West London Chess Club

The Junior Club is looking for a temporary self-employed chess teacher for the autumn term, please contact junior club manager Miss Meri Grigoryan at meriko35@gmail.com

Venue: Chiswick Town Hall, Committee Room

Time: 11am to 1pm 

26th June: tuition and practice

3rd July: tuition and practice

10th July: tournament (medals and badges to be won)

17th July: tuition and practice

24th July: tournament (medals and badges to be won)

Tuition wiil be given by Mrs Mareta Grigoryan, a West London Chess Club member and English Chess Federation's accredited coach.

Email: sh.mareta@gmail.com

1. Dashiel Nason 5/5

2. Fraser Barclays 3.5/5

3. Matthieu Gillet 3/5 (prog.scor 10.5)

4.  Joshua Elder 3/5 (prog. score 9.5)

5= Lucas Brown, Leonardo Rotondi, Arushka Aggrawal, Robert Murphy and Wiktor Wiejak 2/5

10= Janscher Verscht and Thor Knuttson 1/5

11-year-old Ben Murphy gave a handicap against his much younger and inexperienced opponents. He scored 4/5 and only lost (with no Queen!) against Dashiel Nason.

The Junior Club will be back on 30th January 2010

5th Dec 2009

18 children in two age groups competed for medals and for the 31st WLJCC title. WLJCC member Kinan Patel was the only U11 boy who won all his games (children playing against Kinan received half a point) and thus was the overall winner. The age group winners were:

U8

1. Leonardo Rotondi
2. Arushka Aggarwal
3. Robert Murphy

U7

1. Anson Law
2. Joseph Dormer
3. Joshua Elder

          Full list:

1. Kinan Patel 5/5 (U11)
2. Leonardo Rotondi 4.5/5 (U8)
3. Arushka Aggarwal 4/5  (U8)
4. Anson Law 3.5/5 (U7)
5. Robert Murphy 3/5 (U8)
6. Thomas Elder 3/5 (U8)
7. Joseph Dormer 3/5 (U7)
8. Joshua Elder 3/5  (U7)
9. Jackson Tulley 3/5 (U7)
10. Finn Mccarthy 3/5 (U7)
11. Matthieu Gillet 2.5/5  (U7)
12. Lucas Brown 2.5/5 (U7)
13. Freddie Sims 2.5/5 (U7)
14. Oliver Onillon 2/5 (U7)    
15. Nicholas Froom 1/5 (U8)  
16. Gabriel Singer 1/5 (U8)
17. Jack Rich 1/5 (U7)
18. Thor Knutsson 0.5/5 (U7)  

Christmas crackers were given to everyone and who did not win a medal received a badge. This was the final event for this term and we will be back on 30th Jan. Merry Christmas! Meri

On 21st November 18 children turned up to compete in the 29th WLJC rapid championship.

The winners are:

Age group: 8-10

1. Tom Goldsmith (Grove Park)
2. Andre Sarian (North Ealing)
3. Alex Sarian (North Ealing)

Age group: 5-7

1= Leo Rotondi and Matthieu Gillet  (Falcon Boys)
2. Jackson Tulley (Belmont)
3. Tom Roberts (Falcon Boys)
Well done all!

17.10.09

Five-player Double Round-Robin

1. Andre Sarian U11                7.5/8

2. William Winterbottom U11     6/8

3. Alex Sarian U11                   4.5/8

4. Katherine Oates U9                2/8

5. Freddie Sims U7                   /8

from 11am-1pm

Sign up your child by sending an email to meriko35@gmail.com and pay the entry fee on the day!

Date: 17th Oct 2009

Time: 11am - 1pm 

Where: Chiswick Town Hall, Committee Room

Entry fee: £8

Time control: each player gets 10 minutes on the clock

Prizes: medals for the best 3 and badges for everyone

Download the entry form.