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OXON SCHOOLS LEAGUE 2004-5
had a total entry of 25 teams.
Uunder 18 1 Magdalen College School; 2 Abingdon School
Under 15 1 Magdalen College School; 2 Abingdon School
Under 13 1 Magdalen College School; 2 Dragon School
Under 11 1 Magdalen College School; 2 New College School
Under 9 1 Dragon School; 2 Magdalen College School
Results John Place

KENT JUNIOR GRAND PRIX FINAL EVENT 3rd July 2005
Under 18 (10 pl) 1 Matt Bunn 69 (Wrotham) 4/5; 2 Lyall Bayliss 128 (Edenbridge) 3½; 3-5 Nicholas Kidson 117 (Hadlow), Michael Marrow 130 (St Olaves), Siddhu Viswanath 104 (St Olaves) 3...
Under 14 (19 pl) 1 Roland Johnson 82 (Brentwood) 5/5; 2 Sam Evington 97 (Maidstone GS) 4; 3-5 Jonathan Fallman 87 (Essex), Constantine Philippou 94 (St Olaves), Timothy Weaver 84 (Maidstone GS) 3½...
Under 11 (21 pl) 1 Joe Kidson 71 (Dulwich College) 5/6; 2-3 Alex Ho 87 (Eltham College), Victor Jones 57 (Lewisham CC) 4½; 4-6 Udara de Silva 59 (Maidstone), Joshua Meyer 41 (Peckham) 4...
Under 9 (24 pl) 1 Jasdeeep Gahir 42 (South Norwood CC) 5½/6; 2 John Winter 27 (Dulwich College Prep School) 5; 3-4 Baven Balendran 44 (Dulwich College Prep School), Benedict Rodrigues 22 (Dulwich) 4½; 5-6 Charlie Mills 45 (W Sussex), Raunaq Cavet (Dulwich) 4...
Grand Prix winners 2004-5 Under 18 Lyall Bayliss; Under 11 Dunstan Rodrigues; Under 9 Jasdeep Gahir

KENT SCHOOLS LEAGUE 2004-5
Senior (7 entries) St Olaves GS
Under 16 (8 entries) St Olaves GS
Under 13 (16 entries) St Olaves GS
Under 11 (22 entries) Eltham College Junior School
This is the first time for ten years that the same school has won all three senior titles. (Losing Finalists in the U16 were St Olaves B.)

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE MEGAFINAL 8th May 2005
attracted 185 players.
Under 18/17/16/15
1 (U17 Supremo) Matthew Dignam (Chesham High) 6/6; 2(-?) Naomi Miller (Oxford High) 5/6. Following scores, and places, not explicit. U18 Supremo Andrew Lewis (Dr Challoners); U16 Supremo Philip Makepeace (Dr Challoners); U15 Supremo Daniel McShee (Beechwood, Slough)...
Under 14 1 (Supremo) Beaummont Tang (Dr Challoners) 6/6; 2 Edward Basham (RGS High Wycombe) 4... Suprema Natalie McDaid (Stowe) 3...
Under 13 1 (Supremo) Michael Turner (Chesham High) 6/6... Suprema Susanna Challinger (Aylesbury High)
Under 12 1 (Supremo) Alan Miscampbell (Royal Latin, Buckingham) 5½/6; 2 (Suprema) Ruth Burr (Beaconsfield High) 4½...
Under 11 1 (Supremo) Samuel Walker (Chesham Prep) 6/6; 2-3 Abigail Basham (Hamilton: Suprema), Ilya Iyengar (The Beacon) 5...
Under 10 1 (Supremo) Joshua Hagley (Hamilton)5½/6; 2-6 Matthew Saunders, Callum You, Ryan Kinsman (all Hamilton), James Bentley (Leyhill), Alexander Manton-Jones (Eagle House Sandhurst Berks) 4½... Suprema Caitlin Browne (Gerrards Cross) 3
Under 9 1 (Supremo) Joseph Walker (Chesham Prep) 5½/6; 2-3 Briony Brock (Gateway: Suprema), Tashan Hackshaw (Hamilton) 5...
Under 8 1 (Suprema) - Eleanor Gill (Hamilton) 6/6; 2 (Supremo) Connor Sagar (Gt Kingshill) 5...
Under 7 1 (Supremo) - Charlie Basham (Hamilton) 6/6; 2 Adam Phimister (Holmer Green) 5... Suprema Freya Hope (Ladymede)
Results Neville Belinfante

TUNBRIDGE WELLS JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 7th May 2005
Under 18/16 (Kent Championship: 13 pl) 1-2 Michael Marrow 130 (St Olaves), Lyall Bayliss 128 (Westerham) 4/5; 3-4 Matt Bunn 69 (Wrotham), Yari Voropayev 134 (Dulwich College) 3½... Kent U16 Champion Jason Halle 64 (Cleeve Park) 3
Under 14 (Kent Championship: 18 pl) 1 Anthony Gregory 113 (Judd) 4½/5; 2-5 Robert Stebbings 72 (Charlton CC), Andrew Turner 66 (St James TW), Siddhu Viswanath 104 (St Olaves), Dunstan Rodrigues 81 (DCPS) 3½...
Under 12 (Kent Championship: 16 pl) 1-2 Michael Turner 64 (Maidstone), William Jones 51 (Bexley/Erith THS) 5½/6, 3-4 George Horton (Judd), Fergus Holloway 80 (Lewisham) 4...
Under 10/8 (32 pl) 1-4 Joshua Meyer 41 (Rosemead Prep), Keith Barker 56 (Coulsdon), Andrew Zhao 27 (Dulwich College), John Winter (DCPS) 6/6; 5-9 Udara de Silva 59 (Barming Maidstone), Billy Sargent 15 (Hayes Primary), Jasdeep Gahir 42 (Rosemead), Alex Penn 30 (SE24), Gautham Reddiar (Eltham College) 4... U8 Champion Gautham Reddiar

KENT/SUSSEX MEGAFINAL QUALIFIER 10th April 2005
Section 1 (17 pl) 1 Adam Prescott (Crowborough) 137 7/7; 2 Kenrick de Nazareth (Colfes GS) 130 5½; 3 James Foster (Coulsdon) 114; 4-5 Sheila Dines (Surrey) 106, Dunstan Rodrigues (Dulwich) 79...
Section 2 (16 pl) 1-2 Nicholas Kidson (Tonbridge) 117, Robert Stebbings (Charlton) 72 5½/7; 3-5 William Jones (Lewisham), Robert Maguire 78, Siddhu Viswanath (St Olaves) 104 5...
Section 3 (24 pl) 1 Nathaniel Clark 6½/7; 2 Alex Schymyck 38 6; 3 Matthew Bunn 69 5½; 4-8 Charlie Houseago 56 5; 5-8 Ralph McKeever 21, Siddharth Reddiar 54, Ashley Savarin, Ben Stokes 4½...
Section 4 (20 pl) 1 Duke Quinton (Coulsdon) 37 6/7; 2 Perumal Saravana 82 5½; 3-7 Jonathan Burch (Sussex) 4, Timothy Lynch, Harry O'Connor 28, Matthew Payne (Sussex)44, Benedict Rodrigues 4 5...

EPSCA INTER-ASSOCIATION UNDER 9: SE ZONE 12th March 2005 at Edgware
1 Herts 28/36; 2 (on tie-break) Wey Valley 26; 3 Sussex 26. Three-round jamboree, nine teams of 12. Top five qualified for the Final.

KENT JUNIOR: DULWICH 6th March 2005
Under 18 (9 pl) 1 Yari Voropayev 134 (Dulwich College) 4/5; 2 Siddhu Viswanath 104 (St Olaves GS); 3-4 Lyall Bayliss 128 (Westerham CC), Victor Jones 57 (Lewisham CC) 3...
Under 14 (15 pl) 1-2 Sheila Dines 107 (Croydon), Michael Turner 64 (Maidstone CC) 4/5; 3-5 Alex Ho 87 (Eltham College), Joe Kidson 71 (Dulwich College), Dunstan Rodrigues 79 (Crystal Palace) 3½; 6-7 Robert Maguire 78 (Croydon), Samuel Porter (Dulwich) 3...
Under 11 (42 pl) 1-4 Alex Galliano (Crawley), Charlie Houseago 56 (Dulwich), Alex Schymyck 38 (Dulwich College), Krishnan Anand 52 (Ashtead CC) 5/6; 5-7 Fergus Holloway 80 (Beckenham), Piers Shanahan 45 (Sutton), Sachintha Wijesinghe (Peckham) 4½; 8-11 Tom Ball 61 (Dulwich), Stuart Baker (Tunbridge Wells), Michael Knight (St Dunstans), Dayo Ogunsola (Kilndown CC), Andrew Zhao 27 (Dulwich) 4; 12-15 Robert Pagliuca 48 (Dulwich), Alex Penn 30 (SE24), Sheila Subbiah 35 (Chislehurst), Soriah Williams 58 (Rainham CC) 3½...
Under 9 (48 pl) 1 Jasdeep Gahir 42 (S Norwood CC) 5½/6; 2-5 George Galliano (E Grinstead CC), Fola Ogunsola (Kilndown CC), Benedic Rodrigues (Dulwich), John Winter (Sydenham) 5; 6-14 Baven Balendran 44 (Dulwich), Mihir Madhvani (W9), Ralph McKeever 21 (Horton Kirby), Harry O'Connor 28 (Tunbridge Wells), Nikhil Pillai 33 (Ilford CC), Gautham Reddiar (Eltham College), Billy Sargent 15 (Westerham CC), Ned Tidmarsh (Dulwich College), Richard Voropayev (Dulwich College) 4; 15-19 David Ballingham (Dulwich College), Raunaq Cavet (Dulwich), Nicholas Clanchy (Dulwich), Srishti Suresh (Petts Wood), Jonathan Williams (Tulse Hill) 3½...

KENT JUNIOR: COBHAM 13th February 2005
Under 18 (12 pl) 1 Sheila Dines 107 (Croydon) 4½/5; 2 Michael Marrow 130 (St Olaves GS) 4; 3-4 Akash Jain 95 (Haberdashers Askes Elstree), William Jones 51 (Bexley) 3...
Under 14 (19 pl) 1 Thilagini Anandajerarajah 89 (Surrey) 4½/5; 2 Saravana Perumal 82 (St Olaves) 4; 3-4 Jude Lenier 65 (Tonbridge CC), Dunstan Rodrigues 79 (Crystal Palace CC) 3½...
Under 11 (16 pl) 1 Alex Ho 87 (Eltham College) 6/6; 2-6 Alexander Schymyck 38, Robert Pagliuca 48, Joe Kidson 71 (all Dulwich College), Fergus Holloway 80 (Beckenham), Louis Thrumble 76 (Twickenham) 4...
Under 10 (14 pl) 1-2 Alex Penn 30 (Dulwich), Andrew Zhao 27 (Dulwich College) 5/6; 3-5 Rahda Jain 11 (Herts), Joshua Meyer 41 (Dulwich), Sachintha Wijesinghe (Peckham) 4...
Under 8/9 (17 pl) 1-2 Jasdeep Gahir 42 (Dulwich), Nikhil Pillai 47 (Ilford CC) 5/6; 3 Baven Balendran 44 (Dulwich) 4½; 4-6 Fola Ugunsola (Kilndown CC), Benedict Rodrigues 4 (Dulwich), Billy Sargent 15 (Westerham CC) 4; 7-8 Ralph McKeever 21 (Horton Kirby), Milo Thrumble 68 (Richmond Juniors) 3½...

KENT JUNIOR: BECKENHAM 15th January 2005
Under 18 (8 pl) 1 Zubin Siganporia 125 (St Olaves) 3½/5; 2-6 Jia Shen Lee 128, Michael Marrow 130, Siddhu Viswanath 104 (all St Olaves), Lyall Bayliss 128 (Westerham), Anthony Gregory 113 (Maidstone CC) 3... (so nearly everyone was above average)
Under 14 (27 pl) 1 Sheila Dines 107 (Croydon) 5/5; 2-4 Dunstan Rodrigues 79 (Dulwich), Roland Johnson 82 (Brentwood), Andrew Turner 66 (Tunbridge Wells) 4; 5-6 William Jones 51 (Lewisham CC), Shahin Ghezelayagh (Chislehurst) 3½; 7-14 Saravanan Perumal 82, Constantine Philippou 94, Siddharth Reddiar 54 (all St Olaves), Arunyan Kallaivannan 66 (Whitgift), Barney Low 62 (Bromley), Robert Maguire 78 (Croydon), Ozay Mustafa 71 (Sidcup), Robert Stebbings 72 (Charlton CC) 3...
Under 11 (36 pl) 1 Joe Kidson 71 (Dulwich College) 5½/6; 2-5 Manibharathi Periasamymanjula 82 (Sutton), Anand Krishna 52 (Croydon), Charlie Houseago (Dulwich), Christopher Dunne (Wimbledon) 4½; 6-10 Samuel Franklin (Forest Hill), Fergus Holloway 80 (Beckenham), Jia Ping Lee 49 (Lee), Alexander Schymyck 38 (Beckenham), Andrew Zhao 27 (Dulwich College) 4...
Under 9 (23 pl) 1 Nikhil Pillai 33 (Essex) 5½/6; 2 Jasdeep Gahir 42 (Norbury), 5; 3 Radha Jain 11 (Northwood)4½; 4-7 John Winter (Sydenham), Fola Ogunsola (Kilndown CC), George Galliano (Crawley), Baven Balendran 44 (Dulwich) 4...

KENT JUNIOR: CLIFTONVILLE 4th December 2004
Under 18 (10 pl) 1 Lyall Bayliss 128 (Westerham) 4½/5; 2 Elliott Auckland 83 (Tunbridge Wells) 4; 3 Siddhu Viswanath 72 (St Olaves) 3½...
Under 14 (14 pl) 1 Nat Clark (Canterbury) 5/5; 2 Robert Stebbings 72 (Charlton) 3½...
Under 12 (8 pl) 1 Victor Jones 57 (Lewisham) 5½/6; 3 Robert Maguire 78 (Coulsdon) 5; 3 Oskar Schortz 66 (Crowborough)4...
Under 10 (15 pl) 1-2 Udara de Silva 59 (Maidstone), Ralph McKeever 21 (Horton Kirby) 5/6; 3 Robert Clarke (Blackheath) 4½; 4 Gautham Reddiar (Orpington) 4...

RGS GUILDFORD TOURNAMENT 20-21 November 2004
Under 18 Trophy (both days: 11 pl) 1 Sam Williams (RGS) 5½/6; 2 Timothy Seymour (Bishop Wand) 5; 3 Sebastian Pozzo (Harrow) 4½...
Under 18 Saturday (6 pl) 1 Jack Shotton (Portsmouth GS) 5/5; 2-3 Matthew Cooke, David Lambert (both RGS) 3...
Under 18 Sunday (20 pl) 1-4 Thilagini Anandajeyarajah (Tolworth Girls), James Kirrage, David Simcock (both George Abbott), Stefan Mahadevan (Wallington GS) 4½/6; 5 Thomas Rowson (Emanuel) 4...
Under 12 Saturday (25 pl) 1 Sheila Dines 5½/6; 2-3 Harvey Birch (Claremont), Jonathan Andrew (Ibstock Place) 4½; 4-8 Fay Birch (Claremont), Joe Kidson (Dulwich College), Christopher Dunne, Alexander Jelicic (both Homefield), Christopher Hinchcliffe (St Peters) 4...
Under 12 Sunday (37 pl) 1 Akash Jain (Haberdashers Askes) 5½/6; 2-3 Marcus Gosling (Kingston GS), George Salimbeni (Great Walstead) 5; 4-12 Stefan Curtress (RGS), Balraj Gill (Danes Hill), Maanal Akhaney (Haberdashers Askes), Sam Durno (Knaphill), Zoe Geidelberg (St Catherines), Benjamin Hu (Homefield), Daniel Hunt (Lanesborough), Luke Shakerchi (City of London) 4...
Results AJW Thorn

KENT JUNIOR: SIDCUP 13th November 2004
Under 18 (11 pl) 1 Michael Marrow 130 (St olaves) 4/5; 2-3 James McKeever 104 (Dartford), Anthony Gregory 113 (Maidstone CC) 3½; 4-6 Lyall Bayliss 128 (Westerham CC), Sam Siebert 102 (St Olaves), Zubin Siganporia 125 (St Olaves) 3...
Under 14 (18 pl) 1 Alexander Ho 87 (Eltham College) 4½/5; 2-3 Erol Mamiev 86 (Erith), Shahin Ghezelayagh 81 (Eltham College) 4-5 Nat Clark (Simon Langton Canterbury), Robert Stebbings 72 (Eltham) 3½; 6-7 Ozay Mustafa 71 (Dulwich), William Jones 51 (Lewisham CC) 3...
Under 12 (30 pl) 1-3 Michael Turner 64 (Maidstone), Alexander Galliano (Crawley), Patrick Dowling 55 (Bromley) 5/6; 3-4 Victor Jones 57 (Lewisham CC), Fergus Holloway 80 (Beckenham) 4½; 5-6 Samuel Richardson-Velmans 64 (Beckenham), Glen Ostacchini 79 (Beckenham) 4; 7-12 Stuart Baker (Tunbridge Wells), Altay Basaran 51 (Eltham College), Luke Hrad (Tunbridge Wells), Robert Maguire 78 (Croydon), David Rowland (Orpington), Neale Roy (Dulwich College) 3½...
Under 10 (37 pl) 1 Andrew Zhao 27 (Dulwich) 5½/6; 2-3 Billy Sargent 15 (Westerham CC), Jack Roose 29 (Dulwich) 5; 4-5 Nikhil Pillai 33 (Essex), Filip Mijovic (Beckenham) 4½; 6-10 Sachintha Wijesinghe (Peckham), Robert Clarke (Blackheath), Ned Tidmarsh (Camberwell), Raunaq Cavet (Dulwich), Udara de Silva (Maidstone) 4...
Under 8 (13 pl) 1-2 Daniel Wallis (London N5), Gautham Reddiar (Eltham College) 5/6; 3-5 Tom Whittaker (Blackheath), Fola Ogunsola (Kilndown CC), Omar Akpogheneta (Penge) 4...

KENT JUNIOR: COLFES SE12 3rd October 2004
Under 18 (6 pl) 1 Yari Voropayev (Dulwich College) 4/5; 2-4 Lyall Bayliss (Westerham), Nicholas Kidson (Sevenoaks School), James McKeever (Dartford GS) 3...
Under 14 (16 pl) 1 Dunstan Rodrigues (Dulwich College Prep School) 4½/5; 2-4 Tim Weaver (Maidstone GS), Siddhu Viswanath, Constantine Philippou (both St Olaves GS) 3½...
Under 12 (36 pl) 1 Sheila Dines (Surrey) 6/6; 2 William Jones (Lewisham CC) 5; 3 Alexander Schymyck (Beckenham) 4½; 4-11 Robert Thompson (Torquay Boys GS), Dashiell Shaw (Stoke Newington), Joseph Quinn (Storrington Sussex), Robert Maguire (Wallington GS), Joe Kidson (Dulwich College Junior School), Fergus Holloway (Beckenham), Stuart Baker (St Johns Tunbridge Wells), Elliott Auckland (Skinners Tunbridge Wells) 4...
Under 10 (50 pl) 1-2 Andrew Turner (St James Tunbridge Wells), Tom Ball (Dulwich College Junior School) 5½/6; 3-7 Victor Jones (Lewisham CC), Jia Ping Lee (JAGS Prep), Joshua Meyer (Dulwich), Andrew Zhao (Dulwich College Junior School), Raunaq Cavet (Dulwich Prep) 4½; 8-13 Jasdeep Gahir (Norbury), Alex Penn (Dulwich), Nikhil Pillai (Ilford), James Spencer (Eltham College Junior), Sam Andrew (Colfes Prep), Callum Ferry (Hildenborough) 4...
Under 8 (8 pl) 1 Jonathan Bell (Teddington) 5/6; 2-3 Gautham Reddiar (Eltham College Junior), Alex Welty (?Marylebone) 4½; 4 Alexander Baker (Beckenham) 4...

ENGLISH CHESS CHALLENGE 2003-4
Champion is Arun Kallaivannan of Whitgift School (4/5) on SPS tie-break from Michael Rogan of Wilsons, William Glover (best under 11) of Gordonbrocks, and Keith Barker (best under 9) of Coulsdon C of E (also 4/5). Best Girl Carolyn Barker 3.
Challengers Senior Robert Maguire (formerly thrice winner of his age group) 5/5; 2 Alex McMillan now of Wilsons (formerly Essendene Lodge) 4; 3 Connor Warrener (Gordonbrock) 3
Challengers Junior 1 Duke Quinton of Caterham Prep (4/5) on SPS; 2-3 Michael McMillan (Essendene Lodge) and Jason Ying (St Peter's Primary) also 4/5
The competition is expected to increase in size again this coming year with several more schools likely to take part.
Results Scott Freeman