These News Items relate to December 2001

Terence Chapman Group Prixette - Final Results for 2001

Leonard Barden writes:Teresa Khoo has been pipped at the post for the second year running. England No 1 Harriet Hunt was joint winner with 4/5 at this weeks's Coulsdon Open, and advanced her Prixette total to a winning 76.8/100 against Teresa's 75.3. Harriet, previously Prixette champion in 1995, wins £500. Teresa is awarded £250 as runner-up.
Otherwise the final Prixette weekend of 2001 saw several notable performances by Surrey girls. Teresa's own 3½/6 in the London Open, though not improving her Prixette total, was a fine result in strong company. Selina Khoo's 2/6 in the same Open included a draw with 193-graded Mark Lyell who in the previous round had drawn with GM Keith Arkell. Anna Partington's 4½/6 in the Coulsdon U170 boosted her Prixette score to clear third place, while Sarah Hegarty, last year's Prixette champion, was Top Girl with 4/6 in the London U14 Championship.
The U12 Prixette proved a close run race where Lancashire's Robyn Smith finished narrowly ahead of Staffordshire's Molly Moruzzi and Oxfordshire's Naomi Miller.
You can see the list of Prixette prizewinners Here and a complete list of all of the scores Here.
The London Junior on 28-30 December and the Hastings Congress that weekend will launch the 2002 Prixette!

London Junior Chess Championships, Balham 28-30 December 2001

The final event of 2001 was the remaining sections of the London Junior, held this year at Chestnut Grove School in Balham. These comprised the U12 (Major and Minor), the U16, and the U18/U21 sections. To see the results of all the girls who took part, Click Here.

Little Heath Christmas Fun tournament, Hertfordshire 24 December 2001

66 players took part, with Emma G Williams and Yvette Cook sharing first place in the U12s. Full details, including some pictures, can be found Here.

Caterham Schools Christmas Tournament, 15 December 2001

Some 50 players took part in this tournament arranged by Mr Richard Collins. Girls did very well, winning the U14 and U7 Sections and coming equal first in the U10s. To see the full results, Click Here. These results courtesy Neill Cooper, who runs the very successful Castles Chess Club.

Coulsdon Longplay Congress, 15-16 December 2001

On this last Prixette weekend, 6 girls played as well as WGM Harriet Hunt who was joint winner of the Open section. To see the girls' scores, Click Here.

London Junior Chess Championships, U10 and U14 Sections, 15-16 December 2001

Sarah Hegarty retained her SCCU U14 Girls title, after a very exciting last round game, and Sheila Dines gained the SCCU U9 Championship. To see all of the girls' scores, Click Here, and to see the complete cross tables, Click Here..

Nuneaton Chess Congress, 8-9 December 2001

Sophie Tidman [Warwickshire] scored an excellent 4/6 in the Open.

Central London Rapidplay, 1 December 2001

Two Surrey girls who did well in this event were Sarah Hegarty with 3/6 in the U165 section, and Hannah Dale with 3½/6 in the U120.

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Middlesex Girls Chess Association Team Tournament, Hampton Court 9 December 2001

Some 64 girls from 16 teams attended this event, which was arranged as three individual Swiss sections, U19/U14, U 11 and U 9, with members of the same team kept apart from each other. The three really outstanding individual performances were those of Fiona Smailes [Surrey] with 5½/6 in the U19/U14; Ellie Hayden [Sussex] with 6/6 in the U11; and Jessica Thilaganathan [Surrey] with 6/6 in the U9s. To see all team and individual scores, Click Here .

Oyster Rapidplay for Women and Girls, Whitstable 1 December 2001

Joint first place in this U100 competition went to Sarah Broadbent [Kent], and Olivia Barber and Chantal Sirisena [both Surrey]. These three each scored 5/6, and you can see all other results in this competition by clicking Here. The Kent Ladies Championship (Minor) went to Sarah Broadbent for this result.

Other Results at Whitstable

Alongside the Oyster event mentioned above, four 'mixed' sections were played as follows:
Open, 10 players, no girls but Harriet Hunt scored 3½/6 and Heather Richards scored 3. The Kent Ladies Championship (Major) went to Heather for this result.
Major U160, 12 players, one girl Anna Partington [Surrey] who finished joint first with 4½/6.
Minor U120, no girl but Pat Armstrong of Wey Valley Chess scored 2½/6.
Novice U80, 20 players, no girl.

Sussex U11 Championships 1 December 2001

Abi Fryer took the U11 Championship with 5½/6, one of seven girls in this 56-player event. To see the cross table, click Here, and there is also a report by David Fryer which can be viewed at the Sussex Junior website, (access through our Links page).

South and East Cheshire Primary Schools Chess Championships 1 December 2001

Victoria Crompton of Stalybridge became the junior champion with a perfect score of 5/5, in front of all the boys. Other girls also did very well in this event. To see all details and read George Davison's report, click Here.

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