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SUSSEX JUNIOR RESULTS 1998-9 (with apologies for any bits we've published before)
These are Sussex CCA results. For the County's independent junior organisation, see Sussex Junior Chess http://www.nbarraclough.freeserve.co.uk
Under 18 Championship 1-2 May 1999: Swiss tournament for the George Self Cup
1 John Bryant (The Holt) 7/7; 2 Edward Lamb (The Holt) 6; 3-4 Sang Nguyen (Christs Hospital), Tom Davey (Downlands) 4½...
Under 14 Championship 1-2 May 1999: Swiss tournament for the Brian Denman Cup
1 Charlie Linford (The Holt) 6/7; 2 James Asquith (Burgess Hill) 5½; 3 Tom Poulson (Bexhill) 5... Ann Gammans Cup (Best Girl) Elizabeth Tippetts (Kirdford); Primary Shield (Best U11) Scott Lympany (Crawley), Danny Glebocki (The Holt)
     "The entry for these two events has dropped since it started in the late 80s, the main cause being a recent addition to the May Day weekend chess calendar of a national schools event on the Saturday. The Sussex organisers and control team for the past 13 years (Mick Hickman, Paul Selby, Ian Mclean and myself) are no longer willing to put in disproportionate effort for so little return. We believe the two-day format produces much better chess, but as this view does not now command support we have decided to call it a day." - Paul Watson
Under 11 Championship at Great Walstead 21st November 1998: 77 pl
1 Theo Penty 5½/6; 2-4 Grant Bucher, James Asquith, Scott Lympany 5 (and split in that order on tie-break). Team Cup St Lawrence
Under 9 Championship 7th November 1998 at Ditchling: 35 pl)
1 Joe Richardson 5½/6; 2-3 Daniel Khoo, Harry Mayhew 5; 4 Grant Bucher 4½...
Under 7 Championship 19th June 1999 at Cuckfield
1 Kajtek Skowronski 5/5; 2-3(?) Milly Upton, Christopher Linnett. Team Prize St Lawrence
     At Hurstpierpoint, no date given:
Under 18 Girls 1 Lizzie Tippetts 5½/6; 2 Charlotte Reed 4½; 3 Victoria Ruse 4...
Under 11 Girls 1 Stephanie Barraclough 5½/6; 2 Georgina Draper 5; 3-4 Francesca Scott, Charlotte Mayers 4½...
Sussex Young Masters (date and venue not given)
A new U18 tournament, played in two APA groups of 8 with a four-player play-off. Semi-finals Charlie Linford beat Theo Penty; Nicholas Campion beat David Barraclough. Final Linford 1 0 Campion
     School Team Events:
Wilson Cup (Under 18) 1 Christs Hospital; 2 Old Grammar Lewes
Sadd Cup (Under 16) 1 Dorothy Stringer High School; 2 Christs Hospital
Butler Cup (Under 14) 1 Oathall Community College; 2 Dorothy Stringer High School
Results Sussex Chess


SAITEK TERAFINAL 28th August 1999
1 (SPS) Thomas Rendle (170: Sussex) 3½/4; 2 Adam Hunt (215: Oxon) 3½; 3-5 Thomas Sharp (125: Kent), David Howell (145: Sussex), Lorin D'Costa (185: Herts) 3... 16 competed. Top U11 Thomas Sharp (who had Adam Hunt in all sorts of trouble in Rd 2 but could only draw); top girl Iva Anguelov (165: Middx) 2. Top on SPS presumably, since Catherine David (120: Oxon) and Sarah Hegarty (100: Surrey) also had 2.
     This turned out, after all, to be a 16-player Swiss. Players did not, as last year, get knocked out and move into the Challengers.
Challengers (17 pl) 1 Matthew Broomfield (195: Surrey) 5½/6; 2 Richard Jones (195: Wales) 5; 3 Chris Dorrington (145: Lincs) 4½... Top U100 Abigail Flint (65: Essex), James Porter (65: Middx) 3; top U50 Michael Keetley (45: Notts) 3½
     Believe the grades quoted are Barden estimates.
Details at http://users.aol.com/NevilleBel/terafinal.htm


UK CHESS CHALLENGE
SAITEK GIGAFINAL at NOTTINGHAM
11.7.99
Ultimos and Ultimas:
Under 18 Boys Adam Hunt (Oxford); Girls Iva Anguelov (Middx)
Under 15 Boys Lorin D'Costa (Herts); Girls Catherine David (Oxford)
Under 13 Boys Thomas Rendle (St Leonards Sussex); Girls Heather Walker (Southend)
Under 11 Boys Jamie Hillman (Middx); Girls Naomi Scott (Devon)
Under 10 Boys Thomas Sharp (Kent); Girls Sarah Hegarty (Surrey)
Under 9 Boys Graham Hantman (Surrey); Girls Naomi Miller (Oxford)
Under 8 Boys David Howell (Sussex); Girls Selina Khoo (Surrey)
Under 7 Boys Stuart Graham (Salop); Girls Poppy Maxwell (Oxford)
Simuls: Matthew Sadler +25 =1 -1; Jon Speelman +19 =8 -3 (both of these had élite opponents); Graeme Buckley +31 =0 -0; Robert Bellin +28 =1 -0; Susan Lalic +24 =1 -1; Jovanka Houska +27 =1 -2; Ketevan Arahamia +26 =7 -0.
     The Terafinal is at Olympia, Kensington, on Saturday 28th August. These 16 winners will contest a four-round (RP50/50) Swiss to decide the ultimate winner, who for reasons we've never understood will be called the STRAT. Well, press release (received about 20th July) says it's a Swiss. A parent (parents are often more reliable than press releases) tells us it's actually a KO as last year, with players moving into the Challengers when eliminated. What Challengers? Read on.
     There will also be a Challengers Tournament (RP 30/30) for Gigafinal runners-up. Challengers: U18 Richard S Jones (S Wales), Sarah Ellis (Hants); U15 Matthew Broomfield (Sy), Kirsty Stevenson (Scotland); U13 Christopher Dorrington (Lincs), Graham Morris (Berks), Teresa Khoo (Sy); U11 William Bennet (Cambs), Nathan Butterworth (Lancs), Charlotte Wilcox (Staffs); U10 Robert Heaton (Sy), Matthew Elstrop (Hants), Rebecca Gilbert (Sy); U9 Joe Richardson (Sx), James Porter (Middx), Abigail Flint (Essex); U8 Michael Keetley (Notts), Karen Jones (Kent), Jana Briggs (Mx); U7 Alastair Crosswell (Herts), Olivia Barber (Sy).
     Prizes: Main Tournament £500; top Girl and top U11 £250 each. Challengers: £250, £150, &100, £50, £ 30. Plus Grading U100 £30, U51 £30 (grades as calculated by Leonard Barden prior to the Gigafinal)


WIREPLAY
13.7.99
Remember the new Internet Schools Championship further down the page? We've been wondering what happened to it. They told us a while back that they'd had a fair number of entries just on the deadline, but the competition got bogged down and/or delayed. Slightly cryptic reply to recent inquiries suggests that it was never completed, but they're expecting quicker and easier-to-use software in September and intend to continue then. Watch this space.


KENT JUNIOR GRAND PRIX: Final Event
at the Astor of Hever School Maidstone, Saturday 3rd July 1999
Under 18 (18 pl) 1-2 Andrew Bigg, Matthew Noakes 5/6; 3-4 Oliver Cooley, Heather Richards 4½; 5 Alistair Taylor 3½...
Under 11 (23 pl) 1 Stephan Wassermann-Fry 5½/6; 2 Michael Marrow 5; 3-4 Heather Russell-Kay, Tom Shillingford 4½; 5-7 David Franklin, Harry Ryan-Smith, Sam Siebert 4...
Under 9 (16 pl) 1 Geoffrey Walters 6/6; 2-3 Nicholas Kidson, Kenrick de Nazareth 4½; 4 Karen Jones 4...
Best School Award: Amherst Sevenoaks
Website's Award for Best Name of the Season: Kenrick de Nazareth
Bob Barnes of the British Chess Problem Society gave a well received presentation. "Then a fabulous buffet supper was provided."
     Your Webmaster has never fathomed the Grand Prix scoring rules, but the seasons's winners were:
Under 18 Andrew Bigg (U16)
Under 11 Thomas Sharp (U10)
Under 9 Geoffrey Walters
For more details, see the excellent Kent Junior site.


KENT SCHOOLS LEAGUE 1998-9 with U11 update 4.7.99
Senior (14 entries) 1 Maidstone GS; 2 St Olaves GS, Orpington; 3 Dulwich College; 4 Harvey GS, Folkestone. The Senior Final Event is a one-day two-round affair, afternoon and evening, for all four surviving teams. With third-place play-off, of course. Tough, at all-moves-in-1¼-hours, and some funny things happened in the time scrambles. But MGS were very clear winners. It was at Dulwich College this year, 24th March, and GM Chris Ward (Kent Junior Chief Coach) attended and made the presentations.
Under 16 (18 entries) 1 Judd GS, Tonbridge; 2 Harvey GS, Folkestone
Under 13 (19 entries) 1 Dulwich College; 2 Eltham College
Under 11 (38 entries) Final Congress, for the 8 regional qualifiers, was held 4.7.99. 1 Amherst Sevenoaks 19½/25; 2 Barming Maidstone 17... Reserves 1 Emily Beeney (Barming) 5/5...


SCCU U18 JAMBOREES 2000 and 2001
Next season's "Open" (that is, not sex-restricted) Jamboree will be held on Saturday 4th March 2000 at King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford. Once again there will be just one jamboree, with the winner qualifying for the BCF Open (other meaning...) Final and the next highest-placed eligible team qualifying for the Minor. Everyone's eligible except Kent.
     So that girls may play in the "Open" as well as the Girls event, it is proposed to hold the Girls Jamboree on the following day, at Temple Sutton Primary School in Southend. This is a departure from previous practice, and Nigel Dennis suggests that the AGM may wish to discuss it.

The 2001 event will be in Hertfordshire on the 3rd March (with the Girls on the following day again, if it's what people want).


SCCU U14/U90 CHAMPIONSHIP
Fixtures 1999-2000
Nigel Dennis gives the provisional fixture list for next season. Kent and Herts, who did not enter last year, are thinking about it.

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SUSSEX JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS at Brighton, 1st & 2nd May 1999
Under 18 (9 pl) 1 John Bryant (The Holt: takes George Self Cup) 7/7; 2 Edward Lamb (The Holt) 6; 3-4 Tom Davey (Hassocks), Sang Nguyen (Christs Hospital) 4½...
Under 14 (14 pl) 1 Charlie Linford (The Holt: takes Brian Denman Cup) 6/7; 2 James Asquith (Burgess Hill) 5½; 3 Tom Poulson (Bexhill) 5... Best Girl Lizzie Tippetts (Kirdford: takes Anne Gammans Cup); Best U11s Danny Grebocki (The Holt), Scott Lympany (Horsham)
We note that the U18 was another of those funny Swisses: 9 players, 7 rounds. With 9 players you can't even make it APA with a round missing!
Results Paul Watson


KENT SAITEK MEGAFINAL at Maidstone Boys Grammar School, 1st May 1999
159 played. No entries above U13. First-placed player took Supremo title unless otherwise stated. School names in quotes are the ones that meant nothing to us.
Under 13 (14 pl) 1 Aly Wilson hors concours (St Marks1) 6/6; 2-4 Matthew Brown (Yardley Court Tonbridge: Supremo after play-off), Ian Gordon, Mark Jefferies (both Ravenswood Bromley) 4; 5-7 Christian Jones (Dulwich College Prep School2), Simon Ly (Ravenswood), Jonathan Temple 3½... No Suprema. No girl players except Aly.
Under 11 (45 pl) 1-3 David Ridout (Palace Wood Maidstone: Supremo on tie-break), Robert Gratwicke (Dulwich College), Mark Williamson (Amherst Sevenoaks) 5½/6; 4-5 Daniel Diamond (Dulwich College), Laura Weatherhead (Amherst: Suprema) 5; 6-15 Jessica Fathers, Melanie Jones, Laura Vinten (all Barming Maidstone), Guy Aust (Bishop Challoner), Elliott Ball (Yardley Court), David Franklin, Angus Heald (both Amherst), Michael Rose ("Oak Lodge"), Ranchor Murphy, Alex Stevens (both "St Saviours"), 4...
Under 10 (47 pl) 1 Thomas Sharp (Maidstone CC) 6/6; 2 Ricky Brown (Birchington) 5; 3-8 James Adams (Birchington), Iain Chipper, Christopher Collison, Chathu de Silva (all Barming), Karim Habibi (DCPS), Gregory Wellman (Bishop Challoner) 4½; 9-13 Amy Elvin (Charlton Dover: Suprema), Samuel Hutchins (Hawkinge), Timothy Lock, Zubin Siganporia (both Oak Lodge), Kunal Patel ("Greenhayes") 4...
Under 9 (23 pl) 1-2 Geoffrey Walters (Amherst: Supremo after play-off), Nicholas Kidson (Yardley Court) 5½/6; 3-6 Joseph Bedford, Edward Laurent (both "Roseacre"), Alexander Brooke-Turner (Dulwich College), Thomas Pope (Yardley Court) 4... Suprema Kirsty Little 3½
Under 8 (30 pl) 1 Samuel Evington (Barming) 5½/6; 2 Karen Jones (Bromley High: Suprema) 5; 3-4 Joshua Charlton (Luddenham), Visar Beqiri ("Shatterlocks", and there's a name to conjure with) 4½; 5-9 Alexander Davan-Wetton (Hilden Grange Tonbridge), Krishan Raval (Scotts Park Bromley), Alasdair Reed ("St Thomas"), James Shea, Oliver Stotter (both Dulwich College) 4...
Under 7 was incorporated in the U8. Supremo Visar Beqiri (see above); Suprema Jenna Kitley 2½
School Team Prize (a Kent initiative) 1 Amherst Sevenoaks 15/18; 2 Dulwich College; 3 (behind Dulwich on tie-break) Barming Maidstone
1 St Marks School of Chess, and thereby hangs a tale. See the Comment page. The School of Chess is in Surrey, and Aly explained to us that she was in the Kent Megafinal rather than the Surrey one because she had other commitments that clashed with the Surrey one next day. She wasn't allowed to win Kent titles, but she could (and did) qualify for the next stage.
2 Perhaps we should say that Dulwich College Prep School (in Dulwich) has nothing to do with the Dulwich College foundation. The real Dulwich College Prep School is near Cranbrook in Kent, having been evacuated during the war and stayed there ever since. It does not currently play as far as we know, though it has done so in the past. [Later note: on checking, we've been told the Cranbrook DCPS has nothing to do with Dulwich College either!]
     The Megafinal also threw up a diverting incident which we thought was good enough for the Ragbag.


TONBRIDGE JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS at Judd GS 25th April 1999
Under 18 (24 pl) 1 Matthew Noakes (Maidstone CC/Maidstone GS) 6/6; 2 Andrew Biggs (Hayes CC) 5; 3-6 Raymond Gosden (Whitstable CC: Minor title), Joseph Al Malah (Danson CC: U14/U91 title), Jin-Yu Cheong (Sevenoaks School), Mark Roberts (Sevenoaks) 4...
Under 12 (Kent Championship: 14 pl) 1 David Ridout (Maidstone CC) 5½/6; 2 Edmund Birkhamshaw (St Olaves) 5; 3 Harry Shaw (Dulwich College Prep School) 4½; 4 Edward Coughlan (Judd) 4...
Under 10 (43 pl) 1 James Asquith (Crowborough) 5½/6; 2-3 Tom Shillingford (Croydon), Chathu de Silva (Maidstone) 5; 4-7 Douglas Reed (Groombridge), Fiona Smailes (Ashtead JCC), Geoffrey Walters (Amherst Sevenoaks), James McKeever (Horton Kirby) 4½; 8-13 Sam Siebert (Bromley), Aram Karakashian (Sidcup), Louis Chalk (Bishop Challoner), Alexander Brooke-Turner (Dulwich College), Gregory Wellman (Beckenham), Peter Haffenden (Amherst) 4...
Under 8 (16 pl) 1-2 Thomas Warrener (Hilden Grange Tonbridge), Ian Wellman (Bishop Challenor) 5/6; 3-5 Alexander Davan-Wetton (Hilden Grange), Alasdair Reed (Groombridge), Jack Siebert (Bromley) 4...
Schools Prize: Bishop Challenor
Results Us


ENGLAND U11 TEAM TRIALS 24-25 April 1999, Liverpool
had some SCCU successes. William Bennet (Cambs) came 2nd with 5/6 in the 12-player Closed tournament (to determine board order among those already selected). In the Trial Tournament (52 played) Thomas Sharp (Kent) was =1st with 5/6, and Josiah Lutton (Essex) and Robert Heaton (Richmond) =3rd (with one other) on 4½. Thomas and Robert are still U10s. Full results at http://users.aol.com/NevilleBel/engtrial.htm.


EPSCA U9 TEAM FINAL Saturday 24th April 1999, Heywood Lancs
1 Wey Valley 30/36; 2 Sussex 28½; 3 Richmond 27; 4 Barnet 24½; 5 Somerset 22½; 6 Northants 19½; 7 Notts 18; 8 Greater Manchester 16½; 9-11 Hants, Lancs, Yorks 15; 12-14 Oldham, Solihull, Wirrall 13; 15 Cornwall 9½; 16 Cambs 8. Which looks a pretty clean sweep for the Southern Counties. (We'll deem Cambs to be East Anglia on this occasion.)
Full report at http://users.aol.com/NevilleBel/u9finals.htm


BCF JUNIOR SQUAD CHAMPIONSHIPS at Liverpool, 9-11 April 1999
U18/U21 1-4 Alex Longson (Ashton Under Lyne), Adam Hunt (Oxon), Rohan Churm (Thamesdown/Swindon), Daniel Bisby (Redhill/Reigate) 4½/6... All are joint U21 Champions; Alex and Adam are joint U18 Champions. Daniel won the British Championship qualifying place.
U14/U16 1 Robert Taylor (Manchester: took U14 and U16 trophies) 5½/6; 2 Chris Charman (Solihull) 5...
U12 1 William Bennet (Cambs: took U11 and U12 trophies); 2 Chris Dorrington (Lincs)...
Cross-tables at http://users.aol.com/NevilleBel/jnrsqd99.htm
Next year's Championships are at Millfield School in Somerset.


25th MAIDENHEAD JUNIOR 7-8 April 1999
Under 18 (8 pl) 1 Adam Thorpe (13: Chinnor) 5/7; 2-4 Andrew L Foster-Yeow (9: Oxshott), Catherine David (13:Oxford), Thomas E Landais (14: Pirbright) 4½...
Under 13 (20 pl) 1 David WL Howell (7 it says here: Seaford) 6/6; 2-3 David Bareham (12: Cricklade), Jeremy ZR King (12: Marlborough) 4½; 4-5 Graham P Morris (11: Abingdon), Matthew A Holmes (12: Lechlade), Jeremy Appleyard (11: Witney) 4...
Under 11 (46 pl) 1-2 Sebastian Pozzo (7: SE27), Joshua DW Hall (10: Swindon) 7/9; 3-7 Daniel Hitchens (9: Oxford), Joseph Hamdi (10: Windsor), Matthew J Linnett (10: E Sussex), Nicholas George (10: Swindon), Richard Webb (10: Swindon) 6½...
Under 9 (31 pl) 1 James Peet (8: East Finchley) 9½/11; 2 Naomi Miller (8: Oxford) 8; 3-6 Yasmin Ball (8: Crowthorne), Alexander Cook (8: Robertsbridge), Daniel J Hall (8: Swindon), Ben Melrose (8: Oxford) 7½...
It occurs to us those ages may all be as at 1.9.98 or something. Just says "Age".
Schools Tournament (8 teams) 1-2 Frideswide Middle School Oxford, Lethbridge Junior School Swindon...
Results Nigel Dennis.


TIMES SCHOOLS CHAMPIONSHIP as at 3.4.99
average ages in brackets: 5-1 always wins, else older team must win by number of points at least equal to age difference in years (ignoring fractions of a year, when you've done the subtraction sum)
Round 1 Calday Grange (location not known: 14.8) 3½ 2½ King Edward VII Lytham; Cottingham (where?) High (15.3) 3½ 2½ King Edwards Birmingham (16.7); Hampton School (14.4) 6 0 Great Houghton Prep School (11.6); Tiffin (16.2) 5 1 Winchester College (15.11); Magdalen College School Oxford (13.3)* 3 3 Dr Challenors GS Amersham (14.7); Ipswich School (14.3) 3½ 2½ Bishop Stortford High School (16.7); Maidstone GS (15.2) 6 0 North Bridge House (16.7); Yarm School (no idea: 14.11) 4 2 Greenwood Academy Irvine (14.1)
Round 2 (by end of term)
Calday Grange (14.10) 0 6 Manchester Grammar (15.10); Cottingham High School (15.8) ½ 5½ Oakham School (15.1); Hampton School (14.4) 2 4 Tiffin (16.2); Katherine Lady Berkeley School (14.10) 1 5 Torquay Boys GS (16.2); Magdalen College School (13.3) 4 2 Ipswich School (14.1); Maidstone GS (16.5) 3 3 *St Pauls (15.9); Nairn Academy (15.0) 1½ 4½ Royal Belfast Academical Institute (16.9); Queen Elizabeths Boys GS Wakefield (14.5) 4 2 Yarm School (14.11)
Quarter-finals (by 1st May)
Manchester Grammar v Royal Belfast Academical Institute; Oakham School v QE Grammar School Wakefield; St Pauls London v Tiffin; Torquay Boys GS v Magdalen College School
PLATE COMPETITION
Round 1 Aylesbury GS (15.7)* 3 3 Queen Elizabeths Boys School Barnet (16.2); Southend High School (12.7) 5 1 Northgate High School Ipswich (14.7); Bedford Modern (15.1) 3½ 2½ Magdalen College School (14.10); RGS Guildford w/o scr West Hill Park School; Lytham St Annes High Technical College (14.3) 3½ 2½ Argoed School Mold (13.3); Greenwood Academy B w/o scr Egglescliffe School; Queen Elizabeths Junior School Wakefield (10.3) 4 2 Bolton Junior School (10.7); Judd GS Tonbridge (13.11) 6 0 Hasmonean School (13.7)
Round 2
Aylesbury GS (15.7) 4 2 Southend High (13.6); Bedford Modern (14.3) 1½ 4½ RGS Guildford (14.6); Judd GS Tonbridge (14.7) 2 4 Kings College School Wimbledon (15.10); Lythan St Annes High Technology College w/o scr Greenwood Academy; Nottingham High (16.7) 3 3 *Arden School Solihull (14.1); Perth High School scr w/o St Columbs College Derry; Q Elizabeths Junior Wakefield (10.5) 1 5 Hymers College Hull (14.10); Radyr School Cardiff (14.8) 1½ 4½ Truro School (14.9)
Quarter-finals
Arden School Solihull v Aylesbury GS; Hymers College Hull v Lytham St Annes; KCS Wimbledon v RGS Guildford; Truro School v St Columbs College Derry
Results Mitchell Taylor


NATIONAL U18 TEAM FINALS at Tudor Grange School, Solihull, 27th March 1999
Open 1 Kent 9½/12; 2 Greater Manchester 8; 3-4 Essex, Suffolk 5; 5 Cambs 4½; 6 Northumbria 4.
Minor Counties Champions are Cambs. The Minor Counties Final never happened. Essex had accepted an offer to move up into the Open (no doubt to fill the gap left by the WECU). Nottinghamshire then withdrew from the Minor late in the day, leaving Cambs as the sole contestants. Cambs, thus Champions by default, had made their travel arrangements and were invited to make up a six in the Open.
     Is-this-a-record Department: every one of the six teams at Solihull had a pair of brothers in it, and four of the pairs were twins. There was also a pair of Richard Murphys, but not in the same team and they weren't twins.
     Girls Finals 22nd May (also in Solihull, though maybe a different venue) have four teams in them. Two Open, two Minor. A Girls event run on these lines hardly looks viable for next year. (Never thought to ask about Second Teams, but in the circumstances it's hard to see anyone except Surrey wanting to field one.)
Sources: Susan Richards, Peter Turner


ENGLISH COUNTIES GIRLS CHESS FEDERATION
Eastern Region Play-off (three rounds, teams of four, Rapidplay 40 min) Scunthorpe 27th March 1999
Champions Section 1 Notts 10/12; 2 North Lincs 9; 3-4 Lincs, NE Lincs 2½. Notts and Lincs both qualified for the Finals, since Lincs had split their team three ways. So what exactly this event was about, apart from playing chess, is obscure.
Challengers Section 1 Bottesford 9; 2 Leys Farm 6½ (both these teams were from schools, not counties); 3 NE Lincs; 4 Yorks (but half their players were from Lincs) 3½.
Finals are 3rd July at Abingdon.
Source: Surrey Girls Newsletter


(See also ST OLAVES CONGRESS 27.3.99 in Congress Results.)


NYCA UNDER 16 CHAMPIONSHIPS
at Solihull, 20th March 1999
1 Richmond 30½/36; 2 Kent 28½; 3 Wilts 20½; 4 Bucks 19; 5 Surrey 16½; 6-7 Glamorgan, Warwicks 13½; 8 Berks 13; 9 Staffs 2. (Scores do not total 162 because of double defaults.)
B Teams Only Kent and Richmond had B teams. 1 Kent 20/36; 2 Richmond 16.
Reserves Same remark. 1 Kent 5/6; 2 Richmond 1.
Results AJW Thorn, Clive Birkhamshaw


EPSCA ZONALS: SOUTH-EAST
Top five teams qualify for Finals (U9 24th April, U11 8th May). There are four Zones. Tie-break, if you're interested, is 1 most wins; 2 bottom board elimination; 3 lot!
Under 9 at High Wycombe, 13th March 1999. Three rounds, teams of 12.
1 Sussex 27½/36; 2 Barnet 26½; 3 Richmond 24½; 4 Wey Valley 23; 5-6 Hants (qualify on tie-break), Essex 20½; 7 Kent 16; 8 NW London 14½; 9 Berks 12½; 10 Bucks 12; 11 Herts 4; 12 South London did not turn up.
Under 11 at Colfes School London SE12, 20th March 1999. Three rounds, teams of 20.
1-2 Sussex (take trophy on tie-break), Wey Valley 44/60; 3 Kent 41½; 4 Richmond 40; 5 Essex 39; 6 Barnet 36; 7 Hants 32½; 8 Bucks 23½; 9 NW London 22; 10 Herts 18; 11 Berks 16½; 12 South London 3.
U11 Reserves Tournament 1 Sussex 9/12; 2 Kent 8; 3 Barnet 7; 4 Hants 4; 5 Richmond 2; and other teams had no reserves, or less than their quota of four.
     These results, at both age levels, are a triumph for Sussex. Their U9s, with individual coaching, have been coming on for a couple of years now; and suddenly it's borne fruit at U11 as well. Watch out the rest of you at U14 level in three years time.
Results Malcolm Walters, rjh


SCCU U18 AND U14 JAMBOREES
were held on Saturday 6th March 1999. See the U18 and U14 pages.


KENT PRIMARY CHAMPIONSHIPS at Maidstone 27th February 1999
Under 11(20 pl) 1 Amir Habibi (Maidstone) 5½/6 with a 0-move draw in the last round; 2 Daniel Diamond (Dulwich College) 5 with a win in the last round; 3-7 Laura Weatherhead (Sevenoaks), Stephan Wassermann-Fry (Whitstable), Michael Marrow (Chislehurst), Robert Gratwicke (Dulwich College), Guy Aust (Bishop Challoner) 4...
Under 10 (38 pl) 1 Thomas Sharp (Maidstone) 6/6; 2-6 Tom Shillingford (Ashburton), Sam Siebert (Hayes), Peter Mills (Tunbridge Wells), David Christie (Bishop Challoner), Chathu de Silva (Maidstone) 4½...
Under 9 (?20 pl) 1 Kenrick de Nazareth (St Olaves) 5½/6; 2 Nicholas Kidson (Tonbridge) 5; 3 Geoffrey Walters (Sevenoaks) 4½...
Under 8 (25 pl) 1-3 Karen Jones (Bromley), Bennet Comer ("Beech Grove"), Joshua Charlton (Luddenham) 5/6; 4-5 Frankie Petken (Bishop Challoner), Alexander Davan-Wetton (Tonbridge) 4½...
Team Prize Dulwich College
The Kent Primary Championships, alone among events on the Kent junior circuit, have a rule saying you can only play in your "proper" age group.


BWCA GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIPS at Street (Essex) 13-14 February 1999
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SOUTH OF ENGLAND JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS in Surrey 6-8 February 1999
See http:\\users.aol.com\NevilleBel\98-99.htm


KENT SECONDARY CHAMPIONSHIPS at Beckenham, 23rd January 1999
Under 18/16 (12 pl) 1 Matthew Noakes (Maidstone) 6/6; 2 Andrew Bigg (Hayes: U16 title) 4½; 3 Oliver Cooley (Beckenham & Bromley) 4...
Under 14 (27 pl) 1-2 David Ho (Maidstone), Amir Habibi (Maidstone) 5/6; 3-4 Joseph Al-Malah (Danson), Paul Richards (Whitstable) 4½; 5-9 Thomas Sharp (Maidstone), Daniel Diamond (Dulwich College), Edmund Birkhamshaw (Hayes), Raymond Gosden (Whitstable), James Chapman (Danson) 4...
Under 11 (non-title: 36 pl) 1 Robert Gratwicke (Dulwich College) 5½/6; 2-3 Christopher Collison (Maidstone), Harry Ryan-Smith (St Olaves Prep) 5; 4-5 Tom Shillingford (Ashburton), Stephan Wassermann-Fry (Whitstable) 4½; 6-10 Cieran Ryan, Guy Aust (both Bishop Challoner), Michael Marrow (Chislehurst), Heather Russell-Kay (Bromley), Sam Siebert (Hayes) 4...
Under 9 (non-title: 14 pl) 1 Geoffrey Walters (Sevenoaks) 5½/6; 2 Nicholas Kidson (Tonbridge) 5; 3-4 Kenrick de Nazareth (St Olaves Prep), Dominic Ryan (Bishop Challoner) 4...


SURREY GIRLS SUPERSTRONG TOURNAMENT at Coulsdon 23rd January 1999
Results on SGCL site.


NEW INTERNET SCHOOLS CHAMPIONSHIP
Wireplay, the dial-up gaming network, have teamed up with BT Internet to introduce the first-ever UK-wide online chess championship for schools. First prize is £2500 (no misprint) for the school, plus £100 book tokens for the team members, plus chess equipment signed by Garry Kasparov. Entries close 15th February, and it is hoped to complete the tournament in the second half of the spring term.
     This is a knockout competition for teams of four, playing one consultation game (20 minutes on clock) per match. If you draw you re-play (rules do not provide for accelerated play-offs). Entries are welcome from primary as well as secondary schools, but younger teams should note that there is no age handicap.
     Oscar Clark, Wireplay's Marketing Manager, has said: "We would like to see this tournament become an annual event and an important fixture in the chess calendar."
     Interested schools should look at the Wireplay web page http://www.wireplay.co.uk/iscc . The Rules are there, and entry is via this page. Further information, if you need it, from Ciarán Brennan or Christina Erskine at Bastion, 87 Charterhouse St, London EC1M 6HJ 0171 490 1323 (fax 0171 490 1350) wireplay@bastion.co.uk.


BCF MINI-SQUAD CHAMPIONSHIPS at Torquay, 16-17 January 1999
See results on Neville Belinfante's site at http://users.aol.com/NevilleBel/98-99.htm


62nd DUPREE CHRISTMAS TOURNAMENT at Brighton, 30-31 December 1998
"Senior" 1-2 John Bryant, Edward Lamb (The Holt); 3 Peter Baker (Dorothy Stringer HS)...
"Junior" 1 Charlie Linford (The Holt/Dorothy Stringer); 2 Oliver Chadwick (Brighton College); 3 Gregory Raggett (The Holt/Dorothy Stringer)...
Primary 1 Michael Hamilton (St Andrews CE Hove); 2 Danny Glebocki (The Holt/Balfour Junior); 3 Simon Lewis (Aldrington CE)... Special Prize Melanie Pinder (Aldrington)
Results Paul Watson


LONDON JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 12-13 Dec and 28-30 Dec 1998
Report 1.1.99, slightly amended next day. Full cross-tables at http://users.aol.com/NevilleBel/londonjr.htm
North London Open / London Under 21/18 1 P Georghiou 5/6; 2-5 JM Bennett, IM C Crouch, D Moskovic (London U21 Champion), IM N Povah 4½; 6= L Trent (London U18 Champion: age 12) 4... London U18 Girls Champion WFM R Kieran 3
London Under 16 1 Michael Zoubaida (Richmond Juniors: age 12: London Boys Champion)... London Girls title not awarded
London Under 14 1 L Trent (Ilford: London Boys Champion) 6/6; 2 Thomas Nixon (Richmond Juniors) 5... London U14 Girls Champion J Gilbert 3½
London Under 12 1-3 Chris Dorrington (Stamford Lincs: winner on tie-break), William Bennet (Cambridge), Robert Payne (Ilford: London Boys Champion) 7/9; 4= on 6½: Jessie Gilbert (London U12 Girls Champion), David Howell (Sussex: age 8), Jonathan Lappage (Magdalen College School, Oxford), Sumeet Ghasi (Warwicks) and, we think, one or two others. SCCU U11 Champion David Howell.
London Under 10 1 Thomas Sharp (Maidstone) 6½/7; 2-4 Robert Heaton (Richmond: London Boys Champion), Samuel Buckley (Bath), David Howell (Seaford Sussex) 6... London Girls title not awarded (no girl made 50%).
London Under 8 1 Dana Hawrami (Ilford: London Boys Champion) 8/9; 2-4 Murray David (Northants), Sebastian Pozzo (Dulwich), Thomas Robinson (Norfolk) 7... Under 7 winner George O'Toole (Southend: age 5½) 6. London U8 Girls Champion Selina Khoo (Lady Eleanor Hollies School - so that's what it stands for! - Surrey) 5.
Results Leonard Barden
LWB writes: Essex's active junior policy, under its energetic organiser Peter Walker, paid off handsomely as, in addition to Lawrence Trent's double victory, Bobby Payne of Ilford won the U12 title while Dana Hawrami, also of Ilford, captured the U8 Championship and George O'Toole of Southend, only 5½, took the U7 award with 6/9. And 12-year-old Ezra Lutton from Basildon is clear leader with 3/3 tonight [31.12.98] in the World Amateur Championship at Hastings.
     Another successful player was 11-year-old Jessie Gilbert of Croydon High School, whom the BCF controversially denied selection for the 1998 World Girls U12 Championship. Jessie first won the London Girls U14 title with 3½/6 against boys, then tied for 2nd with 4/5 in the Islington U120 against adults, then tied 4th with 6½/9 in the London U12, only half a point behind the winners and one of the best-ever Girls results in this event. She is now competing in the World Amateur, which incorporates a Womens title in which she currently [31.12.98] leads with 2/3.
     David Howell, a BCF selection reject for the World U10, also scored 6½/9 in the London U12, one of the three best-ever results for an U8 in this strong event.


(See also HERTS CA CONGRESS 5-6.12.98 under Congress Results)


SURREY GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIPS 28th November 1998 at Leatherhead
Under 18 (15 pl) 1 Kate Feld (LEH, don't know where that is, same comment for some other places, presumably schools) 4½/5; 2 Jo Hart (Croydon) 4; 3 Teresa Khoo (LEH) 3½; 4-8 Katherine Stoker (Wimbledon), Heather Burgess (Wiltshire), Harriet Bates (Waldegrave), Hannah Greenwood (Sutton), Nicole Mangion (LEH) 3...  Kate is Q year, which as everyone knows makes her an U14.
Under 12 (27 pl) 1 Danielle Gross (Middx) 4½/5; 2-4 Louise Newlands (Croydon), Claire Morris (Oxon), Sophie Eagle (Claremont) 4; 5 Sunena Patel (Croydon) 3½...
Under 10 (42 pl) 1 Stephanie Barraclough (Sussex) 5/5; 2-8 Georgina Draper (Sussex), Emilie Epperlein (Croydon), Heather Russell-Kay (Kent), Katrina Sale (Tormead), Fiona Smailes (Flexlands), Emily Bottle (Guildford), Naomi Miller (Oxon) 4; 9-11 Rebecca Gilbert (Guildford), Jessica Dodson (Sutton), Cherry Brearley (Sutton) 3½...
Under 8 (20 pl) 1 Selina Khoo (LEH) 5/5; 2-4 Lucy Cartwright (St Catherines), Hannah Dale (Knaphill), Catherine Kilkenny (Sutton) 4; 5-9 Olivia Archibald (Putney), Natasha Barsby (Sutton), Stephani Epperlein (Croydon), Goli Khonsara (Putney), Kate Stevens (Danes Hill) 3...


ENGLISH COUNTIES GIRLS CHESS FEDERATION
Western Region Jamboree at Swindon, 21st November 1998
1 Oxon 10½/18; 2 Somerset 10; 3 Hants 9½; 4 Wilts 9; 5 Berks 6. Three rounds, teams of 6. The ECGCF, probably on purpose, is split into regions that overlap Union boundaries.
     Eastern Region (Lincs, Yorks, Norfolk, Notts, Essex) has its jamboree at Scunthorpe, date not known. Surrey have already qualified from the south-eastern region, which may or may not be called that. Finals are Saturday 3rd July 1999, probably at Oxford in the West.
Source: Surrey Girls newsletter
Friendly match U13 Girls, 1st November in Sevenoaks: Kent 20  16 Middx. Three rounds, teams of 12.


(See also DARTFORD RAPIDPLAY 21.11.98 under Congress Results)


BASILDON JUNIOR 15th November 1998
Under 18 (12 pl) 1 J Ezra Lutton (Basildon) 5/6; 2-3 Lawrence Trent (Ilford), Marcus Coupe (Rotherham) 4½...
Under 14 (21 pl) 1 Robert Payne (Ilford) 5/6; 2-5 Mark Huntley (Eastbrook), Alexander O'Neill (Ilford), Julian Winkworth (Wanstead), James Heppell 4½...
Under 12 (35 pl) 1-2 Josiah Lutton (Basildon), Stewart Trent (Ilford) 5½/6; 3-5 Alan Hawrami (Ilford), Daniel Hedges (Southend), Matthew Jellett (Southend) 4½...
Under 10 (33 pl) 1-3 Richard Fenton, Thomas Pym, Richard Willis 5/6...
Under 8 (12 pl) 1 Matthew Porter (Coggeshall) 5/6; 2-3 Dana Hawrami (Ilford), Simon Payne (Ilford) 4½; 4 Ranita Klimach (Ilford) 4...
Under 6 (5 pl: double-round APA) 1 George O'Toole (Southend) 8/8; 2 Subin Sen (Woodford Green) 6; 3-4 Robin Onyelekera (Barking), Varun Sudunagunta 5...
Results Chessex


NYCA UNDER 14 CHAMPIONSHIPS at Stoke on Trent, 14th November 1998
1 Kent A 27½/36; 2-3 Essex, Richmond 24; 4 Manchester A 23; 5 Surrey 22½; 6 Glamorgan A 20; 7-8 Cheshire & N Wales, Wilts 13; 9-10 Bucks, Berks 6½. Teams of 12, three rounds. There was also a "Major" tournament with 9 teams (results unavailable). Overall entry at 19 teams compares with 30-something (and three divisions) last year. Why? Same weekend, we think. (Later: AJWT tells us it wasn't. Usual date is last weekend in November. Don't know whether this would have affected the entry.)
Results AJW Thorn


RGS GUILDFORD 7-8 November 1998
Under 18 (10 pl) 1 M Broomfield 6/?; 2 DWL Howell 4; 3-4 M King, C Rawlinson 3½...
Under 18 / U105 (12 pl) 1 AR Webb 5; 2 A Oakes 4; 3-5 G Conduit, D de Silva, A Mell 3½...
Under 14A (12 pl: don’t know if the "A" means anything, A and B were on different days) 1 O Wilson 5; 2-4 RA Brill, CM Dixon, A McHardy 4...
Under 14B (15 pl) 1-2 O Coddington, B Purton 5; 3-5 JD Appleyard, K Feld, MJ Harborne 4...
Under 12A (28 pl) 1-2 MJ Harborne, S Williams 5½; 3-4 O Ham, S Hegarty 4½; 5-7 O Gillman, J Purcell, RJ Webb 4...
Under 12B (13 pl) 1 R Fayyaz 5½; 2-5 A Carney, RH Gilbert, J Mulhearne, Regester-Cowan 4...
Schools omitted because largely unidentifiable, except to the initiated.
Results AJW Thorn


SIDCUP JUNIOR 7th November 1998
Under 18 (7 pl) 1 Richard Cheeseman 5½/6; 2 Alistair Taylor 5; 3 Thomas Sharp 4...
Under 14 (10 pl) 1-2 Joseph Al Malah, Raymond Gosden 5/6; 3-4 Jan Wasserman-Fry, Alex Woodfield 4...
Under 12 (18 pl) 1 Matthew Dignam 6/6; 2 Thomas Stradwick 5; 3 Stephan Wasserman-Fry 4½; 4-5 Emma Atkins, Arwen van der Elst 4...
Under 10 (20 pl) 1-2 Geoffrey Walters, Gregory Wellman 5/6; 3 Aram Karakashian 4½; 4-6 David Christie, Katy Cunningham, Georgina Draper 4...


RICHMOND JUNIOR 6-7 November 1998
Under 12 (24 pl) 1 Robert Heaton (New Malden) 5½/6; 2 Marco Lizzul (Hampton) 5; 3 Lakshman Ruthirapathy (Pinner) 4½...
Under 10 (48 pl) 1 Giles Berry (London) 6/6; 2-5 Matthew Elstrop (Fleet), Kasim Khorasanee (Kingston), Nicholas Moon (Twickenham), Charlie Richardson (London) 5...
Under 8 (30 pl) 1 Erroll Wood (Worcester Park) 6/6; 2-3 Cyrus Imregun (London), Andreas Straathof (Twickenham) 5...
Results Richard James


ESSEX JUNIOR RAPIDPLAY CHAMPIONSHIPS at Colchester, 4th October 1998
Under 18 / Adult (33 pl) 1 Tony Rubin (Ipswich) 5½/6; 2 Robin Slade (Chelmsford) 5; 3-5 Andy King (Grays), Dominic Allen (Powdermill), Shaun Munson (Ipswich) 4½... Best Junior Robert Payne (Ilford)
Under 14 (16 ent) 1 Alexander O'Neill (Ilford) 5/6; 2-4 John Sneesby (Basildon), Ezra Lutton (Basildon), Michael Bridger (Leigh) 4; 5-7 Katie Bates (Colchester), David Goodchild (Ipswich), Ben Williams (St Neots) 3½...
Under 12 (22 pl) 1 Heather Walker (Southend) 5½/6; 2 Jason Klimach (Ilford) 5; 3 Josiah Lutton (Basildon) 4½; 4-8 Harry Fischl (Norwich), Andrew Murphy (Stock), Antony O'Toole (Southend), Joshua Rubin (Ipswich), Thomas Winkworth (Wanstead) 3½...
Under 10 (19 pl) 1 Lee Wicks (Colchester) 5/6; 2-4 Abigail Flint (Chelmsford), Chris Russell (Norwich), Alex O'Toole (Southend) 4½; 5-6 Andrew Alexandrou (Powdermill), Luke Hill (Ipswich) 4...
Under 8 (10 pl) 1 David Donaghy (Ipswich) 6/6; 2-3 Nathanael Lutton (Basildon), Dana Hawrami (Ilford) 4½; 4-6 Ranita Klimach (Ilford), George O'Toole (Southend), Simon Payne (Ilford) 3...
Results Chessex


WORLD CHILDRENS CHAMPIONSHIPS in Spain, very recent but not sure of dates
Under 10 Thirumurugan Thiruchelvam 6½/11
Under 12 Thomas Rendle, Gawain Jones 6/11
Under 14 Simon Buckley 5½/11; Lorin D'Costa 5/11
Under 14 Girls Sophie Tidman 5½/11
Under 16 Desmond Tan 5/11
Under 16 Girls Melanie Buckley 7/11; Heather Richards 6
Under 18 Nick Pert 8½/11: GOLD MEDAL
Under 18 Girls Ruth Sheldon 9/11: GOLD MEDAL
Results Neville Belinfante

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