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Upcoming Events

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Sunday, November 25, 2018 - Sunday, November 25, 2018
2nd ECF SE Girls' Rapidplay (50 entries)
Venue: Chislehurst Girls School
Event Type: Individual Tournament

Saturday, January 5, 2019 - Saturday, January 5, 2019
KJCA GP4 2018-19 (3 entries)
Venue: The Cornwallis Academy
Event Type: Individual Tournament

Sunday, January 20, 2019 - Sunday, February 24, 2019
Level 1 CD 3 and CD4 (3 entries)
Venue: Sevenoaks Primary School
Event Type: Coaching SubEvent Level 1-2

Recent Results

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Sunday, November 18, 2018 - Sunday, November 18, 2018
KJCA GP3 2018-19 (Crosstabs)
Venue: Bullers Wood School
Event Type: Individual Tournament

Sunday, October 21, 2018 - Sunday, October 21, 2018
KJCA GP2 2018-19 (Crosstabs)
Venue: Bishop Justus C of E
Event Type: Individual Tournament

Sunday, October 14, 2018 - Sunday, October 14, 2018
Friends & Family 2018
Venue: Sevenoaks Primary School
Event Type: Friends and Family

News

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ECF Girls' SE Rapidplay - Full report

Kent Junior Chess Association (KJCA) were delighted to host the ECF SE Girls’ Rapidplay Championships at Bromley High School on Sunday 15^th October 2017.

There were over 70 young girls from around the area taking part across five age-groups. The prizewinners in each section were as follows:

U8: 1^st Yashasvini Sreeram 6/6, 2^nd Siena Gurjar 5/6, 3^rd Amelia Rees 4/6

U10: 1^st Amaya MacDonald 5.5/6, 2^nd Olga Latypova 5/6, 3^rd equal Ashwini Haria-Skuse, Zoha Asraf, Lavinia Fear 4.5/5

U12: 1^st Anum Sheikh 5.5/6, 2^nd Elizabeth Finn 4.5/5, 3^rd equal Georgina Headlong, Anika Roy and Abigail Weersing 4/5

The U14 and U15-18 sections were merged on the day. However, separate prizes were awarded:

U14: 1^st Orla Dorman 4.5/6, 2^nd Polina Shchepinova 4/6, 3^rd Elizabeth Johnson 3.5/6

U15-18: 1^st Laura Davidson 4.5/6, 2^nd equal Elizaveta Sheremetyeva and Sarah Weersing 4/5

Full results and crosstabs can be found on the KJCA website at: http://www.kjca.org/result/167

Well done to everyone who played, from experienced England and county junior players to those girls who were at their first national level chess tournament. We hope everyone enjoyed both some great chess games and spending time with friends.

It takes a lot of work and willing volunteers to organise a large chess tournament. A big thank you to Priscilla Morris, our chief arbiter, who did a fantastic job keeping everything under control and to Andrew Bruce who helped in the playing hall. Jo Wildman kept all pairing and results up to date as tournament director.

Also, thanks to GM Chris Ward for his advice and expertise on the day. Other KJCA volunteers who made the day a success were Emma Holmes, Gary Dorman, Kathryn Woodward, Samantha Metcalfe, Conrad Allison and Mikey Watson for organising the extra activities, analysing games, refreshments, complimentary pizzas and ordered all the medals and trophies.

The ECF help in the background was much appreciated. Thanks to Andrew Walker for setting up the online entries and advertising the details on the website, and to Traci Whitfield, Director of Junior Chess, for her continued support and work to develop junior chess.

Final thanks must go to Bromley High School for use of the fantastic school venue and to their Headteacher, Angela Drew, for coming along and presenting all the trophies and medals at the prizegiving and helping to promote girls’ chess at her school and in the local area.

News and updates ....

Well done to all our Kent Juniors who have playing in recent KJCA events and also all those who compete in national and other tournaments throughout the year - Including the recent West of England, London Juniors, Yateley Manor, Junior 4NCL, county team events and the Main 4NCL.

News, results, reports and photos from all recent KJCA tournaments and other national events will again be published on this website and on our KJCA facebook page as soon as possible.

We have been working to resolve the online issues and thanks go to Sumitra Varma, Alexis Harakis, Vsevolod Belousov and Richard Ellison for all their time and technical expertise.

So ... .... watch this space for more details of the recent KJCA events and how all our talented Kent juniors have been getting on at tournament and events around the country.....

GP3 - This Sunday 19th November at Bullers Wood - Please note details on Parking

We look forward to welcoming all our young chess players to the KJCA GP3 tournament this coming Sunday 19th November at Bullers Wood School.

There will be four sections, U9, U11, U18 Minor and U18 Major.

The venue is: Bullers Wood School, St Nicolas Lane, Logs Hill, Chislehurst, Kent, BR7 5LJ.

Please note: Due to changes in the layout at the school, there is unfortunately no parking in the school grounds on this occasion.

However, alternative parking is available on the surrounding roads such as: Park Farm Road, Westleigh Drive, St George's Road or on the main road Chislehurst Road which is fine for parking on Sundays.

Please ensure you arrive with a little extra time to be able to park on one of these road and walk into the school grounds.

If coming by public transport then Chislehurst train station is a 15 minute walk from the school.

If your young chess player is planning to come along, please do register them as soon as you can at: http://www.kjca.org/event/164

European Youth Chess Championships - Full Report

The European Youth Chess Championships were held in September this year in Mamiai Romania. Mamia is a Black Sea resort close to Constanta.

Our Kent players were Shlok Verma and Shreyas Royal in the U8 Open and Charlie Metcalfe in the U12 Open.

The European Youth is one of the strongest Junior events with some of the worlds best players but especially from countries such as Armenia, Azerbaijan, Hungry, Poland, Russia and Ukraine.

Shlok and Shreyas were the highest seeded England players and were contenders throughout the event. The level of chess they played was extraordinary and it is often easy to forget they are still U8s. Shlok won his last game to record a great 7/9. Shreyas also won his last game to finish on a wonderful score of 8/9, the joint highest score. A magnificent achievement by both our players and for Shreyas the Silver medal with 2nd overall and only on the head to head tie break. It has been some time since an England junior won a medal which makes his achievement all the more impressive.

The U12 Open was always going to be a tough event with the top seed rated 2351, (roughly 220 ECF.) Most of Charlie's games were over 4 hours with several close games going to the wire. Every point was hard won but he battled to a respectable 5/9, which included a satisfying win in his last game.

From a Kent perspective, this was another event that highlights the strength of Kent Junior Chess. We have England players across our age groups competing in a variety of international events which is testament to the KJCA. The high quality of the Kent coaching, the competitiveness of the Kent Junior events, the commitment of players, their parents and the volunteers at KJCA are all key factors that have helped all our juniors progress.

Well done to Shlok, Shreyas and Charlie.

All go for great chess at GP1

The first GP of the 2017-18 season was held at Tonbridge Girls’ Grammar School on Saturday 16^th September 2017.

As a London Junior Chess Championships (LJCC) qualifier we had lots of strong competitors across the younger sections of U8, U10 and U12. Also a combined U18 Minor and Major section gave our older players some good quality chess games.

The prizewinners in each section were:

U8: 1^st Alexey Lapidus (5.5/6), 2^nd Rohan Pasari (5/6), 3^rd equal Yashasvini Steeram and Adi Srivastava (4.5/6).

Also qualifying for the LJCC U8: Joshua Moisey and Sofia El-Bachir

U10: 1^st James Lindquist (5.5/6), 2^nd equal Yifan Luo and Lev Mann (5/6).

Also qualifying for the LJCC U10 Major: Artemiy Shkuratovskyi, Kavin Thooran, Amit Aryan Sanka. Qualfying for the LJCC U10 Minor: Dylan Paterson, Theo Kritzinger, Siena Gurjar, Lavinai Fear, Teo Saunders, Nour Ajili, Max Bell, Roxolana Chaban, Ismail Longia-Zaidi, Reuben Moisey, Sebastian Cazac.

U12: 1^st (5.5/6) Denis Dupius, 2^nd (5/6) Shahjahon Saidmurodov, 3^rd equal Logan Fear and Stakhey Sedykh (4.4/6). All also qualifying for the LJCC U12 Major.

Also qualifying for the LJCC U12 Minor were: Yacine El-Bachir, Kirill Povarenkin, Roshan Gurjar, Ciaran Brightley-Davies, Dominic Coates and Samantha Mercer.

The U18 Minor and U18 Major were merged on the day. However, separate prizes were awarded:

U18 Minor: 1^st Thomas Crawley-Boevey (3/5), 2^nd equal Charlotte Bruce, Atticus Fear, James Holmes and Lorcan Pritchard (2.5/5)

U18 Major: 1st Jacob Watson (5/5), 2nd Mikey Watson (4/5) 3^rd equal: (3/5) Orla Dorman, James Merriman and Eoin Moore

The full crosstabs are now published at: http://www.kjca.org/result/162

The top performing primary school at the tournament was The Pointers School and the top secondary school was Knole Academy.

For further photos of the prizewinners, please look at our facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/kentjuniorchess/?hc_ref=ARQ-F-n4L13XIHyWBnA-RtO-hkN7QH8nR7rngpne3cbWBCnJkR5N7PBsxYeMoPh9MG8

Well done to everyone who played, from experienced county players to those at their first chess tournament. We hope everyone enjoyed both some great chess games and spending time with your friends.

It takes a lot of work and willing volunteers to organise a large and successful chess tournament.

Extra thanks go to Mikhail Sedykh for doing the Tournament Director and GM John Emms for coming along to support the tournament and help in the playing hall. Also helping in the playing hall were John Merriman, Rejean Dupius, Cosmin Oprea, Gary Dorman and Jo Wildman.

Other kind volunteers on the day were: Kathryn Woodward for booking and liaising with the venue and helping with registration, Cosmin Oprea for bringing along the equipment, Emma Holmes for her role as treasurer and also helping with registration, Samantha Metcalfe who organised the trophies and medals for the prizewinners and Conrad Allison who offered game analysis and training on the day.

KJCA is run by volunteers to develop chess opportunities for children and young people in Kent and South East London.

We are looking for some additional helpers to help out this season. Please do consider it as our organisation thrives on volunteers and it is great to work together to create good events and opportunities for our children and young people.

Please speak to one of the team at our tournaments or contact us via webmaster@kjca.org or directly to Jo Wildman, current chair of the committee, on jowildman@hotmail.com or 07583337307.

Finally, thanks go to Tonbridge Girls’ Grammar School for use of the fantastic school venue and providing good quality catering in the sixth form block.