37 children descended on Birchwood Grove School aiming for the title of Sussex U8 Champion; many competing for the first time. The event was hard fought and the arbiters were very pleased with the effort and determination of the players, giving rise to many long and high standard games for this age group. Top honours not …
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GP2 Worth 17th October 2015
The second Grand Prix of the season saw 112 assemble to compete in the Grand Prix and enjoy the beautiful Worth School grounds to the full. This event is always popular as it is a qualifying event for the prestigious London Junior Chess Championships (LJCC); itself an important stopover on the route to qualification for …
GP1 Crowborough – 12th September 2015
Crowborough Grand Prix The new season opened in style with 94 in the four SJC junior sections, joined in the impressive playing hall by a further 48 players in the 30th Crowborough Adult Congress. In the Under 11 Minors, the arbiters reported high standards of play and concentration. This was epitomised by the thrilling last …
SCCU U18 & U14 Jamboree, 13th March 2016, Gravesend
Thanks to Kent and Gravesend Grammar School for hosting. Thanks to Balvinder Ahluwalia for team administration; Jonathan Tuck and Mike Forster for team room support, and Catherine Finn and Sue Howell for playing hall support. Results: U18 Open – 6 boards Team R1 R2 R3 Total Pos Kent 1½ 3½ 3 8 3rd Surrey 2½ …
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Sussex Grand Prix
SUSSEX JUNIOR CHESS Grand Prix Scores : Under 7 Period from 01/09/2002 to 22/02/2003 Name Tournament Total Grand 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Points Prix REEVES-DIENES,Edward….. 2.0 1.5 2.5 4.0 4.0 14.0 12.5 BROTHWOOD,Daniel……… 2.0 2.5 1.5 0.5 1.0 7.5 7.0 …
Sussex U11 Championship
Girls still rule in Sussex after Abi Fryer was the unexpected but worthy winner of the Under 11 championships. Following in the footsteps of last year’s Sussex star, Stephanie Barraclough, Abi swept all before her (well almost) including the pre-tournament favourite Andrew Tucker to take the title by half a point. Hellingly were the schools …
Sussex U9 Championship
Farris Ziyada won a closely fought championship to follow up his success in last year’s under 8’s. SUSSEX JUNIOR CHESS Date Played :24/11/2001 Cross Table for UNDER 9 CHAMPIONSHIP Pos PIN Name Grade Rounds 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B C D 1 1 ZIYADA, Farris………. 78 b25+ b19+ b6+ b5= b13+ …
NYCA Championships
NYCA Under 14 Team (10 Nov 01) If any aspiring team manager wants to learn how to win the competitions their teams enter, they could do no worse than have a word with Martin May whose under 14 teams have maintained a fantastic 100% record under his leadership. The team started the tournament with high …
Horsham Tournament
66 players turned-up to compete in the four sections (Under 11 Major and Minor and Under 18 Major and Minor). The Under 18 Major was extremely hard fought. A measure of this can be seen in that the winner Charlie Linford ‘only’ scored 4 ½ points. Charlie had to recover after a first round defeat …
SCCU U14/U90 Championship
Sussex vs Hampshire, 6th October 2001 Following the under 8 championship, the Under 14 (under 90 grade) team put up an fantastic display in disposing of Hampshire in the Southern Counties Chess Union competition by the largest margin ever for a Sussex Team. In the first round, not a single game was lost, and the …