World Schools Chess Championships 2012

[Peter Turner]

Whoever is responsible, keep up the good work. Thought it would be difficult for you Sarah since I believe you are still in the UK but the reports seem to credit you as your name is at the end of the two posted.

[sarahmccarty]

Whoever is responsible, keep up the good work. Thought it would be difficult for you Sarah since I believe you are still in the UK but the reports seem to credit you as your name is at the end of the two posted.

Thanks for pointing that out. I don't know why my name was on either of the posts, I can take NO credit for either of them... I only supplied the photo. I sent an email to have it changed so the proper person gets credit.

[David Shepherd]

Its great to see so many playing, for many it will be their first experience of international competition, nerves will have played a large part in first round results and also experience of such competitions. I am sure all players will benefit from the experience and it is nice to see the new policies in action. The fact the second round results were much better than the first is of course good but the most important factor is that it should be a positive experience for all the players, through which they can learn and come back stronger. They can then use the experience as a building block for when they attend a similar event next time, and also in their day to day chess.

In my opinion the fact that we have sent a large team to this tournament is a step in the right direction, the fact their second round results were so much better that the first partly shows how quickly these kids learn when given the opportunity (they all keep beating me)

[Sabrina Chevannes]

I believe Hillary Altman is responsible for the reports! There will be some on my blog too: http://www.chevanneschessacademy.com/category/blog/ (and there's another adorable photo of Callaghan!) but I was behind with the results, so only round 2 pairings are up. Was coaching fo 12 hours yesterday so was a tad busy! Will update soon!

[LawrenceCooper]

Breaking news from the under 7s:

5 27 McCarty-Snead Callaghan ENG 1½ 2 Suleymanli Aydin AZE 38 1-0

[Peter Turner]

A nice start to round 3. Latest report from Mrs Altman is at:- http://www.englishchess.org.uk/?p=18913#more-18913

[Andrew Camp]

Any news of Imogen's game? No doubt still playing.

[Peter Turner]

U7s leading the way today, Jeff Tomy has won.
Jeff Tomy ENG 1 1 – 0 ½ Paraschiv Calin ROU

[Peter Turner]

Round 3 results and round 4 pairings now available on:- www.wscc2012.ro

[Sabrina Chevannes]

Imogen won Andy! She played very well - I'm so pleased

[LawrenceCooper]

Round 3:

9 10 Gimhani H Shashipraba 1629 SRI 0 1 - 0 0 Price Phoebe A 0 ENG 17

13 19 Batsaikhan Ganchimeg 0 MGL 0 1 - 0 ½ Neil Jennifer 0 ENG 24

11 16 Dogan Sevval 1638 TUR 1 1 - 0 1 Chan Karina 0 ENG 27
14 30 Hapeshi Eleanor 0 ENG ½ 1 - 0 0 III Bulgaru Georgeta 0 ROU 23
16 20 Bostan Selina 1504 MDA 0 ½ - ½ 0 Purvis Anna 0 ENG 34

16 36 Oloeriu Delia-Ioana 0 ROU 1 0 - 1 ½ Camp Imogen A L 0 WLS 23
17 30 Karanth Manasa 0 IND ½ 1 - 0 0 Cohen Meytal 0 ENG 25

18 38 Friar Joseph D 0 ENG 0 0 - 1 0 Veliev Ali 1792 UKR 26

11 85 Zhu Richard 0 ENG 1½ 0 - 1 1½ Thilakarathne G M S 1659 SRI 44
14 14 Oyama Akito 1886 ENG 1 1 - 0 1 Levitan Tal 1688 ISR 42
22 59 Bekmuratov Beknur 0 KAZ 1 1 - 0 1 Liang Jake Z 1749 ENG 30
23 31 Karaseni Ivan 1747 RUS 1 1 - 0 1 Cobbold Samuel 0 ENG 65
25 33 Doluweera Minul Sanjula 1745 SRI 1 1 - 0 1 Vanlint Alexander 0 ENG 82
27 83 Vijayakumar Ananth 0 ENG 1 0 - 1 1 Zubcu Vlad-George 1726 ROU 37
33 50 Zhou Yang-Jian 1603 ENG 0 1 - 0 0 Moarij Hayat Abdul 0 PAK 73
39 66 Dalton Joseph 0 ENG 0 1 - 0 0 Saif Eric Naaman 0 PAK 81

22 74 Remus Elliot Luke 0 ENG 1 0 - 1 1 Lahiru N P G Sithija 1449 SRI 27
25 38 Banzragch Bilguun-Ochir 0 MGL 1 1 - 0 1 Moreby James 0 ENG 68
29 28 Costin Matei-Alexandru 1417 ROU ½ 0 - 1 ½ Elliott Max 0 ENG 48
34 36 Atia Mohamed 0 TUN 0 0 - 1 0 Mcconnell Samuel 0 ENG 64

27 78 Tate Remus Elliot 0 ENG 1 0 - 1 1 Gheorghiu Alexandru-Dan 0 ROU 44
36 52 Maties Andrei 0 ROU 0 0 - 1 0 Altman Joshua 0 ENG 21

5 27 McCarty-Snead Callaghan ENG 1½ 1 - 0 2 Suleymanli Aydin AZE 38
14 21 Jeff Tomy ENG 1 1 - 0 ½ Paraschiv Calin ROU 32

Round 4:

9 15 Magarin Semela 0 ROU 0 0 Price Phoebe A 0 ENG 17

14 24 Neil Jennifer 0 ENG ½ ½ Mammadova Laman 0 AZE 23

9 7 Gitu Paula-Alexandra 1805 MDA 1½ 1½ Hapeshi Eleanor 0 ENG 30
13 27 Chan Karina 0 ENG 1 1 Shweta Priyadarshini 1590 IND 17
15 34 Purvis Anna 0 ENG ½ 1 Batmunkh Oyudari 0 MGL 25

9 23 Camp Imogen A L 0 WLS 1½ 1½ WCM Serikbay Assel 1728 KAZ 6
20 25 Cohen Meytal 0 ENG 0 0 Boldbaatar Suren 0 MGL 22

21 40 Muchemwa Victor 0 ZIM ½ 0 Friar Joseph D 0 ENG 38

12 36 Drygalov Andrey 1729 RUS 2 2 Oyama Akito 1886 ENG 14
22 26 Abdullah Al Hamed 1787 UAE 1 1½ Zhu Richard 0 ENG 85
23 28 Tifferet Shaked 1768 ISR 1 1 Cobbold Samuel 0 ENG 65
24 30 Liang Jake Z 1749 ENG 1 1 Dalton Joseph 0 ENG 66
31 76 Neznansky Shon 0 ISR 1 1 Zhou Yang-Jian 1603 ENG 50
32 82 Vanlint Alexander 0 ENG 1 1 Mamyrbay Assad 1482 KAZ 52
33 55 Abend Ilay 0 ISR 1 1 Vijayakumar Ananth 0 ENG 83

20 31 Muntianu Razvan-Gavril 1394 ROU 1½ 1½ Elliott Max 0 ENG 49
25 65 Mcconnell Samuel 0 ENG 1 1 Albu George 0 ROU 36
28 46 Cotruta Alexandru-Mihai 0 ROU 1 1 Moreby James 0 ENG 69
29 50 Enache Tudor-Eduard 0 ROU 1 1 Remus Elliot Luke 0 ENG 74

27 21 Altman Joshua 0 ENG 1 1 Orga Felix-Cosmin 0 ROU 57
34 48 Hoylu Atalay 0 TUR 1 1 Tate Remus Elliot 0 ENG 78

4 9 Can Isik TUR 2 2½ McCarty-Snead Callaghan ENG 27
9 38 Suleymanli Aydin AZE 2 2 Jeff Tomy ENG 21

[Peter Turner]

From ECF website:-
Round 3 final results are in – we earned a total 9 wins for England, and one 4hr long, hard-won draw by Anna Purvis, the youngest girl playing under 13. Imogen Camp also earned her 1st win for Wales. She says ” I set up a trap for my Romanian opponent and she fell for it. She thought it was a swap, but she lost a knight.” Jeff Tomy and Callaghan McCarty-Snead both aced their under 7 games, giving Callaghan our team lead with 2½ out of 3. Other winners are Joshua Altman, Max Elliott (‘My first international win!’ – Max), Yang-Jian Zhou, Eleanor Hapeshi, Akito Oyama and Samuel McConnell.

Joseph Dalton also won – and was impromptu host to an ambassadorial exchange: his Pakistani competitor offered him a coin prior to the outset of their game, 1/100 of a rupee, for goodwill and perhaps a bit of a wink, and Joseph responded equivalently (he thinks) with 50 pence! Joseph went on to defeat and later befriend him!

- Hillary Altman

[Paul Bielby]

Keep up the good work, Hillary. Your daily reports offer so much more than the bare results and game scores on the official wscc website. Best wishes to all.
Daily extracts from both are going up on the Chess notice-board at school. And both James and Joseph have provided 'games of the day' for my after-school chess clubs this week.

[Krishna Shiatis]

Keep up the good work, Hillary. Your daily reports offer so much more than the bare results and game scores on the official wscc website. Best wishes to all.
Daily extracts from both are going up on the Chess notice-board at school. And both James and Joseph have provided 'games of the day' for my after-school chess clubs this week.

This is super! This tournament - where so many children have gone to play - is going to inspire a lot of children back home and also give valuable experience to those attending.

When the children return, they will strengthen chess at a grassroots level for all the children/adults, that they then play.

From an organisational point of view, there were some who were worried that we would not be able to send so many children and it would be difficult to manage. It does appear 'overall', that we do seem to have managed it rather well.

Well done to Phil and Jim and to all the coaches/parents/children out there flying the flag! We are all very impressed back home and good luck for the rest of the tournament!

[Krishna Shiatis]

PS The smiley photos on the front page of the ECF website are brilliant - keep them coming in and can we have some more team photos?