4th Sussex Girls Chess Congress Saturday 18th January 2003  

29 girls competed with 3 visitors from Surrey and 1 from Ireland. 

In a very competitive top section an all play all 5 round tournament was followed by a 1st/2nd and 3rd/4th and 5th/6th play off. There were no easy games with each player registering a score and the two leaders finishing equal on 4/5. Jemima McGraw came out winner in a final tense game against Ellie Hayden who had the consolation of gaining the Sussex Girls Under 18 Championship.

In the under 11 tournament Surrey's Sheila Dines ran out winner but not without a fight by the Sussex girls especially by Elizabeth Tehrani in the final round taking a half point from Sheila after playing a very good line in the Scotch Gambit. Congratulations to Jessica Wood for winning the Sussex Girls U11 Championship. For the first year we borrowed an idea from our Surrey neighbours and presented Teddy Bear prizes to the winners of the Under 7s and Under 8s with all the girls voting and choosing the names of Bertie and Treacle.

Sussex Girls Under 18 Open prize winners (6 competed)

1st

Jemima McGraw (Surrey)

2nd

Ellie Hayden (Sussex)

3rd

Katherine Rattle (Sussex)

Best U'14

Hannah Lowry O'Reilly (Ireland)

5th and 6th

Abi Fryer and Deborah Margolis

Sussex Champion

Ellie Hayden

Sussex Girls Under 11 Open prize winners (23 competed)

1st

Sheila Dines (Surrey) 5½/6

2nd

Jessica Wood (Sussex) 5/6

3rd

Elizabeth Tehrani (Sussex) 4½/6

Best U'10

Rebecca Grant (Sussex) 4/6

Best U'9

Helen Holmes (Surrey) 4/6

Best U'8

Polly Lambert (Sussex) 4/6

Best U'7

Alice Blundell (Sussex) 2/6 

Performance Medals

Becky Lowe and Sarah Margolis 4/6

Sussex Champion

Jessica Wood

Schools Team Prize (Best 3 Scores from the same school)

1st

Holy Cross (Uckfield)

2nd

Somerhill (Hove)

3rd

Harlands (Haywards Heath)


 SUSSEX JUNIOR CHESS                                                  Date Played :18/01/2003
                              Cross Table for SUSSEX GIRLS U11                          
 Pos  PIN Name                    Grade   Rounds                                          
                                          1     2     3     4     5     6       A     B     C     D
   1    1 DINES, Sheila...........  80   w12+   b7+   w4+  b13+   w2+   b3=     5½    6    493    82
   2    2 WOOD, Jessica...........  58   w22+  b14+   w9+   b3+   b1-   w4+     5     6    476    79
   3    3 TEHRANI, Elizabeth......  52   b15+  w11+   b5+   w2-   b6+   w1=     4½    6    399    67
   4    4 HOLMES, Helen...........  40d   w8+  w18+   b1-  w11+   b5+   b2-     4     6    349    58
   5    5 MARGOLIS, Sarah.........  40d  b19+   w6+   w3-   b7+   w4-  b11+     4     6    336    56
   6    6 GRANT, Rebecca..........  40d  w21+   b5-   w8+  b12+   w3-  b15+     4     6    308    51
   7    7 LAMBERT, Polly..........  40d  b20+   w1-  b19+   w5-  b21+  b10+     4     6    308    51
   8    8 LOWE, Rebecca...........  40d   b4-  w17+   b6-  w14+  w13+   b9+     4     6    340    57
   9=   9 BLOOMFIELD, Connie......  40d  b17+  w10=   b2-  w15+  b18+   w8-     3½    6    263    44   
   9=  10 WRATHALL, Helen.........  11   w13+   b9=  w12-  w18+  b16+   w7-     3½    6    285    48
  11   11 WILLIAMS, Rhiannon......  14   w16+   b3-  w14+   b4-  w12+   w5-     3     6    208    35
  12=  12 HARGRAVE, Anna..........  10    b1-  w20+  b10+   w6-  b11-  w18+     3     6    241    40  
  12=  13 SMITH, Isabelle.........  40d  b10-  bye+  w22+   w1-   b8-  w20+     3     5    151    30
  14   14 JAMES, Stacey...........  40d  bye+   w2-  b11-   b8-  w22+  b19+     3     5    157    31
  15   15 NICOLSON, Rhana.........  40d   w3-  b22=  w17+   b9-  w19+   w6-     2½    6    191    32
  16   16 BEAUMONT, Jessica.......  40d  b11-  w19-  bye+  b20+  w10-  b17=     2½    5     66    13
  17   17 CURRAN, Fionnuala.......  40d   w9-   b8-  b15-  bye+  b23+  w16=     2½    5    100    20
  18   18 HUSSAIN, Rezwana........  40d  w23+   b4-  w21+  b10-   w9-  b12-     2     6    106    18
  19   19 REYNOLDS, Ruby..........  40d   w5-  b16+   w7-  b21+  b15-  w14-     2     6    102    17
  20=  20 BLUNDELL, Alice.........  40d   w7-  b12-  b23+  w16-  bye+  b13-     2     5     45     9   
  20=  21 HARGRAVE, Lotte.........  40d   b6-  w23+  b18-  w19-   w7-  b22+     2     6    135    23
  22   22 ALLCOCK, Naima..........  40d   b2-  w15=  b13-  w23+  b14-  w21-     1½    6     97    16
  23   23 ZIYADA, Yasmin..........  40d  b18-  b21-  w20-  b22-  w17-  bye+     1     5      0     0    
 Placings are calculated using total and then the sum of progressive scores
 All grades are SUSSEX Junior grades. Players without a current Sussex grade default to 40  
 Column Titles   A - Score                    B - Number of games played   
                 C - Grading points scored    D - Grade for this tournament