Hertfordshire Centenary Match, 30 September 2000

Hertfordshire organiser Chris Cook writes: Three girls took part in a 50-board match between Hertfordshire and Southern Counties Chess Union in the opening event of the Hertfordshire Chess Association centenary celebrations.
Yvette Cook (V) and Catherine Wasilewski (R) played for Herts and 11 year old Rhiannon Chilton (Hampshire) played for SCCU. Catherine and Rhiannon, playing on board 50, shared a draw in their first game with Catherine the winner in the reverse game. Yvette drew her first game on board 49 but lost the reverse game.
Overall, Herts lost the first round 23.5 to 25.5 (one match totally defaulted) and won the second round 25 to 23 (two matches defaulted). In order to to ensure at least 100 games were played the top four boards each played a five minute blitz game. SCCU won these 2.5 to 1.5.

Selina sweeps board at All Surrey Junior, Esher 30 September 2000

Surrey's U10 star girl player Selina Khoo swept to a clear 5/5 victory in the strong Mixed U11 Junior section of the All Surrey Open. Selina, one of the top players in England of either sex in her year-group, has already qualified for the U12 section of the London Junior Chess Congress.
The other results from the All Surrey event can be seen here, Girls , or Mixed Sections.

IMPORTANT - ECGCF South Eastern Regional Postponed

The ECGCF South Eastern Regional Jamboree, which was due to be played on Saturday 4 November, is postponed. The new date is now confirmed as Saturday 10 February 2001.

A New Learning Resource

An excellent new chess learning resource, known as the ChessKids Academy, is provided by the Richmond Junior Chess Club. It is suitable for all strengths of player from the absolute beginner to the budding WGM, as all kinds of topics are dealt with. And, best of all, it is completely free!
You can access the Academy through our Links page.

Recent successes

In the North Essex congress on 16-17 September, Jessie Gilbert [Surrey] played in the Open section, scoring 3/5 and with a performance grading of 191.
The Golders Green Rapidplay on 16 September had Heather Richards [Kent] in the Open section. Heather scored 3½/5 and was placed 4-5 in a field of 13 players. Also at the same event, in the Major (U160) section, Sarah Hegarty [Surrey] scored 3½/6 with a performance grade of 160.

A New Book

Jill Barber of Manchester, who is an adult player for the British Ladies correspondence chess team, teaches chess mainly to younger girls. Jill has a book in preparation, which is specifically aimed at girl players, and she would be very pleased to hear from girls who would send her a game, or a position from one of her games, that could be used in the book. It would also help if you included a couple of lines about yourself, e.g. your age, what experience you have had, etc. Please contact Jill by email: Brian@arthog.freeserve.co.uk

UK Chess Challenge 2000 - Boys' Gigafinal Results

In response to a request, we have provided the results of the boys who took part in the 2000 Gigafinal, as well as the girls' results which were already available.
Click here for these Boys Results.

Links updated

We have been through the Links page to ensure that all these are working, so if anyone finds a link that is not responding properly, please email sgcl@clara.net to let us know. The problem is caused when a website address changes, or the site goes out of business.

Make sure you have renewed your subscription

Unless you have free membership, the annual £5 subscription to the ECGCF or SGCL should be paid before 30 September. Our membership lists have not yet been updated on the website: this will be done shortly and those who have not renewed will be removed from membership.

Crowborough Junior Tournament, 16 September 2000

Eleven girls took part in this event: their results can be seen Here .

Richmond Rapidplay, 10 September 2000

A total of 11 girls took part in the most recent Richmond event. Their results can be seen Here. Regular entry for these excellent events is a sure way to boost your chess strength.

New Leader in Terence Chapman Prixette

Leonard Barden writes: Surrey's Teresa Khoo, 14, won the junior Gold Medal at the Mind Sports Olympiad 20-minute Open.
The Lady Eleanor Holles student now benefits from the Grand Prix rule which states that competitors who include an Open in their totals have a higher possible GP maximum then when scores are only from grading-limited or junior tournaments.
Teresa's score is boosted by a whopping 11.4 points, from 43.8/60 to 55.2/80.
Her success means that the Surrey schoolgirl trio of Khoo, Hegarty and Partington have reoccupied the top three Prixette places ahead of the England and Scotland women internationals.

Coulsdon Longplay, 2-3 September 2000

Several girls played in the various sections of this event. In the Open, (23 players) Heather Richards [Kent] had a very good 3½/5 for joint third place, and Jessie Gilbert [Surrey] had 2/5. In the U170 section, the Indian girl Eesha Karavade was joint first, and in the U130, Poppy Aarons [Middlesex] scored an unbeaten 4/5 to win second place. Poppy's Grading Performance was an excellent 153. Also in this section were Sarah Hegarty [Surrey] with 2½/5, and Naomi Miller [Oxfordshire] with 3/5, while in the U90, Karen Jones [Kent] scored 1½/5.

Alternative listing of girls' grades available

Dr Robert Dale has kindly sent a complete listing of all girls' grades, including girls up to the age of 21 and some adult women players for comparison. This list can be accessed Here.

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