Tournament Results

The 2021-2022 Oxfordshire Junior Chess Champions are:
Under 18         Alex Hertog, Kenneth Hobson, Dimitrios Zakarian
Under 15         Alex Hertog, Kenneth Hobson, Dimitrios Zakarian
Under 13         Alex Hertog, Kenneth Hobson
Under 11         Jan Murawski
Under 9           Aden Kennedy

Full results (cross-tables) can be found by following the links below. A schools competition is also run as part of the tournament. Subject to not being allowed to win the prize two occasions in a row, the top-scoring schools in primary and secondary sections are awarded an engraved chess clock. The top schools this year were:

Position       Primary School       Points
1st               St Joseph's*            15.5
2nd             Magdalen College     15 (prize winner)
3rd             Oxford High             12.5

Position    Secondary School             Points
1st             Magdalen College           15.5 (prize winner)
2nd             Cheney                         14
3rd             Cherwell*/Oxford High      8
* 2020 prize winner

Under 9 Under 11 Under 13-15-18

These two team tournaments were held at Magdalen College School on 2nd February 2019.

Many thanks to John Place for organising this event, Adrian Elwin for arbitrating, the managers and parents for bringing their teams along and of course the children for providing such interesting and exciting chess throughout the day.

Under 18      Josh Soanes 
Under 15      Hari Selvaraj
Under 13      Dimitrios Zakarian
Under 11      Tashika Arora
Under 9       Kei Macabenta

A schools competition is also run as part of the tournament. Subject to not being allowed to win the prize two occasions in a row, the top-scoring schools in Primary and Secondary sections are awarded an engraved chess clock. See the attachment for the rules and full summary of results.

The top schools this year were:
Position	Primary School	    Points
1st	        St Joseph's 	    18.5
2nd	        Phil & Jim	    15       PRIZE WINNER
3rd	        OJHS		    14

Position	Secondary School    Points
1st	        MCS 	            12.5     PRIZE WINNER
2nd	        Cherwell	    10.5
3rd	        Cheney		    7.5

The sections were:

Under 9    Oxon team trials 6-round Rapid Play (ungraded) Saturday 6 January 
Under 11   Oxon team trials 6-round Rapid Play (ECF graded) Sunday 6 January 
Under 13, Under 15 and Under 18 combined as one 6-round 2-day Standard Play tournament

The individual prize winners were:

Under 9   Champions     Jan Murawski       St Joseph's 5.5/6 (=TB 1&2)
                        Jamie Sarisky      Phil & Jim  
          Runner-up     Jacob Iliffe       MCS         5/6
          3rd place     Charlie Lambert    Chandlings  4/6   (SOP)

Under 11  Champion      Amaan Kassey       MCS         5.5/6 (SOP)
          Runner-up     Dimitrios Zakarian CCCS        5.5/6
          3rd place     Tashika Arora      OHS         5/6   (SOP)

Under 13  Champion      Hari Selvaraj      MCS         4.5/6
          Runner-up     Leonora Ives       SS Hel/Kats 4/6   (=U15) 

Under 15  Champions     Bill Read          Wood Farm   4/6   (no TB)
                        Josh Soanes        Bartholomew 4/6

Under 18  Champion      Liza Sheremetyeva  OHS         6/6

The school competitions were won by:

Under 18 School   Cherwell*
Under 11 School   MCS* (on tie-break)

Many thanks to all who were involved beforehand and on the day including:
Kathryn Gillow (entries & many other tasks), Priscilla Morris (U13/U15/U18 arbiter), John Place, David Zakarian, Elliot Kendall, Marc Ives, Asif Hameed (controllers & pairings - U9 & U11), Ola Murawska & Sameer Kassey (results posting) and probably others I have forgotten [sorry!]. Thanks also to Cumnor PS for providing the venue, Kidlington Congress for equipment loan and Hacketts for catering.
U9 cross table U11 cross table U13-U15-U18 cross table U13-U15-U18 results Primary school results Secondary school results

The titles were awarded to:
U18 Supremo - Donald Proko (Cheney); Suprema - Anna Wang (OHS)
U17 Supremo - N/A; Suprema - Stephi Bourliakas (Bartholomew)
U16 Supremo - Daniel Varney (D'Overbroecks); Suprema - Aysu Ismayilova (Cowley)
U15 Supremo - Vijay Keshav (MCS); Suprema - Elizaveta Sheremetyeva (OHS)
U14 Supremo - Muhammad Ismayilov (Cherwell); Suprema - Imogen Young (Didcot GS)
U13 Supremo - Ross Tselos (CCCS); Suprema - Eva Wang (OHS)
U12 Supremo - Hari Selvaraj (MCS); Suprema - Leonora Ives (SS Helen & Catherine)
U11 Supremo - Hugo Rayner (William Fletcher); Suprema - Sana Kassey (OHS/Ojays)
U10 Supremo - David Balbus (MCS); Suprema - Frida Ives (Appleton/Ojays)
U9 Supremo - Dimitrios Zakarian (Ojays); Suprema - Andrea Antoniadou (Headington)
U8 Supremo - Royce Zeng (St Josephs); Suprema - Cecilia Kendall (Headington)
U7 Supremo - Alex Hertog (SS Phil & Jim); Suprema - Rhianne Terrado (St Josephs)

Cross-tables: U7 U8B U8G U9B U9G U10 U11B U11G U12 U13 U14 U15-U18

All of the above and all other players who scored 4 points or more (3.5 points or more for U12 and above) qualify to play in the Southern or Northern Gigafinals in July. See the Delancey UK Chess Challenge site for more details, where you can also find a summary results Excel file from the Oxon Megafinal.

Many thanks to the volunteer helpers including section controllers and those in charge of pairings and results (Jenny Cooke, John Place, Claire Soanes, Tim Dickinson, Alan Kennedy, David Zakarian, Richard Dodd, Marc Ives, Sameer Kassey, Duncan Young, Ara Arutshyan, Ola Murawska and Asif Hameed), those manning information points and sorting out prizes (Charlotte Rayner, Rebecca Sitsapesan, Sue Varney, Tim Onions and Maria Gomez), car park marshals (Gareth Stevens, Ed Read and several of those already listed above) and many other parents and children who helped set up and pack up equipment. Thank you also to Cokethorpe School for provision of an excellent venue and for the catering, Mike Truran for help in securing the venue and presenting the trophies and to those who loaned equipment (Kidlington Congress, MCS, Witney Chess Club, St Josephs Primary School and Oxon Junior Chess). U13 U14 U15-18 U11G U12

Under 8 (incl U7) Under 10 (incl U9) Open (incl U11)

The Oxon Junior Chess Championships 2016-17 was a 2-day standard play event.
The winners of the titles and trophies for each age group were: 
Under 18        Zoe Varney               5/6
Under 15        Elizaveta Sheremetyeva  4.5/6
Under 13        Bill Read               4.5/6

A full cross-table is attached.

Both U9 and U11 tournament results counted for the Primary School prize, with the top result of the two counting for those who played on both days. An impressive 33 different Oxfordshire schools were represented in this section! St Joseph's and MCS accounted for over a third of the competitors, and not surprisingly were the top two schools. The prize is awarded to MCS as St Joseph's were last season's recipients.

The school competition is based on:
1.	Four top scoring players from each school.
a.	If a player played in both sections, only his/her top score of the two is counted.
b.	In the case of less than four players from a school, all players count.
2.	If there is a tie on points considering the top four players, the next top scoring player is considered until the tie is broken (either because one score was higher or because one school has more players to consider).
3.	If there is a tie on this basis, the school entering more players is put higher on the list.

1.	St Joseph's              top 4 = 17.5 (top 7 =29.5)
2.	MCS                      top 4 = 17.5 (top 7 =29.0)
3.	SSMJ                     top 4 = 15.5

Primary School (U11) results Secondary School (U18) results

The titles were awarded to:
U18 Supremo - N/A; Suprema - N/A
U17 Supremo - Lev Pavlov (Bartholomew); Suprema - Anna Wang (OHS)
U16 Supremo - Vance Van Winkle (Kingham Hill); Suprema - Zoe Varney (Headington)
U15 Supremo - Daniel Varney (D'Overbroecks); Suprema - Jasmine Burgess (Oxford Spires)
U14 Supremo - Alex Tselos (D'Overbroecks); Suprema - Elizaveta Sheremetyeva (OHS)
U13 Supremo - Tom Shepherd (MCS); Suprema - Imogen Young (Didcot GS)
U12 Supremo - Ross Tselos (CCCS); Suprema - Eva Wang (OHS)
U11 Supremo - Hari Selvaraj (SS Mary & John); Suprema - Leonora Ives (Appleton/Ojays)
U10 Supremo - Hugo Rayner (William Fletcher); Suprema - Philippa Dellar (Bletchingdon)
U9 Supremo - Robert Fry (SS Mary & John); Suprema - Frida Ives (Appleton/Ojays)
U8 Supremo - Dimitrios Levon Zakarian (St Barnabas); Suprema - Daniella McFarlane (Emmanuel)
U7 Supremo - Ivan Chetverikov (CCCS); Suprema - Cecilia Kendall (Headington)

Cross-tables: U7 U8B U8G U9B U9G U10B U10G U11B U11G U12B U13B U12-U18G U14-U18B

All of the above and all other players who scored 4 points or more qualify for the Southern Gigafinal in Reading in July. See the Delancey UK Chess Challenge site for more details).

Winners of the Oxon Championship trophies are:
U18 - Zoe Varney (Headington)
U15 - Elizaveta Sheremetyeva (OHS)
U13 - Tom Shepherd (MCS)

Winners of the London Junior Chess Championships qualifier sections are:
U12 - Ben Headlong (Wiltshire)
U10 - Daniel Shirinyan (Cumnor PS)
U8 - Dimitrios Levon Zakarian (W Kidlington PS)

In addition, those scoring 4.5 points or more in the U10 or U12 sections qualify for the LJCC Major section for their age-group, 3.5 or 4 points, for the LJCC Minor and those scoring 4 points or more in the U8 for the LJCC U8 tournament.

An engraved chess clock is presented to the top-scoring school (up to 4 players counting) at Primary School and Secondary School levels, subject to not winning the prize two occasions in a row. The top 5 in each category are as follows:

Primary School
St Josephs Catholic Primary School 14.5 points (top 4 of 7 entered)
William Fletcher Primary School 12.5 points (top 4 of 6 entered)
West Kidlington Primary School 10.5 points (2 entries)
Cumnor CoE Primary School 10 points (2 entries)
Chandlings School 9 points (3 entries)

Secondary School
Magdalen College School 14.5 points (top 4 of 7 entered)
Oxford Spires Academy 8 points (3 entries)
D'Overbroeks 7 points (2 entries)
Summer Fields School 6.5 points (3 entries)
Headington School 6 points (1 entry)

Congratulations to St Josephs and MCS, who both win engraved chess clock prizes. A full list of Oxon schools' results is given in an attachment (see link below).

U8 LJCC qualifier U10 LJCC qualifier U12 LJCC qualifier U18/15/13 Oxon Championships Results by Oxon School

The titles were awarded to:
U18 Supremo - N/A; Suprema - Chantelle Foster (Aylesbury High)
U17 Supremo - N/A; Suprema - N/A
U16 Supremo - Craig Young (Wood Green); Suprema - Anna Wang (OHS)
U15 Supremo - Marshall Taylor (Gosford Hill); Suprema - Zoe Varney (Headington)
U14 Supremo - Daniel Varney (D'Overbroecks); Suprema - Marianne Hauer (Bartholomew)
U13 Supremo - Oscar Idle (Oxford Spires); Suprema - Quba Brown-Higgins (Bartholomew)
U12 Supremo - Tom Shepherd (MCS); Suprema - Megan Mansfield-Jones (Wycombe High)
U11 Supremo - William Daniels-Dwyer (MCS); Suprema - Eva Wang (OHS)
U10 Supremo - Hari Krishnan Selvaraj (SS Mary & John); Suprema - Anna Sitsapsen (St Joseph's)
U9 Supremo - Hugo Rayner (William Fletcher); Suprema - Hannah Miskar (Emmanuel)
U8 Supremo - Edward Bewes (Emmanuel); Suprema - Bella Austin-Baker (home ed)
U7 Supremo - Dimitrios Levon Zakarian (W Kidlington); Suprema - Kate Lemon (Wootton-by-Woodstock)

Cross-tables: U7 U8B U8G U9B U9G U10B U10G U11B U11&U12G U12B U13 U14-U18

U9
First = Daniel Shirinyan (5.5/6)
Second = Freddie Beneat (5/6)
Third = Harutyan Badalyan (5/6)

U11
First = Arvin Hu (6/6)
Second = Andrew Niu (5/6)
Third = Eva Wang (5/6)

U9 tournament 10 Jan 2015
U11 tournament 11 Jan 2015

Results: Under 7 Under 9 Under 12

Final standings and cross-tables: U7 U8B U8G U9B U9G U10B U10G U11B U11G U12B U12G U13 U14 to U18

Congratulations to all the Supremos and Supremae:
U18 Maria Wang, Oxford High School; Marcus Harvey, Marlborough School
U17 Chantelle Foster, Aylesbury High School; Kirill Lasis, Magdalen College School
U16 George Christian, Wood Green School
U15 Anna Wang, Oxford High School; Daniel D'Souza-Eva, Magdalen College School
U14 Zoë Varney, Headington School; Liam McKnight, Magdalen College School
U13 Marianne Hauer, Cumnor Chess Club; Daniel Varney, Marlborough School
U12 Elizaveta Sheremetyeva, Oxford High School; Oscar Idle, Oxford Spires Academy
U11 Hope Broome Saunders, North Hinksey C of E Primary; Anthony Fox, Magdalen College School
U10 Eva Wang, Oxford High School; Bill Read, The Batt C of E Primary
U9 Leonora Ives, Cumnor Chess Club; Movses Shirinyan, Cumnor C of E Primary
U8 Maisie Kavanagh, Headington Prep; Hugo Rayner, William Fletcher Primary
U7 Frida Ives, Cumnor Chess Club; Edward Bewes, Emmanuel Christian School

All of the above and all other players who scored 4 points or more qualify for the Southern Gigafinal in Reading in July. (Saturday 12th July for U7-U10 boys, Sunday 13th July for everybody else - See the Delancey UK Chess Challenge site for more details).

The trials were of an especially high standard this year, with no easy games for many of the top players even in the early rounds.

Results: Under 9 final ranking Under 9 cross-table Under 11 final ranking Under 11 cross-table

Congratulations to the winners, qualifiers and all who took part. Overall section winners are:
U8: Freddie Beneat & Oliver White
U10: Thivyaa Rahulan
U12: Oscar Idle
U14: Jacob Boswell & Robert Ashworth
U16: Michael Ashworth
U18: James Cole

Winners of the Oxfordshire trophies are:
U13: Pavel Asenov
U15: Zoe Varney, Daniel D'Souza-Eva & Henry Gardner-Roberts
U18: James Cole

Thanks to all who helped on the day and before, especially Kami Yafit Parnes (entries), Priscilla Morris (chief arbiter), Mel Davenport (registration & certificates), Marcus Idle (results printing), John Place (venue organisation), Marc Ives, Tamal Matilal & Tim Headlong (section controllers), Yelena & Fydor Shremetyev/a (registration & results posting), Helen Hackett (tuck shop) and Gerard O'Reilly/Kidlington Congress (loan of equipment).

Cross-tables: U8, U10, U12, U14, U16/18
Final results: U8 U10 U12 U14 U16/U18

Final standings and cross-tables: U15-18, U14, U12G+U13, U12B, U11B, U11G, U10B, U10G, U9B, U9G, U8B, U8G, U7B, U7G.

Congratulations to all the Supremos and Supremae:
U17 Maria Wang, Oxford High School; Marcus Harvey, Marlborough School
U16 Chantelle Foster, Aylesbury High School
U15 Isabel Hauer, Bartholomew School; James Cole, Magdalen College School
U14 Anna Wang, Oxford High School; Daniel D'Souza-Eva, Magdalen College School
U13 Zoë Varney, Marlborough School; Liam McKnight, Magdalen College School
U12 Marianne Hauer, Bartholomew School; Pavel Asenov, Bartholomew School
U11 Chloë D'Souza-Eva, Oxford High School; Oscar Idle, SS Mary & John CE Primary
U10 Imogen Young, Emmanuel Christian School; Suhas Arun, Magdalen College School
U9 Eva Wang, Oxford High School; Jethro West, Magdalen College School
U8 Leonora Ives, Cumnor Chess Club; Vinson Pang, Oxford Last Chance Saloon
U7 Frida Ives, Cumnor Chess Club; Freddie Beneat, Oxford Last Chance Saloon

All of the above and all other players who scored 4 points or more qualify for the Southern Gigafinal in Reading in July. (Sat 6 July for U7-U10 boys, Sun 7 July for everybody else.)

Very big thankyous to Sue Baker and St Andrews for providing the venue and associated help and organisation; Mel Davenport for dealing with entries, sweatshirts and the loads of admin involved before during and after the weekend; for the team managers (Marc Ives, David Lee and Heather Lang) and John Place for acting as arbiters and generally leading and helping on the days; to Ruby Marsden and Matthew Daggitt for coaching on the Saturday morning; and to Gerard O'Reilly (Kidlington Congress) for lending all the chess equipment.
Final ranking U9 Cross table U9 Final ranking U11 Cross table U11

Section winners were as follows: under-9 Ryan Chapman (Grove CE); under-10 Amadeus Demmel (Grove CE); under-11 Seamus Ramsey (Ferndale); under-15 David Sterrie (Matthew Arnold). The trophies and (lots of) prizes were presented by Neil Halliday, of Wantage Rotary Club which sponsored the event. All players received a commemorative certificate.

This is the sixth year the event has been run in its present form. It is hoped the tournament will be repeated next year.

Results: under 9 under 11 under 15

Held at Oxford Spires Academy. Organised and run by Priscilla Morris

Results:
U7B U7G U8B U8G U9B U9G U10B U10G U11B U11G/U12G U12B U13 U14 U15 to U18