Everyone you see at our events is a volunteer so thanks to: Headline Results Under 8 Pos Name Score 1 Spriha Punjabi 5.5 2 Cosmin Cojocaru 5 3 Oleksandr Chornyi 4.5 Under 10 Pos Name Score 1 Ansh Sharma 6 2 Darcy Grayson 4.5 3 Blake Kim 4.5 Under 12 Pos Name Score 1 Samuel …
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2024 – 25 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 2024-2025 are: GP1 …
Crowborough Grand Prix, 21th September 2024
Everyone you see at our events is a volunteer; so thanks to Headline Results U11 Minor U11 Major Pos Name Score Pos Name Score 1st Spriha Punjabi 6 1st Magnus Gomez 5 2nd Harry Kotlarzewski 4.5 2nd Aviraj Bhaduri 5 3rd Gabrielle Bermingham 4 3rd Benjamin Carter 4 U18 Minor U18 Major Pos Name Score Pos …
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Sussex vs Wales in Usk
The Welsh National U18 team requested another tournament against England players and on Saturday, 13th July, 2024, a team from Sussex headed to Usk to play their best and brightest local chess players. Ian Eustis, Manager of Wales was there with his team: Yaroslav Sharhorodsky; Adam Sarwar; Otto Bartlett-Davis; Constantine Popov; Lucas Zheng; Danylo Shevchenko; Ethan …
Under 7 Championships, 9th June 2024
Thanks to our volunteers: Tournament Control: Gary McCulloch Entries: Steve Merchant Catering: Andy Collins, Mike Chapman, Nick Burgess, Nick Brown, Debbie Forster Photos: Peter Crosby Headline Results: 1st= Artem Dodukh & Spriha Punjabi 4.5 3rd Henry Munroe 3.5 4th Henry Short 3.5 Top Girl Bogi Bors 3 School 1st Handcross Park School 1st Windlesham House Arbiter’s …
Training day Simul, 9th June 2024
In the afternoon of our final coaching day of the season in Lewes, we hosted the traditional light hearted simultaneous, where the children faced off against the combined strength of the coaches. This year, our team included a British Champion and a FIDE Master.
U12 and U14 England vs Wales, Bristol, 25th May 2024
A few Sussex players played in U12s and U14s England vs Wales international match in Bristol and won! The picture shows all the Sussex players who played (plus Magnus Gomez who played 2 friendlies) Well done to all! The Squad(s): Hal Gomez, Sidhanth Pai, Samuel Shah, Samuel Merchant, (U12s) and George Tagg, Henri Blin (U14s) …
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Worthing Grand Prix, 18th May 2024
Everyone you see at our events is a volunteer so thanks to: Headline Results Under 11 Minor Pos Name Score 1 Ansh Sharma 5 2 Artem Dodukh 5 3 Tianyi Zhang 4.5 Under 11 Major Pos Name Score 1 Rahul Leo Thomas 4.5 2 Theodore Ennos 4.5 3 Noah Pearson 4 Age Group Prizes Age …
Under 11 Team National Final, Northampton, 11th May 2024
The under 11 team managed a fantastic performance to finish in 5th place, behind Kent, Barnet, Oxfordshire and Essex in the national finals in Northampton. The results can be seen here: https://www.oxfordfusion.com/epsca/TeamsOverall.cfm?EventID=182 A big thank you to all players and parents for making it happen. Steve Merchant U11 Team Manager Pos Team R1 R2 R3 …
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EPSCA Under 9 Final, 20th April 2024
With one player missing from our zonal winning team and after struggling with 6/12 in round 1 we scored 7 then 8 in the next 2 rounds and finished 6th. Very tough competition with some strong opposition. Richmond were the winners, Kent second place then Barnet in third. Massive congratulations to Spriha who scored 3/3 …