Worth Grand Prix, 15th October 2016
The second Grand Prix of the season saw 95 assemble to compete in the Grand Prix and enjoy the beautiful Worth School grounds to the full. This event is always popular as it is a qualifying event for the prestigious London Junior Chess Championships (LJCC); itself an important stopover on the route to qualification for the NCJS England squad.
The under-8 section had a smaller entry this year with 12 players. It was not though short of quality, with impressive performances from newcomer Thomas with 5 successive victories to edge out 4 players on 4 points. Using the progressive tie break system, Charlie took second place ahead of Arun in third. Seo Yeon and Toby just missed out on the prizes, but still secured qualification to the LJCC. Amelie secured the Top Girl prize with 3.5 points.
The chance to qualify for London always leads to some strong out county players taking part. Londoner Shreyas, only 7, showed his skills to edge out Solomon and Ayden on progressives, with the improving Ben also securing qualification to the LJCC major competition. The top girl prize went to Elena, one of nine minor qualifiers, to give their parents a chance to enjoy the weekend before Christmas in London!
The largest section of the day was the under 12s with 31 players in the section. Traditionally securing qualification from the U12 section is very tough, This year was no exception with a number of last years England triallists in the field. A fantastic performance from visitor Eryl secured victory, with Polina. Edward, Timmy and Jonathan coming out on top in the battle to secure qualification to the U12 major event in London. A further 10 players, including Top Girl Nandinee, secured qualification to the U12 minors, no mean feat given the overall standard.
Finally, the U18s were banished to the salubrious Cowdray room where they benefitted from carpet and linen tablecloths! Another very tough section, featuring a handful of England players. Not surprisingly the England players held sway,with Amardip,Thomas and Daniel sharing first place with 5, followed by an impressive display from Max with his best major score of 4.5.
Thanks to:
- The Abbot and Headmaster of Worth for their generous hospitality, in particular for enabling the older players to play separately in the magnificent Cowdray Room
- Balvinder and Keith for their sterling efforts in maintaining the high standards of SJC catering and conviviality
- Tournament Control – Barrie, Bernard and Tony (U18s); Andy, Bunesh, Chris, Daniel, Mike and Peter (U8 – U12)
- Dave for running the training sessions
- Anita, David, Jonathan, Martin and Tim for the many tasks it takes to make an event happen including registrations, entries, premises management, setting up and photography
All the SJC team are volunteers who give their time freely to support junior chess in Sussex. Additional helpers always welcome, whether on the day or behind the scenes, to help events run smoothly.
Updated Grand Prix season placings.
Headline results
LJCC Qualifying Levels:
U8: 4 points or more
U10/U12: 4.5 points or more qualifies for the Major; 3.5 – 4 points qualifies for the Minor
U14+: qualification not required
| U8 | |||
| 1st | Thomas Kindell | 5 | Qualified for LJCC |
| 2nd | Charlie Wannesin-Bell (on progressives) | 4 | Qualified for LJCC |
| 3rd | Arun Gibbons (on progressives) | 4 | Qualified for LJCC |
| Seo Yoon Ko | 4 | Qualified for LJCC | |
| Toby Ralph | 4 | Qualified for LJCC | |
| Top Girl | Amelie Rees | 3½ | |
| U10 | |||
| 1st | Shreyas Royal (on progressives) | 5 | Qualified for LJCC Major |
| 2nd | Solomon Mitchell (on progressives) | 5 | Qualified for LJCC Major |
| 3rd | Ayden Salajee | 5 | Qualified for LJCC Major |
| Ben Crosby | 4½ | Qualified for LJCC Major | |
| Top Girl | Elena Currah | 4 | Qualified for LJCC Minor |
| Shahvez Ali | 4 | Qualified for LJCC Minor | |
| Henry Laurillard | 4 | Qualified for LJCC Minor | |
| Maya McMahon | 3½ | Qualified for LJCC Minor | |
| Joshua Bee | 3½ | Qualified for LJCC Minor | |
| Stevie Clark | 3½ | Qualified for LJCC Minor | |
| Abhi Jadav | 3½ | Qualified for LJCC Minor | |
| Jacob Wynn | 3½ | Qualified for LJCC Minor | |
| James Robertson | 3½ | Qualified for LJCC Minor | |
| U12 | |||
| 1st | Eryl Malanta (on progressives) | 5 | Qualified for LJCC Major |
| 2nd | Polina Shchepinova | 5 | Qualified for LJCC Major |
| 3rd= | Edward Gray (on progressives) | 4½ | Qualified for LJCC Major |
| Timmy Hedger (on progressives) | 4½ | Qualified for LJCC Major | |
| Jonathan Britnell | 4½ | Qualified for LJCC Major | |
| Tom Howeson | 4 | Qualified for LJCC Minor | |
| Max Wilton | 4 | Qualified for LJCC Minor | |
| Daniel Longley | 4 | Qualified for LJCC Minor | |
| Oliver Manchester | 3½ | Qualified for LJCC Minor | |
| Xavier Laurillard | 3½ | Qualified for LJCC Minor | |
| Giovanni Currah | 3½ | Qualified for LJCC Minor | |
| Karam Al-Robaie | 3½ | Qualified for LJCC Minor | |
| Thomas Dan | 3½ | Qualified for LJCC Minor | |
| Ben Power | 3½ | Qualified for LJCC Minor | |
| Top Girl | Nandinee Thatte | 3½ | Qualified for LJCC Minor |
| U18 | |||
| 1st= | Amardip Ahluwalia | 5 | |
| Daniel Finn | 5 | ||
| Thomas Finn | 5 | ||
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Grading Prizes: |
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| U125 | Max Bennett | 4½ | |
| U105 | Oliver Thorne | 3 | |
| U90= | Harry Clark | 3 | |
| Matthew Finn | 3 | ||
| Mario Pastrana | 3 | ||
| U65 | Timon Walshe-Grey | 2 | |
Arbiter’s Prizes
Arun Gibbons, Daniel Thackray, Henry Bullock, Hayden Leeson, Yuchen Wu, Henry Laurillard, Angus Oaten
Photos
Crosstables
U8
ECF R O U N D S
Pos Player Grade 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B TB
1 Kindell, Thomas.......... 0d b5- b10+ w12+ w7+ b2+ w3+ 5 6 15
2 Wannesin-Bell, Charlie... 0d b9+ w3+ b7= w4+ w1- b6= 4 6 16½
3 Gibbons, Arun............ 0d w6+ b2- w4+ w5+ b8+ b1- 4 6 15
4 Ko, Seo Yeon............. 0d w10+ w5+ b3- b2- w11+ b12+ 4 6 14
5 Ralph, Toby.............. 11E w1+ b4- w11+ b3- w10+ b7+ 4 6 13
6 Rees, Amelie............. 16A b3- w9+ b8= w11+ b7= w2= 3½ 6 11½
7 Blin, Sophia............. 0E w8+ b11+ w2= b1- w6= w5- 3 6 14
8 Salajee, Kaysan.......... 0d b7- b12+ w6= w9+ w3- b10- 2½ 6 10
9 Blin, Henri.............. 0d w2- b6- w10+ b8- b12+ b11= 2½ 6 6½
10 Blades, Kit.............. 5F b4- w1- b9- w12+ b5- w8+ 2 6 4
11 Thackray, Daniel......... 0d w12+ w7- b5- b6- b4- w9= 1½ 6 6½
12 Bee, Frederick........... 0d b11- w8- b1- b10- w9- w4- 0 6 0
Index:
A = Player's score
B = Number of graded games played
TB= Sum of progressive scores Standard
U10
ECF R O U N D S
Pos Player Grade 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B TB
1 Royal, Shreyas........... 117A b7+ w10+ b6+ w2+ b5+ w3- 5 6 20
2 Mitchell, Solomon........ 109A w13+ b14+ w15+ b1- w6+ b5+ 5 6 18
3 Salajee, Ayden........... 64F w12+ b6- w4+ b15+ w14+ b1+ 5 6 16
4 Crosby, Ben.............. 78A b18+ w9= b3- w22+ b8+ w11+ 4½ 6 14½
5 Currah, Elena............ 95A b21+ w22+ b8+ w9+ w1- w2- 4 6 18
6 Ali, Shahvez............. 78F b23+ w3+ w1- b7+ b2- w17+ 4 6 15
7 Laurillard, Henry........ 51A w1- b29+ w19+ w6- b22+ b14+ 4 6 12
8 McMahon, Maya............ 66A b25+ w16+ w5- b10+ w4- b12= 3½ 6 14½
9 Bee, Joshua.............. 67D w20+ b4= w12+ b5- b11- w18+ 3½ 6 13½
10 Clark, Stevie............ 75A w29+ b1- w17+ w8- b13= b19+ 3½ 6 12
11 Jadav, Abhi.............. 78A w19= b15- w20+ b18+ w9+ b4- 3½ 6 12
12 Wynn, Jacob.............. 60E b3- w28+ b9- w23+ b16+ w8= 3½ 6 10½
13 Robertson, James......... 51A b2- w27+ b16- b25+ w10= w22+ 3½ 6 10
14 Beynon, Oliver........... 71E b27+ w2- b23+ w16+ b3- w7- 3 6 13
15 Manchester, Lauren....... 75A b28+ w11+ b2- w3- b17- w24+ 3 6 12
16 Armstrong, Matthew....... 88A w24+ b8- w13+ b14- w12- w23+ 3 6 11
17 Crosby, Peter............ 0E b22- w21+ b10- b24+ w15+ b6- 3 6 10
18 Labroo, Pranav........... 39A w4- b20= w29+ w11- b26+ b9- 2½ 6 8½
19 Lau, Aywin............... 39A b11= w23- b7- b27+ w20+ w10- 2½ 6 8
20 Leeson, Hayden........... 0d b9- w18= b11- w21+ b19- w27+ 2½ 6 6½
21 Rayment, Ruby............ 49A w5- b17- w27= b20- w29+ b26+ 2½ 6 5
22 Rees, Sophie............. 71A w17+ b5- w24+ b4- w7- b13- 2 6 10
23 Chapman, Rafe............ 33A w6- b19+ w14- b12- w25+ b16- 2 6 7
24 Kendall, Laurie.......... 41B b16- w25+ b22- w17- w28+ b15- 2 6 7
25 Massey, Max.............. 0d w8- b24- b28+ w13- b23- bye+ 2 5 5
26 Wu, Yuchen............... 0d bye= bye- bye- b29+ w18- w21- 1½ 3 6
27 Bullock, Henry........... 0d w14- b13- b21= w19- bye+ b20- 1½ 5 4
28 Walshe-Grey, Toby........ 7B w15- b12- w25- bye+ b24- b29- 1 5 3
29 Nunns, Lara.............. 23B b10- w7- b18- w26- b21- w28+ 1 6 1
Index:
A = Player's score
B = Number of graded games played
TB= Sum of progressive scores Standard
U12
ECF R O U N D S
Pos Player Grade 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B C D TB
1 Malanta, Eryl............ 121E w19+ b18+ w12+ b10= w4+ b3= 5 6 824 137 19
2 Shchepinova, Polina...... 115A b14+ w12- b21+ w7+ b9+ w6+ 5 6 700 117 16
3 Gray, Edward............. 138A b21+ w13+ b9= w5= b12+ w1= 4½ 6 814 136 17
4 Hedger, Timothy.......... 119A b8+ w16+ b5= w11+ b1- b10+ 4½ 6 799 133 17
5 Britnell, Jonathan....... 130A w6+ b29+ w4= b3= w10= b9+ 4½ 6 847 141 16½
6 Howeson, Tom............. 76A b5- w27+ b13+ w17+ b15+ b2- 4 6 675 113 14
7 Wilton, Max.............. 76E w10- b20+ w29+ b2- b17+ w11+ 4 6 701 117 12
8 Longley, Daniel.......... 72A w4- b25- w20+ b31+ w18+ w16+ 4 6 538 90 10
9 Manchester, Oliver....... 119A w31+ b22+ w3= b18+ w2- w5- 3½ 6 677 113 16
10 Laurillard, Xavier....... 121A b7+ w17+ b11= w1= b5= w4- 3½ 6 706 118 15½
11 Currah, Giovanni......... 114A w28+ b23+ w10= b4- w14+ b7- 3½ 6 595 99 15
12 Al-Robaie, Karam......... 58E w15+ b2+ b1- w16+ w3- b13= 3½ 6 619 103 14½
13 Dan, Thomas.............. 97A w24+ b3- w6- b19+ w23+ w12= 3½ 6 536 89 11½
14 Power, Ben............... 65A w2- b15= w23+ b22+ b11- w21+ 3½ 6 595 99 10½
15 Thatte, Nandinee......... 94A b12- w14= b27+ w28+ w6- b23+ 3½ 6 457 76 10½
16 Nunns, Ruby.............. 84A w25+ b4- w19+ b12- w24+ b8- 3 6 427 71 12
17 Hopkins, Billy........... 91A w20+ b10- w25+ b6- w7- b22+ 3 6 460 77 11
18 Martin, Thomas........... 84A b26+ w1- b30+ w9- b8- w24+ 3 6 468 78 11
19 Walker, James............ 73A b1- w26+ b16- w13- b30+ w28+ 3 6 443 74 8
20 Scott, Liam.............. 55A b17- w7- b8- w27+ b28+ w26+ 3 6 417 70 6
21 Johnson, Cassius......... 79A w3- b24+ w2- b25+ w22= b14- 2½ 6 430 72 9
22 Munn, Lydia.............. 81A b30+ w9- b28= w14- b21= w17- 2 6 360 60 9
23 Oaten, Angus............. 81A bye+ w11- b14- w26+ b13- w15- 2 5 271 54 9
24 Miles, Olly.............. 61B b13- w21- bye+ w30+ b16- b18- 2 5 215 43 7
25 Bee, Sarah............... 4D b16- w8+ b17- w21- b26- w31+ 2 6 164 27 6
26 Hall, Theo............... 51A w18- b19- w31+ b23- w25+ b20- 2 6 275 46 6
27 Douglas, Leah............ 62B w29- b6- w15- b20- w31+ b30+ 2 6 320 53 3
28 Kendall, Maxwell......... 65B b11- bye+ w22= b15- w20- b19- 1½ 5 208 42 7
29 Johnson, Elizabeth....... 110B b27+ w5- b7- 1 3 226 75 6
30 Massey, Thomas........... 0d w22- b31+ w18- b24- w19- w27- 1 6 40 7 5
31 Rustom, Cosmic........... 71B b9- w30- b26- w8- b27- b25- 0 6 58 10 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
ECF R O U N D S
Pos Player Grade 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B C D TB
1 Ahluwalia, Amardip....... 172A b5+ w3+ b10+ w4+ b2- w15+ 5 6 1034 172 19
2 Finn, Thomas............. 164A w8+ b9+ w19+ b7= w1+ b4= 5 6 1012 169 19
3 Finn, Daniel M........... 142A w6+ b1- w14+ b19+ w8+ b7+ 5 6 944 157 16
4 Bennett, Max............. 123A w16+ b7+ w18+ b1- w10+ w2= 4½ 6 905 151 17½
5 Barton, Matthew.......... 120A w1- b6+ w22+ b18+ w7- b10+ 4 6 772 129 13
6 Manchester, Thomas....... 110A b3- w5- b21+ w22+ b11+ w12+ 4 6 699 117 10
7 Hedger, Alec............. 143A b15+ w4- b20+ w2= b5+ w3- 3½ 6 815 136 13½
8 Rustom, Zevon............ 115A b2- w12+ b13+ w11+ b3- b9= 3½ 6 744 124 12½
9 Banks, Michael........... 125A b12+ w2- b11- w13+ b19+ w8= 3½ 6 711 119 11½
10 Thorne, Oliver........... 99A w17+ b14+ w1- b16+ b4- w5- 3 6 622 104 14
11 Clarke, Harry............ 88A w18- b23+ w9+ b8- w6- b21+ 3 6 536 89 10
12 Falvey, Oliver........... 109A w9- b8- bye+ w17+ b18+ b6- 3 5 438 88 9
13 Finn, Matthew R.......... 75A bye+ b19- w8- b9- w16+ b20+ 3 5 481 96 9
14 Pastrana, Mario.......... 76A b22+ w10- b3- w15- b17+ w19+ 3 6 527 88 9
15 Thatte, Nishchal......... 113A w7- b16- w23+ b14+ w20+ b1- 3 6 646 108 9
16 O'Leary, Bridie.......... 104A b4- w15+ b17= w10- b13- w18+ 2½ 6 488 81 8
17 Walshe-Grey, Timon....... 60A b10- w21+ w16= b12- w14- bye+ 2½ 5 335 67 8
18 Jadav, Ravi.............. 60B b11+ w20+ b4- w5- w12- b16- 2 6 485 81 11
19 Stewart, Lilya........... 100E b23+ w13+ b2- w3- w9- b14- 2 6 522 87 11
20 Walker, Dominic.......... 97A b21+ b18- w7- w23+ b15- w13- 2 6 411 69 9
21 Weis, Benedict........... 60A w20- b17- w6- bye+ b22+ w11- 2 5 234 47 5
22 Gibson, Owen............. 39B w14- bye+ b5- b6- w21- b23= 1½ 5 160 32 5½
23 Walshe-Grey, Will........ 66A w19- w11- b15- b20- bye+ w22= 1½ 5 230 46 2½
Index:
A = Player's score
B = Number of graded games played
C = Total grading points
D = Grading performance
TB= Sum of progressive scores Standard