Tweets

We now have a Twitter account for events news and discussion and coach travel updates.

News and discussion: http://twitter.com/devonjunchess

We used to echo Tweets here, but like everything else on Twitter these days, it doesn't work properly any more

Devon juniors' success at LJCC centenary

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.

Devon Juniors in the mix

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

Draft local chess calendar (adult)

Juniors welcome at all events

DCCA TOURNAMENT CALENDAR FOR 2024-25 (DRAFT)

Trophies

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

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

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

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.

Devon junior in UK Chess Challenge Terafinal

Pengxiao Zhu scored 7½/11 and achieved 3rd place in the UK Chess Challenge U12 Terafinal (final of finals). Many congatulations!

Results and games here: https://lichess.org/broadcast/ukcc-terafinal-2023-u12/round-11/VZhEiJIr

British Champs 2023

I've been trying to find and follow the progress of Devon juniors in this year's Championships, but please email me if I've missed anyone.

I spotted Luke Honey and Reece Whittington having a go in the strong 9-round Major Open, scoring 5 and 3.5 respectively. A tough week in the office! (For context, the winner was an International Master who scored 7/9.)

Reece and Luke then took part in the U1900 Rapidplay, which was won by Luke with 5.5/6 -- very well done!

Devon Junior Chess Association (DJCA)

Supporting junior chess in the county

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