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Top results for Kent Juniors at the Wiltshire and West England Junior Championships 2016

The Wiltshire and West of England Chamiponships were held in Swindon on the 20th & 21st February 2016.

This is one of the larger national tournaments on the annual circuit and attracted over 260 players competing in ten different sections.

In the Major Section, Aditya Verma and Anantha Anilkumar both had respectable performances in a the highly competitive field, as did Ranesh Ratnesan and Aurideep Nayak in an equally competitive U14s.

The U12 section included a very strong field of 75 players. Kent juniors Saahil Bansal, Ciaran Brightley-Davies, Charlie Metcalfe and Rajeiv Ratnesan all competed.

A big well done to Charlie Metcalfe who picked up the best U11 trophy.

Dominic Coates played solid chess in the U10 section and finished with a performance ahead of his grade.

Once again there were some fabulous performance from our younger Kent juniors.

In the U9s, Kent was represented by Jack Chaudhury, Radha Ratnesan, Stakhey Sedykh and Shlok Verma.

Radha and Stakhey played very well finishing joint winners on 5/6, with Radha also picking up the best girl prize in the process.

Shreyas Royal, James Merriman, and Harry Chaudhury all played in the U8 section.

Well done to Shreyas who took the trophy for 2nd place.

Another great national tournament for our Kent Juniors, well done to everyone who played and represented the county so well, and, of course, a big thanks to all their parents and carers for their support.

Update - Coaching day and Institute of Chess Exams

We are pleased to announce two final examination sessions for those who were eligible to attend the examination session on Sunday 28 February but were unable to do so.

The final opportunities to sit the Institute of Chess examinations, for which they have been studying, during the 2015-16 season. These are as follows:

Sunday 10 April at Sevenoaks Primary School, Bradbourne Park Road, Sevenoaks TN13 3LB.

Wednesday 1 June at a venue to be announced shortly as soon as booking has been confirmed.

If you wish to take your examination on either of these days, you need to arrive at the venue at any point between 10.30am. and 2.00pm.

It will, of course, be possible to re-register afresh for the coaching course next season.

The above examination sessions are available to the following candidates:

Level 1 (30 minutes)

Violet Davies

Loic Lenoble

Level 2 (45 minutes)

Max Campbell

Omari Campbell-Okolo

Ollie Hosken

Level 3 (1 hour)

Edward Ellam

Toby Horner

Shalini Subbiah

Level 4 (75 minutes)

Orla Dorman

Annalise Hansen

Shlok Verma

Level 5 (90 minutes)

Aditya Jain

Charlie Metcalfe

Results for those who did sit the exams on the 28th February will be announced very soon.

On your marks - GP6 at Somerhill School in Tonbridge is on Sunday 6th March

Just a reminder that our next GP will be held on Sunday 6th March at Somerhill School in Tonbridge.

If your children would like to play at this tournament, please remember to register early.

The event page is http://www.kjca.org/event/119

We look forward to seeing you all there.

GP5 at Dulwich College

GP5 was held at Dulwich College Senior on Sunday 6th February.

Thanks to all players, parents and carers who came along.

The top three in each section were as follows:

U9: 1st Arthur Chikovsky (6/6), 2nd equal Raghav Vaidya, Danny Oprea, Rehan Shikalgar, Edward Ellam, Herb Ballam and Vedh Vinayak (5/6)

U11: 1st Shlok Verma (5.5/6), 2nd equal Lakshya Lokwani and Dominic Coates (5/6)

U14: 1st Viktor Jamroz (4/5) 2nd equal Huseyin Gueriane and Charlie Metcalfe (4/5)

U18: 1st Anantha Anilkumar (4.5/5), 2nd Jacob Watson (3.5/5) 3rd equal Mikey Watson, Ximan Mao and Andrew Ng Chen Lok (3/5)

The best scoring primary school on the day (top three raw scores from pupils at that school) was Claremont Primary and the best scoring secondary school was St Olaves Grammar. To see all the results and crosstabs go to http://www.kjca.org/result/118

We are currently having a few technical issues with the website photos, so for more photos of the prizewinners, please see our facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/kentjuniorchess/?ref=bookmarks

Well done to everyone who played, it was great to see lots of new, young players enjoying their chess and making friends. We look forward to welcoming you to more of the KJCA tournaments throughout the season.

A big thank you to all the organisers and volunteers who ensured that the day ran smoothly and to Dulwich College for use of their school.

Please remember that KJCA is run by volunteers to ensure all our children enjoy local chess opportunities and tournaments. We are always looking for more help, particularly with catering, equipment and setting up tournaments. If you would like to get involved, please do contact jowildman@hotmail.com, or speak to one of the helpers at the next event, and we can chat about how you can be part of our team.

The next KJCA tournament is GP6 on Sunday 6th March 2016 at Somerhill School in Tonbridge.

To guarantee your place, please register early on the KJCA website. It is a big help with organisation and allows the day to start on time and run smoothly, go to the event page at http://www.kjca.org/event/119

Kent juniors shine at the South of England Championships

The South of England Championships were held at Yateley Manor school over the weekend of 30-31st January 2016. Several Kent juniors took part and had some great results.

The championship is divided into open sections for all players and closed sections that are invitation only.

In the U16 closed section, Girinath Haridas finished joint second with 3.5/5. He lost his first round, but managed to do well to win the next three.

Jacob Watson also competed in the U16 closed section and has now been selected to the National Junior chess squad based on his performance at this tournament and the earlier British rapidplay in Leeds.

In the U14 closed championship, Anantha Anilkumar achieved 4/5 with two draws and three wins. He was the joint winner with two others, however was awarded the championship trophy based on
his better progressive score.

In the U12 closed, Aditya Verma finished joint second with 3.5/5, three draws and two wins.

Karthik Velayudham, Francesco Bernardini and Mikey Watson, all National Junior Chess Squad members, played in the under 16, 14 and 12 closed section respectively.

In the U13/15 open, Ximan Mao was the outright winner with 4.5/5 and Aurideep Nayak finished on 3.5/5.

In the U11 open, Bobby Akeya-Price finished joint second with 4/5. Charlie Metcalfe, Ciaran Brightley-Davies and David Dallakyan also played in this section.

Suriya Velayudham and Stakhey Sedykh both played in the U9 section and got great results of 4/6.

The most exciting sections were the young U7 and U8 players, it is fantastic to see so many promising Kent players performing well.
Shreyas Royal won the U7 open with a perfect score of 6/6 and Shlok Verma finished second with 5/6.

Both Shreyas and Shlok did equally well in the U8 section, along with James Merriman. They all finished joint first with 5/6. James was awarded the championship trophy based on his progressive scores.

Scarlet Watson and Zeno Burns both played in the U7 section, and Xirui Mao and Yacine El Bachir played in the U8. All these young players did well on their debuts at the South of England Championship.

To see the results and overall crosstabs go to:
http://results.tournamentdirector.co.uk/

Overall a very good weekend for Kent juniors, well done to everyone who competed.

GP5 at Dulwich College - next Sunday 7th February

Looking forward to welcoming lots of young chess players to our GP5 tournament, which will be held next weekend, Sunday 7th February 2016 at Dulwich College Senior.

We are expected large numbers of players, especially in the U9 and U11 sections. Therefore to guarantee your child's place, please register and pay online on the KJCA website as soon as possible. Number of players will be capped if the sections go above manageable numbers.

The event page is http://www.kjca.org/event/118

Early registration of all players is crucial for the organisation of a larger tournament, so that initial pairings can be sorted smoothly, and enable the rounds to start on time.

Also, please note that the KJCA catering will be severely reduced at this event.

We do hope to be able to provide some hot drinks and cookies, however this is only if there are enough volunteers to serve drinks and look after the urn and equipment. We are unable to provide pizzas and other snacks at the moment, as there are no volunteers to buy and bring the supplies on this occasion.

If anyone is able to offer their help with this, or can do an hour or so at the catering stall, please do contact jowildman@hotmail.com, as soon as possible. If we have a small team of people then perhaps a catering rota can be organised for this and future tournaments.

GP4 at Cornwallis Academy

Thanks to all players, parents and carers who came along to GP4, which was held on Sunday 17th January 2016 at the Cornwallis Academy in Maidstone.

The top three in each section were as follows:

U9: 1st Theo Lawson with a perfect score ( 6/6), 2nd Lucas Downing (5/6), 3rd equal Arthur Chikovsky, El-Bachir Yacine and Arjun Jadhav (4.5/6)

U11: 1st Jack Chaudhury (5.5/6), 2nd equal Kimball Catling, Dominic Coates, Shlok Verma and Lakshya Lokwani (4.5/6)

U14: 1st Charlie Metcalfe (4.5/5), 2nd James Merriman (4/5) and 3rd equal Viktor Jamroz, Ciaran Brighley-Davies and Shreyas Royal (3.5/5)

U18: 1st equal Francesco Bernadini and Anantha Anilkumar (4/5), 3rd Aurideep Nayak (3.5/5)

The best scoring primary school on the day (top three raw scores from pupils at that school) was Claremont Primary and the best scoring secondary school was St Olaves Grammar.

We are currently having a few technical issues with the website photos, so for more photos of the prizewinners, please see our facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/kentjuniorchess/?ref=bookmarks

A big thank you to all the organisers and volunteers who ensured that the day ran smoothly and to the Cornwallis Academy for use of their school.

The next KJCA tournament is GP5 on Sunday 7th February 2016 at Dulwich College Senior. As this is at a large London school, the Dulwich GP is often over-subscribed.

To guarantee your place, please register early on the KJCA website. It is a big help with organisation and allows the day to start on time and run smoothly, go to the event page which is http://www.kjca.org/event/118

Top results for the Kent teams at the Junior 4NCL

The second Junior 4NCL weekend was held at the Park Inn Hotel, Birmingham over the 9-10th January 2016. The J4NCL is a team event, with five rounds of standard play chess over the weekend.
As usual, the standard of chess was high and there was lots of friendly rivalry among teams from around the country.

Well deserved congratulations to the Kent Kestrels who achieved a great result by winning division one with a decisive two point lead over the other teams.

The Kestrels team are: Mikey Watson, Jacob Watson, Alejandro Ito-Aramendia and Aurideep Nayak.

Also playing very well and chasing the silverware were the younger Kent team, the Desert Penguins, who played in division two and finished the competition in second place.

The Penguins are: Aadarsh Saravanan, Ciaran Brightley-Davies, Stakhey Sedykh, Arthur Chikovsky and Saahil Bansal.

Scarlet Watson was also at the tournament supporting the teams and playing some friendly reserve games.

Thanks to all the parents who brought their kids along for the weekend.

Also thanks to the organisers and arbiters at the J4NCL for another high quality and fun tournament. All the Kent players enjoyed some great chess, meeting up with friends from other areas, and being in a hotel with good facilities and a swimming pool.

To look at the individual results and for more details about the J4NCL, go to http://www.4ncl.co.uk/jn_news.htm

The final J4NCL weekend for this season will be on the 12-13 March 2016, again at the Park Inn Hotel in Birmingham. If any other Kent players are interested in further details, please contact jowildman@hotmail.com

Kent Juniors at the Hastings International Congress

Well done to the Kent juniors who travelled down to the seaside town of Hastings to take part in the 91st Hastings International Chess Congress over the christmas and new year holidays.

The main section, the Hastings Masters, is a prestigious event in the chess calendar for adult players. It consists of 9 round FIDE rated long-play games and is held over 9 days. It attracts the best players in the country and beyond and there were forty titled players in the field.

Freddie Hand, played in this section, and scored a fantastic 4.5/9. He played some quality chess at such a high level, including draws with a fide masters in the first and eighth round.

Kent juniors also played in the weekend competitions.

Congratulations to Charlie Metcalfe who played some great chess in the weekend U120 section and ended the tournament in joint 1st place on a score of 4/5 from three wins and two draws against higher rated players.

Other Kent juniors played over the weekend were Ranesh Ratnesan and Aditya Verma who competed the Major section, getting 2.5/5 and 2/5 respectively.

Also playing in the U120 section were Alex Garfield and Shlok Verma who both scored 2.5/5. Radha Ratnesan played the first day and won one game. Radha Ratnesan played the first day and won one game.

Great chess from all our promising young players.

Coaching day at Barming primary school - Sunday 10th January

Wishing everyone a happy new year.

To get our chess off to a great start for 2016, our first event is the coaching day, which is this coming Sunday 10th January.

The doors open at 9.30am, with the start time for the first coaching session at 10.00am.

We are delighted to use Barming primary school again, it is one of our long-standing coaching day venues.

However, please remember that children must be supervised at all times when not in the coaching sessions. This includes not allowing children into the classrooms alone, being respectful of all school areas and equipment, and ensuring that outside play is in the playground, not on the fields and grassy areas.

Hot drinks and snacks will be available on the occasion from the KJCA catering, which has been expertly organised by Samantha Metcalfe as one of her last events as catering manager. If any of the parents/carers coming along would like to help out with catering on the day, please do speak to Samantha.

We are also keen to hear from anyone who can help with the role of catering manager for our upcoming tournaments, again you can either speak directly to Samantha, or email webmaster@kjca.org or jowildman@hotmail.com.