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KJCA GP6 2019-20 (Crosstabs)
Venue: Bishop Justus C of E
Event Type: Individual Tournament
KJCA GP5 2019-20 (Crosstabs)
Venue: Sevenoaks School
Event Type: Individual Tournament
KJCA GP4 2019-20 (Crosstabs)
Venue: The Cornwallis Academy
Event Type: Individual Tournament
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Kent Junior Newsround Update no. 18
Well done to both Bobby Akeya-Price and Kartik Velayudham who have both had fantastic December's playing chess.
Institute of Chess - November level 1 and 2 exams
Well done to all those that sat their level 1 and level 2 IoC exams on Saturday 29th November.
The results are below:
Institute of Chess
The results achieved at the KJCA’s Institute of Chess examination session held at Sandhurst Primary School on Saturday 29 November 2014 were as listed below.
The certificates will be presented during the afternoon of the KJCA GP3 tournament at The Judd School, Tonbridge on Sunday 18 January 2015.
Level 2: Coach
– William Jones (James Maguire on day1): 4 candidates
Merit: Georgina Bruce
Pass: Zeno Burns
Maxim Catling
Level 1: Coach – James Maguire (Krishna Shiatis on day 1): 5 candidates
Distinction: Finn Clements
Nicholas Local
Anthony Simms
Nandika Subrahmaniyam
Merit: Jessnia George
Kent U14/U130 Team win their first SCCU match against Surrey
Congratulations to the Kent u14/u130 team which took on Surrey at Sevenoaks Primary School on 30th November 2014. as part of the Southern Counties Chess Union 2014/15 junior event.
Kent come second at the NYCA U12s
Congratulations to the KJCA U12 team who came second at the National Youth Chess Association tournament on Saturday 8th November.
The day started early with a long journey up to Telford. Several of the team travelled together by train and despite delays and signal failure somewhere near Birmingham, we luckily managed to arrive at the venue with ten minutes to spare.
Some quality chess in the first round resulted in a score of six and half points, which put us in third place behind Sussex and Cheshire & North Wales.
Then, in the break, we all helped Bobby celebrate his 9th birthday by singing happy birthday and enjoying a piece of birthday cake. A big thanks to his mum for bringing the cake and to Bobby for choosing to play chess for Kent on his special day.
In the second round the team achieved a very impressive score of nine points, bringing us up into second place.
In the third round we gained another seven points. However Sussex remained very strong throughout the competition and we were unable to catch up with them.
The final
scores were:
Sussex 30 ½
Kent 22
½
Cheshire &
North Wales 21
South Wales
16
Manchester
14
Leicestershire
3
An extra well done to Freddie Hand on board one, Mikey Watson on board three, Aurideep Nayak on board six and Efe Shimwell on board twelve, who won all three of their games and gained a medal.
The players in board order were Freddie Hand, Ximan Mao, Mikey Watson, Guarav Kocher, Bobby Akeya-Price, Aurideep Nayak, Nikhil Chidipothu, Aryan Narayan, Charlie Metcalfe, Mahuaa Verma, Rikin Parikh and Efe Shimwell. Mihika Verma also played in the reserve games.
Finally, a mention for Jacob Watson who travelled with the team and, as the only older Kent player at the tournament, played in the U16 reserve section. He also scored full points with three wins.
A big thanks to all the parents and players for travelling to Telford and being part of another great result for the Kent teams.
Explanation of Trophies and Cash Prizes awarded at GPs
Our prizes and tie break system for the current season is explained on the same page as registration for our GPs, but for clarity, we have set out the rules below:
In the U18 section there is a cash prize fund which will be split between the top three players based on score. In the event of a tie, the cash prize will be split equally between the relevant players.
In all other sections, there are trophies and medals to be awarded. Since the trophies are pre-prepared we are ONLY able to award these to the top three players in each section based on score. In the event of a tie, the top three will be subsequently decided based on grading performance as per the ECF grading rules and based on those grades used from the start of the tournament. Those players who are tied on score with the top three, but do not qualify for a trophy, will be awarded a medal.
To receive one of these prizes, you must be present at prize giving.
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