Handicap Blitz Grand Prix 2021-22

2021-22 Events

Click on each current or past event for its tournament pages and full pairings and results. (These links will be prepared only when entries have been invited for each successive event, so future events are not yet linked.)

Latest Grand Prix scores and standings appear further down the page.

HBGP 1 – 5 October 2021

HBGP 22 November 2021

HBGP 3 – 1 February 2022

HBGP 4 – 1 March 2022

HBGP 5 – 3 May 2022

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).

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)

Each event is 6 rounds.

Final Positions

Grand Prix Champion: Terry Whitton, 21½/30; 2nd Paul Barclay, 20/30; 3rd David Smith, 16½/30;

Petit Prix (best score in four events): Mark Murrell, 11½/24.

 Place Player Group* Rating*

HBGP 1

HBGP 2

HBGP 3

HBGP 4

HBGP 5

Total

1 Whitton, Terry 2 1932 5 4 5 2.5 5 21.5
2 Barclay, Paul 3 1750 4 4.5 4 3 4.5 20
3 Smith, David 4 1622 2 4 4.5 2.5 3.5 16.5
4 Nickals, Peter 4 1659 2 4 3.5 3 3.5 16
5 Staniland, Philip 2 1941 5 3   4   12
6 Colclough, Ryan 4 1564     5 2 5 12
7 Murrell, Mark 2 1928 3.5 1.5 3 3.5   11.5
8 Freeman, Ashley 1 2017 4.5 3 3     10.5
9 Wilson, Michael 5 1527 3   4 3.5   10.5
10 Quin, Wilder 6 1102 3 2 3 1.5   9.5
11 Hunnable, Ian 2 1991   2 2.5 1.5 3 9
12 Karacsony, Istvan 4 1592 2.5 3.5   3   9
13 Jacob, Huw 5 1488 3 3     3 9
14 Lataille, Matthias 5 1523 3 2   3.5   8.5
15 Jestico, John 5 1434 3   3   2.5 8.5
16 Senan, TU 5 1515 3 1 4     8
17 Vittorio, Nigrelli 3 1745     1 4.5 2 7.5
18 Muhkerjee, Aradhya 6 1295     3.5 4   7.5
19 Todi, Punit 5 1442   2 2   3 7
20 Bedi, Adarsh 6 1129     3 3 1 7
21 Parker, Rob 3 1700   6       6
22 Duffy, Laurence 5 1442 2 2 2 0   6
23 Raikundalia, Krishna 5 1402   3 3     6
24 Eames, Bob 0 2204       5.5   5.5
25 Hutcheson, Ivan 5 1477 2 3.5       5.5
26 Buckingham, Michael 6 1323 3 2       5
27 Sharman, Jay 4 1642 3.5 1 0     4.5
28 Cawdery, John 1 2049   4       4
29 Collyer, Alex 3 1794 4         4
30 Gilmour, Steve 3 1824 4         4
42 Demetriou, Jay 6 1316         4 4
31 Bajer, David 5 1518       1 2.5 3.5
32 Green, Alfie 5 1500     0   3.5 3.5
43 Brittain, David 6 1303         3 3
33 McCarron, Peter 3 1703   2       2
34 Lacy, Thomas 5 1500     2     2
35 Drew, Lawrence 5 1561       2   2
36 O’Regan, Fin 6 1040 0   1 0 1 2
37 Segate, Davide 5 1436 1         1
38 Boyal, Alex 6 750   1       1
39 Smith, Luke 6 1299       1   1
40 Reci, Stelios 6 1272 0.5         0.5
41 Lucy, Terry 6 921   0     0 0