For the second year in succession, the favourite for the title was pipped at the last hurdle. In a game of exceptional quality, Jed Kafetz defeated Ben Blundell with the assured confidence of a champion to take the title by half a point.
However, Ben was the leading team member from St. Lawrence School, Hurstpierpoint who swept all before them to take the schools title by a clear margin from second placed Fonthill Lodge.
If any further proof were needed to underline the improvements achieved by attending Sussex Junior training events then this was it.
SUSSEX JUNIOR CHESS Date Played :16/06/2001 Cross Table for UNDER 7 CHAMPIONSHIPS Pos PIN Name Grade Rounds 1 2 3 4 5 A B C D 1 1 KAFETZ, Jed............. 15 w6= b20+ w21+ b10+ b2+ 4« 5 330 66 2 2 BLUNDELL, Ben........... 41 b25+ b9+ w8+ b3+ w1- 4 5 255 51 3 3 TOYNBEE, George......... 48 w21+ b17+ b4+ w2- b9+ 4 5 281 56 4 4 PEARCE, Luke............ 42 b11+ b13+ w3- b17+ b7+ 4 5 250 50 5= 5 HOLLISS, Robert......... 41 w10+ b22= w7= b12= w13+ 3« 5 200 40 5= 6 TREGEAR, Kit............ 33 b1= w14+ b22+ w7- w20+ 3« 5 205 41 7= 7 MACADAM FREUD, Kipp..... 30 b14= w26+ b5= b6+ w4- 3 5 157 31 7= 8 WILLIAMS, Rhiannon...... 13 b27+ w18+ b2- w9- b19+ 3 5 177 35 7= 9 WOOD, Jonathan.......... 20d b15+ w2- b23+ b8+ w3- 3 5 177 35 10 10 THORBURN, Richard....... 15 b5- w27+ b16+ w1- b18+ 3 5 155 31 11 11 YEOMANS, Alexander...... 15 w4- w16- b27+ b25+ w12+ 3 5 154 31 12= 12 KHOO, Christopher....... 10 b26= w23= b19+ w5= b11- 2« 5 100 20 12= 13 LOM, Jules.............. 8 b16+ w4- b15= w22+ b5- 2« 5 104 21 14= 14 LAWSON, Tom............. 8 w7= b6- w28= b24+ w21= 2« 5 103 21 14= 15 MOTT, James............. 4 w9- b28+ w13= b20- w22+ 2« 5 100 20 16 16 VINT, Matthew........... 11 w13- b11+ w10- b21= w17+ 2« 5 100 20 17 17 SCHORTZ, Oscar.......... 3 b19+ w3- b18+ w4- b16- 2 5 54 11 18 18 TEHRANI, Cyrus.......... 20d w24+ b8- w17- b23+ w10- 2 5 50 10 19= 19 DOUGHTY, Matthew........ 20d w17- b24+ w12- b28+ w8- 2 5 50 10 19= 20 REEVES-DIENES, Patrick.. 20d b23= w1- b26= w15+ b6- 2 5 58 12 21 21 HYLAND, Fraser.......... 9 b3- w25+ b1- w16= b14= 2 5 55 11 22 22 LATHAM, Emmanuel........ 20d b28+ w5= w6- b13- b15- 1« 5 3 1 23 23 BLAKE, Eleanor.......... 20d w20= b12= w9- w18- b28= 1« 5 0 0 24= 24 HACKE, Matthew.......... 20d b18- w19- b25= w14- w27+ 1« 5 0 0 24= 25 ROBINSON, Danielle...... 20d w2- b21- w24= w11- b26+ 1« 5 27 5 26 26 TURNER, Archie.......... 20d w12= b7- w20= b27- w25- 1 5 0 0 27= 27 LITTLEJOHN, Thomas...... 20d w8- b10- w11- w26+ b24- 1 5 0 0 27= 28 RAVENHALL, George....... 20d w22- w15- b14= w19- w23= 1 5 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 20 Column Titles A - Score B - Number of games played C - Grading points scored D - Grade for this tournament