In a closely fought tournament, James Asquith from Burgess Hill emerged as the new Sussex Under 11 champion.
The tournament was particularly notable for the fine performances from some of the younger Sussex players with under 10’s Grant Bucher, Stephanie Barraclough coming 2nd and 3rd, and the Under 9 champion Andrew Tucker coming 6th – all with 5 out of 6.
James managed to fulfill his ambition by remaining on board 1 for the whole competition – as the top table was the only one situated close to a warm heater! The schools competition was successfully defended by St. Lawrence of Hurstpierpoint, despite losing one of their top players after the first round to illness.
SUSSEX JUNIOR CHESS Date Played :20/11/1999 Cross Table for UNDER 11 CHAMPIONSHIPS Pos PIN Name Grade Rounds 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B C D 1 1 ASQUITH, James.......... 88 b39+ w21+ b27+ w4+ b8+ b2= 5½ 6 645 108 2 2 BUCHER, Grant........... 84 w49+ b31+ w11+ b3+ b10= w1= 5 6 580 97 3= 3 BARRACLOUGH, Stephanie.. 67 b61+ w22+ b41+ w2- b13+ b10+ 5 6 523 87 3= 4 ELLIOTT, Sebastian...... 75 b32+ w14+ b19+ b1- w21+ b9+ 5 6 523 87 5 5 PRESCOTT, Adam.......... 55 b45+ w29+ w10= b7= w28+ b8+ 5 6 556 93 6 6 TUCKER, Andrew.......... 44 b50+ w15+ b8- w43+ b12+ w19+ 5 6 528 88 7 7 KHOO, Daniel............ 69 w35+ b19- w29+ w5= b25+ b20+ 4½ 6 412 69 8 8 SULLIVAN, Felix......... 79 w17+ b48+ w6+ b9+ w1- w5- 4 6 437 73 9= 9 GLEBOCKI, Danny......... 58 b47+ w30+ b26+ w8- b14+ w4- 4 6 404 67 9= 10 RICHARDSON, Joe......... 80 b55+ w13+ b5= b25+ w2= w3- 4 6 446 74 11= 11 MAYHEW, Harry........... 56 b56+ w20+ b2- w26- b43+ w29+ 4 6 344 57 11= 12 SALIMBENI, Guy.......... 60 w24+ b26- w17+ b44+ w6- b28+ 4 6 317 53 11= 13 STRACEY, Steven......... 50 w23+ b10- w33+ b30+ w3- b32+ 4 6 425 71 11= 14 WILLIS, Guy............. 45 w33+ b4- w23+ b34+ w9- w25+ 4 6 433 72 15= 15 COOK, Alexander......... 74 w38+ b6- w25- b22+ w30+ b31+ 4 6 364 61 15= 16 SKOWRONSKI, Kajtek...... 58 w36+ b25- w32- b24+ w35+ b26+ 4 6 271 45 17= 17 CANNELL, Christopher.... 30 b8- w53+ b12- w52+ b45+ w27+ 4 6 435 73 17= 18 WHEATLEY, Megan......... 49 b30- w47+ b20- w37+ b46+ w33+ 4 6 327 55 19 19 HARPER, R. Trevelyan.... 43 b37+ w7+ w4- b20= w26+ b6- 3½ 6 375 63 20= 20 HAYDEN, Eleanor......... 50d b28+ b11- w18+ w19= b27+ w7- 3½ 6 365 61 20= 21 POOLE, Stephen.......... 54 w34+ b1- w35+ b32+ b4- w23= 3½ 6 361 60 22 22 MAIDMENT, Sam........... 41 b53+ b3- w24= w15- b54+ w44+ 3½ 6 352 59 23 23 BRYANT, Lee............. 50d b13- w39+ b14- w57+ w41+ b21= 3½ 6 321 54 24 24 BREEN, Sasha............ 18 b12- w50+ b22= w16- w48+ b49+ 3½ 6 344 57 25 25 PALEY, Jonathan......... 50d b44+ w16+ b15+ w10- w7- b14- 3 6 369 62 26= 26 LEADSOM, Rory........... 37 b52+ w12+ w9- b11+ b19- w16- 3 6 325 54 26= 27 LINNETT, Christopher.... 55 w46+ b42+ w1- w41+ w20- b17- 3 6 274 46 28 28 LIBBY, Andrew........... 43 w20- b51+ w36+ b42+ b5- w12- 3 6 280 47 29= 29 BARCLAY, Theo........... 35 w40+ b5- b7- w39+ b42+ b11- 3 6 314 52 29= 30 DOGGETT, Matthew........ 50d w18+ b9- w31+ w13- b15- w46+ 3 6 286 48 29= 31 GRIFFIN, Sam............ 45 b58+ w2- b30- w56+ b47+ w15- 3 6 288 48 29= 32 HAY, George............. 28 w4- b58+ b16+ w21- b34+ w13- 3 6 330 55 33= 33 HART, Adam.............. 50d b14- w37+ b13- w51+ w44+ b18- 3 6 287 48 33= 34 STONARD, Gregory........ 50d b21- w55+ b56+ w14- w32- b47+ 3 6 188 31 35 35 ALLUM, Charlotte........ 20 b7- w52+ b21- w50+ b16- w45+ 3 6 322 54 36 36 WILLSHER, Mark.......... 15 b16- w57+ b28- w47- b55+ w41+ 3 6 234 39 37 37 JOHNSON, Ben............ 50d w19- b33- w49+ b18- b56+ w43+ 3 6 211 35 38 38 LINNETT, Sarah.......... 23 b15- w45- b50- b53+ w52+ w42+ 3 6 313 52 39 39 SPENCER, Luke........... 34 w1- b23- w58+ b29- w50+ b40= 2½ 6 259 43 40 40 TURNER, Marie........... 50d b29- w44- b47- w58+ b57+ w39= 2½ 6 176 29 41 41 STANDARD, Chloe......... 41 w51+ b54+ w3- b27- b23- b36- 2 6 187 31 42 42 GRIFFIN, Robert......... 50d b57+ w27- b45+ w28- w29- b38- 2 6 153 26 43= 43 CHAPMAN, Holly.......... 22 w59- b60+ w48+ b6- w11- b37- 2 6 215 36 43= 44 GOLDSMITH, Alice........ 43 w25- b40+ w46+ w12- b33- b22- 2 6 161 27 45= 45 BARNETT, Henry.......... 50d w5- b38+ w42- b48+ w17- b35- 2 6 131 22 45= 46 HITCH, Christopher...... 10 b27- w61+ b44- w55+ w18- b30- 2 6 143 24 47= 47 GARRETT, Tom............ 17 w9- b18- w40+ b36+ w31- w34- 2 6 166 28 47= 48 REED, Caitlin........... 53 b60+ w8- b43- w45- b24- b57+ 2 6 166 28 49= 49 FLOOKS, Nicholas........ 34 b2- w56- b37- w61+ b51+ w24- 2 6 125 21 49= 50 HART, Jamie............. 50d w6- b24- w38+ b35- b39- w58+ 2 6 89 15 49= 51 PRESCOTT, Fiona......... 50d b41- w28- b61+ b33- w49- w60+ 2 6 138 23 49= 52 RUSSELL, Amelia......... 50d w26- b35- w53+ b17- b38- w56+ 2 6 73 12 53 53 PARISH, Ellie........... 50d w22- b17- b52- w38- b60+ w54+ 2 6 144 24 54 54 BARR, Christopher....... 50d bye= w41- b57- w60+ w22- b53- 1½ 5 79 16 55 55 STANDING, Lucy.......... 31 w10- b34- w60= b46- w36- b61+ 1½ 6 66 11 56 56 SUTCLIFFE, Phillippa.... 13 w11- b49+ w34- b31- w37- b52- 1 6 82 14 57 57 FARLEY, Megan........... 47 w42- b36- w54+ b23- w40- w48- 1 6 68 11 58 58 DEARDEN, Emma........... 50d w31- w32- b39- b40- w61+ b50- 1 6 27 5 59 59 DRAPER, Georgina........ 70 b43+ 1 1 80 80 60 60 BLOOMFIELD, Thomas...... 50d w48- w43- b55= b54- w53- b51- 0½ 6 6 1 61 61 TUCKER, Simon........... 20 w3- b46- w51- b49- b58- w55- 0 6 0 0 Placings are calculated using total and then the sum of progressive scores All grades are SUSSEX Junior grades. Players without a current Sussex grade default to 50 Column Titles A - Score B - Number of games played C - Grading points scored D - Grade for this tournament