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2012 Q1 Results
Friday, 30th March, 2012
Tonight was our quarterly Fun/Awards night. We ran a few different games, including Card Chess, Crazy Chess, Rifle Chess, and Exchange Chess; that kept everyone busy whilst I prepared for the awards, which went as follows:
Medals for Ladder results:
Beginners - 1st: Luke Fuller, 2nd: Samuel Ayton
Pawns - 1st: Aneurin Tomkins, 2nd: Sophie Willis
Knights - 1st: Agatha Mann, 2nd: Elijah O'Reilly
Bishops - 1st: Josh Khangura, 2nd: Aaron Rihal
Rooks - 1st: Eva Ressel, 2nd: Harry Horner
Trophies for All-Play-All results:
Pawns - 1st: Sophie Willis, 2nd: Aneurin Tomkins
Knights - 1st: Agatha Mann, 2nd: Kevin Agastra
Bishops - 1st: Josh Khangura, 2nd: Jay Rihal
Rooks - 1st: Eva Ressel, 2nd: Harry Horner
Next was our new Best Improver awards, the winners being Luke Fuller (+129), Josh Khangura (+100), and Aaron Rihal (+84); all three collected their bags of sweets!
We also had the Best Game Award, with some good games to choose from, thanks to the rising standards of chess in the club. One clear winner though; Ethan Rowe vs Elliott Reed (Elliott won); they also picked up a bag of sweets each.
Finally, the promotions were announced; all the ranks have been updated, so check out the rankings page for details!
Well done to everyone for another excellent quarter, both within the club and at the external competitions; chess club now breaks for the Easter period, and resumes on Friday 20th April. See you then!
J4NCL 2011-2012 Weekend 3
Sunday, 4th March, 2012
The third and final weekend of the Junior Four Nations Chess League (J4NCL) for this season has come and gone, and 20 of our members took part. As usual, plenty of stats to share, starting with individual results:
NJCC A Sat 1 2 3 Sun 4 5
Harry Bowman W L W L W = 3.0/ 5 = 60%
Eva Ressel W W L L D = 2.5/ 5 = 50%
Harry Horner W L W L L = 2.0/ 5 = 40%
Elliott Reed W L L L L = 1.0/ 5 = 20%
= 4.0 1.0 2.0 0.0 1.5 = 8.5/20 = 43%
NJCC B Sat 1 2 3 4 Sun 5 6 7
George Horner WW WW WW WW LL WW WW = 12.0/14 = 86%
Ethan Rowe WW WW WW LL WW WW WW = 12.0/14 = 86%
Owen Earl -- -- -- -- WW WW WL = 5.0/ 6 = 83%
Aidan O'Reilly WL WW WL WW WL WL WL = 9.0/14 = 64%
Cory Fidler LL DL LL WD -- -- -- = 2.0/ 8 = 25%
= 5.0 6.5 5.0 5.5 5.0 7.0 6.0 = 40.0/56 = 71%
NJCC C
Elijah O'Reilly WL DL WL DD WW WW LL = 7.5/14 = 54%
Euan Marsh LL WL WW WL LL WL WW = 7.0/14 = 50%
Aneurin Tomkins DL DL WL WW LL WL WW = 7.0/14 = 50%
Kevin Agastra WW DL DL LL -- -- -- = 3.0/ 8 = 39%
James Willis -- -- -- -- LL LL LL = 0.0/ 6 = 0%
= 3.5 2.5 4.5 4.0 2.0 4.0 4.0 = 24.5/56 = 44%
NJCC Girls
Bryony Marsh WW LL WW WW WD LL WW = 9.5/14 = 68%
Jenna Marsh -- -- -- -- WL WL WW = 4.0/ 6 = 67%
Briony Tomkins WL WW LL WW -- -- -- = 5.0/ 8 = 63%
Kira James WD LL WW WL -- -- -- = 4.5/ 8 = 56%
Agatha Mann LL WL LL LL DL WW WD = 5.0/14 = 36%
Sophie Willis -- -- -- -- DL LL LL = 0.5/ 6 = 8%
= 4.5 3.0 4.0 5.0 3.5 3.0 5.5 = 28.5/56 = 51%
Amazing results for both Ethan and George, with 12/14, who both picked up a silver medal for equal second in the Division 3 individual scores awards. A great 5/6 for Owen, too.
And here are the team results for the weekend:
Division 2 Sat 1 2 3 Sun 4 5 Total Pos
Gloucester Giants 4.0/4 W 2.0/4 D 4.0/4 W 4.0/4 W 4.0/4 W = 9/10 1st
Cumnor & Witney A 3.5/4 W 3.0/4 W 0.0/4 L 2.5/4 W 3.0/4 W = 8/10 2nd
Yately Manor A 3.0/4 W 2.0/4 D 3.0/4 W 1.5/4 L 2.5/4 W = 7/10 3rd
Brown Jack Jnrs 1.0/4 L 3.0/4 W 2.0/4 D 1.5/4 L 4.0/4 W = 5/10 4th
Cumnor & Witney B n/a L n/a L n/a L 4.0/4 W 2.5/4 W = 4/10 =5th
Manchester B 0.5/4 L 3.0/4 W 1.5/4 L 2.5/4 W 0.0/4 L = 4/10 =5th
NJCC A 4.0/4 W 1.0/4 L 2.0/4 D 0.0/4 L 1.5/4 L = 3/10 =7th
Manchester A 0.0/4 L 1.0/4 L 2.0/4 D 3.0/4 W 1.0/4 L = 3/10 =7th
Yately Manor B 0.0/4 L 2.0/4 D 2.5/4 W 1.0/4 L 1.5/4 L = 3/10 =7th
Reserves 4.0/4 W 2.0/4 D 1.0/4 L n/a L n/a L = 3/10 =7th
Yately Manor C 0.0/4 L 1.0/4 L 2.0/4 D 0.0/4 L 0.0/4 L = 1/10 11th
Division 3 Sat 1 2 3 4 Sun 5 6 7 Total Pos
NJCC B 5.0/8 W 6.5/8 W 5.0/8 W 5.5/8 W 5.0/8 W 7.0/8 W 6.0/8 W = 14/14 1st
Bute House Prep 5.0/8 W 2.5/8 L 4.0/8 D 5.5/8 W 5.0/8 W 3.0/8 L 7.0/8 W = 9/14 2nd
NJCC Girls 4.5/8 W 2.5/8 L 4.0/8 D 5.0/8 W 3.5/8 L 3.0/8 L 5.5/8 W = 7/14 3rd
Dulwich Prep 7.5/8 W 4.0/8 D 4.0/8 D 3.0/8 L 8.0/8 W 3.0/8 L 3.0/8 L = 6/14 =4th
Yately Manor A 4.0/8 D 5.5/8 W 5.0/8 W 3.0/8 L 3.0/8 L 4.0/8 D 1.5/8 L = 6/14 =4th
NJCC C 3.5/8 L 2.5/8 L 4.5/8 W 4.0/8 D 2.0/8 L 4.0/8 D 4.0/8 D = 5/14 6th
Yately Manor B 2.0/8 L 3.0/8 L 2.5/8 L 3.5/8 L 3.5/8 L 4.0/8 D 3.0/8 L = 1/14 7th
A truly outstanding result for our B team, who didn't drop a single match point, winning all seven of their matches, to come in first place by a huge margin. Gold medals all round for them, plus some bronze medals to our Girls team for finishing in third place.
So, on to the final standings for the season, starting with Division 2:
Division 2 Weekend 1 Weekend 2 Weekend 3 Total Pos
Cumnor & Witney A 9/10 6/10 8/10 23 1st
Yately Manor A 8/10 7/10 7/10 22 2nd
Yately Manor B 4/10 3/10 3/10 10 3rd
NJCC A 1/10 5/10 3/10 9 =4th
Gloucester Giants - - 9/10 9 =4th
Manchester A 0/10 5/10 3/10 8 6th
Manchester B 2/10 - 4/10 6 7th
Brown Jack Juniors - - 5/10 5 8th
Cumnor & Witney B - - 4/10 4 9th
Yately Manor C - - 3/10 3 =10th
Reserves - - 3/10 3 =10th
Our A team finished equal fourth overall in Division 2.
Division 3 Weekend 1 Weekend 2 Weekend 3 Total Pos
NJCC B 6/14 10/14 14/14 30 1st
Yately Manor A 12/14 10/14 6/14 28 2nd
NJCC Girls 8/14 6/14 7/14 21 3rd
NJCC C 7/14 5/14 5/14 17 4th
Yately Manor B 3/14 11/14 1/14 15 5th
Dulwich Prep London - 7/14 6/14 13 6th
Gr.Houghton/Chesspoint - 12/14 - 12 7th
Yately Manor C 7/14 2/14 - 9 =8th
Yately Manor E 5/14 4/14 - 9 =8th
Bute House Prep - - 9/14 9 =8th
Yately Manor D 2/14 4/14 - 6 11th
Chess for Tigers 1/14 - - 1 12th
Yately Manor F - 0/14 - 0 13th
Thanks to the incredible 14/14 scored by our B team this weekend, they managed to turn a 6 point deficit into a 2 point victory, winning the division! Our girls team also continued their consistent performance to take third place, and our remaining team, our C team, took fourth.
So, a very successful competition for our club, and we are immensely proud of all of our members that took part for their efforts and deserved success. We would just like to take this opportunity to extend our thanks to the J4NCL team for their time and effort in organising and running this competition, which our members have thoroughly enjoyed participating in!
Northamptonshire Junior Chess Championships
Saturday, 4th February, 2012
What an amazing day at the Northants County Championship! 15 of our members attended, and here's their results:
U18 (inc. U16, U14, U12)
AARI Aaron Rihal LWLWWW = 4.0/6
JARI Jay Rihal LWLLLL = 1.0/6
BRTO Briony Tomkins LLWLWL = 2.0/6
ELRE Elliott Reed DLLLWW = 2.5/6
HABO Harry Horner WWLLLW = 3.0/6
EVRE Eva Ressel WLWWWW = 5.0/6 "U14 Champion", "U14 Best Girl", "U18 Best Game"
U11 (inc. U10)
OWEA Owen Earl LWWWWL = 4.0/6 "U11 Team Runner-Up"
AGMA Agatha Mann WLWLWL = 3.0/6 "U11 Team Runner-Up", "U11 Best Game"
ANTO Aneurin Tomkins DLLWLW = 2.5/6
KEAG Kevin Agastra WWLLLL = 2.0/6
BRMA Bryony Marsh LLWWWL = 3.0/6 "U11 Team Runner-Up"
GEBO George Horner WWLLWL = 3.0/6 "U11 Team Runner-Up"
ETMA Ethan Majeks WWLWLW = 4.0/6 "U10 Champion"
U9 (inc. U8)
ETRO Ethan Rowe WWWWWW = 6.0/6 "U9 Champion"
VISU Vignesh Sudhakar WLWLLL = 2.0/6
Three champions! Ethan deserves a special mention with a perfect 6 out of 6, and Eva actually came equal first in the whole of the U18 section!
Well done to all our members who came along, who have made this our most successful competition to date!
