Entry is now open to the Edinburgh Junior Congress
New Season
Our first event of the 2019-20 season is an individual tournament - the Edinburgh Junior Congress on Sunday 27th October at Broughton High School. Entry will open soon. Keep an eye on our events page for further details.
Megafinal Results 2019
Under 7 Boys
1 Rishi Vijayakumar 4.5 Q Supremo
2 Samuel Winton 3.5 Q
3 David Ma 3
Jashn Gera 3
Under 7 Girls
1. Saathvika Pamarthi 2.5 Q Suprema
2. Meiting Wang 2
3. Krithi Subr 1.5
Under 8 Boys
1. James Meyer-McKeon 5 Q Supremo
2. Jack Egan 5 Q
3. Srinivas Rath 4.5 Q
Daragh McFarlane 4.5 Q
Gerry Chen 4.5 Q
Cameron Dunbar 4.5 Q
Qualifiers
Daniel Kemp 4 Q
Thomas Wakulicz 4 Q
Juan Rayen 4 Q
Leonardo Lo Rizzo 4 Q
Finlay Collings 3.5 Q
Edoardo Scotti 3.5 Q
Under 8 Girls
1. Valentine Sy 3.5 Q Suprema
2. Iona Hunt 3
3. Valentina Sol 3
Under 9 Boys
1. Fredrick Gordon 5.5 Q Supremo
Raghav Palanivel 5.5 Q
3. Hugo Kagungila 5 Q
Gabriel Opat 5 Q
Qualifiers
Mathew Esser 4.5 Q
Atreya Subr 4 Q
Rio Wan 4 Q
Donald Uytman 4 Q
Luke Bendle 4 Q
Ross Warcup 3.5 Q
Alexander Dalgliesh 3.5 Q
Eric Chen 3.5 Q
Slesh Dubey 3.5 Q
David Wan 3.5 Q
Campbell Sneddon 3.5 Q
Fiontan Shepherd 3.5 Q
Angus Dines 3.5 Q
Under 9 Girls
1. Angharad Hunt 5 Q Suprema
2. Maya Shetty 4 Q
Imogen Thompson 4 Q
Qualifiers
Clara Ball-Torokoff 3.5 Q
Boluwatife Tawose 3.5 Q
Under 10 Boys
1. Georgios Tsagkarakis 6.0 Q Supremo
2. Osian Hunt 5.0 Q
3. Jonathan Turner 5.0 Q
Kai Moroz 5.0 Q
Qualifiers
Andrew McKendrick 4.5 Q
Charlie Bolt 4.0 Q
Jamie Jackson 4.0 Q
Lingyun Xiao 4.0 Q
Joshua Ly 3.5 Q
Simeon Tzankov 3.5 Q
Daniel Tonnessen 3.5 Q
Albert Qian 3.5 Q
Remy Woodhouse-Britten 3.5 Q
Ruairi Hay 3.5 Q
Nathaniel Macdonald-Warr 3.5 Q
Sriram Seshabhatter 3.5 Q
Kyle Krishaan 3.5 Q
Sylvester Horler 3.5 Q
Under 10 Girls
1. Ashmita Irodi 5.0 Q Suprema
2. Qingyang Xiao 4.0 Q
3. Eva Tai 3.5 Q
Qualifiers
Katya Clouston 3.5 Q
Under 11 Boys
1. Aryan Munshi 5.5 Q Supremo
2. Srivathsan Narasimhan 4.5 Q
3. Euan Samuel 4.5 Q
Charlie Edgar 4.5 Q
Maximilien Ball Torokoff 4.5 Q
Qualifiers
Morvin Gera 4.0 Q
Olly Simmers 4.0 Q
George Burton 4.0 Q
Daniel Kitaev 3.5 Q
Savva Nazarov 3.5 Q
Milo McNair 3.5 Q
James Dalgliesh 3.5 Q
Luke Brennan 3.5 Q
Samuele Callea 3.5 Q
Under 11 Girls
1. Aksara Balakumar 4.0 Q Suprema
2. Aimee Rousset 3.5 Q
3. Siyumi Parakramawansha 3.5 Q
Under 12 Boys
1. Oliver Whalley 6.0 Q Supremo
2. Matthew Willder 5.0 Q
3. Karthikeya Vundi 4.0 Q
Jonathan Feng 4.0 Q
Qualifiers
Tomos Hunt 3.5 Q
Peter Roddam 3.5 Q
Jamie Fordyce 3.5 Q
Aiden Deng 3.5 Q
Percy Sutherland 3.5 Q
Under 12 Girls
1. Nivedita Suyal 4.0 Q Suprema
2. Jennifer Feng 3.5 Q
3. Keerthana Sreekanth 3.5 Q
Under 13 Boys
1. Pavel Yanev 3.5 Q Supremo
2. Monaf Ahad 3
3. Aiden Brennan 3
U13 Girls
1. Florence Wilson 3 Q Suprema
2. Sarah Connors 0
U14 Boys
1. Dietah Connolly Sams 4.5 Q Supremo
2. Chirag Shetty 4 Q
U14 Girls
1. Asirini Parakramawansha 5 Q Suprema
Under 15 Boys
1. Joe Dobson 4.5 Q Supremo
2. Connor Mcleod 2.5
Under 17 Boys
1. Andrey Miroshikov 4 Q Supremo
Megafinal Results U13-18
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
Megafinal 2018 - results for section U12
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
Megafinal 2018 - results for sections U7-U11
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
Delancey UK School Chess Challenge - Megafinal Scotland East
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.
Team Day 2 - 4th February 2018
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
Lothian Junior Championships Results - 3rd December 2017
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