Sussex Closed U9, U11, U13 & U18 Championships, Downlands School, 20th November 2016
Despite high winds, fallen trees and flooding, a record 145 Sussex children made their way to Downloads School to compete for the Sussex U9, U11, U13 and U18 rapid play titles.
This event is an important one as the Sussex U9 and U11 team selectors are talent spotting for the team events upcoming in the Spring term. It also has the added attraction of a school team element (3 players needed, top 3 scores count) meaning there is lots to play for. It was great to see 18 school teams (up from only 5 last year) with at least four schools contesting each section.
The U9 section had a strong entry of 48 players, and no fewer than 6 school teams. It made for a very exciting and tense contest with five teams coming to the last round with a chance to win the competition.
Three wins from their scoring players catapulted Copthorne Prep from joint third to win by just half a point from Great Walstead. Another half point behind, Broadwater and Lancing Prep tied for third place just ahead of Ardingly and Blackboys. The individual competition proved equally close, with a tie for first place between defending champion Timmy and Theo both finishing on 5.5 out of 6. The progressive tie-break proved decisive as Elena edged Abhi out for third place, and Lucy secured the top girl placing ahead of Darcey.
Over to the U11 section which was dominated by Broadwater finishing with a very impressive 15 points, and four players in the top 9. Birchwood Grove took second place and Hurstpierpoint came third. Again the title was shared between Arjun and Callum on 5.5 points just ahead of Sam and Leo on 5 points. Isaac and Elizabeth followed on 4.5, enough for Elizabeth to secure the top girl trophy.
The under 13 competition included five England players, and the standard of chess did not disappoint. A last round victory for Jonathan over Calum proved decisive, with Batuhan and Polina completing the top three, leaving Leah and Eleanor to share the top girl prize. In another close struggle just two points separated winners Brighton College, second place Hurstpierpoint and hosts Downlands in third.
In the under 18 competition, a first title for St Catherine’s College ahead of Lancing and UCTC. In the individual event, an unbeaten 5 points saw Daniel take the title, won in the previous two years by brothers Thomas and Jonathan. Michael, Thomas and Freddie shared second place, with grading prizes for Oleg, Dimitry, Alex and Matthew and the top girl award went to Lilya.
All of our helpers are volunteers and thanks are due to :
- Debbie, Jane and Keith on catering
- Jonathan and Anita for assorted tasks including entries and registration
- Adrian, Bernard, Brian, Bunesh, Catherine, Gary, Mike, and Peter for tournament control
- Chris for running the training and analysis room
- David for photography
- Downlands School for the venue
Headline Results:
U18 Individual Championship | U18 School Team Championship | |||||||
1st | Daniel Finn | 5 | 1st | St Catherine’s College | 12½ | |||
2nd= | Freddie Coleman | 4½ | 2nd | Lancing College | 11 | |||
Thomas Finn | 4½ | 3rd | Uckfield CTC | 9½ | ||||
Michael Stockham | 4½ | 4th | Downlands | 8½ | ||||
Top Girl | Lilya Stewart | 2½ | ||||||
Grading Prizes: | ||||||||
U120 | Oleg Sergienko | 4 | ||||||
Dimitry Sergienko | 4 | |||||||
U80 | Matthew Finn | 3 | ||||||
Alex Littlehales | 3 | |||||||
U13 Individual Championship | U13 School Team Championship | |||||||
1st | Jonathan Britnell | 5½ | 1st | Brighton College | 11 | |||
2nd | Batuhan Kaya | 5 | (on tie-break) | 2nd | Hurstpierpoint College | 10 | ||
3rd | Polina Shchepinova | 5 | 3rd | Downlands | 9 | |||
Top Girl= | Leah Douglas | 2 | 4th | Burgess Hill Academy | 5 | |||
Eleanor Vyse | 2 | |||||||
U11 Individual Championship | U11 School Team Championship | |||||||
1st= | Arjun Kolani | 5½ | 1st | Broadwater CE Primary | 15 | |||
Callum Vyse | 5½ | 2nd | Birchwood Grove | 9½ | ||||
3rd | Sam Cook | 5 |
(on tie break) |
3rd | Hurstpierpoint College | 7 | ||
Top Girl | Elizabeth Finn | 4½ | 4th | Windlesham School, Brighton | 6 | |||
U9 Individual Championship | U9 School Team Championship | |||||||
1st= | Timmy Hedger | 5½ | 1st | Copthorne Prep | 11½ |
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Theo Lawson | 5½ |
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2nd | Great Walstead | 11 | |||
3rd | Elena Currah | 5 |
(on tie break) |
3rd= | Broadwater CE Primary | 10½ | ||
Top Girl | Lucy Hopkirk | 4 |
(on tie break) |
Lancing College Prep | 10½ | |||
5th | Ardingly College | 10 | ||||||
6th | Blackboys | 9 |
Arbiter’s Awards:
Toby Appleton, Jack Barnett, Henri Blin, Tom Hall, Edward Hamey, Aywin Lau, Rhianna Mallett, Sebastian McLean, Alise Petersone, Taylor Reece, Henry Shaw, Lachlan Stewart, Hugo Uhlman, Darcey Walker-Lee
Photos:
Crosstables:
U9
ECF R O U N D S Pos Player Grade 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B TB 1 Hedger, Timothy.......... 119A bye+ w23+ b13+ w8+ b12+ b2= 5½ 5 20½ 2 Lawson, Theo............. 89A b35+ w10+ b22+ w5+ b3+ w1= 5½ 6 20½ 3 Currah, Elena............ 95A w39+ b17+ w6+ b4+ w2- b9+ 5 6 19 4 Jadav, Abhi.............. 78A b41+ w29+ b11+ w3- b14+ w8+ 5 6 18 5 Laurillard, Henry........ 51A w36+ b7= w18+ b2- w20+ b17+ 4½ 6 15½ 6 Robertson, James......... 51A b42+ w31+ b3- w15= b18+ w13+ 4½ 6 15½ 7 Gibbons, Arun............ 0d w19+ w5= b9= w13= b29+ w15+ 4½ 6 15 8 Armstrong, Matthew....... 88A w47+ b25+ w16+ b1- w10+ b4- 4 6 17 9 Hopkirk, Lucy............ 57E w28+ b18= w7= b11+ w24+ w3- 4 6 15½ 10 Thurston, Harry.......... 9E w33+ b2- w32+ b16+ b8- w23+ 4 6 14 11 Zheng, James............. 21E w48+ b34+ w4- w9- b38+ b25+ 4 6 14 12 Walker-Lee, Darcey....... 14F w32- b40+ w46+ b19+ w1- b24+ 4 6 13 13 Koumellis, George........ 38F w40+ b46+ w1- b7= w21+ b6- 3½ 6 14½ 14 Massey, Max.............. 0d bye= b21+ w30+ b20= w4- b19= 3½ 5 14 15 Ullman, Hugo............. 0d w26+ b16- w25+ b6= w30+ b7- 3½ 6 13½ 16 Labroo, Pranav........... 39A b27+ w15+ b8- w10- b32= w31+ 3½ 6 13 17 Nunns, Lara.............. 23B b44+ w3- b31= w23+ b22+ w5- 3½ 6 13 18 Blin, Sophia............. 0E w24+ w9= b5- b33+ w6- b30+ 3½ 6 12½ 19 Chandler-Brown, Jasper... 55F b7- w42+ b39+ w12- b27+ w14= 3½ 6 11½ 20 Chapman, Rafe............ 33A b31- w27+ b47+ w14= b5- w33+ 3½ 6 11½ 21 Bashford, James.......... 0F bye= w14- b48+ w41+ b13- w29+ 3½ 5 11 22 Cooper, Cameron.......... 29A w43+ b32+ w2- b24- w17- b40+ 3 6 12 23 Rees, Amelie............. 16A w45+ b1- w37+ b17- w26+ b10- 3 6 12 24 Wannesin-Bell, Charlie... 0d b18- b28+ w26+ w22+ b9- w12- 3 6 12 25 Ralph, Toby.............. 11E b38+ w8- b15- w28+ b35+ w11- 3 6 11 26 Blades, Kit.............. 5F b15- w43+ b24- w46+ b23- w38+ 3 6 9 27 Godfrey, Sam............. 0d w16- b20- b45+ w39+ w19- b32+ 3 6 8 28 Eastman, Harry........... 0d b9- w24- b43+ b25- w39+ b37+ 3 6 7 29 Creer, Beatrice.......... 0D w37+ b4- w33= b34+ w7- b21- 2½ 6 11 30 Kendall, Laurie.......... 41B w34= b36+ b14- w31+ b15- w18- 2½ 6 11 31 Leeson, Hayden........... 0d w20+ b6- w17= b30- w36+ b16- 2½ 6 10 32 Salajee, Kaysan.......... 0d b12+ w22- b10- b37+ w16= w27- 2½ 6 10 33 Taylor, Reece............ 0d b10- w41+ b29= w18- w34+ b20- 2½ 6 9 34 Jessup, Felix............ 0d b30= w11- b35+ w29- b33- w47+ 2½ 6 8 35 Barry, Thomas............ 0d w2- b48= w34- b44+ w25- b43+ 2½ 6 6½ 36 Godfrey, Lowenna......... 0d b5- w30- b44= w48+ b31- w42+ 2½ 6 6 37 Deveraux, Elliot......... 0d b29- w38+ b23- w32- b41+ w28- 2 6 7 38 Stewart, Lachlan......... 0d w25- b37- b42+ w47+ w11- b26- 2 6 7 39 Appleton, Toby........... 0d b3- w44+ w19- b27- b28- w46+ 2 6 6 40 Lai, Lucy................ 0d b13- w12- b41- w45+ b47+ w22- 2 6 5 41 Datseris, Michael........ 0d w4- b33- w40+ b21- w37- b45= 1½ 6 4½ 42 Jessup, Noah............. 0d w6- b19- w38- b43= w44+ b36- 1½ 6 3½ 43 Mallett, Rhianna......... 0d b22- b26- w28- w42= b46+ w35- 1½ 6 3½ 44 McLean, Robbie........... 0d w17- b39- w36= w35- b42- b48+ 1½ 6 3 45 Oates, Jasmine........... 0d b23- b47- w27- b40- w48+ w41= 1½ 6 2½ 46 Petersone, Alise......... 0d bye+ w13- b12- b26- w43- b39- 1 5 6 47 Blin, Henri.............. 0d b8- w45+ w20- b38- w40- b34- 1 6 5 48 McLean, Sebastian........ 0d b11- w35= w21- b36- b45- w44- ½ 6 2½ Index: A = Player's score B = Number of graded games played TB= Sum of progressive scores Standard
U11
ECF R O U N D S Pos Player Grade 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B C D TB 1 Kolani, Arjun............ 130A b27+ w10+ b9+ w7+ b2= w5+ 5½ 6 828 138 20 2 Vyse, Callum............. 112A w32+ b17+ w11+ b3+ w1= b7+ 5½ 6 785 131 20 3 Cook, Samuel B........... 81A b40+ w42+ b4+ w2- b12+ w14+ 5 6 674 112 18 4 Yu, Leo.................. 121A w33+ b21+ w3- b11+ w17+ b8+ 5 6 696 116 17 5 Cooper, Isaac............ 99A b39+ w18+ b15= w31+ b14+ b1- 4½ 6 643 107 18 6 Finn, Elizabeth.......... 113A b28+ w9- b27+ w18+ b16= w15+ 4½ 6 608 101 15 7 Dan, Thomas.............. 97A w30+ b25+ w34+ b1- w21+ w2- 4 6 614 102 17 8 Hopkins, Billy........... 91A b37+ w22+ b31- w9+ b10+ w4- 4 6 556 93 16 9 Clark, Stevie............ 75A w35+ b6+ w1- b8- b23+ w16+ 4 6 573 96 14 10 Crosby, Ben.............. 78A w44+ b1- w24+ b20+ w8- b21+ 4 6 539 90 14 11 Howeson, Tom............. 76A b38+ w19+ b2- w4- b28+ w22+ 4 6 569 95 14 12 Manchester, Lauren....... 75A b45+ w15- b40+ w19+ w3- b24+ 4 6 458 76 14 13 Rees, Sophie............. 71A b42- w29+ b36+ w16- b26+ b31+ 4 6 379 63 12 14 Nunns, Ruby.............. 84A b26+ w31= b22+ w15+ w5- b3- 3½ 6 488 81 15½ 15 Leake, Joseph............ 83E w23+ b12+ w5= b14- w31+ b6- 3½ 6 529 88 15 16 Lamb, Grace.............. 81A w43+ b34- w39+ b13+ w6= b9- 3½ 6 440 73 14 17 Johnson, Cassius......... 79A bye+ w2- b26+ w34+ b4- w18= 3½ 5 381 76 13½ 18 Kay, Eloise.............. 72A w46+ b5- w35+ b6- w36+ b17= 3½ 6 436 73 12½ 19 Martin, Thomas........... 84A w24+ b11- w32+ b12- w25+ b20= 3½ 6 446 74 12½ 20 Beynon, Oliver........... 71E b34- w43+ b42+ w10- b38+ w19= 3½ 6 336 56 11½ 21 Munn, Lydia.............. 81A b29+ w4- b37+ w23+ b7- w10- 3 6 424 71 13 22 McMahon, Maya............ 66A w47+ b8- w14- b40+ w35+ b11- 3 6 329 55 11 23 Elliott, Lewis........... 38E b15- bye+ w25+ b21- w9- b43+ 3 5 284 57 10 24 Enache, Sara............. 40D b19- w45+ b10- w42+ b34+ w12- 3 6 233 39 10 25 Magrin, Nicky............ 77D b36+ w7- b23- w29+ b19- w37+ 3 6 339 57 10 26 Lau, Aywin............... 39A w14- b47+ w17- b33+ w13- b35+ 3 6 284 47 9 27 Salajee, Ayden........... 64F w1- b44+ w6- b36- b41+ w38+ 3 6 304 51 8 28 Scott, Liam.............. 55A w6- b35- w46+ b44+ w11- b36+ 3 6 234 39 8 29 Godfrey, Thea............ 32* w21- b13- w41+ b25- w44+ b39+ 3 6 279 47 7 30 Kay, Charlotte........... 48A b7- w36- b45- w47+ b43+ w34+ 3 6 156 26 6 31 Kendall, Maxwell......... 65B w41+ b14= w8+ b5- b15- w13- 2½ 6 403 67 12½ 32 Seddon, Evie............. 53A b2- w38+ b19- w45+ bye= bye- 2½ 4 203 51 9 33 Sargent, Ben............. 55A b4- w40- b43= w26- bye+ b44+ 2½ 5 97 19 5 34 Marshall, Ben............ 0d w20+ w16+ b7- b17- w24- b30- 2 6 140 23 11 35 Crosby, Peter............ 0E b9- w28+ b18- w37+ b22- w26- 2 6 139 23 8 36 Zheng, Joseph............ 18E w25- b30+ w13- w27+ b18- w28- 2 6 235 39 8 37 Andrawos, Nathanael...... 46D w8- b41+ w21- b35- w40+ b25- 2 6 178 30 7 38 Douglas, Oliver.......... 0D w11- b32- w47+ b39+ w20- b27- 2 6 100 17 7 39 Rayment, Ruby............ 49A w5- b46+ b16- w38- b45+ w29- 2 6 129 22 7 40 Sherriff, Anna........... 22F w3- b33+ w12- w22- b37- b46+ 2 6 187 31 6 41 Welsh, Joseph............ 0d b31- w37- b29- bye+ w27- w45+ 2 5 2 0 4 42 David, Benjamin.......... 0d w13+ b3- w20- b24- bye= bye- 1½ 4 60 15 7 43 Davids, Carter........... 26D b16- b20- w33= b46+ w30- w23- 1½ 6 123 21 5 44 Hudson, Sonny............ 15D b10- w27- bye+ w28- b29- w33- 1 5 2 0 4 45 Parvin, Charlie.......... 0* w12- b24- w30+ b32- w39- b41- 1 6 0 0 4 46 Aure-Leith, Lars......... 0d b18- w39- b28- w43- b47+ w40- 1 6 -32 -5 2 47 Wilkinson, Madelaine..... 0d b22- w26- b38- b30- w46- bye+ 1 5 -131 -26 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
U13
ECF R O U N D S Pos Player Grade 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B C D TB 1 Britnell, Jonathan....... 130A b29+ w16+ b6+ w11+ b2= b4+ 5½ 6 980 163 20 2 Kaya, Batuhan............ 134A w28+ b13+ w3+ b4= w1= b11+ 5 6 906 151 18½ 3 Shchepinova, Polina...... 115A b24+ w12+ b2- w23+ b15+ w7+ 5 6 766 128 17 4 Salmons, Calum........... 159A b14+ w8+ b7+ w2= b5+ w1- 4½ 6 909 152 18½ 5 Gray, Edward............. 138A b23+ w15+ b11= w22+ w4- b12+ 4½ 6 815 136 17 6 Hedger, Alec............. 143A w26+ b10+ w1- b9+ w12= b14+ 4½ 6 802 134 16 7 Manchester, Oliver....... 119A w21+ b9+ w4- b16+ w13+ b3- 4 6 701 117 16 8 Creer, Alistair.......... 93A w30+ b4- w28+ b12- w25+ b17+ 4 6 533 89 13 9 Guldemond, Daniel........ 81B b32+ w7- b27+ w6- b18+ w22+ 4 6 504 84 13 10 Manchester, Thomas....... 110A b19+ w6- b14- w27+ b23+ w15+ 4 6 611 102 12 11 Currah, Giovanni......... 114A w25+ b17+ w5= b1- b22+ w2- 3½ 6 676 113 15 12 Power, Ben............... 65A w20+ b3- w18+ w8+ b6= w5- 3½ 6 508 85 14 13 Clarke, Harry............ 88A b27+ w2- b29+ w14= b7- w24+ 3½ 6 501 84 12½ 14 Jadav, Ravi.............. 60B w4- b31+ w10+ b13= w16+ w6- 3½ 6 534 89 12½ 15 Sargent, Ryan............ 88A w31+ b5- w24+ b28+ w3- b10- 3 6 497 83 13 16 Thackray, Isaac S........ 76D w33+ b1- w19+ w7- b14- b25+ 3 6 400 67 11 17 Wilton, Max.............. 76E b18+ w11- b22- w19+ b24+ w8- 3 6 351 59 11 18 Shaw, Henry.............. 0d w17- b21+ b12- w29+ w9- b26+ 3 6 160 27 9 19 Edwards, Michael......... 0d w10- bye+ b16- b17- w26+ b28+ 3 5 127 25 8 20 Varadharajan, Madhavan... 0d b12- w24- w30+ b26- b29+ w23+ 3 6 120 20 7 21 Barnett, Jack............ 0d b7- w18- b23- w33+ b31+ w27+ 3 6 80 13 6 22 Massey, Thomas........... 0d bye= b25+ w17+ b5- w11- b9- 2½ 5 110 22 12 23 Leake, Thomas............ 65F w5- b30+ w21+ b3- w10- b20- 2 6 290 48 9 24 Bonnett, Taylor.......... 0d w3- b20+ b15- w31+ w17- b13- 2 6 60 10 8 25 Buckwell, Dino........... 0d b11- w22- b33+ w32+ b8- w16- 2 6 20 3 7 26 Douglas, Leah............ 62B b6- w27- b32+ w20+ b19- w18- 2 6 112 19 7 27 Manzoor, Bilal........... 0d w13- b26+ w9- b10- bye+ b21- 2 5 10 2 7 28 Vyse, Eleanor............ 17A b2- w32+ b8- w15- b30+ w19- 2 6 71 12 7 29 Day, David............... 0* w1- b33+ w13- b18- w20- bye+ 2 5 -70 -14 6 30 Godfrey, Oliver.......... 0d b8- w23- b20- bye+ w28- b31+ 2 5 -53 -11 4 31 McDade, Connor........... 0d b15- w14- bye+ b24- w21- w30- 1 5 -170 -34 4 32 Schofield, Matthew....... 0d w9- b28- w26- b25- bye= bye- ½ 4 -103 -26 1 33 Schofield, Oliver........ 0d b16- w29- w25- b21- bye= bye- ½ 4 -160 -40 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
U18
ECF R O U N D S Pos Player Grade 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B C D TB 1 Finn, Daniel M........... 142A w16+ b6+ w7+ w2= b4+ b3= 5 6 961 160 19 2 Stockham, Michael........ 135A b11+ w12+ w3+ b1= w5+ b4- 4½ 6 874 146 18½ 3 Finn, Thomas............. 164A b5+ w10+ b2- w8+ b12+ w1= 4½ 6 923 154 16½ 4 Coleman, Frederick....... 128* w8= b16+ w6+ b7+ w1- w2+ 4½ 6 835 139 16 5 Sergienko, Oleg.......... 90E w3- b14+ w17+ w10+ b2- b8+ 4 6 652 109 13 6 Sergienko, Dimitry....... 109F b13+ w1- b4- w15+ b11+ w9+ 4 6 682 114 12 7 Bennett, Max............. 123A b15+ w9+ b1- w4- b8- w12+ 3 6 635 106 12 8 Littlehales, Alexander... 72D b4= w15+ b9= b3- w7+ w5- 3 6 581 97 12 9 Graham, Jack............. 99D bye+ b7- w8= w12= b10+ b6- 3 5 474 95 11½ 10 Barton, Matthew.......... 120A w14+ b3- w11+ b5- w9- b15+ 3 6 589 98 11 11 Finn, Matthew R.......... 75A w2- b17+ b10- w14+ w6- b13+ 3 6 444 74 9 12 Stewart, Lilya........... 100E w17+ b2- w13+ b9= w3- b7- 2½ 6 567 95 11½ 13 Southall, Oliver......... 0d w6- bye+ b12- b16- w17+ w11- 2 5 10 2 7 14 Hall, Tom................ 28E b10- w5- bye+ b11- w16+ b17- 2 5 122 24 6 15 Hamey, Edward............ 56E w7- b8- w16+ b6- bye+ w10- 2 5 291 58 6 16 Langmead, Dylan.......... 81D b1- w4- b15- w13+ b14- bye+ 2 5 230 46 4 17 Wang, Ernest............. 0d b12- w11- b5- bye+ b13- w14+ 2 5 -2 0 4 Index: A = Player's score B = Number of graded games played C = Total grading points D = Grading performance TB= Sum of progressive scores Standard