News from 2024-25 for Oxfordshire Chess

Oxfordshire Junior Chess Tournament Results 4th / 5th Jan 2025

The Oxon Junior Chess Trials and Championships were held at Cumnor Primary School on the weekend of 4th /5th Jan 2025. There were approximately 100 entries across the four sections: U9, U11, U13, U15/18. This is one of the highlights of the Oxon County Chess calendar, welcoming over 30 newcomers to over-the-board chess as well as hosting the county's strongest junior talent.

Congratulations to our 2024-25 Oxfordshire junior champions:

U9: 1st Emmanuelle Li, 2nd Nicholas Tanuwidjaja, 3rd Oliver Schmidt

U11: 1st Aden Kennedy, 2nd Kadhir Cholan, 3rd Aashi Aggarwal

U13: 1st Artem Miller, 2nd Joshua Flugge, 3rd Harry Greaves

U15 champion: Jan Murawski

U18 champion: Kenneth Hobson

U18G: Shambavi Hariharan

Best performing primary school: Europa School UK*

Best performing secondary school: MCS*

*based on top four scores of players, no single school can win the prize twice in consecutive years.

Full cross-tables for the U9 and U11 sections can be found on UTU Swiss Results. Cross-tables for the U13 and U15/18 sections can be found on chess-results via the link below.

Special thanks to Cumnor Primary School for hosting and to:

- arbiters: Alex Conlon, Joe Conlon, Keith Freshwater

- assistant controllers: David Zakarian, John Place

- U9, U11, U11G captains: Dan Schmidt Valle, Julian Kennedy, Julie Gray

- front desk: Ola Murawska, Marianna Asatryan

- bookstall: Andrew Varney

- general help: Jeff Bryant, Craig Miller, Juliette Sherwood, family Tanuwidjaja

- game analysis and coaching: Yichen Han

- new Ojays coach: Joe Cossins-Smith.