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KJCA GP6 2019-20 (Crosstabs)
Venue: Bishop Justus C of E
Event Type: Individual Tournament
KJCA GP5 2019-20 (Crosstabs)
Venue: Sevenoaks School
Event Type: Individual Tournament
KJCA GP4 2019-20 (Crosstabs)
Venue: The Cornwallis Academy
Event Type: Individual Tournament
News
Report from the second weekend of the London Junior Chess Championship – 28-30th December 2013
Fresh from the fun of Christmas festivities, some of
the top Kent juniors travelled back to Harrow to participate in the second
weekend of the London Junior Chess Championship Finals.
This part of the competition included the U8 Final, where
Kent was represented by Navienaah
Haridas, Robert Akeya-Price and Anika
Roy who all played some quality games and finished in the top half of the
tables.
The U12 Major is one of the most prestigious and hard
fought competitions in the junior chess calendar. After three days of intense
games, Freddie Hand came out
victorious with an outstanding score of 8 out of 9 points, not losing any games
along the way. Winning the tournament
outright is a fantastic achievement.
Also playing quality chess in the U12 Major section
were Ximan Mao, Francesco Bernadini,
Nikhil Chidipothu, Emily Green and Mikey Watson.
The U12 Minor section saw great performances from Aurideep Nayak, Guarav Kocher and Alejandro Ito-Aramendia who all gained
good results.
Michael
Green played some strong games in the U16 Section and Girinath Haridas once again showed his
chess skills by competing in the U18/21 Open.
The Harrow Christmas Congress was taking place at
the same time and Jacob Watson played
in the U125 Minor section, competing against both experienced adult players and
chess parents practising their own skills.
Once again our talented Kent juniors showed they are
among the best players in the country. Well done to everyone that took part.
To see the cross-tables of the event go to: http://results.tournamentdirector.co.uk/
Institute of Chess results
A huge well done to all of you who sat their Level 1 and Level 2 exams. The Institute of Chess report and results are shown below:
The
results achieved at the KJCA’s Institute of Chess examination session held at
Sandhurst Primary School on Saturday 30 November 2013 were as listed below. The certificates will be presented at the
start of the KJCA Coaching Day at Sevenoaks Primary School on Saturday 18
January 2014.
Level 2: Coach
– Robert Maguire: 11 candidates
100%:
Huseyin Gueriane
Distinction:
Kimball Catling
Francois Denaro
Matthew Dubery
James Holmes
Amjad Khan
Saajid Khan
Charlie
Metcalfe
Merit:
Jai Singh Chaturvedi
Pass:
Iris Davies
Laura
Holmes
Level 1: Coach
– Robert Maguire: 5 candidates
Distinction:
Jacob Bund
Theodore Panchev
Pass:
Sophie Dubery
Suraj Meenaxi
Alfie Metcalfe
Report from London Junior Chess Championship – 14th - 15th December 2013
Well done to all the Kent Juniors who took part in the first
weekend of the London Junior Chess Championship Finals, held at Harrow on the
14-15th December.
Kent did very well in the U10 sections. Big congratulations to Nikhil Chidipothu,
who won the U10 Minor section with an impressive 6.5 out of 7, not losing any
games. Also in the U10 Minor section
were Charlie Metcalfe and Kimball Catling, playing in their first national
level tournament, and gaining 4 and 2.5 points respectively.
The U10 Major section included very strong competitors from around the country. Mikey Watson played quality games against the top graded players and ended up joint third with a score of 5.5 out of 7. Other Kent players in this section were Navieinaah Haridas, Alexander Levin, Ximan Mao and Siddharth Soni.
Girinath Haridas was flying the flag for Kent in the U14 majors, with a great
result of joint third on 4.5 out of 6. This section also saw some strong performances
from Anantha Anilkumar and Freddie Hand.
Joelle Hakim and James Elgar also played well in the U14
Minor section.
Other competitions on the day included the Harrow Junior U12, where Emily Green
achieved a great score of 4.5 out of 6, coming joint third and qualifying for
the major final. Also playing in this section were Danyal Warsop and Jacob
Watson.
Finally, Zakary Warsop played in the Northwick Park Major, competing against
many experienced adults.
Great to see so many talented Kent Juniors competing at such
a high level, and doing well in this prominent tournament.
To see the cross-tables of the event go to: http://results.tournamentdirector.co.uk/
If there are any other pictures you would like us to add to the website please send them to webmaster@kjca.org
Report by Jo Wildman
England v Slovenia – A Day out at the London Chess Classic
It all began as a non-eventful Friday and a call out of the
blue from ECF Director Lawrence Cooper for available U11s to play for England.
A few emails later and our Saturday was booked as Kiran Shiatis was selected
for the England team in a two round tie against Slovenia. This would be Kiran’s
first England cap.
With mixed feelings of anticipation and trepidation we
arrived at Kensington Olympia - home of the London Chess Classic - very excited
about the day ahead.
We were warmly welcomed by the Slovenian team and against a back drop of some of the best GMs in the world battling it out for the London Chess Classic Championship, the games were soon underway.
The first round went well with England establishing a solid 5.5 - 1.5 lead. Colours were reversed for the second round and all seven England boards battled hard to secure a 6 – 1 result and an overall 11.5 – 2.5 win.
The fun and games were not yet over. With many of the Super
16 GMs wandering the floors, we bumped into Mikey Adams GM (England no 1) in
the lift, who congratulated Kiran on England’s fine win, followed then by Keith Arkell GM
who was due to play the number 1 seed in the Open FIDE that afternoon. The
children then spent some time watching Nigel Short GM, Hikaru Nakamura GM,
Boris Gelfand GM and Fabiano Caruano GM and listening to some of the scintillating
commentary by Danny King GM and KJCA’s very own Chris Ward GM.
Kiran then noticed Gawain Jones GM inviting all passers-by to play a 5 minute blitz game against him for charity. Kiran rose to the challenge and commenced his game in a surreal moment just as his older sister Vishal sat down to play opposite Judit Polgar GM only several feet away. Although it ended Shiatis Family 0, GMs 2, Kiran was hooked.
He quickly managed to secure a game against David Howell GM, closely followed by Alexander Baburin GM. Rohan also managed to get a game against Gawain. The Shiatis Family put up a good fight, reputations were on the line, but unsurprisingly we were finally beaten 5 – 0 by the GMs.
It was a truly amazing day, meeting and making new friends,
one that all three of our children will never forget, especially Kiran who was
proud to have represented his country and secure his first win for England.
Thank you to all the friendly GMs for their willingness to
play, to Malcolm Pein IM and his team for putting the Classic together, a superb advertisement for Chess. We can
strongly recommend making a visit there to all chess playing children
and parents – if not this year, then definitely for the next.
Many thanks also to the Slovenian chess team, their parents
and organisers, in particular Darja Kaps WGM who invited us for a return match
in Slovenia. Above all, many thanks also to Lawrence Cooper ECF Junior Director
for organising team England and for kick starting such a memorable day.
Kent Junior Newsround Update no. 10
It is always exciting
to hear about chess tournaments which are taking place across the Kent area.
Five school teams
from the Tunbridge Wells area took part in an inter school Christmas Chess
Jamboree in early December. The event was arranged by John Fagg and the schools
taking part were Claremont, St Peters, St Johns, St James and St Barnabas. Many
of our Kent Junior regulars were playing at the event, with Claremont emerging as the eventual winners after four hard fought
rounds.
Many thanks to John and Avril Fagg for organising the event and reporting back.
If you are taking part in a Chess Tournament in Kent or organising one, we would love to hear from you and to let us know your results at webmaster@kjca.org.
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