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News
Off to a great start with GP1 at Tonbridge Grammar
Our first GP of the new season was held at Tonbridge Grammar School on Saturday 29th September 2018.
As a London
Junior Chess Championships (LJCC) qualifier we had lots of strong competitors across the younger sections of U8, U10 and U12.
It was also great to see lots of our older players entering
the popular U18 Minor and U18 Major sections which included some high level,
quality chess games.
The prizewinners in each section were:
U8: 1st Bhavik More (5.5/6 and tie break 21.5) 2nd David Cazac (5.5/6 and tie break 20.5), 3rd Joshua Moisey (4/6 and tie break 23.5)
Qualifying
for the LJCC U8: Max French, Johani Hackman and Lucas Oprea
U10: 1st Makariy Shkuratovskyi (5/6 and tie break 23.5), 2nd Teo Saunders (5/6 and tie break 22.5), 3rd Lavinia Fear (4/6 and tie break 22.5)
Also
qualifying for the LJCC U10 Major: Oli Garrett,
Amelia Rees, Leo Chatterjee, Florian Brasch and Ruairi Isaacs.
Qualifying for the LJCC U10 Minor: Raffi French, Max Bell, Andy Lin, Devansh Strivastava, Amar Adatia and
Roshan Rao
U12: 1st Tashika Aurora, (5.5/6) 2nd Lev Mann (5.5/6), 3rd Lucas Downing (4.5/6 and tie break 23.5). Also qualifying for the LJCC U12 Major: Anwen
Song and Shauyra Metha
Qualifying
for the LJCC U12 Minor: Sen Patel, Mateusz Bazan, Ethan Bingzuan Li, Artemy Shkuratovskyi, Danny Oprea, Lucian Cox,
Tom Heard, Yifan Luo and Nicas Lialiovici
U18 Minor: 1st Eoin Moore (5/5), 2nd Roxolana
Chaban (4/5), 3rd
equal Atticus Fear, Yong Gui Wang,
Lorcan Pritchard and George Anderton (3/5)
U18 Major: 1st Shreyas Royal (4.5/5), 2nd Logan Fear (4/5) 3rd : Jacob
Watson (3.5/5),
The full crosstabs can be seen at: http://www.kjca.org/result/188
Well done to
everyone who played, from experienced England and county players to those at
their very first chess tournament. We hope everyone enjoyed both some great
chess games and spending time with your friends.
It always takes
a lot of time and willing volunteers to put on a large chess tournament. Extra thanks to everyone who ensured that our GP1 tournament took
place successfully and ran smoothly including:
Control & Arbiting team: Jo Wildman (ECF NA), Rejean Dupuis (ECF NA), John Merriman, Mikhail Sedykh, Andrew Bruce and Gary Dorman.
Results team: Ben Luo, Deepak More and Gary Titmuss.
GM Chris Ward and GM John Emms for coming to the tournament, help in the playing hall, prizegiving and all their continued support, advice and encouragement to our Kent junior players and their families.
KJCA Secretary: Kathryn Woodward for
booking and liaising with the venue, ordering the trophies and medals all other
administration work behind the scenes and support throughout the day.
KJCA Treasurer: Emma Holmes for overseeing
all the finances and payments and support in the playing hall on the day.
Equipment Manager: Guy
Barton – for bringing along all the chess equipment, setting up and then
taking away and storing at the end of the day.
Tournament Registration: Gary Dorman and Orla Dorman - for smooth check-in of all the players and dealing with quieries and communications from parents and carers.
KJCA is run by volunteers to develop chess opportunities for children and
young people in Kent and South East London. We are always looking
for helpers and it is great to see some new faces supporting our
work, please do get in touch if you would like to help out.
Finally,
thanks go to Tonbridge Grammar
School for use of the fantastic school venue and also to all the school
catering team for providing good quality refreshments and the caretaker for his support on the day.
All set for the new season - GP1 at Tonbridge Grammar on Saturday 29th September
The first GP tournament of the new season will be held this Saturday, 29th September, at Tonbridge girls' grammar school.
This event is also a LJCC qualifier for U8, U10 and U12.
For our older players we have the popular U18 minor and U18 major section.
Please go to: http://www.kjca.org/event/188 to register.
If you plan to come along, please register before 7pm the day before the tournament (Friday 28th).
We are delighted to again have Tonbridge girls' grammar as the venue for this tournament. Please ensure that you and all young players are respectful of the school venue, grounds and equipment at all times.
Catering will be provided by the school catering staff in the IBarn, this is located just opposite the playground. Please consume food in the IBarn and do not take food into the playing hall. There will be a selection of hot and cold drinks, snacks, sandwiches and sweet treats for sale. Please try and support the catering facilities as all profits go directly to the school. The school has asked that no takeaways should be ordered onto the school grounds and your rubbish must be taken away.
Please also note that there is limited parking available at the school and that we need to be respectful of local residents if finding alternative spaces.
Looking forward to welcoming all our young chess players to the new season.
KJCA AGM - Sunday 7th October at Sevenoaks Primary school
Kent Junior Chess Association, Annual General Meeting
At: Sevenoaks Primary School, Bradbourne Park Road, Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 3LB
We are pleased to announce that the KJCA AGM will be held at 1.30pm on Sunday 7th October 2018. This will be during our coaching day 1 which is being held at Sevenoaks Primary School.
The KJCA is run by a voluntary committee and relies on the dedication of parents and volunteers.
If you are able to give some of your time, even if it is just for a few hours at the various KJCA events, it is very much appreciated and will help us to provide chess opportunities for children and young people.
Please do let us know on secretary@kjca.org or come along to the AGM to find out more.
Dates for your diary: GM led Coaching Days / Institute of Chess Exams for 2018-19 Season
Please note:
Provided your son or daughter achieved a merit or distinction at the previous level you sat, we are happy for you to move up and register for the next level. If you obtained a ‘pass’ at any level, then clearly there are good things that have been taken on board but we recommend that you re-take that course to help you get to grips with all of the topics involved. Moving up ‘too soon’ only leads to further problems down the line and it really isn’t fun when too much material is going over a child’s head.
It is not a race to see who can get through all the exams as quickly as possible and rather all about discovering and understanding different aspects of the game that can be applied when they sit down and play their matches, and also about a relaxed and fun environment where children can learn and enjoy their chess.
We really want our coaching days to be fun but by the same token we don’t want anyone spending a day listening to things that they already totally understand. Specifically, with regards to levels 1 and 2 and new arrivals to the coaching days, boys and girls will be assessed on the first morning of attendance to check they are in an appropriate group.
Levels 1 and 2 are two day courses (with exams sat at the end of CD2 and CD4), there will be a choice of permutations to attend. If your child is a beginner but you feel may be a quick learner and were hoping to join level 3 next season, then for example level 1 in CDs 1 and 2 with the intention of doing level 2 in CD 3 and 4.
We will ensure that the test are accessible to all that want to take them and appropriate adult assistance will be available, however there is absolutely no compulsion to take an exam should a child feel unprepared or anxious.
Our coaching team are all looking forward to more successful Coaching Days and welcome lots of young chess players.
See you all soon
Grandmaster Chris Ward