World Schools Chess Championships 2012

[Peter D Williams]

When Peter played for England in Montenegro he wanted to play in the rapidplay team event on the rest day most of the other english players did not want to any way i went to see the organizers of the event and there where more than happy to help and got local players to help make a team so that Peter could play chess.

Would it be a good idea in future to talk to the people runing the event in advance to see if it is at all possible to not have players from the some team playing each other and if a player must have a bye can a filler be found? at least the player gets a game. I know it may not be possible with the way pairing are done but it can not hurt to let event organizers know of your concerns.

The reports and pictures of the event have been very interesting the English team have some very good coaches with them i remember Neil in Montenegro with his signed chess board has he brought it with him this time?

Good luck to all the players for the rest of the event.

[David Sedgwick]

However, there is, as always, another side of the case.

If you look back at previous discussions on this Forum, you'll find a number of posts suggesting that, if you adopt the kind of approach I've outlined two paragraphs above, you can never succeed in being entirely fair and impartial, and in being seen to be so. For that reason those posters have concluded that the Continental approach is preferable.

David Sedgewick (sic) might be a bit set in his views like the cement as his post shows.

If you're going to take every conceivable opportunity to malign me, regardless of what I've actually said, you might at least take the trouble to spell my name correctly.

On that note I give up.

[Krishna Shiatis]

Would it be a good idea in future to talk to the people runing the event in advance to see if it is at all possible to not have players from the some team playing each other and if a player must have a bye can a filler be found? at least the player gets a game. I know it may not be possible with the way pairing are done but it can not hurt to let event organizers know of your concerns.

I do agree, that it is perhaps a good idea to clarify these sorts of things in advance.

It is very likely if we send larger squads (now and in the future), that they will be playing each other more and more often. It is obviously not ideal, but it is likely to happen.

If it is within the rules of the competition (to pair members of the same Federation against each other), I think that the best way to deal with it is to talk to all the children beforehand and explain this to them so that they are mentally prepared to play one of their own and cope with the outcome.

This is not always easy, but it is all part of the 'game'.

[Paul Cooksey]

[White "Kosintseva"] [Black "Kosintseva"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. c3 Qd3 8. hxg4 hxg4 9. Nxe5 Bd6 10. Nxd3 Bh2+ 11. Kh1 Bg3+ 12. Kg1 Bh2+ 13. Kh1 Bg3+ 1/2-1/2The Kosintseva sisters have played this game five times now, if I'm counting correctly.

[LawrenceCooper]

Round 5:

8 Price Phoebe A 0 ENG 1 1 - 0 1 Sonfalean Maria-Laura 1627 ROU

24 Neil Jennifer 0 ENG 1 Bye 0

11 Hapeshi Eleanor 0 ENG 2 1 - 0 2 Hrib Andrada-Ioana 1672 ROU
14 Purvis Anna 0 ENG 1 1 - 0 1 III Bulgaru Georgeta 0 ROU
16 Voloc-Popel Magdalena-Rebeca-I 0 ROU 1 ½ - ½ 1 Chan Karina 0 ENG

14 43 Yapa Binudi Senarath 0 SRI 2 1 - 0 2 Camp Imogen A L 0 WLS 23
19 33 Munguri Tinotenda 0 ZIM 1 ½ - ½ 1 Cohen Meytal 0 ENG 25

19 38 Friar Joseph D 0 ENG 1 1 - 0 1 Kumara T G V S H 1717 SRI 30

16 Oyama Akito 1886 ENG 2 1 - 0 2 Kenenbaev Aidar 1647 KGZ
19 Ozgur Tibet Kagan 1631 TUR 2 1 - 0 2 Liang Jake Z 1749 ENG
24 Zhu Richard 0 ENG 2 1 - 0 2 Zubcu Vlad-George 1726 ROU
25 Vijayakumar Ananth 0 ENG 2 0 - 1 2 Andreescu Darie-Ioan 1724 ROU
30 Zhou Yang-Jian 1603 ENG 1 1 - 0 1½ Saif Al Hamed 0 UAE
31 Turar 1813 KAZ 1 1 - 0 1 Dalton Joseph 0 ENG
36 Cobbold Samuel 0 ENG 1 0 - 1 1 Vanlint Alexander 0 E

28 Elliott Max 0 ENG 1½ 0 - 1 1½ Paraschiv Paul-Alexandru 0 ROU
32 Moreby James 0 ENG 1 0 - 1 1 Balteanu Luca-Andrei 0 ROU
34 Remus Elliot Luke 0 ENG 1 1 - 0 1 Mcconnell Samuel 0 ENG

19 78 Tate Remus Elliot 0 ENG 2 0 - 1 2 Altman Joshua 0 ENG 21

7 27 McCarty-Snead Callaghan ENG 2½ ½ - ½ 2½ Iru Kumarasiri W M G SRI 20
12 21 Jeff Tomy ENG 2 0 - 1 2 Ionescu Rares-George ROU 18

Round 6:

7 Price Phoebe A 0 ENG 2 2 Gelip Ioana 2017 ROU

10 Kottahachchi A S 1495 SRI 2 2 Neil Jennifer 0 ENG

6 Tishova Svetlana 1678 RUS 3 3 Hapeshi Eleanor 0 ENG
14 Chan Karina 0 ENG 1½ 2 Purvis Anna 0 ENG

16 Camp Imogen A L 0 WLS 2 2 Schiopu Andreea-Alexandra 0 ROU
19 Cohen Meytal 0 ENG 1½ 1 Cazacu Iuliana 0 ROU

15 Eyvazov Javanshir 1733 AZE 2 2 Friar Joseph D 0 ENG

12 Andreescu Darie-Ioan 1724 ROU 3 3 Oyama Akito 1886 ENG
17 Tifferet Shaked 1768 ISR 3 3 Zhu Richard 0 ENG
25 Liang Jake Z 1749 ENG 2 2 Ciobanu Stefan 0 ROU
26 Vanlint Alexander 0 ENG 2 2 Pintilie Vlad 1736 ROU
30 Sonwane Digvijay 1634 IND 2 2 Vijayakumar Ananth 0 ENG
31 Wickramasinghe Seniya Manjula 0 SRI 2 2 Zhou Yang-Jian 1603 ENG
35 Dalton Joseph 0 ENG 1 1 Abend Ilay 0 ISR
38 Prominsky Nicolai 0 MDA 1 1 Cobbold Samuel 0 ENG

29 Gruzman Ilya 0 ISR 2 2 Remus Elliot Luke 0 ENG
33 Elliott Max 0 ENG 1½ 1½ Imanov Nariman 0 AZE
34 Moreby James 0 ENG 1 1 Costin Matei-Alexandru 1417 ROU
37 Mcconnell Samuel 0 ENG 1 1 Tashinga Maguwu 0 ZIM

15 Altman Joshua 0 ENG 3 3 Sarbu Zeno-Iulius 0 ROU
30 Danila Ianis-Andrei 0 ROU 2 2 Remus Elliot Tate 0 ENG

7 18 Ionescu Rares-George ROU 3 3 McCarty-Snead Callaghan 27
15 19 Ionita Stefan ROU 1½ 2 Jeff Tomy 21

[Peter Turner]

More from Hillary.

http://www.englishchess.org.uk/?p=18976
http://www.englishchess.org.uk/?p=18964 (What has Tai done to his hand?)

Very impressed that these pictures and reports are getting on the ECF website so quickly and most seem to be outside office hours. I think thanks are due to both the reporting team in Romania and office staff here at home. Loz Cooper also doing his brilliant job and finding time to put the results and pairings up on the forum. I must be doing something wrong, I'm going to each age group in the 'RESULTS' link on the championship website and then copy/pasting each individual result/pairing into a word document. Is there a way of getting what Loz posts by going to a 'get ENG' info all in one go?
All the best for the next round. A "well done" to Joshua for winning his last 3 and to Joseph & Phoebe for their last 2 game wins.

[Peter Turner]

More from Romania, including some games to play through. This is fantastic for family and friends at home, I look forward to the next episode.

http://www.englishchess.org.uk/?p=18980#more-18980

[LawrenceCooper]

More from Hillary.

http://www.englishchess.org.uk/?p=18976
http://www.englishchess.org.uk/?p=18964 (What has Tai done to his hand?)

Very impressed that these pictures and reports are getting on the ECF website so quickly and most seem to be outside office hours. I think thanks are due to both the reporting team in Romania and office staff here at home. Loz Cooper also doing his brilliant job and finding time to put the results and pairings up on the forum. I must be doing something wrong, I'm going to each age group in the 'RESULTS' link on the championship website and then copy/pasting each individual result/pairing into a word document. Is there a way of getting what Loz posts by going to a 'get ENG' info all in one go?
All the best for the next round. A "well done" to Joshua for winning his last 3 and to Joseph & Phoebe for their last 2 game wins.

That's the only way and it's very time consuming, but I have to do it for my four students so I then do it for everyone elses. I believe there's a 24 hour delay on posting on Chess-results but when they do appear you can at least view all the info here:
http://chess-results.com/tnr69342.aspx? ... =ENG&lan=1

[LawrenceCooper]

Some results from round 6:

In the under 7s Callaghan won to reach 4 and Jeff drew to reach 2.5, in the under 11 girls Meytal won so moves to 2.5, Samuel McConnell drew in the u11 boys so is now on 1.5 and Eleanor lost in the u13 girls and so remains on 3.

[sarahmccarty]

Excellent news!! Thanks Lawrence!

[LawrenceCooper]

Round 6:

7 Price Phoebe A 0 ENG 2 0 - 1 2 Gelip Ioana 2017 ROU

10 Kottahachchi A S 1495 SRI 2 0 - 1 2 Neil Jennifer 0 ENG

6 Tishova Svetlana 1678 RUS 3 1 - 0 3 Hapeshi Eleanor 0 ENG
14 Chan Karina 0 ENG 1½ 0 - 1 2 Purvis Anna 0 ENG

16 Camp Imogen A L 0 WLS 2 1 - 0 2 Schiopu Andreea-Alexandra 0 ROU
19 Cohen Meytal 0 ENG 1½ 1 - 0 1 Cazacu Iuliana 0 ROU

15 Eyvazov Javanshir 1733 AZE 2 0 - 1 2 Friar Joseph D 0 ENG

12 Andreescu Darie-Ioan 1724 ROU 3 0 - 1 3 Oyama Akito 1886 ENG
17 Tifferet Shaked 1768 ISR 3 1 - 0 3 Zhu Richard 0 ENG
25 Liang Jake Z 1749 ENG 2 1 - 0 2 Ciobanu Stefan 0 ROU
26 Vanlint Alexander 0 ENG 2 0 - 1 2 Pintilie Vlad 1736 ROU
30 Sonwane Digvijay 1634 IND 2 ½ - ½ 2 Vijayakumar Ananth 0 ENG
31 Wickramasinghe Seniya Manjula 0 SRI 2 ½ - ½ 2 Zhou Yang-Jian 1603 ENG
35 Dalton Joseph 0 ENG 1 0 - 1 1 Abend Ilay 0 ISR
38 Prominsky Nicolai 0 MDA 1 1 - 0 1 Cobbold Samuel 0 ENG

29 Gruzman Ilya 0 ISR 2 0 - 1 2 Remus Elliot Luke 0 ENG
33 Elliott Max 0 ENG 1½ ½ - ½ 1½ Imanov Nariman 0 AZE
34 Moreby James 0 ENG 1 0 - 1 1 Costin Matei-Alexandru 1417 ROU
37 Mcconnell Samuel 0 ENG 1 ½ - ½ 1 Tashinga Maguwu 0 ZIM

15 Altman Joshua 0 ENG 3 ½ - ½ 3 Sarbu Zeno-Iulius 0 ROU
30 Danila Ianis-Andrei 0 ROU 2 0 - 1 2 Remus Elliot Tate 0 ENG

7 18 Ionescu Rares-George ROU 3 0 - 1 3 McCarty-Snead Callaghan 27
15 19 Ionita Stefan ROU 1½ ½ - ½ 2 Jeff Tomy 21

Round 7:

6 Goncalves Moreno Magly Del Val 0 VEN 3 2 Price Phoebe A 0 ENG

7 Neil Jennifer 0 ENG 3 3 Drogovoz Maria 1790 RUS

8 Purvis Anna 0 ENG 3 3 Gitu Paula-Alexandra 1805 MDA
10 Hapeshi Eleanor 0 ENG 3 2½ Nonis P A R R 1318 SRI
17 Maguwu Tanyaradzwa 0 ZIM 1 1½ Chan Karina 0 ENG

13 Nur Abidah Shanti 0 INA 3 3 Camp Imogen A L 0 WLS
16 Verbin Valentina 0 MDA 2½ 2½ Cohen Meytal 0 ENG

14 Friar Joseph D 0 ENG 3 2½ Scripcaru George-Daniel 1910 ROU

11 Oyama Akito 1886 ENG 4 4 Abdullayev Farid 0 AZE
20 Kupervaser Erez 0 ISR 3 3 Liang Jake Z 1749 ENG
25 Zhu Richard 0 ENG 3 2½ Amangeldiyev Aydar 1738 KAZ
26 Zhou Yang-Jian 1603 ENG 2½ 2½ Abdullah Al Hamed 1787 UAE
27 Vijayakumar Ananth 0 ENG 2½ 2½ Karaseni Ivan 1747 RUS
34 Dimchev Ruben 0 BUL 2 2 Vanlint Alexander 0 ENG
38 Moarij Hayat Abdul 0 PAK 1 1 Dalton Joseph 0 ENG
39 Cobbold Samuel 0 ENG 1 0 Musonza Morris 0 ZIM

21 Remus Elliot Luke 0 ENG 3 3 Theekshana H G Denuwan 1572 SRI
31 Mamyrbay Daulet 0 KAZ 2 2 Elliott Max 0 ENG
37 Poncu Andrei 0 ROU 1½ 1½ Mcconnell Samuel 0 ENG
38 Toader Ovidiu-Irinel 0 ROU ½ 1 Moreby James 0 ENG

15 Isfan Ioan-Marius 0 ROU 3½ 3½ Altman Joshua 0 ENG
23 Aydincelebi Kagan 0 TUR 3 3 Remus Elliot Tate 0 ENG

5 McCarty-Snead Callaghan ENG 4 4 Karlov Egor RUS
13 Jeff Tomy ENG 2½ 2 Chirvasie Alexandru-George ROU

[Peter Turner]

Latest from Hillary:-

Well – all but two results are in. On our best day yet we can report 9 wins and 5 draws so far. That places Akito Oyama and Callaghan McCarty-Snead on 4 points and Joshua Altman on 3½.
Wins were earned by Akito, Callaghan, Jake Liang (in a quick tactical game), Luke Remus-Elliot, Tai Remus-Elliot, Imogen Camp, Anna Purvis, Jennifer Neil and Meytal Cohen, whose game will appear here soon – her coach, Sabrina Chevannes, said it was ‘really well played!’
Draws were achieved by Joshua Altman, Jeff Tomy, Ananth Vijayakumar, Max Elliott and Samuel McConnell.

In a candid moment, Callaghan gave a ‘celebrity radio interview’ to Romanian Kiss FM! When asked if he had had a chance to see the city, he answered an honest “No!”
Pizza for everyone – we are all out, players, parents and coaches, for a special team treat this evening

LATE NEWS – one more win for Joseph Friar, just arriving for his pizza …

[LawrenceCooper]

Sadly Callaghan lost today, more results to follow.

[sarahmccarty]

Sadly Callaghan lost today, more results to follow.

Very sad as he has only lost one, but I was braced for it as he approached the top boards. Curious to see his game. Thanks for the update.

[LawrenceCooper]

Round 7:

6 Goncalves Moreno Magly Del Val 0 VEN 3 1 - 0 2 Price Phoebe A 0 ENG

7 Neil Jennifer 0 ENG 3 0 - 1 3 Drogovoz Maria 1790 RUS

8 Purvis Anna 0 ENG 3 0 - 1 3 Gitu Paula-Alexandra 1805 MDA
10 Hapeshi Eleanor 0 ENG 3 0 - 1 2½ Nonis P A R R 1318 SRI
17 Maguwu Tanyaradzwa 0 ZIM 1 ½ - ½ 1½ Chan Karina 0 ENG

13 Nur Abidah Shanti 0 INA 3 1 - 0 3 Camp Imogen A L 0 WLS
16 Verbin Valentina 0 MDA 2½ 1 - 0 2½ Cohen Meytal 0 ENG

14 Friar Joseph D 0 ENG 3 0 - 1 2½ Scripcaru George-Daniel 1910 ROU

11 Oyama Akito 1886 ENG 4 1 - 0 4 Abdullayev Farid 0 AZE
20 Kupervaser Erez 0 ISR 3 1 - 0 3 Liang Jake Z 1749 ENG
25 Zhu Richard 0 ENG 3 0 - 1 2½ Amangeldiyev Aydar 1738 KAZ
26 Zhou Yang-Jian 1603 ENG 2½ 1 - 0 2½ Abdullah Al Hamed 1787 UAE
27 Vijayakumar Ananth 0 ENG 2½ 0 - 1 2½ Karaseni Ivan 1747 RUS
34 Dimchev Ruben 0 BUL 2 ½ - ½ 2 Vanlint Alexander 0 ENG
38 Moarij Hayat Abdul 0 PAK 1 0 - 1 1 Dalton Joseph 0 ENG
39 Cobbold Samuel 0 ENG 1 1 - 0 0 Musonza Morris 0 ZIM

21 Remus Elliot Luke 0 ENG 3 0 - 1 3 Theekshana H G Denuwan 1572 SRI
31 Mamyrbay Daulet 0 KAZ 2 1 - 0 2 Elliott Max 0 ENG
37 Poncu Andrei 0 ROU 1½ 1 - 0 1½ Mcconnell Samuel 0 ENG
38 Toader Ovidiu-Irinel 0 ROU ½ 0 - 1 1 Moreby James 0 ENG

15 Isfan Ioan-Marius 0 ROU 3½ 0 - 1 3½ Altman Joshua 0 ENG
23 Aydincelebi Kagan 0 TUR 3 1 - 0 3 Remus Elliot Tate 0 ENG

5 McCarty-Snead Callaghan ENG 4 0 - 1 4 Karlov Egor RUS
13 Jeff Tomy ENG 2½ 1 - 0 2 Chirvasie Alexandru-George ROU