It
was great to see everyone at GP7 which was held at Chislehurst Girls’ school on
Sunday 14th April 2019. We hope everyone enjoyed both
some great chess games and spending time with your friends.
The prizewinners in each
section were:
U9:
1st
George Crawford (5.5 / 6), there were three players on 5/6 so we had to use
the buchholz tie-break method (sum of opponent’s scores) to determine placings
as follows: 2nd Tarun Ganesh, 3rd Lucas
Oprea and in 4th place
just missing the trophy was Robert
Welensky
U11:
In this section there was some strong chess matches played which resulted in four
players getting a fantastic 5/6. Again using the buchholz tie-break method the
placings were: 1st Aryan Gohil, 2nd Florian Brasch, 3rd Owen
Xu and 4th Karl Peters.
The
U18 Minor and Major sections were combined on this occasion. However, prizes were awarded separately as
follows:
U18
Minor: Equal first – Thomas Crawley-Boevey, Yifan Luo and Andrew McCleod. (4/5)
U18
Major: Equal first - Jacob Watson and Mikey Watson (4.5/5)
The best
overall primary school (top 3 GP scores from pupils of that school) was Eltham College junior and the best overall
secondary school (top 3 GP scores from pupils of that school) was St Olaves. To see the full
crosstables, please go to: http://www.kjca.org/result/194
Well
done to all the young chess players who came along, from experienced county
players to those at their first chess tournament.
It
takes a lot of work and willing volunteers to organise a large and successful
chess tournament.
Thanks go to Jo Wildman (ECF NA) for running
the tournament director and arbiting. Also thank to Ganesh Swaminathan, Ben Luo, Patrick Burns and Deepak More for support
and arbiting in the playing halls.
Also
working both before and at the event to ensure we could run a successful
tournament were: Kathryn Woodward for liaising with the venue, helping
with registration and bringing the catering supplies, Robert Hackman for
storing and bringing along the equipment, Ilga Leimanis for organising and ordering the trophies and
medals and Sumitra Varma for her technical help with the website and the online registration.
We
also much appreciate everyone who helped on the catering stall throughout the
day. All
those that take the time to do a shift are vital to ensure we can continue to
provide drinks and refreshments at these events.
KJCA is run by volunteers to
develop chess opportunities for children and young people in Kent and South
East London.
Our work to support junior
chess is only possible due to our volunteer helpers. Please do consider offering some help by speaking
to one of the team at our tournaments or contact us via webmaster@kjca.org or
directly to Jo Wildman, current chair of the committee, on
jowildman@hotmail.com or 07583337307.
Finally,
thanks go to Chislehurst Girls’ school for use of the fantastic venue
and facilities and to their caretaker
for all his help on the day.
