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Which chess player has taken part in the most World Championship events?

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I think a natural question is, who has taken part in the most World Championship matches, but sometimes the World Championship event is a tournament...

So here is a table based on a Wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_World_Chess_Championships:

(Player names are given with their national affiliation)

DJCA AGM 2025

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DEVON JUNIOR CHESS ASSOCIATION

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

15th July 2025 Bovey Tracey (1 year after 2024 meeting)

Attendees: D. Regis, T. Onions, V. Cross, J.C. Bacon, N. Butland

Apologies: A. Ashenhurst, S. Keay

Minutes (not confirmed)

Note that most of the discussions revolved around the schedule for the coming year – and due to Steve Keay’s absence, finances weren’t discussed.

1. Chair’s report

Last year's events:        

Meanwhile, way down South...

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Results from the 6th Simon Bartlett Memorial Congress, Torquay 2025:

Minor: Our top U14 and U18 players showed well: Shreyas Pasupulety 4/5 (1st); Ben Darlington & Daniel Smith 3½/5 (tied for 2nd-4th with another player).  Jack Amos from our U11 squad also played -- hope you enjoyed it!

Inter: Suhayl Abdalla 3½/5 (tie for 2nd-3rd); Mac Holland 3/5; Varnika Neralla 2/5

Major: Jack Wills 3/5

...while Ananya Nerella with awesome poise jumped into the deep end of the Open!

Devon juniors' success at LJCC centenary

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The London Junior Chess Championships were founded 100 years ago, and in their centenary event Devon juniors had some notable success.

Congratulations to Swetha Narayanan who scored a very creditable 5/7 in the huge U8 section, winning a prize.

And very well done to Pengxiao Zhu, who as an U13 player won the U16 trophy on tie-break with 5/6 and no losses, beating a 2100-rated player in the last round.

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Devon Juniors in the mix

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Some excellent performances from Devon Juniors in the 56th Torbay Congress (Hope I haven't missed anyone!):

Open section: Caleb Caleshu 3½/5 and shared 3rd place, half a point behind the winner

Major: Jack Wills 2½/5

Intermediate: Mac Holland 4/5 shared 2nd place on tie-break; Suhayl Abdalla 3½/5; Jamie Glasson 2½/5; Shreyas Pasupalety 2/5

Foundation: Ronit Randhawa 4/5 3rd place on tie-break; Joe Forty 3½/5 5th; Rhys Hammond 1½/5

Ex-juniors Nathan Mills and Ben Sturt also featured in the lists

 

 

Trophies

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We thought we'd do the trophies differently this year.  We'll offer prizes for 1st/2nd/3rd as before (and maybe 4th) but we won't share places, and instead use tie-breaks.  This will mean the prize-giving should follow much more quickly after the last game is played (because Mr Onions won't have to sort how many trophies get which labels), but it does mean we will be awarding fewer prizes. 

(We'll still be doing girls' prizes if we have more than one girl enter a section and where they meet a minimum score.)

Devon Juniors play for SW England against Wales

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Pengxiao Zhu and Viacheslav Ovcharenko both played for the SW England U14 Team against Wales on Sunday 26th May.

The SWE Team won the U14 by a wide margin but the U11 event was very close.

Well done to all taking part and many thanks to the organisers for making everything happen.

5th Simon Bartlett Memorial Congress 2024

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Congratulations to Suhayl Abdalla who won the Minor section with 5/5!

Devon Juniors Daniel Smith, Vincent Dong and Pengxiao Zhu also took part, scoring at least half-marks in their respective sections.

 

County colours for Devon juniors

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In last Sunday's Devon County chess match for all ages, Devon juniors were selected: Caleb Caleshu, Jack Wills and Harvey Cooper.  Congratulations to all.

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