New ECF grades

The January 2015 ECF Grading List has been published. The standard play grades for active Colchester players are:

Ref	Name	Age	Standard	Previous
295637J	Lachinov, Eldar		198D	198D
256466L	Gooding, Ian		183C	185C
140673F	Barnes, Nathan		152B	146D
297026A	Orava, Aleksandr		148F
120924D	Wagstaff, Michael		148D	147D
250046C	Bellinger, Clive		138D	139D
155695C	Daley, Phil		123C	123C
150405J	Harris, Martin		121A	120A
213710A	Smith, Peter		119D	123C
268163J	Denney, Simon		114D	115D
117812L	Remmer, Brian		109D	110D
298130A	Jaufarally, Mohammud		99A
297586F	Jaufarally, Nadia	10	97A
227455D	Duff-Cole, John		87C	90B
297619F	Jaufarally, Shazia	13	77D
283272A	Harris, Peter	16	76D	69E
256466L	Goodman, Ed		73C	71C
293018D	Johnson, Mark		71D	69D
297620B	Jaufarally, Zahra	8	46D
286563E	King, John		25E	26E
290797F	Wood, David		20A	19A

There are also a number of other Colchester players - like Javier Ruano Marco, Svein Kjenner and Matt Stemp - who have played some standard play graded games in the last half-season (but not enough to have a grade yet).

Several players appear on the list for the first time: Aleksandr Orava, Mohammud Jaufarally, Nadia Jaufarally, Shazia Jaufarally and Zahra Jaufarally.

A few players have increased their grades - with Peter Harris (+7) and Nathan Barnes (+6) having the most significant increases.

 

The top 3 "biggest scalps" achieved by current Colchester Club players in standard play games in the January 2015 grading period:

1. Graham Moore (197) v Ian Gooding (185)
2. Nathan Barnes (146) v Jonathan Burrows (164)
3. Nathan Barnes (146) v Ed Kirkham (155)

The top 3 "biggest grading upsets" achieved by current Colchester Club players (players with estimated grades not included, wins only) in standard play games in the January 2015 grading period:

1. Martin Harris (120) v Mark Johnson (69) - grading difference of 51
2. Simon Denney (115) v Paul Seymour (134) - grading difference of 19
3. Nathan Barnes (146) v Jonathan Burrows (164) - grading difference of 18

 

The rapidplay grades for active Colchester players are:

Ref	Name	Age	Rapidplay	Previous
295637J	Lachinov, Eldar		159F
140673F	Barnes, Nathan		153F
293018D	Johnson, Mark		103D
297586F	Jaufarally, Nadia	10	100A	80D
298130A	Jaufarally, Mohammud		97A
150405J	Harris, Martin		96E
213710A	Smith, Peter		85E	113E
297619F	Jaufarally, Shazia	13	74A	71E
297620B	Jaufarally, Zahra	8	58A	14E
290797F	Wood, David		45A	43A
295877G	Welge, Alex	11	35D	34D
297977K	Tatchell, Luke	12	15F

There are also a number of other Colchester players - like Phil Daley, Clive Bellinger, Svein Kjenner, John Duff-Cole and Ed Goodman - who have played some rapidplay graded games in the last half-season (but not enough to have a grade yet).

Several players appear on the list for the first time: Eldar Lachinov, Nathan Barnes, Mark Johnson, Mohammud Jaufarally and Luke Tatchell.

A few players have increased their grades - with two juniors, Zahra Jaufarally (+44) and Nadia Jaufarally (+20), having the most significant increases.