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Last update: Friday November 30, 2007 16:34
The Richmond Junior Chess Club held an Open Day on Saturday November 24th, with a Blitz Tournament followed by a Simultaneous Display by International Master (and ECF Junior Coaching supremo) Andrew Martin.
In the blitz tournament, the U18 section resulted in a four-way tie between Edward Ko, Nishant Jogkelar, Michael Pettit and Jasper Tambini. Alfred Drinkwater triumphed in the U11 and Theodore Dias scored 100% in the U9.
The juniors had less success in the simultaneous, where Andrew scored a massive 36 wins out of 36 in a little short of three hours. However he graciously admitted that he’d had to give many of the games his 100% concentration. Just as well, because unbeknown to Andrew, Jamie Jones of Trafalgar School (see photo) is the 6 year old nephew of Grandmaster Joe Gallagher.
It has been a busy time for the Richmond Juniors. The BBC recently held an audition involving some of the club members and we expect to see 6 of them on TV in the New Year, competing in a mental martial arts competition!
The Richmond Junior Chess Club runs every Saturday during term time from 2 to 5 p.m. Contact Peter Sowray for more information (07720 716 336, or visit the web site www.rjcc.org.uk).