ECF Afternoon School Event, Wilson’s School 9th May

[Michael W Healey]

Hi

Does anyone have any information on this tournament (particularly interested in Cumnor House)?

Thanks
Mike

[Neill Cooper]

Thanks for asking Mike.
The sixth afternoon secondary school event went very well. Sixteen teams from seven schools took place.
It was particularly good to welcome new schools to the event: Sevenoaks, Cumnor House and Putney High.
Quest Academy only took up chess this year but after entering one team in the last event entered 3 here.
Nonsuch also returned having not played at one of these events for a while.
There was a wide range of ability. Whilst some players were graded over 100, the majority were ungraded or graded below 50. Whilst this meant that many of the first round matches were one sided after that there were many close matches.
As with Team Chess Challenge the time limit of 10 mins + 2 secs worked well on the upper boards. Clocks were not used on the lower boards (many players were not used to them) with a few lower boards being adjudicated after 30 minutes play.

Teams left saying how much they had enjoyed the event, including those who lost more games than they won.
One positive aspect of these multi-match events is that most players and teams go away with some successes.

Scores were:

1 Wilson's A 12.5
2 Wilson's B 11
3 Wilson's D 10.5
4 Cumnor House 10
5-6 Sevenoaks 9.5
Wilson's E 9.5
7-8 Wilson's C 9
Wilson's F 9
9 Nonsuch 8.5
10-11 Graveney School 7.5
Quest A 7.5
12 Quest B 7
13-14 Wilson's G 6
Quest C 6
15 Putney High 3
16 Reserves 1.5

[Michael W Healey]

Thanks Neill, that's great