2009-2010 Season Archive - News
Correspondence Chess Latest Results - note the New
Season starts on 1 October 2010
With a few unfinished games to clear up/adjudicate,
Warks 1 are likely to finish 4th in the Ward-Higgs. Leading scores
are: Sussex 15.5/20, Essex 15/20, Yorks.15/21, Warks 12.5/20. We are
claiming a win and a draw in our last 2 games, v Sussex. In the
Sinclair Essex 2 have won with 16/21 so far, with Warks 2 2nd on
13.5/21. In the Brown-Pond Warks 3 are 5th on 2/9.
Warwickshire are the only county fielding three
teams and places in the teams have just become available for all
levels of chess ability! Keith urgently
needs players to fill the boards, and team lists have to be
finalised soon. If you are interested, you need to
contact Keith Escott before 10
September 2010.
British Championship in
Canterbury on 25 July - 7 August
2010
If you have been following the British Championship
you will know that players from Warwickshire have finished in the
prizes. (Incidentally, last year I asked why winners of
events other than the British Championship were not publicised
as 'Champions'. Well some good news - this year they have now
been officially recognised!)
British Championship: Don Mason (Shirley &
Lucas) scored a brilliant 7 / 11 to win the prize for 'Most Improved
Rating Performance 2200-2349'. Congratulations Don!!
Here are a few facts about Don's stunning
prizewinning performance...
Don finished 9th= and was the highest placed of all
non-titled players.
Don finished to tie with GM Keith Arkell, GM
Stephen Gordon, GM Aaron Summerscale, GM Peter Wells, IM Thomas
Rendle.
Don finished higher than GM Danny Gormally and GM Simon
Williams.
Don finished higher than five other IMs and four
FMs.
Don finished higher than the British and English Women's
Champion.
Don's tournament performance was near to
2400.
Wow!!!
And now for our other prizewinner and a very special
piece of news...
British Under 10 Championship: Ashwin Kalyana
(Hallfield School and Solihull Checkmates) scored 6 / 7 to become
the British Under 10 Champion!! Congratulations Ashwin on this superb
achievement!!!
Ashwin was unbeaten over 7 rounds and had a
brilliant tournament performance of 137. Ashwin's name will of course also now forever be written in
the history of the championships!
There were several other Warwickshire players and/or
players from Warwickshire teams taking part. Well done to all
of you!!
Latest English Chess Federation
Standard and Rapidplay Grades on 25 July 2010
The annual update to the standard grades are now
available here. Note that some tournaments may use
these new grades before they are finalised at the end of August
2010, so do check on the entry form.
Worcestershire Open Chess
Congress in Worcester on 24-25 July 2010
This year's congress was a massive success with huge
progress being made in several areas compared to last year's
successful inaugural event. Firstly, there
was a new and much more spacious venue at the Worcester University
campus. This went down extremely well with players.
Secondly the number of entrants increased from 62 last year up to an
extremely respectable 110 this year - an increase of almost 80
percent in only the second year! Thirdly, and as the congress
was in aid of charity, it is extremely pleasing to report that a
gift of 500 pounds from profits of the event was made to this year's
chosen charity: St. Mary's Hospice, Selly Park, Birmingham.
This news was received with warm applause from all the
players. Fantastic!!!
I'm pleased to report that several players from
Warwickshire did extremely well, finishing in the prizes as
follows.
Major U160: shared by Wiatt Ropp
(Stratford-upon-Avon) and Chris Smith (Warley Quinborne) who
finished 3rd= on 4 / 5 points in a three-way tie.
Minor U120: shared by Richard Leaper (Westminster),
Kyle Reed (King Edward's Camp Hill School) and Matt Trigg (Solihull)
who finished 1st= on 4 / 5 points in a seven-way tie.
Best Junior Prize: shared by Kyle Reed (King
Edward's Camp Hill School) with 4 / 5 points in a four-way
tie.
Slow Starter Prize: scooped by Arron Dhesi (King
Edward's School) with 3.5 / 5 points.
U100 Grading Prize: shared by Ashwin Kalyana (Hallfield School)
with 3 / 5 points in a two-way tie.
Well done and congratulations to all of the prize
winners!!
Warwickshire's Junior Chess Leagues
2009-2010
There is one junior league in the county, the
Birmingham & District Junior. An end of
season report is posted below. If anyone is aware of any other
junior leagues then please let me know.
Birmingham & District Junior Chess
League 2009-2010
There were six divisions in this season's junior
league, with a total of twenty-four teams playing. Four teams
across divisions one and two. Four teams in division three.
Seven teams in division four. Three teams in the U13 division and
six teams in the U12 division.
In total, forty-seven matches and two hundred and
eighty-two chess games were played.
League Champion: King Edward's Camp Hill
School
Runner-up: King Edward's School
Division Two Champion: King Edward's Five Ways
School
Runner-up: Windsor High
School
Division Three Champion: King Edward's Camp Hill
School
Runner-up: Solihull School
Division Four Champion: King Edward's
School
Joint Runner-up: King Edward's Camp Hill and King Edward's
Five Ways
U13 Division Champion: King Edward's
School
Runner-up: King Edward's Five Ways School
U12 Division Champion: King Edward's
School
Runner-up: King Edward's Camp Hill School
Congratulations to each of the division
champions!
UK Chess Challenge
Northern Gigafinal in Dukinfield on 10-11 July
2010
68,000 junior chess players started in this
year's UK Chess Challenge. This was whittled down to 2,315
players from across the UK who qualified through from the county
Megafinals. And of this total, 86 juniors
from the traditional county of Warwickshire qualified to
compete in the national Gigafinals.
In the end, 61 juniors from Warwickshire competed and finished
amongst 773 juniors in the Northern Gigafinal - playing against the
very best juniors in their respective age groups from across all of
the counties in England (Midlands and North), and from
all of Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland.
So just a little bit tough then eh!! Well this
is how our 61 juniors fared against their peers in this national
stage......
Ultimi:
Ibraheem Malik (Checkmate! Junior
Chess Club) is the U9 Boys Ultimo having scored 5.5 / 6
Kaiser
Malik (King Edward's) is the U18 Boys Ultimo having scored 5 /
6
2nd Place Runners-up:
Ashwin
Kalyana (Hallfield) U10 Boys scored 5 / 6
Matthew Fergusson (Hallfield) U10
Boys scored 5 / 6
Andrew Fergusson (Hallfield) U8
Boys scored 5 / 6
Leo Tsoi (Bishop Vesey's Grammar) U12 Boys
scored 4.5 / 6
Chris Smith (King Edward's Five Ways) U18 Boys scored 4 /
6
Sophia Emanuel (King Edward's Camp Hill) U18 Girls scored 3 /
6
3rd Place Runners-up:
Aloysious
Lip (Solihull Checkmates) U10 Boys scored 5 / 6
Philip
Purcell (King Edward's Five Ways) U15 Boys scored 4.5 /
6
Hari Nijjar (Hallfield) U11 Boys scored 4.5 / 6
Astghik
Stepanyan (North Birmingham Academy) U16 Girls scored 3.5 /
6
Philomena Lip (King Edward's High) U14 Girls scored 3.5 /
6
Felicity Parker (King Edward's Five Ways) U13 Girls scored
3.5 / 6
Katie Smith (King Edward's Five Ways) U15 Girls
scored 3 / 6
Ultimi qualify for the UK Terafinal, 2nd Place
Runners-up qualify for the UK Terafinal Challengers A, and 3rd Place
Runners-up qualify for the UK Terafinal Challengers B.
Rosette Winners:
Henrik Stepanyan (St.
Edmund Campion RC) U14 Boys scored 4.5 / 6
Shakeel
Choudbury (King Edward's) U15 Boys scored 4 / 6
Manpreet
Nijjar (King Edward's) U13 Boys scored 4 / 6
Oliver
Whitfield (King Edward's Camp Hill) U13 Boys scored 4 /
6
Jake Rigby (Warwick Junior) U11 Boys scored 4 / 6
Adam
Nazarali (Sharman's Cross) U8 Boys scored 4 / 6
Arjan
Ubhi (Hallfield) U7 Boys scored 4 / 6
Aroun
Kalyana (Hallfield) U8 Boys scored 4 / 6
Chimnay
Monga (Hallfield) U8 Boys scored 4 / 6
Kyle Reed (King Edward's Camp Hill) U14
Boys scored 3.5 / 6
Siddharth Singh (King Edward's
Handsworth) U12 Boys scored 3.5 / 6
Ollie Barron (Warwick
Junior) U10 Boys scored 3.5 / 6
Jennifer Ellis (Blue Coat)
U7 Girls scored 3.5 / 6
Also
Competed:
Daniel Oztekin (Solihull Checkmates Junior Chess
Club) U16 Boys scored 3 / 6
Shivi Ravi (Solihull Checkmates
Junior Chess Club) U13 Girls scored 3 / 6
Kieran
Roberts (St. Mark's) U11 Boys scored 3 / 6
William
Button (Warwick Junior) U11 Boys scored 3 / 6
Cameron
Westwood (World's End Junior) U10 Boys scored 3 / 6
James
Draper (Blue Coat) U10 Boys scored 3 / 6
James
Kearney (Cawston Grange) U10 Boys scored 3 / 6
Rajen
Parekh (Bablake) U10 Boys scored 3 / 6
Ali
Syed (Hallfield) U9 Boys scored 3 / 6
Benjamin
Hale (Hallfield) U9 Boys scored 3 / 6
Hussain
Norris (Sharman's Cross) U9 Boys scored 3 / 6
Emil
Ali (Hallfield) U8 Boys scored 3 / 6
Krishan
Kaushal (Blue Coat) U8 Boys scored 3 / 6
Victor Hartas-Moody
(Solihull Checkmates) U7 Boys scored 3 /
6
Unnat
Krishna (King Edward's Five Ways) U17 Boys scored 2.5 /
6
Ben Rhodes (Warwick Junior) U11 Boys scored 2.5 /
6
Johnny von Holstein (Warwick Junior) U11 Boys scored 2.5 /
6
Megan Richter (St. Mary's) U9 Girls scored 2.5 /
6
Sanam Chawla (Hallfield) U8 Boys scored 2.5 / 6
Sejay Segal
(Hallfield) U7 Boys scored 2.5 /
6
Matthew
Watkeys (King Edward's Five Ways) U18 Boys scored 2 / 6
Aman
Sandu (King Edward's Stratford) U12 Boys scored 2 /
6
Christopher Harling (Cawston Grange) U10 Boys scored 2 /
6
Arjun Sharma (Hallfield) U9 Boys scored 2 / 6
John
Villanueva (St. Mary's) U9 Boys scored 2 /
6
Roman
Shantsila (St. Mary's) U9 Boys scored 2 / 6
Rhea
Takhar (Hallfield) U8 Girls scored 2 /
6
Hannah
Clayton (St. James') U10 Girls scored 1.5 / 6
Sanjeevan
Ghataore (Chad Vale) U9 Boys scored 1.5 /
6
Lewis
James (Warwick Junior) U11 Boys scored 1 / 6
Theo
McAuliffe (Warwick Junior) U10 Boys scored 1 /
6
India McRae (Avon
Valley) U12 Girls scored 0.5 / 6
Eleanor Parker (Acocks
Green Junior) U8 Girls scored 0.5 /
6
Well done to everyone for reaching and finishing
this tough national stage, and congratulations to the Ultimi and
Runners-up who will be going to the 'All UK' finals!
These will be held in Warwick, Warwickshire on 21-22 August
2010 where there will many thousands of pounds of cash prizes up for
grabs!
National County
U100 Championship Final on 10 July 2010
Warwickshire's U100 Team captained by Dave Rowe
unfortunately lost 3.5 vs 8.5 to Essex.
The team's three wins came from Gary Wickett, W B
(Bill) Yeomans and Craig Mills. In fact Gary and Craig secured
wins in both the semi and the final - well done!! See here for
more.
This was a new team and so congratulations to Dave
and all the players for reaching the final - and our very best
wishes for future success next
season!
National County U180
Championship Final on 10 July 2010 - UPDATED with more
photos!
Warwickshire's U180 county chess team captained by
John Fahy have been crowned National Champions after a hard fought
final in which they prevailed against Nottinghamshire!!!
Strengthwise it was dead even and the match proved
to be an incredibly tense affair with the balance constantly
shifting until the end. However Warwickshire eventually won
through to claim the trophy, ending the match with a final score of
9 vs 7. The team's five wins came from
Alan Lloyd, Joey Stewart, Rob Wallman, Simon Smith and Ed
Goodwin.
Congratulations to John and all the finalists and to
everyone who played for the team this season to win the
championship!!
A full match report with gamescores and
photos of this scorching final (literally - just spot the
shorts!) are now available here.
Yateley Manor National Schools Plate Final in
Uppingham on 8-9 July 2010
One hundred and sixty-five schools entered this
year's competition.
Immediately after their victory (see other report
below) in the UK National Schools U18 Championship, Camp Hill
travelled up from Somerset to Rutland.
Camp Hill were missing a couple of their best
players from the First Team. Aled Walker and Nathan Brown were both
in the UK Team at the International Mathematical Olympiad otherwise
known as the World Championship!!
Camp Hill nevertheless gave a great performance. In
fact they were undefeated in all of their matches as far as over the
board chess goes, and they finished first as far as game points goes
because they scored a massive 10 / 12 in the finals which was more
than every other team.
However because the competition features an age
handicap, and in spite of their superiority over the board, Camp
Hill finished in 3rd place.
Congratulations to all of the team: Clive Ke,
Andrew Briggs, Andrew Pearson, Nick West, Kyle Reed and Max
Cheung.
National Schools
Teams U18 Final in Burnham-on-Sea on 6-7 July
2010
King Edward's Camp Hill School beat Queen
Elizabeth's School (Barnet) by a clear point to emerge as the U18
National Champions!!
Congratulations to all of the team: Clive Ke,
Andrew Briggs, Nick West, Jason Pereira, Max Cheung and Inderveer
Kang.
EPSCA National
Primary Schools Chess Championships U9 & U11 Finals in
Burnham-on-Sea on 6-7 July 2010
Hallfield School finished 2nd in the U11 event and
they also finished 3rd in the U9 event.
Congratulations on this two great
results!!
(Announced on 1 July 2010) English Chess
Federation Grand Prix 2009-2010
Final results for the national grands prix are now
in, with several players from Warwickshire finishing amongst the
country's top 50 in two of them!
U180 Prix: Andrew Price (Leamington) finished 9th on
522 points, and Robin Huq (Mutual Circle) finished 21st with 446
points.
U160 Prix: Andrew Wiggins (Greenlands) finished 15th
with 476 points, Steve Edwards (Boldmere St. Michael's) finished
42nd on 334 points, and Andrew Lake (Boldmere St. Michael's)
finished 48th with 301 points.
There were no players from Warwickshire in the top
50 of any of the: Junior prix, U140 Prix, or
U120 Prix.
Note that the new prix for 2010-2011 has already
started, with each qualifying game from 1 June 2010
counting.
National County Under 13, Under 18
Championships in Wallington on 27 June 2010
Results now published for this 60th year of the
event!! 196 junior chess players took part this year.
The event featured sections for Open, Minor and Girls for teams of
U18 and U13 junior players. As is usual for this event, the
U18 Open was for 12 board teams - average grades were between 145
and 150. The U18s played a two-round Jamboree with (allegedly)
a whopping 75 minutes per move!! I'm guessing this should (of
course) read 75 minutes per player. The U13 Open was a 6 board
event with four rounds but played as a rapidplay with just 30
minutes per player.
In the U18 Open, Warwickshire finished 3rd= out of
six teams with 12 / 24 points.
And in the U13 Open, Warwickshire finished 5th out
of eight teams with 9.5 / 24 points.
Congratulations and well done to all of the players
from both teams!! See the report, results and a couple of
games from the event.
Chester Open Chess Congress in Chester on
26-27 June 2010
125 players took part in this well regarded
tournament. A great achievement for Golam
Ali (South Birmingham) who finished in 1st place to win the
Major! Congratulations Golam and well
done!!
Warwickshire's Chess Leagues
2009-2010
There are three chess leagues in the county:
Birmingham, Coventry and Leamington.
Across these three leagues, one hundred and twenty
nine teams played chess, within a total of thirteen
divisions.
An end of season report for each of the three
leagues is posted below.
Coventry & District Chess League
2009-2010
End of season report for one of the three chess
leagues in Warwickshire.
There were three divisions in this season's league,
with a total of twenty-two teams
playing. Seven teams in each of divisions one and two.
Eight teams in division three.
League Champion: Rugby A with 17
points
Runner-up: Nuneaton A with 16 points
(on tie-break)
Division Two Champion: University of Warwick C
with 17 points
Runner-up: Coventry Chess D with 16
points
Division Three Champion: Nuneaton D with 19
points
Runner-up: Nuneaton E with 17 points
Knockout Cup Winner: Rugby A
Knockout Plate
Winner: ?
Division One Cup Winner: Rugby A with 7
points
Runner-up: Coventry Chess A with 6 points (on
tie-break)
Division Two Cup Winner: Newdigate with 11
points
Runner-up: Nuneaton with 7 points
Division Three Cup Winner: Nuneaton with 8 points
(on tie-break)
Runner-up: Coventry Chess G with 8
points
Leamington & District Chess League
2009-2010
End of season report for one of the three chess
leagues centred in Warwickshire.
There were four divisions in this season's league,
with a total of thirty-three teams playing. Seven teams in
each of divisions one and two. Ten teams in division
three. Nine teams in division four.
League Champion: Olton A with 23
points
Runner-up: Leamington A with 13
points
Division Two Champion: Banbury B with 23
points
Runner-up: Stratford A with 16 points
Division Three Champion: Solihull B with 29
points
Runner-up: Daventry A with 26 points
Division Four Champion: Nuneaton with 26
points
Runner-up: Solihull C with 25 points
Knockout Cup Winner: Kenilworth
U700: Solihull
U120:
Stratford 1
Individual Knockout Cup Winner: Mark Page and
Richard Weaving
U140: Iain Brodie
U120: Andy
Johnson
Lightning Tournament Winner: Mark Page
U140:
Robert Stevens
Stanley Gibbens Trophy: Tim Lawson
Best Game Prize: Steve Rumsby
At the AGM the league voted that any player whose
mobile phone goes off during a game shall lose that game. This
is to more closely comply with the English Chess Federation and
the FIDE Laws Of Chess.
Birmingham & District Chess League
2009-2010
End of season report for one of the three chess
leagues centred in Warwickshire.
There were six divisions in this season's league,
with a total of seventy-four teams playing. Thirteen teams in
each of divisions one, two and three. Twelve teams in each of
divisions four and six. Eleven teams in division
five.
League Champion: South Birmingham A with 20 points
(on tie-break)
Runner-up: Lichfield with 20 points
Division Two Champion: West Bromwich with 20
points
Runner-up: Warley Quinborne with 18
points
Division Three Champion: Sutton Coldfield with 20
points
Runner-up: Bushbury with 17 points
Division Four Champion: Mercia with 17
points
Runner-up: Halesowen with 16 points
Division Five Champion: Warley Quinborne with 16
points (on tie-break)
Runner-up: Redditch with 16
points
Division Six Champion: Tamworth & District with
17 points (on tie-break)
Runner-up: Olton with 17
points
Relegations:
Division One: Kynoch/Barn and South
Birmingham C
Division Two: Tamworth & District and Olton
B
Division Three: Shirley & Lucas B and Wolseley
Division
Four: Sutton Coldfield and Walsall Kipping B
Division Five:
Halesowen and Kynoch/Barn
The champions and runners-up in divisions two to six
are promoted to the next higher division, with the relegated teams
from the division above moving down to take their place.
Trophy Winners:
Terrill Trophy: West Bromwich
2
Homer Trophy: Warley Quinborne 2
Townshend Trophy: Boldmere
St Michaels 4
Barrington Trophy: Warley Quinborne 5
English Chess Challenge
Warwickshire Semi-Final in Warwick on 21 June 2010
The national organisers, Coulsdon Chess Fellowship
(CCF), say that this junior chess tournament was set up in 2001 to
provide a competition in which ALL juniors would have an open and
fair chance of making it from a small domestic competition to a
national final. Qualification and the right to play in the
later stages is earned purely on results over the board.
The following juniors have qualified for the next
stage.
U11 Boys
Gold Medallists: Edward Dearmitt
(Warwick), Justin Hsu (St. Laurence CofE), Andrew Smith (King Henry
VIII)
Silver Medallists: Ben Rhodes (Warwick), Henry Adams (King
Henry VIII), William Richards (Burton Green), Matthew Blake
(Eversfield), Matthew King (King Henry VIII), George Muston
(Dunchurch Boughton), Nathaniel Read (St. Laurence CofE), Alexander
Read (St. Laurence CofE)
U11 Girls
Gold Medallists: Helena Board
(Stratford), Natasha Aldulaimi (Sharman's Cross)
Silver
Medallists: Cheryl Harley (Burton Green)
U10 Boys
Gold Medallists: Henry Burston
(Eversfield), Nicky Miller (Warwick), Thomas Curley (Eversfield),
Aaron Hayre (King Henry VIII), Robert Bartlett (Clinton)
Silver
Medallists: Nicholas Marshall (Solihull Checkmates), Gregory Porter
(Warwick), Aaron Crowder (Canon Maggs), Michael Keane (St.
Augustine's), James Deeley (Stivichall), Heiran Dosangh (Whitmore
Park), George Wade (Ettington)
U9 Boys
Gold Medallists: James McClure
(Eversfield), Ralph Mortimer (St Augustine's), Finn O'Brien
(Telford)
Silver Medallists: Luke Griffiths (Canon Maggs), Henry
Wei (Clinton), Julien Carrouche (Dunchurch Boughton), Daniel
Withington (Eversfield)
U8 Boys
Gold Medallists: Dillon Patel
(Ettington), Marcus Nicholson (Bilton Grange), Jack Titley
(Dunchurch Boughton), Aaron Tucker (Warwick), Aasim Ahmed (King
Henry VIII), William Marshall (Croft), Amar Nahil (Davenport
Lodge)
U8 Girls
Gold Medallists: Jasmine Close (King
Henry VIII), Alice Tittley (Dunchurch Boughton)
U7 Boys
Gold Medallists: Ethan Shum (Bilton
Grange), Thomas Jennings (Solihull Checkmates)
Silver Medallists:
Rishit Harsh (King Henry VIII), Jonathan Anderson (Eversfield),
Jonathan Varnish (Bilton Grange), Lucas Marshall (Bilton
Grange)
U6 Boys
Gold Medallists: Victor Hartas-Moody (Solihull
Checkmates), Peter Crews (Bilton Grange)
Well done to everyone for these great results and
best wishes for the next
stage!!
National County Chess Championships Roundup
following the Semi Finals on 19 June 2010 (see separate reports
below)
After a miserable performance by the England
football team, some great news as Warwickshire's Under 180 and Under
100 chess teams both emerge victorious to reach the national
finals!!!
U180 Team: Following their close Semi Final victory, the
Warwickshire U180 Team will play
Nottinghamshire in the U180 final.
U100 Team: Warwickshire's U100
Team comfortably won their Semi Final match and will
play against Essex in the U100 final.
NOTE: The U100 is a NEW team so if you want to play in this
match get in touch with Dave Rowe or Pauline Woodward as soon
as possible to put yourself up for selection! If you have a
grade (or estimated) of Under 100 then definitely do not miss out on
this brilliant opportunity to play in the National Finals!!
Both of the above forthcoming matches are also now featured on
the Calendar.
See below for details of both Semi Final
matches.
National County U100
Championship Semi Final on 19 June 2010
It's a double! Warwickshire's U100 county
chess team captained by Dave Rowe convincingly won their match
against Yorkshire and are therefore also through to the national
finals!!!
The match never looked like being anything but a
comfortable victory, as Yorkshire gave up a point on balance of
defaults and, Warwickshire had a grade superiority across all
boards. The match therefore ended with Warwickshire the
unsurprising victors on a score of 7.5 vs 2.5.
The team's seven full points came from Sam Doran,
John Clulee, Bob Hillman, Peter Kearns, Paul Heeney, Gary Wickett
and Craig Mills.
Congratulations to Dave, Pauline and all the
team!! See the match report and all the
scores here.
Warwickshire now go on to face the ultimate
test in the National County Chess Championships Final on 10 July,
where they will play against Essex.
National County U180
Championship Semi Final on 19 June 2010
Yes!! Warwickshire's U180 county chess team
captained by John Fahy have beaten Devon and are therefore through
to the national finals!!!
Strengthwise it was reasonably even. Devon
were slightly stronger on a few of the top boards, while
Warwickshire were slightly stronger elsewhere. The match was a
nail-biter going down to the wire, with Warwickshire finally
emerging as victors after winning on board count on an 8 vs 8
draw.
The team's five wins came from Martin Smyth, Alan
Lloyd, Mark Cundy, Tom Robinson and Mike Doran.
Congratulations to John and all the team!!
See the match report and scores here.
Warwickshire now go on to face the ultimate
test in the National County Chess Championships Final on 10 July,
where they will play against Nottinghamshire.
(Announced on 7 June 2010) British Land UK
Chess Challenge Warwickshire Megafinal in Knowle on 14 May
2011
Further information and dates for this and many
other future chess events are available on the calendar in order to
help organisers when planning events and matches.
Leek Rapidplay Chess Congress in Leek on 6
June 2010
More Warwickshire junior chess news! Ashwin
Kalyana (Hallfield School and Solihull Checkmates) scored 3.5 / 6 in
the U145 (St. Edward's) section to share the Late Starters
prize. Congratulations and - particularly in such a strong
section - well done Ashwin!!
2nd Bristol Rapidplay in Bristol on 5 June
2010
Matthew Trigg (Solihull) scored 4 / 6 in the Minor
section to share 2nd place and the U110 Grading Prize.
Congratulations Matt and well done!!
(Announced on 5 June 2010) 2nd London Chess
Classic at Olympia in Kensington on 8-15 December
2010
The reigning World Chess Champion is to play in this
year's event!!
Viswanathan Anand will take part alongside the
current World No. 1 chess player Magnus Carlsen, former World Chess
Champion Vladmir Kramnik, and the US No. 1 chess player Hikaru
Nakamura. Anand's participation further strengthens the
category and profile of this event. Of note is that this is
the first time a reigning World Champion will be playing in London
for over a quarter of a century! The other
players are, like last year, our top four active English
Grandmasters: Michael Adams, Nigel Short, Luke McShane and the
current reigning British Champion David Howell.
Alongside the classic, there will be a range of open
tournaments that chess players of all standards will be able to
enter and play in.
See full details of this upcoming event (also see
the earlier report below on the first London Chess
Classic).
Cotswold Chess Congress in Cheltenham on
29-31 May 2010
More Warwickshire junior chess news!
Kyle Reed (King Edward VI Camp Hill School) shared one
of the Grading Prizes in the U120 section as well as the
tournament's 'Top Junior' prize. Kyle held the eventual winner
of the Minor section (and last year's winner) to a draw in round
one. Congratulations Kyle!!
e2e4 Sunningdale Congress in Ascot on 28-31
May 2010
Stephen Crockett from Birmingham who finished 2nd=
with 5 / 7 in the Minor. Congratulations and well done
Stephen!!
British Land UK Chess Challenge
Staffordshire Megafinal in Leek on 23 May 2010
There were two title winners and qualifiers from
Warwickshire schools and junior clubs at this megafinal, including
from: King Edward VI Handsworth School and
Bishop Vesey's Grammar School.
With one of those two players from Warwickshire
winning a Staffordshire junior county champion
title (Supremo for boys and Suprema for girls) in this year's
tournament. Title winners qualify to play in the next stage,
along with all other players scoring 4 or more points.
The next stage is almost as tough as it gets!!
In the Gigafinal, they will be up against the top junior chess
players in their age group at a national level. They will
need to succeed against the very best players from all of the
Midlands, Northern England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern
Ireland.
Under 12 section:
Siddharth Singh won the U12
Supremo title on tie-break with 4.5 / 6
Leo Tsoi qualified in the
U12s with 6 / 6 (Hors Concours)
Congratulations(!!) and good luck to you both in the
national Northern Gigafinal to be held in Dukinfield, Greater
Manchester in July.
In addition to the above players,
eighty-four more juniors from Warwickshire schools and junior
clubs have also won titles or qualified from the Worcestershire and
Warwickshire Megafinals (see earlier reports
below).
89th Richmond Rapidplay in Hampton on 23 May
2010
Kyle Reed from Warwickshire played in the
Intermediate U135 section against 32 other players, finishing in the
prize money and just below the main prize winners, after scoring 4 /
6 with no losses to share the U115 Grading Prize. Well done
Kyle!!
National County Chess Championships Roundup
following the Quarter Finals on 22 May 2010 (see separate reports
below)
Two of Warwickshire's teams march forward into
the Semi Finals: the Under 180 and the Under
100.
U180 Team: Following their excellent Quarter Final victory,
Warwickshire will play Devon in the Semi Finals.
U100 Team: Yet to play this season, the team will finally
play it's first match against Yorkshire in the Semi Finals.
NOTE: The U100 is a NEW team so if you want to play in this
match get in touch with Dave Rowe to put yourself up for
selection! If you have a grade (or estimated) of Under
100 then do not miss out on this fantastic opportunity to play in
the National Semi Finals!!
Both of the above forthcoming matches are featured on the
Calendar.
National County U180 Championship Quarter
Finals on 22 May 2010
Warwickshire's U180 Team captained by John Fahy
stormed to success against Lancashire, beating them comfortably 10
vs 6.
Warwickshire were slightly weaker on the bottom
three boards, but even there the team only dropped one
point. In fact we only lost two games in the match, so this
was a well deserved victory! The team's six wins came from
Martyn Smyth, Alan Lloyd, Alan Agnew, Simon Williams, Simon Smith
and Mike Doran.
Congratulations to John and to all the team on this
brilliant result!! Full details of the
match are here.
National County U120 Championship Quarter
Finals on 22 May 2010
Warwickshire's U120 Team captained by Pauline
Woodward unfortunately lost 9 vs 3 to Kent.
Warwickshire had a weakened side with several
players unable to make the match, forcing a new player to step
straight up to the plate on Board 1 on his debut for the team!
Well done to Pauline and to all of the team for reaching the Quarter
Finals and best wishes for future success next season!
Full details of the match are available here.
British Land UK Chess Challenge Warwickshire
Megafinal in Knowle on 22 May 2010
There were sixty-six title winners and qualifiers from Warwickshire schools and junior
clubs, including: Blue Coat, Solihull Checkmates, Hallfield,
Sharmans Cross, Chad Vale, Bilton Grange, St Mary's, Cannon Park,
Warwick Junior, St James', Cawston Grange, Bablake, Wyken Croft,
King Henry VIII, KES, Avon Valley, KE Stratford, King Edward's High,
St Edmund Campion RC and North Birmingham Academy.
Twenty of those sixty-six players won a Warwickshire junior county champion title (Supremo for
boys and Suprema for girls) in this year's tournament. Title
winners qualify to play in the next stage, along with the other
forty-six players who qualified by scoring 4 or more
points.
The next stage is almost as tough as it gets!!
In the Gigafinal, they will be up against the top junior chess
players in their age group at a national level. They will
need to succeed against the very best players from all of the
Midlands, Northern England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern
Ireland.
Under 17 section:
Robert Statham won the U17
Supremo title with 4 / 6.
Under 16 section:
Astghik Stepanyan won the U16
Suprema title with 4.5 / 6.
Richard Weaving
won the U16 Supremo title with 4.5 / 6.
Also qualifying were:
John Gilbert and Daniel Oztekin with 4 / 6.
Under 15 section:
Shakeel Choudbury won the U15
Supremo title with 3 / 6.
Under 14 section:
Philomena Lip won the U14
Suprema title with 4.5 / 6.
Henrik Stepanyan
won the U14 Supremo title with 4.5 / 6.
Under 13 section:
Shivi Ravi won the U13 Suprema
title with 5 / 6.
Manpreet Nijjar won the U13 Supremo title with
5 / 6.
Also qualifying were: Oliver Whitfield and Arpan
Sharma.
Under 12 section:
Nathen Chung won the U12
Supremo title with 4 / 6.
India McRae won the U12 Suprema title
with 2 / 6.
Also qualifying were: Aman Chawla and Aman Sandu with
4 / 6.
Under 11 section:
Hari Nijjar won the U11 Supremo
title with 6 / 6.
Jeneva Griffiths won the U11 Suprema title with
3 / 6.
Also qualifying were: Si Woo Kim, Ben Rhodes, Jake Rigby,
Andrew Smith, William Button, Ashrit Chohan, Edward De Armitt, Lewis
James, Kieran Roberts, Thomas Steeley, Johnny von Holstein, Kuba
Williams.
Under 10 section:
Aloysious Lip (reigning Under
10 English Rapidplay Chess Champion) won the U10 Supremo title with
6 / 6.
Hannah Clayton won the U10 Suprema title with 4 /
6.
Also qualifying were: Ashwin Kalyana, Rajen Parekh, Eddie
Travis, Vishal Aurora, Ollie Barron, Jonathan Blackhurst, James
Draper, Christopher Harling, James Kearney, Theo
McAuliffe.
Under 9 section:
David Noyvert won the U9 Supremo
title with 6 / 6.
Megan Richter won the U9 Suprema title with 3 /
6.
Also qualifying were: Leo Johnson, Hussain Norris, Taran
Chauhan, Sanjeevan Ghataore, Benjamin Hale, Christopher McCloskey,
Roman Shantsila, Arjun Sharma, Ali Syed, John Villanueva.
Under 8 section:
Andrew Fergusson won the U8
Supremo title with 5.5 / 6.
Rhea Takhar won the U8 Suprema title
with 2.5 / 6.
Also qualifying were: Aroun Kalyana, Krishan
Kaushal, Chimnay Monga, Emil Ali, Sanam Chawla, Adam
Nazarali.
Under 7 section:
Victor Hartas-Moody won the U7
Supremo title with 5.5 / 6.
Jennifer Ellis won the U7 Suprema
title with 2.5 / 6.
Also qualifying were: Arjan Ubhi and Sejay
Segal.
Congratulations to all Supremos, Supremas and
qualifiers!! Well done and good luck to you all in the
national Northern Gigafinal to be held in Dukinfield, Greater
Manchester in July.
In addition to the above sixty-six players, twenty
more juniors from Warwickshire schools and junior clubs have also
won titles or qualified from the Worcestershire
and Staffordshire Megafinals (see other
reports).
Yateley Manor National Schools Championship
Quarter Finals in Birmingham on 17 May 2010
After defeating Magdalen College away in Round
1, King Edward's played Haberdashers' Aske's A team at home in the
Quarter Final. Unfortunately in the match they were defeated 1
vs 5 against a strong (across all boards) Haberdashers'
side.
In the overall competition, this now leaves King
Edward's Camp Hill (having defeated Eton) as the only Warwickshire
school through to the Semis / Finals (see earlier report
below).
Chipping Sodbury Rapidplay in Yate on 15 May
2010
Joey Stewart from Warwickshire played in the Open
and finished 1st= with 5 / 6. Congratulations and well done
Joey!! And all the best for your future chess in your new
county home of Gloucestershire.
National County Open Championship Quarter
Finals on 8 May 2010
Warwickshire's First Team captained by Joey Stewart
unfortunately lost away 12 vs 4 to Sussex.
Warwickshire had a weakened side (the team was
outgraded on every board apart from Tony Hynes on board 2 where the
grades were equal) and were also one player short thereby suffering
from an immediate default. Wins came from Tony Hynes and
Joey Stewart. Well done to Joey and to all of the team for
reaching the Quarter Finals and best wishes for future success next
season! This was Joey's last match as county First Team
Captain and we all very much appreciate the effort he has put
in!
Full details of the match are available here.
Yateley Manor National Schools Plate
Championship Quarter Finals in Windsor on 4 May 2010
In Round 1, King Edward VI Camp Hill School
(managed by Andrew Rogers) made a 6.5 hour return journey
to defeat Woodbridge School (managed by IM Adam
Hunt) - see earlier report below. Having progressed to this
Quarter Final stage, they were to play against Eton College.
Founded in 1440 by King Henry VI, Eton is the most famous and
prestigious public school in the world!!
There were several challenges that the Camp Hill
First Team had to face before the match started. They were
supposed to play at home, which meant they would be fresh, however
Eton College have long holidays and a date could not be
agreed. So Camp Hill had to travel away again and, although
not as far as Woodbridge, the match would have to be after a hard
day at school. On arrival at Eton after their journey, the
boys had hungrily hoped for a spot of tea before the match
commenced. However that was not to be. Judging by their grades in the grading database, the
Eton chess team had looked formidable, for
example 8 players had grades from 132 rising quickly up to
163. Eton needed to choose just 6 boards. And if that
wasn't enough, Eton also had the advantage of a
younger team and, after applying the age handicap, Camp Hill would
have to win 4 vs 2 against a stronger team! How would it all end??
The match got underway, and the first result was
unfortunately a loss from Andrew Pearson on Board 3, after an
interesting and unusual game. Next, and in the same way as at
Woodbridge previously, Kyle Reed got the first win for Camp Hill on
Board 6. However on Board 5, Nick West was outplayed in the
opening and eventually lost the game, though he put up fierce
resistance and the game proved to be a long hard
struggle for his opponent. With two losses, Camp Hill now had
to win all three remaining games. To put it mildly, the
pressure was on!!! Andrew Briggs won on Board 4 with an
unusual bishop sacrifice, leading to the promotion of a pawn.
On Boards 1 and 2, the games were very close, with Camp Hill looking
slightly worse on both of them. However, as is the nature of
timed chess, things were not over yet. Clive Ke held his game
together admirably, surviving a tricky attack from his opponent on
Board 2 and then went one step further to win his game in a time
scramble! Team captain Aled Walker on Board 1, played a very
positional game. His opponent had the upper hand, but only
just, and the game looked like it would end in a draw, leading to a
defeat for Camp Hill with 3.5 vs 2.5. Then in another mad time
scramble, Aled held his nerve and came out on top. Camp Hill
had succeeded!
There after a thrilling evening of chess with an
adrenaline fuelled heart pounding knife-edge finish, the final
result was a well deserved victory for Camp Hill, who prevailed
against the elite Eton College beating them 4 vs 2. The boys
were finally rewarded with some welcome supper and a tour of the
famous school.
Well done to Andrew and all the boys for a fantastic
result!! Camp Hill are through to the last stage - the Yateley
Manor National Schools Chess Championships Semi-Finals and Finals at Uppingham School, Rutland in July
2010.
County Correspondence Chess Teams
update on 3 May 2010
Read Keith Escott's news here from the
Brown Pond and more, including an edge of the seat game with several
sacs...!!
4NCL Divisions 2 & 3 Rounds 9,
10 & 11 in Berkshire on 1-3 May 2010
These were the final rounds of the season,
where both Warwickshire Select teams were in with a chance of
promotion.
Division 2:
Entering the final rounds after the close of Round
8, Warwickshire Select 1 were in 4th place in the Division 2
Championship Pool on 5 points.
The weekend started with Round 9, in which
Warwickshire Select 1 faced the Sambuca Sharks. Outgraded on
every single board by an average of FIDE 150 points, the team
perhaps unsurprisingly lost but nevertheless scored a very
respectable 3.5 vs 4.5 with wins from John Pitcher (Worcestershire
Open Champion 2009) and Andy Baruch.
In Round 10 the team faced Kings Head, who were
similarly matched in strength. Again perhaps unsurprisingly a
draw 4 vs 4 followed, with wins from Don Mason, Chris Shephard and
Brandon Clarke.
Then in the final Round 11, the Select few valiantly
faced the AMCA Dragons. After warming up against sharks, one
supposes that fighting dragons wasn't quite as daunting as might
otherwise have been. It seems that way anyway, because the
team emerged victorious from the battle with a score of 4.5 vs
3.5. Special congratulations to both John Pitcher and Brandon
Clarke who each scored their second wins of the weekend for the
team!
At the end, with the top four places in the
Championship Pool available for promotion, the top two were decided
(Sambuca Sharks and Cheddleton). However the other two places
were still up in the air after three teams finished on 8
points! After the tie-breaks were carefully applied,
Warwickshire Select 1 celebrated finishing in 3rd place along with a
promotion to Division 1 - a wonderful end to the
season!
And so with these great results, many congratulations and well done to everyone
involved!!
Division 3:
Entering the final rounds after the close of Round
8, Warwickshire Select 2 were at the top of Division 3 on 13
points.
Starting off the weekend in Round 9, Warwickshire
Select 2 played Cambridge University. The team were outgraded
on every single board by an average of FIDE 120 points. Even
so, the team played very well to secure a draw with a score of 3 vs
3. Wins came from Mark Page and Matthew Tapp.
Round 10 saw the team face a considerably less scary
named branch of the Sambuca family: the Black Sheep.
Anyway the sheep had a slight edge on paper and, although the team
had a win from Henrik Stepanyan, it wasn't quite enough and the team
lost 2.5 vs 3.5.
In Round 11, the team played Wessex 2 and
unfortunately the team lost 2.5 vs 3.5. Wins for the team came
from Richard Weaving and Nicholas Fallowfield.
At the end the final table was close at the top,
with Warwickshire Select 2 finishing in 6th place, just 1 point
below the fourth place needed for promotion!
Well done to the whole team for an extremely
respectable season's results!!
England U11 Team Selection Trial in
Liverpool on 24-25 April 2010
Matthew Fergusson (Hallfield School) scored 3.5 / 6
in a tough tournament in which 42 of the very best junior chess
players from around the country competed to win a place in the
England Under 11 squad. Aloysius Lip also took part in the
tournament and, after doing so well all year, it is somewhat
upsetting to hear that things didn't go quite as well on the second
day (knowing what Aloysius is clearly capable of).
With this result, Matthew has indeed won himself a
hard earned place in the national team! Congratulations and
well done Matthew!! Also well done to Aloysius for all his
effort and successes throughout the year (see earlier reports
below).
Matthew joins other juniors from Warwickshire who
have recently qualified to play for the national chess teams (see
earlier reports below) - Richard Weaving who has just this week been
confirmed as finishing in 3rd place in the John Robinson Under 16
Grand Prix - and Astghik Stepanyan who won the right to represent
England's U16 Girls in the World Youth Chess
Championships.
(Announced on 24 April 2010) Bloxwich
Community Church Junior Chess Club in Walsall starts on Saturday 12
June 2010
Venue: Bloxwich Community Church, Stokes Street (off Somerfield
Road), Bloxwich, Walsall, WS3 2DT
Club President: Pastor Neville Johnson
Tel: 01543 376328
Junior Coach: Ray Dolan
Mobile: 07980 101744
Email: dolan_ray@yahoo.co.uk
Starting on Saturday 12 June 2010 and then every week on Saturday
mornings 10.00am - 11.30am. All juniors from 4 to 16 years of
age are welcome. Membership is FREE! Coaching is
FREE! Venue is FREE! - thanks to the Church.
With so much for FREE, what more could you want?? This is a
great opportunity for juniors to receive coaching. Ray has a
lot of experience in running junior clubs.
British Land UK Chess Challenge
Worcestershire Megafinal in Worcester on 18 April
2010
There were eighteen title winners and qualifiers
from Warwickshire schools and junior clubs at this megafinal,
including from: Acocks Green Junior School, Checkmate!, World's End
Junior School, Hall Green Junior School, King Edward's School, King
Edward VI Five Ways School and King Edward VI Camp Hill
School.
With nine of those eighteen players from
Warwickshire winning a Worcestershire junior
county champion title (Supremo for boys and Suprema for girls) in
this year's tournament. Title winners qualify to play in the
next stage, along with all other players scoring 4 or more
points.
The next stage is almost as tough as it gets!!
In the Gigafinal, they will be up against the top junior chess
players in their age group at a national level. They will
need to succeed against the very best players from all of the
Midlands, Northern England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern
Ireland.
Note: U18 results revised following publication on
the Worcestershire Megafinal website.
Combined Under 13 - 18 section (with tied scores
ordered by ascending age):
Kaiser Malik
qualified in the U18s with 5.5 / 6 (Hors Concours)
Chris Smith won
the U18 Supremo title with 5 / 6
Kyle Reed won the U14 Supremo title with 4 /
6
Katie Smith won the U15 Suprema title
with 4 / 6
Philip Purcell won the U15 Supremo title on
tie-break with 4 / 6
Jason Pereira was runner-up in the U15s and
qualified with 4 / 6
Aled Walker was
runner-up on tie-break in the U18s and qualified with 4 /
6
Matthew Watkeys qualified in the U18s on 4 / 6
Felicity Parker won the U13 Suprema title with
3.5 / 6
Unnat Krishna won the
U17 Supremo title with 3 / 6
Sophia Emanuel won the U18 Suprema title with 2.5
/ 6
Under 11 - 12 section:
Aldrich Miguel scored 5 / 6 to win the U12 Supremo
title
Under 10 section:
Matthew Fergusson scored 6 / 6 to win the U10
Supremo title
Also qualifying were Cameron Westwood with 4.5 / 6
and Abdul Altaie with 4 / 6
Under 9 section:
Ibraheem Malik scored 5.5 / 6 to
take the U9 Supremo title, with Rashid Amin also qualifying with 4 /
6
Under 8 section:
Eleanor Parker scored 4 / 6 to
qualify
Congratulations to all Supremos, Supremas and
qualifiers!! Well done and good luck to you all in the
national Northern Gigafinal to be held in Dukinfield, Greater
Manchester in July.
In addition to the above eighteen players,
sixty-eight more juniors from Warwickshire schools and junior clubs
have also won titles or qualified from the Staffordshire and
Warwickshire Megafinals (see other reports).
Nottingham Congress in Nottingham on 17-18
April 2010
Nearly 150 players took part in this long running
chess tournament! There were (unsurprisingly) a few chess
players from Warwickshire who joined in and several won a
prize.
Open: Ankush Khandelwal (Warwick University),
Anthony Hynes (Warwickshire Select) and Don Mason (Shirley) all
scored 4 points to share in a 4-way tie for first place.
Minor (U110): A great performance from junior Ashwin
Kalyana (Solihull Checkmates) who finished 2nd with 4
points.
Congratulations to all the prize
winners!!
Staffordshire Congress in Bloxwich on 10-11
April 2010
A welcome return this year for one of our midland
congresses! Joining in to play chess over a warm and friendly
weekend, several players from Warwickshire
brought home prizes. Speaking of prizes, one great feature of
this tournament was there were a range of prizes on offer, allowing
more people than usual to go home with something to
celebrate!
Premier U200: Andy Baruch (Warwicks Select), Henry
Brockbank (Olton) and Russell James all scored 3 / 5 to be part of
an 8 way split sharing 3rd prize.
Major U160: Stephen Edwards (Boldmere St Michael)
and Stephen Chadaway (Olton) won the U150 grading prize after
scoring 3.5 / 5.
Minor U120: Kyle Reed (King Edward's Camp Hill
School) scored 3 / 5 to win the Junior Prize and John Pakenham
(Warley Quinborne) finished with 2.5 / 5 to take home the Veteran
Prize.
Well done everyone!!
European Chess Solving Championship in Ascot
on 9-12 April 2010
The first major international problem solving event
to be held in Britain for 20 years!! A total of 55 solvers and
13 teams took part. Rising to the occasion, our national
players managed a double home triumph! Great Britain A
won the team gold to become European Champions. And in the
individual event, England's own double GM (Solving and OTB) Dr John
Nunn won the trophy and gold medal. Brilliant news for
national chess!
National Chess Junior Squad Championships in
Wolverhampton on 9-11 April 2010
Several juniors from Warwickshire competed in this
major national junior event as follows.
Prize place finishers:
U12:
Leo Tsoi (Checkmate!) finished 1st= with 5 / 6
U16: Richard
Weaving (Solihull Checkmates) finished 2nd with 4.5 /
6
This places Richard 3rd in the overall U16 John
Robinson Grand Prix.
Scores of over 50% count towards England Team
selection via the John Robinson Grand Prix and/or the U11 Team
Trials:
U12: Aloysius Lip with 3.5 /
6
U16: Henrik Stepanyan with 3.5 / 6
Other players who took part:
U10: Andrew Fergusson with 2 / 6, Aroun Kalyana (Solihull
Checkmates) with 1 / 6
U12: Ashwin
Kalyana (Solihull Checkmates) with 2.5 / 6, Matthew Fergusson
(Solihull Checkmates) with 1 / 6
U14: Philomena Lip with 1.5 /
6
Congratulations and well done to all of
you!!!
IAPS National Prep Schools' Championships in
Godalming on 7-9 April 2010
Held at Aldro school during the Easter end of term
holidays, the championships featured chess, as well as other games
and sports. 125 chess players from across the country took
part in the championship, individual and team events.
Junior teams and players from Warwickshire did
extremely well.
In the team event, Hallfield School (coached by
Malcolm Hunt) competed in the U11 Team Championship for the David
Bull Cup, and in the U13 Team Championship for the Hodgson
Cup. Hallfield School emerged as joint National Champions(!!)
in both cup championships after scoring 18.5 / 28. The
top 4 scores counted and Hallfield players did very well with
Aloysius Lip scoring 5.5, Ashwin Kalyana and Matthew Fergusson 4.5
each, with Aaron Vitarana and Hari Nijjar 4 each.
And as if that wasn't enough, Aloysius Lip is joint
winner of the IAPS U11 Championship with 5.5 / 7 !!
Also I'm told it wasn't just chess where Hallfield
excelled, as they rounded their sporting performance by coming
second in both the 5-a-side football and in the individual table
tennis competitions.
A magnificent performance by everyone! Well
done!!
Bolton Easter Chess Congress in Bolton on
2-4 April 2010
Three day five round tournament featuring three
sections: Open Championship with a British Championships Qualifying
place, Major, and Knights. Plus an eight round Busy Persons
Blitz. This Easter congress had something for everybody.
Two players from Warwickshire fared North to
play in the Open. Don Mason (Shirley) and Andy Baruch
(Warwicks) both scored 3.5 / 5 to finish 4th= out of 31
players. Well done!!
4NCL Divisions 2 & 3 Rounds 7 &
8 in Daventry on 27-28 March 2010
Division 2:
In Round 7 of Division 2B, Warwickshire Select
1 unfortunately lost their match 2.5 vs 5.5 against
e2e4 1. Nevertheless, Round 8 saw Warwickshire Select 1
move into the Championship Pool, where they won
their second match of the weekend 5 vs 2.5 against Barbican 4NCL
Youth, with full points for the team coming from Nick Thomas, Paul
Webster, Andy Baruch and Keith Ingram.
Following these rounds, Warwickshire Select 1 are
now placed 4th in the Division 2 Championship Pool table on 5
points. Their next game is in the closing rounds of this
season's league on 1 May. They will play
their closest rivals in the Championship Pool
table, who are also on 5 points, the 3rd placed and rather scarily
named Sambuca Sharks?! Go Warwickshire!
Division 3:
In Round 7, wins from Richard Weaving and
Astghik Stepanyan (recently qualified for the World Youth
Championships - see earlier report below) helped the Warwickshire
Select 2 team secure a 3.5 vs 2.5 win against e2e4 2. A great
result(!) and no doubt with a little sweet taste for Warwickshire as
it balanced the opposite result in Division 2B. In Round 8, another victory followed from Warwickshire Select
2 as they scored 4 vs 2 against Rhyfelwyr Essyllwg. Richard
Weaving got his second win of the weekend and, not to be left out,
there were accompanying wins from teammates Jeremy Fallowfield, Mark
Page and Nicholas Fallowfield.
These two match victories allowed Warwickshire
Select 2 to move up from 4th place to the top of Division 3 on
13 points. Well done team!!
Vasily Smyslov 7th World Chess Champion
passed away aged 89 on 27 March 2010
International news isn't something normally
featured, however the passing of a World Champion is very
different. Tribute has already been paid by 10th World Chess
Champion, Boris Spassky. "Vasily was one of the great chess
geniuses of the twentieth century", said Spassky. "For me there were
four titans of chess in the Soviet Union after the Second World War:
Botvinnik, Smyslov, Keres and Bronstein." See special features
in memoriam in TWIC, ChessVibes, Chessbase and the English
Chess Federation
Play through five of Smyslov's
great games in the Analysis Room of
The Knights Café, two of which having caught the special attention
of Gary Kasparov!
Yateley Manor National Schools
Championship Round 1 in Oxford on 24 March 2010
King Edward's School qualified for the national
stages of the Championship after victory in the Last Chance Saloon
North. Round 1 of the Championship saw the boys play away
against Magdalen College School.
King Edward's six boards scored 3.5 vs Magdalen's
2.5 to win the match. Victory was helped
with a win from Team Captain Kaiser Malik against Magdalen's captain
Jeffrey Levicki, and with wins from Arron Dhesi, and Jaspal
Jheeta. A great result from all the boys -
well done!!
In the next stage, King Edward's will play at home against Haberdashers' A in
the Championship Quarter Finals, with Haberdashers' A having
beaten Fortismere School by 4 vs 2 in Round
1.
Manchester Rapidplay in East Manchester on
21 March 2010
Held in the superb Citizen's Suite at Manchester
City FC's ground at SportCity (built for the 2002 Commonwealth
Games). The event was opened by local MP Tony Lloyd, and a
Mayor from Kosovo who gave a friendly and enthusiastic opening
speech, declaring it as an international tournament (given several
players were from Kosovo).
Players competing from Warwickshire were:
John Pitcher (South Birmingham), a former
Junior England International chess player and Worcestershire's
reigning Open Champion, entered a strong Open section featuring
eight players with grades between 190 and 220. John finished
on 4.5 / 6 and shared first prize cash with three other
players. John also collected the trophy for 3rd place on tie
breaks.
Kyle Reed (King Edward's Camp Hill School) scored
4.5 / 6 to share third prize cash in the U120 section. Kyle
also won the trophy for Best Junior.
Well done to you both!!
Update to English Chess Federation Grading
Database on 21 March 2010
Ongoing corrections to players' details and game
results has resulted in a change to a small number of grades.
Check your grade to make sure your details are
fully complete and correct.
MCCU Under 160 Championship Match in Spondon
on 20 March 2010
Great result to finish the season!
Warwickshire's U160 Team captained by John Fahy, won 9.5 vs 6.5 at
home to Leicestershire. Victory in this last match of the
regional MCCU Open championship meant Warwickshire moved up to
finish in fourth place in the final standings. See full
details of the match and the final championship
table.
MCCU Under 140 Championship Match in
Birmingham on 20 March 2010
Another great result in the closing match of the
season! Warwickshire's U140 Team captained by Dave Brelsforth,
even with two boards defaulted, drew 8 vs 8 away to
Derbyshire. This draw in the last match of the regional MCCU
U140 championship kept Warwickshire in fourth place in the final
table. See full details of the
match and the final championship table.
EPSCA Inter-Association U11 Championship
Southern Zone in Oxford on 20 March 2010
There were eight regional teams in this event run by
the English Primary Schools' Chess Association, including strong
counties like Berkshire, Sussex and Oxfordshire. Birmingham
did well finishing 6th with 25.5 points, unfortunately just missing
out on a place in the final, but qualifying for the Plate.
Well done to everyone who took part!
e2e4 Uxbridge Congress in Denham on 19-21
March 2010
Two players from Warwickshire had great
performances. Richard Smith (Olton) finished 2nd with 4 / 5 in
the Major, and Andrew Wiggins (Greenlands) finished 1st= with 4 / 5
in the Intermediate. Congratulations and well
done!!
Yateley Manor National Schools Plate
Championship Round 1 in Woodbridge on 16 March
2010
King Edward VI Camp Hill Boys School (managed
by Andrew Rogers - legend of Birmingham senior school chess!)
entered the Plate after finishing as Runners Up in the Birmingham,
Oxford & More zone. Round 1 of the Plate saw the boys make
a 6.5 hour 350 mile journey to play a one day chess match
against Woodbridge School (managed and coached by IM Adam Hunt -
sibling of WGM Harriet Hunt, England's Top Woman Chess Player - see
earlier report below).
Shaking off any weariness from the outward journey,
Camp Hill's six boards scored 3.5 vs Woodbridge's 2.5 to secure
the result. Victory was helped with wins from Team Captain
Aled Walker, and Kyle Reed.
Aled's win is perhaps worth a special mention, since
Aled defeated Edward Venmore-Rowland. "Hmmm, okay...??" I hear
you say. Well yes because last season Edward beat none other
than Felix Jose Ynojosa - top England Junior International in the
World Youth Championships and overall winner (STRAT) of the massive
2009 UK Chess Challenge!! Don't believe
me? Well I was there to see it, but you can play through
Edward's victory over Felix in the Analysis Room of the Knights
Cafe and see for yourself. Clive Ke on board two also faced a
tough and experienced opponent in Anna Egorova. Anna plays for
the Anglian Avengers in Division 2A of the 4NCL and has just
finished 4th in the Girls U18 section of the World Youth
Trials! Nevertheless Clive played very well and held Anna to a
draw.
Well done to Andrew and to all the boys for a great
result!! Camp Hill now proceed to the Plate
Quarter Finals where they will play at home against Eton College
(who beat Yateley Manor B in Round 1 by 6 vs 0).
World Youth Trials in Leicester on 13-14
March 2010
Warwickshire's Astghik Stepanyan achieved 1st place
in the U16 Girls section and qualifies to play for the England
Junior Team in the World Youth Chess Championships in Greece in
October 2010. Congratulations to Astghik on qualifying again
this year - another fantastic achievement!!
Other players from Warwickshire who played in the
trials were Aloysius Lip in the Boys U10 who finished 3rd!!
Leo Tsoi in the Boys U12 who finished 12th. And in the Boys
U16, Richard Weaving finished 7th and Henrik Stepanyan finished
13th.
Congratulations and well done to all of
you!
National County Championships Roundup
following the MCCU matches on 13 March 2010
Having finished in second place in the regional MCCU
Open Championship (see news below), Warwickshire's First Team will
now play away against Sussex in the national quarter finals.
Click here for
more.
In the MCCU Under 180 Championship, Warwickshire
were early champions and will next play Lancashire at home in the
national quarter finals. Click here for
more.
And in the Under 120, Warwickshire finished second
(see news below) in the regional championship and now go on to play
away against Kent in the national stages. Click here for
more.
And finally with Warwickshire being the only county
to enter the Under 100 regional stage we are the MCCU U100 Champions
by default. The U100 Team will get
it's first game in the national semi-finals(!) by playing at
home against the winner of Kent vs Yorkshire.
All of the above forthcoming matches in the national
stages are all confirmed and now in the Calendar.
MCCU Open Championship Match in
Newcastle-under-Lyme on 13 March 2010
Great result! Warwickshire's First Team
captained by Joey Stewart, won 9.5 vs 6.5 away to Greater
Manchester.
This victory in the last match of the regional MCCU
Open championship secured a second place finish for Warwickshire in
the final championship table.
See full
details of the match and the final championship
table.
MCCU Under 120 Championship Match in
Birmingham on 13 March 2010
Another great result! Warwickshire's U120 Team won 6.5 vs
5.5 at home to Staffordshire Terriers.
This victory in the last match of the regional MCCU
Under 120 championship means that Warwickshire finish in 2nd place
(up from 4th) in the championship table, finishing just above
Nottinghamshire.
See details of the match and the final championship
table.
EPSCA Inter-Association U9 Championship
Southern Zone in Leatherhead on 13 March 2010
There were eight regional teams in this event run by
the English Primary Schools' Chess Association, including strong counties like Sussex, Oxfordshire and
Berkshire. Birmingham did well finishing 6th with 12 points,
unfortunately just missing out on a place in the final, but
qualifying for the Plate. Well done to everyone taking
part!
English Chess Federation Board Meeting in
Birmingham on 13 March 2010
If you play chess in Warwickshire and have an
interest in decisions that affect chess at a national or county
level, then Gordon Christie is the English Chess Federation
delegate (representative) for Warwickshire.
Warwickshire's own late great GM Tony Miles
on Radio ChessBase starting on 10 March 2010
Speaking below (see Millennium Chess report) of the
award in honour of the late GM Tony Miles. Tony was born and
went to school in Warwickshire (don't forget Birmingham was part of
Warwickshire for nearly a thousand years right up to 1974).
Tony helped coach juniors at the Checkmate! junior club in Quinton,
including local players Ameet Ghasi (a British Rapidplay record
breaker and Warwickshire's youngest champion), Sabrina
Chevannes and others. The result is that our own Checkmate!
club became probably the strongest junior club in all of
England!!! Well if you have a subscription
to Playchess (which includes those of you who bought the full price
version of Fritz 12) then you can listen to FM Dennis Monokroussos's
two training sessions covering Tony's fascinating battles against
the 12th World Chess Champion Anatoly Karpov. If you miss the
live broadcasts on Radio ChessBase on 10 & 17 March 2010, I
believe you can watch them later.
Blackpool Congress in Blackpool on 6-7 March
2010
Following his finish of 3rd= in our recent
Warwickshire Congress U125, James Mendes (Rugby) is again a
prize winner - this time at Blackpool. James finished 2nd=
with 4/5 in the Standard (U100) section. Well
done!
Millennium Chess Junior Chess Tournament at
King Henry VIII Preparatory School in Coventry on 6 March
2010
This new junior tournament organised by Nick Thomas
and incorporating the Warwickshire Closed Junior Championships, has
been a great success in it's first year with about 150 children
taking part! Read about the winners and a report on the
event. Well done to each of the winners, also to everyone else
who took part. And a special
congratulations to Chris Smith (King Edward's Five Ways
School) who received the Tony Miles Award and who incidentally
attends the junior club that Tony helped coach at (see below for
more).
(Announced on 5 March 2010) The
Birmingham League Rapidplay will be held in Birmingham on 24 October
2010
The date for this popular local rapidplay has been
decided, so make a note in your diary! It will take place
on Sunday 24 October 2010. Yes, it's slightly later than
usual. This is because of a clash with a new 4NCL event that
has started this year. See the Calendar for further details.
(Announced on 2 March 2010) Who's the
Best?
Chess player that is. In England. Well
the March FIDE list has just come out and Michael Adams (2704) has snatched back the top
spot from Nigel Short (2686), followed by younger players Luke McShane (2628) and 19 year old David Howell (2612). All four of these
played in the recent London Chess Classic reported earlier (see
below). Harriet Hunt (2452) remains the leading woman,
followed by Jovanka Houska (2392), Dagne Ciuksyte (2344) and Susan Lalic (2298).
And the best in the world is still the 19 year old
Magnus Carlsen (2813). Special stuff -
especially for a 19 year old! Magnus's rating/grade is the
second highest ever in the history of chess!!
(Announced on 1 March
2010) English Chess Federation Master Points
System
The English Chess Federation have adjusted the
qualification limits required to get a master title, presumably
following the introduction of the new grades in September. You
can apply for a title - they only cost 5 pounds each - if you are a
direct member (any category) of the federation. Plus you then
need to meet the criteria based on your official grade. For
example, to get the title of 'Team Master' a player must achieve a
grade of at least 120 on any English Chess Federation official grading
list.
BUCA Championship 2010 in Oxford,
Oxfordshire on 27-28 February 2010
Recently revived, the organiser Alex Holowczak
(Aston University) managed to get 14 universities to play in this
British Universities' Chess Association event -
a fantastic number considering. The event saw Bath 1 taking
the title on 9 points, beating Edinburgh (also on 9 points) into 2nd
place with the decider down to game points of 18 vs 16. Oxford
followed in 3rd place with 7 points. Local teams from
Warwickshire taking part were Warwick University who finished 9th
with 4 points, just ahead of Aston University in 8th (also on 4
points) with the higher finish position decided by game points of
10.5 vs 8.5. With more time to organise and advertise for next
year, it would be good to see even more teams playing - including
from Warwickshire. Really good to see these championships
back. Well done Alex!
MCCU Under 160 Championship Match in
Birmingham, Warwickshire on 27 February 2010
The Warwickshire U160 Team won 11 vs 5 at home to
Greater Manchester. Well done to everyone involved!
Read the report, results and
updated championship table.
NPSCC Birmingham Zone in Birmingham on 27
February 2010
Seven primary schools took part in the National
Primary Schools Chess Championships Under 11 event, including
Hallfield, Blue Coat, Chad Vale (fielding two teams), Worlds End
Junior, St Patricks Catholic Primary, Aardvarks and St Georges
CE. Four school teams qualified for the next stage.
Hallfield, coached by Malcolm Hunt, finished in clear 1st place with
24.5 points, ahead of runners-up Blue Coat on 16.5 points, closely
followed by Chad Vale A on 15 points, and Chad Vale B on 11.5
points.
Four primary schools took part in the Under 9
championship, including Hallfield (two teams), Blue Coat, Chad Vale
(again fielding two teams) and Aardvarks. Three teams
qualified for the next stage. Hallfield A, under the tutelage
of junior coach Malcolm Hunt, finished in clear 1st place with 22
points, ahead of second placed Blue Coat on 17.5 points, and Chad
Vale A on 14.5 points.
Well done to the qualifying teams, and to everyone
who took part in playing, coaching and
organising!!
4NCL Divisions 2 & 3 Rounds 5 & 6 in
Hinckley on 20-21 February 2010
Division 2B: In Round 5 Warwickshire Select 1
won their match 6 vs 2 against FCA Solutions 1.
Warwickshire Select were only beaten on one board, so this was a
great team result! And in Round 6, Warwickshire Select 1 went
on to win their second match of the weekend 4.5 vs 3.5 against
Cheddleton, with wins from John Pitcher, Brandon Clarke and Paul
Webster helping to secure victory! Warwickshire Select 1 head
the Division 2B table on 10 points, ahead of Cheddleton, e2e4.org.uk
1 and Celtic Tigers 1 all on 8 points. Fantastic
results!!
Division 3: In Round 5 a win from Carl
Pickering plus three other draws was unfortunately not enough and so
Warwickshire Select 2 lost 2.5 vs 3.5 against KJCA Kings. And
in Round 6, Warwickshire Select 2 win 3 vs 0 against Nottinghamshire
1 - another great result!! Warwickshire Select 2 are currently
in 4th place in the Division 3 table on 9 points - joint with the
3rd place team - and only 1 point behind the 1st and 2nd place teams
who are both on 10 points.
MCCU Under 120 Championship Match on 20
February 2010
The Warwickshire U120 Team lost 5 vs 7 away to
Leicestershire. With just one match left to play this season,
Warwickshire drop from 2nd place down to 4th in the championship due
to game points. See the report, results and
updated championship table.
Warwickshire Open in Knowle on 13-14
February 2010
Many local players from across Warwickshire emerged
victorious! Congratulations to John Naylor (Rugby) for taking
the title of Warwickshire Champion 2010, winning the Tucker Trophy,
and securing a place in the British Chess Championships
2010. A particular well done to John-Paul Taylor (Warwick
University) who with a grade of just 85(!!) scored a perfect 5/5 in
the Under 125 section. Unsurprisingly, some amazing chess was
played at this year's congress! Also good to see several new
entrants from Warwickshire schools taking part. On behalf
of the WCA, thank you to everyone who played and we look forward to
seeing you again next year! See the report, prizewinners, full
results, pictures and games, all now available here.
Wiltshire Junior Open & West of England
Junior Championships in Swindon on 13-14 February
2010
Some outstanding performances by juniors from
Warwickshire. Leo Tsoi (England Junior International and
member of Checkmate! junior club in Quinton, Birmingham) scored
5.5/6 to become the new West of England Under 12 Champion.
Aroun Kalyana (Solihull Checkmates junior club) finished equal
second with 5/7 in the Under 8 Championship. Aroun also
scooped the Grading Prize in the Saturday Intermediate event.
And not to be left out, Neddy Tsoi won a Controller's Medal in the
Beginners event. Congratulations and well
done to all of you!! This is another major national
junior event, the fourth of five events in the John Robinson Grand
Prix, used to select the England Team for the European Youth
Championships, and the sixth of seven events for players to qualify
to take part in the England Under 11 Team Selection
Trials.
Spectrum Chess 14th Dudley Congress on 30-31
January 2010
Two Warwickshire players won prizes. Simon
Smith (Warley Quinborne) took the grading prize in the Premier U195
section with 2.5/5. And Phil Bull (West Bromwich), won first
prize in the Major U155 with 4.5/5.
South of England Junior Championships in
Yateley on 30-31 January 2010
Juniors from Warwickshire travelled down to
Hampshire to play in this important event and again did extremely
well. Philomena Lip (Solihull Checkmates) scored 3.5/5 to
finish second in the Under 15. Neddy Tsoi (Checkmate!) scored
3.5/6 in the Under 8. Aloysius Lip 3/5 in the U10
Closed. Matthew Fergusson (Checkmate!) scored 3/5 PQ in the
U11, which added to his 5 PQ in Liverpool, means that Matthew has
now also qualified to take part in the England Under 11 Team
Selection Trials. Andrew Fergusson scored 3/6 in the U9.
Aroun Kalyana (Solihull Checkmates) scored 2.5/6
in the Under 8. And Ashwin Kalyana scored 2/6 in the
Under 11. Congratulations and well done to all
of you!! This is a major national junior event, the third of
five events in the John Robinson Grand Prix, used to select the
England Team for the European Youth Championships. It is also
the fifth of seven events for players to qualify to take part in the
England Under 11 Team Selection Trials.
MCCU Open Championship Match in Birmingham
on 30 January 2010
The Warwickshire First Team won 11 vs 5 at home to
Derbyshire, to move into second place. Read the report and
results.
21st Nottingham Rapidplay on 24 January
2010
K Gilbert (Shirley) took the grading prize in the
Intermediate U135 section with 4/6. And junior Aloysius Lip
(Checkmate!) shared first prize in the Minor U110 with
5/6.
MCCU Under 160 Championship Match on 23
January 2010
The Warwickshire U160 Team lost 4.5 vs 11.5 away to
Staffordshire. Read the report, results and
updated championship table.
MCCU Under 120 Championship Match on 23
January 2010
The Warwickshire U120 Team lost 5.5 vs 6.5 away
to Staffordshire Bulldogs. Read the report and
results.
EPSCA Rapidplay Championship in Liverpool on
16 January 2010
This is the fourth of seven events from which
players can qualify to take part in the England Under 11 Team
Selection Trials. Juniors from Warwickshire did very well
indeed. Andrew Fergusson (of the famous Checkmate! junior club
in Quinton, Birmingham) scored a perfect(!!) 7/7 in the U8
competition. And from the U10 section we
have the following results. Matthew Fergusson (Checkmate!) and
Ashwin Kalyana (Checkmate!) both scored 5/6 to Part Qualify
(PQ). And finally, Aloysius Lip (Checkmate!) scored 4.5/6 PQ,
which added to his previous scores of 3 PQ in Nottingham and 4 PQ in
Halifax, means that Aloysius has now qualified for the trials.
Congratulations and well done to all of
you!!
Latest English Chess Federation Rapidplay
Grades on 10 January 2010
The half-yearly update to the Rapidplay grades are
now available. Check your new rapidplay grade in the English
Chess Federation Grading Database. Note that some tournaments
will continue to use the grades from September 2009, so do check on
the entry form.
10th Wrekin Congress in Telford on 9-10
January 2010
Players from Warwickshire, dubbed as the 'outsiders'
by folks in Shropshire - went, saw and plundered! Braving the
winter freeze to loot this popular annual congress were Russell
James (South Birmingham) who came joint second in the Premier U211
section, along with junior Kyle Reed (King Edward VI Camp Hill
School) who shared the prize for best junior with 3/5.
London Christmas Congress in Harrow on 28-30
December 2009
A junior just into his second year of playing chess,
Kyle Reed (King Edward VI Camp Hill School) shared the grading prize
in the Minor U125 with 4/6.
MCCU Under 140 Championship Match in
Birmingham on 12 December 2009
The Warwickshire U140 Team won 11 vs 5 at home
to Nottinghamshire. Read the report and
results.
London Chess Classic at Olympia in
Kensington on 8-15 December 2009
A promising junior from the county, Aloysius Lip
(member of the famous Checkmate! junior club in Quinton, Birmingham)
scored 3.5/6 to take first place in the Under 10 section of the
English Junior Rapidplay Championships. Well done Aloysius in
gaining this national junior title! And just missing out on a
prize, John Pitcher (South Birmingham and 4NCL's Warwickshire
Select), the reigning Worcestershire Open Champion and a former
Junior England International chess player, scored 4/6 in a tough
Open section of the Classic Rapidplay event. See more
information on the biggest event in English Chess for 25
years.
MCCU Under 160 Championship Match on 5
December 2009
The Warwickshire U160 Team lost 5 vs 11 away to
Nottinghamshire. Read the report and
results.
MCCU Under 140 Championship Match in
Birmingham on 28 November 2009
Warwickshire's U140 team lost 7 vs 9 at home to
Worcestershire. Read the report and results.
MCCU Under 180 Championship Match in
Birmingham on 21 November 2009
Warwickshire became the first county to win one of
the MCCU championships this year, after the U180 County Team brought
home the U180 title with a 9.5 vs 6.5 win at home against
Nottingham. Well done to everyone involved! Read a report from Captain
John Fahy (Warley Quinborne) and to see the match results in
full.
MCCU Under 120 Championship Match on 21
November 2009
The Warwickshire U120 Team won 7 vs 5 away to
Worcestershire on 21 November 2009. Read the report and
results.
MCCU Under 160 Championship Match in
Birmingham on 7 November 2009
The Warwickshire U160 Team lost 5.5 vs 10.5 at
home to Shropshire. Read the report and
results.
MCCU Under 140 Championship Match in
Birmingham on 31 October 2009
Warwickshire's U140 team lost 4 vs 12 at home to
Staffordshire. Read the report and
results.
MCCU Under 120 Championship Match on 17
October 2009
The Warwickshire U120 Team won as a
result of Nottinghamshire conceding the match.
Birmingham League Rapidplay on 11 October
2009
Read the prizewinners results.
MCCU Open Championship Match on 10 October
2009
The Warwickshire First Team lost 6 vs 10 away to
Staffordshire. Read the report and
results.
MCCU Under 140 Championship Match on 3
October 2009
Warwickshire's U140 team won 12 vs 4 away to
Shropshire. Read the report and
results.
Leamington League Rapidplay on 13 September
2009
Read the prizewinners results.
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