Kent participated in the U11 zonals in Northamptonshire against eight other counties. Congratulations to the team on not only qualifying for the final on May 11^th but also for performing so well and winning a fantastic silver medal. The overall results were as follows:

1st Barnet 52.5 points, 2nd Kent 44.0 points, 3rd Essex 36.0 points, 4th Richmond 28.5 points, 5th Herfordshire 24.0 points (22 wins), 6th Northamptonshire 24.0 points (21 wins), 7th Suffolk 22.5 points, 8th Cambridgeshire 19.5 points, 9th Birmingham 19.0 points.

More to follow...

Kent participated in a very tough U9 zonal in Hertfordshire. Congratulations to the team on qualification to the final in High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire. The overall results were as follows:

The fifth GP for the season was held on Sunday 3^rd March 2013 at Dulwich College with 97 participants competing across four sections.

Top two for each section were:

U9: 1^st equal Navieinaah Haridas, Edward Cross, Robert Akeya-Price and Ben Barton (5 / 6),

U11: 1^st Emily Green (5.5 / 6), 2^nd equal Alejandro Ito-Aramendia and Thomas Hooper (5 / 6),

U14: 1^st equal Jackson Wen and Alexander Selway (4.5 / 5),

U18: 1^st Girinath Haridas (4.5 / 5), 2^nd Rohan Bansal (3.5 / 5).

There was an excellent showing from many schools, with a special mention to large contingents from Amherst in Sevenoaks and Dulwich Prep London. It was good to also welcome so many first time players.Some superb games of chess were played at all levels and this reflected on the excellent training being provided across Kent by our wonderful team of coaches and parents. 

Many thanks to Dulwich College for accommodating us and also a big thanks to the large number of parents who helped before and on the day.

Our next Grand Prix will be held on Sunday 14^th April at The Schools at Somerhill, Somerhill, Tonbridge, Kent, TN11 0NJ, another beautiful venue. This event doubles as the Secondary Schools Championship and starts at 9 am. This will be the sixth GP out of eight for the 2012/13 season. As usual you can enter on line and we hope to see many of you there once again.

Also we wish our Kent teams the best of luck over the next few weeks.

KJCA

Well done to all the Kent juniors who took part in the Wiltshire and West of England Championship in Swindon on 16th and 17th of February 2013.

Of particular note, Girinath Haridas won the Under 12 Championship with 5 points from 6 rounds, with Anantha Anilkumar joint second with 4.5 points. Anantha was joint winner of the U11 section.

Robert Akeya-Price finished third in the U9 section and Jessica Wen was awarded the controllers prize for the best game in her section.

A big well done to all the children who sat the KJCA's Institute of Chess examination held at Barming Primary School on Sunday 3rd February 2013.

The results are listed below and the certificates will be presented at the start of the KJCA Grand Prix tournament at Dulwich College on Sunday 3rd March 2013.

Level 5: Coach – GM John Emms: 3 candidates

Distinction: Michael Green, Kartik Velayudham, Jackson Wen

Level 4: Coach – GM Chris Ward: 10 candidates

Distinction: Xavier Chitnavis, Henry Kerr, Gaurav Kocher

Merit: Nii-Akwei Carty Bing-Pappoe, Thomas Gardner, Emily Green, Alex Thompson, Isaac Willats, Charlotte Wistow

Pass: Emily Wistow

Level 3: Coach – WFM Ros Kieran: 22 candidates

Distinction: Jay Chitnavis, Ryan Malik, Aurideep Nayak, Sachin Wadhwani, Jacob Watson, Hanrui Xue

Merit: Nikhil Chidipothu, Sebastian Davies, Swastik Grover, Navieinaah Haridas, Dennis Ivin, Jacob Scarse, Rishi Sharma, Mikey Watson

Pass: Ella-Marie Barnes, Aditya Jain, Samuel Lord, Neelansh Mishra, Abirami Muthukumar, Aria Sharma, Isabelle Wistow

Level 2: Coach – Robert Maguire: 9 candidates

Distinction: Oliver Dobson, Oleg Gaidai, Kai Hussein, Zafar Khan-Bourne, Aaron Malik, Mikayel Suvaryan, Suriya Velayudham

Merit: Fred Donaldson, Shazia Khan-Bourne

Level 1: Coaches – Robert Maguire and Gary Titmas: 6 candidates

100%: Costas Nomikos

Distinction: Haris Nomikos

Merit: Alice Dobson, Alice Himsworth, Gregory Ivin

Pass: Iris Davies