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| 19 Nov 2008 |
U11 LEAGUE FINALSOur U11s just went down to the OHS U11 team in last year's postponed U11 League Finals. With the score at 2½-2½, Nathan lost to the strong Anna Wang in a game that went to the last minutes. Well done to all the team, though, for what was a terrific season and one in which they reached the last eight of the national schools tournament. |
| 13 Nov 2008 |
UNVERSITY RAPIDPLAYWell done to Matthew Daggitt and Daniel Rey, who came 1st= in the U150 section of this tournament! |
| 28 Oct 2008 |
ALDRO SUCCESSESCongrats to our teams at the Aldro team tournament! Our U13s won (even with a last-minute reserve having to be called into the team - thanks, Tom!), while our U11A and U11B teams both took silver medals in their separate events. The new U9 team fought hard, but came bottom of their pile, alas. It's all good experience! |
| 05 Oct 2008 |
MCS LIGHTNING CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPSWinners were as follows: |
| 05 Oct 2008 |
MCS win WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS!!So says the trophy....MATTHEW DAGGITT and BEN THORNE won the first WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP EXCHANGE CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS held in London (Saturday, October 4th). Matthew and Ben scored 21/25 to take the trophy and the title of WORLD CHAMPIONS! |
| 06 Sep 2008 |
GOOD DAY AT GODALMINGOur younger players made a great start at the Godalming Open, winiing the U10 event (Palden Ball) and the U11 event (Alex Anderton)! Well done to all others who played, too: there were some good results. |
| 16 Jul 2008 |
UK Chess Challenge Gigafinals!Well done to all who took part! Particular congratulations go to our Terafinalists and Challengers qualifiers: |
| 07 Jul 2008 |
U13 LEAGUE FINALSThe team of Frederico Bastianelli, Ewan Bowlby, Clifford Carr, Eamon Devaney, Guy Dixon and Tom Hay beat OHS 6-0 to win this year's finals. Well done, boys! |
| 07 Jul 2008 |
NATIONAL FINALSA great two days for the MCS teams saw the U9s take 4th position in the EPSCA national finals and the U11s 8th position. In the UK Schools Championships the U16s managed 3rd, just behind Haberdasher's Aske and QE Barnet 'A'. |
| 21 May 2008 |
EPSCA U9/U11 TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPSAn excellent performance by our U9 and U11 teams saw both qualify for this year's national finals. The U9s came 2nd in their semi-final at Brean,while the U11s came 1st equal. This is only the second time that we have had finalists in both age groups. |
| 05 May 2008 |
UK CHESS CHALLENGE MEGAFINALSA great day for the MCS troops! Fifteen boys have qualified for the Gigafinals in July; we won seven individual titles. Winners were: |
| 21 Apr 2008 |
NATIONAL CLUBS RAPIDPLAY CHAMPIONSHIPSMCS won the national title, thus regaining the trophy last won in 2004. The team of JFP, Daniel Rey, Edward Down and super-sub Patrick McKenna scored 19pts, 1½pts clear of the closest team , Mushrooms. |
| 25 Mar 2008 |
Easter Egg Tournament!Good fun was had by all: winning Easter eggs were: |
| 31 Jan 2008 |
ECF British Schools ChampionshipsThe following will track our progress through this tournament. Last year we finished 3rd in the national finals. |
| 31 Jan 2008 |
ECF 'Minor' ExitOur ECF Minor team fell in round one to a useful Thurrock team. Only Matthew Daggitt won on the day, the team losing 2½-1½. We also lost in the first round of the Plate, going down 2½-1½ to Maidstone CC. |
| 31 Jan 2008 |
GREAT DAY AT THE EPSCA ZONALS!A great day's chess at the EPSCA Zonals in High Wycombe saw our U9 and U11A teams both take first place and qualify for the national semi-finals in May. The U9s scored 22/25pts, winning all their games; the U11As scored 18/25, losing only to St Andrew's. |
| 09 Jan 2008 |
U11 County TrialsCongratulations to OLIVER OUGHTON, who took the trophy for third position in the county trials. The full team will be announced shortly. |
| 09 Jan 2008 |
NEW CHESS COACHMCS is delighted to welcome Mr Peter Wells GM as the new senior chess coach. The players look forward to working with him. |
| 29 Dec 2007 |
NATIONAL PREPARATORY SCHOOLS RAPIDPLAYCHAMPIONSMCS retained its national title won in 2006 with an emphatic win at Aldro School on December 15th. Some 130+ players entered this tournament: MCS were team champions, with Alex Anderton and Palden Ball (U9), Clifford Carr (U12) and Guy Dixon (U13) all winning their respective age group titles. Well done to all the players (some 29 travelled - our largest ever squad!) who went. |
| 26 Nov 2007 |
ENGLAND CALL-UPWell done to Matthew Daggitt, who was selected to represent England in the Commowealth Chess Championships in New Delhi. Matthew joined eleven other children, together with Mark Hebden GM and Clare Summerscale. Matthew finished on 3½/7 in an open tournament. His win over a WFM in round 6 was very good! |
| 26 Nov 2007 |
MORE SUCCESSESBirmingham Rapidplay: the MCS team of eight came 4th, losing closely to top teams Nottingham High and Habs. |
| 29 Oct 2007 |
A FLYING START!Junior teams have made a flying start to the season! The U10A team won at Caldicott (Devaney, Cook, Carr, Bancroft), and the U9A team (Anderton, Coxon, Phillips and Woods-Rogan) and U11B team (Noble, Mckenna, Nadeau and Casstles-Jones) won at Aldro. In the latter comeptition our U13 and U11A teams took second place in their respective competitions. |
| 16 Jul 2007 |
FURTHER SUCCESSES!Further tremendous results have come in faster than I can find the time to type them all up....the U16s were UK Team Champions at the tournament held at the end of June; the U18s came 3rd in the national finals of the ECF British Schools Championships, our best result ever; the U100 team won the National Clubs Championships; the U11s came 7th in the country in the national finals of the U11 championships. Jeffrey Levicki came 3rd in the Challengers Section of the UK Chess Challenge. |
| 29 May 2007 |
GREAT RESULTS!Great performances by our teams and players: at the EPSCA semi-finals at Brean Sands the U11s came 3rd by half a point and may qualify for the national finals, while the U9s came a promising 6th=. In the Oxon Megafinals we scooped four 'Supremo' (age group champions) titles: Charlie Cook (U9 boys); Bryce Jones (U10 boys); Jeffrey Levicki (U15 boys) and Daniel Rey (U16 boys). Also qualifying for the Gigafinals were Alex Anderton (5/6, U8 boys), Jerome Gasson (4/6 U8 boys) and Barney Shekleton (4/6 U11 boys). |
| 18 Apr 2007 |
OXON JUNIOR CONGRESSCongratulations to Matthew Daggitt on holding the U15 and U18 championship titles won last year. Matthew scored 7½/8 to take first prize and the two trophies. Matthew was also champion at the Berks UK Chess Challnge Megafinals, scoring 6/6, but was not awarded the title of Supremo as he was 'out of county'. |
| 05 Mar 2007 |
DAGGITT IN THE NEWSThanks to Caro Hunt for pointing this out to me: a report on the West of England Championships and a commentary of a game by Matthew Daggitt by Mlacolm Pein can be found on the (lengthy!)link below.
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| 24 Feb 2007 |
WANT TO PLAY FOR MCS BLACKBIRDS?The team is currently seeking new players for the Oxford and Dsitrict Chess League 2007-2008 season. Please e-mail if you are interested. Suitable for players graded 65 - 180. |
| 09 Jan 2007 |
NATIONAL PREPARATORY SCHOOLS RAPIDPLAYA fantastic Saturday (January 6th) saw our U9, U11 and U13 teams win the National Preparatory Schools Rapidplay Team Championships! Our top four players scored 16½/20, ahead of The Hall and Aldro. Alasdair Stores was also very successful , winning the U13 championship with a perfect 5/5. Congratulations to all players. |
| 09 Jul 2006 |
OXFORD AND DISTRICT CHESS LEAGUE 2007-2008As some of you may have heard, MCS has joined forces with North Oxford (formerly Blackbird Leys Chess Club, with whom JFP played before forming the MCS teams in the ODCL). The new team, called 'MCS Blackbirds' will play in Division 4 and Division 2. Club and match nights will now be on TUESDAY evenings: regular players are asked to keep this day free. When there are not matches, a club night will run from 7pm to 9pm, during which there will be on-going internal tournaments and coaching from adults. It is hoped that all older players (11+) will find this an exciting new venture. |
| 26 Aug 2004 |
CHESS SHIRTSChess shirts for all keen new players are available only from Mr Place in the Junior School. These cost £15. Sizes are: 9-11; 11-13; Small, Medium, Large and Extra Large. |