2019-20 season grand prix placings updated after GP5…..lots to play for at the last GP of the season at Worthing in May.
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 2019-2020 are:
GP1 Crowborough Saturday 14th September 2019
GP2 Worth Saturday 19th October 2019
GP3 Horsham Sunday 10th November 2019
GP4 Hastings Saturday 4th January 2020
GP5 Eastbourne Saturday 1st February 2020
GP6 Worthing Saturday 16th May 2020
At the last one of the season, which this season will be on May 16th, 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:
2019-20 Current Placings After GP5
| Name | Age Group | GP1 | GP2 | GP3 | GP4 | GP5 | GP6 | Score |
| Samuel Merchant | U7 | – | 5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 3 | 16 | |
| Isabella Walsh | U7 | 1 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | |
| Pranil Suguna Jaideep | U7 | 1.5 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 6 | |
| Eliza Blin | U7 | – | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3.5 | |
| Lucas Butler | U7 | – | 0.5 | – | 1.5 | – | 2 | |
| Daniel Farrell | U7 | – | – | – | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | |
| Aditya Gupta | U8 | 3 | 5 | 2.5 | 4.5 | 4 | 16.5 | |
| Seha Konara | U8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | – | 4 | 13 | |
| Charles Adams | U8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | |
| Avyanna Singh | U8 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 3.5 | – | 3 | 11.5 | |
| Tofunmi Balogun | U8 | – | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | |
| Edward Nethercot | U8 | – | 4 | – | – | – | 4 | |
| Marcy Page | U8 | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Lucas Spellman-Welsh | U8 | 1.5 | – | – | – | – | 1.5 | |
| George Boxer | U9 | 4 | 3.5 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 17.5 | |
| Luke Freeman | U9 | 4.5 | – | 3.5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | |
| George Tagg | U9 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3 | 3.5 | 4 | 14 | |
| Nicholas Deacon | U9 | 4 | 5 | – | – | 4.5 | 13.5 | |
| Niamh Grace | U9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | |
| Henri Blin | U9 | – | 3 | 3.5 | 3 | 3 | 12.5 | |
| Nayan Keats Rastogi | U9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | – | 3 | 11 | |
| Fiyin Balogun | U9 | – | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | |
| James Beecroft | U9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | |
| Jessica Appleton | U9 | 1 | – | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | |
| Goshanrajh Arwindran | U9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2.5 | 2 | 9.5 | |
| Mischa Floyd | U9 | – | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
| Aran Skelton | U9 | – | 2 | 3 | – | 3.5 | 8.5 | |
| Emilia Butler | U9 | – | 2 | 3 | 2 | – | 7 | |
| Louisa Kiss | U9 | 2 | 2.5 | – | – | 2 | 6.5 | |
| Sean Malus | U9 | – | 4.5 | – | – | – | 4.5 | |
| Daniel Aston-Dive | U9 | – | – | – | – | 4 | 4 | |
| Bradley Marchant | U9 | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Yilin Guo | U9 | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Venkata Kilambi | U9 | – | – | – | – | 3.5 | 3.5 | |
| Emily Ashcroft | U9 | – | 3 | – | – | – | 3 | |
| Sorcha Chapman | U9 | – | – | – | 3 | – | 3 | |
| Kaysan Salajee | U9 | – | – | – | 2.5 | – | 2.5 | |
| Cai Salmons | U9 | – | 1 | – | 1.5 | – | 2.5 | |
| Angharad Fraser-Jenkins | U9 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | |
| Isaac Green | U9 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | |
| Alexander Coshell | U9 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | |
| Moiz Ahmad | U9 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
| Taran Sharma | U10 | 4 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 5 | 5.5 | 19 | |
| Ann Tagg | U10 | 3.5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | |
| Ned Hafner | U10 | 4.5 | 4 | 5 | 1.5 | 2 | 15.5 | |
| Austin Mitchell | U10 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 15 | |
| Cillian Nagy | U10 | – | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 | |
| Charlie Wannasin Bell | U10 | 3 | 3.5 | 3.5 | – | 4.5 | 14.5 | |
| Joseph Johnson | U10 | 2 | 3.5 | 3 | 3.5 | 3 | 13 | |
| Caspar Irani | U10 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 4 | 12 | |
| Ernest Saunders | U10 | 3 | 3 | 2.5 | – | 2.5 | 11 | |
| Zebadiah Taylor | U10 | – | 3 | – | 4 | 3.5 | 10.5 | |
| Adam Farrell | U10 | 4 | – | – | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
| Emma Bourner | U10 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| Thomas Irani | U10 | 2 | – | 3 | – | 3 | 8 | |
| Yoting Wang | U10 | 3 | – | – | – | 5 | 8 | |
| Natalie van Hoven | U10 | – | 2.5 | 2 | 3 | – | 7.5 | |
| Amelie Rees | U10 | 1.5 | – | 1.5 | 3 | – | 6 | |
| Emerson Purvis | U10 | – | – | – | – | 4 | 4 | |
| Violet Davies | U10 | – | 4 | – | – | – | 4 | |
| Risha Jithendra | U10 | 1.5 | – | – | – | 2 | 3.5 | |
| Ajin Rubakaran | U10 | 3 | – | – | – | – | 3 | |
| Jack Zhang | U10 | 3 | – | – | – | – | 3 | |
| Penghao Wang | U10 | – | – | – | – | 2.5 | 2.5 | |
| Oliver Seeds | U10 | – | – | – | – | 1.5 | 1.5 | |
| Sachin Larsen | U10 | – | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | |
| Alex Rogers-Pereira | U11 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 17.5 | |
| Adam Rafael Holmes | U11 | – | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4 | 17.5 | |
| Eve Malanta | U11 | – | 2.5 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 5.5 | 16 | |
| Lucy Lai | U11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3.5 | 15.5 | |
| Matthew Collins | U11 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | |
| Alise Petersone | U11 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | |
| Jack Lai | U11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3.5 | 3 | 14.5 | |
| Oliver Stockham | U11 | 5.5 | – | 3 | 2.5 | 3 | 14 | |
| Sebastian Merchant | U11 | – | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | |
| Toby Ralph | U11 | – | 3.5 | 4 | 1.5 | 4 | 13 | |
| Matthew Deacon | U11 | 3 | 6 | – | – | 3 | 12 | |
| Toby Appleton | U11 | 2.5 | – | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2 | 11.5 | |
| James Bashford | U11 | 3 | 4 | 2 | – | 2 | 11 | |
| Kit Blades | U11 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 4 | 11 | |
| Diego Lorenzo Munoz | U11 | – | 3.5 | 3 | – | 4.5 | 11 | |
| Nathan Smith | U11 | 2.5 | 2 | 3 | 2.5 | – | 10 | |
| Hugo Wibberley | U11 | – | – | – | 3.5 | 5 | 8.5 | |
| Hugo Ullmann | U11 | – | – | 5.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 7 | |
| Aoting Wang | U11 | 4 | – | – | – | 3 | 7 | |
| Seoyoon Ko | U11 | 2.5 | 2 | – | – | – | 4.5 | |
| Sophia Blin | U11 | – | 4 | – | – | – | 4 | |
| Frederick Bee | U11 | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | 4 | |
| Alexander McVey | U11 | – | – | – | – | 4 | 4 | |
| Edie Stacy | U11 | – | – | – | 3.5 | – | 3.5 | |
| Thomas Curra | U11 | – | – | – | – | 3.5 | 3.5 | |
| Josh Sharma | U11 | – | 3 | – | – | – | 3 | |
| Alfie Ward | U11 | 3 | – | – | – | – | 3 | |
| Rafi Salmons | U11 | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | 3 | |
| Marcus Mommsen | U11 | – | – | – | 2.5 | – | 2.5 | |
| Priya Larsen | U11 | – | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | |
| Arun Gibbons | U11 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 2 | |
| Jose Roberts-Goncalves | U11 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 2 | |
| Adam Faulkner | U11 | 1.5 | – | – | – | – | 1.5 | |
| Lachlan Stewart | U12 | 5 | 5 | 2.5 | 2 | – | 14.5 | |
| Darcey Walker-Lee | U12 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | – | 14 | |
| George Adams | U12 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | |
| Elena Currah | U12 | – | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2.5 | 12.5 | |
| Miette Fowler | U12 | 2.5 | – | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12.5 | |
| Timmy Hedger | U12 | 5 | 4 | – | – | 3.5 | 12.5 | |
| Willem Van der werff | U12 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 4.5 | 12.5 | |
| Alexander Lebedev | U12 | 2 | 3.5 | 3 | 3 | 2.5 | 12 | |
| Madison Cox | U12 | – | 3 | 2.5 | 3 | 3.5 | 12 | |
| Rafe Chapman | U12 | 3.5 | – | – | 3.5 | 3 | 10 | |
| Callum Shuttlewood | U12 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2.5 | 2 | 9.5 | |
| Daniel van Hoven | U12 | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2.5 | 6.5 | |
| Theo Lawson | U12 | – | 3 | – | – | 2.5 | 5.5 | |
| Elijah Green | U12 | – | – | 3 | – | 2 | 5 | |
| Abhi Jadav | U12 | – | – | – | 3.5 | – | 3.5 | |
| Gabriel Lee | U12 | 1 | – | 2 | – | – | 3 | |
| James Coshell | U12 | – | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | |
| Misha Zakacura | U12 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | |
| Isabella Hull | U12 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | |
| Ben Crosby | U13 | 4 | – | 4 | 3.5 | 3 | 14.5 | |
| Solomon Mitchell | U13 | 2.5 | 3 | 3.5 | 4 | 3 | 13.5 | |
| Jacob Wynn | U13 | 3 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3 | 4 | 13.5 | |
| Sophie Rees | U13 | 4 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 13 | |
| Stevie Clark | U13 | 2 | 2 | 4 | – | 4 | 12 | |
| Lauren Manchester | U13 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 2 | 11 | |
| Adrian Lorenzo Munoz | U13 | – | 2 | 4.5 | – | 4.5 | 11 | |
| Tegen Baker | U13 | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 3.5 | 3 | 10 | |
| Maya McMahon | U13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | 7 | |
| Joshua Bee | U13 | 4 | 2.5 | – | – | – | 6.5 | |
| Peter Crosby | U13 | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| Daniel Brook | U13 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 3 | 6 | |
| Raina Jithendra | U13 | 1.5 | – | – | – | 3 | 4.5 | |
| Madeleine Wilkinson | U13 | – | – | 3 | – | – | 3 | |
| Aywin Lau | U13 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | |
| Orlando Bradshaw | U13 | – | – | – | 1.5 | – | 1.5 | |
| Daniel Toms | U13 | – | – | – | 0.5 | – | 0.5 | |
| Tadeusz Tompsett | U14 | 3 | 3 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 16.5 | |
| Elizabeth Finn | U14 | 4.5 | 4 | – | 3.5 | 2.5 | 14.5 | |
| Thomas Martin | U14 | 2 | 3 | 3.5 | 2 | 3 | 11.5 | |
| Tom Howeson | U14 | 4 | 4 | 3.5 | – | – | 11.5 | |
| Kieran Page | U14 | – | – | – | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Henry Adams | U14 | – | 2.5 | – | 2.5 | – | 5 | |
| Elliott Hookway | U14 | 4 | – | – | – | – | 4 | |
| Oliver Faulkner | U14 | 3.5 | – | – | – | – | 3.5 | |
| Reece Hookway | U14 | 3 | – | – | – | – | 3 | |
| Andrew Winter | U14 | – | – | – | 3 | – | 3 | |
| Anna Sherriff | U14 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 2 | |
| Eryl Malanta | U15 | – | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 18 | |
| Giovanni Currah | U15 | – | 4 | 2.5 | 4 | 2 | 12.5 | |
| Charlie Giles | U15 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2.5 | 12 | |
| Daniel Longley | U15 | 3 | – | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | |
| Polina Shchepinova | U15 | 4 | 3 | 4 | – | – | 11 | |
| Alec Hedger | U15 | 3.5 | 3.5 | – | – | 4 | 11 | |
| Richard Campbell | U15 | 3 | 2 | 1.5 | 2 | 1 | 8.5 | |
| Oliver Manchester | U15 | 2.5 | – | 3.5 | – | 2.5 | 8.5 | |
| Jayden Zhang | U15 | 3.5 | – | – | – | – | 3.5 | |
| Max Wilton | U15 | 3.5 | – | – | – | – | 3.5 | |
| Cheuk Nam Wong | U15 | – | 3 | – | – | – | 3 | |
| Jonathan Britnell | U15 | 3 | – | – | – | – | 3 | |
| Aman Kumar | U15 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | |
| Henry Shaw | U16 | 2.5 | 4.5 | 4 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 15.5 | |
| Michael Banks | U16 | 4.5 | 4 | 2 | – | 3 | 13.5 | |
| Batuhan Kaya | U16 | – | – | – | 4.5 | 6 | 10.5 | |
| Calum Salmons | U16 | – | – | – | 5 | – | 5 | |
| Benedict Weis | U16 | 2 | – | – | 3 | – | 5 | |
| Daniel Finn | U17 | 4 | 4.5 | – | 4 | 4 | 16.5 | |
| Matthew Finn | U17 | 4.5 | 2.5 | – | 4 | 3.5 | 14.5 | |
| Paul Northcott | U17 | – | – | 5.5 | – | 4.5 | 10 | |
| Jamie Greening | U17 | – | – | – | 3 | 3.5 | 6.5 | |
| Max Bennett | U17 | – | – | 4 | – | – | 4 | |
| Bridie O’Leary | U17 | – | 3 | – | – | – | 3 | |
| Matthew Forster | U18 | – | 6 | – | – | 4 | 10 | |
| Lilya Stewart | U18 | 2 | – | 3.5 | 4 | – | 9.5 | |
| Dominic Miller | U18 | – | – | – | – | 5 | 5 | |
| Alexander Littlehales | U18 | – | – | – | – | 4 | 4 | |
| Oleg Sergienko | U18 | – | – | – | – | 4 | 4 | |
| Norpell Wilberforce | U18 | – | – | – | 1.5 | – | 1.5 | |