1998 Herts Congress, Hitchin, 5-6 December

1998 Herts Premier Open		Fed	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	Total
1	H James Plaskett	ENG	2445g	w5=	b12+	w10+	b2+	w3+	4½
2	Keith C Arkell	ENG	2455g	b7+	w11+	b3+	w1-	b5+	4
3	Stephen Swanson	SCO	2235	b9+	w6+	w2-	b8+	b1-	3
4	Russell A James	ENG	2110	w10=	b5-	w16+	b9=	w11+	3
5	Stephen G Peters	ENG	2155	b1=	w4+	b6-	w15+	w2-	2½
6	Stephen Law	ENG		w8+	b3-	w5+	b11-	b7=	2½
7	Jeremy N Fraser-Mitchell	ENG	2070	w2-	b14+	w8-	b10+	w6=	2½
8	Marcus Edward Taylor	ENG	2070	b6-	w16+	b7+	w3-	w9=	2½
9	Richard C P Freeman	ENG		w3-	b13=	w12+	w4=	b8=	2½
10	James Bourne	ENG		b4=	w15+	b1-	w7-	b14=	2
11	Philip R Bonafont	ENG		w14+	b2-		w6+	b4-	2 / 4
12	Robert E Maullin	ENG			w1-	b9-	b16+	w13=	1½ / 4
13	John R Denton	ENG		b16=	w9=	b15-	w14-	b12=	1½
14	Lawrence Trent	ENG		b11-	w7-		b13+	w10=	1½ / 4
15	Christopher E Majer	ENG			b10-	w13+	b5-	w16=	1½ / 4
16	Philip M Stimpson	ENG		w13=	b8-	b4-	w12-	b15=	1

n.b. crosstable derived from games file - may be incomplete

Grading U180 J Fraser-Mitchell, R Freeman, S Law, S Peters 2½

Challengers U170 (21 players): (1-2) A Horton-Kitchlew, M Kobylka 4/5; (3) B Valentine 3½... Grading U155 B Sheppard 3

Major U145 (33 players): (1) M Brazier 4½/5; (2-3) J Daughman, P Lim 4... Grading U131 R Morris 3½

Minor U120 (43 players) (1) R Oakley 4½/5; (2-5) S Williams, A Collins, A Duncan, R Mycroft 4 ... Grading 100-111 G Wayte, D Bramley 3½; U100 R Mycroft

(Results from the SCCU Bulletin, January 1999)

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File Updated

Date	Notes
5 February 2026	First upload. 38 games, plus a crosstable, derived from the old Barnet CC website (still accessible via the Wayback Machine)