Crowborough Grand Prix, 17th September 2016
The new season opened in style with 96 in the four SJC junior sections, joined in the impressive playing hall by a further 41 players in the 31st Crowborough Adult Congress.
In the Under 11 Minors, the arbiters reported high standards of play and concentration, although the players had to be reminded to slow down as some early games were played at top speed! Congratulations to Sophie a deserved winner with 5.5 points Joining her in moving up to the Under 11 Majors will be Elliott and Henry, both on 5 out of 6. A very good day for girls, Sophie also won the Crowborough Cup for the top performance by a Crowborough Junior and consistent play saw Amelie, Lauren, and Lucy H secure the Under 7, Under 10 and Top Girl trophies respectively.
The U11 Major remains a tough place to be with no easy games to be had. For those who have just moved up from the U11 Minors, please don’t be downhearted if you haven’t won many games as you will have played more experienced opponents and will learn from these encounters. The title was won by Adam just ahead of Callum V on progressives. Adam, not yet 8, will now head to the Under 18 Majors at Horsham and on this evidence will be well up to the challenge. Elizabeth pipped Matthew A and Thomas D to 3rd place on progressives, though Matthew had the consolation of winning the Under 9 trophy.
(Note : we are often asked what winning on progressives means. A player’s progressive score is the sum of his scores going in to each round. This system rewards players who win more games in earlier rounds as they can then expect to have had a tougher tournament playing more highly ranked players).
The Under 18 Minor section featured a number of impressive displays from players who have only just moved up from the Under 11s or who are fairly new to completive chess. Lilya took first place unbeaten on 5 out of 6. Half a point behind her, Daniel L and Karam shared 2nd place. Ben and Jamie won Grading Prizes.
The Under 18 Majors was missing a few of the usual faces, with Callum, Calum, Daniel, David, Freddie, Lucy, Matthew F and Thomas all entering the Adult Congress. Even so the competition still included a number of England players in the field. Well done to Gurveen, one of the out-of-county regulars, who progressed unbeaten to 5.5 to take the title ahead of Jonathan on 5 points, just ahead of Edward and Batuhan who shared 3rd place. Grading prizes were won by Alex, Eryl, Max, Oliver M, Oliver F and Nishchal, who also scooped Top Under 8 for his performance in this tough section.
At the end of last season we awarded our prestigious Bruce Diennes awards – two winners were unable to be present at that time so were belatedly presented with their awards: congratulations to Stevie Clark and Matthew Finn.
Finally, thanks to all the parents for supporting the children throughout the highs and lows of the day.
Thanks also to the tournament helpers :
- Entries and Registration – Carol and Anita
- Catering – Caroline, Debbie, Jane and Keith
- Photography – Carol
- Tournament Control and Board Stewarding – Brian, Catherine, Chris, Danny, Mike, Peter, and Trevor
We hope to see many of you back to compete again – our next Grand Prix is on October 15th where the sections will be slightly different – Under 8, Under 10, Under 12, and Under 18. Look out also for our age-limited tournaments for the Under 8s (Oct 29th), the Under 9s, Under 11s, Under 13s and Under 18s (Nov 13th) and the Girls Tournament (4th Dec). These events additionally include team prizes where there are three or more players from the same school.
Finally, we are a voluntary organisation and can always use extra pairs of hands, either at events or handling administration behind the scenes. Please speak to an organiser if you would like to get more involved.
Headline Results:
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U18 Major |
U18 Minor |
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| 1st | Gurveen Kapoor | 5½ | 1st | Lilya Stewart | 5 | |
| 2nd | Jonathan Britnell | 5 | 2nd= | Karam Al-Robaie | 4½ | |
| 3rd= | Edward Gray | 4 | Daniel Longley | 4½ | ||
| Batuhan Kaya | 4 | |||||
| Grading Prize <= 125 |
Max Bennett Eryl Malanta |
Grading Prize <= 75 |
Ben Power | |||
| Xavier Laurillard | Grading Prize <= 75 |
Jamie Pritchard | ||||
| Oliver Manchester | ||||||
| Nishchal Thatte | ||||||
| Grading Prize <= 125 |
Oliver Falvey | |||||
| U11 Major | U11 Minor | |||||
| 1st | Adam Faulkner | 5 (on progressives) | 1st | Sophie Rees | 5½ | |
| 2nd | Callum Vyse | 5 | 2nd | Elliott Hookway | 5 (on progressives) | |
| 3rd | Elizabeth Finn | 4 (on progressives) | 3rd | Henry Laurillard | 5 | |
| The Crowborough Cup (Awarded to the highest placed Crowborough Chess Club player or Crowborough resident) | ||||||
| Sophie Rees | ||||||
| Age Group Prize Winners | Arbiter’s Prizes | |||||
| U7 | Amelie Rees | 3 | Raina Jithendra | |||
| U8 | Nishchal Thatte | 3½ (in U18 Major) | Cassius Johnson | |||
| U9 | Matthew Armstrong | 4 (scored in the Major section) | Jack Lai | |||
| U10 | Lauren Manchester | 4½ (on progressives) | Lucy Lai | |||
| Eva Malenta | ||||||
| Top Girl | Lucy Hopkirk | 4 | Michael Rodrigues | |||
| Ruby Rayment | 4 | Nicholas Rodrigues | ||||
| Isla Sherwood | ||||||
| Lachlan Stewart | ||||||
Crosstables:
U11 Minor
ECF R O U N D S
Pos Player Grade 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B TB
1 Rees, Sophie............. 71A b17+ w19+ w5+ b8+ b4+ w2= 5½ 6 20½
2 Hookway, Elliott......... 58F w35+ b24= w16+ bye+ b9+ b1= 5 5 18
3 Laurillard, Henry........ 51A w40+ b5- w23+ b21+ w8+ b7+ 5 6 16
4 Manchester, Lauren....... 75A w25+ b12+ w18+ b7+ w1- b5= 4½ 6 18½
5 Crosby, Ben.............. 78A b27+ w3+ b1- w19+ b10+ w4= 4½ 6 16½
6 Scott, Liam.............. 55A b29= w37+ b14- w33+ w13+ b15+ 4½ 6 14
7 Kendall, Maxwell......... 65B b33+ w32+ b9+ w4- b11+ w3- 4 6 17
8 Clark, Stevie............ 75A b22+ w11+ b10+ w1- b3- w20+ 4 6 16
9 Jadav, Abhi.............. 78A w23+ b15+ w7- b12+ w2- b21+ 4 6 15
10 Salajee, Ayden........... 64F w31+ b28+ w8- b18+ w5- b22+ 4 6 15
11 Rayment, Ruby............ 49A w41+ b8- w25+ b22+ w7- b14+ 4 6 14
12 Brooks, Luke............. 45F b34+ w4- b32+ w9- b25+ w23+ 4 6 13
13 Hopkirk, Lucy............ 57E b32- w31+ b17+ w20+ b6- w18+ 4 6 13
14 Johnson, Cassius......... 79A w21+ b16= w6+ bye= b15= w11- 3½ 5 15
15 Robertson, James......... 51A b39+ w9- b33+ w27+ w14= w6- 3½ 6 14
16 Seddon, Evie............. 53A w36+ w14= b2- w37+ b20- b28+ 3½ 6 12½
17 Chapman, Rafe............ 33A w1- b40+ w13- b28= w38+ b29+ 3½ 6 9½
18 Kendall, Laurie.......... 41B b30+ w26+ b4- w10- w31+ b13- 3 6 13
19 Hookway, Reece........... 44F w42+ b1- w28+ b5- w22- b31+ 3 6 11
20 Labroo, Pranav........... 39A w28- b35+ w38+ b13- w16+ b8- 3 6 11
21 Lau, Aywin............... 39A b14- w34+ b26+ w3- b37+ w9- 3 6 11
22 Rees, Amelie............. 16A w8- b41+ w24+ w11- b19+ w10- 3 6 11
23 Barker, Reggie........... 37B b9- w39+ b3- w34+ w24+ b12- 3 6 10
24 Hall, Theo............... 51A b37= w2= b22- w32+ b23- w34+ 3 6 9½
25 Cooper, Cameron.......... 29A b4- w30+ b11- w39+ w12- b38+ 3 6 9
26 Rustom, Cosmic........... 71B w38+ b18- w21- b31- w40+ b33+ 3 6 9
27 Merry-Dungey, Isobel..... 38A w5- b36+ w29+ b15- bye= 2½ 4 10
28 Ullman, Hugo............. 0d b20+ w10- b19- w17= b32+ w16- 2½ 6 9½
29 Crosby, Peter............ 0E w6= b38- b27- w36+ b30+ w17- 2½ 6 8
30 Stewart, Lachlan......... 0d w18- b25- w36+ b38= w29- w37+ 2½ 6 6½
31 Blades, Kit.............. 5F b10- b13- w41+ w26+ b18- w19- 2 6 7
32 Glascott, Arthur......... 0A w13+ b7- w12- b24- w28- b39+ 2 6 7
33 Walshe-Grey, Toby........ 7B w7- b42+ w15- b6- w39+ w26- 2 6 7
34 Ko, Seo Yeon............. 0d w12- b21- w42+ b23- w35+ b24- 2 6 6
35 Forester, Emma........... 0D b2- w20- b39- w42+ b34- w40+ 2 6 4
36 Malanta, Eve............. 0E b16- w27- b30- b29- w42+ b41+ 2 6 3
37 Davids, Carter........... 26D w24= b6- w40+ b16- w21- b30- 1½ 6 7
38 Ralph, Toby.............. 11E b26- w29+ b20- w30= b17- w25- 1½ 6 6½
39 Lai, Lucy................ 0d w15- b23- w35+ b25- b33- w32- 1 6 4
40 Lai, Jack................ 0d b3- w17- b37- w41+ b26- b35- 1 6 3
41 Rodrigues, Nicholas...... 0d b11- w22- b31- b40- bye+ w36- 1 5 2
42 Sherwood, Isla........... 0d b19- w33- b34- b35- b36- bye+ 1 5 1
Index:
A = Player's score
B = Number of graded games played
TB= Sum of progressive scores Standard
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U11 Major
ECF R O U N D S
Pos Player Grade 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B C D TB
1 Faulkner, Adam........... 94A w14+ b9+ w2+ b6+ w4+ b3- 5 6 739 123 20
2 Vyse, Callum............. 112A b7+ w13+ b1- w3+ b6+ w8+ 5 6 753 126 17
3 Finn, Elizabeth.......... 113A w4+ b8+ w6- b2- w13+ w1+ 4 6 657 110 14
4 Armstrong, Matthew....... 88A b3- b16+ w11+ w8+ b1- w7+ 4 6 647 108 13
5 Dan, Thomas.............. 97A w11- b15= w12+ w10= b7+ w6+ 4 6 636 106 11
6 Mitchell, Solomon........ 109A w15+ b11+ b3+ w1- w2- b5- 3 6 573 96 15
7 Martin, Thomas........... 84A w2- b10+ w9+ b14+ w5- b4- 3 6 505 84 12
8 Munn, Lydia.............. 81A w16+ w3- b13+ b4- w11+ b2- 3 6 554 92 12
9 Jithendra, Raina......... 50d w12+ w1- b7- b11- w14+ b13+ 3 6 469 78 9
10 Currah, Elena............ 95A b13- w7- w16+ b5= w15+ b11= 3 6 503 84 8
11 Howeson, Tom............. 76A b5+ w6- b4- w9+ b8- w10= 2½ 6 470 78 9½
12 Hopkins, Billy........... 91A b9- w14= b5- w13- b16+ w15+ 2½ 6 407 68 5½
13 McMahon, Maya............ 66A w10+ b2- w8- b12+ b3- w9- 2 6 429 72 9
14 Rodrigues, Michael....... 63D b1- b12= w15+ w7- b9- w16- 1½ 6 349 58 6½
15 Lamb, Grace.............. 81A b6- w5= b14- w16+ b10- b12- 1½ 6 404 67 5½
16 Cooper, Isaac............ 99A b8- w4- b10- b15- w12- b14+ 1 6 299 50 1
Index:
A = Player's score
B = Number of graded games played
C = Total grading points
D = Grading performance
TB= Sum of progressive scores Standard
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U18 Minor
ECF R O U N D S
Pos Player Grade 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B C D TB
1 Stewart, Lilya........... 100E w9+ b5+ w2= b3+ w4+ b6= 5 6 614 102 18½
2 Al-Robaie, Karam......... 58E w12+ w7+ b1= b8+ w5+ b3- 4½ 6 593 99 18
3 Longley, Daniel.......... 72A w10+ b6+ w4= w1- b9+ w2+ 4½ 6 536 89 16
4 Liu, Matthew............. 96A b14= w12+ b3= w7+ b1- b5= 3½ 6 495 83 13½
5 Power, Ben............... 65A w13+ w1- b9+ b10+ b2- w4= 3½ 6 429 72 13½
6 Pritchard, Jamie......... 26F w11+ w3- b7- b14+ w8+ w1= 3½ 6 434 72 11½
7 Finn, Matthew R.......... 75A w8+ b2- w6+ b4- w10- w11+ 3 6 354 59 11
8 Weis, Benedict........... 60A b7- w13+ b11+ w2- b6- w10+ 3 6 284 47 10
9 Miles, Olly.............. 61B b1- w14+ w5- b12+ w3- b13+ 3 6 391 65 9
10 Gibson, Owen............. 39B b3- b11= w14+ w5- b7+ b8- 2½ 6 348 58 8½
11 Walshe-Grey, Will........ 66A b6- w10= w8- b13+ w12+ b7- 2½ 6 249 42 7½
12 Walker, James............ 73A b2- b4- w13+ w9- b11- b14+ 2 6 274 46 5
13 Vyse, Eleanor............ 17A b5- b8- b12- w11- w14+ w9- 1 6 142 24 2
14 Walshe-Grey, Timon....... 60A w4= b9- b10- w6- b13- w12- ½ 6 65 11 3
Index:
A = Player's score
B = Number of graded games played
C = Total grading points
D = Grading performance
TB= Sum of progressive scores Standard
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U18 Major
ECF R O U N D S
Pos Player Grade 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B C D TB
1 Kapoor, Gurveen.......... 144A w15+ b14+ w13+ b2+ w5+ b4= 5½ 6 1000 167 20½
2 Britnell, Jonathan....... 130A w20+ b12+ w6+ w1- b3+ b5+ 5 6 955 159 18
3 Gray, Edward............. 138A w18= b8= w15+ b6+ w2- b12+ 4 6 844 141 13½
4 Kaya, Batuhan............ 134A b10- b24+ w16+ b8= w12+ w1= 4 6 820 137 13
5 Malanta, Eryl............ 121E w19+ b7= w9+ b17+ b1- w2- 3½ 6 779 130 15½
6 Bennett, Max............. 123A w24+ b9+ b2- w3- w15+ b8= 3½ 6 802 134 13½
7 Laurillard, Xavier....... 121A b22+ w5= b17- b13+ w8= w10= 3½ 6 776 129 13
8 Hedger, Alec............. 143A b17= w3= b10+ w4= b7= w6= 3½ 6 794 132 12½
9 Manchester, Oliver....... 119A b23+ w6- b5- w19+ w13+ b14= 3½ 6 723 121 11½
10 Thatte, Nishchal......... 113A w4+ b13- w8- b16+ w17+ b7= 3½ 6 781 130 11½
11 Falvey, Oliver........... 109A w13- b16- w22+ b18+ w14= b17+ 3½ 6 721 120 9
12 Hedger, Timothy.......... 119A w16+ w2- b23+ b14+ b4- w3- 3 6 689 115 13
13 Kolani, Arjun............ 130A b11+ w10+ b1- w7- b9- w20+ 3 6 716 119 12
14 Barton, Matthew.......... 120A b21+ w1- b19+ w12- b11= w9= 3 6 688 115 11½
15 Rustom, Zevon............ 115A b1- w21+ b3- w23+ b6- w18+ 3 6 692 115 9
16 Clarke, Harry............ 88A b12- w11+ b4- w10- b23+ w21+ 3 6 642 107 8
17 Shchepinova, Polina...... 115A w8= b18+ w7+ w5- b10- w11- 2½ 6 671 112 12
18 Currah, Giovanni......... 114A b3= w17- b24+ w11- w21+ b15- 2½ 6 631 105 9
19 Midmer, Thomas........... 100A b5- b22+ w14- b9- w20- b24+ 2 6 581 97 6
20 Manchester, Thomas....... 110A b2- w23- b21= w22= b19+ b13- 2 6 537 90 5½
21 Walker, Dominic.......... 97A w14- b15- w20= w24+ b18- b16- 1½ 6 504 84 5
22 O'Leary, Bridie.......... 104A w7- w19- b11- b20= w24- w23+ 1½ 6 473 79 2½
23 Pastrana, Mario.......... 76A w9- b20+ w12- b15- w16- b22- 1 6 449 75 5
24 Faulkner, Oliver......... 107A b6- w4- w18- b21- b22+ w19- 1 6 472 79 2
Index:
A = Player's score
B = Number of graded games played
C = Total grading points
D = Grading performance
TB= Sum of progressive scores Standard
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