Congratulations to Leo Tsoi who showed himself to be the best under-11 boy at the tournament taking the Ultimo title without losing a game. He is invited to the Terafinal to be held in August.

Worcestershire players who only just missed out on Ultimo titles and who are invited to the Terafinal Challengers are: Joseph Friar (Placed 2nd in the under-10 boys); Sofia Emanuel (Placed 3rd in the Under-17 Girls); Kaiser Malik and Chris Smith (placed 2nd equal in the Under-17 Boys); and Dani Malik (placed 2nd in the Under-18 Boys) all from Tony Miles Checkmates, Quinton, Birmingham.

The Worcestershire Megafinal organisers were very pleased to see that so many of the Gigafinal qualifiers from Worcestershire were able to play in the National Gigafinal at Failsworth, Oldham on 16 or 17 July. In the Gigafinals they played the very best chess players of their age in the UK and gaining at least 1 point is a real achievement in such elite company.

Under 7 Boys
Neddy Tsoi (Tony Miles Checkmates, Quinton) scored 2.5 points

Under 8 Boys
Ibraheem Malik (Tony Miles Checkmates, Quinton) scored 4 points; George Battle-Welch (Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Redditch) and Jacob Payne-Lunn (Worc Jun Chess Academy) scored 2 points; Jake Broughton (Worlds End Junior, Quinton, Birmingham) and Fraser Campbell (Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Redditch) scored 1 point.

Under 9 Girls
Xara Furniss (Worcester Junior Chess Academy) 2 points

Under 9 Boys
Sean Atkinson (Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Redditch) and Cameron Westwood (Worlds End Junior, Quinton, Birmingham) 3 points; Simon Kim (St Laurence, Northfield, Birmingham) 2 points

Under 10 Boys
Placed second and invited to play in the Terafinal Challengers: Joseph Friar (Worcester Junior Chess Academy) 5 points.
Other Worcs players were: Justin Hsu (St Laurence, Northfield, Birmingham) 4 points; Kade Stenson (Acocks Green Primary, Birmingham) 3 points; Alex Read (St Laurence, Northfield) Birmingham), William Lee-Anglin (Heathfield, Kidderminster) and Ben Hunt (River School, Worcester) 2 points.

Under 11 Girls
Elizabeth Robinson (Worcester Junior Chess Academy) 3.5 points

Under 11 Boys
Ultimo and invited to the Terafinal: Leo Tsoi (Worcester Junior Chess Academy) 5.5 points.
Other Worcs players were: Luke Comerford (Worcester Junior Chess Academy) 3 points; Joseph Dymock (St Joseph's, Stourbridge) 2 points; Miles Lloyd-Badham (Malvern Parish Primary) and Levi Philpott (The Meadows, Northfield, Birmingham) scored 1 point

Under 12 Boys
Ravi Patel (Tony Miles Checkmates, Quinton, Birmingham) 4.5 points; James Friar (Worcester Junior Chess Academy) 4 points

Under 12 Girls
Rachna Prem (Tony Miles Checkmates, Quinton, Birmingham) 2 points

Under 13 Boys
Kyle Reed (King Edward VI, Camp Hill, Birmingham) 3.5 points; Max Cheung (King Edwards VI, Camp Hill, Birmingham) 2.5 points

Under 14 Boys
Kuran Rati (Worcester Junior Chess Academy), 3 points

Under 15 Boys
Andrew Pearson (King Edward VI, Camp Hill, Birmingham) 4 points

Under 16 Boys
Peter Brankin (Worcester Junior Chess Academy) 3 points

Under 17 Girls
Placed third and invited to the Terafinal Challengers : Sophia Emanuel (Tony Miles Checkmates, Quinton, Birmingham) 2 points

Under 17 Boys
Placed second and invited to play in the Terafinal Challengers: Kaiser Malik (Tony Miles Checkmates, Quinton, Birmingham) and Chris Smith (Tony Miles Checkmates, Quinton, Birmingham) scored 3.5 points

Under 18 Boys
Placed second and invited to play in the Terafinal Challengers: Dani Malik (Tony Miles Checkmates, Quinton, Birmingham) 5 points

What they did next

Chris Smith won first prize playing in the Worcestershire Open Congress at Catshill, Bromsgrove in the Major Tournament. Several other juniors also did well against adults at Catshill including a 13 year old from Leicestershire! who not only beat the Worcestershire Megafinal Organiser but also won third prize in the Open Tournament. If you are over 12 and scored 4 or more at the Worcestershire Megafinal, you are ready to take on seasoned adult players and win!

Dani Malik represented England scoring two draws in the annual Glorney Cup competition hosted this year by Scotland and played in Glasgow. Ireland on 6.5 points won and England 2nd on 5 points.

Leo Tsoi played in the British Under-11Championships at Paignton and scored 3 out of 7.

If you would like to take your chess to new heights, why not join a local adult club? If you are interested, ask your parents to contact Ray Collett at 01905 454754.

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