Handicap Blitz Grand Prix 2022-23

2022-23 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 are given further down this page.
HBGP 1 – 1 November 2022
HBGP 2 – 6 December 2022
HBGP 3 – 7 February 2023
HBGP 4 – 7 March 2023
HBGP 52 May 2023

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) will appear below.

Each event is 6 rounds.


Link: HBGP Conditions


Standings after HBGP 5

Pos Name Group 1 2 3 4 5 Total Played
1 Hunnable, Ian 2 5 4 2.5 4 3.5 19.0 5
2 Murrell, Mark 2 4 5.5 4 2.5 2.5 18.5 5
3 Cawdery, John 1 3 4 5.5 4.5   17.0 4
4 Barclay, Paul 3 2 4 3.5 3.5 4.0 17.0 5
5 Nigrelli, Vittorio 4 4   4.5 4 4.0 16.5 4
6 Whitton, Terry 2 3 3.5 4 3 3.0 16.5 5
7 Staniland, Philip 2 3 3 3.5 3.5 3.0 16.0 5
8 Spearman, David 1     4.5 5.5 4.0 14.0 3
9 Smith, David 5 4   2.5 3 3.0 12.5 4
10 Jacob, Huw 6   3 2 3 4 12.0 4
11 Lataille, Matthias 4 2 4 3   3.0 12.0 4
12 Mukherjee, Aradhya 5 4   3 4.5   11.5 3
13 Karacsony, Istvan 4 4.5       5.5 10.0 2
14 Raikundalia, Krishna 5   3   2.5 4.5 10.0 3
15 Dohon, Almas 6   2   2.5 3.5 8.0 3
16 Colclough, Ryan 4 3     2 3.0 8.0 3
17 Stamper, Cormac 6     4   3.0 7.0 2
18 Green, Alfie 4     2.5 3.5   6.0 2
19 Jestico, John 5 2   2   2.0 6.0 3
20 Hutcheson, Ivan 5 2   3     5.0 2
21 Lucy, Terry 6     2 2 1 5.0 3
22 Diniz Afonso, Davi 4         4.5 4.5 1
23 Rix, Steve 1 4.5         4.5 1
24 Taylor, Alistair 5     2 2.5   4.5 2
25 Segat, Davide 6   3 1     4.0 2
26 Barton, Tom 2     2   2 4.0 2
27 Walsh, James 6 0     2 2 4.0 3
28 Demetriou, Jay 6 3         3.0 1
29 Sweeney, Kevin 5     3     3.0 1
30 Siddo, Charlton 4 3         3.0 1
31 Senan TU 4 1 2       3.0 2
32 Nickals, Peter 4         2.5 2.5 1
33 Qureshi, Zain 6 2         2.0 1
34 Buckingham, Michael 6       2   2.0 1
35 Bedi, Adarsh 6         2 2.0 1
36 O’Regan, Fin 6   1 0 0 0.0 1.0 4
37 McDonagh, Kevin 6   0       0.0 1
38 Mara, Jean 6         0 0.0 1