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Tournament: Southend Masters • 121 games • uploaded
Tuesday, 17 February, 2026 10:18 AM
Venue: Southend Community Centre • Date: 28 March - 1 April 2024 • Download PGN
2024 Southend Masters, 28 March - 1 April, Southend Community Centre
| 2024 Southend Masters | Fed | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Total | TB1 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Szymon Gumularz | POL | 2590g | b22+ | w20+ | b4= | w8+ | b5= | w7+ | b2= | w6+ | b3= | 7 | 2606 |
| 2 | Shreyas Royal | ENG | 2457m | w27= | b15= | b23+ | w10+ | b4= | w8+ | w1= | b5= | b6= | 6 | 2521 |
| 3 | Jianwen Wong | MAS | 2254f | w4- | b24+ | w26= | b12= | w18+ | w23+ | b10= | b15+ | w1= | 6 | 2481 |
| 4 | Igor Janik | POL | 2497g | b3+ | w14+ | w1= | b5= | w2= | b6= | b8= | w12= | b13= | 5½ | 2486 |
| 5 | Martin Hollan | CZE | 2347f | b25+ | w16+ | b8= | w4= | w1= | b11+ | w6- | w2= | b10= | 5½ | 2486 |
| 6 | Daniel H Fernandez | ENG | 2532g | bye= | b27+ | w7= | b9= | w16+ | w4= | b5+ | b1- | w2= | 5½ | 2479 |
| 7 | Alexander Cherniaev | ENG | 2375g | bye= | w17+ | b6= | w11+ | bye= | b1- | w14= | w8= | b18= | 5 | 2458 |
| 8 | Martin Petrov | BUL | 2518g | w28+ | b19+ | w5= | b1- | w9+ | b2- | w4= | b7= | w11= | 5 | 2441 |
| 9 | Richard G Pert | ENG | 2411m | bye= | bye= | b20+ | w6= | b8- | w13= | b23= | w14+ | b12= | 5 | 2415 |
| 10 | Zhuo Ren Lim | MAS | 2290f | w21= | b12= | w25+ | b2- | w24+ | b14= | w3= | b11= | w5= | 5 | 2350 |
| 11 | Ezra Kirk | ENG | 2407m | w19- | b28+ | w15+ | b7- | w26+ | w5- | b21+ | w10= | b8= | 5 | 2332 |
| 12 | Hüseyin Can Agdelen | TUR | 2408f | b17= | w10= | b16- | w3= | w19+ | b21= | w24+ | b4= | w9= | 5 | 2325 |
| 13 | Bogdan Lalic | CRO | 2354g | w15= | b26= | w19= | b16= | w21= | b9= | w17= | b23+ | w4= | 5 | 2312 |
| 14 | Juan A Gomez Aguirre | ESP | 2196c | w24+ | b4- | w18= | b26= | w27+ | w10= | b7= | b9- | w17= | 4½ | 2327 |
| 15 | Daniel G H Gallagher | ENG | 2219 | b13= | w2= | b11- | w22+ | b23- | b27+ | w18+ | w3- | b16= | 4½ | 2315 |
| 16 | Santhosh Abhyuday | IND | 2150 | bye+ | b5- | w12+ | w13= | b6- | b18- | w22+ | b17= | w15= | 4½ | 2300 |
| 17 | David L Haydon | ENG | 2241f | w12= | b7- | w27= | b18- | b25+ | w26+ | b13= | w16= | b14= | 4½ | 2279 |
| 18 | James P Jackson | ENG | 2371m | b20- | w22= | b14= | w17+ | b3- | w16+ | b15- | w26+ | w7= | 4½ | 2236 |
| 19 | Thomas Villiers | ENG | 2225c | b11+ | w8- | b13= | w23= | b12- | b24- | w20= | w28+ | b21= | 4 | 2288 |
| 20 | Gustavo Ribeiro | POR | 2220f | w18+ | b1- | w9- | b24- | b22= | w25= | b19= | w27+ | b28= | 4 | 2281 |
| 21 | Frankie Badacsonyi | ENG | 2160 | b10= | w23- | b22= | w28+ | b13= | w12= | w11- | b24= | w19= | 4 | 2275 |
| 22 | Roland Bezuidenhout | RSA | 2273f | w1- | b18= | w21= | b15- | w20= | b28+ | b16- | w25= | w23+ | 4 | 2237 |
| 23 | Koby Kalavannan | ENG | 2324f | w26= | b21+ | w2- | b19= | w15+ | b3- | w9= | w13- | b22- | 3½ | 2203 |
| 24 | Alex Browning | GER | 2313f | b14- | w3- | b28+ | w20+ | b10- | w19+ | b12- | w21= | b25- | 3½ | 2169 |
| 25 | Steven A Jones | ENG | 2217 | w5- | bye+ | b10- | b27- | w17- | b20= | w28= | b22= | w24+ | 3½ | 2134 |
| 26 | Stanley Badacsonyi | ENG | 2196c | b23= | w13= | b3= | w14= | b11- | b17- | w27+ | b18- | 3 | 2212 | |
| 27 | Marek Kawulok | CZE | 2245 | b2= | w6- | b17= | w25+ | b14- | w15- | b26- | b20- | bye+ | 3 | 2092 |
| 28 | Rodrigo Ribeiro | POR | 2271 | b8- | w11- | w24- | b21- | bye+ | w22- | b25= | b19- | w20= | 2 | 1970 |
Tournament report by IA Lance Leslie-Smith:
The Southend Masters tournament made its grand return this year. The tournament was independently organised by International Arbiter & Organiser Lance Leslie-Smith alongside FIDE Arbiter Jake Hung.
The tournament took place from the 28th March - 1st April over the Easter weekend & bank holiday in Rooms 16 & 17 at the Southend Adult Community College, Southend East (Southend on Sea). The field (limited to a maximum of 30 entries) attracted 28 players from 12 different federations which included 6 GMs, 4 IMs, 9 FMs, 3 CMs, 1 NM, & 5 untitled participants. The average rating of the field came to 2324, very strong for a swiss open tournament, thus not having to resort to using the Baku Accelerated pairing system.
The level of play was very decisive all the way through, barring the draw fest in round 9. The bottom half of the field pulled up their socks and produced some amazing results. FMs Martin Hollan (CZE) and Jianwen Wong (MAS) achieved International Master (IM) norms. Unfortunately, no GM norms or English norms were achieved, but the relentless efforts from the English players can’t go unrecognised. A special mention to IM Shreyas Royal and NM Daniel Gallagher for putting up outstanding performances in a field where nearly half of the players were English. Shreyas had a tough start to the tournament, conceding draws to two 2200 players, but then picked up the pace gaining three wins in the next four games ending up on 4.5 out of 6 points. A GM norm was guaranteed to be 7 out of 9 points, and Shreyas going into round 8 with 5 out of 7 points after holding the top seed (and eventual winner) GM Szymon Gumularz (POL) to a draw, needed to win the last two games on demand to get the norm. He ended up conceding two draws leaving him on a well fought 6 out of 9 points. NM Daniel Gallagher had a great run and at one stage was in position to play for an IM norm. Going into round eight on 4 out of 7 points. Two wins would guarantee a norm or potentially 1.5/2 depending on his opponents’ average ratings. A tough battle against FM Jianwen Wong ending in a loss would spell the end of a fantastic effort from Daniel!
The tournament was won outright by GM Syzmon Gumularz with one point over the chasing group scoring 7/9, followed by IM Shreyas Royal and FM Jianwen Wong with 6/9 respectively.
Final ranking crosstable at chess-results.com
File Updated
| Date | Notes |
| 9 May 2024 | First uploaded. Games and reports supplied by IA Lance Leslie-Smith, for which many thanks. |