120 Sussex children made their way to Downloads School to compete for the Sussex U9, U11, U13 and U18 rapid play titles. This event is an important one as the Sussex U9 and U11 team selectors are talent spotting for the team events upcoming in the Spring term. It also has the added attraction of …
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The National Youth Chess Association (NYCA) run under 18, under 16, under 14 and under 12 inter-association chess events each autumn term. The dates for 2015 are:- 27th September U18 & U14 7th November U16 & U12 U12 Championship – 7th November 2015 The team: Amardip Ahluwalia, Michael Banks, Roland Bourne, Jonathan Britnell, Giovanni …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 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 …
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 …
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 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 …