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Above: Winner and runner up of the under 10 minor championships.
Above: The under 10s before the start of round 6
Last update: Friday December 22, 2006 12:24
The London Junior Chess Championships have been running since 1924 and continue to go from strength to strength, with the best junior players from around the country descending on London for two weekends every December. On the 9th and 10th December 2006 it was the turn of the under 10s and 14s to fight it out for the championships.
Everyone in the under 10s had qualified to be there, either through a qualifying tournament or by virtue of their grade and the calibre of all the players was clear. In a testament to the dedication and determination of the players, both the major and minor were won with magnificent 100% scores.
Under 10 Major
1st Adam Taylor
2nd = Radha Jain, Peter Andreev
Under 10 Minor
1st Timothy Foster
2nd Anna Wang
3rd = Alfred Drinkwater, Felix Haxby, Edward Statham, Richard Wilmer
The under 14 championships were also fiercely contested, with players battling it out until the dying seconds of each round.
Under 14 Major
1st George Salimbeni
2nd James Adair
3rd = Dominic Foord, Samuel Franklin, Ilya Iyengar, Akash Jain
Under 14 Minor
1st Alexander Ho
2nd = Frank Sabin, Robert Statham, Patrick Stevens
The full results can be found on the LJCC website - www.ljcc.co.uk along with details of the forthcoming under 8, 12, 16 and 18 championships, which take place 28th – 30th December.
Some fantastic chess was played over the weekend and it really was a huge pleasure to attend the championships and see some of England’s top chess talent in action.
Claire Summerscale
ECF Director of Junior Chess & Education