Lothian Junior Chess
Developing young chess players in the Lothians
The following players have made it through to the Gigafinal. Information about how to enter this will be issued in the next two weeks.
Anderson Eileen
Dean William
Dobson Joe
Hartman James
Kelly James
Leung Ruairidh
McPherson Oran
Shafi Declan
Sharma Panav
Shetty Chirag
Verma Aryaman
The following players have made it through to the Gigafinal. Information about how to enter this will be issued in the next two weeks.
Ahad Araf
Ahad Monaf
Allen Richard
Bartlett Samuel
Baynes Ollie
Bentley Zac
Blackford Ross
Brough Will
Clarke Aiden
Davis Aidan
Johannesson Jay
Pietrasik Kasey
Simmers Robert
Wilson Florence
Yanev Pavel
Zhang Richard
Well done to everyone who played in the Megafinal today. The standard of chess was high and all players are to be commended for their efforts.
The following players have made it through to the Gigafinal. Information about how to enter this will be issued in the next two weeks.
Under 7
Liang Marshall
Meyer Mckeon James
Sol Valentina
Under 8
Ball Torokoff Clara
Baxter Ryan
Bendle Luke
Best Solorzano Ethan
Dalgliesh Alexander
Glass Finlay
Gordon Frederick
Hunt Angharad
Li Yingjie
Molyneux Edward
Palanivel Raghav
Rose Tim
Shepherd Fiontan
Shetty Maya
Thompson Imogen
Tierney Daniel
Uytman Donald
Vere Frankie
Wan David
Warcup Ross
Under 9
Bolt Charlie
Brickley Jonathan
Chandra Samuel
Crichton Jacob
Freshwater Calum
Hunt Osian
Jackson Jamie
Ly Joshua
Mcdowell Anne
Mcghee Javid
Mckendrick Andrew
Mckinnon Charlie
Moroz Kai
Orpel Nicole
Pratt Harold
Ridder William
Robertson Callum
Stewart Archie
Tai Eva
Taylorladas Finn
Turner Jonathan
Under 10
Balakumar Aksara
Ball Torokoff Maximilien
Beattie Sam
Bestsolorzano Sara
Brennan Luke
Burton George
Callea Samuelle
Carroll Renne
Cottee Alasdair
Dalgliesh James
Dall Calum
Dines Caitlin
Gatenby Sen
Gera Morvin
Gilbert Alexander
Glass Kieran
Kelly Will
Kumar Ishan
Samuel Euan
Simmers Olly
Under 11
Beaton Matthew
Calwell Christopher
Chalmers Rocco
Deng Aidan
Feng Jennifer
Feng Jonathan
Fordyce Jamie
Gilson Charlie
Herbert Nicholas
Hunt Tomos
John Mcadams Jamie
Kringecarri Cristina
Liang Chelsea
Mazzei Daniel
Mccullagh Niall
Shepherd Orlaith
Stewart Hugo
Whalley Oliver
Willder Matthew
Congratulations to everyone who has made it through to the Megafinal.
Over 40,000 started the competition and UK wide we are now down to the last 1,000!
Best of luck to everyone at the event on Sunday 22 April – Please contact chessljc@gmail.com if you have any questions.
P5 and Under
1st ESMS P5
2nd Sciennes
3rd Nigel Short Chess Society
P6/7
1st ESMS P6 *
2nd St Peters A *
3rd Flora Stevenson
*Qualified for the UK Schools u11 Finals being held at Uppingham School in July
Secondary
1st Boroughmuir High School *
2nd Stewart Melville
*Qualified for the UK Schools Team Challenge being held at Imperial College, London in April
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
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
Here are the results from the Edinburgh Junior Congress:-
u1000/Open
Secondary u600 (All Qualified for CFK Finals)
Secondary u300 (All Qualified for CFK Finals)
Primary u600 (All Qualified for CFK Finals)
Primary u300 (All Qualified for CFK Finals)
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 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!
