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Adam’s the name

One of the more common names amongst Suffolk chess players is … Adam.   There are six of them, including an International Master and a FIDE Master.

IM Adam Hunt (Woodbridge) FM Adam Taylor (Manningtree) Adam Harvey (Bury St Edmunds)
Adam Wilson (Ipswich) Adam Leigh (Bury St Edmunds) Adam John (Bury St Edmunds)

But Adam is far from being the most popular name amongst active Suffolk players.   According to the grading database, the leaders are:

John:   (Barratt, Barty, Feavyour, Kent, Lambert, McAllister, Peters, Player, Price)   =   9
David (& Dave):   (Brown, Clark x 2, Green, Mabbs, Robertson, Spence, Wild, Wood)   =   9
Michael:   (Clapham, Cook, Coughtrey, Harris, Schalit, Spalding, Usher)   =   7
Andrew:   (Donnelly, Lewis, Molloy, Paige, Salmon, Shephard)   =   6
Also, there are four Richards, four Martins and four Stephens (or Steve).

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