In a tough 4th round, the Bury Knights secured a solid draw against a good side.  Jaden drew against a higher rated player, Adam secured a really good win, Tom brought some points home with a draw, while Rowan lost his game.  Amy won her substitute game.

And now onto the fifth and final round.  Can we get another win?

​Results of the 4th round at the links below.

1st Division
​2nd Division
​Reserve Games

This was the scene this morning at breakfast time in Telford.  We have had more snow overnight and all is white.  Jaden, Adam, Tom, Amy & a camera shy Rowan have now started the forth round as we look to build on a strong end to the first day.  The success last night has led to a tough forth round with a battle expected.

After 3  tough rounds we are pleased to say that we have got a loss, a draw and a win. We progressed every round leading up to a win. First we played Sleepless knights 1 it was a great game but we lost 1.5 to 2.5.Adam John board two said it was a tough battle we just missed some great moves. The results for game one. Jaden Jermy 1    Adam John 0.5 Tom Roy 0  Amy John 0  Rowan Kent 1( as reserve).
​Round 2 we played Welsh Dragons Red we had a great round drawing 2-2 with a higher average team. Jaden Jermy said it was a very unlucky to draw the game as we should of won but i was pleased with my win against another strong junior. The results from game two Jaden Jermy 1  Adam John 1  Tom Roy 0 (but had a fantastic game and didn't deserve to lose).Rowan Kent 0  Amy John 1(with a nice win)(as reserve)
​ One good thing to point out Tom and Jaden were the last  two to  finish !
​Round 3 we played Chess in schools Community 1 Rowan Kent said i had  a roaring game in reserves swinging back and forward all the way until the end with a ladder checkmate. We had a excellent round with a 2.5 to 1.5 win. The results from round 3 Jaden Jermy 1 Adam John 0.5 Tom Roy 0 Amy John 1 Rowan Kent 1( as reserve) 
​Overall Jaden Jermy 3 out of 3 playing strong players on board 1
              Adam John 2   out of 3 unbeaten
​             Rowan Kent 2 out of  3 two reserves played
              Amy John 2 out of 3 one reserve played
​              Tom Roy  0 out of 3   very unlucky but says he is going to win all the games tomorrow
​        TO BE CONTINUED

Reporting by Jaden Jermy & Team

With the team now starting the third round, it has been a tough tournament so far with the team narrowly losing in the first round, but gaining a draw in the second round.  Jaden is playing very well with 2 wins from 2 on the top board, while Adam has a win and a draw.  A win in the third round would set us up well for day 2.

​For the results so far, please see the following links:
Round 1
​Round 2
​Full tournament details here

This weekend, the Bury Knights Junior Chess Club have sent a team to the top national team chess tournament - the Junior 4 Nations Chess League (J4NCL).  The team consists of Jaden Jermy (Captain), Adam John, Tom Roy, Rowan Kent, & Amy John.

Jaden, with the help of the team, will be posting results and news about the event here.  Keep looking to see how they are doing.

The current standings in the Suffolk Junior Chess Grand Prix have been announced and can be found at the Grand Prix section of the website - see here.

The current leaders in each section are as follows:
U9: Karthik Kamathan
U11: Marina Pommier
U14: Adam John
​U18: Alex Sheerin

​These standings are based on performance at the Woodbridge Junior Chess Championships at Woodbridge School last December.  See here for more information.

The final two event s of the Grand Prix are the Bury St Edmunds Junior Chess Congress on Sunday 18th February, and the Suffolk Junior Chess Open on 17th June.  For more information, please see the tournaments section of the website.

Congratulations to Woodbridge School student and Bury Knight Rowan Kent on a strong performance in Southend to win the U9 trophy with a perfect 6 wins from 6 games.

​Please let suffolkjuniorchess@gmail.com know about other tournament success and anything else - we would love to put the stories on the website.  Pictures are always good as well!!!

The picture below shows Rowan being awarded the trophy by Nate Weersing.

​Well done Rowan!!!

Recently, to the astonishment of the players, a fight broke out at Ipswich Junior Chess Club between Martin and Jane.  Eventually order was restored when it turned out that it was all a clever plan to demonstrate the importance of developing pieces.  It finished all square, although Jane very nearly delivered a knock out finish.  It is a great video - click on the image below for a link to the YouTube video.

Today saw the latest Train and Play event held by Suffolk Junior Chess.  Thank you to all 22 players who took part in this event - we loved having you there are we are really grateful to all the parents who stayed with you - thank you.

Thank you also to our coaches - Mario Saenz de Villaverde and Fide Master Andy Lewis.  All the players had a great introduction to chess play from Andy Lewis.  They were then split into 3 groups, with the more experienced players enjoying advanced tips and advice from Andy Lewis, while the less experienced players learned more about how to use chess openings from Mario and also had a session where they learned about how chess tournaments work and what to watch out for.  All the players had a great time while learning a lot, and lunchtime came in no time at all.

After lunch they all took part in a chess tournament where they were split into 3 groups divided roughly on ability - above is a photo of the tournament.  There was some good chess and everyone had fun, with several playing in their first tournament.  Tom Roy and Rowan Kent both played very well and had a tight finish to the deciding match in the top group (Section 1), with Tom edging it to win the trophy having won all 3 games.  Their endgame is shown in the photo below right (Tom is to the left and playing with the black pieces).  William Gu and Toby Martin also put strong performances, both scoring 2/3, but losing out to Rowan on Sum of Progressive Scores.

In Section 2, there was a tight finish between Jonathan Painter (2.5/3), Owen Free and Isaac Kim (both 2/3), with Jonathan taking the trophy and Owen taking the runner-up position on Sum of Progressive scores.

In the third section, an excellent performance saw Eniko Stuller emerge victorious with 3/3, and with Jake Locking pipping Hamilton Lowdell and Jagoda Napieraj to 2nd place on Sum of Progressive scores having all scored 2/3.

​​One stand-out performance was by William Gu, who was playing in his first tournament and scored 2/3, narrowly losing a close game against the experienced Rowan Kent.  William earned himself a book of chess puzzles for his efforts.

The results were as follows, with a link at the bottom to the full results:

Section 1:
1st Tom Roy (3/3)
2nd Rowan Kent (2/3)
​3rd William Gu (2/3)

Section 2:
​1st Jonathan Painter (2.5/3)
​2nd Owen Free (2/3)
​3rd Isaac Kim (2/3)

Section 3:
1st Eniko Stuller (3/3)
2nd Jake Locking (2/3)
​3rd Hamilton Lowdell (2/3)

​Full results can be found at this link.