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Cornwall Spring Congress 2026
Played on 1st to 3rd May 2026 at the Falmouth Hotel
We returned to the splendid setting of the Falmouth Hotel for this year's Spring congress, incorporating the Cornwall championship (Emigrant Cup), Falmouth Cup and Penwith Cup. Thanks to organiser Rebecca Gardiner and controller John Constable, the congress ran smoothly throughout with many messages of appreciation from visitors.
Note
Under the rules of the competition ungraded players may not win a grading prize and may only receive 50% of any prize to which they are entitled. This does not affect the junior prizes.
13 year old Rami Talab of Cthe Carnon Downs club retained the Emigrant Cup and remains Cornwall champion for the fourth year in a row.
Round by round results and final standings are on chess-results.com at https://s1.chess-results.com/tnr1405713.aspx?lan=1&art=0&SNode=S0
| 1-2 | 4 | Rami Taleb | 2411 | Carnon Downs | £142.50 inc trophy bonus £40 |
| Stephen Hpmer | 2051 | Exeter | £102.50 | ||
| 3-5 | 3½ | Mark Robertson | 2093 | Liskeard | £30 |
| Daire McMahon | 2020 | Cavendish | £30 | ||
| David Littlejohns | 1992 | Taunton | £30 (U2020} | ||
| 6-8 | 3 | Lloyd Retallick | 2023 | North Cornwall | |
| Tom Hill | 1927 | Carnon Downs | |||
| Cameron Davis | 1922 | Exeter | |||
| 8-10 | 2½ | Paul Helbig | 2048 | Bath | |
| Bernie Tedd | 1821 | Birmigham | £30 (U1850) | ||
| 11-15 | 2 | Stephen Dilleigh | 2086 | Horfield & Redland | |
| William Adaway | 1886 | Wimborne | |||
| Jeremy Menadue | 2050 | Carnon Downs | |||
| Roy Thomas | 1767 | Pontypridd | |||
| Grant Healey | 1718 | Camborne | |||
| 16 | 1½ | George Lekoudis | 1807 | Barstaple | |
| 17 | 1 | David Pemberton | 1821 | Calstock | |
| 18 | ½ | Bryan Jones | 1659 | Carnon Downs |
This year's Falmouth Cup winner was Nigel Kirkman from Calstock
Round by round results and final standings are on chess-results.com at https://s1.chess-results.com/tnr1405714.aspx?lan=1&art=0&SNode=S0
| 1 | 4½ | Kevin Thomas | 1750 | Calstock | £125 |
| 2-3 | 4 | Christian Brown | 1775 | Plymouth | £70 |
| Brian Gosling | 1762 | East Budleigh | £70 | ||
| 4-6 | 3½ | Laurence Tarbuck | 1719 | Lichfield | |
| Nigel Kirkman | 1756 | Calstock | £40 | ||
| Trevor Hurt | 1740 | Lichfield | £30 (U1670) | ||
| 6-11 | 3 | Colin Sellwood | 1760 | Camborne | |
| Sean Lightbown | 1765 | Metropolitan | |||
| Ajna Fern | 1672 | Lerryn | |||
| James Galloway | 1642 | Camborne | |||
| Elliott Spencer | 1609 | Ecclesall | |||
| 12-16 | 2½ | Frank Usher | 1621 | Ramsgate | |
| Daniel Westhead | 1612 | Atticus (Liverpool) | |||
| Grant Daly | 1552 | Downend & Fishponds | £10 (U1595=) | ||
| Ben Hughes | 1504 | Plymouth | £10 (U1595=) | ||
| Ian Renshaw | 1543 | Truro | £10 (U1595=) | ||
| 17-22 | 2 | Evgeny Sklyanin | 1692 | York | |
| Peter Williams | 1629 | Didcot | |||
| Ian Blencowe | 1599 | Wootton Hall | |||
| Philip Spargo | 1526 | Camborne | |||
| Christine Constable | 1473 | Bude | |||
| Peter Doubleday | 1737 | Camborne | |||
| 23-25 | 1½ | Mick Hill | 1634 | Calstock | |
| Christopher Peacock | 1645 | ||||
| Rob McClatchey | 1710 | Salisbury | |||
| 26-27 | 1 | Rafferty Renshaw | 1592 | Cornwall | |
| Carl Marin-Ortega | 1565 | Cornwall | |||
| 28 | ½ | Georgi Zhelev | 1704 | Newquay |
In a successful tournament for the Talab brothers Karam was this year's Penwith Cup winner.
Round by round results and final standings on chess-results.com at https://s3.chess-results.com/tnr1405715.aspx?lan=1&art=0&SNode=S0
| 1-2 | 4 | William Taplin | 1478 | Keynsham | £102.50 |
| Martyn Maber | 1382 | Taunton | £102.50 | ||
| 3 | 3½ | Karam Talab | 1384 | Carnon Downs | £100 (inc trophy bonus £40) |
| 4-6 | 3 | Barry Lippard | 1432 | Brixham | |
| Forrest Whitworth | 1273 | Bude | £30 (U1390) | ||
| Mark Thomas | 1000 | Newquay | |||
| 7-8 | 2½ | Aaron Bell | 1410 | Salisbury | |
| Shaun Walsh | 1358 | Downend & Fishponds | |||
| 9-12 | 2 | Keith Middleton | 1450 | Newton Abbot | |
| Tim Fox | 1396 | Seaton | |||
| Stephen Tregaskes | 1361 | Cornwall | |||
| Remarrae Jenkins | 1350 | Cornwall | |||
| 13 | 1½ | Glyn Hill | 1410 | Neath | |
| 14 | 1 | Andre Labouchardiere | 1299 | Weymouth | |