Quadrangular

[Derek Howie]

Good luck to all our kids who are taking part in the Liverpool Quadrangular this weekend.

Who are in the teams this year?

Also I believe that we are sending a team to the under-16 Olympiad in Hungary from 12th December? Who has been selected for that?

[Jonathan Edwards]

Good luck to everyone playing!

[Alan Jelfs]

Our team for the U16 Olympiad in Hungary is

Murad Abdulla, Lennart Koehn, Euan Gray, Declan Shafi and Anna Milton.

Here's a link-

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Good luck, team!

[Derek Howie]

Thanks for that, Alan. Seeded 46th, but I'm sure the team can finish higher than that. Good luck when it comes!

[Matthew Turner]

I am endeavouring to post the results. Apologies that the format gets a bit corrupted but hopefully you will be able to work it out U12's first.

Under 12 Scotland Wales
1 Ben Volland 0 v 1 Chirag Guha
2 Siddharth Berera 0.5 v 0.5 Arjun Bolina
3 Liam Richmond 1 v 0 Shayanna Sivarajasingam
4 Jake Sanger 1 v 0 Venetia Sivarajasingam
5 James Hartman 1 v 0 Caspian Fowler
6 Marco D'alessia 1 v 0 Aishwarya Luchtman-Singh
7 Atharva Dabholkar 0 v 1 Anton Petkov
8 Robert Pirrie 0 v 1 Ifan Rathbone-Jones
9 John Morrison 1 v 0 Neya Govindaraj
10 Yvonne Zhan 0.5 v 0.5 Susanna Fraser
6 4

Under 12 Midlands Scotland
1 Jonah Willow 1 v 0 Ben Volland
2 William Bradley 0.5 v 0.5 Siddharth Berera
3 Armaan Gogna 0 v 1 Liam Richmond
4 Kiera Bradley 0 v 1 Jake Sanger
5 Shyan Modi 1 v 0 James Hartman
6 Kishan Modi 0 v 1 Marco D'alessia
7 Zakary Iskander-Hobbes 1 v 0 Atharva Dabholkar
8 Arjuna Mendis 0 v 1 Robert Pirrie
9 George Worrow-Goodin 0.5 v 0.5 John Morrison
10 Qui Yuan Chen 1 v 0 Yvonne Zhan
5 5



Under 12 North Scotland
1 James Moreby 1 v 0 Ben Volland
2 Nugith Jayawarna 0.5 v 0.5 Siddharth Berera
3 Riyaan Yesudian 0 v 1 Liam Richmond
4 Max Turner 1 v 0 Jake Sanger
5 Kevin Ye 0 v 1 James Hartman
6 George Harman 1 v 0 Marco D'Alessia
7 Bobby Doherty 0.5 v 0.5 Atharva Dabholkar
8 Ben Dible 0 v 1 Robert Pirrie
9 Sam Berry 1 v 0 John Morrison
10 Rachel Horton 1 v 0 Yvonne Zhan
6 4

[Matthew Turner]

U14's

Under 14 Scotland Wales
1 Craig Gilles 0 v 1 Ben Choo Yin
2 Joannis Dabos-Doukos 1 v 0 Imogen Camp
3 Callum Smith 0 v 1 Petko Petkov
4 Euan Dawson 0.5 v 0.5 Hugo Fowler
5 Tom Constance 0 v 1 Joshua Williams
6 Andrew Gilles 0 v 1 Jake Williams
7 Darren Gilles 0.5 v 0.5 Anlan Qui
8 Stuthi Hegde 1 v 0 Emily Wang
9 Lauren Bond 0 v 1 Callum McGarrey-Jones
10 Alen Shen 1 v 0 default
4 6

Under 14 Midlands Scotland
1 Taylor Pearson 0.5 v 0.5 Craig Gilles
2 Jacob Boswell 0 v 1 Joannis Dabos-Doukos
3 Alex Sheerin 0 v 1 Callum Smith
4 Ryan Reed 1 v 0 Euan Dawson
5 David Collyer 1 v 0 Tom Constance
6 Seth Collinson 1 v 0 Andrew Gilles
7 Akhilesh Huria 0 v 1 Darren Gilles
8 Ben Raine 0.5 v 0.5 Stuthi Hegde
9 Daniel Hill 0.5 v 0.5 Lauren Bond
10 Tom Brown 1 v 0 Alen Shen
5.5 4.5

Under 14 Scotland North
1 Craig Gilles 1 v 0 Daniel Savidge
2 Joannis Dabos-Doukos 1 v 0 Robert McLean
3 Callum Smith 0.5 v 0.5 Sam Hayman
4 Euan Dawson 0.5 v 0.5 Rohan Yesudian
5 Tom Constance 0.5 v 0.5 Sean Walker
6 Andrew Gilles 0 v 1 Sam Brennan
7 Darren Gilles 1 v 0 Andrew Dalton
8 Stuthi Hegde 0.5 v 0.5 Catherine Savidge
9 Lauren Bond 1 v 0 Jacob Mercer
10 Alen Shen 1 v 0 Tarini Jayawarna
7 3

[Matthew Turner]

And finally the U16's

Under 16 Scotland Wales
1 Jamie Underwood 0.5 v 0.5 Ben Thomas
2 Alexander Bond 0.5 v 0.5 Alyssa Wang
3 Jack Stewart 0.5 v 0.5 Elliott MacNeil
4 Lotan D'Costa 0.5 v 0.5 Megan Richards
5 Caitlin Reid 0.5 v 0.5 Mateusz Sieduszewski
6 Tariq Pasha 1 v 0 James Baker
3.5 2.5


Under 16 Midlands Scotland
1 James Kearney 1 v 0 Jamie Underwood
2 Owen Robinson 1 v 0 Alexander Bond
3 Eva Ressel 1 v 0 Jack Stewart
4 Hambel Willow 1 v 0 Lotan D'Costa
5 Vidura Mendis 0 v 1 Caitlin Reid
6 Jacob Mercer 0 v 1 Tariq Pasha
4 2



Under 16 Scotland North
1 Jamie Underwood 0.5 v 0.5 Joseph Dalton
2 Alexander Bond 0 v 1 Josh Fernandes
3 Jack Stewart 0.5 v 0.5 Sam Cobbold
4 Lestan D'Costa 1 v 0 Miles Hemingway
5 Caitlin Reid 1 v 0 Frances O'Leary
6 Tariq Pasha 1 v 0 Laura O'Leary
4 2

[Matthew Turner]

Scotland were missing a few players, but as you can see it was all very close with the majority of the matches very tight. In the end the U12's finished 3rd, the U14's 2nd and the U16's 1st - that was probably a fair result, the U16's were the best team despite a rather major blip in round two.
I tended to be mainly focused on the older ones and they were an impressive group - a very serious and diligent bunch. There wasn't particularly an outstanding player, but as a group they worked hard and fought hard to achieve the win. I met Tariq and Joannis for the first time and they looked like potentially really strong players. Tariq rode his luck a lot, but Joannis looked a class act throughout. I think both could benefit from this experience, it will be interesting to see how they develop over the next few years.
Very nice to see Jamie Underwood on top board too, leading his team to victory. He spoke very enthusiastic about his experiences with ChessScotland and the number of caps he has won. It was also interesting to hear him talk about volunteering in his other spheres of interest. I am sure there are lots of other factors but chess has certainly helped him develop into a very responsible young man.
Finally, a quick mention for Siddharth Berera - it isn't often you get U12 engaging you in conversation about 19th century players. Clearly someone who loves his chess and looks up a few interesting youtube videos to research some sneaky traps. Perhaps someone to look out for in future.
Well done to all the players.

[Alex Gillies]

Correction to mat's post
U14 3rd u12 2nd

U14 just 1.5 board points in it- very close and good effort

U12 Win and draw going into last round but boards count rather than match wins - a few games we were robbed on but a high win score was needed but not to be

Good team spirit and kids really enjoyed the event

[harrymarron]

Just to point out that a few names are misspelt

D'Alessio NOT D'Alessia

Zhou NOT Zhan

Thanks to everyone for making the trip such an enjoyable experience for the kids