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Tournament Results 2001

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Saturday 15th December 2001
The Caterham Schools Chess Tournament was held at Whyteleafe School on Saturday 15th December. Congratulations to the Castles members who achieved top scores in their groups:

Richard O'Neill 4/5 - 1st in the Under 13s
Keya Hormati 4/5 - 1st in the Under 11s
Beccy O'Neill 4/5 - 1st girl in the Under 11s
Luke d-Souza Benham 4/5 - in the Under 11s (but lost on tie-break)
Jonathan Lui 5/5 - 1st in the Under 10s
Joshua Cooper 3/5 - 1st in the Under 9s
Felicia Lui 2.5/5 - 1st in the Under 8s
Christopher Covell 2/5 - 1st boy in the Under 8s
Ruth Cooper 5/5 - 1st in the Under 7s

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Sunday 18th November 2001 Wey Valley Winter Tournament
Jonathan Lui and Kyle Sheehan achieved scored 3/5 in the Under 11 major, and Joshua Cooper and Felcia Lui scored 3/5 in the Under 9 minor. For full results on the Wey Valley website .

Castles Chess Match against Notre Dame School
Notre Dame won 11-3, making the most of their greater age (the average age difference was 3 years). For details of the match, click here.

Coulsdon Chess Fellowship Saturday Schools league, 10th November2001

Whyteleafe school 1st team (comprising Kyle Sheehan, Jonathan Lui, Becky O'Neill and Ehsan Yosiflavi) scored a perfect 20/20 in the First Division - and are thereby promoted to the premier division, won by Smitham school. Their second team (Max Sheffield, Joshua Cooper, Theo Woodland-Hill and Frejya Chapman) won the second divisoin from Caterham School 1st tema by the closest of margins, being equal on match points, game points and board count in their individual match. They won by 'bottom board elimination' on their individual match.

Surrey and South Eastern Counties Girls Chess Congress 4th November, 2001
Ruth Cooper won the Under 7s 1st prize (Benny the Bear) by scoring 3/5 in the Under 8s competition.
Jemima McGraw from Notre Dame school, in Lingfield, won the Under 14 and the Under 18 cups.

Further details from the excellent SGCL website results page.

Coulsdon Chess Fellowship LJCC Qualifying tournament, 20th October 2001
Theo Woodland-Hill qualified for the LJCC U10s with the excellent score of 4.5/6.

Wey Valley London Junior Chess Championship (LJCC) Qualifying tournament 14th October , 2001
 Six Castles members took part, and Jonathan Lui achieved an excellent result, coming second (equal) in the Under 10s with 5/6, and so qualified for the LJCC. Kyle Sheehan scored 3/6 in the U12s, Joshua Cooper 2/6 in the U10s. For full results on the Wey Valley website .

All Surrey Open Junior Championships, 29th September 2001
Five Castles members took part, along with 6 others from East Surrey secondary schools. Kyle Sheehan achieved an excellent result, coming second (equal) in the Under 11s with 4/5, Jonathan Lui scored 3/5 (9th =) in the U10s, Keya Hormati (U11) and James Rudland (U18) 2.5 and Felicia Lui (U8) 2/5. Of the other local players, the best scores were by Thomas Vaux (de Stafford) and Jemima McGraw (Notre Dame) who both scored 3/5 in the U14s. Adam Pescod (de Stafford, and past Castles member) scored 2/5 in the U14s.

Details can be found on the Wey Valley website

Saturday 21st July 2001
The Caterham Schools Chess Tournament was held at Whyteleafe School on Saturday 31st July. Congratulations to the Castles members who won their groups:

James Rudland 4/5 - 1st in the Under 14s
Ehsan Yoseflavi 4/5 - 1st in the Under 10s
Beccy O'Neill 2/5 - 1st girl in the Under 10s
Jonathan Lui 5/5 - 1st in the Under 9s
Joshua Cooper 4/5 - 1st in the Under 8s
Felicia Lui 4/5 - 1st girl in the Under 7s

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14th and 15th July 2001 UK Chess Challenge 2001
 Not many who qualified made the long journey to the Gigafinals in Sheffield. Those that did found very tough opponents:

Jonathan Lui (Whyteleafe) Under 9s 4.5/6
Kyle Sheehan (Whyteleafe) Under 10s 4/6
Keya Hormati (Whyteleafe) Under 10s 2/6
James Rudland (Notre Dame) Under 15s 3/6

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Saturday 19th May 2001
The Caterham Schools Chess Jamboree was held at Whyteleafe School on Saturday 19th May. Teams of 4 players competed for a primary school and a separate secondary school cup. Whilst Notre Dame A won all their matches, Whyteleafe A had a higher total game score. Thus the primary school champions scored more than the secondary school champions. For full scores click here.

"Caterham Harestone Rotary Club president Terry Servant is left open mouthed at a cheeky checkmate by eight year old Joshua Cooper of Warlingham. Joshua was taking part in the Caterham Schools' Chess Jamboree at Whyteleafe School - the Rotary Club supported the event by providing a chess set and board for each competing school." [County Border News, May 31st 2001.]

UK Chess Challenge 2001
Castles' members returned some excellent scores at the Surrey Megafinal, with the following Castles members qualifying for the National Gigafinal (14th and 15th July in Sheffield):
James Rudland (Notre Dame) Under 15 Supremo (Champion) 4.5/6
Kyle Sheehan (Whyteleafe) Under 10s 5/6
Jonathan Lui (Whyteleafe) Under 9s 4.5/6
Douglas Ipperciel (Caterham) Under 13s 4/6
Kasra Hormati (Whyteleafe) Under 11s 4/6
Keya Hormati (Whyteleafe) Under 10s 4/6
Joshua Cooper (Whyteleafe) Under 8s 4/6

Other players also did well, but not quite well enough to qualify for the Gigafinal:
Becky O'Neill (Under 10 girls) 3.5/6
Richard O'Neill (Under 13s) 2.5/6
Keith Tobin (Under 11s) 2/6

Saturday 31st March 2001
The Caterham Schools Chess Tournament was held at Whyteleafe School on Saturday 31st March. Congratulations to the Castles members who won their groups:

James Rudland 4.5/5 - 1st in the Under 14s
Richard O'Neill 3/5 - 1st in the Under 12s
Kasra Hormati 4/5 - 1st in the Under 11s
Kyle Sheehan 5/5 - 1st in the Under 10s
Beccy O'Neill 2/5 - 1st girl in the Under 10s
Jonathan Lui 4/5 - 1st in the Under 9s
Joshua Cooper 4/5 - 1st in the Under 8s
Theo Woodland-Hill 4/5 - 1st in the Under 8s

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Wey Valley Ramsay Cups Tournament, Effingham 18 February 2001
Congratulations to Kasra Hormati who scored 3/5 in the Under 11s; ahead of his brother Keya who scored 2/5 and Kyle Sheehan who only scored 1/5.

Full results can be found at the Surrey Girls Chess League website.

 

Wey Valley U12 Championship and U11/U9 Selection Tournament, Leatherhead 21 January 2001
U12 Congratulations to Kyle Sheehan who scored 3/5; thereby out performing Kasra Hormati and Keya Hormati who each scored 2/5

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