Essex Junior Achievements 2010-11

International

Qualified for the National Chess Junior Squad

Gorak Rajesh & Adam Taylor

Gorak won the World Youth Chess Championship trials and was selected to represent England in the World Youth chess championships in Brazil 2011.

England v Flanders board 3 - Gorak Rajesh

Gibraltar Junior International - U16 - Adam Taylor (U14 2^nd=)

Robinson Cup England 24 (Adam Taylor board 3 a brilliant 6/6 recognised with the best English player award), Ireland 18½, Scotland 15½, Wales 14

Frydek Mistek 2011 (Czech Republic) Adam Taylor 6th

British Championships

U8 - Aditya Verma - British U8 Champion

U9 - Aditya Verma 15^th=

U10 – Dion Huang 5^th=

U13 – Adam Taylor 2^nd=

Major Open Adam Taylor 4.5/9

Rapidplay Week 1: Adam Taylor 3/6, Nathalie Taylor 1/6

Rapidplay Week 2: Adam Taylor 3/6, Brian Chan 1/6

Not to mention the U14 team manager’s great performance in the U140 Championship

National Girls Championship

Qualified for final – Naomi Wei & Nathalie Taylor

National U12 Girls Champion (joint) – Naomi Wei

British Land UK Chess Challenge - Gigafinal

Qualified for Terafinal Main - Aditya Verma

Qualified for Terafinal Challengers – Siddharrth Chandrasekaran, Kit-Long Siu, Naomi Wei

A total of 51 players from Essex played in the Southern Gigafinal this year.

London Junior Chess Championship

Best Under 7 - Aditya Verma

U10 Joint Champion – Gorak Rajesh

U16 – Sagara Bogoda – 4/6

U14 Major – Adam Taylor 3.5/6

U14 Minor – Rory Johnson 3/6, Edward Ballard 2/6

U12 Major – Gorak Rajesh 6/9, Naomi Wei 5/9, Rory Johnson 3.5/9, Dion Huang 3/9

U12 Minor – Edward McCallum 4/9

U10 Major – Gorak Rajesh 6/7, Dion Huang 4.5/7

U10 Minor – Niall Ali 4.5/7, Albert Amadeus 4.5/7, John Lynch 4/7, Demello Fraser 3.5/7, Ben Jarman 3.5/7, Mihir Mehrotra 3/7

U8 – Aditya Verma 5/7, Oscar Dybowski 4.5/7, Robert Dybowski 3/7

Essex Grand Prix Champions

U14 - Siddharrth Chandrasekaran

U11 - Naomi Wei

U11 Girls - Naomi Wei

U9 - Aditya Verma

(Well done to the Redbridge Chess Academy for a clean sweep)

Essex Junior Rapidplay Champion

Adam Taylor

Essex Junior Teams

U9 EPSCA East Zone – 3^rd

U9 EPSCA Final – 10^th

U11 Girls EPSCA Final – 8^th

U11 EPSCA Ease Zone – 4^th

U11 EPSCA Final – 9^th

Audio Chess Grand Prix – Essex 6^th=

U14 SCCU Eastern Section – 1^st

U14 SCCU Final – Lost 11-13 against Surrey