Congratulations to John Cawdery topping the JPT table with 21½ points a point clear of David Spearman. John’s score comes from 20 games in Rapid matches (including the SCCU Rapid team tournament in the “match score) and six games in the Rapid Championship, a dominating performance of 82.69%. The next two scores are David Spearman 20½ and Philip Staniland 19½. 70 players played at least one game. Well done all. Table below.
2024-25 Competitions included:
- NCCL Baum Trophy 2024;
- NCCL 2024 U1650 Rapid Team competition;
- NCCL 2024-25 Lawrance Cup – Rapid Team KO
- NCCL 2024-25 Finchley Cup – Rapid Team KO
- SCCU 2024 Teams’ Rapid;
- Essex 2024 Summer Teams Rapid KO;
- 2024-25 Club Rapid Championship.
Link to: John Philpott Trophy Conditions
Final John Philpott Trophy Table 2024-25
| Philpott table at 31 May 2025 | Ch | Matches | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Cawdery | 5 | 16½ | 21½ |
| David Spearman | 5½ | 15 | 20½ |
| Philip Staniland | 4 | 15½ | 19½ |
| Ashwin GopiKrishna | 4 | 12 | 16 |
| Partha Mulay | 15½ | 15½ | |
| Nigel White | 2½ | 12½ | 15 |
| Mark Murrell | 3 | 11 | 14 |
| Matthias Lataille | 2 | 11½ | 13½ |
| Steve Rix | 4½ | 8½ | 13 |
| Paul Barclay | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| Davi Diniz Afonso | 12 | 12 | |
| Almas Dohon | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| Finbar McLoughlin | 11 | 11 | |
| Ryan Colclough | 4½ | 5 | 9½ |
| Krishna Raikundalia | 3 | 5½ | 8½ |
| David Smith | 1½ | 7 | 8½ |
| Mary Cawdery | 3 | 4½ | 7½ |
| Ashwin Anjulan | 7 | 7 | |
| Keith Jones | 7 | 7 | |
| Terry Whitton | 3½ | 3½ | 7 |
| Eitan Eisen | 6½ | 6½ | |
| Reyaansh Narula | 3 | 3½ | 6½ |
| Ben Harte | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Jay Sharman | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Ian Hunnable | 5½ | 5½ | |
| Huw Jacob | 5 | 5 | |
| Chenthuran Narasimman | 5 | 5 | |
| Zain Qureshi | 5 | 5 | |
| Ray Chu | 4½ | 4½ | |
| Istvan Karacsonyi | 4½ | 4½ | |
| Sarwayogan Karlmarx | 2 | 2½ | 4½ |
| Aaryan Patnam | 3 | 1½ | 4½ |
| Ted Nicholson | 1½ | 2½ | 4 |
| Zoe Veselow | 4 | 4 | |
| Michael Wilson | 3½ | ½ | 4 |
| Ivan Hutcheson | 2½ | ½ | 3 |
| Albert Merdinian | 3 | 3 | |
| TU Senan | 3 | 3 | |
| John Hodgson | 2½ | 2½ | |
| Pete Meadows | 2½ | 2½ | |
| Puzant AA Merdinian Jr | 2½ | 2½ | |
| Jay Demetriou | 2 | 2 | |
| Srikar Gunda | 2 | 2 | |
| John Jestico | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Jakub Kmiecik | 2 | 2 | |
| Shayan Mallick | 2 | 2 | |
| Puzant Merdinian | 2 | 2 | |
| James Walsh | 2 | 2 | |
| Alex Collyer | 1½ | 1½ | |
| Aakarsh Dwivedi | 1½ | 1½ | |
| Alfie Green | 1½ | 1½ | |
| Paramaguru Gurusamy | 1½ | 1½ | |
| Fin O’Regan | 1½ | 0 | 1½ |
| Zakariya Ashiq | 1 | 1 | |
| Rahul Gupta | 1 | 1 | |
| Toby Pang | 1 | 1 | |
| Jagdeep Sanger | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Vaughan Wilson | 1 | 1 | |
| Rex Clark | ½ | ½ | |
| Donar Haci | ½ | ½ | |
| Shaurya Shivhare | ½ | ½ | |
| Charlton Siddo | ½ | ½ | |
| Adam Aziz | 0 | 0 | |
| Aaryan Dwivedi | 0 | 0 | |
| Dhruv Gupta | 0 | 0 | |
| Oliver Hoxha | 0 | 0 | |
| Declan Molloy | 0 | 0 | |
| Peter Nickals | 0 | 0 | |
| Omotayo Olayanju | 0 | 0 | |
| Amir Wilson | 0 | 0 | |
| 70 Players |