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Updated 3.8.03 JUNIOR NEWS

KENT JUNIOR GRAND PRIX: Final Event at Maidstone, 5th July 2003
Under 18 (18 pl) 1 Jia Shen Lee (St Olaves GS) 5½/6; 2 Nicholas Kidson (Sevenoaks) 5; 3-4 Michael Marrow (St Olaves), Lyall Bayliss (Tunbridge Wells) 4…
Under 11 (21 pl) 1-1 Anthony Gregory (Horsted), Richard Lobo 5½/6; 3-6 Constantine Philippou (Hayes), Lawrence Stannard (Bromley), Alexandra Kidson (Sevenoaks), Philip Knight-Stevenson (Steephill) 4…
Under 9 (21 pl) 1 Alexander Ho (Eltham College Junior School) 5½/6; 2-3 Samuel Richardson-Velmans (“St Christophers”), Soriah Williams (“St Benedicts”) 5; 4-7 Joe Kidson, Tom Ball (both Dulwich College), Udara de Silva (Barming Maidstone), Andrew Turner (Tunbridge Wells) 4…

KENT SCHOOLS LEAGUE 2002-3 update 2.7.03
Senior Finals 25.3.03: 1 Dulwich College; 2 St Olaves GS Orpington; 3 Maidstone GS; 4 Judd GS Tonbridge
Under 16 Final 10.4.03 Judd GS Tonbridge 2 3 St Olaves GS Orpington
Under 13 Final St Olaves GS Orpington. Maidstone GS conceded.
Under 11 Finals 29.6.03: 1 Eltham College Junior School (A team) 15/15; 2 Barming Maidstone 5½; 3 Solefield Sevenoaks 5; 4 Amherst Sevenoaks 4½. An astonishing winning margin for Eltham.

ENGLISH CHESS CHALLENGE 2003: FINALS Saturday 7th June 2003
Winners:
Under 15 Boys Richard O'Neill (De Stafford)
Under 13 Boys James Foster (Cumnor House Prep)
Under 13 Girls Marie Harman (Woodcote High)
Under 11 Boys Tom Varghese (Park Hill Juniors)
Under 11 Girls Carolyn Barker (Coulsdon C of E Primary)
Under 10 Boys Robert Maguire (Ashburton Juniors)
Under 10 Girls Sheila Dines (Old Palace)
Under 9 Boys James Side (St Mary Magdalen Primary)
Under 9 Girls Yasmin Kasim (Glendower Prep)
Under 8 Boys Keith Barker (Coulsdon C of E Primary)
Under 8 Girls Caroline Foster (Wolsey Juniors)
Under 7 Boys James McMillan (Essendene Lodge Prep)
Under 7 Girls Angharad Lee (St Teresas Essex)
Results Scott Freeman. We do not know where most of these schools (or clubs?) are.

TUNBRIDGE WELLS JUNIOR 3rd May 2003
Under 18/14 (14 pl) 1 Craig Fraser (Maidstone/South Africa: elo 1700: honorary Parent because 19+ and hors concours) 5/6; 2 Zubin Siganporia 96 (St Olaves: TW Champion) 4½; 3-4 Michael Marrow 128 (St Olaves), Raymond Gosden 151 (Whitstable) 4; 5-6 Kenrick de Nazareth 113 (Colfes), Eoin (pronounced Ewen) Devane *61 (St Olaves) 3½...
Under 12 (Kent Championship: 22 pl) 1 Jia Shen Lee 89 (St Olaves) 5½/6; 2 Lawrence Stannard 64 (Croydon) 5; 3 Richard Lobo 76 4½; 5-6 Lyall Bayliss 85, Tim Weaver 79 4; 7-9 Siddharth Viswanath 73 (St Olaves), Constantine Philippou 86 (Hayes Kent), Alexandra Kidson 46 (Hadlow) 3½...
Under 10 (22 pl) 1-3 Alexander Ho (Eltham College), Glen Ostacchini 62 (Beckenham), Robert Maguire (Coulsdon CF) 5; 4 Samuel Richardson Velmans 38 (Beckemham) 4½; 5 Robert Lob0 21 (Petts Wood CC) 4; 6-9 Elliott Auckland 36 (Tunbridge Wells), Altay Basaran 30 (Harenc), Patrick Dowling 29 (Bromley), Fergus Holloway (Beckenham) 3½...
Under 8 (12 pl) 1 Scott Ostacchini 55 (Beckenham) 5½/6; 2-5 Jia Ping Lee 10 (JAGS Prep), Edward Henwood *38 (Harenc), Soriah Williams 42 (Chatham), Udara de Silva 48 (Barming Maidstone) 4...
Results Us. Full cross-tables should be on the Kent Junior site shortly.

ST OLAVES(Orpington) JUNIOR 29.3.02
Under 18/14 (13 pl) 1 Kenrick de Nazareth (Blackheath) 5½/6; 2 Edmund Birkhamshaw (Beckenham) 4½; 3-4 Joseph Boyle (Beckenham), Zubin Siganporia (Orpington) 4...
Under 14 (32 pl) 1 Richard Lobo (Orpington) 6/6; 2 Lyall Bayliss (Tunbridge Wells) 5; 3-4 Siddhu Viswanath (Petts Wood), Nicholas Kidson (Hadlow) 4½; 5-8 Yari Voropayev (Dulwich College), Chung Leung (Orpington), Alexander Davan-Wetton (Tonbridge), Gary Chan (Orpington), Michael Cheeseman (Orpington) 4...
Under 11 (42 pl) 1 Antony Gregory (Walderslade) 5½/6; 2-4 David West (Dulwich), Constantine Piilippou (West Wickham), Jack Siebert (Orpington) 5; 5 Robert Stebbings (SE12) 4½; 6-13 Oliver Sargent (Hayes), Tim Weaver (Maidstone), David Voisey (Farnborough), Rafael Castelo (SE12), Koki Ichimura (Beckenham), Shahin Ghezelayagh (Chislehurst), Lawrence Stannard (Croydon), Alexandra Kidson (Hadlow) 4...
Under 9 (35 pl) 1 Robert Lobo (Orpington) 6/6; 2 Udara de Silva (Maidstone) 5; 3-4 Oliver Hillgrove (Dulwich), Samuel Richardson Velmans (Beckenham) 4½; 5-11 Andrew Turner (Tunbridge Wells), Fergus Holloway (Beckenham), Timur Basaran (Bexley), James Wong (London), Edward Clark (Tonbridge), Harry O'Connor (Southborough), Soriah Williams (Chatham) 4...

BIRMINGHAM U14 RAPIDPLAY at Solihull, Saturday 1st March 2003
Well, an SCCU team won it. This is a long-established event attracting teams from well outside the Midlands. This year, one from NCCU, two from WECU and six from SCCU. Plus eleven from the Midlands. That's not counting the Reserves event, of which we have few details beyond what we give here.
Championship 1 St Olaves GS Orpington A 9/10 (GP 32/40); 2 Bedford Modern A 9 (a good few less than 32). 5 rounds, 20 teams of 8.
Reserves 1-2 MCS Oxford A, MCS Oxford B

KENT PRIMARY CHAMPIONSHIPS at Maidstone, 22nd February 2003
Under 11 (19 pl) 1-2 Richard Lobo (SE London), Timothy Weaver 5/6; 3 Oliver Hazell (Bromley) 4½; 4-6 Constantine Philippou (Hayes), Pedrum Hashemi, Robert Stebbings (SE London) 4; 7-8 Lawrence Stannard (SE London), Jenny Martin (Bromley High) 3½...
Under 10 (17 pl) 1-2 Elliott Auckland (Tunbridge Wells), Anthony Gregory 5/6; 3-4 Robert Maguire (SE London), Koki Ichimura (Bishop Challoner) 4½; 5-6 James Moulange, Kieron Hazell 4...
Under 9 (12 pl) 1 Fergus Holloway (Beckenham) 6/6; 2 Alexander Ho (Eltham College) 5; 3-4 Charlie Houseago, Edward Clark 4...
Under 8 (11 pl) 1-2 Robert Lobo (SE London), Soriah Williams 5/6; 3-5 Daniel Dowling (Bishop Challoner), Udara de Silva (Maidstone), Andrew Turner 4...
Full cross-tables should be on the Kent Junior site shortly.

LANGLEY PARK JUNIOR (Kent) 25th January 2003
Under 18/16 (8 pl) 1-2 Raymond Gosden (Sittingbourne), Kenrick de Nazareth (Colfes) 5/6; 3-4 Michael Marrow (St Olaves), Sarah Broadbent (Newstead Wood) 4...
Under 14 (16 pl) 1 James McKeever (Dartford) 5/6; 2 James Toynton (St Olaves) 4½; 3-5 James Langston, Jonathan Clark (both "Priory"), Nicholas Kidson (Sevenoaks) 4; 6-7 Sam Siebert (St Olaves), Chathu de Silva (Maidstone GS) 3½...
Under 11 (28 pl) 1 Daniel West (Dulwich College) 5½/6; 2 Alexandra Kidson (Tonbridge) 5; 3-4 C Ludo Hashemi (Dulwich College), Lawrence Stannard (London) 4½; 5-10 Jenny Martin (Bromley High), Jack Siebert (Bromley), Patrick Dowling (Bishop Challoner), Sam Gibb (Bromley), Oliver Hazell (Bromley), Koki Ichimura (Bishop Challoner) 4; 11 Robert Stebbings (London) 3½...
Under 9 (22 pl) 1 Daniel Douet (Bishop Challoner) 5½/6; 2 Samuel Richardson ("St Christophers") 5; 3 Fergus Holloway ("St Christophers") 4½; 4-6 Soriah Williams ("St Benedicts"), Silas Wharton (Wouldham), Sheila Subbia (Bromley High) 4; 7-9 Miguel Garcia ("St Marys"), Andrew Turner ("St James"), Timur Basaran (Harenc) 3½
Results Darrell Siebert. Full cross-tables should be on the Kent Junior site shortly.

18.1.03
MAGDALEN COLLEGE SCHOOL OXFORD
BRITISH CHESS EDUCATIONAL TRUST AWARD 2002
MCS Oxford have gained the rare distinction of winning this award twice (the first occasion was in 1964). Under their teacher John Place they are one of the leading chess-playing schools in the County, being active at all age levels down to 7 or 8, competing with success in tournaments outside the Union, and regularly winning their Zone of the BCF Schools Championship. (This year their A and C teams took the first two places and both go on to the national stage.) They have also lately been providing the venue for Oxfordshire's home County matches.
     We believe one other award was made, to a school from the NCCU, but have no details.
[Apologies for late announcement. The award was made, and prize Board and Clock delivered, some time ago but we've been waiting for an announcement from the BCET/BCF. In the absence of one we are now pleased to announce it anyway.]

SCCU JUNIOR CHAMPIONS 2002-3
     From the London Junior U18, 28-30 December 2002:
SCCU U18 Champions jointly Lorin AR D'Costa 202 (Royston), Thomas Nixon 175 (Richmond Juniors) 5/6 and tied with two others for first place
     From the London Junior U16, 28-30 December 2002:
SCCU U18 Girls Champion Chantal Sirisena 100 (Richmond Juniors) 3/6
     From the London Junior U14 Major, 14-15 December 2002:
SCCU U14 Champion Dana Hawrami 139 (Ilford), who won the tournament outright with 5/6
SCCU U14 Girls Champion Chantal Sirisena 100 (Richmond Juniors) 3½
     From the London Junior U12 Major, 28-30 December 2002:
SCCU U11 Champion Subin Sen 107 (Ilford) 7½/9 and tied with two others for first place
SCCU U11 Girls Champion Katie Hale 73 (Essex) 6/9
     From the London Junior U10 Major, 14-15 December 2002:
SCCU U9 Champions jointly Yang-Fan Zhou 54r (Richmond Juniors), Andrew Willis 91r (Oxford) and Jack Harding 72r (Richmond Juniors) 5/7. Yang-Fan and Jack are still U8s. Yang-Fan took the trophy on tie-break.
SCCU U9 Girls Champion Alexandra Bottemanne 3. We don't know Alexandra's affiliation, but she comes from Ealing and has played for Middx Girls CA in the U14/90.
Full crosstables are on the LJCC site.

ELTHAM JUNIOR 7th December 2002
Under 18/14 (20 pl) 1 Raymond Gosden (Whitstable) 6/6; 2-5 Michael Marrow (St Olaves) and (joint U14 winners) Kenrick de Nazareth (Colfes), Siddhu Viswanath (St Olaves), James McKeever (Dartford GS) 4; 6-7 Jia Shen Lee (St Olaves), Nicholas Kidson (Derwent College) 3½...
Under 11 (35 pl) 1 Richard Lobo (SE London) 6/6; 2-3 David Voisey (Eltham College), Tim Weaver 5; 4-5 Manraj Bahra (Eltham College), Constantine Philippou (Hayes Primary) 4½; 6-11 Vas Bala, Patrick Dowling, Glen Ostacchini (all Bishop Challoner), Robert Maguire (SE London), Oliver Sargent (Hayes Primary), Robert Stebbings (Lee) 4; 12-13 Koki Ichimura Bishop Challoner), Jenny Martin (Bromley High) 3½...
Under 9 (16 pl) 1 Fergus Holloway (Beckenham) 5½/6; 2 Robert Lobo (SE London) 5; 3-4 Daniel Dowling Daniel Douet (both Bishop Challoner) 4; 5 Scot Ostacchini (Bishop Challoner) 3½...
Results Manuch Ghezeleyagh. Full cross-tables should be on the Kent Junior site shortly.

RGS GUILDFORD TOURNAMENT 23-24 November 2002
Trophy (both days: 17 pl) 1 Sam Williams (RGS) 5½/6; 2-3 Matthew Harborne (RGS), Peter Roberson (Robert Mays) 4½; 4 Christopher Rawlinson (RGS) 4; 5-8 Anton Chernikov (Tiffin Boys), Chantal Sirisena (Tiffin Girls), Jamie Yardley (St Pauls), Matthew King (RGS) 3½...
Under 18 A (Saturday: 7 pl) 1 Martyn Tamerlane (Winston Churchill) 6/6; 2-3 Andrew Carney (RGS), Daniel Eichner (Notre Dame) 4...
Under 18 B (Sunday: 23 pl) 1 Visagan Ravindran (Tiffin Boys) 5½/6; 2-4 Alexander Russell (RGS), Niroshun Nadesalingam (Hollyfield), Similan Anandajeyarajah (Tiffin Boys) 4½; 5-7 Anish Patel (KCS Wimbledon), James Lawrence (RGS), Michael Baker (RGS) 4; 8-10 Dominic Griffin (Danes Hill), James Watson (St Pauls), Karam Saridar (RGS) 3...
Under 12 A (Saturday: 24 pl) 1 Eleanor Hayden (Uckfield) 5½/6; 2 Cai Hughes (Brookland) 5; 3 Robert Lydiard (Cranmore) 4½; 4-8 James McCallion (Holy Trinity), Stefan Curtress (Lanesborough), Thomas Charles (Yateley Manor), Tristan Blundell (St Lawrence), Zoe Geidelberg (St Catherines) 4; 9-11 Jack Walker (St Annes), Jeremy Gordon (Danes Hill), Patrich Crummay (Yateley Manor) 3½...
Under 12 B (Sunday: 39 pl) 1 Rahil Davda (Bishop Perrin) 5½/6; 2 Bededict Scholl (Danes Hill) 5; 3-7 Andrew Goodman (Bishopsgate), Antonia Round (Lady Eleanor Holles), Christie Goodman (RGS High Wycombe), Thilagini Anandajeyarajah (Knollmead), Thomas McNally (Danes Hill) 4½; 8-9 David Simcock (George Abbot), Verity Maton (Sir William Perkins) 4; 10-18 Christopher Bridges (RGS), Daniel Hunt (Lanesborough), Fay Birch (Claremont), Isaac Knight, Josiah Knight (both Yateley Manor), Nathan Morley (Danes Hill), Neeilan Ravindran (Knollmead), Toby Cooper (Lanesborough), Xavier Yau (Boxgrove Primary) 3½...

SIDCUP JUNIOR 9th November 2002
Under 18/14 (15 pl) 1-2 Raymond Gosden (Whitstable), Kenrick de Nazareth (Colfes: U14 Champion) 5; 3-4 Michael Marrow (U18: St Olaves GS), Zubin Siganporia (U14: St Olaves GS) 4½; 5 Nicholas Kidson (U14: Sevenoaks) 3...
Under 12 (35 pl) 1 Andrew Tucker (Downlands Sussex) 6/6; 2-3 Sam Evington (Maidstone GS), Siddhu Viswanath (St Olaves GS) 5; 4-5 Jia Shen Lee (St Olaves), Lawrence Stannard (Bromley) 4½; 6-11 Daniel Andrew (Maidstone GS), Lyall Baliss (Otford), Saravana Perumal (St Olaves), Vas Bala (Bishop Challoner) 4...
Under 10 (25 pl) 1-3 Alexander Ho (Eltham College), Altay Basaran, Robert Maguire 5/6; 4-6 Damon Burgoyne (Essex), Elliott Auckland (Tunbridge Wells), Andrew Turner 4...
Under 8 (15 pl) 1 Robert Lobo 6/6; 2 Scott Ostacchini (Bishop Challoner) 5; 3 Daniel Dowling (Bishop Challoner) 4½; 4 Joe Kidson (Dulwich College) 4...
Full cross-tables should be on the Kent Junior site shortly.

ASHFORD (KENT) JUNIOR 12th October 2002
Under 18 (9 pl) 1 Raymond Gosden (Sittingbourne) 5/5; 2 Richard Cheeseman (Orpington) 4; 3 Tim Law (K Ethelbert Birchington) 3½...
Under 14 (17 pl) 1 Lyall Bayliss (Tunbridge Wells) 4½/5; 2-3 Jason Halle, Abi Fryer 4; 4 Chathu de Silva (Maidstone) 3½...
Under 11 (12 pl) 1 Timothy Weaver 5/5; 2 Anthony Gregory 4...
Under 9 (12 pl) 1 Silas Wharton (Wouldham) 4½/5; 2 Andrew Turner 4...
Results Darrell Siebert. Full cross-tables should be on the Kent Junior site shortly.

CCF CHESS CHALLENGE 2002 21st September 2002
"The Grand Final was held at CCF with the 12 winners from the different age-group finals held in May coming together to battle over the £225 prize fund. Players involved in the event from the start ranged from Staffordshire down to Dorset, showing that the CCF Chess Challenge is becoming of significant national interest.
     "There were 4 rounds of 50 minutes each on the clock and in those 4 rounds, not one of the gameswas drawn.
     "The players ranged from U15 down to U7 (as of their last school year). The first shock came in round 1 when the youngest boy champion defeated the oldest. Craig Whitfield from Staffordshire put in a fantastic performance all day to show what a tremendous prospect he is. His mother said she would have been delighted for him to score 50%, but he outdid himself. Ultimately, he finished second, only losing to the eventual winner."
1 Similan Anandajeyarajah (U13B: Tiffin School) 4/4 £50; 2-4 Sheila Dines (U9G: "Old Palace": Best Girl) £42, Jonathan Lui (U11B: Whitgift: Best U11 £42; Craig Whitfield (U9B: Hassell Coun Prep Staffs: Best u9) £42; 5-8 Thilagini Anandajeyarajah ("Knollmead Primary"), Georgia Blake-Mills ("Westwood High"), Visagan Ravindran (Tiffin School), Alex Troop (Wilsons) 2
Results Scott Freeman

RUSSELL TROPHY JAMBOREE at RGS Guildford, 13th September 2002
1 St Pauls School 7½/8; 2-3 RGS Guildford, Tiffin 5½; 4 Westminster School 4½; 5 Hampton School 4; 6-7 Whitgift, KCS Wimbledon 2; 8 Wallington (CGS?) 1
Results Alan Thorn

UK CHESS CHALLENGE: GIGAFINAL 20/21 July 2002
Mike Basman reports:
The Gigafinal stage of the UK Chess Challenge was held at the Octagon Centre in Sheffield on 20th and 21st July. Over 1,600 players took part and 38 of these qualified for the Terafinal with a further 82 gaining places in the Challengers Tournament. These tournaments will be held at Blenheim High School in Epsom, Surrey on 24th and 25th August and there the final destination of the title of STRAT and the £1,000 first prize will be decided.
     Players from the Southern Counties will be well represented at this event. Comprising about 30% of the population of the UK, the Southern Counties have provided more than 50% of the finalists. The breakdown is as follows:-
Berkshire: 2 Challengers
Buckinghamshire: 1 Challenger
Cambridgeshire: 0
Essex: 2 Terafinalists (Subin Sen U9 boy; Alex O'Toole U11 boy) plus 6 Challengers
Hertfordshire: 2 Terafinalists (Lorin D'Costa U18 boy: 2000 and 2001 Strat; Robbie Carr U10 boy) plus 1 Challenger
Kent: 2 Challengers
Middlesex: 2 Terafinalists (Jack Harding U7 boy; Akshaya Ahuja U10 boy) plus 7 Challengers
Oxfordshire: 2 Terafinalists (Larissa Cooke U9 girl; Claire Morris U14 girl) plus 3 Challengers
Surrey: 8 Terafinalists (Caroline Foster U7 girl; Damir Rafi U8 boy; Harvey Birch U9 boy; Jeremy Gordon U10 boy; Charles Court U10 boy; Selina Khoo U11 girl; Graham Hantman U12 boy; Alexandra Wilson U18 girl) plus 13 Challengers
Sussex: 3 Terafinalists (Andrew Tucker U11 boy; Stephanie Barraclough U12 girl; Katherine Rattle U13 girl) plus 4 Challengers
     Full results can be viewed on http://www.ukchesschallenge.com

Earlier material is in the Archive.