EJCOA is the English Junior Chess Coaches and Organisers Association. See the association website, https://ejcoa.co.uk/, for full details.
The EJCOA National Youth Championship is a new event in 2022, but intended to run annually into the future.
Full details of the event can be found at: https://ejcoa.co.uk/national-youth-championships/
RJCC will be holding a zonal qualifying tournament as part of the championship cycle, on Saturday 25 June.
The tournament has the following age limited sections:
- Under 8 – see http://chess-results.com/tnr651107.aspx?lan=1
- Under 10 – see https://chess-results.com/Tnr651108.aspx?lan=1
- Under 12 – see https://chess-results.com/Tnr651109.aspx?lan=1
- Under 14 – see https://chess-results.com/Tnr651110.aspx?lan=1
- Under 16 – merged with Under 14 above, but prizes and qualifying separate
- Under 18 – merged with Under 14 above, but prizes and qualifying separate
- Under 20 – unfortunately no entries this year.
The age limits are based on the FIDE international standard of calendar years (rather than school years).
The sections will be run as 5 round Swiss tournaments.. Depending on entries, sections may be merged with an adjacent section. Games will be played with a time control of 15 minutes per player per game with an increment of 10 seconds per move made. All games will be ECF rapidplay rated.
The round times are scheduled as follows:
- Round 1: 13:15
- Round 2: 13.45
- Round 3: 14:15
- Round 4: 14:45
- Round 5: 15:30
- Finish and Prize giving: 16.45
The top boy and top girl in each age category at the London Final will qualify for the FIDE-rated EJCOA Youth Championships National Finals at Nottingham High School, Waverley Mount, Nottingham NG7 4ED on 8-10 July, 2022.
Entry is via the following form: https://ejcoa.co.uk/online-payments/nyc-regional-final.
Thursday 23 June – Entries are now closed.
Qualifiers and Prize Winners
Gold, silver and bronze medals were awarded to the winners in each combined age/gender category.
The first place in each combined age/gender category qualified for the EJCOA Final.
No tie-breaks were applicable in splitting qualifying prizes or in determining prizes.
If anyone did not get their prize on the day, please email richmond_junior_chess_club@hotmail.com, and we will be happy to post it to you, or arrange to hand it you personally at a meeting of the club.
| Age | Gender | Place | Name | ECF Rating Id | Rapid Rating | Club/School | Score | Qualified? |
| U18 | M | 1 | Yuan, David | 315545G | 1578 | Castles | 3 | Q |
| U16 | M | 1 | Ibn Saifullah, Anas | 342105D | ‾ | Cambridge City | 5 | Q |
| 2 | O’Neill, Kai | 315545G | 1511 | Richmond Juniors | 3½ | |||
| 3 | Koeung, Alexander | 316605D | 1545 | Richmond Juniors | 3 | |||
| U14 | F | 1 | Pitcher, Emilia | 315078B | 1177 | Bucks. Juniors | 2 | Q |
| 2 | Rogalskaya, Elizaveta | 347391A | ‾ | Battersea | 1½ | |||
| 3 | Sengupta, Sohana | 317894J | 1242 | Richmond Juniors | 1 | |||
| U14 | M | 1= | Clery, Liam | 340773B | 1608 | Richmond Juniors | 3½ | Q |
| 1= | Wu, Yichen | 316135D | 1084 | Richmond Juniors | 3½ | Q | ||
| 3 | Koppuravuri, Srihan | 307505K | 1674 | Bucks. Juniors | 3 | |||
| U12 | F | 1 | Scott, Jane | 305792G | 1222 | Barnet Knights | 3½ | Q |
| 2 | Sengupta, Arina | 324180E | 836 | 2½ | ||||
| U12 | M | 1 | Tang, Brian | 308935G | 1511 | Richmond Juniors | 5 | Q |
| 2= | Grose, Kameron | 311725L | 1697 | Richmond Juniors | 3½ | |||
| 2= | Ward, Cian | 314894E | 1645 | Richmond Juniors | 3½ | |||
| 2= | Lee, Yuk Hei | 331341E | 1471 | Richmond Juniors | 3½ | |||
| 2= | Singh, Hari | 308906L | 1406 | Richmond Juniors | 3½ | |||
| 2= | Welling, Zac | 322808D | 1294 | Richmond Juniors | 3½ | |||
| 2= | Kim, Ejun | 327913D | ‾ | CSC Hollymount PS | 3½ | |||
| U10 | F | 1= | de Boer, Lara | 346099L | 1029 | 3 | Q | |
| 1= | O’Neill, Lila | 331014A | 991 | Richmond Juniors | 3 | Q | ||
| U10 | M | 1 | Kendall, Arthur | 340504H | 1431 | Richmond Juniors | 5 | Q |
| 2 | Dalah, Jacob | 331672F | 1150 | 4½ | ||||
| 3= | Bernard, Gabriel | 321503K | 1312 | Richmond Juniors | 4 | |||
| 3= | Hazell, Peter | 328479H | 1182 | Wallace Chess | 4 | |||
| U8 | F | 1 | Zhang, Yichen | 342093A | 1220 | Richmond Juniors | 4½ | Q |
| 2 | Dixit, Myra | 348594J | ‾ | Edgeware Gambits | 2 | |||
| U8 | M | 1 | Lishoy Gengis Paratzham, Dildarev | 322893K | 1610 | Surrey Juniors | 5 | Q |
| 2 | Bogerd, Ethan | 331641F | 1089 | Richmond Juniors | 3½ | |||
| 3= | Singh, Ravi | 331560F | 905 | Richmond Juniors | 3 | |||
| 3= | Xiong, Yichen | 340506A | 880 | Richmond Juniors | 3 | |||
| 3= | Peddi, Sai Pranav | 345716D | ‾ | 3 |
The organisers would like to thank all the children who took part for their good behaviour and their fine chess play, and the parents who waited patiently whilst the children fought tenacious and long games, which broke the (perhaps) over-ambitious initial time-table. We would also like to thank our caterers, The Regal Cafe of 70 London Road, Twickenham, who provided their usual fine selection of sandwiches, drinks and sundries to all. We would also like to thank the Facilities Department of Orleans Park School, for the kind use of their venue.