Yet more junior success

Many congratulations to all those Devon juniors who have qualified for the Gigafinal — forgive me, I couldn’t work out a complete list, because of the complicated rules — but special mention should be made of Caleb Caleshu, who scored 6/6 in his section!

Club DCCA Page Website Contact Email Exeter Junior Chess Club   https://exeterjuniorchess.org.uk/ secretary@exeterjuniorchess.org.uk Seaton Chess Club devonchess.org/clubs/seaton seatonchessclub.co.uk admin@seatonchessclub.co.uk (Club Secretary: Paul Hampton) Barnstaple Chess Club devonchess.org/clubs/barnstaple barnstaplechessclub.org.uk secretary@barnstaplechessclub.org.uk Exeter Chess Club devonchess.org/clubs/exeter exeterchessclub.org.uk secretary@exeterchessclub.org.uk Newton Abbot Chess Club devonchess.org/clubs/newton-abbot https://www.newtonabbotchessclub.org.uk/  Via email pauljbrooks13@gmail.com;phone: Trefor Thynne 07770 419420/ Paul Brooks 07759 153996 Plymouth Chess Club devonchess.org/clubs/plymouth…

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

The event dates and qualification rules for the UK Chess Challenge 2022have been announced. https://www.delanceyukschoolschesschallenge.com/2022-dates-and-overview The UK Chess Challenge is the largest chess competition in the world,with (pre-COVID) more than 100,000 children taking part in schools andelsewhere each year.  There are different stages to the competition:school, Megafinal, Gigafinal and Terafinal. The Megafinals in 2022 are…

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…