The Team Championships scheduled for Saturday 9th July has been cancelled due to insufficient entries. As an alternative, strong Year 6 players may be interested in a one day junior quick-play tournament which is being held in Lincoln on the 9th July. An entry form is available to download.
Results from the County Individual Championships which took place on Saturday 18th June are as follows:
| Champion: | Jemi Maliyil | 5/6 |
| Runner-Up: | Saskia Hunt | 2/6 |
| Champion: | Milly Towndrow | 4/6 |
| Runner-Up: | Hanna Farhan | 1/6 |
| Champion: | Sian Spencer | 5/6 |
| Runner-Up: | Lily Hensby | 4/6 |
| Champion: | Rithik Gaikwad | 5/6 |
| Runner-Ups: | Sam Scholey | 4/6 |
| Aaron Bruce | 4/6 | |
| Matthew Green | 4/6 |
| Champion: | Luke Phillips | 5/6 |
| Runner-Ups: | Callum Webb | 4/6 |
| Andrew Green | 4/6 | |
| George Scholey | 4/6 | |
| Oliver Neilson | 4/6 |
| Champions: | Alex Hewitt | 3½/6 |
| Omar Barq | 3/6 |
| U11 Minor | Kai Spencer | 3/6 |
| Sammy Braben | 3/6 | |
| U9 Girls | Kezia Verdageur | 3/6 |
| Hollie Parrish | 3/6 | |
| Isabel Taylor | 3/6 | |
| U8 | James Wainwright | 3/6 |
| Ethan Andrew |
| Isaac Towndrow |
As an added incentive for playing in this chess tournament on Saturday there will be coaching from Amy Milson who is one of the top girl chess players in the UK. An entry form is available to download. The tournament includes the Lincolnshire U11 Girls, U10 Girls, U9 Girls individual championships, Lincolnshire U8 Mixed Boys and Girls championships, and Boys Y4-6 minor competition.
The Lincolnshire U18 Championships is being held at Lindum Business Park on 9 July (alongside the County Championships). An entry form is available to download.
An entry form is available for the Under 11 and Under 9 Schools Teams Championships. Could parents and school organisers please help to ensure that these events are a success by coordinating individuals and teams and rallying support from children in your area.
Below are the results from the Louth Junior Quickplay that took place on Saturday 14th May. A picture gallery is available to view for this event.
| Position | Name | SchoolYear | School | ECF Grade | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Samuel Milson | 12 | KEVIGS | 174 | 6 |
| 2nd | Sean Guggiari | 13 | Caistor GS | 123 | 5 |
| 3rd | Will Grummitt | 13 | King's | 117 | 4½ |
| =4th | Neelay Sant | 6 | Kirton | 4 | |
| =4th | Charles Baird | 11 | Skegness GS | 65 | 4 |
| =4th | Callum Foard | 10 | Carre's GS | 52 | 4 |
| =4th | Max Vasey | 9 | Caistor GS | 4 | |
| =4th | Dan Southern | 7 | King's | 64 | 4 |
| =9th | Rohan Sant | 10 | Boston GS | 3½ | |
| =9th | Amy Milson | 10 | KEVIGS | 141 | 3½ |
| =9th | Perry Gresham | 9 | King's | 52 | 3½ |
| =9th | Tom Claxton | 13 | King's | 76 | 3½ |
| =13th | Ben Walkley | 7 | Caistor GS | 3 | |
| =13th | Connor Stewart | 9 | King's | 49 | 3 |
| =13th | Joe Scarborough | 11 | King's | 3 | |
| =13th | Will Knight | 7 | King's | 3 | |
| =13th | Karl Southern | 9 | King's | 3 | |
| =13th | James Kelly | 8 | King's | 76 | 3 |
| 19th | Haydn Godfrey | 8 | King's | 2½ | |
| =20th | Josh Parrish | 7 | Wintringham | 2 | |
| =20th | Matthew Arden | 6 | Kirkby-on-Bain | 2 | |
| =20th | Guy Harrington | 9 | QUEGS | 2 | |
| =20th | Bryony Grant | 8 | QUEGS | 2 | |
| =20th | Jacob Storey | 8 | King's | 29 | 2 |
| =20th | Nathan McKiernon | 9 | King's | 2 | |
| =26th | Daniel Arden | 9 | QUEGS | 1 | |
| =26th | Simon Broderick | 7 | King's | 1 |
The Schools Teams Chess Championships takes place on Saturday 9th July at Lisle Marsden CofE Primary School, Grimsby, DN32 0DF. It is for school teams of 4 players.
I have reduced the number of team players for this event from 6 to 4 in order to attract entries from some of the smaller schools who are now becoming involved in Lincolnshire Chess.
If you are an organiser for a school or club would you please pass details of the event to children and parents who may be interested in taking part in these rewarding and enjoyable one day events.
Keith Palmer, Lincolnshire Schools Chess Association
This includes the Lincolnshire Under 11 Girls, Lincolnshire Under 10 Girls and Lincolnshire Under 9 Girls Individual Championships, Lincolnshire Under 8 Mixed Boys and Girls Individual Championships and Boys Year 4-6 Minor Competition.
For 2011 we have a new venue for this event, the lovely village school at North Thoresby, just 8 miles south of Grimsby.
Last year many of our top girl chess players moved up to secondary schools and left us with a group of young inexperienced players. But a new wave of girls are now emerging and showing gritty skills in the game. The competition is wide open for our girl players and the chance to be crowned Lincolnshire champion awaits.
It was also pleasing to see so many younger boys and girls competing at the Caistor Individual Championships. An opportunity to become Lincolnshire's youngest champion now awaits a boy or girl in Year 3 or below in our Lincolnshire Under 8 Championships at the new venue of North Thoresby Primary School.
We will also be running a minor tournament for Year 4 to 6 boys so that they don't miss out!
Keith Palmer, Lincolnshire Schools Chess Association
Here are the results from the Lincolnshire Under 9 and Under 11 County Individual Championships that took place at Caistor Primary School on Saturday 14th May:
| Lincolnshire Under 11 Champion: | Muazzam Hamzah | Lisle Marsden | 5/6 |
| Lincolnshire Under 10 Champion: | Louis Croves | Kirkby-on-Bain | 4/6 |
| Runner-up: | Andrew Green | Lisle Marsden | 5/6 |
| 3rd Place: | Saska Hunt | Copthill | 4/6 |
| Tom Spencer | Lisle Marsden | 4/6 | |
| Caistor Primary School Champion: | Sam Skelton | 3/6 | |
| Award for highly rated Lincolnshire Girl: | Verity Walton | Kirkby-on-Bain | 3½/6 |
| Lincolnshire Under 9 Champion: | Tarik Mallick | St Augustine Webster | 5/6 |
| Lincolnshire Under 8 Champion: | Rithik Gaikwad | Lisle Marsden | 5/6 |
| Runners-up: | Callum Web | Kirkby-on-Bain | 5/6 |
| Sam Bagley-Pett | Lisle Marsden | 5/6 | |
| 3rd Place: | Aaron Bruce | Kirkby-on-Bain | 4/6 |
| Callum McBain | Grasby | 4/6 | |
| Sam Scholey | Kirkby-on-Bain | 4/6 | |
| Isabel Taylor | Osgodby | 4/6 | |
| Thomas Walton | Lisle Marsden Primary | 4/6 | |
| Caistor Primary School Champion: | Chris Cook | 2½/6 | |
| Award for highly rated Lincolnshire Girl: | Sian Spencer | Lisle Marsden | 3½/6 |
| Sammy Braben | Lisle Marsden | 3½/6 |
| George Scholey | Kirkby-on-Bain | 3½/6 |
| Leigh Martin | Lisle Marsden | 3½/6 |
| Oliver Neilson | Lisle Marsden | 3½/6 |
| James McBain | Grasby Primary | 3½/6 |
| Harris Moorcroft | Lisle Marsden | 3½/6 |
| Richard Handley | Grimoldby | 3½/6 |
Thank you to parents, participants and organisers for helping to make the 2011 Individual Championships such an enjoyable and successful event.
Keith Palmer, Lincolnshire Schools Chess Association
This event is open to all children who live in or attend schools in Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire, at ages Under 9 (Year 4 and below), and Under 11 (Years 5 and 6). It is hosted by Caistor School, a beautiful village school on the northern edge of the wolds. There will be prizes, and a title of Lincolnshire County Champion 2011 for winners at each age, and several runner-up prizes in each section. Every entrant will receive a certificate of merit. An entry form is available to download.
A final reminder for the above event. Please note that entries are not permitted on the day for this national event. So if you have not posted your entries yet, first class by tomorrow morning will be the latest posting. Alternatively you can phone Keith Bridgewood on 01522 808927 or 07766 965686 (not after 9pm). Note also that children up to and including Year 5 play on Saturday while children in Year 6 and above play on Sunday.
Message from Keith Palmer, Lincolnshire Schools Chess Association
Well done to our Lincolnshire U11 team who have qualified for the National Finals at Northampton on 7th May!
Lincolnshire showed great consistency in a very closely fought competition at Alder Community High School on Saturday. Going into the final round Lincolnshire had scored 14 points and were level with two other counties competing for the last qualifying position.
A solid score of 7 in the last round put Lincolnshire a half point ahead of their rivals to secure the final qualifying position.
As you can see from the results below, the competition was fiercely contested and several of our team were unable to secure points despite their huge efforts. But each player that holds a position in the team is essential to the success of the team as a whole, and as managers Steve and I were most impressed by the quality of chess, and the dedication of each player regardless of their end score. Well done to all of our team!
Message from Keith Palmer, Lincolnshire Schools Chess Association
| No | Name | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sailesh Sitaram | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Luke Phillips | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Tom Spencer | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ |
| 4 | Adam Snell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Louise Croves | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Muazzam Hamzah | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Leigh Martin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Andrew Green | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Henry Hensby | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Jemi Maliyil | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Milly Towndrow | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ |
| 12 | Sammy Braben | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Oliver Neilson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Tarik Mallik | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 15 | Aaron Hunt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Sam Bagley-Pett | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Kai Spencer | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 18 | Verity Walton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Saskia Hunt | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 20 | Callum Webb | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
Lincolnshire have had to withdraw their team from the ESPCA U11 Girls Inter Association Championship scheduled for Saturday 26th Mar. This is due to several experienced girl team members being unavailable for this date.
Report from Keith Palmer
Thank you to parents and children for their support at this inter-county event. Unusually, this was our first team meeting of the year due to poor weather and a diminishing chess programme within the county. And this showed in our results, particularly in the first rounds. When I first began to be involved in county chess this event attracted teams from Cambridge, Leicester, Yorkshire and Manchester, among others. But this year our teams were competing against just Nottingham and Northampton.
Lincolnshire Under 9 Team
Finished in 6th place with 7 points, behind teams from Northampton and Nottingham.
Lincolnshire Under 11 Girls Team
Finished in 3rd place with 7 points, behind 2 teams fielded by Nottingham. Our young and inexperienced girls found it difficult to compete with the Nottingham players, especially in the first rounds. They scored 3.5 in the final round.
Lincolnshire Under 11 Team
Finished in 3rd place with 13 points, behind teams from Northampton and Nottingham. Once again our best performance came in the final round. Many games were extremely closely fought but the more experienced players from Northampton and Nottingham just edged the games at vital moments, often in critical endgame positions.
The Midlands tournament has provided our team with some vital match play practice in preparation for the National Teams Championships, zonal at Tameside in 2 weeks time.
Finally thank you to those parents who took over the helm and organised our part teams while I was struggling against traffic holdups and sick children on the way to the venue, and especially to Heather Walton who organised and collected board fees in my absence! I was most relieved when I finally arrived home at 8.30 pm without any further catastrophes!
Sailesh Sitaram (Stamford) finished in equal 10th place at the London Junior U10 Major Championship with a score of 5/7.
The next U18 tournament will take place on Saturday 5th February and this time will be held at The King's School in Grantham. It is a 5 round swiss tournament (25 mins each on the clock) with a coaching session at lunchtime. An entry form is available to download.
The latest Lincs U18 tournament took place in Lincoln on Sat 20th Nov. It was a 5 round quickplay competition with 23 players taking part and 10 schools were represented from the county. Here are the results:
| Position | Name | Year | School | ECF Grade (red = est) |
TPR | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1= | Sean Guggiari | 13 | Caistor GS | 128 | 131 | 4 |
| Justin Smith | 13 | Priory LSST | 110 | 145 | 4 | |
| Adam Robinson | 10 | QEGS Alford | 112 | 136 | 4 | |
| Will Grummitt | 13 | Kings Grantham | 115 | 129 | 4 | |
| 5 | Tom Claxton | 13 | Kings Grantham | 100 | 110 | 3½ |
| 6= | Joseph Hamson | 10 | St Bedes | 111 | 109 | 3 |
| Matthew Smith | 8 | 110 | 107 | 3 | ||
| James Kelly | 8 | Kings Grantham | 90 | 93 | 3 | |
| Joshua Masterman | 8 | Melior | 82 | 102 | 3 | |
| James Wilson | 8 | Kings Grantham | 90 | 78 | 3 | |
| Jack Richardson | 13 | Kings Grantham | 105 | 98 | 3 | |
| 12 | Daniel Southern | 7 | Long Bennington | 90 | 92 | 2½ |
| 13= | Haydn Godfrey | 8 | Kings Grantham | 90 | 87 | 2 |
| Harvey Chan | 13 | Kings Grantham | 90 | 80 | 2 | |
| Perry Gresham | 9 | Kings Grantham | 90 | 80 | 2 | |
| Charles Baird | 11 | Skegness GS | 89 | 77 | 2 | |
| Conor Stewart | 9 | Kings Grantham | 70 | 64 | 2 | |
| Lilie Bagley | 11 | Caistor GS | 61 | 66 | 2 | |
| Callum Foard | 10 | Carres GS | 62 | 74 | 2 | |
| Nathan McKieron | 9 | Kings Grantham | 60 | 55 | 2 | |
| 21= | Peter Layfield | 7 | Alford GS | 40 | 18 | 1 |
| Blake Kenneally Forrester | 6 | St Andrews | 40 | 28 | 1 | |
| Jacob Storey | 8 | Kings Grantham | 80 | 48 | 1 |
Here are the results for the Lincs Festival of Chess held at Stamford on Saturday 27th November 2010:
| Under 11 Champion: | Luke Phillips | Lisle Marsden | 5/6 |
| Under 10 Champion: | Sailesh Sitaram | Stamford Junior | 6/6 |
| Under 9 Champion: | Sam Bagley-Pett | Lisle Marsden | 5/6 |
| Under 8 Champion: | Adam Bruce | Kirkby-on-Bain | 4/6 |
| U11 Girls Champion: | Saskia Hunt | Copthill | |
| U9 Girls Champion: | Lily Hensby | Lisle Marsden | 3½/6 |
| Louis Croves | Kirkby-On-Bain | 5/6 |
| Harry Hensby | Lisle Marsden | 4½/6 |
| Tom Spencer | Lisle Marsden | 4½/6 |
| Callum Webb | Kirkby-On-Bain | 5/6 |
| Tarik Mallick | St Augustine Webster | 5/6 |
| Lewis Ingamells | Stamford Junior | 4/6 |
| Harris Moorcroft | Lisle Marsden | 4/6 |
| Lucie Bagley-Pett | Lisle Marsden |
| Rithik Gaikwad | Lisle Marsden |
| Thomas Nichols | Stamford Junior |
| Sam Scholey | Kirkby-on-Bain |
| Laura Walton | Kirkby-on-Bain |
| Thomas Marshall | Grimoldby |
| Milly Towndrow | Lisle Marsden |
| Blake Kenneally-Forrester | St Andrew's |
| Adam Snell | Grimoldby |
| Sammy Braben | Lisle Marsden |
| Leigh Martin | Lisle Marsden |
| Ethan Woods | Malcolm Sargent |
| Andrew Green | Lisle Marsden |
| Muazzam Hamzh | Lisle Marsden |
| Malcolm Arnold | Stamford Junior |
| George Scholey | Kirkby-on-Bain |
| Anja Sanderson | Grimoldby |
| George Edwards-Morris | Malcolm Sargent |
| Oliver Neilson | Lisle Marsden |
| Kai Spencer | Lisle Marsden |
| Arthur Graves | Wragby |
The Nottingham friendly match scheduled for this Saturday has been cancelled due to the adverse weather conditions. Keith Palmer sends his apologies to team members and parents who were preparing for the event.
Here are the results from the North Lincolnshire Individual Chess Championships held at Lisle Marsden Primary School on Saturday 13th November 2010:
| Under 11 Champion: | Muazzam Hamzah, Lisle Marsden (5/6) |
| Under 10 Champion: | Sailesh Sitaram, Stamford Junior (6/6) |
| Under 9 Champion: | Tarik Mallick, St Augustine Webster and Callum Webb, Kirkby-on-Bain (5½/6) |
| Under 8 Champion: | Aaron Bruce, Kirkby-on-Bain (4½/6) |
| Under 7 Champion: | Matthew Green, Lisle Marsden (3½/6) |
| Alf Newman Cup: | Muazzam Hamzah |
| Amy Norman Cup: | Sian Spencer |
| Luke Phillips, Lisle Marsden | 4½/6 |
| Adam Snell, Grimoldby | 4/6 |
| Harry Hensby, Lisle Marsden | 4/6 |
| Leigh Martin, Lisle Marsden | 4/6 |
| Sam Bagley, Lisle Marsden | 5/6 |
| Harris Moorcroft, Lisle Marsden | 4½/6 |
| Charlie Neilson, Lisle Marsden | 4/6 |
| Sam Scholey, Kirkby-on-Bain | 4/6 |
| Kai Spencer, Lisle Marsden |
| Louis Croves, Kirkby-on-Bain |
| Arthur Graves, Wragby |
| Tom Spencer, Lisle Marsden |
| Andrew Green, Lisle Marsden |
| Lily Hensby, Lisle Marsden |
| Lucie Bagley-Pett, Lisle Marsden |
| Spencer Morriss, Grimoldby |
| Richard Handley, Grimoldby |
| Hollie Parrish, Lisle Marsden |
| Lois Scott, Lisle Marsden |
Special awards for youngest entrants: Isaac Towndrow and James Wainwright both Lisle Marsden.
This event is running for the second year and takes place at Stamford Junior School on Saturday 27th Nov. It is an individual event for U9's and U11's. The cost is £4 per child to be paid on the day. An entry form can be downloaded.
The North Lincs Individual Chess Championships will be held at Lisle Marsden Primary School on Saturday 13th November. An entry form is available to download. Scores from this event will be used for selecting Lincolnshire Teams for the first counties match at Nottingham on Saturday 4th December. If your child is unable to compete at Lisle but you think they should be considered for a place in a Lincolnshire Team then please email Keith Palmer. Nottingham are hosting this friendly tournament for reduced sized squads of 12 at Under 11 and 8 for Under 11 Girls and Under 9's.
This friendly tournament run by the Lincs Schools Chess Association was held at Grimoldby Primary school on Saturday 25th September. Over 50 youngsters competed in the two sections, one for under 11 and the other for under 9. Children from 7 Lincolnshire schools took part, with most entries from Lisle Marsden (Grimsby), Kirkby-on-Bain, near Horncastle and Grimoldby near Louth. Results as follows:
| 1st | Luke Phillips | Lisle Marsden | 5 |
| =2nd | William Ellemore | Grimoldby | 4 |
| Andrew Green | Lisle Marsden | 4 | |
| Harry Hensby | Lisle Marsden | 4 | |
| Tom Spencer | Lisle Marsden | 4 | |
| Best Girls | Verity Walton | Kirkby-on-Bain | 3 |
| Milly Towndrow | Lisle Marsden | 3 |
| 1st | Sam Bagley-Pett | Lisle Marsden | 4 |
| 2nd | Rithik Gaikwad | Lisle Marsden | 4 |
| =3rd | Callum Webb | Kirkby-on-Bain | 3½ |
| Sian Spencer | Lisle Marsden | 3½ | |
| Good Efforts | Harris Moorcroft | Lisle Marsden | 3 |
| Spencer Morris | Grimoldby | 3 | |
| Lucie Bagley-Pett | Lisle Marsden | 3 |
The North Lincolnshire Individual Championships is taking place on Saturday 13th Nov at Lisle Marsden Primary School in Grimsby. This is a six round tournament for under 11's. An entry form is available to download.
Unfortunately the Demeter Chess Festival scheduled for this Saturday has been cancelled due to problems with the booking of the venue. Keith Palmer sends his apologies to everyone intending to go to this.
The next U18 tournament with be on Saturday 20th November and will be held at the RAOB Club in Lincoln (the same venue for the Lincoln Chess Club). It is a 5 round swiss tournament (25 mins each on the clock) with a coaching session at lunch time. An entry form is available to download.
Several parents have asked about a contact for Seconrdary chess. Robert Dale is the Lincs organiser and he can be contacted by email at r.dale2@ntlworld.com. Robert will be very pleased to add you to his contact list and to keep you informed of future events. Message from Keith Palmer.