Castles Chess Club
UK Chess Challenge


March 2002

We had a record 42 young people play in the UK Chess Challenge tournament this term, and with some qualifying from other tournaments (School or Last Chance Saloon) a total of 20 of our members qualified for the Megafinal. A 'Q' shows that they qualified from Castles, an 'E' from elsewhere

Year

Age

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

Total

 

Jonathan Lui
Champion

5

U10

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

21

Q,E

James Foster

6

U11

3

3

3

2

1

3

3

18

Q,E

Becky O'Neill

6

U11

3

3

3

1

3

3

1

17

Q

Richard O'Neill

8

U13

3

3

1

3

3

1

3

17

Q,E

Steven O'Neill

4

U9

1

3

1

3

2

3

3

16

Q

Keya Hormati

6

U11

2

3

3

3

1

3

1

16

E

Ehsan Yosiflavi

6

U11

3

1

1

2

3

3

3

16

Q

Christopher Covell

3

U8

1

3

1

3

3

3

1

15

Q

Joshua Cooper

4

U9

3

3

3

1

3

1

1

15

E

Adam Hatt

4

U9

1

3

3

3

1

1

3

15

 

Luke D'Souza Benham

6

U11

3

1

3

1

3

3

1

15

 

Kyle Sheehan

6

U11

3

1

3

3

3

1

1

15

E

Keith Tobin

7

U12

3

3

1

1

3

1

3

15

Q

Douglas Ipperciel

8

U13

3

1

3

1

1

3

3

15

Q

Joshua Rogers

4

U9

2

1

3

2

2

3

1

14

 

Theo Woodland-Hill

4

U9

3

2

1

1

1

3

3

14

E

Lewis Nicholls

6

U11

3

3

1

1

1

1

3

13

 

Felicia Lui

3

U8

1

1

2

3

3

3

13

Q,E

Matthew Howells

6

U11

3

1

3

3

1

1

12

 

James Stephenson

5

U10

3

3

2

1

1

1

1

12

 

Luke Bashford

7

U12

1

3

3

3

1

1

12

 

Ellen Bashford

5

U10

1

3

3

1

3

1

12

Q,E

Ruth Cooper

2

U7

1

1

3

1

2

1

3

12

Q,E

Peter Oswald

2

U7

1

3

2

1

3

1

11

 

Ian Tobin

6

U11

1

3

1

3

1

1

1

11

 

Daniel Seymour

4

U9

1

1

3

1

1

3

1

11

 

Caroline Foster

2

U7

1

3

1

2

1

1

2

11

E

Jack Jones

6

U11

1

1

2

1

3

1

2

11

 

John Oswald

4

U9

1

1

2

3

2

1

10

 

Francis Pennington

3

U8

1

3

1

1

3

 

9

 

Freddie Gibson

3

U8

2

2

2

2

1

9

 

Joshua Morris

3

U8

2

1

2

 

2

1

8

 

Stephen Buckell

6

U11

2

 

3

3

8

 

Toby Fothergill

3

U8

2

3

2

7

 

Robert Spence

6

U11

1

1

1

3

   

6

 

Andrew Stevens

2

U7

1

3

2

6

 

Andrew Spence

3

U8

1

1

1

2

   

5

 

Ben Rhyder

5

U10

1

 

1

1

2

5

 

Kasra Hormati

7

U12

2

2

4

 

Bethany Nicholls

2

U7

1

2

3

E

Alex Pullen

3

U8

1

1

2

 

Edward Stephenson

2

U7

2

2

E

 

Particular comiserations to those who were within 1 or 2 points of qualifying - better luck next year.

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