Grand Prix 5 – Eastbourne

Eastbourne Grand Prix, 4th February 2017

St Catherine’s College (previously Bishop Bell School) once again provided an excellent venue for the tournament, with 117 entries comfortably accommodated in the school hall. The penultimate grand prix of the season makes for a very exciting competition; with players selected to the Sussex teams jostling for position in the board order plus all to play for in the overall Grand Prix, especially in all the sections from under 8 through to under 14 with many players still in with a chance of finishing in the top three.

The quality of chess was epitomised by the three strong candidates for ‘performance of the day’ – with performances way ahead of the new ECF grades (released only last week) required to win their sections from Ben (+62), Javier (+50) and Solomon (+47).

As usual, the U11 Minor was the largest section and as some U11 team players had migrated to the Major there were opportunities to shine. This resulted in a very closely fought contest.  A great improvement from Javier Gomez  proved enough to win the title with a very impressive 5.5 out of 6. Liam, Lauren and Stevie followed on 5 points, with the progressive tie-break ensuring that Liam and Lauren get the dubious benefit of promotion to the Under 11 majors for the final Grand Prix of the season at Worthing.

In the tough U11 Major tournament, Solomon played his best tournament with a key victory over Callum in round five enough to secure victory with a perfect 6 out of 6. It was good to see three of our under 11 Girls team at the top with Ruby securing third place with 4.5 and Elena and Sophie following closely on 4. Well done also to Ayden for an impressive 4 points in his first major tournament.

One of the pleasures of the Eastbourne Grand Prix was maintained with the welcome presence of a strong contingent from Darvell with 11 players, including 6 in the Under 18 Minor. Again this competition was a very closely fought contest. Ben secured the title with his +62 grading performance closely followed by Angus in second. No fewer than 6 players shared third place, notably Julian on his welcome return to SJC events and Caleb with the top Darvell performance.

Finally to the U18 Major section with a number of exciting and close finishes. There were a series of exciting games particularly from the four England players who disputed the main prizes. The benefits of reading chess books were clearly illustrated as a tactic remembered from Murray Chandler’s ‘Chess tactics for kids’ book secured a victory for Thomas over Calum in one of those games, That set up a showdown with Amardip, who ruthlessly capitalised on an early mistake from Thomas with a strong and successful attack to secure the title,  There was a particularly notable performance from Timmy – still an under 9 – who followed the four England players in fifth place.

We now wish our Under 9, Under 11 and Under 11 Girls teams all the best as they compete in the EPSCA tournaments before our next Grand Prix in Worthing. Finally, thanks to all the parents for supporting the children throughout the highs and lows of the day, and our tournament helpers:

• Tournament Control – Andy, Bernard, Bunesh, Dominic, Gary, Jonathan, Mike, Peter, Rasa and Chaski.
• Balvinder, Caroline, Debbie, Jane and Keith for maintaining the high standards of SJC catering
• Dave for running the training sessions
• Andy, Anita, Martin and Sandra for the many tasks it takes to make an event happen including registrations, entries, and photography

Headline Results:

Crosstables:

U11 Minor:

ECF R O U N D S

Pos Player Grade 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B TB 

1 Gomez, Javier............ 36C b34+ w22+ b3+ w9+ b7+ w2= 5½ 6 20½

2 Scott, Liam.............. 73A b45+ w24+ b16= w17+ b8+ b1= 5 6 18½
3 Manchester, Lauren....... 77A w40+ b23+ w1- b27+ w5+ w11+ 5 6 17 
4 Clark, Stevie............ 78A b25- w33+ b20+ w24+ b9+ w7+ 5 6 15 

5 Robertson, James......... 65A b30+ w29+ b17= w16+ b3- w18+ 4½ 6 17 
6 Johnson, Cassius......... 83A w31+ b18+ w8= b7- w19+ b17+ 4½ 6 16 

7 Kendall, Laurie.......... 33A b42+ w15+ b21+ w6+ w1- b4- 4 6 18 
8 Hookway, Reece........... 46E b33+ w25+ b6= w21+ w2- b13= 4 6 16½
9 Blades, Kit.............. 17A w13+ b12+ w10+ b1- w4- b26+ 4 6 16 
10 Brooks, Luke............. 47E b36+ w20+ b9- w25+ b11- w16+ 4 6 15 
11 Page, Kieran............. 16* b15- w43+ b37+ w22+ w10+ b3- 4 6 14 
12 Ullmann, Hugo............ 44E b38+ w9- b45+ w34+ b16- w22+ 4 6 14 
13 Labroo, Pranav........... 53A b9- w38+ b30+ w23+ b18= w8= 4 6 13½
14 Tanios, David............ 0d b19+ w17- b29+ b18- w24+ w21+ 4 6 13 
15 Seddon, Evie............. 58A w11+ b7- w27- b44+ w25+ b28+ 4 6 12 

16 Barker, Reggie........... 45B w39+ b44+ w2= b5- w12+ b10- 3½ 6 15 
17 Gibbons, Arun............ 43D w48+ b14+ w5= b2- w35+ w6- 3½ 6 15 
18 Kindell, Thomas.......... 40D b32+ w6- b36+ w14+ w13= b5- 3½ 6 14 
19 Guzman, Javier........... 31F w14- b39= w48+ b43+ b6- w32+ 3½ 6 10½
20 Ralph, Toby.............. 27A w26+ b10- w4- b32= w43+ b23+ 3½ 6 10½

21 Wannesin-Bell, Charlie... 46D w28+ b35+ w7- b8- w27+ b14- 3 6 13 
22 Adams, Henry............. 69F w27+ b1- w40+ b11- w30+ b12- 3 6 12 
23 Cooper, Cameron.......... 36A w46+ w3- b28+ b13- w34+ w20- 3 6 12 
24 Crosby, Peter............ 35A w49+ b2- w44+ b4- b14- w41+ 3 6 11 
25 Davids, Carter........... 24B w4+ b8- w26+ b10- b15- w37+ 3 6 11 
26 Lau, Aywin............... 51A b20- w32+ b25- w45+ b36+ w9- 3 6 10 
27 Stewart, Lachlan......... 20D b22- w41+ b15+ w3- b21- b35+ 3 6 10 
28 Wilkinson, Madelaine..... 7E b21- bye+ w23- w29+ b37+ w15- 3 5 10 
29 Leeson, Hayden........... 28D w47+ b5- w14- b28- w44+ b34+ 3 6 9 
30 Nunns, Lara.............. 25A w5- b46+ w13- b41+ b22- w38+ 3 6 9 
31 Rimes, Liam.............. 26* b6- w34- b41- w47+ b42+ w36+ 3 6 6 

32 Jeong, Yeoho............. 0d w18- b26- w47+ w20= b39+ b19- 2½ 6 7½
33 Malanta, Eve............. 0D w8- b4- w46= w36- b48+ b43+ 2½ 6 5 

34 Kiraly, Marcell.......... 0d w1- b31+ w35+ b12- b23- w29- 2 6 9 
35 Sherriff, Anna........... 30D b41+ w21- b34- w38+ b17- w27- 2 6 9 
36 Hudson, Sonny............ 7C w10- b47+ w18- b33+ w26- b31- 2 6 8 
37 Rayment, Ruby............ 50A w44- b48+ w11- b40+ w28- b25- 2 6 8 
38 Fischli, Tim............. 0d w12- b13- w42+ b35- w40+ b30- 2 6 6 
39 Gibbons, Rohan........... 0d b16- w19= b43- w46+ w32- b44= 2 6 6 
40 Godfrey, Sam............. 22F b3- w42+ b22- w37- b38- w45+ 2 6 6 
41 Thackray, Daniel......... 0d w35- b27- w31+ w30- b45+ b24- 2 6 6 
42 Mallett, Rhianna......... 0d w7- b40- b38- w48+ w31- b47+ 2 6 4 

43 More, Aryan.............. 0d bye= b11- w39+ w19- b20- w33- 1½ 5 7 
44 Walshe-Grey, Toby........ 9B b37+ w16- b24- w15- b29- w39= 1½ 6 6½

45 Glascott, Arthur......... 10B w2- b49+ w12- b26- w41- b40- 1 6 5 
46 Jithendra, Risha......... 0d b23- w30- b33= b39- w47- bye= 1 5 2½
47 Trotman, Jacob........... 0d b29- w36- b32- b31- b46+ w42- 1 6 2 
48 Petersone, Alise......... 0E b17- w37- b19- b42- w33- bye+ 1 5 1 

49 Madden, Noah............. 0d b24- w45- bye= ½ 2 2 

Index:
A = Player's score
B = Number of graded games played
TB= Sum of progressive scores Standard

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U11 Major

ECF R O U N D S

Pos Player Grade 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B C D TB 

1 Weis, Benedict........... 61A w15+ b12+ w4+ b10+ w3+ b2= 5½ 6 740 123 20½

2 Oaten, Angus............. 76A w17= b8+ w15+ w5= b9+ w1= 4½ 6 578 96 16 

3 Camino-Sanchez, Julian... 92* w23+ b7+ w10= b12+ b1- w5= 4 6 543 91 16½
4 Walker, Dominic.......... 91A b20+ w9+ b1- w11+ b5= b6= 4 6 570 95 15½
5 O'Leary, Bridie.......... 100A w8= b17+ w11+ b2= w4= b3= 4 6 563 94 15 
6 Wilton, Max.............. 95A b14- w16+ b22+ w9= b13+ w4= 4 6 491 82 13 
7 Meier, Caleb............. 79E b19+ w3- b9- w21+ b18+ w11+ 4 6 539 90 12 
8 Walshe-Grey, Timon....... 58B b5= w2- b14+ b13= w12+ b15+ 4 6 545 91 11½

9 Power, Ben............... 79A w13+ b4- w7+ b6= w2- b17+ 3½ 6 491 82 12½

10 Walshe-Grey, Will........ 66A b21+ w18+ b3= w1- b11- w13= 3 6 421 70 13½
11 Guldemond, Daniel........ 84C b16+ w14+ b5- b4- w10+ b7- 3 6 442 74 13 
12 Findlay, Leif............ 85e bye+ w1- b19+ w3- b8- w20+ 3 5 261 52 11 
13 Norris, Toby............. 50d b9- w20+ b18+ w8= w6- b10= 3 6 427 71 11 
14 Leake, Thomas............ 56E w6+ b11- w8- b16+ w15- b19+ 3 6 417 70 10 
15 Pashigian, Owen.......... 80A b1- w21+ b2- w19+ b14+ w8- 3 6 351 59 10 
16 Oh, Seroo................ 50d w11- b6- bye+ w14- b22+ w18+ 3 5 314 63 7 

17 Sanchez, Kyle............ 50d b2= w5- b20- w22+ b23+ w9- 2½ 6 345 58 8 

18 Finn, Matthew R.......... 84A w22+ b10- w13- b20+ w7- b16- 2 6 245 41 9 
19 Manzoor, Bilal........... 50d w7- b23+ w12- b15- bye+ w14- 2 5 200 40 7 
20 Hine, Tom................ 50d w4- b13- w17+ w18- b21+ b12- 2 6 309 52 6 
21 Scott, Jadon............. 50d w10- b15- w23+ b7- w20- bye+ 2 5 175 35 5 

22 Koppschall, Scott........ 50d b18- bye+ w6- b17- w16- w23= 1½ 5 124 25 5½
23 Barth, Ulysses........... 50d b3- w19- b21- bye+ w17- b22= 1½ 5 90 18 3½

Index:
A = Player's score
B = Number of graded games played
C = Total grading points
D = Grading performance
TB= Sum of progressive scores Standard


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U18 Minor

ECF R O U N D S

Pos Player Grade 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B C D TB 

1 Weis, Benedict........... 61A w15+ b12+ w4+ b10+ w3+ b2= 5½ 6 740 123 20½

2 Oaten, Angus............. 76A w17= b8+ w15+ w5= b9+ w1= 4½ 6 578 96 16 

3 Camino-Sanchez, Julian... 92* w23+ b7+ w10= b12+ b1- w5= 4 6 543 91 16½
4 Walker, Dominic.......... 91A b20+ w9+ b1- w11+ b5= b6= 4 6 570 95 15½
5 O'Leary, Bridie.......... 100A w8= b17+ w11+ b2= w4= b3= 4 6 563 94 15 
6 Wilton, Max.............. 95A b14- w16+ b22+ w9= b13+ w4= 4 6 491 82 13 
7 Meier, Caleb............. 79E b19+ w3- b9- w21+ b18+ w11+ 4 6 539 90 12 
8 Walshe-Grey, Timon....... 58B b5= w2- b14+ b13= w12+ b15+ 4 6 545 91 11½

9 Power, Ben............... 79A w13+ b4- w7+ b6= w2- b17+ 3½ 6 491 82 12½

10 Walshe-Grey, Will........ 66A b21+ w18+ b3= w1- b11- w13= 3 6 421 70 13½
11 Guldemond, Daniel........ 84C b16+ w14+ b5- b4- w10+ b7- 3 6 442 74 13 
12 Findlay, Leif............ 85e bye+ w1- b19+ w3- b8- w20+ 3 5 261 52 11 
13 Norris, Toby............. 50d b9- w20+ b18+ w8= w6- b10= 3 6 427 71 11 
14 Leake, Thomas............ 56E w6+ b11- w8- b16+ w15- b19+ 3 6 417 70 10 
15 Pashigian, Owen.......... 80A b1- w21+ b2- w19+ b14+ w8- 3 6 351 59 10 
16 Oh, Seroo................ 50d w11- b6- bye+ w14- b22+ w18+ 3 5 314 63 7 

17 Sanchez, Kyle............ 50d b2= w5- b20- w22+ b23+ w9- 2½ 6 345 58 8 

18 Finn, Matthew R.......... 84A w22+ b10- w13- b20+ w7- b16- 2 6 245 41 9 
19 Manzoor, Bilal........... 50d w7- b23+ w12- b15- bye+ w14- 2 5 200 40 7 
20 Hine, Tom................ 50d w4- b13- w17+ w18- b21+ b12- 2 6 309 52 6 
21 Scott, Jadon............. 50d w10- b15- w23+ b7- w20- bye+ 2 5 175 35 5 

22 Koppschall, Scott........ 50d b18- bye+ w6- b17- w16- w23= 1½ 5 124 25 5½
23 Barth, Ulysses........... 50d b3- w19- b21- bye+ w17- b22= 1½ 5 90 18 3½

Index:
A = Player's score
B = Number of graded games played
C = Total grading points
D = Grading performance
TB= Sum of progressive scores Standard


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U18 Major

ECF R O U N D S

Pos Player Grade 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B C D TB 

1 Ahluwalia, Amardip....... 165A b8+ w9+ b4= w6+ b10+ w3+ 5½ 6 1092 182 19 

2 Salmons, Calum........... 155A b16+ w11+ b10+ w3- b8+ w7+ 5 6 1010 168 18 

3 Finn, Thomas............. 167A w5+ b6= w14+ b2+ w4+ b1- 4½ 6 1013 169 17½
4 Britnell, Jonathan....... 144A w15+ b14+ w1= b5+ b3- w11+ 4½ 6 976 163 17 

5 Hedger, Timothy.......... 125A b3- w18+ b13+ w4- b12+ w10+ 4 6 910 152 12 

6 Gray, Edward............. 140A b18+ w3= b7+ b1- w14= w8= 3½ 6 882 147 14 
7 Finn, Daniel M........... 136A w19+ b15= w6- b17+ w16+ b2- 3½ 6 792 132 13½
8 Malanta, Eryl............ 125A w1- b19+ b12+ w9+ w2- b6= 3½ 6 889 148 12½
9 Laurillard, Xavier....... 133A w13+ b1- w17= b8- w19+ b14+ 3½ 6 794 132 11 

10 Bennett, Max............. 133A b20+ w12+ w2- b16+ w1- b5- 3 6 824 137 14 
11 Banks, Michael........... 129A w21+ b2- w16- b19+ w18+ b4- 3 6 706 118 11 
12 Kaya, Batuhan............ 155A w17+ b10- w8- b13+ w5- b18+ 3 6 736 123 10 
13 Finn, Elizabeth.......... 106A b9- bye+ w5- w12- b20+ b17+ 3 5 581 116 8 

14 Hedger, Alec............. 132A bye+ w4- b3- w20+ b6= w9- 2½ 5 588 118 10 
15 Meier, Terrence.......... 108D b4- w7= b20- w18- bye+ b16+ 2½ 5 511 102 5½

16 Shchepinova, Polina...... 120A w2- b21+ b11+ w10- b7- w15- 2 6 643 107 9 
17 Currah, Giovanni......... 123A b12- w20+ b9= w7- b21= w13- 2 6 617 103 8 
18 Lawson, Theo............. 107A w6- b5- w21+ b15+ b11- w12- 2 6 631 105 7 
19 Longley, Daniel.......... 91A b7- w8- bye+ w11- b9- w21+ 2 5 448 90 5 
20 Stewart, Lilya........... 104A w10- b17- w15+ b14- w13- bye+ 2 5 452 90 5 

21 Thackray, Isaac S........ 82A b11- w16- b18- bye+ w17= b19- 1½ 5 362 72 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


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