When?

Monday & Tuesday Lunchtimes

Autumn & Spring Terms

Where?

Maths Hut

Who with?

Wendy Hart

CONGRATULATIONS go to...

Year 5

Jake Lambert

who won 3 and lost 3 games

& Ryan Sunderland

who won 4 games and drew 1 game

at the Megafinal held in May 2009 at Cambridge

These children now qualify for the Gigafinal in Manchester in July 2009!

The Gigafinal takes place at Failsworth School, Failsworth, Manchester, M35 9HA on 18th & 19th July 2009.

Entry Fee for qualifying children is £9 (cheques to be made payable to UK Chess Challenge). Closing date for entries is mid-June 2009.

RULES (Primary, Secondary Schools and Clubs)

1. Seven rounds should be played in the tournament and sessions should last at least 20 minutes.

2. Minimum tournament size is 8 players.

3. Games are won by checkmate or opponent’s resignation, but, if this does not occur, points remaining on the board should be counted on the basis QUEEN = 9 points, ROOK = 5 points, BISHOP = 3 points, KNIGHT = 3 points, PAWN = 1 point. A player with an advantage of 3 or more points is adjudged the winner, otherwise the game is drawn. Stalemate is also counted as a draw, as is not enough pieces to mate with (for example, king and knight v king; king and bishop v king; king and 2 knights v king).

4. Scoring in tournaments is 3 points for a win, 2 points for a draw, one point for a loss and 0 for absence. If there is an odd number of players in the tournament, a bye (scoring 3 points) is given to the player with no opponent. A player should not have more than one bye in the tournament. If a bye has to be given, it should be given to the lowest scoring player in the tournament if possible.

5. Pairings are to be done on a simplified SWISS SYSTEM. Before the first round, players are roughly listed in order of strength and the No.1 player plays No.16 (in a 30 player tournament), No.2 plays No.17 and so on. In a smaller tournament, say of 20 players, No. 1 would play No.11 and No. 2 would play No.12.

6. In the second round, players with equal points should play each other. Throughout the next 5 rounds, this principle should be observed as far as possible: that players on equal scores should play each other. Players can only encounter each other once in a tournament. As far as possible, colours should be alternated, i.e., if a player has white one round, he/she should have black the next. However, pairing players on equal scores takes precedence over alternating colours.

    

   JACKSPOT PRIZE FOR PLAYERS WINNING ALL THEIR GAMES AND SCORING 21 POINTS   CONFLIT RESOLUTION BAG & SET   Cotton style bag with chess board stamped on it plus set. Ideal for defusing stand-offs in playgrounds, supermarkets or at nuclear summits! WINNER TAKES ALL!

7. PRIZES (won as score is reached or passed)
   3 points BADGE
   6 points 1st Gold Spot
   9 points 2nd Gold Spot
   11 points MASCOT
   12 points 3rd Gold Spot
   15 points 4th Gold Spot & SPECIAL PRIZE
   17 points QUALIFIES FOR MEGAFINAL
   (Players aged over 11 qualify on score of 15 points)
   18 points 5th Gold Spot
   21 points 6th Gold Spot (plus JACKSPOT prize)
   The overall tournament winner will receive a trophy.
   If you have run more than one tournament in your school and have more than one champion, you will may need to send a fee for each additional trophy. (See Entry Form).
8. Qualifying rules for Megafinal: Any player scoring 17 points (15 points if aged over 11) or more will qualify for the Area Megafinal. Besides this, the leading scorers at U7, U8, U9, U10, U11, U12, U13, U14, U15, U16, U17 and U18, both boys and girls, also qualify, as long as they have played at least 5 out of the 7 rounds and providing that the place in the section has not already been taken by a player scoring 17 (15 seniors) or more points. If there is a tie for a place, the tied players all qualify.
   Ages are calculated as at 1st September of the school year in question.
   There will be an entry fee per player of £9 to the Megafinal, £9 for the Gigafinal and £9 for the Terafinal.
9. Disputes during the school stage of the event are to be settled by the teacher/parent in charge, but any queries can be referred to the Tournament Organiser, Michael Basman (0208 397 1826).
10. Most area Megafinals will be held on Saturday or Sunday of the first weekend in May, the exceptions being Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales. Middlesex is likely to hold two Megafinals, North Middlesex and South Middlesex on weekends in May.
    The Gigafinal will be split north/south and held over two days with the U10s playing on Saturday, in July and the tens and over playing on Sunday, in July. The Terafinal will be held over the third weekend in August.
11. The organiser reserves the right to refuse entry without explanation
12. Website: www.ukchesschallenge.com for results and more information

Players this year were:

Year 4

Coby Doyle

Thomas Richardson

Daniel Watt

Shams Abu

Ben Abubacker

James Wildman

Kieran Whitehall

Morgan Gilling

Sam Hodgkiss

Louis Chapman

Sanjay Raju

Daniel McLean

Amber Lewsey

Year 5

Shadrukh Shah

Aditi Sakthivel

John Kerr

Iram Raza

Sam Beeston

Louise Hayden

Raymond Effah

Luke Kerin

Charlie McMullan

Gurdeep Randhana

Ryan Sunderland

Jake Lambert

Konrad Temple

Year 6

Chris Armitage

Kyle Bains

Daniel Abubacker

Reece Baker-Kiff

Matty Lankester

Kel Robertson

Jacob Mackerness

Haroon Ehsan

Daniel Tune

Ameer Abdullah

Daniel Farmer-Patel

Joshua Woolnough

James Codling

Elliott Whiting