The 10th South Wales International Open is taking place on 14-19th July at the Penarth Conservative Club, 15, Stanwell Rd, Penarth, South Glamorgan.
The Venue is situated just a few hundred metres from Penarth Railway Station. 15 minutes from the M4 (Junction 33) making the venue easily reached by road or rail.
The tournament is a British Championship qualifier, with the top prizes being: 1st £1000, 2nd £500, 3rd £300.
Top rated players: GM Vladimir Petkov (Bulgaria), GM Jonathan Hawkins (England), GM Marijan Petrov (Bulgaria), GM Peter Wells (England), etc.
The playing hall
Participants:
| 1 | GM | Vladimir Petkov | BUL |
2544 |
| 2 | IM | Jonathan Hawkins | ENG |
2517 |
| 3 | GM | Peter K Wells | ENG |
2479 |
| 4 | GM | Marijan Petrov | BUL |
2478 |
| 5 | GM | Keith C Arkell | ENG |
2444 |
| 6 | IM | Craig A Hanley | ENG |
2433 |
| 7 | IM | Andrew N Greet | SCO |
2427 |
| 8 | FM | Carl Strugnell | FRA |
2302 |
| 9 | FM | Paul Cooksey | ENG |
2293 |
| 10 | IM | Jack Rudd | ENG |
2280 |
| 11 | FM | Ioan Rees | WLS |
2258 |
| 12 | FM | Walter Braun | AUT |
2236 |
| 13 | Tim Kett | WLS |
2230 |
|
| 14 | IM | Petr Marusenko | UKR |
2213 |
| 15 | FM | Glenn L House | ENG |
2211 |
| 16 | Martin Brown | ENG |
2203 |
|
| 17 | FM | Olaf Steffens | GER |
2200 |
| 18 | Jeremy Menadue | ENG |
2145 |
|
| 19 | Justin Horton | ENG |
2090 |
|
| 20 | John Hughes | IRL |
2046 |
|
| 21 | Allan J Pleasants | WLS |
2038 |
|
| 22 | Steven Jones | ENG |
2033 |
|
| 23 | Joseph David Turner | WLS |
2002 |
|
| 24 | John W Waterfield | WLS |
1980 |
|
| 25 | Gareth Harley-Yeo | WLS |
1979 |
|
| 26 | John E Hickman | ENG |
1965 |
|
| 27 | David Guy | WLS |
1965 |
|
| 28 | Brian GE Gosling | ENG |
1956 |
|
| 29 | Lee Davis | WLS |
1956 |
|
| 30 | Alex Bullen | WLS |
1954 |
|
| 31 | Sigvat Stensholt | NOR |
1945 |
|
| 32 | Olufemi Adebajo | ENG |
1934 |
|
| 33 | Richard BE Bryant | ENG |
1934 |
|
| 34 | Jon Bryant | ENG |
1926 |
|
| 35 | Nigel Ralphs | WLS |
1913 |
|
| 36 | Matthew Staniforth | WLS |
1897 |
|
| 37 | Craig Woolcock | WLS |
1893 |
|
| 38 | James Thomas | WLS |
1887 |
|
| 39 | Thomas Thorpe | WLS |
1875 |
|
| 40 | Ashley J Davis | WLS |
1859 |
|
| 41 | WFM | Vaness Reid | AUS |
1854 |
| 42 | Paul Bridges | WLS |
1851 |
|
| 43 | Alex Freeland | WLS |
1844 |
|
| 44 | Ron Williams | WLS |
1807 |
|
| 45 | Robert AJ Hurn | WLS |
1770 |
|
| 46 | Chris Fox | WLS |
1770 |
|
| 47 | Nicholas Evans | WLS |
1755 |
|
| 48 | Rhys Bennett | WLS |
1729 |
|
| 49 | Matthew Wilson | ENG |
1729 |
|
| 50 | Johan De Brouwere | BEL |
1727 |
|
| 51 | Alex Wills | WLS |
1717 |
|
| 52 | Ben Thomas | WLS |
1716 |
|
| 53 | Owen Bennett | WLS |
1706 |
|
| 54 | Jeremy Jones | WLS |
1621 |
|
| 55 | Stephanie Du Toit | WLS |
1603 |
|
| 56 | Shayanna Sivarajasingam | WLS |
1441 |
|
| 57 | James Evans | WLS |
1428 |
|
| 58 | Karanvir Lutchman Singh | WLS |
1367 |
|
| 59 | Stephen Tarr | ENG |
-1826 |
|
| 60 | Andrew Trickey | WLS |
-1466 |
|
| 61 | Stuart E Wood | ENG |
-1442 |
|
| 62 | Chirag Guha | WLS |
-1414 |
|
| 63 | Sam Jukes | WLS |
-1403 |
|
| 64 | Thomas Turton | WLS |
-1402 |
|
| 65 | Blake Fisher | WLS |
-1309 |
|
| 66 | Kevin O’Rourke | WLS |
-1254 |
|
| 67 | Aishwarya Lutchman Singh | WLS |
-1190 |
|
| 68 | Venetia Sivarajasingam | WLS |
-1188 |
|
| 69 | Neya Govindaraj | WLS |
-1066 |
|
| 70 | Mark Emblem | WLS |
-1421 |
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