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Adarsh missed some more winning chances in the fifth round of the U10 section of the 8thEU Youth Chess Championships in Mureck, Austria on Sunday and drew again. In yesterday’s sixth round, however Adarsh notched up another win, this time against Spanish junior Miraya Represa Perez
Game 19: Adarsh Vani v Miraya Reresa Perez 8th EU Youth Chess Championships Mureck, Austria 9th of August 2010
Game 18: Adarsh Vani v Pol Bover De La Cruz 8th EU Youth Chess Championships Mureck, Austria 8th of August 2010
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In yesterday’s fourth round of the 8th EU Youth Chess Championships at Mureck, Austria, Amol and Adarsh had mixed fortunes. Amol lost to the Austrian Junior Laura Hiebler, whilst Adarsh missed a number of opportunities to win his game against the Slovenian Junior Jaka Meglic and settled for a draw.
Game 17: Jaka Meglic v Adarsh Vani 8th EU Youth Chess Championships Mureck, Austria, 7th of August 2010
For today’s fifth round Amol has the Black pieces against Slovenian Junior Barbara Skuhala and Adarsh has the White pieces against Spanish Junior Pol Bover De La Cruz
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The third round of the 8th EU Youth Chess Championships took place yesterday in Mureck, Austria. In the Under 14 section, Amol was paired against the Italian Junior Alexander Teutsch, graded 1779, and who is seeded 17 places above Amol.
In the U10 section Adarsh was paired against the Spanish Junior and number one seed Mulet Inigo Lopez, graded 1830! after drawing with the number three seed yesterday (see game below).
Understandably this time both lost.
For today’s fourth round, Adarsh is paired against Slovenian Junior Jaka Meglic who has drawn all his games so far; and Amol is paired against Austrian Junior Laura Hiebler.
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Whilst Peter has been representing Wakefield in the British Championship this year, Junior members Amol and Adarsh Vani have been playing for England in the 8th European Union Youth Chess Championships in Murek Austria. Amol is playing for the England Under 14 team and Adarsh, for the Under 10 team.
Amol lost his opening game in round one on Wednesday the 4th of August but made up for this with a fine attacking win in his second round game yesterday. Amol’s winning second round game can be played through by clicking the link below:
Amol Vani v Tanguy Miesch round 2 8th EU Youth Chess Championships Mureck, 5th of August 2010
Adarsh started off with a fine win in round one on Wednesday the 4th of August and drew with the third seed yesterday. Both of these games are shown below
Adarsh Vani v Eva Metodieva round 1 8th EU Youth Chess Championships Mureck 5th of August 2010
Adarsh Vani v Jiri Liska round 2 8th EU Youth Chess Championships Mureck, 5th of August 2010
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Earlier in the season Club member Adarsh Vani qualified to play in the England Under 11 trials in Liverpool along with the best players from across the country. Adarsh scored a fine 2.5 points out of 6. Although this score was not enough to qualify for the current England squad Adarsh was still under 10 and so will have another opportunity next year.
Qualifying for the trials at this age though was a fine achievement in itself. Congratulations Adarsh.
Also at the North Yorkshire Megafinal Adarsh won the Boys Under 10 title!
Not to be outdone by his younger brother Amol Vani also qualified for the National Gigafinal to be held this month.
Vivi Way has been awarded the new Junior of the Year Medal for regular attendance at the club and for overall good progress which was presented by Mr D. Well done Vivi!
The last event in the YJCA Grand Prix took place in Sheffield in the last weekend in June.
David Brown performed well finishing with a fine score of 3.5 points out of 6. This was enough to earn David second place overall in the YJCA Grand Prix Under 8 section and 26th place out of 158 in all age groups. Congratulations David!
The next round of the YJCA AG Sunderland Cup is scheduled to take place at the West Bretton Village Institute on Sunday the 11th of April 2010.Â
Team registration is set for 1.30 pm. The team selection is shown below.
- Amol Vani
- Adarsh Vani
- Will Towler
- Wasim Ahmed
- Zara Ahmed
- Harris Vaughan
- Vivi Way
- Charlotte Baker
- David Brown
Please let Mr D know whether you are available to play. Also if you are not on the above list and want to play please let Mr D know as soon as possible.
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The next round of the YJCA AG Sunderland Cup is scheduled to take place on Sunday the 21st of February at Sitwell School, Grange Road, Rotherham S60 3LA. Registration of teams is set for 1.30pm.
Mr. D has suggested and invited the following Wakefield Juniors to play in the event.
- Amol
- Adarsh
- Wasim
- Will
- Harris
- Tommy
- Zara
- Silvie
- Vivi
- Claire
- Niamh
- Charlotte
- David
The following team members have accepted the invitation and confirmed their availability as at Monday the 8th of February.
- Amol
- Adarsh
- Wasim
- Will
- Zara
- Silvie
- Charlotte
- David
If your name is not on the above list and are able and willing to play please let Mr. D know. You can let him know at school, at the club or by e-mail at mikedenison@blueyonder.co.uk .
Wakefield Juniors are the current holders of this trophy and I will endeavor to publish a photo of it as soon as I am able to obtain one.
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After the YJCA Wakefield Grand Prix event, the third this season the leaders are as follows:
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YJCA Grand Prix Standings after Wakefield Event
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James Bowler
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298
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Top U14
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Miles Edward-Wright
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292
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Evie Hollingworth
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292
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Top U18 and Top Girl
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4.
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Ashley Littlewood
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290
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5.
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Francesca Fozard
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283
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6.
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Cameron Blair
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266
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Top Intermediate
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Andrew Woodmansey
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259
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8.
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Wesley McGough
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258
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Top U12
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Robert Oxley
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238
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10.
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James Nelson
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223
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Top U11
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16.
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Robina Murray
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181
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Top U10 and Top Novice
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22.
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David Brown
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158
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Top U8
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29.
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Sailesh Sitaram
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144
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Top U9
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It should be noted that there are 109 players in the full table. The top ten are shown above as well as the leaders in the relevant sections.
As can be seen from the table above one of Wakefield’s Junior members is a current leader! Yes David Brown is current leader of the Under 8 section, 7 places above the leader of the Under 9!
It should also be noted also that the leaders have played in all three events and the points are accumulative. Wakefield Junior Adarsh Vani who is in the Under 11 section, for instance, did not play at the Hull event and thus has only two scores to carry forward. Adarsh’s average score over the two events is 83, whereas the current leader in the Under 11 section has an event average of 74.
The next event in the YJCA Grand Prix is scheduled to take place on Sunday the 7th of February. The 2010 Leeds Junior Congress is set to take place at The Grammar School at Leeds, Alwoodley Gates, Harrogate Road, Leeds LS17 8GS. An entry form can be found here
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Two junior club members made their debut for Wakefield teams this Saturday (23rd of January2010). Harris Vaughan played board 8 for Wakefield A against Alwoodley B and Wasim Ahmed played board 8 for Wakefield B against Bradford B. Both Harris and Wasim scored draws. Congratulations are in order!
I will endeavour to publish a photo of Wasim as soon as I obtain one.
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The 2010 Wakefield Junior Chess Congress is scheduled to take place at the Wakefield Girls’ High School on Sunday the 24th of January. This is the third event in this season’sYJCA Junior Grand Prix.
This is a great event for juniors of all ages and levels of ability with three separate sections.
The closing date for entries is Friday the 22nd of January and the entry fee is a very reasonable Ł8
Details and an entry form can be found on the Events page accessed on the left
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In the recent Huddersfield Evening League Watkinson Trophy match against West Bretton, two of Wakefield’s junior members were in action.
Harris Vaughan played for West Bretton and gained a fine draw against our Examiner Captain Mike Wilford. This was a good result for Harris and I am sure he will have more success during 2010.
The other junior member was Amol Vani who was matched against the experienced West Bretton player and Wakefield Chess Club Treasurer Barry Brian. A draw would have been a good result for Amol against Barry who is higher graded. Amol was not satisfied with a draw on this occasion and duly won this game. This was a great result which demonstrates the rapid improvement which Amol is making.
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Junior Club member Adarsh Vani was playing for Leeds Juniors A this Saturday in the Yorkshire Chess Association Silver Rook match against our own B team. Leeds Juniors A won the match with Adarsh recording a fine draw against our Examiner Evening League Captain Mike Wilford on board 5. Also Francesca Fozard who was a member of our succesful AG Sunderland Cup winning team along with Adarsh, and who recently was a main prize winner at the 2009 Scarborough Chess Congress got a fine draw with the experienced and wiley Alan Holloway on board 2.
 
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You may have already noticed that a new link has been placed at the bottom of Mr D’s Junior Section page. This is for beginners and parents and is a great resource for people new to the game but especially for juniors
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The following team is suggested by Mr D for Wakefield Chess Club Juniors to play in the first AG Sunderland Cup meeting of the season which is scheduled for this Sunday (15th of November) at the Wigginton Primary School, York:
1. Amol Vani
2. Adarsh Vani
3. Cameron Brook
4. Ben Hall
5. Keith Brown
David Brown
7. Etc. Girls?
Anyone wishing to play for WCC Juniors in the AG Sunderland Cup this season should please contact me at mikedenison@blueyonder.co.uk
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Seven Junior members of‚ Wakefield Chess Club‚ took part in the first‚ Yorkshire Junior Grand Prix‚ event of the season, which took place at‚ Wigginton Primary School‚ in York this Saturday gone (the 3rd of October).
David Brown played in the Novices section in his first event and scored 3.5 points. This is a fine result which earned David the Under 8 prize! Congratulations David.
In the Intermediate section Adarsh Vani narrowly missed out (by one half point) on one of the main prizes. Adarsh came 4th with 4.5 points which also netted him the Under 11 prize. The other player who shared 4th place with Adarsh won the Under 18 prize!
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Wasim Ahmed scored 4 points and came 6th equal in a field of 35 but missed out on a prize for this fine achievement.
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Will Towler, however, also scored 4 points and came 6th equal and shred a Grading prize.
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Abigail Arnold scored 3 points and won the Under 11 girl,s prize.
Zara Ahmed and Yash Kapur each scored 2 points.
Most of you Juniors will probably remember this venue as the scene of Wakefield Juniors’ first victory on the way to winning the Yorkshire Chess Association AG Sunderland Cup. Just to remind you, the photo below was taken last season at the conclusion of the first round of the AG Sunderland Cup at Wigginton Primary School in York.
The photo above shows our victorious Wakefield Juniors team showing the winner’s medals and Mr D holding aloft the team Trophy. Why, I wonder is Mr Peter Cloudsdale, the YCA President (right back row) is looking so happy?
That must be why! The photo below shows that he survived this attack from Headteacher Mrs Boyle.
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