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Puller Cup 2026 - Results

The Team Rapidplay took place at the United Reform Church, WGC on Saturday 20th June 2026.

In each of the three sections (open, u1750 & u1450), players were paired together in a 4-round Swiss in which players from the same team avoided playing each other.

The scores of the top 4 performing of each team across all three sections were combined to give team scores. 

Team Results

Rank Team Score  
1 St Albans 13  
2 Stevenage 11.5  
3 Hemel Hempstead 10.5  
4 Watford 10  
5 Enfield 9.5  
6= Welwyn Hatfield 8  
6= Little Heath 8  
8 Hertford 6  

Open - Final Ranking Crosstable after 4 Rounds

Rk. Name 1.Rd 2.Rd 3.Rd 4.Rd Pts.  
1 Bodnar Ovidiu 6b1 3w1 4b1 5w1 4  
2 Watson Timothy 5w1 4b1 6w1 3b0 3  
3 Law Stephen 4w½ 1b0 5w0 2w1 1,5  
4 Solanki Daiwik 3b½ 2w0 1w0 6b1 1,5  
5 Jones Tibor T 2b0 6w½ 3b1 1b0 1,5  
6 Bhoi Kewal Krishna 1w0 5b½ 2b0 4w0 0,5  

U1750 - Final Ranking Crosstable after 4 Rounds

Rk. Name Rtg 1.Rd 2.Rd 3.Rd 4.Rd Pts.  
1 Harbecke Michael 1600 12b1 2w1 13b1 5w1 4  
2 Serrano Jose 1689 11w1 1b0 7w1 8b1 3  
3 Jesse Kelvin 1674 16b0 15w1 17b1 6w1 3  
4 Baguley John 1529 9b0 12w1 16b1 13w1 3  
5 Fitzgerald Patrick 1684 15b1 16w1 6b½ 1b0 2,5  
6 Taylor Alistair 1665 14w1 8b1 5w½ 3b0 2,5  
7 Dunks Peter 1459 -1 9w½ 2b0 10w1 2,5  
8 Rothwell Mark 1733 17b1 6w0 9b1 2w0 2  
9 Bombal Paul 1682 4w1 7b½ 8w0 14b½ 2  
10 Muller Harry 1600 13w0 11b1 14w1 7b0 2  
11 Whiskerd Nick 1574 2b0 10w0 15b1 17w1 2  
12 Bradwell Ernie 1496 1w0 4b0 -1 16w1 2  
13 Bellamy Richard 1467 10b1 -1 1w0 4b0 2  
14 Pines Chris 1516 6b0 17w1 10b0 9w½ 1,5  
15 Mosley Noah 1589 5w0 3b0 11w0 -1 1  
16 Baker Simon 1517 3w1 5b0 4w0 12b0 1  
17 Sami Sujan 1590 8w0 14b0 3w0 11b0 0  

U1450 - Final Ranking Crosstable after 4 Rounds

Rk. Name Rtg 1.Rd 2.Rd 3.Rd 4.Rd Pts.  
1 Marsden Carter 1415 18w1 8b1 5w1 13b1 4  
2 Mcwilliams Mark D 1280 22w1 9b1 13w1 7b½ 3,5  
3 Pfupa Takudzwa 1405 21b+ 5w0 11b1 12b1 3  
4 Agarwal Anaadi 1141 10b1 14w1 6b0 16w1 3  
5 Solanki Dhir 1127 15w1 3b1 1b0 6w1 3  
6 Mehta Parshva 1111 7w1 12b1 4w1 5b0 3  
7 Patel Aashna 1364 6b0 19w1 14b1 2w½ 2,5  
8 Upadhyay Kushagra 1125 16b1 1w0 15w1 9b½ 2,5  
9 Fernandez Pedro 1089 11b1 2w0 17b1 8w½ 2,5  
10 March Steven J 1388 4w0 13b0 22w1 18b1 2  
11 Amaegbe Toinpre 1326 9w0 22b1 3w0 15b1 2  
12 Kunz Leandro 1269 19b1 6w0 16b1 3w0 2  
13 Makwani Madhav 0 17b1 10w1 2b0 1w0 2  
14 Jain Atharv 999 20w+ 4b0 7w0 20b½ 1,5  
15 Banks Stephen 1368 5b0 17w1 8b0 11w0 1  
16 Holman Alan Rc 1368 8w0 18b1 12w0 4b0 1  
17 Webb Matt 1250 13w0 15b0 9w0 22b1 1  
18 Kyriacos Aaron 1164 1b0 16w0 19b1 10w0 1  
19 Aghajanian Thi Kieu Oanh 963 12w0 7b0 18w0 -1 1  
20 Trache Mirela 1324 14b- 0 0 14w½ 0,5  
21 Fischer Heidi 1155 3w- 0 0 0 0  
22 Cohen Asher 673 2b0 11w0 10b0 17w0 0