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Castles
Junior Chess Club
Recent results |
Castles Radpiplay November 2010
1st Aditya Gupta (147)4.5/5; 2nd Neill Cooper (168) 4/5, 3rd= Philip Knott (116); Freddie Gibson (76s) 3/5.(12 played)
October 2010 Castles 2nd club at Caterham Congress
Our players perform well at the Caterham congress, with Aditya Gupta first equal in the Major with 4 out of 5 (and a 188 grading performance), James Porter 3rd= in the Major with 3.5/5, and Sam Porter and Phjilip Knott scoring 2.5/5 in the Major. Daniel Yong scored 2.5/5 in the Minor. Their overall club score of 10 put Castles in second place. Details can be found here
May 2010 Castles win Surrey's Lauder Trophy
Having defeated South Norwaood in the semi-final Castles faced Ashtead in the final. At the end of the night the match was drawnand we thought we had just lost on board. Then in turned out that Ashtead had inadvertently exceeded the grading limit and the captains agreed that Castles should take the trophy. Our third trophy in 2 years! Details can be found here
Castles Speed Chess Tournament
Wednesday 23rd September2009
1st Aditya Gupta (128) 5/5; 2nd Neill Cooper (161) 4; 3rd Bob Porter 3.5; 4th= Martin Bibby (129L), Nathan Heal (142), Philip Knott(141), JamesPorter (137) 3/5. 13 played
Castles grades on ECF website
Castles grades can be found on the ECF grading website. Note that there are some anomalous junior grades, including some of our players.
May 2009 Castles win Surrey's Fred Manning Trophy
In the face of tough opposition from Dorking, South Norwood and Ashtead, castles second team won the newly inaugerated Fred Manning Trophy. The team of Philip Knott, Katherine Shepherd, Martin Bibby, Nathan Heal and Sub Lumb won 5 matches, drew 3 and lost only 1.
Full results on the Surrey County Chess Association website.
May 2009 Castles win Croydon league Division 2
Newlyentering this division Castles started well but a couple oflosses meant theywere mid table. A finalwin, to give 5 out of 8 (4 wins, 2 draws, 2 loses) did not seem enough to win the league as other teams (CCF, Streatham) close behind had matches in hand. Somehow, though, these teams lost their remaining matches so Castles won the league by half a point.
Full results on the Croydon Chess League website.
