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| PAST EVENTS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 20TH BLITZ TOURNAMENT - Saturday May 21st We had 44 players at our latest blitz tournament and there was some excellent chess played! Congratulations to all the winners and thanks to everyone who supported this event. Under 16/14 1st Max WOOD-ROBINSON 5/5 (!) 2nd Theodore DIAS 4/5 3rd Duncan McTAGGART 3.5/5 4th= Alexandre BLANC, Ernest IGNATOVIC & William HADDOCK 3/5 Under 11 1st Anish RAMAKRISHNAN 5/5 (!) 2nd= Adam AVERBUKH & Nikita GURBATOV 3.5/5 4th= Jamie BOWDEN, Eoin WALLACE & Haotian WU 3/5 Under 9 1st= Nicholas ELLIOTT, Ben EMERSON & Samir SAMADOV 4.5/5 4th Martin VIZIR 4/5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| RECENT RESULTS Richmond Juniors Club members have had some fantastic results in recent weeks!
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| UK CHESS CHALLENGE CONGRATULATIONS to all the following players who took part in the UK Chess Challange at our Saturday afternoon club and have qualified for the Megafinal!: Adam Averbukh, Joel Averbukh, Neha Balaji Iyer, Amandine Blanc, Antoine Blanc, Adelle Bultema, Noah Bultema, Rian Dhillon, Nikita Gurbatov, William Haddock, Joe Hill, Elliott McCall, Duncan McTaggart, Richard Meikle-Briggs, Michael Nunn, Jack Peachey, Raksha Raghuraman, Leonardo Rotondi, Kyle Rundstrom, Tanmay Thanawalla, Ishani Veneik, Miki Walendzik & Haolin Zhao. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ENGLISH PRIMARY SCHOOLS GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIP The Richmond team finished 9th in the National Championships played in Oxford on Saturday March 26th. This was our best ever result in this event. CONGRATULATIONS to all our team members. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ENGLISH PRIMARY SCHOOLS UNDER 11s CONGRATULATIONS to everyone who represented Richmond in the English Primary Schools Chess Association Championships in Norwich last Saturday March 19th. We came fifth and have successfully qualified for the National Final, which will take place in Northamptonshire on Saturday May 7th. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BLITZ TOURNAMENT - Saturday March 5th We welcomed 51 players for our latest blitz competition, the 19th in total. Congratulations to the following winners: Under 14/18 1st= Charlie NETTLETON & Paul WADDINGHAM - 4.5/5 3rd= Joe BENTON, Ernest IGNATOVIC, Michael NUNN & Duncan McTAGGART - 3/5 Under 11 1st Harry GRIEVE - 5/5! 2nd Haotian WU - 4/5 3rd Matthew TOWNSEND - 3.5/5 4th= Adam AVERBUKH, Alexander KISBY RUSCA, Elliott McCALL & Anish RAMAKRISHNAN - 3/5 Under 9 1st Martin VIZIR - 5/5! 2nd Haolin ZHAO - 4/5 3rd= Jake BIDWELL & Oliver GORDON-BROWN - 3.5/5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| EPSCA Schools Qualifying competition - Richmond Zone 20 teams competed at Twickenham Prep School on Saturday February 12th. Congratulations to all the medallists and the other qualifiers for Pontins. Under 11s 1st HOMEFIELD 23 out of 25 2nd TWICKENHAM PREP A 17 3rd ST. JAMES'S A 13.5 4th= COLET COURT A 12.5 4th= TWICKENHAM PREP B 12.5 Under 9s 1st HOMEFIELD A 23 out of 25 2nd COLET COURT A 14.5 3rd HOMEFIELD B 14.5 4th= COLET COURT B 13 4th= TWICKENHAM PREP 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BLITZ TOURNAMENT - Saturday January 22nd 60 players took part in our biggest blitz tournament ever! Many congratulations to the following winners: Under 14/18 1st - Theodore DIAS 4.5/5 2nd - Paul WADDINGHAM 4/5 3rd - Ernest IGNATOVIC 3.5/5 4th= - Luke BARRY, Alexandre BLANC, Duncan McTAGGART, Michael NUNN 3/5 Under 11 1st= - Alexander DANTAS, Richard MEIKLE-BRIGGS 4/5 3rd= - Joe BARRY, Oliver CLARK, Anish RAMAKRISHNAN, Matthew TOWNSEND 3.5/5 Under 9 1st= - Adam AVERBUKH, Kyle RUNDSTROM 4.5/5 3rd= - Harry WARD, Haotian WU 4/5 A date for your diaries - the next Blitz Tournament will be on Saturday March 5th. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LONDON CHESS CLASSIC 24 Club members made a trip to the prestigious London Chess Classic on Saturday December 14th. As well as watching the best players in the world in action, we were lucky to be able to play in a Simultaneous Display against England international Sabrina Chevannes. Sabrina proved a tough opponent, but did concede 5 draws to Neil DEO, Theodore DIAS, Nikita GURBATOV, Gabriel THOMPSON and Miki WALENDZIK. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| JUNIOR FOUR NATIONS LEAGUE Many congratulations to all those who played for Richmond Juniors teams in this event. Despite being one of the youngest squads in the competition, our two teams performed extremely creditably in the Under 18s. The Rockets won two out of their three matches, but lost to the top-rated team in the event (the very strong Wellington College team) and finished with 6 game points out of 12. The Rooks also did well, with everyone winning at least one game, and totaling 5 points out of 12. A great team effort! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BLITZ TOURNAMENT - Saturday October 16th 42 players took part in our latest blitz tournament. Congratulations to all who played, including the following prize winners: Under 14/16 1st - Paul WADDINGHAM 5/5 (!) 2nd= - Theodore DIAS, Ernest IGNATOVIC, Harvey PAULL 4/5 Under 11 1st - Anish RAMAKRISHNAN 5/5 (!) 2nd - Harry GRIEVE 4/5 3rd= - Noah BULTEMA, Oliver CLARK, Alexander DANTAS, Nikita GURBATOV 3/5 Under 9 1st - Haotian WU 5/5 (!) 2nd - Kyle RUNDSTROM 4/5 3rd= - Antoine BLANC, Saomiyan MATHETHARAN 3/5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| RICHMOND JUNIOR CHESS CONGRESS - Saturday October 2nd Many thanks to the 80 competitors who played and to all the parents who supported this event. Congratulations to the winners and the qualifiers to the London Junior Championships: Under 16 / Under 14: 1st - Paul WADDINGHAM 6/6 (£50 plus Richmond Junior Chess Club Champion trophy) 2nd - Max WOOD-ROBINSON 5/6 (£25) 3rd= - Ernest IGNATOVIC & Michael PETTIT 4/6 Under 12 Major: 1st - Richard MEIKLE-BRIGGS 5.5/6 2nd= - Florian GARLAND HOFF & Jake SIMMS 4.5/6 These players qualified for the LJCC Under 12 Major. The following qualified for the LJCC Under 12 Minor: Adrian KOZHEVNIKOV (4/6), Nikita GURBATOV, Xavier RODRIGUES, Andrew SMAILES & Jamie SPILLARD (all 3.5/6) Under 10 Major / Under 8 Major: 1st - Akshaya KALAIYALAHAN 5.5/6 2nd - Tharshan KUHENDIRAN 5/6 3rd= - Callum BREWER, Gautam JAIN & Anna PURVIS 4.5/6 These players qualified for the LJCC Under 10 Major. The following qualified for the LJCC Under 10 Minor: Joel MALAM, Samuel McCONNELL, Anish RAMAKRISHNAN, Edward STEVENSON & Hoatian WU (all 4/6), Adam AVERBUKH, Oliver BEKHEIT, Ismail MARDIN, Purushot SADAGOPAN, Oscar SIMMS, Sailesh SITARAM & Ananth VIJAYKUMAR (all 3.5/6) Under 11 Minor: 1st - Jamie JONES (8/8) 2nd - Aidan TOAL (5.5/8) 3rd= - Lida BAYAT & Raksha RAGHURAMAN (4/8) Under 9 Minor: 1st - Ben EMERSON (7.5/8) 2nd - Eash ANADKAT (6.5/8) 3rd= - Edward BISHOP & Amr HAMID (6/8) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Blitz Tournament - September 25th 48 players competed in our latest (and biggest ever!) blitz tournament. Congratulations to the winners and thanks to everyone who played and supported the event. UNDER 14/16:
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We can congratulate quite a few of our club members on excellent recent results:
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| Blitz Tournament - May 15th Congratulations to the winners of our last tournament held on Saturday May 15th (30 players): Under 14s:
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| English Primary Schools Championships Richmond's Under 11 team scored an excellent result, coming third and taking the bronze medals in the zonal competition taking place on Saturday March 20th in Northampton. We have now qualified for the national finals. Our Under 9 team, despite some good individual performances, failed to qualify the previous Saturday in Leatherhead. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kids' Blitz Tournament March 6th 26 players competed - congratulations to the following winners.
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| Junior Four Nations League Richmond Juniors had teams playing in all the sections of the Junior 4NCL. There were some brilliant team and individual performances. We were thrilled to win the Under 14 competition, our Under 9s came 2nd and our Under 11s took the bronze medals. We had a very young team playing in the Under 18s, with most of our players gaining their first experience of internationally rated competitions. Final results are available on the 4NCL web site, here: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MATCH VS. WINCHESTER COLLEGE We're grateful to our friends from Winchester College for coming to play a friendly match on Saturday March 13th. After a very hard-fought battle, Richmond Juniors ran out winners by the narrowest possible margin: 6.5 to 5.5. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| RICHMOND JUNIOR CHESS CLUB BLINDFOLDED International Chess Master Gavin Wall was blindfolded before challenging 11 of Richmond Borough's brightest young chess prospects to a blindfold simultaneous chess match at Twickenham Preparatory School. Gavin played 11 juniors with no sight of a chess board at any time with pupils calling out their moves. Peter Sowray and James Coleman of Richmond Junior Chess Club were present to ensure accuracy and fair play. The excited youngsters were somewhat dismayed to find that Gavin was able to keep all 11 games in his head at the same time and still play to a very high standard. By the end of the evening Gavin had won 9 games, drawn 1 and lost only one match to Year 5 pupil Jamie Spillard from Twickenham Preparatory School. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| HAMPTON SCHOOL - Sunday February 7th We had a fabulous day on Sunday - many thanks to Hampton School for providing a superb venue, to the English Primary Schools' Association (EPSCA), and to all the parents and chess-players who supported the event. A total of 18 teams - that's 90+ players - took part in the EPSCA National Schools' Championship and a further 25 played in the UK Chess Challenge qualifier. Thanks to Marie Gallagher for the following results:- Under 11 Primary Schools 1st Colet Court A - 21 2nd Newland House - 18 3rd Colet Court B - 14.5 4th Broomfield House - 12.5 5th Trafalgar - 11.5 6th= Denmead - 10.5 6th= Marshgate - 10.5 8th= St. Mary's CE - 9 8th= St. Stephen's - 9 10th Sheen Mount - 8 Under 9 Primary Schools 1st Colet Court B - 18.5 2nd Colet Court A - 18 3rd Newland House - 15.5 4th Broomfield House - 12.5 5th Denmead - 12 6th Marshgate - 11 7th St. Mary's CE - 10 8th Trafalgar - 2.5 Congratulations to Colet Court (A & B) and Newland House who took all the medals! Also qualifying for the semi-finals were Broomfield House and Trafalgar in the Under 11s, and Broomfield House in the Under 9s. Special mention to the following, who scored 5 out of 5: in the Under 11s Edwin Barnham (Newland House), Nicholas Dummett (Newland House) and Koh Noguchi (Marshgate) and in the Under 9s Arron Baruk (Colet Court B). The best girl scorer was Rhiannon Tanner (Trafalgar) in the Under 11s. The Mayor of Richmond arrived for prize-giving and all those who stayed had their photos taken with her. Special thanks to Hampton School for once again hosting the tournament, and in particular Katherine Shaw (Events Co-ordinator). There were a couple of casualties on the day, a suspected broken wrist from a Colet Court boy (we hope he's on the mend) and a "baby tooth fallout" in the UK Chess Challenge Tournament - let's hope the tooth fairy arrived Monday morning! About 20% of the children had never taken part in a tournament before and almost all of them would like to play again! No matter what your results on the day - 1st, 3rd, 5th or last - this tournament would not happen without all of you. We hope you had a great day out, made some friends, and learnt some more about chess! In the UK Chess Challenge Qualifier, Joshua Cavendish (U13) swept the board with a maximum possible 21 points. Many congratulations! Alongside Joshua, other players who qualified for the Megafinal were:- Junyi Hou and Michael Pettit (U15), Thushaan Rajaratnum and Edward Li (U14), Max Wood-Robinson (U13), Alexandre Blanc, Michael Nunn and Issy Warren (U13), Adrian Kozhevnikov and Isabella Mason (U11), Richard Meikle-Briggs (U10), and last but not least Tharshan Kuhendiran, Ananth Vijaykumar and Akshaya Kalai (U9) We welcome feedback on this event and you can email your comments to Marie Gallagher. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12TH BLITZ TOURNAMENT 23 players competed in our latest blitz tournament on Saturday January 30th. Congratulations to the winners: Under 14/18:
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| BLITZ TOURNAMENT - SATURDAY DECEMBER 12TH. 20 players competed in our latest blitz tournament. CONGRATULATIONS to the winners: Under 14: Theodore DIAS, Under 11: Elliott McCALL, Under 9: Akshaya KALAI (100% score!) Download the full results spreadsheet here. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Richmond Juniors fielded 4 teams in the JUNIOR FOUR NATIONS LEAGUE. At the halfway point of the competition, we are in the following positions: Under 18: 9th place (out of 10 teams) Under 14: 3rd place (out of 5) Under 11: 2nd place (out of 10) Under 9: 3rd place (out of 9) There is a report on the 4NCL web site here. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MATCH vs. WINCHESTER COLLEGE We're grateful to Winchester College for coming to play a friendly match with us on Saturday October 10th. After a hard-fought fight, Richmond Juniors managed to hang on to our early lead and win 8-4. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| RICHMOND JUNIOR CONGRESS - SATURDAY OCTOBER 3RD Congratulations to the following winners from our Congress. UNDER 16 / UNDER 14: 1st Peter BATCHELOR - 5/6 2nd= Michael PETTIT - 4.5/6 (RJCC Under 16 Champion) 2nd= Max WOOD-ROBINSON - 4.5/6 (RJCC Under 14 Champion) UNDER 12 MAJOR: 1st Owen MESSERE - 5/6 2nd= Michael BANH - 4.5/6 2nd= Theodore DIAS - 4.5/6 The above-named qualify for the LJCC U12 Major. The following qualify for the LJCC U12 Minor: Katherine SHEPHERD (4), Paul WADDINGHAM (4), Akadil ZHARIMBET (4) and Alexandre BLANC (3.5). UNDER 10 / UNDER 8 MAJOR: 1st Hoatian WU - 6/6 2nd= Aditya YANAMANDRA - 5/6 2nd= Yang-Jian ZHOU - 5/6 4th= Alexander GOUWS - 4.5/6 4th= Daniel TAMARY McLEOD - 4.5/6 The above-named qualify for the LJCC U10 Major. Hoatian WU also wins the Under 8 qualifying competition. The following qualify for the LJCC U10 Minor: Charlie JACKSON (4), Freddie JOHN (4), Edward STEVENSON (4), Luke GONZALEZ (3.5), Ben HO (3.5), Tharshan KUHENDIRAN (3.5), Richard MEIKLE-BRIGGS (3.5), Daniel O'CONNELL (3.5), Louis PALMER (3.5), Anish RAMAKRISHNAN (3.5) and Andrew SMAILES (3.5). UNDER 11 MINOR: 1st Sam KNOTT - 7/8 2nd Amandine BLANC - 6/8 3rd Liam COX - 5.5/8 UNDER 9 MINOR: 1st Jamie JONES - 7/8 2nd= Oliver BEKHEIT - 6.5/8 2nd= Albin KRISTELL - 6.5/8 4th Matthew TOWNSEND - 6/8 76 players competed ... download full results here. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BLITZ TOURNAMENT - SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 26TH 20 players took part in our 10th blitz tournament. Two very competitive sections saw Paul WADDINGHAM win the U16/U14 with 4.5 out of 5 and Edward STEVENSON take the U11/U9 with 5 out of 5. Under 18 / Under 14: 1st Paul WADDINGHAM 4.5 2nd= Edward LI, Harvey PAULL 3.5 4th= Alexandre BLANC, Nishant JOGLEKAR 3 Under 11 / Under 9: 1st Edward STEVENSON 5 2nd Harry GRIEVE 4 3rd Elliott McCALL 3 4th= Richard MEIKLE-BRIGGS, Hoatian WU 2.5 Download full results here. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CONGRATULATIONS to all the RJCC members who played at the SOUTHERN GIGAFINAL over the weekend 4th/5th July, particularly those who qualified for the TERAFINAL. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 players competed in our 9th BLITZ TOURNAMENT on Saturday June 20th. CONGRATULATIONS to the winners:
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| Richmond Juniors were pleased to welcome a team from KING'S COLLEGE SCHOOL, WIMBLEDON for a friendly match on Saturday June 13th. After a very hard-fought battle, Richmond Juniors ran out the winners by the (somewhat flattering) score of 6-2. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 teams played at our most recent SCHOOLS TEAM COMPETITION hosted by Twickenham Prep School on Tuesday June 19th. CONGRATULATIONS to DENMEAD and TWICKENHAM PREP SCHOOL A & B teams, who came out joint top with 7 out of 9. From September 2009 we are going to run this evening event as the "Richmond Schools Chess League". Details and an entry form to follow shortly. Schools outside the Richmond Borough are welcome to play. Please contact us if your school is interested and would like more information. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
29 players competed in our 8th BLITZ TOURNAMENT on Saturday May 16th. CONGRATULATIONS to the following winners:
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| We came 13th in the Final of the English Primary Schools Under 11 Championship on May 9th. Congratulations to Will STYLES and Rohit VENKATESHAN, who both scored 100%! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| We came 14th in the Final of the English Primary Schools Under 9 Championship on April 25th. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| We are grateful to Winchester College for challenging us to a friendly match on Saturday March 14th. After a hard fought contest over 12 boards, we overcame an early deficit to record a 8.5-3.5 victory. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Our team finished 4th in the qualifying competition for the national finals of English Primary Schools Under 11 team competition. Congratulations to everyone who played for or supported the team. We will now play in the final, to be held on Saturday May 9th in High Wycombe. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Richmond team qualified in 5th place (just!) for the national finals of English Primary Schools Under 9 team competition. Congratulations to the team and we look forward to the final, which will be on Saturday April 25th in Northamptonshire. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
33 players competed at our 7TH BLITZ TOURNAMENT on Saturday March 7th. Winners were:
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| CONGRATULATIONS to the TRAFALGAR ALL-STARS, winners of our most recent Schools Competition played at Twickenham Prep School on March 3rd. 6 teams competed. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Richmond Juniors entered the prestigious JUNIOR FOUR NATIONS LEAGUE. Our Under 18 team picked up valuable experience, finishing 8th, and our two Under 11 teams shared 2nd place. A full report on the final weekend of the competition is available here. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 34 kids played at our 6TH BLITZ TOURNAMENT on SATURDAY JANUARY 30th. All the sections were well contested and nobody won all their games! The winners included:
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| We held our 5TH BLITZ TOURNAMENT on SATURDAY DECEMBER 13th. After a very hard-fought competition, the winners included:
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| SCHOOLS TEAM EVENT Twickenham Prep School (TPS) hosted our first schools team event on the evening of Tuesday December 2nd. 27 children competed and a very tough contest resulted. CONGRATULATIONS to the TPS 'B' team, who came out winners with 8 points. There was a multiple tie on 6 points between St. James's 'B' team, the Trafalgar / Archdeacon All Stars, TPS 'A' and TPS 'C'. Thank you to all the schools and parents who supported this event. We hope to organise another competition in the Spring Term. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| RJCC had 5 TEAMS (!) competing in the Junior Four Nations Chess League on 15th/16th November. Our Under 11 teams are in 2nd and 3rd places at the end of the first weekend. Our young Under 18 teams found the going tougher, but everyone performed creditably. WELL DONE to all involved, particularly Paul Waddingham who scored 3/3, Jasper Tambini 2/2, and Jake Simms, Paul Calderon, Alex Blanc, James Adshead and Harvey Kandohla, who all scored 2/3. Thanks to all the parents who helped with travel. You can find a photo report on the 4NCL web site here and results, etc., here. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CONGRATULATIONS to the following winners at our 4TH BLITZ TOURNAMENT, held on Saturday 27th September. Under 18/14: Jasper Tambini (5/5!) Under 11: Samuel Freeth, Jonathan Pein & Paul Waddingham (4/5) Under 9: Elliott McCall (5/5!) Download full results in Microsoft Excel format. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Several Richmond Junior Chess Club members had fantastic results in the latest Richmond Rapidplay congress on Sunday July 13th. Theodore Dias came 1st equal in the Intermediate Tournament and Harvey Kandohla came 1st equal in the Minor event. Jake Simms and Edward Li shared the grading prize in the Minor. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Our 3RD BLITZ TOURNAMENT took place on the morning of Saturday July 5th, with 38 players. Congratulations to the winners: Under 14: Christopher Dunne Under 11: Max Wood-Robinson Under 9: William Claridge-Hansen Download full results in Microsoft Excel format. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| We held our 2ND BLITZ TOURNAMENT on the morning of Saturday June 7th. Congratulations to the winners: Under 14: Edward Ko Under 11: Theodore Dias Under 9: Elliott McCall, Conor Murphy & Hugo Till Download full results in Microsoft Excel format. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thanks to former Australian Champion, John-Paul Wallace who visited the club on Saturday May 24th to do a lecture and simultaneous display. Congratulations to Edward Ko, Thushaan Rajaratnam and Tom Wilshire, who won prizes for the best performance against J-P. If you are interested in playing chess over the Summer months, you could go to one of J-P's Chess Camps. You can contact him via his web site or download details of his summer camps and training squad. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Click here for the Press Release. Great news! Richmond's Under 9 team won the EPSCA (English Primary Schools) Championship on Saturday April 26th. CONGRATULATIONS to everyone who played, and thanks to Marie Gallagher (coach), and to Phil Benton and all the other parents. It was a fantastic team effort. Our team included the following players: Peter Andreev, Tarun Malhotra, Joe Benton, Paul Calderon, Will Styles, Jake Ruse, Elliott McCall, Amay Aggarwal, Hugo Till, Jake Simms, Dominic Tso, Fraser Owen, Noah Bultema, Alex Gogoladze, James Adshead and Jamie Gallagher.  Final scores:
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| The Under 11 team did well in the National Championships on Saturday May 10th coming 4th with 36.5 points out of 60, behind Kent (43), Wey Valley (39) and Notts (39). Well done to everyone who played, and thanks to parents and supporters. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Richmond scored another good result by coming second in our EPSCA Under 11 zone on Saturday March 15th. Final scores:
Well done again to everybody who played and thanks to all the parents, to Derek Thrumble who organised everything, and to Marie Gallagher who was the coach on the day. We have now qualified for the National Final which will be played on Saturday May 10th in Liverpool. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WE WON!!!!! Richmond came first in our EPSCA Under 9 zone on Saturday March 8th. The winning team was:Theodore Dias, Tarun Malhotra, Joe Benton, Hugo Till, Paul Calderon, Will Styles, Jake Ruse, Elliott McCall, Amay Aggarwal, Jake Simms, Dominic Tso, Fraser Owen, Noah Bultema, and Alex Gogoladze Final scores:
Congratulations to everybody who played. It was a very tough zone! Thanks also to all the parents for your support, to Derek Thrumble who did all the organisation, and to Marie Gallagher who coached the team on the day. We have now qualified for the National Final which will be played on Saturday April 26th at Crown Woods School, Riefield Road, Eltham, London SE9 2QN. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Six RJCC members were chosed to appear in a forthcoming Children's BBC TV programme, Brain-Jitsu. Congratulations to Neil Deo, Francesca Kamil, Edward Ko, Daniel Morgan, Thushaan Rajaratnam and Lottie Till (Hugo's sister), who all took part. The programs will be aired the week of February 25th on BBC2 at 07.30 (so set your video recorders ...) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| On Sunday February 3rd, the Richmond zone of the EPSCA Under 11 and Under 9 championships took place at Hampton School. Results here. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| RJCC hosted its first open blitz tournament on the morning of Saturday November 24th. 40 children competed in a five round event. The Under 18 section ended in a four way tie between Nishant Joglekar, Edward Ko, Michael Pettit and Jasper Tambini. Alfred Drinkwater won the Under 11s and Theodore Dias scored 100% in the Under 9s. Congratulations to all the winners and thanks to all who competed. We will hold further blitz events on Saturday June 7th and Saturday July 5th. Further details will be published shortly. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| On the afternoon of November 24th, RJCC welcomed International Master Andrew Martin who played 36 children in a simultaneous display. Despite some excellent fighting chess from the RJCC players, Andrew ended up winning all the games! There was coverage in the English Chess Federation's Right Move magazine. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| GAMES BY CLUB MEMBERS & TRAINING MATERIAL | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Here's a nice game played by Gabriel THOMPSON at the club - click here. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| John-Paul Wallace shows us a neat trap in the opening, from a game between Ernest Ignatovic and Tor Molin - click here. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| John-Paul Wallace writes about his game against Theodore Dias from the recent simul - click here. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Here are some positions from the latest Squad Training session. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| On Saturday February 8th we held a Squad Training session for the Richmond players competing in the English Primary Schools Chess Asoociation Under 11 and Under 9 championships. Here's a position that we studied at the Training session. |