Suffolk Chess

The new January 2016 ECF grades were published this morning.   Suffolk Grader Dave Wild has worked his usual miracle: he has updated his website already to show all the new grades.   You can view them here.   To check out the full ECF grading database, click here.

The top grades (over 200 ECF) of those who either play in the Suffolk League or who represent Suffolk are:

Name	Club	July 2015	Jan 2016	+ / -
Justin Tan	(Suffolk)	238	235	-3
Adam Hunt	(Suffolk)	229	229	=
Alan Merry	(Suffolk)	221	226	+5
Dagne Ciuksyte	(Suffolk)	216	223	+7
Adam Taylor	Manningtree	214	217	+3
Andrew Lewis	Manningtree	215	216	+1
David Spence	(Suffolk)	216	215	-1
Francisco Garcia-Mendoza	Bury St Edmunds	e200	204	(+4)
Mike Harris	Bury St Edmunds	201	203	+2
Graham Moore	Ipswich	200	201	+1

There are few surprises, although the following lists show those players who have either improved (or declined) by ten points or more (Juniors = J):

Name	Club	July 2015	Jan 2016	+
Alan Watkins	Bury St Edmunds	e141	165	(+24)
Adam John (J)	Bury St Edmunds	93	116	+23
Ralph Martin (J)	Bury St Edmunds	50	72	+22
Richard Dickinson	Bury St Edmunds	85	105	+20
Tom Roy (J)	Bury St Edmunds	67	87	+20
William Moody (J)	Bury St Edmunds	96	111	+15
Martin Tomes	Ipswich	139	153	+14
Fraser Fallows (J)	Bury St Edmunds	68	79	+11
Bob Stephens	Manningtree	135	146	+11

Name	Club	July 2015	Jan 2016	-
Nathan Barnes	Clacton	158	146	-12
Ed Kirkham	Felixstowe	164	152	-12
Colin Roberts	Bury St Edmunds	135	124	-11
Hugo Brown	Saxmundham	107	97	-10
Ray Firman	Stowmarket	84	74	-10

In addition, there are a number of players who have their first-ever standard-play grade:

Name	Club	Jan 2016
Adam Leigh	Bury St Edmunds	141
Jaden Jermy (J)	Bury St Edmunds	94
Trevor Wright	Felixstowe	63
Michael Schalit	Ipswich	43

If you spot any errors or omissions, please let know.