results - 1st martlesham heath chess open

Sunday 21st January saw the inaugural Martlesham Heath Chess Open, run by local International Master Dagne Ciuksyte.  In a mixed field including junior players and some of the top players from Suffolk's adult players there was good competition.  Woodbridge School's own International Master, Adam Hunt, won the event with a perfect 6 wins from 6 games, including wins against the 2nd and 3rd placed competitors, Peter Gemmel & Dagne Ciuksyte.  A position from their game is shown below with Dagne's thoughts on the game.

​There were some very good performances by Suffolk's Junior players.  Jenni Rochford gave a stand out performance in winning 4 from 6 games, including a loss against Dagne Ciuksyte.  Woodbridge School's Abhiram Durbakula also put in an extremely strong performance including a memorable win against 139 graded player, Cameron Little.  A loss against Adam Hunt will no doubt also be remembered for a long time.

​The next of Dagne's series of events is the Martlesham Heath Exchange Chess Tournament which is to be held on Sunday 25th February.  More information available on the tournaments page here.

​The full results can be downloaded here.

Dagne Ciuksyte's thoughts on her game against Adam Hunt