NYCA Championships 2015

The National Youth Chess Association (NYCA) run under 18, under 16, under 14 and under 12 inter-association chess events each autumn term. The dates for 2015 are:-

27th September U18 & U14
7th November U16 & U12

U12 Championship – 7th November 2015

 

The team:

Amardip Ahluwalia, Michael Banks, Roland Bourne, Jonathan Britnell, Giovanni Currah, Elena Currah (travelling sibling), Elizabeth Finn (travelling sibling), Alec Hedger, Batuhan Kaya, Xavier Laurillard, Matthew Liu, Zevon Rustom, Calum Salmons, Polina Shehepinova

 

Results:

    R1 R2 R3 Total
1 Sussex 11½ 11 10 32½
2 Kent 8 9 10½ 27½
3 Cheshire & N Wales 7 18
4 South Wales 6 6 4 16
5 Richmond 15½
6 Yorkshire 4 3 3 10
7 The Wirral 3 1

Board Prize: Polina Shehepinova


U16 Championship – 7th November 2015

 

The team:

Scott Borland, Callum Brewer, Daniel Finn, Thomas Finn, Matthew Forster, Oli Howell, David Liu, Dominic Miller

Results:

    C&NW S K Y Total
1 Cheshire & N.Wales

 

5 8 18½
2 Sussex 3   7 8 18
3 Kent 1   10
3 Yorkshire 0 0  

Board Prize: Scott Borland


U14 Championship – 27th September 2015

 

The team:

Joseph Allin, Lucy Bennet-Stevens, Scott Borland, Daniel Finn, Matthew Forster, Oli Howell, George Neale, Alex Miller, Dominic Miller, Calum Salmons, JuJu Samworth-Calvier, Hugo Westwood-Dunkley

Results:

    R1 R2 R3 Total
1 Kent 9 10 28½
2 Sussex 10 8 27½
3 Berkshire 8 23
4 South Wales     19½
5 Cheshire & N. Wales 7 17
6 Leicester     ½
7 Richmond     2 4

U18 Championship – 27th September 2015

The team:

Matthew Barton, Callum Brewer, Tanith Davies, Jonathan Finn, Thomas Finn, Cassie Graham, Matthew Howell, Ollie Willson

Results:

    R1 R2 R3 Total
1 Sussex 6 7 18½
2 Cheshire & N.Wales 5 14
3 Yorkshire 1 1