GP3 at Bullers Wood
The third GP of the season was held on 20th November 2016 at Bullers Wood school in Chislehurst.
Thanks to everyone who came along – all our young chess players, and also to all their parents and carers for taking the time to come along to the tournament and support junior chess. It was a busy day with approximately 120 players over four sections.
The top three in each section were:
U9: 1st Aneesh Sagar (6/6), 2nd equal (5/6) Amani Campbell-Okolo, Amit Aryan-Sankar, Herb Balaam, George Allen
U11: 1st Lakshya Lokwani (6/6), 2nd equal (5/6) Tyler Roberts, Jai Singh-Chaturvedi, Raghav Vaidya, Theodore Panchev
U14: 1st Logan Fear (5/5) 2nd equal (4/5) James Merriman and Stakhey
U18: 1st Mikey Watson (4/5), 2nd equal (3.5/5) Jacob Watson, Viktor Jamroz and Nikhil Chidipothu
The best scoring primary school on the day (top three raw scores from pupils at that school) was The Pointers School and the best scoring secondary school was Knole Academy.
Well done to everyone who played, from experienced county players to those at their first chess tournament. We hope you all enjoyed the day and look forward to welcoming you to more of our tournaments throughout the season.
A big thank you to all the organisers and volunteers who ensured that the day ran smoothly.
If any parents or carers are interested in helping at our tournaments or behind the scenes, please do get in touch. You can contact us via webmaster@kjca.org or directly to Jo Wildman, current chair of the committee, on jowildman@hotmail.com or 07583337307.
Finally, a big thank you to Bullers Wood school for use of their school, this was a new venue for KJCA and we were made to feel very welcome and enjoyed great facilities for our chess tournament.