GP7 was held at Bromley High School on Sunday 15^th May 2016. A big thanks to all players, parents and carers who came along.

The top three in each section were as follows:

U9: 1^st Aleksander Gos (6/6), 2nd equal Harry Saddington, Herb Balaam, Dmitry Belousov and Edward Ellam (5/6)

U11: 1^st Jack Chaudhury (5.5/6) 2^nd Suriya Velayudham (5/6), 3^rd Stakhey Sedykh, (4.5/6)

U14: 1^st Ciaran Brightley-Davies (5/5), 2^nd equal Viktor Jamroz, James Merriman and Logan Fear (4/5)

U18: 1^st Jacob Watson (4/5), 2^nd equal Aurideep Nayak and Andrew Ng (3/5)

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. To see all the results and crosstabs from the day go

If you would like to see more photos of our prizewinners, please see our facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/kentjuniorchess/

Well done to everyone who played, it was great to see everyone enjoying their chess and having a fun day with their friends.

A big thank you to all the organisers and volunteers who ensured that the day ran smoothly and especially to Bromley High School, a great new venue for KJCA.

Our next Grand Prix, GP8 will be held on 12th June at Newstead Woods in Orpington. This event is both a stand-alone tournament, with the usual prizes for each section, and is also the GP Final for the 2015-16 season.  If you have been to at least four GPs during the season and also play at the final, you will qualify for an end of season award.

We are expecting large number at GP8, so please enter as early as you can at: http://www.kjca.org/event/121

The 2015-16 season has been fun and exciting so far, and the current leaders of our GP tables (after 7 tournaments) are:

U9: James Merriman

U11: Charlie Metcalfe

U14: Anantha Anilkumar

U18: Alexander Selway

Primary: Claremont Primary

Secondary: St Olave’s Grammar

Full GP tables can be found on: http://www.kjca.org/site/page?view=GPTables

Please remember that KJCA is run by volunteers to ensure all our children enjoy local chess tournaments, coaching days and opportunities to represent Kent and play in national competition.

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.

Looking forward to see you all on 12^th June.

Congratulations to  Bobby Akeya-Price and Charlie Metcalfe who played at the trials for the England U11 team and National Junior Chess Squad, held in Liverpool over the weekend of the 23-24^th  April.
 
The trial is a closed competition requiring pre-qualification. In order to be invited, players must get two norms (usually a score of 4 points or more) from national tournaments throughout the season.  Qualifying to play at the trial is an achievement in itself and it attracts a highly competitive field from around the country, all aiming to join the National Chess Junior Squad.

Bobby and Charlie both played quality chess and gained enough points for the EPSCA England U11 team and the National Junior Squad.

Also well done to Jacob Watson, who qualified for the National Chess Junior Squad earlier this season by gaining norms with strong results at national tournaments, including the British Rapidplay U140 section and the South of England Championships U16.

All three young players are great representatives for Kent Juniors and we wish them continued success and enjoyment with their chess careers.