Link for full details of how the Handicap Blitz GP works
2024-25 Events
These are “W&WCC closed” events – open to Members only.
The pages structure for these events is:
- 2024-25 Series parent page (this page)
- Event page (click on linked dates for each event listed below)
- Vega tournament page for each event
- Event page (click on linked dates for each event listed below)
Click on each current or past event for its tournament pages and full pairings and results. There is a return link to this page from the event page.
(These links will be prepared only when entries have been invited for each successive event, so future events are not yet linked.)
HBGP 1 – 3 December 2024
HBGP 2 – 4 February 2025
HBGP 3 – 4 March 2025
HBGP 4 – 1 April 2025
HBGP 5 – 6 May 2025
HBGP 8 v 8 Games on ECF LMS
Latest Grand Prix scores and standings are given further down this page.
Click the above link(s) for the Tournament pages. In each tournament, the figure in the columns headed “Origin” give each player’s rating group for the purposes of the time Handicap (see Rules).
Entry – Enter each event when invited, by email to tournaments@wansteadandwoodfordchess.club
The following are the rating bands now translated to 4-digit ratings:
0 – 2151+
1 – 2001-2150
2 – 1851-2000
3 – 1701-1850
4 – 1551-1700
5 – 1401-1550
6 – 1400 and below
Grand Prix Scores and current standings (sorted after each event) appear below.
Each event is 7 rounds.
Link: HBGP Conditions
Handicap Blitz Grand Prix 2024-25 Final standings
| Pos | Name | Group | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Total | Played |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spearman, David | 1 | 5.5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6.5 | 31 | 5 |
| 2 | De Bok, Erik | 3 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 5 |
| 3 | Siddo, Charlton | 4 | 3.5 | 5.5 | 4 | 5 | 3.5 | 21.5 | 5 |
| 4 | Whitton, Terry | 2 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 5 |
| 5 | Murrell, Mark | 2 | 4.5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17.5 | 4 | |
| 6 | Walsh, James | 6 | 3.5 | 2 | 2.5 | 4 | 4.5 | 16.5 | 5 |
| 7 | Staniland, Philip | 3 | 4.5 | 5 | 3.5 | 3 | 16 | 4 | |
| 8 | Hutcheson, Ivan | 5 | 4 | 3.5 | 4 | 3.5 | 15 | 4 | |
| 9 | Dohon, Almas | 5 | 2.5 | 4 | 4 | 4.5 | 15 | 4 | |
| 10 | Smith, David | 5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 4 | |
| 11 | Hunnable, Ian | 2 | 3.5 | 4 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 13.5 | 4 | |
| 12 | Nickals, Peter | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 4 | |
| 13 | Narula, Reyaansh | 6 | 2.5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12.5 | 5 |
| 14 | Sharman, Jay | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 4 | |
| 15 | Raikundalia, Krishna | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4.5 | 11.5 | 3 | ||
| 16 | Lataille, Matthias | 4 | 3.5 | 4 | 3.5 | 11 | 3 | ||
| 17 | Gunda, Srikar | 6 | 4.5 | 3 | 3 | 10.5 | 3 | ||
| 18 | Nicholson, Ted | 6 | 3.5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10.5 | 4 | |
| 19 | Patnam, Aaryan | 5 | 4.5 | 3 | 2.5 | 10 | 3 | ||
| 20 | Jacob, Huw | 5 | 4 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 10 | 3 | ||
| 21 | Barclay, Paul | 3 | 3 | 3.5 | 3 | 9.5 | 3 | ||
| 22 | Eisan, Eitan | 6 | 3.5 | 2 | 5.5 | 2 | |||
| 23 | Merdinian, Puzant Jnr | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | ||||
| 24 | GopiKrishna, Ashwin | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | ||||
| 25 | Collyer, Alex | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | ||||
| 26 | Salaev, Aziz | 3 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1 | ||||
| 27 | Senan TU | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | ||||
| 28 | Merdinian, Albert | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| 29 | Ali, Ibrahim | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| 30 | Clarke, Michael | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| 31 | Cohen, Aaron | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |||
| 32 | O’Regan, Fin | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 33 | Mallick, Shayan | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 34 | Freeman, Ashley | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 35 | Sanger, Jagdeep | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||
| 36 | Molloy, Declan | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 37 | Jestico, John | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 38 | Cruice, Milo | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 39 | Gupta, Dhruv | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 40 | Rizan, Muhammad, Wildan | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Final Table – sorted by Total (descending), Events Played (ascending), Group (descending) | |||||||||