09.07.2015 - Giga-Final Results
ukchesschallenge Crowborough Results as far as I can tell - let me know of any errors or ommissions. Just qualifying for the Giga-Final is a great achievement anything further is incredible. 50,000 entered across the UK and only 2,000 reached the Giga FinalAbout 55 reach the Tera-Final and 120 the Challengers.
Section
Name
Pts
Flag
Qualification
Under 7 Boys A
Laurie
Kendall
2
Crowborough Chess Club
Under 7 Girls
Elena
Currah
5
Crowborough Chess Club
Challengers
Under 8 Boys A
Suriya
Velayudham
4
Beechwood Sacred Heart
Sliver Plate
Under 8 Boys C
Corey
Little
3
Sacred Heart Wadurst
Under 8 Girls
Lauren...
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05.07.2015 - Giga-Finals Reading
UPDATED 7th JULY 2015 The UK Chess Challenge Southern Giga-Final is taking place over the weekend of the 4th and 5th July.Stage 1 was run at Crowborough Chess Club with qualifiers going through toStage 2 the Sussex Mega-Final with qualifiers from there going through toStage 3 the Southern Giga-Final.Age group section winners at the Giga-Final qualify for the Tera-Final while runners-up play in the Challengers. Cash prizes of up to £2,000 are won at the Tera-Finals.Can Crowborough players playing at the Giga-Final please let me know how
they get on and send any pictures or reports or games they would like to
share with the world.Tim Yu tells me thatLeo came Second in the Giga Final - after drawing with
Robert Akeya-Price ( Leo was playing Black) in the final round.
So I guess we will be going to Loughborough for the
Challengers competition. Mark Currah has emailed;
Enjoyed the photo of Liam, well done to him.
Giovanni's in the cap on the far right, sadly he lost on...
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26.06.2015 - European Schools Chess Championship 2015
UPDATE Konya - Turkey Amardip reached 5/7 which gave him a chance of a medal if he could win his last two games. In Round 8 he was paired with white against an 1895 rated Moldovan player. Amardip played aggressively with the Moller attack variation of the Italian Game. He could have gained an edge but unfortunately chose an inferior recapture on move 18 and his opponent converted the material advantage.His last round was tough with Black against a 1950 local player and he finished the tournament on 5/9 a good score in this field.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Crowborough Junior Amardip is representing England at this prestigious event. Amardip is just 11 years old but due to the European rules working on calendar years not school years he is playing in the Under 13s.You can follow his progress at the ESCC2015 website.Amardip has got off to a good start winning his first two games in this nine round tou...
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16.06.2015 - Elena adds to her Trophy Cabinet
Elena Currah won Best Girl at the Sussex U7s Championship on Saturday losing only one game in the final round to 100% boy Adam Faulkner.And congratulations go to fellow Crowborough club members; Laurie Kendall and Rafe Chapman who achieved very creditable plus scores and Amelie Rees who won the U5s Championship with a score of 2½/5. Sussex U7s Championship 2015
1 Faulkner, Adam.................... 5 2 Zheng, James..................... 4½ 3 Jadav, Abhi Jaideep............. 4½ 4 Currah, Elena.................... 4 5 Armstrong, Matthew........... 4 6 Hedger, Timothy.................. 4 7 Cloake, Noah...................... 4 8 Koumellis, George............... 4 9 Chandler-Browne, Jasper... 4 10 Cooper, Cameron............. 3½ 11 Sareen, Samantha........... 3½ 12 Flux, Henry........................ 3½ 13 Labroo, Pranav..........
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23.05.2015 - Crowborough Junior Spring 2015 Championships
This 6 round tournament played during April & May attracted 40 entries and was completed on Friday 22nd May.With 3 points for a win 2 points for a draw and 1 point for a loss the trophy winners were ;
Elena Currah 16 points
Theo Hall 15 points
Grace Lamb 14 points
Everyone went away on the day with a precious Crowborough Medal presented by Trevor Norton and Jonathan Tuck.Next Friday 29th May is a special Half Term event hosted by Trevor.On Friday 5th June we welcome everyone back and start our Summer Tournament with some special prizes on offer....
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14.05.2015 - Mid Sussex Chess League
Final Tables season 2014-15 Congratulations go to Worthing as the new champions.Next season Crowborough 1st team will be playing in the Division 1 with our 2nd team in Division 3 and we intend to enter a 3rd team into Division 4.
Division 1
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Pl
MP
GP
1
Worthing 1
2.5
3.5
2.5
4.5
3.0
4.0
3.5
5.0
3.5
9
8.0
32.0
2
Brighton 1
2.5
3.5
2.5
3.5
3.5
2.5
3.5
3.0
3.5
9
7.5
28.0
3
Horsham 1
1.5
1.5
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04.05.2015 - Mega Final Results 2015
Crowborough Chess Club was represented by 22 players at Hassocks on Saturday 2nd May.An exciting time with successes and some disappointments.Success at the Mega-Final is not just measured by trophies and qualification to the Giga-Final but also by achieving personal targets.So for instance Theo achieving his target of 2/6 in only his second ever tournament is a triumph as is Leo winning his section with a perfect 6/6 and Amardip winning the tough U'11s section. So well done to everyone who played on Saturday. The other winners and qualifiers ranged from Elena Currah in the Under 7 Girls to David Liu in the U15 boys.The statistics were 22 players, 4 Supremo or Suprema age group winners and 11 other players scoring 4/6 or better and qualifying for the Giga-Final in Reading.In addition we had some very near misses with heart breakingly close scores of 3½ but if it was easy then it wouldn't be so enjoyable when you succeed.Liam after a close miss last year was on top of the world w...
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01.05.2015 - Junior News
Last term we ran at the club the qualifier for the Sussex Mega - Final which is being played on Saturday 2nd May 2015 in Hassocks.The prize winners of our qualifying tournament (42 entries) were ;
1st Place
Oliver Manchester
2nd Place
Thomas Manchester
3rd Place
Giovanni Currah
Top U12 Boy
Callum Hynes
Top U11 Boy
Roland Bourne
Top U11 Girl
Kay Newell
Top U10 Boy
Oliver / Thomas / Giovanni
Top U10 Girl
Tara Radia
Top U9 Boy
Maxwell Kendall / Thomas Martin
Top U9 Girl
Evie Seddon
Top U8 Boy
Oliver Wiles
To...
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15.04.2015 - 2nd Team win at Lewes
but its not enough to avoid the drop into division 3.However this victory tops off two fine season performances from board 1 and 2 regulars Jonathan Lawrance and Amardip Ahluwalia.Jonathan scored 4½/8 on board 1 for the second team with a rating performance of 168 while young Amardip scored a very creditable 5½/8 with a performance of 172.
14 April
2015
Lewes 2
Crowborough 2
Grade
Player
Player
Grade
1
140
Mitchell, Andy
0
-
1
Lawrance, JAN
159
2
137
Britnell, Matthew J
0
-
1
Ahluwalia, Amardip
152
3
135
Davies-Arai, Minori
1
-
0
...
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08.04.2015 - Upcoming Tournaments in 2015
A number of chess events are coming up over the next few months.Mega-FinalFor the juniors an important date is Saturday 2nd May which is the UK Chess Challenge Mega-Final at Hassocks entry from club or school qualifiers.I have been asked by some of our qualifiers whether they can play in the Kent Megafinal on the 17th May in Tonbridge if they cannot make the 2nd May and the answer is yes but you can only enter one or the other not both.However we encourage participation at the Sussex event where we have a club designated classroom for parents and players to relax in and the chance to have your games analysed on the demo board between rounds.Summer LightningThe club's Summer Lightning tournament will be held on Friday 22nd May at 7:45pm with the usual 10 second buzzer format.Hastings & St LeonardsA new venture the 1st Hastings and St Leonards Weekend Chess Tournament takes place on Saturday 30th and Sunday 31st May at Hastings Chess Club. Jeremy Hudson writes
The
ambiance of our...
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