ECF U18 / U13 County Championships 2013

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YogeshJina
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Re: ECF U18 / U13 County Championships 2013

Post by YogeshJina » Wed May 29, 2013 11:56 pm

Update 29MAY2013

County (Teams per section U18, U13 Open, U13 Minor)

Entrants to date:

Sussex (1,2,1)
Berkshire (1,0,1)
Kent (1,1,1)
Devon (1,0,0)
Hertfordshire (1,1,2)
Leicestershire (0,0,2)
Lincolnshire (1,0,1)
Essex (0,1,2)
Norfolk (1,0,3)
Hampshire (0,1,1)
Oxfordshire (1,1,0)
Surrey (1,1,0)
Buckinghamshire (1,0,1)
Greater Manchester (1,1,0)
Suffolk (1,0,0)

Totals (12,9,15)

Probable entries:

Middlesex (1,1,0)
Cambridgeshire (0,1,0)
Nottinghamshire (0,1,0
Oxfordshire (0,1,1)

Probable Totals (13,13,16)

Please note - late fees apply after 31st May 2013 and closing date is 14th June 2013.

Regards, Yogesh

Edited - 30MAY2013 - changed Manchester to Greater Manchester.
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Sean Hewitt
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Re: ECF U18 / U13 County Championships 2013

Post by Sean Hewitt » Thu May 30, 2013 10:48 am

Hi Yogesh - How is this looking in comparison with previous years?

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Re: ECF U18 / U13 County Championships 2013

Post by Mick Norris » Thu May 30, 2013 11:05 am

Any postings on here represent my personal views

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Re: ECF U18 / U13 County Championships 2013

Post by Sean Hewitt » Thu May 30, 2013 11:51 am

Thanks Mick. Currently more entrants than participants last year. Encouraging.

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Re: ECF U18 / U13 County Championships 2013

Post by YogeshJina » Wed Jun 05, 2013 7:32 pm

Update 05JUN2013

County (Teams per section U18, U13 Open, U13 Minor)

Entrants to date:

Berkshire (1,0,1)
Buckinghamshire (1,0,1)
Cambridgeshire (1,0,2)
Devon (1,0,0)
Essex (0,1,2)
Greater Manchester (1,1,0)
Hampshire (0,1,1)
Hertfordshire (1,1,1)
Kent (1,1,1)
Leicestershire (0,0,2)
Lincolnshire (1,0,1)
Middlesex(1,2,1)
Norfolk (1,0,3)
Oxfordshire (1,2,1)
Suffolk (1,0,0)
Surrey (1,2,0)
Sussex (1,2,1)

Totals (14,13,18)

In all 17 counties have entered with 14xU18 teams(of 12 players) and 31xU13 teams(of 6 players) giving a total of 354 players playing 177 games. There will also be a number of reserve games.

Please note - Although the closing date for the event is 14th June, due to the number of entrants already I may not be able to accept many more entries, please contact me to confirm entry before recruiting players for your team. My contact details are on the entry form (see the 1st post from Neil in this thread).

Regards, Yogesh

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Re: ECF U18 / U13 County Championships 2013

Post by Neill Cooper » Wed Jun 05, 2013 9:06 pm

It is great to see the continued growth of this event:

Year Total
2005 84
2006 84
2007 84
2008 144
2009 198
2010 192
2011 204
2012 330
2013 354

(data from SCCU, Berks Junior, Sussex junior websites)

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Re: ECF U18 / U13 County Championships 2013

Post by John Higgs » Mon Jul 01, 2013 10:15 am

Yogesh,

On behalf of all at Sussex Junior Chess (we entered 4 teams) please accept our thanks to you and your team for the organising the event so well yesterday.

The venue was great - very spacious with plenty of green grass! - the catering team very welcoming and the playing conditions excellent.

Thank you also goes to the arbiters. The event was a credit to HSCA.

Kind regards,

John
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Re: ECF U18 / U13 County Championships 2013

Post by Ray Sayers » Mon Jul 01, 2013 12:51 pm

Yogesh,

I can only echo John's words on behalf of Bucks chess.

There was not a thing I could fault and the venue was superb.

To make the event run so smoothly must have taken an immense amount of behind the scenes work too and I would like to thank all the unsung heroes, including the traffic Marshalls!

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Re: ECF U18 / U13 County Championships 2013

Post by YogeshJina » Mon Jul 01, 2013 1:07 pm

Sunday 30th June 2013 - The ECF National U13 / U18 Championships were hosted within the fantastic grounds and facilities of The Haberdasher’s Aske's Boys’ School in Elstree. Including reserves 375 chess players participated forming 44 teams from 17 counties. The day was a success helped by some glorious sunshine. I will submit a report and photo's to the ECF website soon. Congratulations to the winners, please see summary of results below:

Under 18 Open (12 Boards, 2 Rounds)
1.Middlesex(19pts)
2.Berkshire(18)
3.Kent(17)
4.Buckinghamshire(16)
5.Hertfordshire(15.5)
6.Sussex(14)
7.Greater Manchester(12)
8.Oxfordshire(12)
9.Surrey(11)
10.Devon(7)
11.Cambridgeshire(5.5)
12.Suffolk(5.5)
13.Lincolnshire(3.5)
Best Game=Jonathan Pein

Under 13 Open (6 Boards, 3 Rounds)
1.Sussex A(15pts)
2.Essex(13)
3.Surrey A(12)
4.Sussex B(11)
5.Kent(11)
6.Middlesex A(11)
7.Oxfordshire A(10.5)
8.Hampshire(10)
9.Middlesex B(6)
10.Greater Manchester(5.5)
11.Surrey B(5)
12.Oxfordshire B(4)
13.Hertfordshire(3)
Best Game=Billy Twigge Molecey

Under 13 Minor (6 Boards, 3 Rounds)
1.Northamptonshire(15.5pts)
2.Kent(13)
3.Sussex(13)
4.Berkshire(12)
5.Hertfordshire A(12)
6.Buckinghamshire A(11.5)
7.Leicestershire A(11)
8.Hampshire A(10.5)
9.Essex B(9)
10.Cambridgeshire A(8.5)
11.Buckinghamshire B(8)
12.Hertfordshire B(8)
13.Essex A(8)
14.Hertfordshire C(7.5)
15.Lincolnshire(6)
16.Oxfordshire(4.5)
17.Leicestershire B(3)
18.Cambridgeshire B(1)
Best Game=Robert Akeya-Price

Tie Break=1.Most Wins, 2. Elimination of Lowest Board Scores

I would like to say a big thank you for all the players, managers and parents for taking the time to travel and play in the tournament. A big thank you also to Jamie and the team provided by Habs School, the HSCA Team, Roger Thetford, the Arbiters (Neville and David), ECF Office and Chess & Bridge who all worked hard on the day and/or behind the scenes before the event to ensure it was a success. Thank you also to Jon Barnes and Phil Ehr helping conduct the prize giving. Full results and Notation of the Best Games will be published soon.

Regards,
Yogesh, HSCA
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Krishna Shiatis
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Re: ECF U18 / U13 County Championships 2013

Post by Krishna Shiatis » Mon Jul 01, 2013 2:17 pm

Hi Yogesh,

On behalf of all the players and parents from Kent Junior Chess, a very big thank you to yourself and your amiable team of volunteers at Herts Junior Chess who made the day a super success! All the boys and girls from Kent had a fun day and enjoyed the sunshine as well!

Thank you also to Habs School for allowing use of their facilities and to Neville Bellinfante, Phil Ehr and all extra helpers.

Kind regards,

Krishna

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Re: ECF U18 / U13 County Championships 2013

Post by YogeshJina » Thu Jul 04, 2013 12:09 am

U18 Best Game - 60 Minutes plus 10 second increments from move one
White - Anon (ECF Grade 166) vs. Black - J Pein (ECF Grade164)
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. f3 Nc6 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Nd4 8. Nge2 c5 9. dxc6 dxc6 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Bxd4 Nxe4 12. Bxg7 Qh4+ 13. g3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Qxg3+ 15. Ke2 Re8+ 16. Ne4 Rxe4+ 17. Kd2 Bf5 18. Bf6 Qf4+ 19. Kc3 Re3+ 20. Kb4 a5+ 21. Kc5 b6+ 22. Kxc6 Rc8+ 23. Kd5 Be6#

Under 13 Open Best Game - 30 Minutes plus 10 second increments from move one
White - B Twigge Molecey (ECF Game 150) vs. Black - Anon (ECF Grade 143)
1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Qxd4 e6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Qe4 f5 8. exf6 Nxf6 9. Qh4 Be7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 Nd5 13. Qe4 Nxe3 14. Qh7+ Kf7 15. Bg6+ Kf6 16. Bh5 Nxg2+ 17. Kf1 Nf4 18. Rg1 Rg8 19. Rg6+ Kf5 20. Rxg7+ Kf6 21. Rf7#

Under 13 Minor Best Game - 30 Minutes plus 10 second increments from move one
White - R Akeya-Price (ECF Grade 54) vs Black - Anon (Ungraded)
1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Be2 Bb7 8. O-O Nbd7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Qc2 c5 11. Bd3 Qc7 12. Nb5 Qc6 13. Ne5 Qe6 14. Bf5 Nxe5 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. dxe5 Ne4 17. Bxe7 Rf7 18. Bh4 Raf8 19. Nd6 Nxd6 20. exd6 Ba6 21. Rfe1 d4 22. exd4 cxd4 23. f3 Rd7 24. Rxe6 d3 25. Qc6 Rdd8 26. Bxd8 Rxd8 27. Re8+ Rxe8 28. Qxe8#

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Re: ECF U18 / U13 County Championships 2013

Post by Mike Truran » Thu Jul 04, 2013 12:16 am

U18 Anon = J. Manton.

PS Forgot to add earlier that this was indeed a good event - spacious and well lit venue, team rooms for each county, pleasant surroundings (the sunny day helped!) and excellent organisation. Well done to all concerned.

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Re: ECF U18 / U13 County Championships 2013

Post by Greg Breed » Thu Jul 04, 2013 10:53 am

YogeshJina wrote:U18 Best Game - 60 Minutes plus 10 second increments from move one
White - Anon (ECF Grade 166) vs. Black - J Pein (ECF Grade164)
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. f3 Nc6 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Nd4 8. Nge2 c5 9. dxc6 dxc6 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Bxd4 Nxe4 12. Bxg7 Qh4+ 13. g3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Qxg3+ 15. Ke2 Re8+ 16. Ne4 Rxe4+ 17. Kd2 Bf5 18. Bf6 Qf4+ 19. Kc3 Re3+ 20. Kb4 a5+ 21. Kc5 b6+ 22. Kxc6 Rc8+ 23. Kd5 Be6#

Under 13 Open Best Game - 30 Minutes plus 10 second increments from move one
White - B Twigge Molecey (ECF Game 150) vs. Black - Anon (ECF Grade 143)
1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Qxd4 e6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Qe4 f5 8. exf6 Nxf6 9. Qh4 Be7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 Nd5 13. Qe4 Nxe3 14. Qh7+ Kf7 15. Bg6+ Kf6 16. Bh5 Nxg2+ 17. Kf1 Nf4 18. Rg1 Rg8 19. Rg6+ Kf5 20. Rxg7+ Kf6 21. Rf7#

Under 13 Minor Best Game - 30 Minutes plus 10 second increments from move one
White - R Akeya-Price (ECF Grade 54) vs Black - Anon (Ungraded)
1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Be2 Bb7 8. O-O Nbd7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Qc2 c5 11. Bd3 Qc7 12. Nb5 Qc6 13. Ne5 Qe6 14. Bf5 Nxe5 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. dxe5 Ne4 17. Bxe7 Rf7 18. Bh4 Raf8 19. Nd6 Nxd6 20. exd6 Ba6 21. Rfe1 d4 22. exd4 cxd4 23. f3 Rd7 24. Rxe6 d3 25. Qc6 Rdd8 26. Bxd8 Rxd8 27. Re8+ Rxe8 28. Qxe8#
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