P5 and Under
1st Osian Hunt 6/6
2nd Raghav Pananivel 5/6
3rd Kai Moroz 4.5/6
P6 and P7
1st Jonathan Feng 5.5/6
2nd Oliver Baynes 5/6
3rd Matthew Wilder 5/6
Secondary
1st Lukah Connolly Sams 6/6
2nd Aryaman Verma 4.5/6
3rd Dietah Connolly Sams 4.5/6
Team Day 1 Results
Secondary
1st: Stewart Melville (Lothians Secondary Shield)
2nd: Barbardians
3rd: Boroughmuir (Holyrood Shield)
P6/7
1st: NSCS (Bill Platts)
2nd: St Peters A (Queensferry Shield)
3rd: Floras
4th: ESMS P6
5th: Sciennes A
6th: Low Port/Spingfield Primary
7th: ESMS P7
8th: Dunbar Junior Chess Club
Challengers: Barbarians
Novice: Sciennes B
Novice: St Geroge’s Lower A
Novice: Bonaly
Primary 5 & Under
1. ESMS P5 (Shield)
2. Sciennes (Calton Shield)
3. Bonlay
4. James Gillespie’s
5. NSCS
6. St Peter’s C
Novice: St George’s P5
Novice: St Peters A
Novice: South Morningside
Edinburgh Junior Congress - CFK Qualifier
Here are the results from the Edinburgh Junior Congress:-
u1000/Open
- 1st Murdo McLaurin 5.5/6 (Qualifier)
- 2nd Pavel Yanev 4.5/6 (Qualifier)
- 3rd= Joe Dobson 4/6
- 3rd= Chirag Shetty 4/6 (Qualifier)
- 5th= Richard Zhang 3.5/6 (Qualifier)
- 5th= Florence Wilson 3.5/6 (Qualifier)
- 5th= Joel Chambers 3.5/6 (Qualifier)
Secondary u600 (All Qualified for CFK Finals)
- 1st= Kieron Munro
- 1st= Wojciech Lipowski
- 3rd= Philip Inglis
- 3rd= Daniel Best-Solorzano
Secondary u300 (All Qualified for CFK Finals)
- 1st Aryaman Verma 5/5
- 2nd Arna Verma 4/5
- 3rd Mario Duric 3/5
Primary u600 (All Qualified for CFK Finals)
- 1st= Sanjith Madhavan 5.5/6
- 1st= Matthew Willder 5.5/6
- 3rd Osian Hunt 4.5/6
- 4th= Tomos Hunt 4/6
- 4th= Michael Moroz 4/6
- 4th= Jamie Fordyce 4/6
- 4th= James Coyle 4/6
- 4th= Jonathan Feng 4/6
- 4th= Jennifer Feng 4/6
Primary u300 (All Qualified for CFK Finals)
- 1st= Nathan Bird
- 1st= Hugo Stewart
- 3rd Ross Warcup
- 4th= Fabian Butchart
- 4th= Ishan Kumar
- 4th= Callum Robertson
- 4th= Harold Pratt
- 4th= Oliver Simmers
- 4th= Jay Johannesson
- 4th= Moray Bennett
- 4th= Afrin Ahmed
Lothian Junior Chess AGM
The Lothian Junior Chess (LJC) AGM will be held on Thursday 24th August at the Edinburgh Chess Club, 1 Alva Street, Edinburgh with doors opening at 7:00pm for coffee, tea and biscuits and a chance for an infomal chat before the AGM itself at 7:30pm.
Anyone who has taken part in any of the events we have organised, and this includes the parents of players and team managers, or who has an interest in developing or supporting junior chess in the Lothian regions are welcome and are positively encouraged to attend.
We are always looking for new ideas for promoting chess and for better ways of running our events and the AGM is a great opportunity for anyone for their own ideas to bring them to our attention.
Chess in the Park
Chess Edinburgh have started playing Chess at the Fountain Cafe, West Princes Street Gardens -located near the Fountain, Play Park and Public Toilets.
They are meeting at 2pm, every Thursday - Juniors are more than welcome to come and play - and it'd be a great way to get some chess in over the holidays.
Gary Scott the Proprietor of the Fountain Cafe in the West Princes Street Gardens is enthusiastic, as he has experienced Chess being played at Central Park, New York and is a Chess player himself, which is a bonus.
The Cafe can accommodate outside is 100 players or 50 chess sets, so table space is not an issue.
If you are thinking of attending on any Thursday afternoon, please bring a Chess set with you (and a Chess clock if you have one!)
We hope to see many of you over the summer months!
The Scots are coming!
CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE WHO PLAYED IN THE MEGAFINAL! THE QUALIFIERS ARE LISTED BELOW:-
Allen Richard Pentland Primary School
Ball Torokoff Clara Sciennes Primary
Ball Torokoff Maximilien Nigel Short Chess Society
Baynes Ollie St Peters Rc Edinburgh
Best-Solorzano Sara Pentland Primary School
Bolt Charlie Bonaly Primary School
Brough Will Erskine Stewarts Melville College
Bruce Alexander Erskine Stewarts Melville College
Burdon-Cooper Austen South Morningside Primary School
Calwell Christopher St Peters Rc Primary School
Carlyle Hannah Bruntsfield Primary School
Carroll Reene St Georges School For Girls
Chalmers Rocco Flora Stevenson Primary School
Clarke Aiden St Peters Rc Primary School
Connolly Sams Dietah Blackhall Primary School
Connolly Sams Lukah St Thomas Of Aquins High School
Craigie Hugh Erskine Stewarts Melville College
Dalgliesh James Erskine Stewarts Melville College
Davis Aidan George Watsons College
Davis Alistair George Watsons College
Dean William Fettes College Preparatory School
Deng Aidan Nigel Short Chess Society
Dines Caitlin St Peters Rc Primary School
Dobson Joe George Heriots
Feng Jennifer Sciennes Primary School
Feng Jonathan Sciennes Primary School
Ferry Maarek Bruntsfield Primary School
Fordyce Jamie South Morningside Primary School
Golkonda Pranavi Nigel Short Chess Club
Griffiths Ashley Low Port Primary School
Hartman James Nether Currie Primary
Kelly Will Erskine Stewarts Melville College
Kelly James Erskine Stewarts Melville College
Kringe Cristina St Peters Rc Primary School
Leung Ruairidh Yueon St Peters Rc Primary School
Liang Chelsea Fettes College Preparatory School
Mackinlay Vich Sergi Sciennes Primary School
Macrae Isla James Gillespies Primary School
Macrae Elliot James Gillespies Primary School
Mather Sammi St Peters Rc Primary
Mccullagh Niall Erskine Stewarts Melville College
Mcghee Javid South Morningside Primary School
Mclaurin Murdo Nigel Short Chess Society
Milligan Andrew Earlston Chess Club
Palanivel Raghav Corstorphine Primary School
Patterson Leander James Gillespies Primary School
Pollak Leopold Sciennes Primary School
Primrose Alfie James Gillespies Primary School
Proctor Jake Errol Primary School
Reid Jamie Bonaly Primary School
Rice Joseph George Watsons College
Roddam Peter Erskine Stewarts Melville College
Ruiz Oliver Bruntsfield Primary School
Ruzov Misha Edinburgh Chess Club Tiger Cubs
Sandham Alasdair Low Port Primary School
Sandham David Linlithgow Academy
Scully Marco South Morningside Primary School
Shepherd Orlaith St Peters Rc Primary School
Shepherd Sorcha St Peters Rc Primary School
Shetty Chirag Sciennes Primary School
Simmers Olly Erskine Stewarts Melville College
Skillen Fergus Boroughmuir High School
Stewart Ethan George Watsons College
Tai Eva Sciennes Primary School
Taylor James Erskine Stewarts Melville College
Tooth Jonas James Gillespies Primary School
Turnbull Cole Sciennes Primary School
Venters Ellie Erskine Stewarts Melville College
Verma Arnav Flora Stevenson
Vundi Karthikeya Erskine Stewarts Melville College
Whalley Oliver Erskine Stewarts Melville College
Willder Matthew George Watsons College
Wilson Florence Flora Stevenson Primary School
Yanev Pavel Flora Stevenson
Zhang Richard St Peters Primary Scbool
Megafinal Results
Team Day 3 Results
P5&U (14 entries)
1st Sciennes A (Team shield) - won tie break with NSCS by 1/2 a board point.
2nd NSCS
3rd St Peter's A (School's shield)
4th ESMS A
5th Linlithgow Barbarians
Challengers prize: Flora Stevenson
Intermediate (1): James Gillespie's
Intermediate (2): St George's
P6/7 (16 entries)
1st Sciennes A (Team shield)
2nd St Peter's A (School shield)
3rd ESMS P7 A
4th Flora Stevenson
5th Brunstfield
6th James Gillespies
Challengers prize: Pentland A
Intermediate: Sciennes B
Minor: Pentland B
Secondary (5 entries)
1st Tiger Cubs (Team shield)
2nd NSCS
3rd Linlithgow Academy (Schools shield)
Team Day 2 Results
We were delighted to welcome over 160 kids today for our second team day of the season. The P6/7 event also acts as a qualifier for the UK National Schools Chess Championships run by the ECF.
Congratulations to all the winners, and we look forward to seeing you at our events later in the year.
P5&U (16 entries)
1st Erskine Stewart Melville Schools (Knight's shield)
2nd Sciennes A (Almond shield)
3rd Sciennes B
4th St Peter's A
5th South Morningside
Challengers prize: ESMS P4
Intermediate: St Peter's B
Novice: West Lothian Barbarians
P6/7 (18 entries)
1st St Peter's A (Castle shield, UKSCC Qualifier) - Won tie break with Sciennes - third round of board elimination
2nd Sciennes A (Forth shield)
3rd St Peter's B
4th= Flora Stevenson - (Couldn't be separated on tie break)
4th= NSCS - (Couldn't be separated on tie break)
6th Brunstfield
Challengers prize: ESMS P7 A
Intermediate: ESMS P7B
Barbarians prize: Linlithgow Barbarians
Novice: James Gillespie's
Secondary (6 entries)
1st Linlithgow Academy (Lothians Winter shield)
2nd Auchterarder
3rd George Watson's (Esk shield)
Our next event is our final Team Day on the 19th of March.
Team Day 1 Results
We were delighted to welcome over 170 kids today for our first team day of the season, we're checking the archives and we think that is our biggest ever entry. Congratulations to all the winners, and we look forward to seeing you at our events in the new year.
P5&U (15 entries)
1st Erskine Stewart Melville Schools (Mark Sanderson shield)
2nd Sciennes A (Calton shield)
3rd South Morningside
4th Bonlay
5th Sciennes B
Challengers prize: Pentland
Intermediate: Brunstfield
Barbarians prize: St Peters and Dunbar
Novice: Low Port
P6/7 (20 entries)
1st St Peters A (Bill Platts shield)
2nd Low Port (Queensferry shield)
3rd Flora Stevenson
4th Bonaly
5th Sciennes A
6th NSCS
Challengers: ESMS P6
Intermediate: Sciennes B
Barbarians: Linlithgow Barbarians
Novice: James Gillespies
Secondary (7 entries)
1st NSCS (Lothians Secondary shield)
2nd Linlithgow Academy (Holyrood shield)
3rd Woodmill Warriors
Our next event is the Lothian Junior Championship on the 22nd of January
Our next Team Day is on the 26th of February.