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Last update: Tuesday February 26, 2008 12:08
The Leeds Junior Chess Congress attracted 64 juniors from around the North of England. With a host of titles, county caps and even international honours between them, many of Yorkshire’s top juniors were there to battle it out for the £150 first prize and the large number of trophies on offer. It was an intense day of competition.
Very pleasing was the number of girls taking part - 21 in total, and it was fantastic to see a girl emerge as the overall winner – Evie Hollingworth achieveing 5½/6 to win on the fractional tie break of Sum of Opponents Scores from James Bowler, who also scored 5½. Both played superbly on the day and deserved their shared prize money. Third place went to Robert Bowler with 5/6.
All the top board matches were very close and the competition could have gone to any of at least 5 players going into the last round.
However, it was not just about the top boards. There was rising talent such as 3C’s Phoebe Price whole stole wins from Yasmin Niksaz and Amanda Hipshon on her way to the best girl trophy with 5/6. The age group trophies were distributed nicely – U16 went to Amanda, U14 to Ashley Littlewood, U12 to Roshan Patel, U11 to Matthew Li, U10 to Lara Buckley, U9 to Lois Coleman, U8 to Adarsh Vani and U7 to Rachel Brown (again the girls doing well).
Awards were also given to Yasmin Niksaz (U14 girl), Hannah Priest (U11 girl) and Abigail Arnold (U9 girl).
Many thanks to all juniors for taking part and playing so well and in such a great spirit and thanks to all who helped.
John Hipshon
| Pos | Name | Section | Grade | 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
Total |
SOP |
Award | |
| 1 | Evie | Hollingworth | U14 | 96 | 1 |
2 |
3 |
3½ |
4½ |
5½ |
19½ |
1st |
| 2 | James | Bowler | U11 | 108 | 1 |
2 |
3 |
3½ |
4½ |
5½ |
19½ |
2nd |
| 3 | Robert | Bowler | U14 | 119 | 1 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
18 |
3rd |
| 4 | Phoebe | Price | U11 | 57 | 1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
16 |
Best Girl |
| 5 | Ashley | Littlewood | U14 | 121 | 1 |
2 |
3 |
3½ |
4½ |
4½ |
18½ |
U14 |
| 6 | James | Roberts | U14 | 89 | 1 |
2 |
3 |
3½ |
3½ |
4½ |
17½ |
|
| 7 | Michael | Littlewood | U14 | 94 | 1 |
2 |
2½ |
3½ |
3½ |
4½ |
17 |
|
| 8 | Daniel | MacDonald | U14 | 73 | 1 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
4½ |
16½ |
|
| 9 | Lara | Buckley | U10 | 30 | 0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
4½ |
14½ |
U10 |
| 10 | Amanda | Hipshon | U16 | 95 | 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
18 |
U16 |
| 11 | Roshan | Patel | U11 | 73 | 1 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
16 |
U11 |
| 12 | Harry | Li | U10 | 79 | 1 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
16 |
|
| 13 | Matthew | Li | U12 | 78 | 1 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
15 |
U12 |
| 14 | Mark | Kong | U14 | 63 | 1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
14 |
|
| 15 | Pravaker | Hamal | U10 | 54 | 1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
14 |
|
| 16 | Karim | Ismail | U10 | 58 | 1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
12 |
|
| 17 | Yasmin | Niksaz | U14 | 75 | 0 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
12 |
U14Girl |
| 18 | Joshua | Levine | U10 | 66 | 0 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
12 |
|
| 19 | Gianni | Singh | U11 | 71 | 1 |
2 |
2½ |
3½ |
3½ |
3½ |
16 |
|
| 20 | Rebekah | Brown | U14 | 69 | 1 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
3½ |
13½ |
|
| 21 | Tyrell | Walwyn | U11 | 69 | 1 |
2 |
2 |
2½ |
2½ |
3½ |
13½ |
|
| 22 | Mohamed | Musa | U14 | 82 | 1 |
1½ |
2½ |
2½ |
2½ |
3½ |
13½ |
|
| 23 | Robert | Oxley | U10 | 57 | 1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
3½ |
12½ |
|
| 24 | Francesca | Fozard | U12 | 37 | 0 |
1 |
2 |
2½ |
3½ |
3½ |
12½ |
|
| 25 | Edward | Pellow | U14 | 57 | 1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2½ |
3½ |
11 |
|
| 26 | Matthew | Wilson | U14 | 65 | 1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
13 |
|
| 27 | Amber | Bailey | U12 | 51 | 1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
13 |
|
| 28 | Christian | Christianson | U14 | 82 | 1 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
12 |
|
| 29 | Peter | White | U14 | 55 | 1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
12 |
|
| 30 | Amol | Vani | U10 | 60 | 1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
12 |
|
| 31 | Lucy | Ackroyd | U12 | 57 | 1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
11 |
|
| 32 | Thomas | Yems | U12 | 45 | 1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
10 |
|
| 33 | Adarsh | Vani | U08 | 27 | 0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
10 |
U8 |
| 34 | Isaac | Wilinsky | U10 | 46 | 1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
9 |
|
| 35 | Priyanka | Aggarwal | U14 | 47 | 0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
9 |
|
| 36 | Lois | Coleman | U09 | 29 | 0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
9 |
U9 |
| 37 | Alexander | Bennet | U14 | 8 | 0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
7 |
|
| 38 | Wesley | McGough | U10 | 57 | 1 |
1½ |
1½ |
1½ |
1½ |
2½ |
9½ |
|
| 39 | Douglas | Jones | U12 | 44 | 0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2½ |
2½ |
9 |
|
| 40 | David | Squirrel | U12 | 0 | 0 |
½ |
½ |
1½ |
2½ |
2½ |
7½ |
|
| 41 | Spike | Leatherbarrow | U10 | 28 | 0 |
½ |
½ |
1½ |
2½ |
2½ |
7½ |
|
| 42 | Gabriel | Dixon-Hardy | U08 | 20 | 0 |
½ |
1½ |
1½ |
1½ |
2½ |
7½ |
|
| 43 | Hannah | Priest | U10 | 24 | 0 |
0 |
1 |
1½ |
2½ |
2½ |
7½ |
U11Girl |
| 44 | Hannah | Kong | U12 | 56 | 1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
10 |
|
| 45 | Roddy | MacSween | U10 | 34 | 0 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
9 |
|
| 46 | William | Birtley | U09 | 21 | 1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
8 |
|
| 47 | Euan | Tanna Fenton | U10 | 15 | 0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
7 |
|
| 48 | James | Overend | U10 | 0 | 0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
7 |
|
| 49 | Abigail | Arnold | U09 | 0 | 0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
7 |
U9 Girl |
| 50 | Amelia | Collins | U11 | 16 | 0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
6 |
|
| 51 | Niall | Collins | U08 | 0 | 0 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
2 |
2 |
6 |
|
| 52 | Mason | Boycott-Owen | U12 | 0 | 0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
6 |
|
| 53 | Jemima | Stephenson | U11 | 13 | 0 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
5½ |
|
| 54 | James | Kirby | U09 | 0 | 0 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
5½ |
|
| 55 | Jessica | Priest | U08 | 0 | 0 |
0 |
½ |
1 |
2 |
2 |
5½ |
|
| 56 | George | Albane | U12 | 0 | 0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
|
| 57 | Rachel | Brown | U07 | 0 | 0 |
0 |
1 |
1½ |
1½ |
1½ |
5½ |
U7 |
| 58 | William | Dyer | U10 | 7 | 0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
|
| 59 | Connor | Stephenson | U14 | 0 | 0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
|
| 60 | Emily | Stephenson | U11 | 4 | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
| 61 | Britanny | Hubbard | U11 | 0 | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
| 62 | Kobie | Blair Adams | U09 | 8 | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
| 63 | Mollie | Bloomfield | U11 | 2 | 0 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
2 |