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FIDÉ (World Chess Federation) and ECF Awards

Grandmaster, International Master, FIDÉ Master, and Candidate Masters in MCCU

The following individual players from the Midlands counties have been awarded FIDÉ (World Chess Federation) titles

Grandmaster: Keith Arkell (formerly Worcs); Glenn Flear (formerly Leics); Ameet Ghasi (Warks); Mark Hebden (Leics); Jonathan Parker (formerly Notts).

Woman Grandmaster: Dr Jana Bellin (Staffs), Katarzyna Toma (Worcs).

International Master: Chris Baker (Warks); Robert Bellin (Staffs); Lawrence Cooper (Staffs & Worcs); Andrew Horton (GMC); James Jackson (Warks); Geoff Lawton (Warks & Leics); Jonah Willow (Notts).

FIDÉ Master: Michael Barnes (Notts), Bernard Cafferty (formerly Warks); Chris Dunworth (formerly Notts), James Jackson (Northants); Ankush Khandelwal (Notts), Robert Shaw (Staffs), Nicholas Thomas (Warks), Graham Waddingham (formerly Notts).

Woman FIDÉ Master: Elis Denele Dicen (Warks), Anne-Marie James (Warks).

Candidate Master: Charles Tippleston (Northants).

National, Regional and County Masters in MCCU

The following individual players from the Midlands counties have been awarded ECF titles

Regional Master: Andrew Baruch (Warks), Mike Donnelly (Warks), Jamie Hopkins (Shrops).

County Master: Michael Fletcher (Notts), Karl Forman (Warks), David J Hamblin (Staffs), Dean Hartley (Derbys), Jamie Hillman (Notts), Stephen M Jones (Warks), J Ezra Lutton (Warks), Gordon Stables (Notts).

Masters of Correspondence Chess in MCCU

Jonathan Tait (Notts)