Hull Junior Grand Prix

Held at the Endsleigh Centre, Beverley Road, Hull

13th December 2009.




REPORT
The second annual Hull Junior Chess Grand Prix took place at the Endsleigh Centre on Beverley Road on Sunday 13th December and as well as including  youngsters from many parts of Yorkshire there were also a good number from Lincolnshire. It is very encouraging to see children wanting to take part in chess tournaments like this and even more so
that parents are willing bring them, especially so considering some of the distances that will have been involved. I must therefore offer my grateful thanks to the parents and children who helped to make this tournament possible. Now to the  details, the tournament was split into three sections ie The Major,  Intermediate,  & Novice with the placements of the players attached.   As you will see all sections were keenly contested with only one point separating the first four in the Major, the same margin being the difference between the top six in the Intermediate and even the Novice only had two points between the top five. James Bowler was a clear winner of the Major with a score of 5/6, with Evie Hollingworth 2nd and
Miles Edwards-Wright 3rd on a tie break. Although there were no players from Hull in the Major we were encouraged with the performance of Hull player Thomas Bertolotti , who in winning the Intermediate on a tie break with a score of 5/6 did really well considering he was out graded by several other youngsters.  In winning this tournament Thomas also retained his title of Hull Champion. The runners up spot in this section went to Wesley McGough and third was Cameron Blair. An encouraging aspect of the tournament was that the Novice section was well supported, which offers hope for the future of our game.  This section was won by Faris Mallick with a perfect score of 7/7 with Robina Murray 2nd  and Sailesh Sitaram 3rd . There was also some encouragement to be had for Hull here in that Andrew Hart did well to score 5/7 and win the best under 14 medal.  Also Song Lin Xue from
Hull  did well for a very first tournament to score 4.5/7. It just remains for me to say thanks to all the parents for bringing the children, to thank the children for taking part and a big thank you to The Yorkshire Junior Chess Association providing the expertise in controlling everything.  Last but by no means least a big thank you to the Ross Legacy without which  
Hull might struggle to hold such events.   

Mike Butt/President
The Hull & District Chess Association.

Results

Major prizes (9 entries)

No Name
Grade Section Total prize GP points
1 James Bowler 156 U14 5 1st,U14 100
2 Evie Hollingworth 147 U18 4 2nd 99
3 Miles Edwards-Wright 133 U14 4 3rd 99
4 Louis Brijmohun 154 U18 4 U18 99
5= Ashley Littlewood 151 U18 3
96
5= Sean McDonald 124 U18 3 U130 96
7= Sean Guggiari 133 U18 2.5 U140 94
7= Francesca Fozard 126 U14 2.5 Best Girl 94
9 Amanda Hipshon 137 U18 2
92

 

Intermediate prizes (14 entries)

Pos Name   Grade Section Total Prize GP points
1 Thomas Bertolotti   U18 5 1st 91
2 Wesley McGough 94 U12 5 2nd 91
3 Cameron Blair 90 U14 4 3rd 89
4 Andrew Woodmansey   U14 4 U18/14/u40gp 89
5 Joseph Hamson 114 U14 4
89
6 Richard Knighton 35 U14 4 U90gp 89
7= Robert Oxley 107 U12 3
85
7= Charley Travis Brennan 85 U12 3 U12 85
7= Paul Thompson 46 U12 3
85
10= James Nelson 70 U11 2 U11 82
10= Charles Baird   U18 2
82
10= Jamie Spence   U12 2
82
13 Lilie Bagley   U18 1 Best Girl 79
14 Hannah Priest 37 U12 0
78

 

Novice prizes (19 entries)
Pos. Name   Section Total Prize GP points
1 Faris Mallick U11 7 1st 77
2 Robina Murray U10 6 2nd 76
3 Sailesh Sitaram U09 6 3rd 76
4 Joshua Fernandes U10 5.5 U12 74
5 Andrew Hart U18 5 U18/14 73
6= Song Lin Xue U18 4.5
72
6= Clare Hands U11 4.5 Best girl 72
8= Yash Gulve U08 4 U8 70