EAST KENT MEGAFINAL,
2024 UK CHESS CHALLENGE

Saturday 4th May 2024
Barton Court Grammar School, Longport, Canterbury CT1 1PH

RESULTS

U8
1st Boy: Advik SAXENA 6/6
2nd Boy: Neil SAMAL 4.5/6
3rd Boy: Mark SHCHEPINOV 4/6
1st Girl: Spriha PUNJABI 4/6

Also Qualified: Khiem PHAM, Amaan SHEIKH, Hryhorii TOPTIKOV, Kai LIU

U10
1st Boy: Victor SKURKO 6/6
2nd Boy: Marcel BODEREAU 5/6
3rd Boy: Richard KULIBAEV 4/6
1st Girl: Hien-Lam NGUYEN 4/6
2nd Girl: Shona WONG 3/6
3rd Girl: Amita RANADIVE 2/6

Also Qualified: Aadhyan KAVETI, Minh TRAN, Joshua WANG, Joshua YEUNG

U12
1st Boy: John BROWN 5.5/6
2nd Boy: Aleksandr SISLO 5/6
3rd Boy: Makar HRYTSENKO 5/6
1st Girl: Áine GORMAN 3.5/6
2nd Girl: Gabriella MASSEY 3/6
3rd Girl: Smrithi MANOJ 2.5/6

Also Qualified: Fedor NIKOLAITSEV, Connor PENG, Joe SCANLON, Vyvyan KAVETI, Raul MISQUITA RODRIGUES, Arjun PRASANNA, Reuben FARR, Long TRAN, Tianyi ZHANG, Teddy O'MEARA, Tom ARENES, Evie JARRETT

U14
1st Boy: Samuel MARSDEN 5.5/6
2nd Boy: Samson GHASEMI 4.5/6
3rd Boy: Shravan Karthi PRABHU 4.5/6
1st Girl: Alina RUBINA 3/6

Also Qualified: Sinan HOSCAN, Oscar CHRISTENSEN, Khai-Tam NGUYEN, Temisayo POPOOLA, Jacob MARTIN, Lemuel WONG, Temisire POPOOLA, Aayush NATHAN

U18
1st Boy: Andrejs GORSKOVS 6/6
2nd Boy: William COBB 4.5/6
3rd Boy: Freddie WHITE 3.5/6
1st Girl: May MERRIMAN 3/6

Also Qualified: Jasper JEFFS, Thomas BALDWIN, Omkar RANADIVE, Daniel WATKINS

Players whose names appear above in bold have qualified for the Gigafinals (Scottish 22nd/23rd June, Northern 6th/7th July, Southern 21st/22nd July, Online 7th & 8th September). For all the over-the-board events, U8s and U10s play on Saturday, while U12s, U14s and U18s play on Sunday.
Click here to visit the Delancey UK Chess Challenge Gigafinal page.

PHOTOS

Photographers Jon Hunt & Graeme Boxall

 
 

The 2024 East Kent Megafinal was organised by Sandwich Chess Club. The Club thanks its sponsors Kent Museum of the Moving Image for their generous support.


EAST KENT MEGAFINAL,
2023 UK CHESS CHALLENGE

Sunday 18th June 2023
Sandwich Guildhall, Cattle Market, Sandwich CT13 9AH

RESULTS

U8 Boys
1. Arthur ASHCROFT 6/6
2. Richard KULIBAEV 5/6
3. Donir ALBEEV 4/6
Also qualified: Mark SHCHEPINOV, Yahya ROSTAM

U10 Girls
1. Gabriella MASSEY 4/6

U10 Boys
1. Makar HRYTSENKO 6/6
2. Laurence CROSS 4/6
3. Roy BENAYAHU 3.5/6
Also qualified: Michael SISLO (3.5/6), Felix LADD

U12 Girls
1. Lana-Maryam ROSTAM 3/6
2. Áine GORMAN 2/6

U12 Boys
1. Leo CAMERON 5/6
2. Tom ARENES 4.5/6
3. Andrew PIERSON 4.5/6
Also qualified: Aayush NATHAN (4/6)

U14 Girls
1. Freya PINNA-CHAPMAN 3.5/6
2. Bethany RICHLEY
3. Ophelia EDMUNDS

U14 Boys
1. Samuel MARSDEN 4/6
2. Joshua HAYHOE 3.5/6
3. Oscar CHRISTENSEN 3.5/6

U18 Boys
1. Lucas KWOK 6/6
2. George ALLEN 4/6
3. Benjamin CHEETHAM 3/6

Players whose names appear above in bold have qualified for the Gigafinals (Northern 1st/2nd July, Southern 22nd/23rd July, Online 3rd/4th September). Click here to visit the Delancey UK Schools Chess Challenge Gigafinal page.

PHOTOS

Photographers: Jon Hunt & Mark Towlson

The 2023 East Kent Megafinal was organised by Sandwich Chess Club. The Club thanks its sponsors Kent Museum of the Moving Image for their generous support.


EAST KENT MEGAFINAL,
2022 UK CHESS CHALLENGE

Saturday 7th May 2022
Elham Village Hall, High Street, Elham, Kent CT4 6SX

RESULTS

U7 - U10

U8 Boys
1. Derik Kruger 6/6
2. Ashwin Anjulan 5/6
3. Ayaan Bhaiwala 4/6
(Chess-results.com)

U10 Girls
1. Rose Burgess 3/6
2. Marcy Page 3/6
3. Áine Gorman 2.5/6
(Chess-results.com)

U10 Boys
1. Adrian Callan 6/6
2. Timothy McBride 4.5/6
3. Freddie Freeman-Kerr 4.5/6
Also qualified:
Aleksandr Sislo 4/6
Rohan Wilkinson 4/6
Yimo Zhao 3.5/6
(U9 Trophy)
George Davies 3.5/6
(U9 Trophy)
(Chess-results.com)

U11 - U18

U12 Girls
1. Mae Catabay 6/6
(Chess-results.com)

U12 Boys
1. Louka Yiasoumi 4.5/6
2. Robert Welensky 4/6
3. Arran Sabapathy 3.5/6
U11 Medals (but did not qualify):
Avyan Poojari 3/6
Aayush Nathan 3/6
Daniel Hunt 3/6
(Chess-results.com)

U18 Boys
1. Oliver Stockham 5/6 (U13 winner of U18 Trophy)
2=. Ben Barton 5/6
(Trophy)
2=. Thomas Martin 5/6 (Trophy)
The U14 Trophy was awarded to:
George Allen 3.5/6
Also qualified (confirmed by UKCC post-event):
Zeno Burns 3/6, Toby Barton 3/6, Joshua Hayhoe 3/6
(Chess-results.com)

Players whose names appear above in bold have qualified for the Gigafinals (Northern 9th/10th July, Southern 23rd/24th July, Online 3rd/4th September). Click here to visit the Delancey UK Schools Chess Challenge Gigafinal page.

PHOTOS

Photographers: Jon Hunt & Mark Towlson

The 2022 East Kent Megafinal was organised by Sandwich Chess Club. The Club thanks the Thanet & East Kent Chess League and its sponsors Chaos Cards for their generous support.