Cardiff Chess Club
New Grades
Cardiff Grading List 2008/2009
Alex Wills has an 244 points increase, Alex Freeland straight in at 1425 grade, Mathew Bold jumps up by 162, Danny Gottschalk up by 146, Alex Bullen 111 up and Jonathan Bold 103. This is a remarkable achievement by Cardiff juniors.
| Name | Old | G | New | +/- |
| James Cobb | 2402 | 40 | 2444 | 42 |
| Charles Cobb | 2421 | 13 | 2421 | 0 |
| Tim Kett | 2254 | 61 | 2284 | 30 |
| David Roberts | 2133 | 9 | 2166 | 33 |
| Alan Spice | 2148 | 47 | 2150 | 2 |
| John Trevelyan | 2179 | 56 | 2142 | -37 |
| Jerry Giachos | 15 | 2076 | ||
| Olivia Smith | 2077 | 6 | 2071 | -6 |
| Steve Curtis | 2062 | 27 | 2034 | -28 |
| Frank Norman | 2046 | 14 | 2011 | -35 |
| Fabio Biancalana | 33 | 2009 | ||
| Tom Brown | 2024 | 50 | 2007 | -17 |
| Peter Davies | 2000 | 15 | 1999 | -1 |
| Charles Summers | 2028 | 32 | 1995 | -33 |
| Steve Cunliffe | 2027 | 25 | 1993 | -34 |
| Derek Smith | 1968 | 15 | 1967 | -1 |
| David Jiles | 1876 | 49 | 1955 | 79 |
| Perry Khanna | 1962 | 3 | 1944 | -18 |
| Keith Thompson | 1944 | 43 | 1937 | -7 |
| Joe Fathallah | 1944 | 56 | 1922 | -22 |
| Simon Gottschalk | 1925 | 2 | 1914 | -11 |
| Martin Sewell | 1925 | 11 | 1912 | -13 |
| Peter Quinn | 1908 | 14 | 1889 | -19 |
| Lorenzo Basso | 1795 | 32 | 1885 | 90 |
| Guy Wagner | 1818 | 53 | 1862 | 44 |
| Will Harwood | 1882 | 18 | 1861 | -21 |
| Yinglun Teng | 1758 | 30 | 1846 | 88 |
| Chris Fox | 1834 | 23 | 1843 | 9 |
| Bill Hunt | 1818 | 54 | 1815 | -3 |
| Bill Harle | 1868 | 39 | 1784 | -84 |
| Hugh Price | 1634 | 50 | 1730 | 96 |
| Gary Wakeham | 1685 | 25 | 1682 | -3 |
| Tuan Duong | 1578 | 10 | 1622 | 44 |
| Larry Khanna | 1636 | 15 | 1620 | -16 |
| Fred Wusteman | 1605 | 2 | 1611 | 6 |
| Dominic Bryon | 1608 | 2 | 1608 | 0 |
| Peter Lancaster | 1537 | 10 | 1605 | 68 |
| Steve Herkes | 1520 | 19 | 1601 | 81 |
| Chris Reading | 1572 | 5 | 1600 | 28 |
| Gruff Jones | 1422 | 12 | 1521 | 99 |
| Adrian Delport | 1461 | 15 | 1515 | 54 |
| Frank Trombley | 1461 | 48 | 1481 | 20 |
| Danny Gottschalk | 1330 | 18 | 1476 | 146 |
| Bill Wilkins | 1434 | 24 | 1449 | 15 |
| Alex Wills | 1199 | 69 | 1443 | 244 |
| Alex Freeland | 49 | 1425 | ||
| Mike Tyrrell | 1443 | 19 | 1425 | -18 |
| Alex Bullen | 1297 | 45 | 1408 | 111 |
| Jim Irving | 1382 | 9 | 1396 | 14 |
| Mark Roberts | 1327 | 14 | 1378 | 51 |
| Matthew Bold | 1207 | 1369 | 162 | |
| John Cowhey | 1264 | 4 | 1264 | 0 |
| Harshith Maruthireddy | 28 | 1238 | ||
| Jonathan Cowhey | 1221 | 1 | 1215 | -6 |
| Jonanthan Bold | 1061 | 25 | 1164 | 103 |
| Garry Khanna | 1180 | 5 | 1147 | -33 |
| Linton Fox | 1090 | 26 | 1144 | 54 |
| Varum Varma | 15 | 1072 | ||
| Simon Pearce | 20 | 1002 | ||
| Konor Lewis | 16 | 981 | ||
| Jack Mason | 1011 | 15 | 969 | -42 |