1st Hendon Chess Club Open Rapid Tournament (Rds 1-3)
New Hendon member Tim Rogers took an early lead with 3/3 on the first evening of the 1st Hendon Chess Club Open Rapid Tournament. The chasing pack includes Cristian Mures, David Iwi, Salvatore Pepe & Graeme Lennard of Hendon, plus Meri Grigoryan of West London, all of whom have 2½ points.
STANDINGS:
| No. | PNo. | Name | R1 | R2 | R3 | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 5 | Rogers, Tim E | 17w1 | 15b1 | 24w1 | 3.0 |
| 2. | 1 | Mures, Cristian | 13w1 | 9b1 | 7w½ | 2.5 |
| 3. | 2 | Grigorian, Meri | 14b1 | 8w½ | 10b1 | 2.5 |
| 4. | 6 | Pepe, Salvatore | = | 3w1 | 8b1 | 2.5 |
| 5. | 7 | Iwi, David | 18b1 | 12w1 | 1b½ | 2.5 |
| 6. | 16 | Lennard, Graeme | 4w½ | 23b1 | 9w1 | 2.5 |
| 7. | 12 | Brown, Anthony D | 21w1 | 7b0 | 15w1 | 2.0 |
| 8. | 14 | Rixon, Tom J | 2w0 | 20b1 | 17w1 | 2.0 |
| 9. | 18 | Pliskin, Raymond | 7w0 | 13b1 | 23w1 | 2.0 |
| 10. | 24 | Mahtani, Arun | 11w1 | 4b1 | 5b0 | 2.0 |
| 11. | 8 | Jones, Chris S | 20w1 | 2b½ | 6w0 | 1.5 |
| 12. | 10 | Pattni, Kishan | 23w½ | 11b1 | 2w0 | 1.5 |
| 13. | 25 | Owens, Fintan | - | - | - | 1.5 |
| 14. | 3 | Bennett, Michael K | 15w0 | 6b0 | 20w1 | 1.0 |
| 15. | 9 | Limonov, Petr | 22b1 | 1w0 | 16b0 | 1.0 |
| 16. | 11 | Gesthuysen, Malcolm | 24b0 | 10w0 | 22b1 | 1.0 |
| 17. | 13 | Sabin, Frank | 1b0 | 18w0 | 4w1 | 1.0 |
| 18. | 15 | Hoffman, Jonathan | 3b1 | 5w0 | 12b0 | 1.0 |
| 19. | 17 | Ainscow, Faye | 5b0 | 22w1 | 14b0 | 1.0 |
| 20. | 19 | Anderson, Floyd | - | - | - | 1.5 |
| 21. | 4 | Landau, Jonathan | 16b½ | 24w0 | 13b0 | 0.5 |
| 22. | 23 | Lande, Edwin | 10b½ | 16w0 | 18b0 | 0.5 |
| 23. | 20 | Giminez, Ethan | 8b0 | 14w0 | 3b0 | 0.0 |
| 24. | 21 | Goldsmith, Peter | 12b0 | - | - | 0.0 |
| 25. | 22 | Hulstrom, Tony | 9w0 | 17b0 | 11w0 | 0.0 |