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Emmanuel Chess Festival Saturday 8th March 2003, 1.30pm to 5.30pm Controller: Neill Cooper
36 people from SouthCroydon took part in this event. Many of these had taken part in the first tournament, for others it was their first chess tournament. The junior event was part of UK Chess Challenge 2003, the biggest chess tournament in the world. We played 6 rounds and the final scores (3 points for a win, 2 for a draw and 1 for a loss) in the Juniors were as follows, with a Q showing players who qualified for the Surrey Megafinal. The crucial game was in round 5 when the two players with 4 wins from 4 games met, and Joshua Cooper prevaled over Alex Hesketh. A quick win in the last round gave him a straight 6 and the under 11 trophy. The best secondary school scores were back in joint 4th to 6th position.
Place Name Year Club Score
1 Cooper, Joshua 5 Whyteleafe School 18 Q
2 Hesketh, Alex 4 Parish Church School 16 Q
3 Cooper, Ruth 3 Whyteleafe School 15 Q
4-6 Coates, Sophie 10 Croydon High 14 Q
Brackenbury, Daniel 5 Elmhurst School 14
Troop, Alex 7 Wilson's School 14 Q
7-11 Mehta, Rohan 4 Parish Church School 13
Blyth, Joel 5 Ridgeway Primary 13
D'Rozario, Matthew 3 Ridgeway Primary 13 Q
Clancy, Jack 5 Ridgeway Primary 13
Rose, Hannah 6 Ridgeway Primary 13 Q
12-16 Winterburn, Jack 5 Ridgeway Primary 12
Mayo, Jonathan 5 Woodcote School 12
Mohabir, Rhiannon 7 Tenison's School 12 Q
Brackenbury, Georgina 6 Croydon High 12
Millsted, Rachel 6 Christchurch School 12
17-18 Chrystie, David 3 Ridgeway Primary 11
Brackenbury, Andrew 2 Elmhurst School 11 Q
19-22 Lawton, James 3 Ridgeway Primary 10
Hale, Madeleine 5 Ridgeway Primary 10 Q
Ying, Jason 2 St Peter's Primary 10
Rose, Ben 3 Ridgeway Primary 10
23-24 Mapstone, Dan 5 Parish Church School 9
Mayo, Rory 2 Woodcote School 9
25-26 Mapstone, Ben 3 Parish Church School 8
Cameron, Simon 4 South Norwood Primary 8
The senior event was played a bit more slowly and only had 5 games. Simon Petley was clear leader going into the last round but fell at the last hurdle, losing to John Wilson who thereby caught up with him. Final scores were:
Place Name Score
1-2 Petley, Simon 13
Wilson, John 13
3-5 Rigden, Denis 11
Cameron, Peter 11
Cresswell, Steve 11
6-7 Mowll, Chris 9
Davies, Jeremy 9
8-9 Mayo, Peter 8
Roberts, Geoff 8
10 Oakes, Paul 7
In view of the popularity of the event we plan to have a third festival in the autumn.
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