History – Hampton & Twickenham LJCC Qualifiers

Twickenham Youth Chess Congress 2024

Richmond Juniors held a FIDE rated Standard Play with cash prizes for U14 and U18 players on Saturday 30th November and Sunday 1st December. The round by round pairings and results and the final standings can be found at: https://chess-results.com/tnr1070706.aspx The prize winners were:
  • U18 1st – Alexey Lapidus 4 pts
  • U18 2nd – Liam Clery 3½ pts
  • U18 3rd – Jonathan Brennan 2½ pts
  • U14 1st – Yuk Hei Lee 3½ pts
  • U14 2nd – Iaroslav Bunbich 3½ pts
  • U14 3rd – Arjun Dudhe & Ali Baran Özdemir 2½ pts
  • Girls U14 – Anujin Batkhuu 1 pt

Twickenham Junior Chess Congress 2024

Richmond Juniors held a qualifying tournament on Saturday 30th November. The tournament was held at Orleans Park School. The results can be found at:

Section winners (earning a trophy for first place) were:
  • U8 –  Theo Cadman 6pts.
  • U10 – Hongqian He, Ritwika Patro & Louis Smith 5 pts.
  • U12 – René Uzdin 6 pts.
Best Girls were:
  • U8 – Sharanya Pandey 4pts.
  • U10 – Ritwika Patro 5 pts.
  • U12 – Medha Krishna & Catherine Cai 3 pts.
The qualifiers were as follows:

  • U8 – Theo Cadman (Richmond Juniors) 6 pts; Liantai Lin (Wimbledon Common Prep) 5 pts; Boyun Zhang (Desert Penguins), Alistair Chow (Richmond Juniors), Sharanya Pandey (London SW), Luka Vukasinovic (Richmond Juniors), Rai Mukherjee (St. James’ RC) 4 pts.
  • U10 Major – Hongqian He (Westminster Under), Ritwika Patro (Sutton High) and Louis Smith (St. Pauls) 5 pts; Rafael Amadeu (Richmond Juniors), Max Simpson (Kingston) & Zachary Sultan (L’ ecole de Battersea) 4½ pts.
  • U10 Minor – Leo Guo (Elite Junior Chess Club), Jeremy Gu (Richmond Juniors), Alice Li (Sutton High) & Sam Anvarinaeini 4pts; Neil Samal (Maple Primary), Spriha Punjabi (Three Bridges School), Josh Yuan (Richmond Juniors), Aadit Walvekar, Georgia Symeonidou (Ealing Chess Club), Kiiaan Agrawal (Harrow Chess Club), Samunnat Sandadi (Richmond Juniors) 3½ pts.
  • U12 Major – René Uzdin (King’s College Junior School) 6 pts; Hei Lok (Richmond Juniors) & Yichen Xiong (Richmond Juniors) 4½ pts.
  • U12 Minor – Edmond Cranfield (Richmond Juniors) & Arjun Singh Patnaik (King’s College Junior School) 4 pts; Sasha Rozov (Richmond area), Bulut Pasli (Richmond Juniors), Chris Lin (Haberdashers’ Boys School) & Austin Jiang (Richmond Juniors) 3½ pts.
The following numbers competed in each section:
  • U8 – 20
  • U10 – 37
  • U12 – 21
  • Total – 78
The Organiser was Paul McKeown, Chief Arbiter was Michael Flatt FA, the floor arbiters were David Okike and Xavier Cowan, junior helpers were Joseph Williams, Sagnik Chatterjee and Vedaant . Help was provided throughout the day by Orleans Park School’s Premises Team of Eddie and Med.

Twickenham Youth Chess Congress 2023

Richmond Juniors held a FIDE rated Standard Play with cash prizes for U14 and U18 players on Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd December. The round by round pairings and results and the final standings can be found at: https://chess-results.com/tnr798426.aspx

Twickenham Junior Chess Congress 2023

Richmond Juniors held a qualifying tournament on Saturday 2nd December. The tournament was held at Orleans Park School. The results can be found at:

The qualifiers were as follows:

  • U8 – Reyansh Kavalur, Aadvik Vadyar & Edmond Cranfield (5 pts);  Vedant Nedungadi, William Pathmaseelan, Ethan Pak, Billy Adams & Ivor Ivanov (4pts)
  • U10 Major – Yichen Xiong (6 pts); Nathaniel Waller (5 pts); Riaan Kumar, Iaroslav Bunbich, Aidan Sojitra, William Lin & Denis Mishenin (4½ pts)
  • U10 Minor – Advik Saxena, Lev Combrinck & Louis Chen (4 pts); Jeremy Stehlin, Alex Petrescu, Emmanuele Li, MArcus Yip, Henry Shore, Nathaniel Jessett, Abhigyan Thanvi, Ruhansh Joshi, Alexander Kjaer & Tyning Cheng (3½ pts)
  • U12 Major – Torrey Horwood (5½ pts); Nicolas Martinez (5 pts); Junyan Hu, Ethan Bogerd & Rene Uzdin (4½ pts)
  • U12 Minor – Reyansh Saxena, Krutarth Kulkarni & Oliver Arslan (4 pts); Ravi Singh & Dominique Ritchie (3½ pts)
Best Girls in the U8 were Sofia Kerr & Sharanya Pandey (3pts), in the U10 was Emmanuele Li (3½ pts), and in the U12 was Dominique Ritchie (3½ pts). The following numbers competed in each section:
  • U8 – 25
  • U10 – 48
  • U12 – 26
  • Total – 99
The Organiser and Chief Arbiter was Paul McKeown FA, the floor arbiters were David Okike and Adam Taylor, junior helpers were Joseph Williams, Xavier Cowan and Diego Cordova Lopez. Help was provided throughout the day by Orleans Park School’s Premises Team of Eddie and Med.

Hampton Junior Chess Congress 2024

Richmond Juniors held a qualifying tournament on Saturday 2nd December. The tournament was held at Orleans Park School. The results can be found at:

The qualifiers were as follows:

Hampton Junior Chess Congress 2023

Richmond Juniors held a qualifying tournament on Saturday 14th October. The tournament was held at Orleans Park School. The results can be found at:

The qualifiers were as follows:

  • U8 – Djan Sennaroglu & William Lin (5½ pts), Edmond Cranfield, Timur Mursalimov, Rafael Amadeu Fernandes & Reyansh Kavalur (4)
  • U10 Major – Daniel Dupuis (5 pts), Theo Cleanis, Ravi Singh, Riaan Kumar & Iaroslav Bunbich (4½ pts)
  • U10 Minor – Thomas Ewart & Ian Molina (4 pts), Arjun Singh Patnaik, Theodore Tie, Chun Sun Aiden Chan, Ethan Norris, Alex Petrescu, Max Wen, Denis Mishenin, Henry Nguyen & Yunqi Zhai (3½ pts)
  • U12 Major – Yuk Hei Lee (5½ pts), Callum Hill, Dylan Flanagan, Rene Uzdin & Charlie Ray Pearson (4½ pts)
  • U12 Minor – Odin Flanagan & Armaan Rao (4 pts), Jacob Dalah, Lila O’Neill, Nicolas Arrojo-Garcia, Patrick Jiang, Noah Taylor, Mustafa Eryilmaz, Ethan Sharma-Wadeson & Rohan Ghugari (3½ pts).
Best Girl in the U8 was Harriette Yeung, in the U12 was Lila O’Neill. The following numbers competed in each section:
  • U8 – 24
  • U10 – 34
  • U12 – 32
  • Total – 90
The Organiser and Chief Arbiter was Paul McKeown FA, the floor arbiters were David Okike and Adam Taylor, junior helpers were Joseph Williams, Xavier Cowan and Diego Cordova Lopez. The set-up in the morning was assisted by Aga Milewska and Modesta Sapkowska. Help was provided throughout the day by Orleans Park School’s Premises Team of Eddie and Med.

Hampton Junior Chess Congress 2022

Richmond Juniors held a qualifying tournament on Saturday 15th October. The tournament was held at Orleans Park School. The results can be found at:

The qualifiers were as follows:

  • U8 – Ethan Bogerd (5½ pts), Yichen Xiong (5), René Uzdin (4½), Samuel Jones (4)
  • U10 Major – Jacob Dalah (5 pts), Alexander Kairat (4½ pts)
  • U10 Minor – Sujan Nargund, Theo Cleanis & Yichen Zhang (4 pts), Yimo Zhao & Arthur Gill (3½ pts)
  • U12 Major – Arthur Kendall & Yuk Hei Lee (5 pts), Cian Ward (4½ pts)
  • U12 Minor – Farrell Khoi Tza Foo & Yang Wile (4 pts), Albert Hornsby (3½ pts)

Twickenham Junior Chess Congress 2022

Richmond Juniors held a qualifying tournament at Orleans Park School, Twickenham on Saturday 3rd December. The results can be found at:

The qualifiers were as follows:
  • U8 – Vidur Kanodia (6 pts), Shrishwan Pasula (5 pts), Daniel Holmes (4 pts)
  • U10 Major – René Uzdin (6 pts), Ashwath Kumar Kota (5½ pts)
  • U10 Minor – Yichen Xiong, Riaan Kumar & Lok Hei (4 pts), Pavel Protopopov, Xiling Wang, Vishnu Sukumar, Ian Molina & Dylan George O’Donoghue (3½ pts)
  • U12 Major – Brian Tang, Yuk Hei Lee & Dhairya Pandya (5 pts), Ismail Mallick (4½ pts)
  • U12 Minor – Ethan Bogerd & Chaniru Ranasinghe (4 pts), Oscar Frydman Orsteen & Bruno Sena Zammarchi (3½ pts)
The following numbers competed in each section:
    • U8 – 13 players
    • U10 – 23 players
    • U12 – 22 players

Twickenham U18 Congress 2022 – Saturday 3rd & Sunday 4th December

Richmond Juniors held an ECF and FIDE rated standard play for Under 18s on Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th December 2022. The time control will 60 minutes per player plus 30 seconds per move made. The schedule for the tournament was:
Registration Saturday: 09:00
Round 1 Saturday: 09:30 – 12:30
Round 2 Saturday: 13:00 – 16:00
Round 3 Saturday: 16:30 – 19:30
Round 4 Sunday: 10:00 – 13:00
Round 5 Sunday: 14:00 – 17:00
Schedule for the FIDE Rated U18 Chess Congress on 3rd & 4th December 2022
The pairings and results can be found at: http://chess-results.com/tnr686054.aspx.

Twickenham Junior Chess Congress 2021 – Saturday 4th December

Richmond Juniors held a qualifying tournament at Orleans Park School on Saturday 4th December. The results can be found at:

The qualifiers were as follows:
  • U8 – Ishaan Sai Kuchibhatla (6 pts), Julia Bednaya (5 pts), Ravi Singh, Khushi Rohit & Joshi Gedge (4 pts)
  • U10 Major – Dildarav Lishoy Gengis Paratzham, Philip Waldschmidt & Alec Hutchinson (5 pts)
  • U10 Minor – Theo Cleanis, Yichen Zhang, Aleksander Blicharz, Gabriel Bernard, Denis Tyurin & Peter Hazell (4 pts), Bruno Sena Zammarchi, Yimo Zhao, Lara dooduin, Paul-Hector Antoine, Luke Bennett, Ruien Song & Torrey Horwood (3½ pts)
  • U12 Major – Alexey Lapidus (6 pts), Maks Blicharz, Antoine Tiers & Boby Shawn (4½ pts)
  • U12 Minor – Shahyan Ali, Moyao Fang, Magomed Taramov & Milana Taramova (4 pts), Li Channing, Yegor Kulikov, Yile Wang, Leon Railhac (3½ pts)
The following numbers competed in each section:
  • U8 – 19 players
  • U10 – 34 players
  • U12 – 28 players

Hampton Junior Chess Congress 2021

Richmond Juniors held a qualifying tournament on Saturday 16th October. The venue had to move at short notice to Orleans Park School. The results can be found at: The qualifiers were as follows:
  • U8 – Maximilian Filip (4 pts), Richard Kulibaev & Yichen Zhang (5 pts)
  • U10 Major – Armaan Rao and Harvey Li (4½ pts), Dhairya Kataria (5 pts), Yuk Hei Lee (5½ pts)
  • U10 Minor – Theo Cleanis (3½ pts), Alexander Moldavsky, Gabriel Bernard & Odysseas Lobotesis (4 pts)
  • U12 Major – Balahari Bharat Kumar, Alexander Nikolov & Brian Tang (4½ pts), Zain Patel (5 points)
  • U12 Minor – Maks Blicharz, Matthew Trimble & Olivier Win Lemmers (3½ pts), Alexei Lapidus & Jake Poghosyan (4 pts)