66 players turned-up to compete in the four sections (Under 11 Major and Minor and Under 18 Major and Minor).
The Under 18 Major was extremely hard fought. A measure of this can be seen in that the winner Charlie Linford ‘only’ scored 4 ½ points. Charlie had to recover after a first round defeat by Adam Prescott, in the end though a draw in the final round against runner-up Lakshman Ruthirapathy was enough to seal victory. Adam could not capitalize on his start and finished 3rd on 3 ½ points.
The Under 18 Minor, playing for the new trophy for this section, fell to Mithun Kailavasan from Pinner with 5 ½ points. James Guiney from Epsom Downs was second on 5, and in third place winning a Sussex trophy for the very first time after many years of trying was James May on 4 ½.
The Under 11 Major saw what can be achieved in a year of playing chess in Sussex. Farris Ziyada won the Under 11 Minor in 2000 at this event, this year he returned and took the Major with 5 points. Not bad for an Under 9. Gajern Kailavasan completed a great family day out with second on 4 ½. Christopher Linnett also scored 4 ½ for third place, remaining unbeaten with 3 draws in rounds 1-3, and 3 wins in 4-6.
The Under 11 Minor fell to Nicholas Thorne, who will be promoted to the Major at Hastings in January. His 5 ½ was very well earned. Second, in her best ever Tournament performance was Jessica Wood with 5, with Simon Tucker third on 4 ½.
The Best Under 7 was William Maskell (4), Under 8 Ben Blundell (3 ½), Under 9 Alex Vine (4), and Under 10 James Arnold (4 ½). All were from the U11 Minor. Worthy of praise was Patrick Butler from Reading who scored 3 ½ from the Major but lost out on the Under 8 prize on progressive score.
SUSSEX JUNIOR CHESS Date Played :20/10/2001
Cross Table for HORSHAM UNDER 18 MAJOR
Pos PIN Name Grade Rounds
1 2 3 4 5 6 A B C D
1 1 LINFORD, Charlie........ 133 b3- w4+ b6+ b5+ w9+ w2= 4½ 6 742 124
2 2 RUTHIRAPATHY, Lakshman.. 92 b4= w6- b10+ w7+ w5+ b1= 4 6 696 116
3 3 PRESCOTT, Adam.......... 94 w1+ b5- b7+ w9= b8- w6+ 3½ 6 653 109
4 4 HAMILTON, Michael....... 116 w2= b1- w8+ b10+ w7- b5+ 3½ 6 637 106
5 5 GLEBOCKI, Danny......... 102 b6+ w3+ b9+ w1- b2- w4- 3 6 619 103
6 6 AHILAN, Arjunan......... 90 w5- b2+ w1- b8+ w10+ b3- 3 6 568 95
7 7 KHOO, Daniel............ 95 w8+ b9- w3- b2- b4+ w10+ 3 6 546 91
8 8 LINNETT, Matthew........ 89 b7- w10+ b4- w6- w3+ b9+ 3 6 550 92
9 9 RICHARDSON, Joe......... 94 b10+ w7+ w5- b3= b1- w8- 2½ 6 524 87
10 10 STRACEY, Steven......... 61 w9- b8- w2- w4- b6- b7- 0 6 261 44
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 70
Column Titles
A - Score B - Number of games played
C - Grading points scored D - Grade for this tournament
SUSSEX JUNIOR CHESS Date Played :20/10/2001
Cross Table for HORSHAM UNDER 18 MINOR
Pos PIN Name Grade Rounds
1 2 3 4 5 6 A B C D
1 1 KAILAVASAN, Mithun...... 65 b14+ w9+ b11+ w2+ b3= w4+ 5½ 6 602 100
2 2 GUINEY, James........... 65 w13+ b7+ w3+ b1- w9+ b5+ 5 6 561 94
3 3 MAY, James.............. 74 b8+ w11+ b2- w7+ w1= b6+ 4½ 6 486 81
4 4 PEAT, Calvin............ 57 b7- w13+ b10+ b5+ w6= b1- 3½ 6 365 61
5= 5 CALLOW, Elliott......... 82 b9- w10+ b12+ w4- b7+ w2- 3 6 302 50
5= 6 PALEY, Jonathan......... 57 b10- w14+ b9= w12+ b4= w3- 3 6 295 49
5= 7 PEARCE, Michael......... 41 w4+ w2- b8+ b3- w5- b14+ 3 6 373 62
8 8 MARGOLIS, Deborah....... 51 w3- b12- w7- b13+ w10+ b11+ 3 6 282 47
9 9 WRATHALL, Stephen....... 54 w5+ b1- w6= b14+ b2- w12- 2½ 6 304 51
10 10 BLUNDELL, William....... 25 w6+ b5- w4- w11+ b8- w13- 2 6 232 39
11 11 RATTLE, Katherine....... 57 w12+ b3- w1- b10- w14+ w8- 2 6 200 33
12 12 WILLSHER, Mark.......... 40 b11- w8+ w5- b6- w13- b9+ 2 6 244 41
13 13 ALLUM, Charlotte........ 45 b2- b4- w14- w8- b12+ b10+ 2 6 183 31
14 14 MURPHY, Christopher..... 45 w1- b6- b13+ w9- b11- w7- 1 6 119 20
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
SUSSEX JUNIOR CHESS Date Played :20/10/2001
Cross Table for HORSHAM UNDER 11 MAJOR
Pos PIN Name Grade Rounds
1 2 3 4 5 6 A B C D
1 1 ZIYADA, Farris.......... 78 b8+ w13+ b6+ w2+ b4+ b3- 5 6 535 89
2 2 KAILAVASAN, Gajern...... 50d b4+ w5+ b3= b1- w12+ w7+ 4½ 6 485 81
3 3 LINNETT, Christopher.... 64 b12= w11= w2= b13+ b6+ w1+ 4½ 6 500 83
4 4 LINNETT, Sarah.......... 54 w2- b9+ w7+ b8+ w1- b6+ 4 6 437 73
5 5 BUTLER, Patrick......... 50d bye+ b2- w10+ w6- b9= b11+ 3½ 5 283 57
6 6 KAFETZ, Elliot.......... 64 w9+ b7+ w1- b5+ w3- w4- 3 6 337 56
7 7 HART, Adam.............. 38 b10+ w6- b4- b12+ w8+ b2- 3 6 331 55
8 8 GRANT, David............ 54 w1- bye= b11+ w4- b7- w13+ 2½ 5 227 45
9 9 FRYER, Abi.............. 53 b6- w4- bye= w10= w5= b12+ 2½ 5 227 45
10 10 PEAT, Rachel............ 58 w7- w12+ b5- b9= w11- bye= 2 5 150 30
11 11 BLUNDELL, Tristan....... 58 w13- b3= w8- bye= b10+ w5- 2 5 175 35
12= 12 FRASER, Nicholas........ 51 w3= b10- b13+ w7- b2- w9- 1½ 6 162 27
12= 13 STRACEY, Sebastian...... 49 b11+ b1- w12- w3- bye= b8- 1½ 5 155 31
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
SUSSEX JUNIOR CHESS Date Played :20/10/2001
Cross Table for HORSHAM UNDER 11 MINOR
Pos PIN Name Grade Rounds
1 2 3 4 5 6 A B C D
1 1 THORNE, Nicholas........ 48 b3+ w18+ b2+ w6= b5+ w14+ 5½ 6 457 76
2 2 WOOD, Jessica........... 40 w30+ b21+ w1- b8+ w9+ w6+ 5 6 375 63
3 3 RICHARDSON, Jamie....... 22 w1- b10+ w25+ b13+ b14+ b12+ 5 6 425 71
4 4 ARNOLD, James........... 37 w10+ b8+ w11- b16+ b7= w5+ 4½ 6 365 61
5 5 VINE, Alex.............. 33 b16+ w7+ b14+ b11+ w1- b4- 4 6 351 59
6 6 TUCKER, Simon........... 39 b24+ w20+ w12= b1= w11+ b2- 4 6 296 49
7 7 SECCOMBE, Thomas........ 47 w29+ b5- w19+ b15+ w4= b11= 4 6 265 44
8= 8 MASKELL, William........ 30d b9+ w4- b18+ w2- b17+ w20+ 4 6 265 44
8= 9 TEHRANI, Elizabeth...... 32 w8- b31+ w23+ b12+ b2- w16+ 4 6 277 46
10 10 CHANDLER, Harry......... 30d b4- w3- w27+ b26+ w21+ b15+ 4 6 272 45
11 11 BLUNDELL, Ben........... 45 b17+ w22+ b4+ w5- b6- w7= 3½ 6 250 42
12 12 DRAPER, James........... 43 b23+ w25+ b6= w9- b24+ w3- 3½ 6 186 31
13 13 BROTHWOOD, Oliver....... 30d b22- bye= b20+ w3- w29+ w21+ 3½ 5 143 29
14 14 PEREZ TRUNIN, George.... 44 w19+ b15+ w5- b21+ w3- b1- 3 6 167 28
15 15 KAFETZ, Jed............. 29 b31+ w14- b17+ w7- b23+ w10- 3 6 171 29
16 16 LYNWOOD, Simon.......... 30d w5- b30+ b22+ w4- w19+ b9- 3 6 145 24
17= 17 CASE, Alexander......... 16 w11- b26+ w15- b25+ w8- w23+ 3 6 168 28
17= 18 MARGOLIS, Sarah......... 29 w26+ b1- w8- b19- w25+ b24+ 3 6 159 27
17= 19 REEVES-DIENES, Patrick.. 12 b14- w28+ b7- w18+ b16- w22+ 3 6 189 32
20 20 SCHORTZ, Oskar.......... 11 bye= b6- w13- b31+ w27+ b8- 2½ 5 110 22
21 21 GRANT, Rebecca.......... 23 b28+ w2- b24+ w14- b10- b13- 2 6 64 11
22= 22 MASTERS, Alexander...... 28 w13+ b11- w16- b23- w28+ b19- 2 6 32 5
22= 23 WOOD, Jonathan.......... 4 w12- b29+ b9- w22+ w15- b17- 2 6 57 10
22= 24 WRATHALL, Helen......... 9 w6- b27+ w21- b29+ w12- w18- 2 6 74 12
25 25 WATSON, Archie.......... 30d w27+ b12- b3- w17- b18- w30+ 2 6 44 7
26 26 FIELD, Gemma............ 30d b18- w17- bye= w10- w31+ b27= 2 5 36 7
27 27 MACADAM FREUD, Kipp..... 31 b25- w24- b10- w30+ b20- w26= 1½ 6 0 0
28 28 HYLAND, Fraser.......... 11 w21- b19- w29- bye= b22- b29+ 1½ 5 0 0
29 29 FIELD, Jay.............. 9 b7- w23- b28+ w24- b13- w28- 1 6 0 0
30 30 TEHRANI, Cyrus.......... 3 b2- w16- w31= b27- bye= b25- 1 5 0 0
31 31 JAMES, Stacey........... 30d w15- w9- b30= w20- b26- bye= 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 30
Column Titles
A - Score B - Number of games played
C - Grading points scored D - Grade for this tournament