 | 2 | 1 | 206 |
| Merriman, James | Kent Juniors | ENG | 2110 | 2 | 2 | 206 |
| Senior, Gary | Hendon | ENG | 2184 | 1 | 5 | 205 |
| Burrows, Martin P | Wigston | ENG | 2179 | 3 | 1 | 204 |
| Zhang, Anthony Y | Crowthorne | ENG | 2218 | 3 | 0 | 202 |
| Larchikov, Maksym | Hull * | UKR | 2058 | 3 | 1 | 202 |
Women’s Grand Prix – Top 20 – 01/07/22 to 01/12/22
| Name | Club | FIDE Nat | SP Rating | SP Evts | RP Evts | GP Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subramanian, Anusha | Maidenhead | ENG | 1705 | 4 | 2 | 213 |
| Pert, Nina P | Brentwood | ENG | 1937 | 3 | 0 | 203 |
| Arora, Tashika | Oxfordshire Juniors | ENG | 2090 | 4 | 0 | 189 |
| Zhu, Yaoyao | 4NCL 3Cs | ENG | 2009 | 3 | 0 | 174 |
| Maton, Emily | Hertfordshire Juniors | ENG | 1738 | 2 | 2 | 152 |
| Bridgeman, Niamh | Morecambe | ENG | 1968 | 4 | 0 | 150 |
| Norinkeviciute, Rasa | Eastbourne | LTU | 2081 | 2 | 0 | 135 |
| Sivanandan, Bodhana | Harrow | ENG | 1588 | 2 | 1 | 133 |
| Longson, Sarah N | Marple | ENG | 2123 | 2 | 0 | 116 |
| Dicen, Elis Denele | Coventry Chess Academy | ENG | 1968 | 1 | 2 | 107 |
| Headlong, Georgia | Brown Jack | ENG | 1786 | 2 | 0 | 103 |
| Sheikh, Anum | Chingford | ENG | 1961 | 2 | 0 | 98 |
| Richmond, Jane | Brown Jack | WLS | 2152 | 1 | 2 | 94 |
| Ratnesan, Radha | Surbiton | ENG | 1714 | 1 | 2 | 90 |
| Graham, Cassie M | Worthing | ENG | 1983 | 0 | 3 | 88 |
| Weersing, Abigail R | Essex Juniors | ENG | 2041 | 2 | 0 | 80 |
| Volovich, Julia | Cambridge University | ENG | 2004 | 1 | 0 | 75 |
| Latypova, Olga L | Chelmsford | ENG | 1840 | 2 | 0 | 73 |
| Nunn, Petra | Bude | ENG | 2009 | 1 | 0 | 71 |
| Smith, Olivia | Athenaeum | WLS | 2143 | 1 | 0 | 64 |
Junior Grand Prix – Top 20 – 01/07/22 to 01/12/22
| Name | Club | FIDE Nat | SP Rating | SP Evts | RP Evts | GP Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saunders, Aron | Downend & Fishponds | ENG | 2055 | 4 | 1 | 290 |
| Pal, Rohan | Coventry Chess Academy | ENG | 2022 | 5 | 3 | 281 |
| Shearsby, Jude | Kenilworth | ENG | 2071 | 4 | 3 | 262 |
| Jackson, Edward | 3Cs | ENG | 2077 | 3 | 1 | 239 |
| Verma, Shlok | Petts Wood & Orpington | ENG | 2012 | 4 | 0 | 234 |
| Kumar, Soham | Maidenhead | ENG | 2016 | 3 | 1 | 231 |
| Woltery, Nicolai | Westminster School | ENG | 1930 | 3 | 1 | 222 |
| Patel, Zain | Hammersmith | ENG | 1859 | 3 | 4 | 220 |
| Subramanian, Anusha | Maidenhead | ENG | 1705 | 4 | 2 | 213 |
| Bharat Kumar, Balahari | Desert Penguins (London) | ENG | 1907 | 2 | 7 | 211 |
| Hobson, Kenneth | Cowley | ENG | 2198 | 2 | 3 | 208 |
| Merriman, James | Kent Juniors | ENG | 2110 | 2 | 2 | 206 |
| Pert, Nina P | Brentwood | ENG | 1937 | 3 | 0 | 203 |
| Larchikov, Maksym | Hull * | UKR | 2058 | 3 | 1 | 202 |
| Zakarian, Dimitrios Levon | Oxfordshire Juniors | ENG | 2009 | 1 | 4 | 199 |
| Arora, Tashika | Oxfordshire Juniors | ENG | 2090 | 4 | 0 | 189 |
| Rushbrooke, Remy | Westminster School | ENG | 2131 | 1 | 4 | 187 |
| Badacsonyi, Frankie | Middlesex Juniors | ENG | 2011 | 1 | 7 | 186 |
| Buanne, Luca | Richmond Juniors | ENG | 2038 | 2 | 2 | 184 |
| Badacsonyi, Stanley | Barnet Knights | ENG | 1830 | 1 | 10 | 184 |
Major Grand Prix (1900-2049) – Top 20 – 01/07/22 to 01/12/22
| Name | Club | FIDE Nat | SP Rating | SP Evts | RP Evts | GP Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chan, Sheng Liang Bernard | Leeds University | MAS | 2037 | 5 | 0 | 344 |
| Pal, Rohan | Coventry Chess Academy | ENG | 2022 | 5 | 3 | 281 |
| de Coverly, Roger D | Bourne End | ENG | 2040 | 4 | 0 | 259 |
| Gardiner, Eric D | Hull DCA | ENG | 2001 | 6 | 0 | 259 |
| Verma, Shlok | Petts Wood & Orpington | ENG | 2012 | 4 | 0 | 234 |
| Kumar, Soham | Maidenhead | ENG | 2016 | 3 | 1 | 231 |
| Collins, Jonathan L | Bury St Edmunds | ENG | 1912 | 4 | 2 | 225 |
| Larkin, Benjamin | Stratford | ENG | 1986 | 4 | 0 | 223 |
| Woltery, Nicolai | Westminster School | ENG | 1930 | 3 | 1 | 222 |
| Varley, Joe | Hull | ENG | 2047 | 5 | 0 | 214 |
| Bharat Kumar, Balahari | Desert Penguins (London) | ENG | 1907 | 2 | 7 | 211 |
| Pert, Nina P | Brentwood | ENG | 1937 | 3 | 0 | 203 |
| Zakarian, Dimitrios Levon | Oxfordshire Juniors | ENG | 2009 | 1 | 4 | 199 |
| Phan, Stefanus | Greater London Chess Club | SGP | 2049 | 2 | 2 | 187 |
| Badacsonyi, Frankie | Middlesex Juniors | ENG | 2011 | 1 | 7 | 186 |
| Buanne, Luca | Richmond Juniors | ENG | 2038 | 2 | 2 | 184 |
| Liu, Jack | Millfield School | ENG | 1947 | 3 | 2 | 180 |
| Hill, Andy | Horfield & Redland | ENG | 2008 | 3 | 0 | 175 |
| Zhu, Yaoyao | 4NCL 3Cs | ENG | 2009 | 3 | 0 | 174 |
| Basson, Heinrich | South Africa | RSA | 1983 | 2 | 3 | 170 |
| Fava, Lorenzo | Cambridgeshire Junior | ITA | 1944 | 2 | 0 | 170 |
Intermediate Grand Prix (1750-1899) – Top 20 – 01/07/22 to 01/12/22
| Name | Club | FIDE Nat | SP Rating | SP Evts | RP Evts | GP Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patel, Zain | Hammersmith | ENG | 1859 | 3 | 4 | 220 |
| Rubeck, Jonathan | Hendon | ENG | 1899 | 1 | 6 | 193 |
| Badacsonyi, Stanley | Barnet Knights | ENG | 1830 | 1 | 10 | 184 |
| Kothari, Jai | Jonathan Hawkins Juniors | ENG | 1850 | 1 | 4 | 168 |
| Llewellyn, Julian D | Muswell Hill | ENG | 1849 | 1 | 8 | 164 |
| Berkley, Stephen W | Barking | ENG | 1779 | 3 | 4 | 151 |
| Johnson, Paul A | York | ENG | 1877 | 3 | 0 | 149 |
| Carmichael, Ned | Beverley | ENG | 1887 | 3 | 0 | 146 |
| Ignatovic, Ernest | Greater London Chess Club | LTU | 1878 | 0 | 7 | 140 |
| Mize, Dylan | United States | USA | 1845 | 2 | 1 | 131 |
| Kumar, Sanjit S | Richmond Juniors | ENG | 1855 | 3 | 0 | 123 |
| Clarke, Niall | Haberdashers Askes Sch Herts | ENG | 1874 | 0 | 5 | 120 |
| Babu, Rahul | Coulsdon Chess Club | IND | 1811 | 1 | 1 | 113 |
| Soulier, Alfred | Essex Juniors | ENG | 1796 | 0 | 7 | 109 |
| Jakhria, Kushal | Charlton | ENG | 1853 | 2 | 0 | 109 |
| Kamath, Raghu | West London | ENG | 1865 | 0 | 5 | 108 |
| Headlong, Georgia | Brown Jack | ENG | 1786 | 2 | 0 | 103 |
| Dewangan, Aayush | Maidenhead | ENG | 1788 | 0 | 7 | 98 |
| Miller, George I | Keynsham | ENG | 1847 | 2 | 0 | 97 |
| Walker, Jack | Hull | ENG | 1759 | 1 | 1 | 93 |
Minor (1600 – 1749) – 01/07/22 to 01/12/22
| Name | Club | FIDE Nat | SP Rating | SP Evts | RP Evts | GP Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subramanian, Anusha | Maidenhead | ENG | 1705 | 4 | 2 | 213 |
| Grose, Kameron | Barnet Knights | ENG | 1621 | 1 | 6 | 159 |
| Zhao, George | Barnet Knights | ENG | 1671 | 1 | 4 | 155 |
| Maton, Emily | Hertfordshire Juniors | ENG | 1738 | 2 | 2 | 152 |
| Gordon, Frederick | Glasgow * | SCO | 1647 | 2 | 0 | 151 |
| Banerjee, Supratit | Coulsdon Chess Club | SCO | 1623 | 1 | 4 | 144 |
| Cabrera Ramos, Javier | Hendon | ESP | 1747 | 0 | 4 | 124 |
| Davis, Cameron | Stratford | ENG | 1623 | 2 | 0 | 123 |
| Bryant, Harry | Hammersmith | ENG | 1672 | 2 | 3 | 113 |
| Pepe, Salvatore | Hendon | ENG | 1700 | 0 | 6 | 108 |
| Ratnesan, Radha | Surbiton | ENG | 1714 | 1 | 2 | 90 |
| Warner, Dominic WJ | Coulsdon Chess Club | ENG | 1640 | 0 | 2 | 84 |
| McKay, James | Gosforth | ENG | 1654 | 2 | 0 | 80 |
| Dishman, Matthew | Buckinghamshire Juniors | LUX | 1671 | 1 | 1 | 78 |
| Whelan, Joseph | Coulsdon Chess Club | ENG | 1668 | 1 | 1 | 77 |
| Sarkar, Rian | Barnet Knights | ENG | 1610 | 0 | 5 | 71 |
| Leslie-Smith, Lance | Golders Green Congresses | RSA | 1664 | 0 | 5 | 70 |
| Adams, Henry | Lewes | ENG | 1734 | 1 | 0 | 59 |
| Quillaud, Maxime | Desert Penguins (London) | ENG | 1735 | 0 | 4 | 59 |
| Skalski, Sebastian | Bristol University | 1615 | 1 | 0 | 59 |
Improvers Grand Prix (U1600) – 01/07/22 to 01/12/22
| Name | Club | FIDE Nat | SP Rating | SP Evts | RP Evts | GP Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sivanandan, Bodhana | Harrow | ENG | 1588 | 2 | 1 | 133 |
| Verbytski, Oleg | Charlton | ENG | 1588 | 1 | 5 | 131 |
| Hanache, Kai | Hammersmith | ENG | 1577 | 1 | 3 | 116 |
| Zhan, Richard | Edgware Gambits | ENG | 1597 | 0 | 7 | 111 |
| Yu, Rock | London * | ENG | 1561 | 0 | 4 | 110 |
| Haddock, Paul | Pimlico | ENG | 1468 | 0 | 9 | 74 |
| Wylde, Martin | Hendon | ENG | 1558 | 0 | 7 | 74 |
| Lam, Isaac | Putney/Wandsworth* | ENG | 1407 | 0 | 2 | 71 |
| Chen, George | Hendon | ENG | 1487 | 0 | 6 | 71 |
| Isik, Muhammed Oguz | South Birmingham | ENG | 1547 | 2 | 0 | 61 |
| Yedid, Lior | 4NCL Barnet Knights | ENG | 1492 | 1 | 1 | 60 |
| Somupillai, Gengadharan | South Norwood | ENG | 1495 | 0 | 4 | 58 |
| Kumar, Sachin | Coulsdon Chess Club | ENG | 1345 | 0 | 3 | 57 |
| McKay, Ruairidh | Glasgow | SCO | 1578 | 1 | 0 | 47 |
| Jones, Gabriel | Lewisham | ENG | 1501 | 1 | 0 | 45 |
| Shidlagatta, Anirudh | Richmond Juniors | ENG | 1299 | 0 | 1 | 44 |
| Davidson, James | Rose Forgrove | 0 | 1584 | 1 | 0 | 42 |
| Pollack, Maximo | Hendon | ENG | 1229 | 0 | 4 | 41 |
| Veeturi, Yashvardhan | Hammersmith | ENG | 1334 | 0 | 4 | 38 |
| McGann, John M | Kings Head | ENG | 1249 | 0 | 4 | 36 |
| Butler, Oscar | Tiffin School | ENG | 1401 | 0 | 1 | 36 |
| Omoruyi, Jaden | Essex Juniors | ENG | 1441 | 0 | 1 | 36 |
| Seet, Joshua | Woking | ENG | 1478 | 0 | 1 | 36 |
| Loog, Tiiu | Hanham Folk Centre | ENG | 1576 | 1 | 0 | 36 |
| Lishoy Gengis Paratazham, Dildarav | Surrey Juniors | ENG | 1529 | 0 | 2 | 36 |
| Mildenhall, Steven | Sutton Coldfield | ENG | 1421 | 1 | 0 | 36 |
Forthcoming Events
All ECF rated open congresses or open sections played in England at standard or rapid time controls are included in the Grand Prix point calculations. For a list of forthcoming events please see the ECF Calendar at the link below, and select category ECF Grand Prix.