West London Chess Club

All levels are welcome and open to children of all age groups!

Sign your child up for the Megafinal qualifying event by sending an email to meriko35@gmail.com and pay the entry fee of £10 on the day.

Places are limited and it's a first-come-first-served basis.

Date: 20th March

Time: 10am-1pm

Place: Chiswick Town Hall

Rounds: 7

Time control: 15 min each on the clock

Scoring points: win=3, draw=2 and loss=1

How to qualify:

a) be 1st in your age group

b) be the only boy/girl in your age group

c) score15 points if you are over 11 years of age

d) score 17 points

e) be the overall winner

The usual UK Chess Challenge prizes to be won - the winner gets a trophy to keep.

No refreshments on sale - children should bring their own packed lunches.

All levels are welcome! 

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

Date: 6th March 2010

Time: 11am - 1pm 

Where: Chiswick Town Hall, Committee Room

Entry fee: £10

Time control: each player gets 10 minutes on the clock

Prizes: medals for the best 3 and badges for the rest

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