22-10-2015, 09:53 PM
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Porto Carros, Greece plays host to the World Youth & Cadets Chess Championships 2015, which takes place from Saturday, October 24th to Friday, November 6th. Scotland is sending a squad of 16 players to this luxurious 5 star Grand Resort to battle with the Titans of Junior chess from throughout the World.
In the Open Under 18 section Lennart Koehn of East Kilbride Chess Club is almost certainly guaranteed a titled player in round 1 but having earned results against titled players before this shouldn’t phase the improving Lennart.
Our Open Under 16’s will also face tough and challenging opening round but Murad Abdulla (Bon Accord), Declan Shafi (Castlehill) and Jamie Underwood (Edinburgh) have all played at this level before and will be able to pass their experience on to Leston D’Costa (Bon Accord).
Monica Espinosa Cancino (Girvan) and Caitlin Reid (Paisley) have also played in tournaments like this and Stuthi Hegde (Edinburgh) has experience from the Glasgow Commonwealth Championships as well as the Scottish Open. Monica recently performed well at the European Youth Chess Championships in Croatia.
Jake Sanger (Prestwick) and Callum Smith (North Juniors) are also doubling up, having played in Croatia last month. Jake joins Ben Volland (Dunfermline) in the Open Under 12’s, while Callum is one fifth of our under 14 participants.
Kai Pannwitz (Inverness), who won the EU Youth Boys Championship last year will hope to play at a similar level to his EU Youth performance. Euan Gray (North Juniors) and Ioannis Dabos-Doukas (Edinburgh) will also be looking to perform to their potential in the Open Under 14.
Rachel Lorna Smith (Prestwick) is the fifth under 14 travelling to the shores of the Aegean Sea. This quiet, thoughtful young lady is entirely capable of upsetting the odds and opponents who underestimate her do so at their own risk.
Last but certainly not least is James Hartman who is our sole representative at under 10 level. This Tiger Cub has drawn with 1600+ players before and has the potential to be a Scottish Internationalist for years to come.
The Scotland Juniors will be supported at the event by GM Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant, who will be able to bring a wealth of experience, including that of playing in the World Women’s Championships, to help the squad cope with the ups and downs of a World Championship event.
Good luck to all our participants. Play well, enjoy the experience and proudly represent Scotland.
Come the start of play on Sunday, let’s hear the sluagh-ghairm of Scotland ‘Wha daur meddle wi’ me” roared out so loud that it wakens Zeus and the rest of the Greek Gods on Olympus.
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Porto Carros, Greece plays host to the World Youth & Cadets Chess Championships 2015, which takes place from Saturday, October 24th to Friday, November 6th. Scotland is sending a squad of 16 players to this luxurious 5 star Grand Resort to battle with the Titans of Junior chess from throughout the World.
In the Open Under 18 section Lennart Koehn of East Kilbride Chess Club is almost certainly guaranteed a titled player in round 1 but having earned results against titled players before this shouldn’t phase the improving Lennart.
Our Open Under 16’s will also face tough and challenging opening round but Murad Abdulla (Bon Accord), Declan Shafi (Castlehill) and Jamie Underwood (Edinburgh) have all played at this level before and will be able to pass their experience on to Leston D’Costa (Bon Accord).
Monica Espinosa Cancino (Girvan) and Caitlin Reid (Paisley) have also played in tournaments like this and Stuthi Hegde (Edinburgh) has experience from the Glasgow Commonwealth Championships as well as the Scottish Open. Monica recently performed well at the European Youth Chess Championships in Croatia.
Jake Sanger (Prestwick) and Callum Smith (North Juniors) are also doubling up, having played in Croatia last month. Jake joins Ben Volland (Dunfermline) in the Open Under 12’s, while Callum is one fifth of our under 14 participants.
Kai Pannwitz (Inverness), who won the EU Youth Boys Championship last year will hope to play at a similar level to his EU Youth performance. Euan Gray (North Juniors) and Ioannis Dabos-Doukas (Edinburgh) will also be looking to perform to their potential in the Open Under 14.
Rachel Lorna Smith (Prestwick) is the fifth under 14 travelling to the shores of the Aegean Sea. This quiet, thoughtful young lady is entirely capable of upsetting the odds and opponents who underestimate her do so at their own risk.
Last but certainly not least is James Hartman who is our sole representative at under 10 level. This Tiger Cub has drawn with 1600+ players before and has the potential to be a Scottish Internationalist for years to come.
The Scotland Juniors will be supported at the event by GM Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant, who will be able to bring a wealth of experience, including that of playing in the World Women’s Championships, to help the squad cope with the ups and downs of a World Championship event.
Good luck to all our participants. Play well, enjoy the experience and proudly represent Scotland.
Come the start of play on Sunday, let’s hear the sluagh-ghairm of Scotland ‘Wha daur meddle wi’ me” roared out so loud that it wakens Zeus and the rest of the Greek Gods on Olympus.
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