Great results for Stakhey and Denis at the World Cadets Rapid & Blitz Championships
Two of our regular Kent junior team players represented England: Denis Dupuis played in the U8 Open sections and Stakhey Sedykh in the U10 Open.
In the first two days, the boys competed in the Rapid Championship. Denis started sensationally and ended the first day on perfect 4 points out of 4. The second day was harder but still Denis finished on very good 6 out of 9.
For Stakhey, the pairings put him playing against an almost endless raw of Russian players, but he was up to the challenge, played some great chess and ended up on respectable 5 out of 9.
The last day was a one-day Blitz Championship where competitors had to play all nine games in three hours. The results of this very intensive trial mirrored the Rapid Championship: Denis finished with 6 points and Stakhey with 5 points out of 9.
Some great chess and consistent results confirmed that our boys deserved their places in the top half of respective final cross tables. Big Swiss tournaments usually have many players tied for their places. In both competition, Denis managed to get his foothold in the Top 20, and Stakhey got his name recorded as a Top 60 player in the world.
Last but not least, Denis and Stakhey got the first and the second best results of all English players across all sections.
A big congratulations to both Denis and Stakhey for being such great representatives of Kent junior chess.