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 2018-2019 are:
GP1 Crowborough Saturday 15th September 2018
GP2 Worth Saturday 13th October 2018
GP3 Horsham Sunday 11th November 2018
GP4 Hastings Saturday 5th January 2019
GP5 Eastbourne Saturday 2nd February 2019
GP6 Worthing Saturday 18th May 2019
At the last one of the season, which this season will be on May 18th, 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.
Full Grand Prix Rules:
2018-19 Final Placings
| Name | Age Group | GP1 | GP2 | GP3 | GP4 | GP5 | GP6 | Score | Pos | Medal |
| Seha Konara | U7 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 4 | 7 | ||
| Patrick Damodaran | U7 | – | – | 6 | – | – | – | 6 | ||
| Charles Adams | U7 | – | 1.5 | – | – | 2 | – | 3.5 | ||
| Aditya Gupta | U7 | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 3 | ||
| Samuel Merchant | U7 | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | 3 | ||
| Charles Boxer | U7 | – | – | – | – | – | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
| Eliza Blin | U7 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||
| Sanudi Ranaweera | U7 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | ||
| Tofunmi Balogun | U7 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | ||
| Nayan Keats Rastogi | U8 | 3 | 5 | 2.5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 1st (on tie break) | Yes |
| Alexander Lloyd | U8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 2nd | Yes |
| James Beecroft | U8 | 2 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 3 | 2.5 | 3 | 11 | 3rd | Yes |
| Henri Blin | U8 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 1.5 | – | 10.5 | ||
| Niamh Grace | U8 | – | 2 | – | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 8.5 | ||
| George Tagg | U8 | – | – | 2 | – | 3 | 3 | 8 | ||
| Nicholas Deacon | U8 | – | 4 | – | – | – | 4 | 8 | ||
| George Boxer | U8 | – | – | – | 2.5 | 2 | 3 | 7.5 | ||
| Jessica Appleton | U8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1.5 | – | 7.5 | Yes | |
| Alexander Coshell | U8 | 2 | 4 | – | – | – | – | 6 | ||
| Aran Skelton | U8 | – | 3 | – | – | 3 | – | 6 | ||
| Goshanrajh Arwindran | U8 | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | 2.5 | 5.5 | ||
| Sorcha Chapman | U8 | – | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | 4 | ||
| Elias Ruzhansky | U8 | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | 3 | ||
| Fiyin Balogun | U8 | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 3 | ||
| James Beecroft | U8 | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 3 | ||
| Konrad Pokorowski | U8 | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 3 | ||
| Adam Robinson | U8 | – | – | – | – | 2.5 | – | 2.5 | ||
| Daniel Aston-Dive | U8 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | ||
| Emilia Butler | U8 | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | 2 | ||
| Louisa Kiss | U8 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 2 | ||
| Mischa Floyd | U8 | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | 2 | ||
| Austin Mitchell | U9 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3.5 | 4 | 18.5 | 1st | Yes |
| Thomas Irani | U9 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 4 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 5 | 18 | 2nd | Yes |
| Ned Hafner | U9 | 4 | 3.5 | 3 | 4 | 4.5 | – | 16 | 3rd | Yes |
| Amelie Rees | U9 | – | 3.5 | 3 | 3.5 | 4 | 4.5 | 15.5 | Yes | |
| Cillian Nagy | U9 | – | 3.5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2.5 | 15.5 | Yes | |
| Charlie Wannasin-Bell | U9 | 3.5 | 4 | 2.5 | – | 3.5 | 4 | 15 | Yes | |
| Zen Rajah | U9 | 4 | 4.5 | 4.5 | – | 2 | 2 | 15 | Yes | |
| Joseph Johnson | U9 | – | 2 | 4.5 | 5 | – | 3 | 14.5 | ||
| Taran Sharma | U9 | – | 2.5 | 3 | – | 3 | 4 | 12.5 | ||
| Ernest Saunders | U9 | 1 | 3 | 3.5 | – | 3 | 2.5 | 12 | Yes | |
| Ajin Rubakaran | U9 | 2 | 2 | 1.5 | – | – | 3 | 8.5 | ||
| Risha Jithendra | U9 | – | 2 | 3 | – | – | 2 | 7 | ||
| Violet Davies | U9 | 5 | – | 2 | – | – | – | 7 | ||
| Jamie Lord | U9 | – | 3 | – | – | 3 | – | 6 | ||
| Kaysan Salajee | U9 | – | – | – | 5 | 1 | – | 6 | ||
| Casper Irani | U9 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 2.5 | 5.5 | ||
| Emma Bourner | U9 | 2 | 0 | – | 0.5 | 1 | 2 | 5.5 | Yes | |
| Ann Tagg | U9 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Natalie Van Hoven | U9 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Johan Mathew | U9 | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | 3 | ||
| John Henry | U9 | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 3 | ||
| Katie Morris | U9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 3 | ||
| Yoting Wang | U9 | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | 3 | ||
| Adam Farrell | U9 | – | – | – | – | – | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||
| Ellie Bird | U9 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | ||
| Lily Bird | U9 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | ||
| Niamh MacCarthy | U9 | – | – | – | – | 1.5 | – | 1.5 | ||
| Jackson Mullally | U9 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | ||
| Kit Blades | U10 | 5 | 5 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 1st | Yes |
| Toby Ralph | U10 | 4 | 3.5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 2nd | Yes |
| Oliver Stockham | U10 | 3.5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4.5 | 4 | 16.5 | 3rd (on tie break) | Yes |
| Alex Rogers-Pereira | U10 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 4 | 4.5 | 4 | 4 | 16.5 | Yes | |
| Lucy Lai | U10 | 4.5 | 3.5 | – | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16.5 | Yes | |
| Toby Appleton | U10 | 3.5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2.5 | – | 15.5 | Yes | |
| Alise Petersone | U10 | 3 | 1.5 | 3.5 | 3 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 14.5 | Yes | |
| Jack Lai | U10 | 3 | 3 | – | 4 | 3.5 | 4 | 14.5 | Yes | |
| Hugo Ullmann | U10 | 2 | 4.5 | – | 3.5 | – | 4 | 14 | ||
| Adam Rafael Holmes | U10 | – | – | 4.5 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3 | 13.5 | ||
| Adam Faulkner | U10 | 3.5 | – | 2.5 | 3 | 4 | 2.5 | 13 | Yes | |
| James Bashford | U10 | 5 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 1 | – | 3 | 13 | Yes | |
| Sophia Blin | U10 | 4.5 | 3 | 2 | – | 2.5 | – | 12 | ||
| Arun Gibbons | U10 | – | – | – | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | ||
| Matthew Deacon | U10 | – | 4 | – | – | – | 3.5 | 7.5 | ||
| Eve Malanta | U10 | – | 3 | 3 | – | – | – | 6 | ||
| Samuel Bird | U10 | – | – | – | 3 | 3 | – | 6 | ||
| Arman Farahi-Far | U10 | – | – | 5 | – | – | – | 5 | ||
| Rafi Salmons | U10 | – | 2.5 | – | 2.5 | – | – | 5 | ||
| Tom Usharovsky | U10 | – | 5 | – | – | – | – | 5 | ||
| Aoting Wang | U10 | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | 4 | ||
| Edie Stacy | U10 | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | 4 | ||
| Abigail Pond | U10 | – | 3.5 | – | – | – | – | 3.5 | ||
| Sebastian Merchant | U10 | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | 3 | ||
| Seoyoon Ko | U10 | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | 3 | ||
| Jacob Trotman | U10 | – | – | – | 2.5 | – | – | 2.5 | ||
| Nathan Smith | U10 | – | – | 2.5 | – | – | – | 2.5 | ||
| Devansh Srivastava | U10 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | ||
| Frederick Bee | U10 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | 2 | ||
| Huggie Barwell | U10 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | ||
| Joshua Pond | U10 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | 2 | ||
| Marcus Mommsen | U10 | – | – | – | – | – | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
| Timmy Hedger | U11 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4.5 | 4 | 5 | 18.5 | 1st | Yes |
| Madison Cox | U11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4.5 | 4 | 5.5 | 17 | 2nd | Yes |
| Alexander Lebedev | U11 | 3 | 2.5 | 2 | – | 5 | 5 | 15.5 | 3rd | Yes |
| Chamithu Wickramanayake | U11 | 4 | 2 | 3.5 | 5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 15 | Yes | |
| Daniel Lloyd | U11 | 4 | 2 | 2.5 | 4 | 4 | 1.5 | 14.5 | Yes | |
| Willem Van der Werff | U11 | 3 | 1 | 3 | – | 4 | 4.5 | 14.5 | Yes | |
| Miette Fowler | U11 | 3 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 3 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 14 | Yes | |
| Charlie Godwin | U11 | 3.5 | 4 | 2.5 | – | 3 | 3 | 13.5 | Yes | |
| Thamadi Wickramanayake | U11 | 4.5 | 2.5 | 2 | 3.5 | 2 | 3 | 13.5 | Yes | |
| Paul MacCarthy | U11 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 3.5 | 13 | Yes | |
| Hayden Leeson | U11 | 4 | 2 | 3 | – | – | 4 | 13 | ||
| Theo Lawson | U11 | 3 | 4.5 | 3 | 2.5 | – | – | 13 | ||
| Darcey Walker-Lee | U11 | 2 | 3 | 3.5 | 3.5 | – | – | 12 | ||
| Elena Currah | U11 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1.5 | – | 11 | Yes | |
| Rafe Chapman | U11 | 1.5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | Yes | |
| Matthew Armstrong | U11 | 4 | 3 | 3 | – | – | – | 10 | ||
| James Robertson | U11 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 1 | – | 9 | ||
| Daniel van Hoven | U11 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 3 | 2.5 | 8.5 | ||
| Gabriel Lee | U11 | – | – | – | 3 | 3 | 2.5 | 8.5 | ||
| James Coshell | U11 | 4 | 3 | – | – | – | – | 7 | ||
| Lachlan Stewart | U11 | – | – | 3.5 | – | 3 | – | 6.5 | ||
| Sanjiv Karthikeyan | U11 | – | – | – | 2 | – | 4 | 6 | ||
| Abeer Gogia | U11 | – | – | – | – | – | 5.5 | 5.5 | ||
| James Lindquist | U11 | – | – | – | – | 5.5 | – | 5.5 | ||
| Abhi Jadav | U11 | – | – | – | 2 | 2.5 | – | 4.5 | ||
| George Adams | U11 | – | 1 | – | – | 3.5 | – | 4.5 | ||
| Walter Glyn-Jones | U11 | – | – | – | – | – | 3.5 | 3.5 | ||
| George Brooks | U11 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | ||
| Dmitry Bykov | U11 | – | – | – | – | 2.5 | – | 2.5 | ||
| Isabella Hull | U11 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | ||
| Misha Zakacura | U11 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 2 | ||
| Sophie Gore | U11 | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | 2 | ||
| Maya McMahon | U12 | 0.5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2.5 | 2 | 15.5 | 1st | Yes |
| Ben Crosby | U12 | 2.5 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3 | 3.5 | 15 | 2nd (on tie break) | Yes |
| Stevie Clark | U12 | 4 | 3 | 3 | – | 4 | 4 | 15 | 3rd | Yes |
| Solomon Mitchell | U12 | – | 5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 14.5 | Yes | |
| Peter Crosby | U12 | 6 | 3 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 14 | Yes | |
| Jacob Wynn | U12 | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | – | 3 | 2 | 12.5 | Yes | |
| Javier Gomez | U12 | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 3 | 2.5 | 11.5 | Yes | |
| Aywin Lau | U12 | 3 | 2 | – | 2 | 3 | 3.5 | 11.5 | Yes | |
| Raina Jithendra | U12 | – | 4.5 | 3 | – | – | 4 | 11.5 | ||
| Sophie Rees | U12 | – | – | 4 | – | – | 4 | 8 | ||
| Tegen Baker | U12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | – | – | 2 | 8 | ||
| Ruby Rayment | U12 | 4 | – | 3 | – | – | – | 7 | ||
| Oliver Goswamy | U12 | – | 3 | 3.5 | – | – | – | 6.5 | ||
| Laura Bourner | U12 | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | Yes | |
| Ayden Salajee | U12 | – | – | – | 2.5 | 2 | – | 4.5 | ||
| Joshua Bee | U12 | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | 4 | ||
| Melissa Hamilton | U12 | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 4 | ||
| Charlotte Robson | U12 | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | 3 | ||
| Isabelle Pond | U12 | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | 3 | ||
| Alexander McCrae | U12 | – | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | 2 | ||
| Benjamin Pearce | U12 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | ||
| Navidi Ranaweera | U12 | – | – | – | – | – | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
| Tobias Leader | U12 | – | – | – | 1.5 | – | – | 1.5 | ||
| Henry Adams | U13 | 4 | 4 | – | 3.5 | 4 | 3.5 | 15.5 | 1st (on tie break) | Yes |
| Elizabeth Finn | U13 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3 | 4 | 3.5 | – | 15.5 | 2nd | Yes |
| Tadeusz Tompsett | U13 | 3 | 2 | 2.5 | 4 | 4 | 3.5 | 14.5 | 3rd | Yes |
| Anna Sherriff | U13 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | – | 3.5 | 13.5 | Yes | |
| Thomas Dan | U13 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | – | 3 | 11 | Yes | |
| Thomas Martin | U13 | 2.5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9.5 | Yes | |
| Oliver Faulkner | U13 | 1.5 | – | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0.5 | 9.5 | Yes | |
| Tom Howeson | U13 | 2.5 | 2 | 4 | – | – | – | 8.5 | ||
| Callum Vyse | U13 | – | 3 | – | – | 3 | – | 6 | ||
| Rory Donovan | U13 | – | 2 | – | 3.5 | – | – | 5.5 | ||
| Iris Davies | U13 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | ||
| Theo Hall | U13 | 2 | – | – | 3 | – | – | 5 | ||
| Johannes Kuehn von Burgsdorff | U13 | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | 4 | ||
| Andrew Winter | U13 | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 3 | ||
| Reece Hookway | U13 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | ||
| Reggie Barker | U13 | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | – | 3 | ||
| Ron Usharovsky | U13 | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | 3 | ||
| Elliott Hookway | U13 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | ||
| Eloise Kay | U13 | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | ||
| Justin Zumpe | U13 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | ||
| Kieran Page | U13 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | ||
| Zoe Mileman | U13 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | ||
| Alec Hedger | U14 | 4 | 5 | 4.5 | 5 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 20 | 1st | Yes |
| John McCrae | U14 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | – | 16 | 2nd | Yes |
| Max Wilton | U14 | 4 | 3.5 | 4.5 | – | 3.5 | 3 | 15.5 | 3rd | Yes |
| Charlie Giles | U14 | – | – | 5 | – | 2.5 | 2.5 | 10 | ||
| Daniel Longley | U14 | 3 | 2 | – | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | Yes | |
| Eryl Malanta | U14 | – | 4 | 5 | – | – | – | 9 | ||
| Hector Glyn-Jones | U14 | – | – | 3 | – | – | 3 | 6 | ||
| Max Lee | U14 | – | – | – | – | 2.5 | 2.5 | 5 | ||
| Edward Gray | U14 | – | 4.5 | – | – | – | – | 4.5 | ||
| Richard Campbell | U14 | – | – | – | – | – | 4.5 | 4.5 | ||
| Giovanni Currah | U14 | 3.5 | – | – | – | – | – | 3.5 | ||
| Aman Kumar | U14 | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | 3 | ||
| Ben Power | U14 | 2.5 | – | – | – | – | – | 2.5 | ||
| Jonathan Britnell | U14 | 2.5 | – | – | – | – | – | 2.5 | ||
| Michael Banks | U15 | – | 3 | 3.5 | 4 | 3 | 4.5 | 15 | 1st | Yes |
| Benedict Weis | U15 | 3.5 | 2 | 2.5 | 3 | 1 | 3.5 | 12.5 | 2nd | Yes |
| Batuhan Kaya | U15 | 3 | 4 | – | 5 | – | – | 12 | 3rd | |
| Henry Shaw | U15 | 3 | 3 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 1 | 3 | 11.5 | Yes | |
| Calum Salmons | U15 | – | 4.5 | – | – | 5 | – | 9.5 | ||
| Max Bennett | U16 | – | 3.5 | 5 | 4 | – | 3.5 | 16 | 1st | |
| Daniel Finn | U16 | 2 | 3.5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | – | 14.5 | 2nd | Yes |
| Matthew Finn | U16 | 4 | 2 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 14 | 3rd | |
| Bridie O’Leary | U16 | 2 | – | 2.5 | 0.5 | – | – | 5 | ||
| Matthew Forster | U17 | 3.5 | 5.5 | – | – | 5 | – | 14 | 1st | |
| Lilya Stewart | U17 | 4.5 | 3.5 | – | – | – | – | 8 | ||
| Dominic Miller | U17 | – | – | – | – | 5 | – | 5 | ||
| Norpell Wilberforce | U17 | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | 4 | ||
| Thomas Finn | U18 | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | 3 | ||
