The Sussex Junior Chess Grand Prix
There are 6 tournaments that make up an annual Sussex Junior Chess Grand Prix (GP), similar to the one in motor racing. Results in each of the constituent Grand Prix tournaments earn points towards the overall Grand Prix. These points are accumulated for all eligible participants.
The 6 grand prix tournaments for 2017-2018 are:
GP1 Crowborough Saturday 16th September 2017
GP2 Worth Saturday 14th October 2017
GP3 Horsham Sunday 12th November 2017
GP4 Hastings Saturday 6th January 2018
GP5 Eastbourne Saturday 3rd February 2018
GP6 Worthing Saturday 19th May 2018
At the last one of the season, which this season will be on May 20th, age group prizes are awarded for performance over the season. The best four individual grand prix scores for each player are totalled. Players needs to have attended a minimum of three Grand Prix events to be eligible.
Additionally, special grand prix loyalty medals are awarded to all players who have attended at least 5 of the Grand Prix events.
Thanks to Ed Chapman for the bespoke design of this years’ trophies and medals.
| Name | Age Group | GP1 | GP2 | GP3 | GP4 | GP5 | GP6 | Score (best 4) | Pos | GP Medal |
| Patrick Damodaran | U7 | – | – | 3 | 4 | 4 | – | 11 | 1st | |
| Nayan Keats Rastogi | U7 | – | 2.5 | 2 | – | 3.5 | 2 | 10 | 2nd | |
| Nicholas Deacon | U7 | – | – | – | – | 4 | 5 | 9 | ||
| Henri Blin | U7 | – | 3 | – | – | 3 | – | 6 | ||
| Aryan Gohil | U7 | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 3 | ||
| Alex Lloyd | U7 | – | – | – | – | – | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||
| Niamh Grace | U7 | – | – | – | 1.5 | – | 1 | 2.5 | ||
| Adam Robinson | U7 | 1.5 | – | – | – | – | – | 1.5 | ||
| Sorcha Chapman | U7 | – | – | – | – | – | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
| Amelie Rees | U8 | 5.5 | 3.5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 1st | Y |
| Charlie Wannasin-Bell | U8 | 2.5 | 5 | 3 | – | 5 | 1 | 15.5 | 2nd | Y |
| Zen Rajah | U8 | 1.5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 3rd | Y |
| Austin Mitchell | U8 | 3 | 4.5 | 2 | 4.5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 4th | Y |
| Taran Sharma | U8 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 1 | – | 10 | ||
| Ned Hafner | U8 | – | 3.5 | 2.5 | – | 2 | – | 8 | ||
| Kavin Thooran | U8 | – | 3.5 | 3 | – | – | – | 6.5 | ||
| Ernest Saunders | U8 | – | – | 2 | – | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
| John Henry | U8 | – | – | – | 2 | – | 3 | 5 | ||
| Samvrit Subin | U8 | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | 4 | ||
| Zach Planton | U8 | – | – | – | 2.5 | – | 1.5 | 4 | ||
| Ajin Rubakaran | U8 | – | 1.5 | 1.5 | – | – | – | 3 | ||
| Risha Jithendra | U8 | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 3 | ||
| Thomas Irani | U8 | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 3 | ||
| Ava Andrawos | U8 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | 2 | ||
| Jack Fegan | U8 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 2 | ||
| Oliver Wood | U8 | – | – | 1.5 | – | – | – | 1.5 | ||
| Sachin Larsen | U8 | – | – | 1.5 | – | – | – | 1.5 | ||
| Toby Foord | U8 | – | – | 1.5 | – | – | – | 1.5 | ||
| Dylan Wood | U8 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | ||
| Kit Blades | U9 | 4 | 4 | 3.5 | – | 4 | 6 | 18 | 1st | Y |
| Oliver Stockham | U9 | 4.5 | – | 2.5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 2nd | Y |
| Hugo Ullmann | U9 | 3 | – | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 3rd | Y |
| Arun Gibbons | U9 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4 | – | 4 | 15 | Y | |
| Toby Ralph | U9 | 3 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | Y | |
| James Bashford | U9 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | Y | |
| Thomas Kindell | U9 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | – | 1.5 | 14 | Y | |
| Toby Appleton | U9 | – | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | Y | |
| Eve Malanta | U9 | – | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3.5 | – | 12.5 | ||
| Lucy Lai | U9 | 2.5 | 3 | – | – | 3 | 3.5 | 12 | ||
| Emma Forester | U9 | – | – | 2.5 | 3 | 2 | 2.5 | 10 | ||
| Jack Lai | U9 | 2 | 2 | – | – | 2 | 4 | 10 | ||
| Adam Faulkner | U9 | 3 | 3.5 | 1 | – | – | 2 | 9.5 | ||
| Alise Petersone | U9 | 2 | 2 | – | 3 | 1 | 2.5 | 9.5 | Y | |
| Matthew Deacon | U9 | – | – | – | – | 5.5 | 2.5 | 8 | ||
| Daniel Thackray | U9 | 1.5 | 3 | 3 | – | – | – | 7.5 | ||
| Sophia Blin | U9 | – | 3 | – | – | 4 | – | 7 | ||
| Tanvi Gatne | U9 | – | 4.5 | – | – | – | – | 4.5 | ||
| Nishchal Thatte | U9 | 3.5 | – | – | – | – | – | 3.5 | ||
| Ali Kanik | U9 | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | 3 | ||
| Edie Stacy | U9 | – | – | – | 2.5 | – | – | 2.5 | ||
| Adam Rafael Holmes | U9 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | 2 | ||
| Nathan Smith | U9 | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | ||
| Alex Rogers-Pereira | U9 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | ||
| Priva Larsen | U9 | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | ||
| Bethany Halling-Brown | U9 | – | – | 1.5 | – | – | – | 1.5 | ||
| Tarquin Brown | U9 | 1.5 | – | – | – | – | – | 1.5 | ||
| Nicholas Rodrigues | U9 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | ||
| Rafi Salmons | U9 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | ||
| Seo Yeon Ko | U9 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||
| Charlie Godwin | U10 | 5 | 3.5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17.5 | 1st | Y |
| Lachlan Stewart | U10 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3.5 | 17.5 | 2nd | Y |
| Rafe Chapman | U10 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 3rd | Y |
| James Robertson | U10 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4.5 | 3 | 15.5 | Y | |
| Timothy Hedger | U10 | 3 | Q | 5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 15.5 | Y | |
| Darcey Walker-Lee | U10 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3.5 | 6 | – | 15.5 | Y | |
| Elena Currah | U10 | 5 | 6 | – | 1 | 2.5 | 2 | 15.5 | Y | |
| Paul MacCarthy | U10 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 3.5 | 4 | 15.5 | ||
| Thamadi Wickramanayake | U10 | – | 3 | – | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | ||
| Pranav Labroo | U10 | 3 | 3.5 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 13.5 | ||
| Madison Cox | U10 | – | – | 3.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 3 | 11.5 | ||
| Matthew Armstrong | U10 | 1.5 | 4.5 | – | 4 | – | – | 10 | ||
| Chamithu Wickramanayake | U10 | – | 2 | – | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | ||
| Abhi Jadav | U10 | 5 | – | – | – | Q | 2.5 | 7.5 | ||
| Laurie Kendall | U10 | 4 | 3 | – | – | – | – | 7 | ||
| Henry Laurillard | U10 | 2 | 3.5 | 0.5 | – | – | – | 6 | ||
| Max Massey | U10 | – | 2 | 4 | – | – | – | 6 | ||
| Danny Biddlecombe | U10 | – | – | 2 | – | – | 4 | 6 | ||
| Daniel van Hoven | U10 | – | 1 | 2.5 | – | 1.5 | – | 5 | ||
| Cameron Cooper | U10 | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | 4 | ||
| Theo Lawson | U10 | 0 | 4 | – | – | Q | – | 4 | ||
| William Gray | U10 | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 4 | ||
| JC Neethling-Taylor | U10 | 2.5 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 3.5 | ||
| Dexter Mullins | U10 | – | – | – | – | – | 3.5 | 3.5 | ||
| Dmitry Bykov | U10 | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | 3 | ||
| Lara Nunns | U10 | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | 3 | ||
| Danny Lloyd | U10 | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 3 | ||
| Reicela Bluke | U10 | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | 2 | ||
| Alexander Lebedev | U10 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | ||
| Sammy Sareen | U10 | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | ||
| Will Smithyes | U10 | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | 2 | ||
| George Brooks | U10 | 1.5 | – | – | – | – | – | 1.5 | ||
| Liliana Robinson | U10 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| Peter Crosby | U11 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 1st | Y |
| Ben Crosby | U11 | 4 | Q | 4 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4 | 16.5 | 2nd | Y |
| Sophie Rees | U11 | 3 | Q | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 3rd | Y |
| Aywin Lau | U11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 4th= | Y |
| Jacob Wynn | U11 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 5.5 | 2.5 | 2 | 1.5 | 15 | 4th= | Y |
| Madelaine Wilkinson | U11 | 3.5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2.5 | 2 | 14.5 | Y | |
| Maya McMahon | U11 | 1.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3 | 3 | 13.5 | Y | |
| Solomon Mitchell | U11 | 3.5 | Q | 2.5 | 2 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 13 | Y | |
| Carter Davids | U11 | 3.5 | 2 | 3 | – | 3.5 | – | 12 | ||
| Lauren Manchester | U11 | 2 | 3.5 | – | – | 3.5 | 3 | 12 | ||
| Ayden Salajee | U11 | – | – | 4.5 | – | 3.5 | 4 | 12 | ||
| Stevie Clark | U11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | – | 3 | 2 | 11 | Y | |
| Ruby Rayment | U11 | 3 | – | 3.5 | 2 | – | 2.5 | 11 | ||
| Charlotte Kay | U11 | – | 3 | 4 | – | – | – | 7 | ||
| Melissa Hamilton | U11 | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 6 | ||
| Alex Banhidi | U11 | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | 4 | ||
| Sonny Hudson | U11 | 2.5 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 3.5 | ||
| Toby Walshe-Grey | U11 | – | 1 | – | 2.5 | – | – | 3.5 | ||
| Javier Gomez | U11 | – | – | 1.5 | – | 0 | 2 | 3.5 | ||
| Aidan Rickards | U11 | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | 3 | ||
| Raina Jithendra | U11 | – | – | – | – | – | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||
| Mehmet Kanik | U11 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 2 | ||
| Nathanael Andrawos | U11 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | 2 | ||
| Iris Dunford | U11 | – | – | – | 1.5 | – | – | 1.5 | ||
| Nicky Magrin | U11 | – | – | – | – | – | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
| Maddox Pernerup Nagle | U11 | – | – | – | – | 1.5 | – | 1.5 | ||
| Radha Ratnesan | U11 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | ||
| Henry Adams | U12 | 6 | 4.5 | 3 | 3.5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 1st | Y |
| Thomas Martin | U12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 2nd | Y |
| Callum Vyse | U12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2.5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 3rd | Y |
| Tom Howeson | U12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | – | 3 | 15 | Y | |
| Thomas Dan | U12 | 3 | 4.5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 14.5 | Y | |
| Theo Hall | U12 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | Y | |
| Elizabeth Finn | U12 | 3 | 4.5 | 2.5 | 3.5 | Q | – | 13.5 | Y | |
| Laura Borland | U12 | – | – | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | – | 12.5 | ||
| Kieran Page | U12 | 3.5 | – | – | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12.5 | ||
| Sterling Brown | U12 | 3 | 3 | 2.5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | Y | |
| Anna Sherriff | U12 | 3 | 2 | 3 | – | 3 | 3 | 12 | Y | |
| Tim Fischli | U12 | 2 | – | – | 3 | 3 | 2.5 | 10.5 | ||
| Reggie Barker | U12 | 2 | 1 | – | 4 | 2 | – | 9 | ||
| Elliott Hookway | U12 | – | 3.5 | – | 4.5 | – | – | 8 | ||
| Billy Hopkins | U12 | 3 | 4 | – | – | – | – | 7 | ||
| Oliver Faulkner | U12 | 2 | – | 2.5 | – | – | 2.5 | 7 | ||
| Eloise Kay | U12 | – | 3 | 3 | – | – | – | 6 | ||
| Maxwell Kendall | U12 | 3 | 3 | – | – | – | – | 6 | ||
| Isaac Cooper | U12 | – | – | 3.5 | – | – | 2 | 5.5 | ||
| Reece Hookway | U12 | – | 3 | – | 2 | – | – | 5 | ||
| Aldo Martinez | U12 | 0.5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | – | 4.5 | ||
| Nandinee Thatte | U12 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | ||
| Rory Donovan | U12 | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | 4 | ||
| Tadeusz Tompsett | U12 | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | – | 4 | ||
| Cassius Johnson | U12 | – | 3.5 | – | – | – | – | 3.5 | ||
| Sam Cook | U12 | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 3 | ||
| Corey Dunn | U12 | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | 3 | ||
| Liam Scott | U12 | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | 3 | ||
| Maxwell Kendall | U12 | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | 3 | ||
| Michael Rodrigues | U12 | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | 3 | ||
| Evie Seddon | U12 | – | – | – | – | 2.5 | – | 2.5 | ||
| Harry Yip | U12 | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | ||
| Leo Dormon | U12 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | 2 | ||
| Luke Brooks | U12 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | ||
| Noah Lewis | U12 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | ||
| Edward Gamble | U12 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | ||
| Kauther Al-Robaie | U12 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||
| Eryl Malanta | U13 | – | 4.5 | 5 | 4.5 | 5 | 3.5 | 19 | 1st | Y |
| Jonathan Britnell | U13 | 4.5 | 5 | 3.5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17.5 | 2nd | Y |
| Max Wilton | U13 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 5 | 17 | 3rd | Y |
| Alec Hedger | U13 | 4.5 | 3.5 | Q | 4 | 3.5 | 4 | 16 | Y | |
| Ben Power | U13 | – | 3 | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | 16 | ||
| Daniel Longley | U13 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5.5 | 1 | 12.5 | Y | |
| Giovanni Currah | U13 | 3 | 2 | – | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | Y | |
| Karam Al-Robaie | U13 | 2 | 3 | 2 | – | 3 | – | 10 | ||
| Oliver Manchester | U13 | 2 | 0.5 | – | – | 4 | 3.5 | 10 | ||
| Thomas Manchester | U13 | – | 2.5 | – | – | 2.5 | 3 | 8 | ||
| Edward Gray | U13 | – | 3 | – | – | Q | 4.5 | 7.5 | ||
| Polina Shchepinova | U13 | 3 | – | – | 3 | – | – | 6 | ||
| Isaac Thackray | U13 | 1 | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | 5 | ||
| Oliver Miles | U13 | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 5 | ||
| Daniel Guldemond | U13 | 4.5 | – | – | – | – | – | 4.5 | ||
| Xavier Laurillard | U13 | 2 | 2.5 | – | – | – | – | 4.5 | ||
| Thomas Massey | U13 | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | 4 | ||
| John McCrae | U13 | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 3 | ||
| Liam Catchpole | U13 | – | – | – | – | 1.5 | 1.5 | 3 | ||
| Bilal Manzoor | U13 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | 2 | ||
| Kyle Sanchez-Ruiz | U13 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 2 | ||
| Sofia Harrison | U13 | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | ||
| Carolina Costa | U13 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | ||
| Maximus Andersson | U13 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | ||
| Henry Shaw | U14 | 3.5 | 3 | 4.5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 1st | Y |
| Michael Banks | U14 | – | 1.5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3.5 | 14.5 | 2nd | Y |
| Benedict Weis | U14 | 2 | 4 | 2.5 | 3 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 12 | 3rd | Y |
| Calum Salmons | U14 | 4 | – | – | – | Q | 5.5 | 9.5 | ||
| Gurveen Kapoor | U14 | 5.5 | – | – | – | – | – | 5.5 | ||
| Nicholas Fernandez | U14 | – | 3.5 | – | – | – | – | 3.5 | ||
| Batuhan Kaya | U14 | – | – | – | 2 | Q | – | 2 | ||
| Scott Koppschall | U14 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | ||
| Max Bennett | U15 | 4 | 4 | Q | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 17.5 | 1st | Y |
| Bridie O’Leary | U15 | 4 | 4.5 | 5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 3 | 16.5 | 2nd | Y |
| Matthew Finn | U15 | 3.5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | – | 14.5 | 3rd | Y |
| Dominic Walker | U15 | 4 | 5.5 | 3 | – | 0 | – | 12.5 | ||
| Daniel Finn | U15 | – | 2.5 | 5 | 4 | Q | – | 11.5 | ||
| Will Walshe-Grey | U15 | – | 2.5 | – | 4 | – | – | 6.5 | ||
| Scott Borland | U15 | – | – | – | 5.5 | Q | – | 5.5 | ||
| George Neale | U15 | – | – | – | – | – | 3.5 | 3.5 | ||
| James Leigh | U15 | – | – | – | – | 2.5 | – | 2.5 | ||
| Shalin Bhatt | U15 | 0.5 | – | – | – | – | – | 0.5 | ||
| Lilya Stewart | U16 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 18 | 1st | |
| Matthew Forster | U16 | 3 | – | – | – | Q | – | 3 | ||
| Oleg Sergienko | U16 | – | – | – | – | 1.5 | – | 1.5 | ||
| Indy Udsholt-Clayton | U17 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 11 | 1st | |
| Thomas Finn | U17 | 4 | 3 | 3.5 | – | Q | – | 10.5 | 2nd | |
| Cassie Graham | U17 | 4 | – | – | – | Q | – | 4 | ||
| Mikolaj Rogacewicz | U17 | 4 | – | Q | – | – | – | 4 | ||
| Callum Brewer | U17 | 3 | – | Q | – | Q | – | 3 | ||
Q = Playing in a qualifying clashing tournament
