These News Items relate to November 2001

Barnet Schools Chess Association Girls Tournament, 25 November 2001

Apologies for not having put up this item earlier. Some 46 girls took part, split equally between two sections. The Combined U14 was won in style by Claire Wu [Middlesex] with a perfect 6/6, while Sheila Dines [Surrey] won the U9 with the same score. To see all the girls' scores from this event, Click Here, and the full crosstables can be found on the Barnet website, accessible from our Links page.

RGS Tournament, Guildford 24-25 November 2001

Some 15 girls were among the approximately 140 entrants at this two-day event, (this figure includes Stephanie Hale, who entered two of the sections).
The strongest section was the two-day Trophy (U18) with 16 players. Here the best girls was Sarah Hegarty, placed 5-6 with 3½/6, then came Chantal Sirisena, still only a U12, with 2½ placed 13, and Katie Hale [Somerset] with 1.
The Saturday U18A had 15 players, the only girl being the very young Stephanie Hale [Somerset] who scored ½. Sunday's U18B had more players, (27) and here Lydia Prieg did well, placing 5-8 with 4/6 above Jemima McGraw at 12-17 with 3.
Saturday's U12A had 29 players, and here Hannah Dale had an excellent day, joint second with 5/6, one point ahead of Rachel Peat who placed 5-8. Again, Sunday play proved more popular, with 57 playing in the U12B, the girls being 8-17 Deepa Patel and Stephanie Epperlein each with 4/6, 18-24 Katie Houstoun and Stephanie Hale [Somerset] each with 3½, 25-36 Abi Fryer [Sussex] with 3, 41-49 Thilagini Anandajeyarajah with 2, and 50-54 Georgia Harrison [? county] with 1½. All girls Surrey unless otherwise stated.

Four Nations Chess League, Rounds 3 and 4, 24-25 November 2001

Sunena Patel became the seventh Surrey girl to have 4NCL involvement when she appeared for Guildford-ADC 3 in the latest rounds; Sunena won her first game by default, but lost her second to the strong Oxfordshire girl, Naomi Miller. To see how all the girls from the various Counties are progressing in 4NCL, click Here.

ECGCF Western Region Jamboree, Swindon 24 November 2001

Four Counties took part in this event, which was convincingly won by Wiltshire with 15/18, over Oxfordshire with 12/18. Full details can be seen Here.

Wey Valley Winter Tournament, Epsom 18 November 2001

163 players took part in this event, including 28 girls. The scores of all players can be seen by clicking Here.

Lancashire Junior Chess Congress, Heywood 17 November 2001

Apologies for not putting up this item earlier. There were 25 girls out of the 118 juniors taking part in this event, the number of girls probably a record high for Lancashire CCA. One girl was a Section winner, Ciara Pugh who scored 6/7 in the "Tiny Pawns". To see all of the girls' scores from this event, Click Here.

England Women take Bronze Medals

Playing at the European Team Championships in Leon, the England Women's team took bronze behind France and Moldova. SGCL President WGM Susan Lalic, the England board 3, had a superb 5/5, the kind of result almost unheard of in team competitions, where often there is a certain amount of wheeling and dealing resulting in short draws. Not here, though, so Susan took the Gold medal for the best individual Board 3 performance.

38th Richmond Rapidplay, 18 November 2001

95 players took part in this event, with a total of 9 girls as follows: In the 21-player Open there was just one girl, WFM Jessie Gilbert [Surrey] who placed 6-10 scoring 3½/6. There were 3 girls in the Major which had a total of 19 players: Teresa Khoo [Surrey] was placed 3-7 with 4/6, Sarah Hegarty [Surrey] was 9-12 with 3, and Poppy Aarons [Middlesex] was 15-18 with 2.
In the Intermediate, (28 players), Naomi Miller [Oxfordshire] was joint winner with 5/6 and Selina Khoo [Surrey] was placed 5-7 with 4, while in the Minor (27 players) the 3 girls were: 2-3 Karla Houska [Berkshire] with 5, 13-16 Kate Richards [Middlesex] with 3, and 21-25 Maria Gavriliouk [Middlesex] with 2.

ECGCF Southern Region Jamboree, Hampton Court 17 November 2001

The powerful Surrey team scored 13/18 to win the Southern Region jamboree and thus proceed to the Grand Final in June. The Surrey team, in board order, was: 1, Sarah Hegarty, 2. Selina Khoo, 3. Louise Newlands (capt.), 4. Hannah Dale, 5, Chantal Sirisena, and 6. Katie Houstoun. Second were Middlesex with 8/18 and third, Sussex 6/18. Full details with individual scores are available Here.
Surrey II, with a perfect 18/18 score, also won the parallel second teams event ahead of Sussex and two Middlesex teams. Surrey's second team consisted of 1. Jemima McGraw, capt, 2. Deepa Patel, 3. Lousie Hanger, 4. Marissa Stenning, 5. Amanda Campbell and 6. Sheila Dines. Second teams details can be viewed Here.

English Closed U11 Championship, Bedford 10-11 November 2001

Queens File gives the results of six girls who played in thsi event as follows: Katie Hale [Somerset] and Emma G Williams [Hertfordshire] each 3 placed 11=; Stephanie Epperlein [Surrey] 2½ placed 19=; Eleanor Hayden [Sussex] and Antonia Round [Middlesex] each 2 placed 26=; and Victoria Crompton [Cheshire] 1½ placed 33=. The number of rounds was not stated, nor was the total number of players.

English Closed U11 Championships, Bedford 10-11 November 2001

6 girls were among the 43 players taking part in this event, the best being Emma G Williams [Hertfordshire] and Katie Hale [Somerset], each of whom scored 3/5. To see scores of all girls (and boys) taking part, click Here.

Sussex win NYCA U14s, Stoke on Trent 10 November 2001

Sussex junior chess continues to make excellent progress, and their U14 team have now become winners of this NYCA event. Warwickshire and Kent were joint second. I do not have a complete list of girls who took part, but Sussex had Stephanie Barraclough, Oldham had Elizabeth Roberts, and Witlshire had Edith Glennie, who scored 2/3. You can see the scores of all the teams Here.

Surrey and South Eastern Counties Girls Chess Congress, Epsom 4 November 2001

In a new venue and with a new date some three weeks earlier than previously, we were somewhat concerned that competiton from the Richmond Junior event on the same day might prevent a good entry. We need not have worried. Some 110 girls sat down to play, our highest total ever.
The U18/U14 Section was tied between Irish international Hannah Lowry-O'Reilly and a new find, Jemima McGraw of Notre Dame School, Lingfield, a late convert to the game who only learned to play earlier this year. Since Hannah has no Surrey qualification, and Jemima is a U14, the latter took both the Elaine Saunders and the Kim Williams trophies.
Eleanor Hayden of Sussex won the U12 with 5/5 but has no Surrey qualification, so the Ann Hopton Trophy is shared between runners-up Katie Houstoun and Louise Hanger, each 4/5.
The clear winner of the U10 was Marissa Stenning with a perfect 5/5, thus taking the Yellen Trophy, and there was also a clear winner in the U8 section, the Susan Walker Trophy going to Stephanie Dye, also with 5/5.
Bjorn The Bear was won by Lucy Dent of Bedfordshire, his brother Benny going to Ruth Cooper [Surrey]: these two being the leading U7s.
To see all of the results from this event, click for U8 or U10 or U12 or U18/U14.

Elaine's Success at Glasgow 2-4 November 2001

Scottish WFM Elaine Rutherford had a splendid result at the 40th Glasgow Congress where she scored 4/5 to tie for first place with three top Scottish players, GMs Jonathan Rowson and Colin McNab and IM Steve Mannion. Elaine's points included a splendid win over the Russian IM, Alexander Chernaiev.

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