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 2024-2025 are:
GP1 Crowborough Saturday 21st September 2024
GP2 Worth Saturday 19th October 2024
GP3 Eastbourne Sunday November 24th 2024
GP4 Hastings 1st January 2025
GP5 Horsham Sunday 2nd February 2025
GP6 Worthing Saturday 17th May 2025
At the last one of the season, which this season will be in May, 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:
Grand Prix Placings After GP5 Horsham
| U7 Scores | |||||||
| Name | GP1 | GP2 | GP3 | GP4 | GP5 | GP6 | Score |
| Oleksandr Chornyi | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | – | 17.5 |
| Cosmin Cojocaru | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | – | 16 |
| Boglarka Rebecca Bors | 3 | 4 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 14 |
| Henry Townsend-Smith | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| Simeon Taranov | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | 3 |
| Kai Misquita Rodrigues | – | – | 1.5 | – | – | – | 1.5 |
| Shenul Jayaraj | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| U8 Scores | |||||||
| Name | GP1 | GP2 | GP3 | GP4 | GP5 | GP6 | Score |
| Spriha Punjabi | 6 | 5.5 | – | – | 3 | – | 14.5 |
| Daniel Gardner | 3.5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1.5 | – | 13.5 |
| Aarav Ghanshala | – | – | 3 | 4 | 4.5 | – | 11.5 |
| Emma Cojocaru | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | – | 11 |
| Yannick Clewer | – | 3 | – | 2.5 | 2.5 | – | 8 |
| Xander Clarke | – | – | – | 3 | 3 | – | 6 |
| Henry Munroe | 1 | – | – | – | 4 | – | 5 |
| Prahashree Saravanan | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | 3 |
| May Lyu | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | 3 |
| Nithila Prabhu | – | 0 | 2 | – | – | – | 2 |
| Abdul Samad Mannan | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| An Nguyen | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| Ayra Shah | – | – | – | – | 0.5 | – | 0.5 |
| Ferdin Edmand | – | – | – | – | 0.5 | – | 0.5 |
| Muthulaxmi Mohankumar | – | – | 0.5 | – | – | – | 0.5 |
| U9 Scores | |||||||
| Name | GP1 | GP2 | GP3 | GP4 | GP5 | GP6 | Score |
| George Brown | 2.5 | 3.5 | 5 | 4.5 | 4 | – | 17 |
| Talea Martirossian | 1.5 | 4 | 4 | 4.5 | 4 | – | 16.5 |
| Ella Clark | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | – | 14 |
| Blake Kim | – | 4.5 | 3 | 2.5 | 3 | – | 13 |
| Lithumya Methnuli Kadadora Arachchilage | – | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 4 | – | 11.5 |
| Euan Burnside | 3.5 | 2.5 | – | 4 | – | – | 10 |
| Isabelle Dinkeldein | – | 3 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 10 |
| Eylul Hacikurt | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2 | – | 3 | – | 10 |
| Aavir Jandu | – | – | 3 | – | 2 | – | 5 |
| Aviraj Bhaduri | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | 5 |
| Anna Nammuni | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 2 |
| U10 Scores | |||||||
| Name | GP1 | GP2 | GP3 | GP4 | GP5 | GP6 | Score |
| Edward Jeanmonod | – | 4 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4 | – | 16 |
| Ansh Sharma | – | 6 | 5.5 | – | 4 | – | 15.5 |
| Darcy Grayson | 2 | 4.5 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 13.5 |
| Magnus Gomez | 5 | – | 4.5 | 3 | – | – | 12.5 |
| Haijo Wierenga | – | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | – | 10 |
| Nikolas Kornelakis | 1.5 | 3 | 3 | – | 2 | – | 9.5 |
| Callum Pereira Kinga | – | 2 | 2 | – | 4.5 | – | 8.5 |
| Ethan Cheng | – | 4 | – | 3 | 1 | – | 8 |
| Luke Higginson | – | 3 | – | – | 4 | – | 7 |
| Hudson Robinson | – | 2.5 | 4 | – | – | – | 6.5 |
| David Tikosi | – | 2.5 | 2 | – | 2 | – | 6.5 |
| Clark Walsh | 1 | 3 | – | – | – | – | 4 |
| Oliver Stafford | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 4 |
| Eno Lyu | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | 4 |
| Stefan Andrijin | – | – | 1.5 | – | 2 | – | 3.5 |
| Alistair Gochban | – | 3.5 | – | – | – | – | 3.5 |
| Martin Qin | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| Kenzo Carter | 2.5 | – | – | – | – | – | 2.5 |
| Poorrnalakshmi Mohankumar | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | 2 |
| Zerting Wang | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | 2 |
| Arwyn Drews | – | – | 1.5 | – | – | – | 1.5 |
| U11 Scores | |||||||
| Name | GP1 | GP2 | GP3 | GP4 | GP5 | GP6 | Score |
| Harry Kotlarzewski | 4.5 | 3 | 4 | 5.5 | 1.5 | – | 17 |
| Benjamin Carter | 4 | 3 | 5.5 | 3 | 2.5 | – | 15.5 |
| Charlie Rogers | – | 2 | 3 | 2.5 | 5.5 | – | 13 |
| Kalyan Srinidhi Pasumarthi | – | – | 4 | 4.5 | 3 | – | 11.5 |
| Nathanael Waller | 1 | 4.5 | 3 | 3 | – | – | 11.5 |
| Gabrielle Bermingham | 4 | 3.5 | 3 | – | 1 | – | 11.5 |
| Kehara Kemdini Kadadora Arachchilage | – | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | – | 11 |
| Holly Farran | – | 3 | 2 | – | 3 | – | 8 |
| Jinzhe Yang | – | – | – | 2.5 | 4.5 | – | 7 |
| Cailan Jefcoate | – | 2 | – | – | 4.5 | – | 6.5 |
| Misha Prokopets | – | – | 2.5 | – | 4 | – | 6.5 |
| Eliza Blin | 3 | 3.5 | – | – | – | – | 6.5 |
| Kai Subramanian | 2 | 4 | – | – | – | – | 6 |
| Zachary Rohvarger | – | – | – | – | 5 | – | 5 |
| Samuel Lin | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 4 |
| Albert Jenkins | – | – | 3.5 | – | – | – | 3.5 |
| Natalie Jayaraj | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | 3 |
| Satyan Padhi | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | 3 |
| George Alexander | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | 2 |
| Nael Khan | – | – | – | – | 1.5 | – | 1.5 |
| Tobias Downing | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Nick Fleetwood | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| Flynn Fuller | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| U12 Scores | |||||||
| Name | GP1 | GP2 | GP3 | GP4 | GP5 | GP6 | Score |
| Harry Morter | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 5 | 1.5 | – | 18.5 |
| Jacob Delacour | 3 | 4.5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | – | 16.5 |
| Iaroslav Sinkevich | 4 | 3.5 | 3 | 4 | 3.5 | – | 15 |
| Samuel Shah | 3.5 | 5 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3 | – | 15 |
| Samuel Merchant | 3.5 | 3 | 2.5 | 3 | 3 | – | 12.5 |
| Sidhanth Pai | – | – | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4 | – | 12 |
| Theodore Ennos | 4 | 4.5 | 3 | – | – | – | 11.5 |
| Andrew Hoawen Xue | – | 4 | 2.5 | – | 3.5 | – | 10 |
| Isabella Walsh | 3 | 3.5 | – | – | 3 | – | 9.5 |
| Gemma Cuthbertson | 0.5 | 3 | 3 | – | 3 | – | 9.5 |
| Thomas Gait | 3.5 | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | 8.5 |
| Ranulph Jeanmonod | – | 3 | 1.5 | 1 | 2.5 | – | 8 |
| Hal Gomez | – | – | 2.5 | 4.5 | – | – | 7 |
| Rahul Leo thomas | 2 | 4.5 | – | – | – | – | 6.5 |
| Zacharius Carthew | 1.5 | – | 1 | 2 | 2 | – | 6.5 |
| Smrithi Manoj | – | – | 2 | 2 | 2 | – | 6 |
| Ted Wyle | – | 2 | – | – | 3.5 | – | 5.5 |
| Arseniy Ryabokon | – | 3 | 2.5 | – | – | – | 5.5 |
| Sebastian Serrano | 2 | – | 1.5 | 2 | – | – | 5.5 |
| Aidan Burnside | 2 | – | – | 2 | – | – | 4 |
| Jonah Montagnon | – | 3.5 | – | – | – | – | 3.5 |
| Charlie Weng | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | 3 |
| Alex Owen Martynson | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | 3 |
| Michael Taylor | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | 3 |
| Hele Zhong | – | 2 | 0.5 | – | – | – | 2.5 |
| Allan Gochban | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Angus McKee | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 2 |
| Matthew Reynolds | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 2 |
| Stanley Mansfield | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| U13 Scores | |||||||
| Name | GP1 | GP2 | GP3 | GP4 | GP5 | GP6 | Score |
| Raul Misquita Rodrigues | 4 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3 | – | 16.5 |
| Joshua Tolhurst | 3.5 | – | 4 | 3.5 | 3.5 | – | 14.5 |
| Arthur Kendall | 4.5 | – | 3.5 | – | 4.5 | – | 12.5 |
| Lucas Ma | 2.5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2.5 | – | 12.5 |
| Edward Nethercot | – | 5 | 2 | 2.5 | 3 | – | 12.5 |
| Arjun Prasanna | – | – | 4 | 3.5 | 4 | – | 11.5 |
| James Patrick Marsh | 3 | 1 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 11 |
| Rose Burgess | – | 2 | 2.5 | 2 | 3.5 | – | 10 |
| Jake Marshall | 3.5 | – | 2 | – | 3 | – | 8.5 |
| James Ratcliffe | 3.5 | – | – | – | 4.5 | – | 8 |
| Vaibhav Jayakumar | – | – | 4 | 3 | – | – | 7 |
| Adithya Kichenaradjou | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | 4 |
| Aditya Gupta | 3.5 | – | – | – | – | – | 3.5 |
| U14 Scores | |||||||
| Name | GP1 | GP2 | GP3 | GP4 | GP5 | GP6 | Score |
| Shravan Karthi Prabhu | 3 | 3.5 | 4 | 3.5 | 5 | – | 16 |
| Edgar Pack | – | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3.5 | – | 15.5 |
| Luke Freeman | – | 4.5 | 5 | – | 4.5 | – | 14 |
| Luke Chapman | – | 3.5 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 12.5 |
| Mathias Keiller | 3.5 | 3 | 2 | 3.5 | 2.5 | – | 12.5 |
| Cyrus Fong | 5 | 4 | – | 3 | – | – | 12 |
| Liam Finlay | 5.5 | 1 | 2.5 | – | 1.5 | – | 10.5 |
| Cosmo Trott | – | 3 | 4.5 | – | 2.5 | – | 10 |
| Benjamin Collins | 2 | 2 | 2.5 | – | 3 | – | 9.5 |
| Barnaby Halliwell | 2 | – | 3 | – | – | – | 5 |
| Jonathon Lin | 2 | 3 | – | – | – | – | 5 |
| Dakkshh Dawda | 1 | 2.5 | 1 | – | – | – | 4.5 |
| Joshua Porter | – | – | 2 | – | 2 | – | 4 |
| Tomasz Graczyk | 1.5 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 3.5 |
| Henri Blin | – | 3.5 | – | – | – | – | 3.5 |
| Alex Fleetwood | – | – | – | – | 2.5 | – | 2.5 |
| Richard Gochban | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| George Tagg | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Joel Brook | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Curtis Lau | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| Kacper Bresinski | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| U15 Scores | |||||||
| Name | GP1 | GP2 | GP3 | GP4 | GP5 | GP6 | Score |
| Igor Aleksandrov | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | – | – | 18 |
| Isaac Oakes | 3 | 3 | 5 | – | 5.5 | – | 16.5 |
| Zebediah Taylor | 3.5 | 3 | 3.5 | – | 3.5 | – | 13.5 |
| Daniel Marshall | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1.5 | 2.5 | – | 13.5 |
| Keira Gray | 3 | 2.5 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 12.5 |
| Luke Cuthbertson | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3 | – | 3 | – | 12 |
| Yoting Wang | 4.5 | 5 | – | – | – | – | 9.5 |
| Jacob Martin | 3 | 2 | 4 | – | – | – | 9 |
| Alishir Musayev | – | – | 4 | 3 | 2 | – | 9 |
| Freya Pinna-Chapman | 2.5 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 2.5 | – | 8.5 |
| Cillian Nagy | 2 | 3 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 8 |
| Vishal Leo thomas | 4 | 2.5 | – | – | – | – | 6.5 |
| Mishi Cook | 3 | 3 | – | – | – | – | 6 |
| Sean Forrest | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| U16 Scores | |||||||
| Name | GP1 | GP2 | GP3 | GP4 | GP5 | GP6 | Score |
| Edie Stacy | 4 | – | 3.5 | 4 | 4 | – | 15.5 |
| Matthew Collins | 2.5 | 4 | 4.5 | – | 4 | – | 15 |
| Albert Eldridge | 3 | 2.5 | – | – | – | – | 5.5 |
| Jack Nowell | 3 | 1 | 1.5 | – | 0 | – | 5.5 |
| Rafi Salmons | 2 | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | 5 |
| Chae Wai | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | 2 |
| U17 Scores | |||||||
| Name | GP1 | GP2 | GP3 | GP4 | GP5 | GP6 | Score |
| Louis Buckland | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | – | 4.5 | – | 18 |
| Theo Trott | – | 3 | 2 | – | 4 | – | 9 |
| Tia Rudwick | 5 | – | 0 | – | – | – | 5 |
| U18 Scores | |||||||
| Name | GP1 | GP2 | GP3 | GP4 | GP5 | GP6 | Score |
| Jacob Wynn | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3 | 4.5 | – | – | 15.5 |
| Laurence St Louis | 4 | – | 5.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | – | 16.5 |
| Raina Jithendra | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | 3 |