West of England Junior Chess Championships
Well done to all those Kent Juniors who travelled down to
Swindon to participate in the West of England Junior Chess Championships on the
22nd and 23rd February.
Kent was represented across all the age groups, from the
beginners and U8 championship through to the U16 Major section.
The best result of the weekend was achieved by Jacob Watson, who scored an excellent 5½
out of 6 in the U12 Challengers, winning the section outright.
Michael Green also
did very well in the U16 Major section and got the Grading prize. Girinath Haridas, Jessica Wen and Jackson Wen also competed in the older
sections.
Playing some quality games in the U12 Championship section
were Anantha Anilkumar, Francesco
Bernadini, Mikey Watson, Emily Green, Ximan Mao and Guarav Kocher.
Kent was represented in the U10 section by Freddie Nunn and Rajeiv Ratesan, and in the U9 by Ranesh
Ratesan and Navienaah Haridas. They all played very well. There was a special
mention for Navienaah at prize giving for her tactical gameplay and she received
the controller prize.
In the U8s, Robert
Akeya-Price, had a superb result with 4 ½ out of 6, and secured joint 2nd
place. Radha Ratnesan also did very well and was rewarded by jointly
winning the best girl prize.
See http://www.englishchess.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/WiltshireWoEPrizes14.pdf
for a link to the prizegiving. (note: a number of our Kent players are being
shown as Surrey!)