DJCA events coming up

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Fri 21-Mar-25 East Devon Chess Congress

Mercure Exeter Rougemont Hotel

OPEN, U-1900 MAJOR, and U-1650 MINOR http://www.eastdevonchesscongress.com/
Sat 05-Apr-25 Bovey Tracey Chess Weekend 2025: adult & 12-18 rapidplay

Wickham Hall - 23 Ashburton Rd, Bovey Tracey, Newton Abbot TQ13 9YQ

Y8 and older are welcome to this mixed adult/junior event supportd by DJCA

There will be a stronger and a weaker section based on grading, and separate prizes for junior players

 
Sun 06-Apr-25 Bovey Tracey Chess Weekend 2025: DJCA Sunday U12

Bovey Tracey Activities Trust
Phoenix Hall, St John's Ln, Bovey Tracey, Newton Abbot TQ13 9FF

U08/U10/.U12 chess event run by DJCA - PLACES LIMITED TO 24

Events marked DJCA are organised by DJCA; other local junior (and adult) events may be listed.

See also: https://devonjuniorchess.co.uk/content/calendar (all events in Google calendar format)
see also: 2024-25 https://devonjuniorchess.co.uk/content/draft-local-chess-calendar-adult

Welcome

Welcome to Devon Junior Chess Association

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About us

The Association is a small committee of volunteers who organise and promote junior chess in the county. It runs tournaments and coaching days for players of all abilities from those who are new to competitive chess right through to those who play at County level. Players from the age of 7 through to those in their teens take part in the events and come from the many schools and the junior clubs that exist in the county. The Association selects and runs Devon County teams at U18, U14, U11 and U9 levels.

There are also events for over 11s run on behalf of the Devon County Chess Association which includes the County Under-14 team.

We depend on volunteers to make our events run smoothly -- can you help us out one day?

Meanwhile, way down South...

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Submitted by DrDave on

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

 

 

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.

 

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David Regis, 71 Mary Street, Bovey Tracey, Devon TQ13 9HQ  

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