News from 2023-24 for Oxfordshire Chess

Cowley Summer Blitz, Monday 1 July 2024

This year's Summer Blitz attracted 35 entrants and was played over five double-rounds.

Kenneth Hobson was again the very clear winner with 9.5/10.

Other Prizewinners:
2nd: Jan Murawski (Oxford City) 8
3rd: Will Burt (Cowley) 7.5
4th: Gerard O'Reilly (Cowley) 7
Best Cowley player: Dave Robson 6.5
Best visitor: James Messenger (Cumnor) 7
Best junior (U18): Aden Kennedy (Bicester) 6
Best female: Violetta Chemeris (Cowley) 1.5
Best U2000: Andrew Humphrey (Watlington) 6.5
Best Cowley U1800: Bob Waugh 6
Best visitor U1800: John Courouble 6.5
Best U14 junior: Noah Bevis (Cowley) 5.5
Best U1600: Jonathan Mather (Cumnor) 5.5
Best U1400: Jamie Lim-Goulder (Didcot) 4.5
Best U12 junior: Otis Rison (Cowley) 3
Best slow starter - 0/2: Otto Bryant (Cumnor) 5
Best very slow starter - 0/4: Artem Miller (Didcot) 4.5

We express our thanks to all those who made the event possible, in particular: to Rose Hill Methodist Church for allowing us to use the Hall; to the Kidlington Chess Tournament for the loan of equipment; to Dave Robson for transporting the equipment; to Dave, Will Burt, Jon D'Souza-Eva, and Joe Durk for help with setting up; to Will Burt for taking entries on the door; to Richard Hobson who posted the results round by round on the wall chart; and especially to our Controller, Jon D'Souza-Eva.

Gerard O'Reilly (4 July 2024)

Oxon Grader's Report 2023-2024

Showing details of results submissions from the Oxford League and the Chiltern Cup. Plus club results from Wantage and Didcot. Other club results can be submitter if desired.

FWS 23/24 WINNERS

The 23/24 FWS Final was played on 16th May between Six Horse & Bruisers. (Cumnor / Banbury) Cumnor were outgraded on every board, hence a handicap in our favour. Bruisers needed 4.5 points to win the match. Match result 3-3. This is the second consecutive year Six Horse has won the trophy. Speaking of which, we never received the trophy last year, so I've no idea where it is.

Oxford FIDE Rapidplay Sun 28th April 2024

After an overwhelming response to the inaugural Oxford FIDE RapidPlay (96 players participated), Psyon Chess is running the 2nd edition of its 5- round FIDE & ECF Rated Rapidplay tournament (across 3-sections open to all ages: Open, U1900 & U1600) at Kennington Village Hall, Kennington OX1 5PG on Sunday, the 28th April'24. Details for registration as per the link.

FWS 23/24 Final

It's a repeat of last years final between current champions, The Six Horsemen of the Apocalypse vrs Banbury Bruisers. As I mentioned the last time, horses don't bruise easily.

Oxfordshire Junior Chess tournament results - 6/7 Jan 2024

The Oxon Junior Chess Trials and Championships were held at Cumnor 
Primary School on the weekend of 6/7 Jan 2024.  There were over 100 
entries across the four sections: U9, U11, U13, U15/18.  Many of the 
county's strongest juniors participated, and it was a supportive 
introduction to over-the-board chess matches for many others.

Congratulations to our 2023-24 Oxfordshire junior champions:

U9: 1st Emmanuelle Li, 2nd Anna Gray, 3rd Edmond Du
U11: 1st Aden Kennedy, 2nd Gavin Wang, 3rd Noah Bevis
U13: 1st Jan Murawski, 2nd Yue Yue Sui, 3rd Albert Hornsby
U15 and overall U15/18 section winner: Reya Li
U18: Man Chiu Hsin* and Julius Ford Clough
U18G: Shambavi Hariharan* and Taisiia Kovalova

Full cross-tables can be viewed using the link below.

Special thanks to, in alphabetical order: Matt Bevis, Joseph Conlon, 
Julie Gray, Jules Kennedy, Nigel Moyse, Ola Murawska, Dan Schmidt Valle, 
Andrew Varney, Zoe Varney, David Zakarian ... as well as to Tim Greaves 
(for amazing repair skills), families Khoo and Tanuwidjaja (for above 
and beyond clearing up at the end) and Cumnor Primary School (for 
hosting). Without your help, I would not enjoy running this event.

Those children who did well in the U9 and U11 sections will have the 
opportunity to represent Oxfordshire in the forthcoming EPSCA qualifiers 
and finals. The U11G final will be hosted at Cheney School in Oxford on 
Sat 13th April 2024.

				

Oxfordshire Junior Chess county tournament 6/7 Jan 2024

Oxfordshire Junior Chess is excited to announce that we will be holding the annual county junior chess tournament on the weekend of 6th / 7th Jan 2024 at Cumnor Primary School. As in previous years, there will be U9, U11 and U13/15/18 (possibly split if enough entrants) sections. The online entry form link is given below from which full tournament information and rules can be accessed. If you are involved in a chess club with junior members, please help to spread the word. Any queries to [email protected].