ChessFest 2022 - Open to All

 

ChessFest 2022

Chess and a Half-Nelson.

Trafalgar Square is the place to be on 17 July. I am not lion about this; be there, or be Trafalgar Square.

Fairfield - Chess Champions

Following on from our report on the 10th CSC Teesside Team Tournament, Fairfield have now sent me pictures of their two teams.

This was the first time Fairfield had hosted a chess event and it was their first-ever team victory. A very impressive debut!

9th Teesside Individual Chess Championships: Report

All photographs © Johannes Grundmann

The Teesside Individual Chess Championship tournament was the last of our annual events to be resurrected following the dreadful lockdown years.

Last held in 2019, when we had no idea what the world had in store for us, the event made a triumphant return yesterday, with 109 entries from a large range of schools.

Yarm Preparatory School once again hosted the event in exemplary fashion. Indeed, they have consistently helped us to break down barriers over the course of many years. They continue to unselfishly share their facilities and expertise to help us present events of the highest calibre for the benefit of all Teesside chess juniors.

We had big sections for Under-9s and Under-11s, plus a special section for Over-11 players.

There were tough title battles in all three sections. As always, we did not use any form of tiebreak system to split the main places. Our way of doing it always costs us far more in terms of extra trophies and medals, but it ensures everyone receives what they have earned on the day.

Thank you to everyone who helped to make the event such a great success.

The next big local tournament will be the 27th Yarm Team Chess Championship, one of the longest-running series of chess events in the world. Details will be circulated at the start of the Autumn term (here is what happened last time).

Under-9s

1st: Miles Page, 5/5

2nd: Can Sezen, 4.5/5

=3rd: Isaac Machin, Oscar Tindle, Henry Stanley, Fathe Chahal, Rosajean Bowstead, Kaira Nalawade, Evelyn Ward, all 4/5

3.5: Joseph Dodds

3/5: Luca Sidgwick, Isaac Brette, Stan Dugdale, Eric Fuentes Pinedo, Lolwa Soliman, Ossie Kensey, Rory Fitzgerlad, Kavan Sidhu, Vedh Arcot, Tyler Beazley, Fletcher Hoyland, Avik Bhattarai

2.5/5: Joel Pringle, Maddison Green, Harry Metcalfe

2/5: Orlaith Rooney, Poppy Carney, Ava Woodhouse, Dax Cullingford, Faith Anderson, Sadie Rooney, Joey Southgate, Daisy Callaghan, Olly Rutter, Finlay Wilkinson, Rosa Williams, Manha Abdullah, Phoebe Barznji

1.5/5: Opal Ridgway, Anika Sunkavalli, Anwita Dara

1/5: Isabelle Little, Robyn Weston, Francesca Blythe, Tyler Hanson, Aiden Smith, Penny Boyes

0/5: Alia Tutinchy, Jonty Glancey

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Under-11s

1st: Alfie McBain, 5/5

=2nd: Zane Barznji, Flynn Gorton, Tristan Green, Nethuki Mudduwa, Anjali Ramisetty

3.5/5: Waleed Ahsan, Daniel Main

3/5: Brodie Lee Beaumont, Matthew Ward, Griff Williams, Jake Gray,
Sam Stevenson, Felicia Jude, Gowtham Rajeev, Edie Redhead-Sweeney

2.5/5: Alexander Thompson, Thomas Powell, Monty Ridgway, Miguel Ramos

2/5: Tristan Bellabarba, Holly Swales, Luke Palmer, Udham Chahal, Antonia Cutting, Arthur Outterside, Neev Sahoo, Sid Suryadevara

1.5/5: Lucia Chahal, Sumi Kumar

1/5: Avighna Arvind, Willow Thompson, Aween Tutinchy, Oskar Rooney, Annabelle Lyver

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Over-11s

1st: Sagar Patil, 5/5

2nd: Natasha Pointon, 4/5

3rd: Joseph Machin, 3/5

2/5: Alice Sturman

1/5: Omhle Lulamu Sibanda


Summary of Teesside Champions


Under-9 Boy: Miles Page


Under-9 Girls: Rosajean Bowstead, Kaira Nalawade, Evelyn Ward


Under-11 Boy: Alfie McBain


Under-11 Girls: Nethuki Mudduwa, Anjali Ramisetty


Over-11 Boy: Sagar Patil


Over-11 Girl: Natasha Pointon

A gallery will follow in the next post.

9th Teesside Individual Chess Championships: Gallery

Here is our gallery from the 9th Teesside Individual Chess Championships. All photographs are © Johannes Grundmann unless otherwise stated.

As can be seen, we even had a flypast by the Red Arrows during the prize-giving!

Our excellent control team: Mrs Sidgwick and Mrs Lloyd
Photograph © Sean Marsh

10th CSC Teesside Team Tournament

The 10th CSC Teesside Team Tournament took place at Fairfield Primary School this week.

This was the first time we have held this event since 2019, so it was very good get the tournament back on track after the lockdown years.

Fairfield A were in the lead after the first of the two Jamboree rounds, but in a dramatic finale, former champions Throston pulled out all of the stops to catch them up.

Defending co-champions couldn't extend their magnificent run of three consecutive victories but I am sure they will be preparing hard to fight back next year.


Final Scores

=1st: Fairfield A, Throston

3rd: Westgarth

4th: Fairfield B


All players received medals, courtesy of CSC. The winning teams received trophies too.

Fairfield, who came on board CSC in September (having only previously had chess sessions from me, back in 1988-9) played their first-ever school matches and the expert tutoring skills of Jo Hutchinson have already turned them into champions.

Throston Triumphant!

Throston, one of our original CSC schools from 2010 (as are Westgarth) have now won the tournament four times, which is a record.

Roll of Honour

2011: Ings Farm and Throston

2012: Ings Farm and Billingham South

2013: Throston

2014: Errington

2015: Throston

2016: Sacred Heart

2017: Westgarth

2018: Westgarth

2019: Westgarth and Billingham South

2022: Fairfield and Throston