103 players made the journey to St Mary Star of the Sea School in Hastings, a tournament timed to coincide with its big brother – the prestigious Hastings International Chess Congress. Sussex Juniors were joined by players from the ‘neighbouring’ counties of Essex, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Middlesex, Oxfordshire and Surrey.
The highlight of the day for most Juniors was the presence of David Howell offering advice in the training room and presenting the prizes, David is the youngest chess Grandmaster in the United Kingdom, a title he earned when he came second during the 35th Rilton Cup in Stockholm on 5 January 2007 when he was just 16. David is Sussex born and bred and not so long ago a Sussex Junior himself.
The U11 Minor section was hotly contested with a good mixture of age and experience, and no fewer than 45 players. The strength of the out of county visitors saw Suyash and Conrad take the first two places, ahead of Thomas and Elena both scoring a creditable 5 points. The top 3 earn promotion to the Under 11 Majors for the Grand Prix in Eastbourne. There were some strong and determined performances all the way through the field. Most of the day’s prize winners started their careers at the lower end of the tournament, so please persevere if that happened to you. In the tough U11 Major tournament, Nishchal (a very talented under 8 from Middlesex) scored 5.5 to finish ahead of Polina and Giovanni.
The Under 18 Minor competition was a very closely fought contest, with six players sharing second place (Bridie, Kieron, Matthew, Oliver joined by Indie and Oscar making a welcome return to SJC events. . An excellent display from Max with 5.5 points secured the title and with it promotion to the majors for the next Grand Prix.
Finally to the U18 major section, where spectators gathered round to witness some of the exciting attacking chess fitting for a section including 6 current England squad members, including Batuhan the latest SJC qualifier . Thomas narrowly edged Amardip into second place on progressives, ahead of a four way tie between Rajeiv, Jonathan B, Jonathan F and Gurveen, A very strong display from Leo in his first major, secured the grading prize.
Finally, thanks to all the parents for supporting the children throughout the highs and lows of the day, and our tournament helpers :
- Entries and reception – Sandra
- Training Room – Chris, David and Jude
- Tournament Control – Brian, Catherine, Con, Gary.Jonathan, Peter and Tom
- Balvinder and Keith for their sterling efforts in maintaining the high standards of SJC catering
- Andy for photography
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| 1st | Thomas Finn | 5 (on progressives) | 1st | Max Bennett | 5½ | |
| 2nd | Amardip Ahluwalia | 5 | 2nd= | Bridie O’Leary | 4 | |
| 3rd= | Rajeiv Ratnesan | 4 | Kieron Escott | 4 | ||
| Jonathan Britnell | 4 | Matthew Finn | 4 | |||
| Jonathan Finn | 4 | Indie Udsholt -Clayton | 4 | |||
| Gurveen Kapoor | 4 | Oliver Falvey | 4 | |||
| Oscar Udsholt-Clayton | 4 | |||||
| Grading Prizes: | ||||||
| Leo Yu | 3½ | |||||
| U11 Major | U11 Minor | |||||
| 1st | Nishchal Thatte | 5½ (on progressives) | 1st | Suyash Prasad | 5½ | |
| 2nd | Polina Shchepinova | 5 | 2nd | Conrad Dickinson | 5 (on progressives) | |
| 3rd | Giovanni Currah | 4½ | 3rd | Thomas Dan | 5 (on progressives) | |
| Age Group Prize Winners | Arbiter’s Prizes | |||||
| U7 | Adam Faulkner | 4½ | Emma Forester | |||
| U8 | Elena Currah | 5 | Gurveen Kapoor | |||
| U9 | Solomon Mitchell | 4 (on tiebreak – score earned in U11 Major) | Lauren Manchester | |||
| U10 | Isaac Cooper | 4½ | Henry Roser | |||
| Top Girl | Lauren Manchester | 4½ | Nandinee Thatte | |||
| Timon Walshe-Grey | ||||||
Crosstables:
U11 Minor:
ECF R O U N D S
Pos Player Grade 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B TB
1 Prasad, Suyash........... 63A w33+ b13+ w2= b17+ w5+ b7+ 5½ 6 19
2 Dickinson, Conrad........ 14* w27+ b23+ b1= w6+ w15+ b5= 5 6 18½
3 Dan, Thomas.............. 0d b24+ w30= b20= w12+ b19+ w15+ 5 6 16½
4 Currah, Elena............ 69A b35+ w9- b33+ w20+ b22+ w8+ 5 6 16
5 Cooper, Isaac............ 60A b38+ w26+ b9+ w19+ b1- w2= 4½ 6 18½
6 Manchester, Lauren....... 46A w45+ b8+ w17= b2- w30+ b16+ 4½ 6 16
7 Lamb, Grace.............. 64A b41+ w10+ b19- w9+ b21+ w1- 4 6 16
8 Johnson, Cassius......... 8F b25+ w6- b26+ w24+ w11+ b4- 4 6 15
9 Bhagat, Karan............ 0d w11+ b4+ w5- b7- w26+ w21+ 4 6 14
10 Howeson, Tom............. 0d w21+ b7- w13+ b11- b24+ w19+ 4 6 13
11 Longley, Daniel.......... 45D b9- w38+ b42+ w10+ b8- w20+ 4 6 13
12 Rees, Sophie............. 25A w31+ b17- w43+ b3- w27+ b25+ 4 6 13
13 Kay, Eloise.............. 11D b14+ w1- b10- w37+ b23+ w18+ 4 6 12
14 Labroo, Pranav........... 0d w13- b21- w29+ b44+ b35+ w22+ 4 6 10
15 Martin, Thomas........... 67A b37+ w18= b30+ w16+ b2- b3- 3½ 6 15½
16 Clark, Stevie............ 38A b20= w28+ b18+ b15- w32+ w6- 3½ 6 14
17 Skelton, Joslain......... 0d b36+ w12+ b6= w1- b18- w30+ 3½ 6 14
18 Hall, Theo............... 0d w29+ b15= w16- b39+ w17+ b13- 3½ 6 13½
19 Douglas, Leah............ 39B w39+ b34+ w7+ b5- w3- b10- 3 6 15
20 Crosby, Ben.............. 0d w16= b44+ w3= b4- w31+ b11- 3 6 12
21 Kay, Charlotte........... 17E b10- w14+ b25+ w23+ w7- b9- 3 6 12
22 Scott, Liam.............. 35A w34- b39+ w27+ b32+ w4- b14- 3 6 12
23 Thackray, Isaac.......... 0d w40+ w2- b28+ b21- w13- b32+ 3 6 11
24 Jadav, Abhi.............. 38F w3- b45+ w34+ b8- w10- b33+ 3 6 10
25 McMahon, Maya............ 0d w8- b40+ w21- b34+ b33+ w12- 3 6 10
26 Robertson, James......... 0d w32+ b5- w8- b38+ b9- w35+ 3 6 10
27 Johnson, Zoe............. 0d b2- w35+ b22- w28+ b12- w36+ 3 6 9
28 Seddon, Evie............. 4A w43+ b16- w23- b27- w39+ b38+ 3 6 9
29 Karthikeyan, Sanjana..... 31* b18- w42- b14- w41+ b45+ w37+ 3 6 6
30 Kendall, Maxwell......... 31A w42+ b3= w15- w31+ b6- b17- 2½ 6 11½
31 Haynes, Alex............. 0d b12- w36= w44+ b30- b20- w45+ 2½ 6 7½
32 Merry-Dungey, Isobel..... 4F b26- w37+ b36+ w22- b16- w23- 2 6 9
33 Bensley, Emily........... 0* b1- bye+ w4- b43+ w25- w24- 2 5 8
34 Cooper, Cameron.......... 0E b22+ w19- b24- w25- b37- w43+ 2 6 7
35 Stacy, Rose.............. 0D w4- b27- w45+ b42+ w14- b26- 2 6 7
36 Kendall, Laurie.......... 0A w17- b31= w32- b40= w42+ b27- 2 6 6
37 Macgregor, Alexander..... 0d w15- b32- w40+ b13- w34+ b29- 2 6 6
38 Nunns, Lara.............. 0* w5- b11- bye+ w26- b43+ w28- 2 5 6
39 Chetvenikov, Ivan........ 0d b19- w22- b41+ w18- b28- bye+ 2 5 5
40 Walshe-Grey, Toby........ 0A b23- w25- b37- w36= w44= b42+ 2 6 3½
41 Stacy, Edie.............. 0E w7- b43- w39- b29- bye+ b44+ 2 5 3
42 Glascott, Arthur......... 0d b30- b29+ w11- w35- b36- w40- 1 6 5
43 Ray-Gain, Sarah.......... 0d b28- w41+ b12- w33- w38- b34- 1 6 5
44 Forester, Emma........... 0d bye= w20- b31- w14- b40= w41- 1 5 4
45 Rees, Amelie............. 0* b6- w24- b35- bye+ w29- b31- 1 5 3
Index:
A = Player's score
B = Number of graded games played
TB= Sum of progressive scores Standard
U11 Major:
ECF R O U N D S
Pos Player Grade 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B C D TB
1 Thatte, Nishchal......... 66E b13+ w17+ w6+ b4+ b2+ w3= 5½ 6 806 134 20½
2 Shchepinova, Polina...... 89A w15+ b8+ w3+ b6+ w1- b5+ 5 6 655 109 19
3 Currah, Giovanni......... 103A b12+ w5+ b2- w19+ b9+ b1= 4½ 6 597 100 16½
4 Manchester, Thomas....... 96A b19+ w21+ b9+ w1- b5- w10+ 4 6 518 86 16
5 Vyse, Callum............. 75A w7+ b3- w14+ b18+ w4+ w2- 4 6 540 90 15
6 Finn, Elizabeth.......... 90A b10+ w14+ b1- w2- b19+ w9+ 4 6 512 85 14
7 Mitchell, Solomon........ 50d b5- w12- b16+ w13+ b17+ w14+ 4 6 563 94 10
8 Faulkner, Adam........... 67A b16+ w2- b17+ w9- b14= w15+ 3½ 6 507 85 12
9 Ratnesan, Radha.......... 78A b20+ w10+ w4- b8+ w3- b6- 3 6 466 78 14
10 Hopkins, Billy........... 60A w6- b9- w22+ b21+ w11+ b4- 3 6 472 79 9
11 Liu, Matthew............. 86B b14- w20+ b19- w12+ b10- w18+ 3 6 351 59 9
12 Oaten, Angus............. 72A w3- b7+ w15- b11- w20+ b22+ 3 6 393 66 8
13 Guldemond, Daniel........ 94A w1- b18- w20+ b7- w21+ b17+ 3 6 384 64 7
14 Thatte, Nandinee......... 52D w11+ b6- b5- w16+ w8= b7- 2½ 6 410 68 10
15 Nunns, Ruby.............. 54D b2- w16= b12+ w17- w18+ b8- 2½ 6 406 68 8½
16 Allenby, Rajan........... 100B w8- b15= w7- b14- b22+ w19+ 2½ 6 324 54 5½
17 Borland, Laura........... 84A w18+ b1- w8- b15+ w7- w13- 2 6 281 47 9
18 Power, Ben............... 50A b17- w13+ b21+ w5- b15- b11- 2 6 361 60 9
19 Walker, James............ 67D w4- b22+ w11+ b3- w6- b16- 2 6 425 71 9
20 Magrin, Nicky............ 50d w9- b11- b13- w22+ b12- w21+ 2 6 348 58 4
21 Munn, Lydia.............. 72A b22+ b4- w18- w10- b13- b20- 1 6 200 33 6
22 Tarling, Adam............ 50d w21- w19- b10- b20- w16- w12- 0 6 111 19 0
Index:
A = Player's score
B = Number of graded games played
C = Total grading points
D = Grading performance
TB= Sum of progressive scores Standard
U18 Minor
Pos Name Grade 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B C D T 1 Bennett, Max 95B w7+ b12+ w5+ b2= w6+ b4+ 5½ 6 717 120 19.5 2 O'Leary, Bridie 91A b14+ w3+ b8= w1= b4- w10+ 4 6 525 88 15.5 3 Escott, Kieron 70D w15+ b2- w11+ b12+ w9+ b6- 4 6 506 84 15.0 4 Finn, Matthew R 74A w17+ b6- w15+ b5+ w2+ w1- 4 6 542 90 15.0 5 Udsholt-Clayton, Indie 77* b16+ w10+ b1- w4- b8+ w14+ 4 6 504 84 14.0 6 Falvey, Oliver 97A b10- w4+ b14+ w8+ b1- w3+ 4 6 534 89 13.0 7 Udsholt-Clayton, Oscar 51* b1- w13- b18+ w16+ b14+ b9+ 4 6 405 68 10.0 8 Walker, Dominic 81C w11+ b9+ w2= b6- w5- b13+ 3½ 6 471 79 14.0 9 Walshe-Grey, Timon 65A b18+ w8- b13+ w10+ b3- w7- 3 6 319 53 13.0 10 Sargent, Ryan 54D w6+ b5- w12+ b9- w13+ b2- 3 6 438 73 12.0 11 Littlehales, Alexander 50 b8- w18+ b3- w13- b15+ w16+ 3 6 259 43 8.0 12 Walshe-Grey, Will 73A b13+ w1- b10- w3- b17= w18+ 2½ 6 288 48 8.0 13 Jadav, Ravi 38F w12- b7+ w9- b11+ b10- w8- 2 6 271 45 8.0 14 Lazarou, Isaac 50 w2- b17+ w6- b15+ w7- b5- 2 6 266 44 8.0 15 Gibson, Owen 8D b3- w16+ b4- w14- w11- w17+ 2 6 188 31 6.0 16 Reading, Shay 50 w5- b15- w17+ b7- w18+ b11- 2 6 146 24 6.0 17 Weis, Benedict 48E b4- w14- b16- w18+ w12= b15- 1½ 6 113 19 4.0 18 Vyse, Eleanor 0E w9- b11- w7- b17- b16- b12- 0 6 -60 -10 0.0 Index: A = Player's score B = Number of graded games played C = Total grading points D = Grading performance T = Tie Break using Sum Of Progressive Scores
U18 Major
Pos Name Grade 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B C D T 1 Finn, Thomas 146A b10+ w9+ b8+ w7+ b3+ w2- 5 6 961 160 20.0 2 Ahluwalia, Amardip 155A b12= w11+ b5= w9+ b8+ b1+ 5 6 981 164 16.0 3 Ratnesan, Rajeiv 137A w16+ b8- w4+ b13+ w1- w10+ 4 6 817 136 14.0 4 Britnell, Jonathan 128A b18+ w7= b3- w12+ b6= w8+ 4 6 805 134 13.5 5 Finn, Jonathan 149A w14+ b6= w2= w8- b7+ w9+ 4 6 844 141 13.5 6 Kapoor, Gurveen 124A b17+ w5= b7- w11+ w4= b12+ 4 6 809 135 13.5 7 Yu, Leo 102A b11+ b4= w6+ b1- w5- b14+ 3½ 6 823 137 13.5 8 Kaya, Batuhan 121A b15+ w3+ w1- b5+ w2- b4- 3 6 796 133 14.0 9 Stockham, Michael 123A w13+ b1- w10+ b2- w14+ b5- 3 6 766 128 12.0 10 Kolani, Arjun 119A w1- w12+ b9- b16+ w13+ b3- 3 6 714 119 10.0 11 Finn, Daniel M 125A w7- b2- w18+ b6- w17+ b13+ 3 6 658 110 7.0 12 Manchester, Oliver 117A w2= b10- w14+ b4- w16+ w6- 2½ 6 694 116 9.0 13 Faulkner, Oliver 85A b9- w18+ b15+ w3- b10- w11- 2 6 566 94 9.0 14 Bourne, Roland 112B b5- w17+ b12- w15+ b9- w7- 2 6 551 92 8.0 15 Clarke, Harry 70A w8- b16+ w13- b14- w18+ b17- 2 6 503 84 7.0 16 Light, Joe 106E b3- w15- b17+ w10- b12- w18+ 2 6 535 89 5.0 17 Midmer, Thomas 88A w6- b14- w16- b18+ b11- w15+ 2 6 541 90 4.0 18 Roser, Henry 104C w4- b13- b11- w17- b15- b16- 0 6 302 50 0.0 Index: A = Player's score B = Number of graded games played C = Total grading points D = Grading performance T = Tie Break using Sum Of Progressive Scores