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Click
on the icon for an exciting interview about women and girls'
chess, which was broadcast on Radio 4's Woman's Hour on the
16th December 2004. |
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(6th
December) I would like to announce an important new national
coaching initiative. These new events will be combined with
tournaments and will be held for all ages and abilities across
the country.
The
first event will be held in Ormskirk on the 30th January.
Entry forms will be available shortly. |
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(6th
December) The West Yorkshire Girls' tournament took place
on Sunday in Leeds. All games were of a very high standard
and in addition, a reporter for radio 4 interviewed several
of the girls about women and girls' chess. |
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| Section |
Winner |
Points
out of 6 |
| U14 |
Amanda
Hipshon |
4 |
| U11 |
Vaishnavi
Khullar |
4 |
| U10 |
Evie
Hollingworth |
5.5 |
| U9 |
Imogen
Stables |
3.5 |
| U8 |
Afira
Sutanto |
5 |
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(6th
December) The All England girls southern regional tournament
was held on Saturday at Croydon High School and was a fabulous
success. Many thanks to Croydon High for a fantastic venue
and congratulations to all the 71 girls who took part. The
trophy winners are below and a full list of results can be
found on the knight icon. |
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| Section |
Winner |
Points
out of 5 |
| U18 |
Susie
Yates |
5 |
| U14 |
Thilagini
Anandajeyarajah |
3 |
| U12 |
Sheila
Dines |
5 |
| U11 |
Sabrina
Barr |
4 |
| U10 |
Rachel
Davey |
5 |
| U9 |
Briony
Brock |
4 |
| U8 |
Radha
Jain |
5 |
| U7 |
Jia
Mei Lee |
3 |
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Please
click on the icon for an official report on the British Women's
Olympiad team. |
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(20th
November) British Rapidplay Championships 2004 results, including
the winners of the new BCF sponsored best female player
prizes. |
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(16th
November) The World Youth Championships have now finished.
Please click on the icon for Peter Turner's round by round
reports. |
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Many
thanks to Elizabethgann.com
who produce beautiful and fantastic chess sets. They have
donated several gorgeous chess sets for tournament prizes.
Explore their website and discover a world of unusual and
rare chess sets, some of the best Christmas presents that
money can buy. |
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(9th
November) The All England Northern regional event took place
on the 6th November. Please click on the icon for the full
results. |
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The
dates for the All England Girls Chess Championships 2004/2005
have been announced: |
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| Region |
Location |
Date |
| Northern |
Ormskirk |
6th
November 04 |
| Southern |
Croydon |
4th
December 04 |
| Western |
Swindon |
12th
February 05 |
| Eastern |
Nottingham |
19th
March 05 *note new date* |
| Gold
Final |
Nottingham |
2nd
July 05 |
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Southern regional entry forms are available. If you have not
received your entry form or have any questions about this
fabulous tournament, please contact
me. |
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Ralf
Gruettner, captain of the 3rd Division Athenaeum 4NCL team
is looking for a female player (BCF graded 50-250). If you
are interested in playing for this team, please contact
him. |
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Castles
Junior Chess Club held their most recent chess tournament
on 16th October. Please click on the chess icon for the full
results. |
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Please
click for the full results of the Surrey girls' chess congress,
held on the 9th October. |
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Please
click on the link for the final results of the 36th chess
Olympiad in Calvia. The women's olympiad team played brilliantly
and performed well above their rating. Congratulations to
Harriet Hunt, Jovanka Houska, Heather Richards and Melanie
Buckley. Thanks also go to a fantastic performance by the
team captain and coach John Emms. |
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(3rd
September) A fabulous result for the English competitors in
the European Community Youth Championships. |
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Please
click here for a report by Sheila Dines, European Under 12 Girls
Champion. |
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4NCL
female registrations, season 2004/5. |
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The
English Olympiad team has been selected for this year's competition.
Please click on the link for more details. |
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(23rd
August) UK Chess Challenge Terafinal results. |
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British
Chess Federation Grand Prix final results. |
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(15th
August) Smith and Williamson British Championships. In the
BCF Centenary year, this event was a great success, with fantastic
performances from all the women and girls. Individual scores
are listed below. Please let me know if I have omitted any
results: |
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Under
8 (6 rounds) |
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4.5 |
Maria
Wang (3rd=) |
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3 |
Megan
Cleeves |
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3 |
Ella
Macleod |
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2.5 |
Radha
Jain |
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2 |
Erin
McAfee |
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2 |
Imogen
Stables |
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0.5 |
Karen
Lobo |
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Under
9 (7 rounds) |
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3.5 |
Polly
Lambert (26th=) |
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3 |
Stephanie
Hale |
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3 |
Radha
Jain |
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2.5 |
Megan
Cleeves |
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2 |
Caroline
Foster |
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1.5 |
Imogen
Stables |
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Under
10 (7 rounds) |
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4 |
Alexandra
Bottemanne (13th=) |
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3 |
Caroline
Foster |
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3 |
Megan
Owens |
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2 |
Radha
Jain |
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Under
11 (7 rounds) |
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6 |
Sheila
Dines (1st) |
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5 |
Jessica
Thilaganathan |
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4.5 |
Anjali
Lakhani |
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2.5 |
Zoe
Geidelberg |
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0.5 |
Radha
Jain |
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Under
12 (7 rounds) |
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4.5 |
Amy
Officer (7th=) |
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4 |
Thilagini
Anandajeyarajah |
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4 |
Sheila
Dines |
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4 |
Marissa
Stenning |
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4 |
Jessica
Thilaganathan |
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4 |
Katie
Hale |
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3.5 |
Catriona
Meechan |
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3 |
Zoe
Geidelberg |
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3 |
Lateefah
Messam-Sparks |
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2.5 |
Sophia
Emanuel |
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2.5 |
Alexandra
Kidson |
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2.5 |
Elizabeth
Tehrani |
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1.5 |
Amanda
Hipshon |
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1.5 |
Alex
Torregrosa-Jones |
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Under
13 (7 rounds) |
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5.5 |
Anya
Corke (2nd) |
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3 |
Hannah
Dale |
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2 |
Abi
Fryer |
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Under
14 (7 rounds) |
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5 |
Anya
Corke (1st=) |
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4 |
Chantal
Sirisena |
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Under
16 (7 rounds) |
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4 |
Selina
Khoo (5th=) |
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3.5 |
Claire
Morris |
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British
Championship (11 rounds) |
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6.5 |
Ketevan
Arakhamia-Grant (10th=) |
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5.5 |
Jovanka
Houska |
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FIDE
World Major (11 rounds) |
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6 |
Sabrina
Chevannes (29th=) |
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5.5 |
Anya
Corke |
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5.5 |
Selina
Khoo |
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5 |
Stephanie
Barraclough |
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4.5 |
Naomi
Miller |
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4.5 |
Chantal
Sirisena |
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4 |
Amisha
Parmar |
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Under
150 grade (5 rounds) |
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3 |
Claire
Morris (10th=) |
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Under
125 grade (5 rounds) |
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3 |
Thilagini
Anandajeyarajah (14th=) |
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2 |
Marissa
Stenning |
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2 |
Jyoti
Parmar |
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1 |
Stephanie
Hale |
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Under
100 grade (5 rounds) |
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2 |
Jyoti
Parmar (25th=) |
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5
Day Week 1 (5 rounds) |
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3 |
Dinah
Norman (5th=) |
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5
Day Week 2 (5 rounds) |
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4 |
Teresa
Khoo (2nd=) |
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Rapidplay
Week 1 (6 rounds) |
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2.5 |
Sheila
Dines (34th=) |
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1.5 |
Lana
Boztas |
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1 |
Anjali
Lakhani |
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Yates
(5 rounds) |
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3 |
Lana
Boztas (8th=) |
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3 |
Caroline
Robson |
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(30th
July) The Faber Cup started in 1969 and is held every year
between various available European teams. The English team
triumphed this year alongside their male counterparts playing
in the Glorney Cup. |
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(25th
July) Young Masters |
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4NCL
personal scores |
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(17th
July) The UK Chess Challenge was once again a fabulous success,
with thousands of children competing for the Ultimo and Ultima
titles. Below are the 2004 Ultimas: |
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U7 |
Afira
Sutanto |
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U8 |
Sienna
Lee |
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U9 |
Danae
Kokossis |
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U10 |
Fay
Birch |
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U11 |
Sheila
Dines |
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U12 |
Amisha
Parmar |
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U13 |
Abi
Fryer |
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U14 |
Molly
Moruzzi |
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U15 |
Charlotte
Hughes |
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U16 |
Charlotte
Wilcox |
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U17 |
Sabrina
Chevannes |
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U18 |
Deborah
Barnard |
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(5th
July) The 1st All England Girls' National Gold Finals took
place in Didcot on the 3rd July. The Majority of qualifiers
took part, a magnificant total of 115 girls in all. Congratulations
to all those who took part, in what was for many, their first
national tournament. The trophy winners are: |
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U7 |
Radha
Jain |
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U8 |
Maria
Wang |
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U9 |
Jia
Ping Lee |
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U10 |
Sabrina
Barr |
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U11 |
Jessica
Thilaganathan |
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U12 |
Sheila
Dines |
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U14 |
Deepa
Patel |
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U18 |
Hannah
Lowry-O'Reilly |
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(26th
June) ECGCF team championship.
Grand Final and Minor Final |
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(24th
May) All England Silver Finals. |
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(15th
May) BCF Inter-County Under 18 girls championships. |
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(9th)
May) ECGCF / Batsford Girls Team Championship. |
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(24th
April) All England Eastern regional tournament. |
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(21st
February) IM Andrew Martin has smashed the world record for
a simultaneous display. |
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(14th
February) All England Western regional tournament. |
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(31st
January) All England Northern regional tournament. |
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2003
results - available on request |
