June 2003 - English Chess Challenge - The Final 2003
June 2003 - BCF Under 18 Championships 2003
June 2003 - Little Heath & Brookmans Park Summer Tournament
May 2003 - Herts Junior Congresses
February 2003 - Royston Checkmates Junior Congress
January 2003 - London Junior Chess Championship

25 November 2002 - English Chess Challenge
24 September 2002 - Upcoming Events
18 February 2002 - SCCU U-18 and Cappelle-Le-Grande
9 February 2002 - 3rd Yateley Manor International & 6th South of England Junior Championships
8 February 2002 - Royston Junior Chess Congress
29 January 2002 - 15th EPSCA Rapidplay Championships
7 January 2002 - Anderson London Junior Chess Championships

10 December 2001 - Little Heath Fun Tournament
5 December 2001 - London Junior Chess Championships
23 October 2001 - Appleworth Junior Masters
23 October 2001 - Mini-Squad, Junior Rapidplay and Guernsey International
3 August 2001 - World Junior, European Junior and European Youth Championships
3 August 2001 - Neville Belinfante's Calendar
23 May 2001 - Hemel Hempstead Junior Chess Club
23 May 2001 - British Land Giga-Final
20 May 2001 - ESPCA U-11
9 May 2001 - Herts & Beds British Land Mega-Final
29 April 2001 - EPSCA U-11 and U-9
22 April 2001 - National Junior Squad Championships
21 April 2001 - Junior Tournaments and Results
26 March 2001 - DJCI British Land Challenge Tournament
19 February 2001 - BWCA Girls Championship
6 February 2001 - South of England Junior
6 January 2001 - London Junior Chess Championship U-21, U-18, U-16, U-12 and U-8

14 December 2000 - London Junior Chess Championship U-14 and U-10
29 November 2000 - Bucks County U-14
12 November 2000 - London Junior Chess Championship
31 October 2000 - High Wycombe Junior
28 October 2000 - Mini-Squad, Millfield and Ampleforth
29 September 2000 - Times School Championship
26 September 2000 - NYCA U-18 and U-12
25 September 2000 - England U-12

June 2003 - English Chess Challenge - The Final 2003

Scott Freeman reports:

Coulsdon Chess Fellowship was crammed full of young chess talent as the battle for the titles was undertaken in the final of the 2003 English Chess Challenge. The players came from far and wide and battled hard for the 13 trophies that were there for the taking on the day. One of the most notable things of the day, as reported at the prize giving was excellent behaviour of all of the players - not one problem between anyone during the day for the organisers to deal with for which we are very grateful and wish again to thank everyone accordingly.

The winners were:

UNDER 15 BOYS: Richard O'Neill (De Stafford)
UNDER 13 BOYS: James Foster (Cumnor House Prep)
UNDER 13 GIRLS: Marie Harman (Woodcote High)
UNDER 11 BOYS: Tom Varghese (Park Hill Juniors)
UNDER 11 GIRLS: Carolyn Barker (Coulsdon C of E Primary)
UNDER 10 BOYS: Robert Maguire (Ashburton Juniors)
UNDER 10 GIRLS: Sheila Dines (Old Palace)
UNDER 9 BOYS: James Side (St Mary Magdalen Primary)
UNDER 9 GIRLS: Yasmin Kasim (Glendower Prep)
UNDER 8 BOYS: Keith Barker (Coulsdon C of E Primary)
UNDER 8 GIRLS: Caroline Foster (Wolsey Juniors)
UNDER 7 BOYS: James McMillan (Essendene Lodge Prep)
UNDER 7 GIRLS: Angharad Lee (St Teresa's)

Congratulations to all of these players. Special mention to Robert Maguire who wins for the 3rd year in a row. Also to Sheila Dines and Yasmin Kasim who retain their titles. Also to James Side, who wins his 2nd title having won his section 2 years ago.

Entries for the English Chess Challenge are invited and welcome from any school in England and the expected range of the tournament next year will, with CCF trained schools alone, cover a number of counties across the South-East of England.

Scott Freeman

June 2003 - BCF Under 18 Championships 2003

Peter Walker reports:

Essex CA have been invited to host this year's BCF u18 Championships, which will take place at the Saffron Walden County High School, Audley End Road, Saffron Walden on Saturday 28th June 2003. This will be the Mixed (12 board) event only: the Girls' event will be held elsewhere.

The event will be organised as a 2 round jamboree in which each player will have 65 minutes per game. The starting times for the rounds will be 1.30 p.m. and 3.50 p.m.

The venue is within easy reach of the M11 and is only about 90 minutes' drive from Birmingham, 2½ hours from Yorkshire. If approaching from the south, leave the M11 at junction 8 and head west towards Hertford (A120). Take the second exit at the first roundabout, and the third exit at the second roundabout, about a mile after the first (B1383). Carry straight on through Stansted Mountfitchet, Ugley, Quendon and Newport, eventually reaching a right turn (B1052, signposted Saffron Walden). Take this right turn and continue until you reach a mini-roundabout, at which you turn left. The school is on your left.

If approaching from the north, leave theM11 at junction 9. Take the B184 southwards and almost immediately take the B1383 at the Stump Cross roundabout. Follow the B1383 through Great Chesterford and Littlebury Green and take the left turn immediately after seeing the massively impressive Audley End House on your left. Follow the road up the hill and the school is on your right.

If travelling by rail, leave the train at Audley End station. We will organise lifts for rail passengers from the station to the venue (unless you prefer to walk - it's about 1½ miles).

Yours sincerely, Peter Walker

http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=553227&y=237763&z=3&sv=553227,237763&st=4&mapp=newmap.srf&searchp=newsearch.srf

June 2003 - Little Heath & Brookmans Park Summer Tournament

Chris Cook reports:

Dear All,

This year's Little Heath & Brookmans Park Summer Tournament will be held on Saturday 14th June at Little Heath Parish Hall.

There will be three sections, Adult, Gigafinalist Qualifiers and Other Juniors. The adult competition will be held over five rounds, the junior competitions over at least six rounds. There will be prizes (books for juniors, something suitable for adults!) and the competitions will be ungraded. The Little Heath Junior and Senior players awards will be presented together with any other club prizes for achievement.

Full details will be posted on our website www.crdcook.co.uk soon.

The entry fee will be £5 and the competition will run from 11:00 - 16:00.

Please e-mail me if you require any further information.

We hope that you will join us!

Regards Chris

E-mail: chris@crdcook.co.uk or juniors@hertschess.com

Websites: www.crdcook.co.uk and www.hertschess.com.

May 2003 - Herts Junior Congresses

John Denton reports:

Dear All,

As part of our programme to support and develop junior chess in Hertfordshire, we will be running our usual two congresses in Stevenage and St. Albans in the next few weeks. As ever, any help in running the events would be gratefully accepted!

Details are as follows:

Sunday 18 May; St. Vincent de Paul School, Bedwell Crescent, Stevenage.

Sunday 22 June; Fleetville Junior School, Hatfield Road, St. Albans.

The format for both events is identical; age groups from Under 7 to Under 13, five round Swiss competition, setting up from around 12.45pm, prizegiving at 6.30pm approximately.

Anyone who would like to assist on the day should contact Tim Thurstan, whose email address is tt-chamberlins@btconnect.com

Thanks, John Denton

February 2003 - Royston Checkmates Junior Congress

Keith Woodhouse reports:

Royston Checkmates Junior Congress on Tuesday 27th May at the Coombes Community Centre, Burns Road, Royston, Herts.

Contact Keith Woodhouse on 01763 261946 or email to kjwoodhouse@aol.com for details/entry form.

6 rounds swiss play starts at 10am sections U10, U12, U18. An open section for adults has been included, to keep them occupied!

January 2003 - London Junior Chess Championship

Neville Belinfante reports:

The 72nd London Junior Chess Championships took place last weekend in Harrow, Middlesex. The venue was the Harrow Annexe of the University of Westminster, a new venue for 2002 and acclaimed by the competitors as the best venue for several years. 300 players competed in seven events with 250 taking part in four events before Christmas.

In the FIDE rated event first place was shared between 4 players, Lorin D'Costa, Michael Luberto, Donny Muter and Thomas Nixon, with the Under 21 title going to Donny Muter, Fulham and the Under 18 title to Thomas Nixon, Richmond. 44 entrants participated.

The Under 16 winners were Adam Eckersley-Waites and Colin Kay, with Tim Seymour, 3rd equal, picking up the London Title.

The Under 12 was another close contest with first place shared between Dana Hawrami, Ankush Khandelwal and Subin Sen; the title going to Dana Hawrami of Ilford. 101 players entered.

In the Under 8 event Jack Harding and Peter Williams were beaten into second place by Saravanan Sathyanandha of Barnet, who finished with 100%.

The winners for the first weekend were Under 10 Anuk Sirisena, Carshalton, who finished with 100% and Dana Hawrami won the Under 14 event and title of London Boys Champion.

Full details of all events can be found at http://www.ljcc.co.uk.

Marc Shaw
Congress Director

25 November 2002 - English Chess Challenge

Scott Freeman reports:

I am pleased to introduce the ENGLISH CHESS CHALLENGE 2003 (sponsored by CCF) to you.

ENTRY FEE AND PRIZES

Entry is £32 for up to 30 players and an extra £5 for each block of 5 players after that. Each entry fee pays for:
One winners' trophy
A pack of pairing cards (to help teachers run their school event more smoothly)
A tournament chart (for display on the school notice board if you wish)
Novelty Bugs / Older Players prize for those reaching 11 points
A 70% prize for those who reach 15 points
A guide as to how to run the competition.

(Schools with CCF trainers will have this run for them automatically as part of the training group).

HOW IT WORKS

The competition has different parts to it that start with a 7 round competition held within your school / club. Those who qualify then advance to a final which will be held in different age groups with boys and girls split. The leading boy and girl from each year group will qualify plus anyone else who has scored 17 points or more out of 21.

National Champions will be found in each age group and the event will culminate in September 2003 when the National Champions are all invited back for a play-off against each other to win prize money. Those who qualify for the final will be charged an entry fee, but those who win the finals will be invited back free to play off for the prize money.

WEB SITE DETAILS AND ENTRY FORM.

Details can be found at:
http://www.ccfs.freeserve.co.uk/Chess/Junior/ccf_chess_challenge_2002.htm
Entry Form
http://www.ccfs.freeserve.co.uk/Chess/Junior/entry_form_for_ccf_chess_challen.htm

SCHOOL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP RUN BY CCF?

If you would be interested in doing the challenge but don't have the staff or equipment, why not invite us to come in an run it as a school chess championship? We would charge an entry fee per head and could run the event in either a morning or an afternoon.

COACHING IN SCHOOLS

A school chess coaching team is expanding rapidly. Although we may not yet have contacts in many areas, please advise us if you are interested and we will try to arrange something for you. We currently have several school in the Croydon Borough, Surrey, West Kent and London. We are shortly starting near Canterbury in Kent and near Watford in Hertfordshire. Wherever you are, register your interest in coaching and we can try and find a trainer for you.

Kind regards

SCOTT FREEMAN
(CCF Manager)

24 September 2002 - Upcoming Events

Neville Belinfante reports:

Now that the schools have returned, here is some information about chess tournaments for schools this season.

The BCF National Schools Chess Championships is the UK's leading and most prestigious Team Competition for schools. This is for school teams of six, the first games are this term, leading up to the finals in July next year. The organisor is Richard Haddrell - rjh@sccu.ndo.co.uk and the entry form is at http://www.sccu.ndo.co.uk/bcfentry.htm. The deadline for entry has been extended to 20th September.

The 2nd National Secondary Schools Chess Team Championship is for teams of five pupils plus one reserve at Under 12, Under 14 and Under 16 level. This is taking place at Pontins in Prestatyn at the end of June next year. The winners of last year's inaugural event were U16 Bedford Modern School, U14 Haberdasher Askes Elstree, U12 Aldro School, Surrey.

The English Primary Schools Chess Association is running the National Primary Schools Team Competion. This for teams of 5 plus 1 reserve at Under 9 and Under 11 level. These start in the new year, which semi finals at various Pontins' sites in May and June next year and the final at Oakham School at the end of June. There is also a Small Teams Competition for Primary schools which less than 100 pupils.

The above two events are being organised by Tony Corfe. If you are interested, please contact him at tony@tcs-chess.demon.co.uk, and he will send out further details in October.

The 6th Millfield Schools tournament is being held on Saturday 19th - Sunday 20th October (the start of half term) at Millfield School in Glastonbury, Somerset, the prestigious venue used for the British Championships in 2000, and this year's Smith & Williamson Young Masters. This tournament is for secondary school teams of twelve pupils. The organiser is IM Matthew Turner who can be contacted at turnerm@millfieldprep.somerset.sch.uk.

Details of the British Land UK Chess Challenge, the biggest tournament in the world for school pupils, are on the web at http://www.ukchesschallenge.com or from organisor Mike Basman at ukchesschallenge@aol.com .

Regards
Neville Belinfante

18 February 2002 - SCCU U-18 and Cappelle-Le-Grande

Neville Belinfante reports:

Surrey won both the open and girls sections of the Southern County Chess Union Under 18 Junior Jamboree on Sunday 10th February. Full details are on the SCCU website at http://www.sccu.ndo.co.uk/jamj.htm.

The Prize winners of the Andersen London Junior Championships were invited to attend a combined simultaneous display and prize-giving ceremony held at the Central London offices of the sponsors Andersen on the same day. After three hours of play, IM Michael Hennigan had a clean sweep with 20/20 and GM Jon Speelman (against tougher opposition) conceded a loss to Thomas Nixon and two draws to Selina Khoo and Daniel Hall, finishing up on 18/20. Best Game prizes were awarded to Thomas Nixon and Alex O'Toole. Full details are on the London Junior website. http://www.ljcc.co.uk.

BCF Junior Director Peter Turner has taken nine English juniors to the International tournament currently taking place at Cappelle-Le-Grande in Northern France. The official website is http://cappelle.free.fr. A summary of the results of these English juniors is at http://www.juniorchess.info/results.

9 February 2002 - 3rd Yateley Manor International & 6th South of England Junior Championships

Neville Belinfante reports:

The 3rd Yateley Manor International was won by IM Colin Crouch with 7.5/9 with Peter Sowray second on 7/9 and WIM-elect Heather Richards and Robert Willmoth joint third on 6/9. A crosstable can be found at http://www.juniorchess.info/yateley.

The 6th South of England Junior Championships - also held at Yateley Manor School in Hampshire - on Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd February 2002.

The winners of the various sections were as follows:

U7 (Saturday only) results not known

U8 (Sunday) 1st George Tunstall (Berks) 5.5/6 2nd Joshua Ward (Dorset) 5/6 3rd= Matthew Thomas (Beds) 4.5/6 3rd= Georgia Stephenson (Bucks) 3rd= Silas Wharton (Kent)

U9 1st Farris Ziyada (Sussex) 5.5/6 2nd Patrick Butler (Berks) 5/6 3rd= Edward Thomson (Hants) 4/6 3rd= Charlie Hierons (N London) 3rd= Peter Williams (Hants) 3rd= James McCallion (Surrey)

U11 Minor 1st Henry Chang (NW London) 5.5/6 2nd= Neeilan Ravindran (Surrey) 5/6 2nd= Stephanie Hargraves (Hants) 4/6 4th= Jonathan Bradford (Hants) 4th= Andrew Clark (Bucks) 4th= Shaun Cockman (Devon) 4th= Samuel Deakin (Berks) 4th= Ben Morris (Hants)

U11 Major 1st= Ankush Khandelwal (Notts) 4.5/5 1st= George O'Toole (Essex) 1st= Jac Thomas (Monmouth) (Winner of trophy on tiebreak) 4th= Joel Lamy (Notts) 4/5 4th= Yari Voropayev (SE London)

U13 1st Michael Augousti (Hants) 4.5/5 2nd= Edward Bauer (Hants) 4/5 2nd= Mithun Kailavasan (Middx) 4th Similan Anandajeyarajah (Surrey) 3.5/5

U16 1st= Matthew Harborne (Surrey) (Winner of trophy on tie-break) 1st= Sam Williams (Surrey) 1st= Colin Kay (Surrey) 1st= Ben Purton (Berks)

U12 (Closed) 1st= Daniel Hall (Wilts) 4/5 1st= Peter Poobalasingam (Som) (winner of trophy on tiebreak) 3rd= Henry Kingston (Cambs) 3.5/5 3rd= Arthur Truslove (Hants) 3rd= Stephanie Barraclough (Sussex) 3rd= Michael Keetley (Notts)

U14 (Closed) 1st= Balvinder Grewal (Notts) 4/5 (Winner of trophy on tiebreak) 1st= Amarjit Mehton (Notts) 1st= Stewart Trent (Essex) 1st= Sarah Hegarty (Surrey)

The cross tables will appear shortly at http://www.juniorchess.info.

8 February 2002 - Royston Junior Chess Congress

Keith Woodhouse reports:

Please note date has changed to Wednesday the 5th June from Keith Woodhouse

I am organising the Junior Congress in Royston Herts on the 4th June. If you send me an address (to Keith Woodhouse) I will send entry forms or one is available from the Royston Chess club web site (http://members.aol.com/kjwoodhouse/RoystonChessClub.html) which has a link from the Herts web site.

29 January 2002 - 15th EPSCA Rapidplay Championships

Neville Belinfante reports:

The 15th EPSCA rapidplay championships were held in Liverpool on Saturday 19th January 2002.

The winners were
U11 Open Yari Voropayev (South London) 5.5
U11 B Henry Liu (Manchester) 6
U10 A Louis Graham (Shropshire) 6
U10 B Robert McIntyre (Manchester) 6
U9 A Michael Rabbitte (Manchester) 6
U9 B 1st= Bobby Hayden (Lancashire) 5 Daniel McCarthy (Manchester) 5 James Mellett (Liverpool) 5 Christopher Rees (Lancashire) 5 Dominic Sykes (Oldham) 5 Emma Tattershall (Manchester) 5
U8 1st= Zac Brooks (Oldham) 6 Adam Freeman (Tameside) 6

A full prize list and report from the Tournament Organisor Peter Purland can be found on the EPSCA website (http://members.aol.com/co109/LPSCA_web.html)

7 January 2002 - Anderson London Junior Chess Championships

Neville Belinfante reports:

PRESS RELEASE - ANDERSEN LONDON JUNIOR CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2001 RESULTS

The Finals of the Andersen London Junior Chess Championships have just been completed. In total 524 children competed, the largest entry since 1980.

Before Christmas the Under 10 and Under 14 sections were held on the weekend of 15th/16th December 2001 at South Bank University, Wandsworth Road, London SW8. The winners were

UNDER 10 MINOR - 101 entrants 1st Jacob Trefethen (Oxfordshire) 6.5/7 2nd= Gaby Benhamou (Herts), Chris Heining (Notts),Jonathan Kramer (N London), Constantine Metcalf (London) and Thomas Shankler (London) 6/7
Leading Girl - Louisa Ellis

UNDER 10 MAJOR - 94 entrants 1st= George O'Toole (Essex), Joel Lamy (Notts) 6.5/7 3rd= Jac Thomas (Monmouth), Callum Kilpatrick (S London) 6/7 5th= Henry Chang (Middx), Jeremy Gordon (Surrey), Louis Graham (Shropshire) 5.5/7
Leading Girl - Katie Hale (Essex)
Best Under 9 - George O'Toole

UNDER 14 MINOR - 38 entrants 1st= David Smith (Essex), Claire Morris (Oxfordshire), Stephanie Barraclough (Sussex) 5/6 David Smith won the trophy on tiebreak.

UNDER 14 MAJOR - 46 entrants 1st David Eggleston (Durham) 6/6 2nd Robert Heaton (Surrey) 5/6 3rd= Daniel Diamond (South London), Matthew Dignam (Herts), Balvinder Grewal (Notts), Jamie Hillman (North London) 4.5/6
Leading Girl - Sarah Hegarty (Surrey)
Best Under 13 - Robert Heaton

After Christmas, the Under 8, 12, 16 and 18/21 sections were held between Friday 28th and Sunday 30th December 2001 at Chestnut Grove School in Balham.

UNDER 8 - 47 entrants 1st= Charlie Hierons (London), Andrew Willis (Oxfordshire) 6/7 3rd= Peter Williams (Hampshire), Eden Kirk (Bucks) 5.5/7 5th= Edward Ardner-Forsdyke (Middx), Patrick Butler (Berks), Stephanie Hale (Essex), Nicholas Lorch (London), Thomas Mavin (Darlington), George Ward (Herts) 5/7
Leading Girl - Stephanie Hale
Best Under 7 - Charlie Hierons

UNDER 12 MINOR - 63 entrants 1st Farris Ziyada (Sussex) 8/9 2nd= Edward Basham (Bucks) Shyam Masrami (Middx) 7/9
Leading Girl - Amisha Parmar (Derbyshire)

UNDER 12 MAJOR - 82 entrants 1st Thomas Pym (Shropshire) 7.5/9 2nd= Daniel Hall (Wilts) Thomas Harbour (Beds) 7/9 4th= Poppy Aarons (NW London), Selina Khoo (Surrey), Henry Kingston (Cambs), James Peet (N London), James Snowdon (Middx) 6.5/9
Leading Girl - Poppy Aarons, Selina Khoo
Best Under 11 - Selina Khoo

UNDER 16 - 35 entrants 1st Daniel Diamond (S London) 5/6 2nd= Tom Eckersley-Waites (Cambs), Simon Fowler (Shropshire), Robert Heaton (Surrey), Colin Kay (Surrey), Ezra Lutton (Essex) 4.5/6
Leading Girl - Sarah Hegarty (Surrey)

FIDE RATED UNDER 18/21 - 24 entrants 1st= Lorin D'Costa (Herts), IM Karl Mah (Essex) 4.5/6 3rd= Lawrence Trent (Essex), Oliver Cooley (Kent), Thomas Nixon (Middx) 4/6 5th= Andrew Bigg (Kent), Chetan Deva (Surrey), Chris Dorrington (Lincs), Gawain Jones (Yorks), Rafe Martyn (Belgium) 3.5/6

SCCU titles were awarded in these championships as follows

Under 9 Open Champion - George O'Toole
Under 9 Girls Champion - Sheila Dines (Surrey) (Both awarded in Under 10 Major)
Under 11 Open Champion - Selina Khoo
Under 11 Girls Champion - Selina Khoo (Both awarded in Under 12 Major)
Under 14 Open Champion - Robert Heaton
Under 14 Girls Champion - Sarah Hegarty (Both awarded in Under 14 Major)
Under 18 Open Champion - Lorin D'Costa (Awarded in Under 18/21)
Under 18 Girls Champion - Sarah Hegarty (Awarded in Under 16)

The London Champions are

Under 8 Boys - Charlie Hierons
Under 8 Girls - Stephanie Hale
Under 10 Boys - Callum Kilpatrick
Under 10 Girls - Katie Hale
Under 12 Boys - Henry Kingston (on tiebreak from James Peet & James Snowden)
Under 12 Girls - Selina Khoo (on tiebreak from Poppy Aarons)
Under 14 Boys - Robert Heaton
Under 16 Boys - Daniel Diamond
Under 18 Boys - Lorin D'Costa
Under 21 Boys - Lorin D'Costa

All the winners, and other highly placed players have been invited to a prize giving ceremony and simul by two masters at the London offices of the championship sponsors, Andersen, on Sunday 10th February 2002.

For further information about the Andersen London Junior Chess Championships please visit the championship website at http://www.ljcc.co.uk (where all the crosstables can be found), or contact the Congress Director - Tony Corfe - on 01707 659080 or tony@tcs-chess.demon.co.uk.

10 December 2001 - Little Heath Fun Tournament

Chris Cook reports:

I would be grateful if you advice your members both adult and junior of the 3rd Little Heath Christmas Fun Tournament on Saturday 22nd December at Little Heath Parish Hall, Thornton Road, Little Heath, Potters Bar.

The event runs from 11:00 to 17:00 as a six round Swiss with 25 minutes for all moves. Juniors under 14 compete in one section but will be paired against similar ages where possible. Older juniors and adults compete in their own section.

The emphasis is on fun so there are prizes at the beginning of each round drawn at random, a free Christmas tea and optional fancy dress. The event will not be graded so it's a great chance to experiment.

Further details and entry forms are available from me.

Many thanks

Chris Cook
Little Heath Chess Club
35 Billy Lows Lane
Potters Bar
EN6 1UX

01707 642027

5 December 2001 - London Junior Chess Championship

Neville Belinfante reports:

The committee of the London Junior Chess Championships have experienced some difficulties in confirming the venue details with South Bank University. After being unable to resolve the catering arrangements for the days after Christmas the committee has decided to move the event to a different venue. This affects players in the Under 8's, Under 12's, Under 16's, Under 21/18 events. These events will be held at Chestnut Grove School, 45 Chestnut Grove, Balham, London SW12 8JZ.

This venue change does not affect the first weekend, when the Under 10's and Under 14's events will remain at South Bank University as per the entry form.

23 October 2001 - Appleworth Junior Masters

Neville Belinfante reports:

The 2nd Ampleforth Junior Masters starts tomorrow at Ampleforth College in Yorkshire and continues until Sunday. 60 of the country's top juniors have entered this prestigious event.

The official website for the event is http://www.juniorchess.info/ampleforth and there will also be coverage on the bcf website at http://www.bcf.ndirect.co.uk/national/ampleforth01.htm.

23 October 2001 - Mini-Squad, Junior Rapidplay and Guernsey International

Neville Belinfante reports:

The mini-squad championships took place in Solihull two weeks ago. The winners were

Under 8 Toby Thurgood (Notts) 8/9
Under 9 Rahil Davda 6.5/7 (Middlesex) 6.5/7
Under 10 Callum Kilpatrick (South London) 6.5/7
Under 12 1st= Dominic Rabbitte (Gtr Manchester) 5.5/7 Jac Thomas (Monmouthshire) Andrew Tucker (Sussex).

The cross tables are at http://www.belinfante.demon.co.uk/minisquad.htm

Last weekend the British Junior Rapidplay Championships were held alongside the BCF Rapidplay Championships in Bradford, Yorkshire. Winners were

Under 16 Steven Gardner (Lancashire)
Under 14 Dhaneesha Seneratne (Yorkshire)
Under 12 1st= Tom Robinson (Norfolk) 1st= Jamie Donaldson (Manchester)
Under 10 Michael Boulton (Middlesex)

There was also an open Under 11 tournament, which was one of the pre-trial tournaments for this season's Under 11 team. This was won by Michael Keetley and Kishan Lakhani, both from Nottinghamshire.

Further details on the above can be found on my new website, http://www.juniorchess.info/results.

The world youth championships have just started in Spain. Seventeen children are representing England, and a number also from Wales, Scotland and Ireland. The British results are being posted live from Spain at http://www.bitem.co.uk/worldyouth.

Members of the National Chess Junior Squad are currently competing at the International Tournament in Guernsey, which started on Sunday.

Daily updates of the above two events are also to be found at http://www.juniorchess.info/results.

10 September 2001 - World Junior, European Junior and European Youth Championships

Neville Belinfante reports:

Jessie Gilbert and David Howell won bronze medals at the European Youth Championships which finished yesterday in Greece. For Jessie it was joint third in the U14 girls and for David joint first in the U12 Boys. Final results of all British players are at http://www.bitem.co.uk/euroyouth, a website that was updated live from Greece by Peter Turner and Martin Howell.

In July, the European Juniors were held in Greece. English scores were Nicholas Pert 7/11 (7th=), Richard Pert 5/11, Heather Richards 5.5/11 and Rosalind Kieran 5/11. The official site is http://www.otenet.gr/chessclub/2001/european/games.html.

In August (just after the British), the World Juniors were also held in Greece. English scores were Richard Palliser 8/13, Nicholas Pert 7/13 and Melanie Buckley 6.5/13. The official site is http://www.greekchess.com/pagosmio.

3 August 2001 - Neville Belinfante's Calendar

Neville Belinfante reports:

Dear Organisors, Coaches, Webmasters and Journalists.

The list of junior tournaments at http://www.belinfante.demon.co.uk/juntourn.htm has now been updated with all the major junior events for 2001/2002. From now on it will include events of national or union importance only.

If you find anything wrong, or there is anything that is excluded, please let me know. Similarly please tell me about any county or club websites that list tournaments, so I can add links to these as well.

The Andersen London Junior Chess Championships can confirm that their finals will be held at South Bank University in Wandsworth Road, London in December. Entry forms will be out soon, and available at the British at Scarborough. The tournament website is http://www.ljcc.co.uk.

See in Scarborough for the second week if you are there.

23 May 2001 - Hemel Hempstead Junior Chess Club

Phil Gregory reports:

Due to the popularity of the Hemel Hempstead Junior Chess Club, Monday meetings will continue through June.

Venue: Hemel Hempstead Chess Club, Gadebridge Community Centre, Rossgate, Gadebridge, Hemel Hempstead Telephone : 01442-251002

Date/Time: Every Monday in June - 6.30-7.30pm

Further details: Phil Gregory - 01442-242620

23 May 2001 - British Land Giga-Final

Ken Dickson reports:

Mike Basman advises that due to an extremely large number of qualifiers for the Gigafinal, he has decided to run the event over two days not one.

Saturday July 14th: U7, 8, 9 & 10 boys and girls.

Sunday July 15th: U11, 13, 15, & 18 boys and girls.

The venue is the same, The Octagon Centre in Sheffield.

20 May 2001 - ESPCA U-11

Neville Belinfante reports:

Richmond won the EPSCA Under 11 inter-association championships held at Colfe's School in Kent last Saturday 12th May, with Sussex second and Wey-Valley third. Results are on the EPSCA website http://members.aol.com/co109/LPSCA_web.html and in full detail on the Kent junior website http://www.kjca.net.

Apologies to those of you who were unable to load the spreadsheet containing the EPSCA U11 team trial results. The file and link from my whats new page have now been fixed. The cross-table is also in html format at http://www.belinfante.demon.co.uk/trials2001.htm.

I have just put cross-tables for the South of England Junior Championships from February on the web. They are at http://www.belinfante.demon.co.uk/SEng2001.htm.

9 May 2001 - Herts & Beds British Land Mega-Final

Phil Gregory reports:

To Gale Tomlinson, The Gazette, Hemel Hempstead:

As promised on the telephone I am sending you information about the success of local boys and girls in the Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire 'Megafinal' of this competition. You will recall that the UK Chess Challenge, sponsored by British Land, is the largest chess tournament in the world with over 39,000 school children taking part throughout the UK.

As your readers will know, Hemel Hempstead and Berkhamsted Chess Club held a tournament at Lime Walk School on 24 March to give local children the chance to participate. The next stage of the competition, a 'Megafinal' involving 206 schoolchildren from all over Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire, took place yesterday at the John Henry Newman School in Stevenage.

The following local children qualified for the National final- the 'Gigafinal' - in Sheffield on Sunday 15 July.

Michael Turnball Goldfield School was joint boys runner up in the under 7 section.
Thomas Lord, Albert the Great School, was the 'supremo' (the boys winner) in the under 10 section.
In the under 13s, Matthew Dignam (Chesham High, lives in Berkhamsted ) was the supremo and Thomas Whiddett (Cavendish School) also qualified for the Gigafinal.
In the under 15s, Selina Kanji (Haberdasher's Askes' for Girls, lives in Kings Langley) was a joint girls runner up , and Charles Davie (Verulam Boys, lives in Reborn) also qualified.

Special congratulations are due to Matthew Dignam and Thomas Lord for winning their age section against tough competition from the best in the two counties.

It would be appreciated if you could remind readers that Hemel Hempstead Chess Club runs a chess club for children every Monday in May (except Bank Holidays) at 6.30pm at Gadebridge Community Centre in Galley Hill. The club will then close for the summer but be open in September. Anyone wanting further details should contact me on my home number 01442 24260.

29 April 2001 - EPSCA U-11 and U-9

Neville Belinfante reports:

England Under 11 team trial

The EPSCA England Under 11 team trial was held on the weekend of 28th/29th April 2001. The winners were:

1st= 5/6 Dana Hawrami (Essex) Selena Khoo (Wey Valley - Surrey) 3rd= 4.5/6 Thomas Pym (Shropshire) Joseff Thomas (Monmouthshire) Arthur Truslove (Hampshire)

The crosstable is on my website at http://www.belinfante.demon.co.uk/trials2001.xls (Excel workbook).

There was a closed section for children who qualified for the team last year. This was won by James Hanley (Lancashire) with 4.5/5 and second was Daniel Hall (Wiltshire) with 3.5/5.

EPSCA Under 9 finals

The English Primary Schools Chess Association Inter-Association Under 9 finals were held on Saturday 28th April in Colindale hosted by Barnet.

The winners were 1st Richmond 31.5/36 2nd Essex 31/36 3rd Wey Valley - Surrey 26/36

Full details are on EPSCA's website at http://members.aol.com/co109/LPSCA_web.html.

Frydek-Mistek trip

The National Chess Junior Squad took a number of juniors to the large annual junior chess tournament in Fridek-Mistek over Easter. A report written by team manager Peter Purland is at http://www.belinfante.demon.co.uk/frydek-mistek.htm

22 April 2001 - National Junior Squad Championships

Neville Belinfante reports:

The National Chess Junior Squad Annual Championships were held from Friday 20th to Sunday 22 April 2001 at Yateley Manor School, near Camberley in Hampshire.

The winners and runners up were as follows:

Under 12 Championship

1st Robert Heaton (Surrey) 6/7 2nd= Sebastian Pozzo (SE London) 5.5/7 Sarah Hegarty (Surrey)

Under 11 Champion

Sebastian Pozzo

Under 16 Championship

1st Richard Mycroft (Cambridgeshire) 5/6 2nd= Robert Payne (Essex) 4.5 Teresa Khoo (Surrey) Matthew Harborne (Surrey) Sam Williams (Hampshire)

U14 Champions

Robert Payne, Matthew Harborne, Sam Williams

FIDE Rated Under 21 Championship

1st Matthew Broomfield (SE London) 4.5/6 2nd= Martin Taylor (Kent) 4 Christopher Dorrington (Lincolnshire) Andrew Bigg (Kent) Thomas Nixon (Surrey) Thomas Day (Nottinghamshire) Rafe Martyn (Belgium) Ezra Lutton (Essex) Tim Woodward (SW London)

Under 18 Champion

Matthew Broomfield British Championship Place Matthew Broomfield
Best Unrated Player Thomas Day

All the crosstables are on my site at http://www.belinfante.demon.co.uk/juniorsquad.htm

21 April 2001 - Junior Tournaments and Results

Neville Belinfante reports:

Essex won the BCF U18 Intercounty championships held on Saturday 31st March in Essex. Second were Warwickshire (last year's champions) and third were Herts who were awarded the title in Minor Counties Champions. A full report is at http://www.ejca.org.uk/results/bcfu18results.html.

Surrey won the U18 girls Championships the week before, held at International Students House in Central London. Herts were awarded the title of Minor County Champions. Details are on the ECGCF website http://www.sgcl.clara.net/sgcnews.htm.

Surrey also won the U11 EPSCA girls championships held in Bolton on Saturday 31st March. Greater Manchester were second. Details also on the ECGCF website http://www.sgcl.clara.net/sgcnews.htm.

The 25th Kings Head Rapidplay was held on Sunday 1st April. The junior prizes were won as follows U10 George O'Toole (Essex) 2.5/6 10/11 David Howell (Sussex) 4/6 12/13 Shaun Alley (Essex) and Sarah Hegarty (Surrey) 14/15 Ameet Ghasi (Warwickshire) 5/6 Ameet Ghasi also won the U200 grading prize Jessie Gilbert (14 Surrey) won the U150 grading prize with 4/6 Philip Makepeace (12 Bucks) won the U100 grading prize with 3/6

The Terence Chapman Group have announced their Chess Awards for 2001. A Gold Award was won by Luke McShane, and Silver awards by IM Adam Hunt, IM Nicholas Pert, FM Richard Palliser, Melanie Buckley, WFM Heather Richards, Craig Hanley, Ameet Ghasi, Jonathan Lappage and Gawain Jones. The full press release is at http://www.belinfante.demon.co.uk/tcawards. htm.

26 March 2001 - DJCI British Land Challenge Tournament

John Sharp reports:

The recently created Dacorum Junior Chess Initiative (DJCI) ran a highly sucessful 7-round one-day tournament in Hemel Hempstead, for school children to qualify for the British Land Megafinal. The tournament took place at Lime Walk School, Hemel Hempstead on 26th March with 71 children taking part from schools in Hemel Hempstead, Berkhamsted, Little Gaddesden, Great Gaddesden, Luton, Tring and Chesham.

The following 18 children qualified for the Megafinal:

Under-7 : Michael Turnbull (Goldfield, Tring)
Under-8 : Daniel Ingram (Nash Mills, Hemel Hempstead)
Under-9 : Michael Turner (Victoria C/E, Berhamsted)and Alex Kennedy (Great Gaddesden)
Under-10 : Thomas Lord (St Albert the Great, Hemel Hempstead), Tom Bower (Boxmoor, Hemel Hempstead), Sarah Haddow (Boxmoor, Hemel Hempstead), Toby Smith (Lockers Park, Hemel Hempstead) and Christopher Tipple (Lockers Park, Hemel Hempstead)
Under-11 : Michael Barton (Lime Walk, Hemel Hempstead) and Alex Beeston (Chambersbury Lane)
Under-13 : Matthew Dignam (Chesham High), Miles Wildmore (Haresfoot, Bovingdon), Ryan Collier (Tring), Paul Cook (Longdean) and Thomas Whiddett (Cavendish, Hemel Hempstead)
Under-15 : Charles Davie (Verulam Boys) and Selina Kanji (Haberdasher Askes)

The following Champions received trophies:

Under-11 Boys : Michael Turner and Thomas Lord (joint)
Under-11 Girls : Sarah Haddow
Over-11 Boys : Matthew Dignam
Over-11 Girls : Selina Kanji

There will be junior chess nights at Hemel Hempstead chess club on Monday's throughout April and May - call Phil Gregory on 01442-242620 for more details.

The tournament was organised by Phil Gregory, Kate Dignam, John Sharp and Ken Dickson.

At the congress itself there was excellent support from local chess enthusiasts: Norman Lampkin, Anne Nobbs, Paul Sargent, Damian Dignam, Rod Gibb, Charles Phillips, Andy Gilfillan, Caroline Whiddett and Steve Law - apologies for anyone I have missed.

Also many thanks to: Gary Everington, the headmaster of Lime Walk School; Neville Belinfante who undertook the controlling with Kate Dignam; Nigel Hoddinott who produced the splendid application forms and posters; British Land and Mike Basman; and Richard O'Brien who ran the chess store.

The DJCI was founded in November 2000 by Kate Dignam, Phil Gregory, John Sharp and Ken Dickson to further junior chess in the Dacorum area.

19 February 2001 - BWCA Girls Championship

Neville Belinfante reports:

The BWCA Girls Championships were held this weekend in York. The results were as follows

U13

1st Sarah Hegarty 7/7
2nd Colleen Halpin 5.5/7
3rd Karen Bradley 5/7
4th Claire Morris 4/7

U11

1st Naomi Miller 6/7
2nd Stephanie Barraclough 5.5/7
3rd Maria Walker 5.5/7

U10

1st= Victoria Crompton 6/7
Sarah Robinson
Katie Hale
U9 title goes to Katie Hale
U8 title goes to Bethany Halpin 3/7

6 February 2001 - South of England Junior

Richard Haddrell reports (from the SCCU website):

SOUTH OF ENGLAND JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 3/4 February 2001 - Yateley Manor School (near Camberley)

Under 14 (Closed Tournament)

1 William Bennet (Rutland) 4½/5; 2-4 Robert Payne (Essex), Josiah Lutton (Essex), Sam Williams (Hampshire) 3½; 5-11 Balwinder Grewal (Notts), Edmund Birkhamshaw (Kent), Stewart Trent (Herts), Chris Dorrington (Lincs), Andrew Moxley (Warcs), Matthew Dignam (Herts), Amarjit Mehton (Notts) 3...

Under 13

1 Mark Goodwin (Bucks) 4½/5; 2 Robbie Dams (Wiltshire) 4; 3-4 Philip Makepeace (Bucks), Colin Kay (Surrey) 3½...

Under 12 (Closed Tournament)

1-3 Robert Heaton (Richmond), Peter Roberson (Hants), Simon Fowler (Shropshire) 4/5; 4-7 Anton Chernikov (Richmond), Tom Harbour (Beds), Charles Rowe (Somerset), Richard Willis (Northants) 3...

Under 11 (This was a pre-trial tournament for the England Under 11 team trial in April)

1-2 Henry Kingston (Cambs), Thomas Pym (Shropshire) 4½/5; 3-7 Vedantha Kumar (N London), Stephanie Barraclough (Sussex), Dana Hawrami (Essex), Eugene Geidelberg (Hants), James Porter (Richmond) 4...

Under 11 Challengers

1 Graham Hargraves (Hants) 5/6; 2-4 Sohail Jannesari (Hants), Steven Wilkins (Hants) 4½...

Under 9

1-2 Kaiser Malik (Middx) (Winner of trophy on tiebreak), Robbie Carr (Herts) 5/6; 3 Alex Thomson (Hants) 4½; 4-5 Alastair Dow (Hampshire), Peter Carr (Bucks) 4...

Under 8

1 Andrew Goodman (Surrey) 6/6; 2 Simon Tucker (Sussex) 4½; 3-8 Peter Hale (Essex), Stefon Curtress (Surrey), Sheila Dines (Surrey), Edward Gilmore (NW London), Peter Watt (Oxfordshire), James McCallion (Surrey) 4...

Under 7

1-2 Edward Gilmore (NW London), Edward Ardner-Forsdyke (Middlesex) 5½/6; 3-5 Peter Keetley (Notts), Eden Kirk (Bucks), Stephanie Hale (Essex) 4...

Under 130

1 Oliver Payne (Hants) 4½/5; 2-4 Chris Cook (Herts), Matthew Harborne (Surrey), Oliver Coddington (Hampshire) 3½...

6 January 2001 - London Junior Chess Championship U-21, U-18, U-16, U-12 and U-8

Neville Belinfante reports:

The Under 8, 12 Major, 12 Minor, 16 and 18/21 sections were competed for at the Faculty of the Built Environment, South Bank University, 202 Wandworth Road, London SW8 2JZ on Thursday 28th to Saturday 30th December 2000.

The prize winners were as follows:

UNDER 8 (48 players)

1st George O'Toole (Essex) 7/7
2nd= Gordon Parker (Middlesex) and James McCallion (Surrey) 6/7

London Boys Champion

Gordon Parker (Middlesex) 5.5/7

London Girls Champion

not awarded

Best Girl

not awarded

Best Under 7

Charlie Hierons (N London)
Christopher Lillie (Buckinghamshire)
Peter Watt (Oxfordshire)
Andrew Willis (Northants)

UNDER 12 MINOR (38 Players)

1st Nicholas Moon (Middlesex) 8.5/9
2nd Sam Wass (Essex) 6.5/9
3rd= Similan Anandajeyarajah (Surrey) 6/9
Michael Boulton (Middlesex)
Michael Hale (Essex)
Andrew Lillie (E London)

Best Girl

Amelia Duncanson (Norfolk) 5.5/9

UNDER 12 MAJOR (68 players)

1st Li Wu (Warwickshire) 8.5/9
2nd= Robert Heaton (Surrey) and Sarah Hegarty (Surrey) 7/9

London Boys Champion

Robert Heaton (Surrey) 6/9

London Girls Champion

Poppy Aarons (NW London) 5/9

Best Under 11

Daniel Hall (Wiltshire)

SCCU U11 Boys Champion

Peter Poobalasingam (N London)

SCCU U11 Girls Champion

Poppy Aarons (NW London)

Leading Girl

Sarah Hegarty (Surrey)

UNDER 16 (30 players)

1st= Richard Mycroft (Cambridgeshire) and Jonathan Zoubaida (SW London) 5/6
3rd Sam Williams (Hampshire) 4.5/6

London Boys Champion

Jonathan Zoubaida (SW London)

London Girls Champion

Not awarded

FIDE OPEN (INCLUDING U18 & U21) (33 players)

1st= Lorin D'Costa (Hertfordshire) and Thirumurugan Thiruchelvam (Surrey) 5/6
3rd IM Colin Crouch (Middlesex) 4.5/6

London U18 Boys Champion

Lorin D'Costa (Hertfordshire)

London U21 Boys Champion

Lorin D'Costa (Hertfordshire)

London U18 Girls Champion

Not awarded

Best Girl

Iva Anguelov (NW London) 3.5/6

Best U2100

Koichi Nicholas (Buckinghamshire) 4/6

Best U2000

Chris Dorrington (Lincolnshire) 4/6

SCCU U18 Boys Champion

Lorin D'Costa

SCCU U18 Girls Champion

Not awarded

There will be a prize giving ceremony and simultaneous display on Sunday 11th February 2001 at 2pm at Harlequins Rugby Club in Twickenham. GM Luke McShane and IM Harriet Hunt will be giving the displays which will be 90 minutes each on the clock, and limited to 20 boards each. All winners and runners up at the championships have been invited to take part, and if there are still places available, they will be offered to other competitors.

Information about the London Junior Championships is at the Congress website http://www.ljcc.co.uk/index.htm and all the cross tables are at http://www.belinfante.demon.co.uk/ljcc/2000.htm. Please contact me at londonjr@belinfante.demon.co.uk for more information about the championships.

14 December 2000 - London Junior Chess Championship U-14 and U-10

Neville Belinfante reports:

The Under 10 and Under 14 sections of the 70th London Junior Chess Championships were held on the weekend 9th/10th December 2000 at the Facility of the Built Environment at South Bank University.

The prize winners were as follows:

UNDER 10 MAJOR (73 players)

1st= 6/7
Selina Khoo (Surrey)
Eugene Geidelberg (Hampshire)
Alex O'Toole (Essex)

London Boys Champion

Robin Amiga (NW London) 5.5/7

London Girls Champion

Selina Khoo (Surrey)

Best Girl

Selina Khoo (Surrey)

Best Under 9

Eugene Geidelberg (Hampshire)

SCCU U9 Champion

Callum Kilpatrick (SE London) 5/7

SCCU U9 Girls Champion

Katharine Hale (Essex) 4.5/7

UNDER 10 MINOR (85 players)

1st Michel Baumgard (Essex) 6.5/7
2nd James Parker (SW London) 6/7
3rd= Philip Greenfield (Surrey) 5.5/7
Arutyun Arutyunyan (NW London)
Jonathan Fallman (Essex)
Neeilan Ravidran (Surrey)
Beauregard Schofield (Oxfordshire)

Best Girl

Hannah Bowers (NW London) 4.5/7

UNDER 14 MAJOR (35 players)

1st Tim Woodward (SW London) 5.5/6
2nd Alan Hawrami (Essex) 5/6
3rd= Bobby Payne (Essex) 4.5/6
Sam Williams (Hampshire)
William Bennet (Rutland)

Best Under 13

Alan Hawrami (Essex)

London Boys Champion

Tim Woodward (SW London)

SCCU U14 Champion

Tim Woodward (SW London)

SCCU U14 Girls Champion

Sarah Hegarty (Surrey)

Best Girl

Sarah Hegarty (Surrey)

UNDER 14 MINOR (36 players)

1st Henry Kingston (Cambridgeshire) 6/6
2nd= Nicholas L Baranga (NW London) 5/6
Alexei Chernikov (SW London) 5/6.

The Under 8, 12 Major, 12 Minor, 16 and 18/21 sections will take place at the same venue on Thursday 28th to Saturday 30th December.

Information about the London Junior Championships is at the Congress website http://www.ljcc.co.uk and all the cross tables are at http://www.belinfante.demon.co.uk/ljcc/2000.htm. Please contact me at londonjr@belinfante.demon.co.uk for more information about the championships.

29 November 2000 - Bucks County U-14

Neil Clifton reports:

Is there ANYBODY in the County of Buckinghamshire who would be prepared to organise and manage a County Girls team (U14, 6 members) to play in the English Counties Girls Chess Federation inter-county competition?

There are only about 2 fixtures per year - and we could start you off with something very gentle!

Have a look at our website at http://ecgcf.da.ru or email us at sgcl@clara.net

The girls are there, just waiting for someone to sort them out!

12 November 2000 - London Junior Chess Championship

Neville Belinfante reports:

A web site has been set up for the London Junior Chess Championships at http://www.ljcc.co.uk. Could webmasters please add a link. This site contains a list of children who have already qualified for the U12, U10 and U8 championships, a list of qualifying tournaments and crosstables for the last three years.

Further information will be put up between now and when the championships start on Saturday 9th December.

31 October 2000 - High Wycombe Junior

Neville Belinfante reports (from the SCCU website):

HIGH WYCOMBE JUNIOR LJCQ 14th October 2000

Under U12 (18 pl) 1 Daniel Hall (Lethbridge Wilts) 6/6; 2 Philip Makepeace (Dr Challoners Bucks) 4½; 3-6 Yasmin Ball (Abbey, Reading Berks), Alisdair Drew (Lethbridge Wilts), Robbie Dams (Commonweal Wilts), Charlie Fry (Merchant Taylors Bucks) 4...

Under 10 (24 pl) 1-2 Adam Wiltshire (Lethbridge Wilts), Daniel Rey (Magdalen College School Oxon) 5/6; 3 Andrew Clark (Gerrards Cross Bucks) 4½...

Under 8 (15 pl) 1 Christopher Lillie (Hamilton Bucks) 5/6; 2-4 Philip Dodwell (Hamilton Bucks), Peter Watt (Aston Rowant Oxon), Andrew Willis (Little Milton Oxon) 4...

28 October 2000 - Mini-Squad, Millfield and Ampleforth

Neville Belinfante reports:

MINISQUAD - The BCF Mini-Squad Autumn Championships 2000 were held at Ulverley school in Solihull on 7th and 8th October. The crosstables will be at http://www.belinfante.demon.co.uk/minsquad.htm shortly

U8

1st Ifan JOHNSTON (Wales) 9/9
2nd= Rahil DAVDA (SW London), Michael RABBITTE 7/9

U9

1st Kaiser MALIK (Middlesex) 6.5/7
2nd Hugo KING-OAKLEY (SW London) 5.5/7
3rd= Callum KILPATRICK, Matthew KINLOCH 5/7
Best Girl Poppy MAXWELL (Oxfordshire) 4.5/7

U10

1st Dana HAWRAMI (Essex) 7/7
2nd Dani MALIK (Middlesex) 5.5/7
3rd= Joshua BROWN (Middlesex), Joseph BLOOMFIELD (Essex), Murray DAVID (Leicestershire) 5/7
Best Girl Victoria Crompton (Tameside) Stephanie Epperlein (Surrey) 4/7

U12

1st J Ezra LUTTON (Essex) 6.5/7 - not eligible for trophy
2nd Li WU (Warwickshire) 6/7 - wins trophy
3rd Thomas PYM (Shropshire) 5/7

MILLFIELD - The fourth Millfield International Schools Tournament was held on the 21st and 22nd October. 14 school teams competed. The format was 12 board teams and two jamboree rounds. The top 6 were placed in the championship group and the remainder in the major group. These groups were 5 round jamborees

Championship Group

1st RGS Guildford 34.5/60
2nd Gonzaga A 33/60 on tiebreak from Manchester Grammar School
Last year's winners Gonzaga from Ireland were unable to retain the trophy

Major Group

1st Torquay Boys Grammar School 44.5/60 on tiebreak from
2nd QE Boys, Barnet 44.5/60
The tiebreak method was results of the games between the schools themselves.

Reserves Tournament

1st Bryce CONDUIT - RGS Guildford 7/7
2nd Chris BRIGHT - RGS Guildford 6/7

Individual Awards

Best U12 Zubin SIGANPORIA (St Olave's Grammar School)
Best U14 Jamie HILLMAN (QE Boys, Barnet)
Best U16 David SHAW (Manchester Grammar School)
Best U18 Sam COLLINS (Gonzaga School)
Best Girl Lale TUNCER (King Edwards Camp Hill School, Birmingham)
Stephen Joseph Memorial Award - John KENNEDY (St Benildus)

AMPLEFORTH JUNIOR MASTERS - This prestige event was held at Battle Abbey near Hastings in Sussex from 21st to 27th OCtober. The eventual winner was Lorin D'Costa with 6/7. Kenan Boztas and Chetan Deva were joint second with 5.5/7. All the results and daily reports from Peter Turner are at the at BCF website

29 September 2000 - Times School Championship

John Saunders reports (from the BCM website):

The Times School Championship will be run by Richard Haddrell. BCF Director of Junior Chess, Peter Turner, has sent out a Press Release:

You may have learned of the death of Mitchell Taylor, long-time Chief Conductor of the Times School Chess Championship. Mitchell had not been well for some time but was determined to continue organising the competition as long as possible. His passing has created some temporary organisational difficulties.

The 2000/2001 Times Schools Championship will take place and on this occasion may be regarded as a fitting tribute to Mitchell Taylor’s memory.

NEW CONDUCTOR
Richard Haddrell has offered to control this year’s event.

The immediate difficulties for me are:
1. The entries have gone to Mitchell’s address.
2. I have no documentation giving contact details of Zone Conductors, copies of information sent to participating schools, guidance notes on the conduct/organisation of the event etc.
3. Some schools have not received entry forms.

Actions taken on the above:
1. Stephanie Taylor, Mitchell’s daughter, is putting her father’s papers in order and will send all appropriate documents to me as soon as she is ready. Entries held by Stephanie will be passed on to Richard Haddrell.
2. By various means we are trying to establish an accurate list of Zones and Zone Conductors.
3. A new entry form is appended. There is no need to return it if you have already entered.

The start date of the competition will be delayed. I think the first round is likely to be in November.

URGENT!!- If you are a Zone Conductor or know someone who is, could you send contact details to Richard: 01892 532361 rjh@sccu.ndo.co.uk

Teams are of six players, who must all be pupils of the school they represent.
Age limit: Under 19 on the 31st August 2000.
To encourage younger teams, an age handicap applies.
Enquiries to Richard Haddrell by phone or email.

TIMES SCHOOLS CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP: ENTRY FORM 2000/2001
Closing date 20.10.00

26 September 2000 - NYCA U-18 and U-12

Neville Belinfante reports:

Results of the NYCA U12 and u18 championships from last Saturday are as follows:

U12 (11 teams) 1st Richmond 52

2nd Manchester 33.5
3rd Sussex 32

U18 (9 teams)

1st Richmond
2nd Wiltshire
3rd Manchester

25 September 2000 - England U-12

Neville Belinfante reports:

The England U12 team played a match against Flanders at Yateley Manor School September 23/24 2000.

September 23 - Saturday, 2 rounds, 20 boards, all moves in 1hr 10mins

Round 1 England 12.5 Flanders 7.5

Round 2 England 12.5 Flanders 7.5

September 24 - Sunday, 4 rounds, England, Flanders and a number of children from host families. There were three categories of prizes:

England Squad winner -

• Li Wu 4/4
• Simon Fowler 3/4
• Sarah Hegarty 3/4

Flemish Winner -

• C. van Peer 4/4
• C. Maggen (2nd on count back) 3.5/4
• B. Feys 3.5/4

Hosts winner - T. Smith 1/4

I dont yet have the results of the National Youth Chess Association U12 and U18 championships which were held on Saturday in Stoke-on-Trent.

At the 4NCL annual awards for last year, Junior player of the year was Luke McShane for his unbeaten score in Division 1. Female player of the year was Melanie Buckley for her unbeaten score and WIM norm in Division 1.