Delancey UK Schools Chess Challenge is an annual competition where the best players in all schools (Primary and Secondary) go through a number of local, regional and National competitions to find the best player(s) in all age groups. Qualifying for the Megafinal at Saddleworth School on Sat 12th May was via the CSC competition on 17th Feb and Last Chance Saloon on the 17th March. Scoring 3.5 out of 6 in the MEGAFINAL qualifies you for Northern GIGAFINAL on July 18.
Check out the official website (this is where you sign up for the MEGAFINAL)- https://www.delanceyukschoolschesschallenge.com/
Northern Gigafinal
Competitor | School | Signed up | Performance |
Ethan Lancaster | St Thomas | Y | 3 |
Mustapha Dia | St Thomas | Y | Sick |
Alex Hollingworth | St Thomas | Y | 2 |
Lawrence Moustafa | St James | Y | 3 |
Alexia Clancy | St James | Y | 2 |
Lucy Lowe | St James | Y | 3 |
Player info
Name | Hollingworth Alex |
Starting rank | 29 |
Rating | 0 |
Rating national | 0 |
Rating international | 0 |
Performance rating | 249 |
Points | 2 |
Rank | 32 |
Federation | ENG |
Club/City | Pennine |
Ident-Number | 316855 |
Year of birth | 2008 |
Rd. | Bo. | SNo | Name | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | Res. | |
1 | 9 | 9 | Campbell-Okolo Amani Da | 78 | Surrey Central | 4,0 | w 0 | |
2 | 12 | 14 | Bolton Samuel | 58 | Teesside | 1,0 | s 1 | |
3 | 7 | 7 | Wu Yuxuan | 83 | South Wales | 4,0 | w 0 | |
4 | 14 | 22 | Brennan Luke | 0 | Scotland East | 3,0 | s 0 | |
5 | 15 | 32 | Marshall Liam | 0 | Teesside | 2,0 | s 0 | |
6 | 16 | 18 | Birkett Luke | 22 | Northumbria | 1,0 | w 1 |
Player info
Name | Lancaster Ethan |
Starting rank | 30 |
Rating | 0 |
Rating national | 0 |
Rating international | 0 |
Performance rating | 525 |
Points | 3 |
Rank | 23 |
Federation | ENG |
Club/City | Pennine |
Ident-Number | 316854 |
Year of birth | 2007 |
Rd. | Bo. | SNo | Name | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | Res. | |
1 | 11 | 11 | Sandhu Zoravar | 72 | South Yorkshire | 3,5 | s 0 | |
2 | 17 | 21 | Bogdan Albert | 0 | Cheshire East And Manchester | 2,0 | w 0 | |
3 | 17 | 17 | Walton George | 27 | Cumbria, Lancashire And Mersey | 2,0 | s 1 | |
4 | 14 | 20 | Batra Avanish | 0 | Teesside | 1,0 | s 1 | |
5 | 8 | 14 | Fazio Vincenzo | 49 | Northumbria | 4,0 | w 0 | |
6 | 15 | 24 | Dall Calum | 0 | Scotland East | 2,0 | w 1 |
Player info
Name | Moustafa Lawrence |
Starting rank | 32 |
Rating | 0 |
Rating national | 0 |
Rating international | 0 |
Performance rating | 54 |
Points | 3 |
Rank | 16 |
Federation | ENG |
Club/City | Pennine |
Ident-Number | 143 |
Year of birth | 2009 |
Rd. | Bo. | SNo | Name | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | Res. | |
1 | 13 | 13 | Davidson Ciaran | 41 | Northumbria | 2,0 | w 1 | |
2 | 5 | 7 | Trivedi Aayoush | 64 | West Anglia | 4,0 | s 0 | |
3 | 10 | 16 | Patterson-Navarro Carlos | 22 | Mercia | 3,0 | s 1 | |
4 | 4 | 4 | Rajinikanth Arnav | 78 | Staffordshire | 3,0 | w 1 | |
5 | 5 | 10 | Knight Pauly | 57 | Cheshire East And Manchester | 4,0 | s 0 | |
6 | 7 | 8 | Landon Michael | 62 | Northumbria | 4,0 | w 0 |
Player info
Name | Lowe Lucy |
Starting rank | 11 |
Rating | 0 |
Rating national | 0 |
Rating international | 0 |
Performance rating | 168 |
Points | 3 |
Rank | 9 |
Federation | ENG |
Club/City | Pennine |
Ident-Number | 142 |
Year of birth | 2009 |
Rd. | Bo. | SNo | Name | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | Res. | |
1 | 4 | 4 | Benhamida Jude | 42 | Cheshire East And Manchester | 4,0 | s 0 | |
2 | 7 | 7 | Zheng Kelly | 18 | Cumbria, Lancashire And Mersey | 2,0 | w 1 | |
3 | 6 | 13 | Poole Effie | 0 | Teesside | 1,0 | s 1 | |
4 | 2 | 3 | Patel Leela Maya | 59 | Barnet | 3,5 | w 0 | |
5 | 8 | - | bye | - | - | - 1 | ||
6 | 2 | 1 | Arora Prachi | 79 | Northumbria | 5,0 | s 0 |
Player info
Name | Clancy Alexia |
Starting rank | 12 |
Rating | 0 |
Rating national | 0 |
Rating international | 0 |
Performance rating | 395 |
Points | 2 |
Rank | 14 |
Federation | ENG |
Club/City | Pennine |
Ident-Number | 57 |
Year of birth | 2007 |
Rd. | Bo. | SNo | Name | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | Res. | |
1 | 3 | 3 | Correa Rebecca | 104 | Pennine | 3,0 | w 0 | |
2 | 6 | 15 | Ravilious Beth | 0 | North And West Yorkshire | 2,5 | s 0 | |
3 | 7 | 17 | Sauca Tania Andreea | 0 | Cumbria, Lancashire And Mersey | 3,0 | w 0 | |
4 | 8 | 14 | Field Ella | 0 | Teesside | 1,5 | s 1 | |
5 | 8 | 18 | Smith Tahlia | 0 | Teesside | 1,0 | s 1K | |
6 | 5 | 7 | Dawson-Best Poppy | 71 | Nottinghamshire | 4,0 | s 0 |
Megafinal Results
Competitor | School | Available | Performance |
Mustapha Dia | St Thomas | Y | 4 (Q) |
Maddison Smith | St Thomas | Y | 2.5 |
Ethan Lancaster | St Thomas | Y | 5 (U10 Supremo) |
Lucy Inglis | St James | Y | 2 |
Alexia Clancy | St James | Y | 3.5 (Q) |
Ayaan Iltaf | St James | Y | 3 |
Lawrence Moustafa | St James | Y | 4.5 (Q) |
William Hardman-Elliott | St James | Y | 2.5 |
Lucy Lowe | St James | Y | 3.5 (U9 Suprema) |
Jacob Hunt | St Thomas | Y | 2.5 |
Alex Hollingworth | St Thomas | Y | 3.5 (Q) |
Austin Butterworth | St Thomas | Y | 3 |
Anniyah Waheed | Coppice | Y | 1.5 |
LAST CHANCE SALOON QUALIFIERS RESULTS - Sat 17th March
ROUND | |||||||||
Year | B/G | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Comments | |
Jacob | 6 | B | 1 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 3.5 | Qualified (top year 6) |
Maddison | 5 | G | 1 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | Already Qualified |
Aaron V | 5 | B | 1 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | |
Ethan | 5 | B | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 5 | Already Qualified - 2nd place in qualified tournament |
William | 5 | B | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Qualified |
Alex | 5 | B | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Qualified |
Dylan | 4 | B | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | Had to win last game to qualify |
Isaac | 4 | B | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | Newcomer |
Lawrence | 4 | B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Qualified (top year 4) |
Austin | 4 | B | 1 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 3 | 4 | Qualified |
Patrick | 4 | B | 0 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | |
Lucy Lowe | 4 | G | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Qualified |
Curtis C | 3 | B | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | Newcomer |
Ewan F | 3 | B | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Newcomer |
Anniyah | 2 | G | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | Qualified |
CSC Qualifier - Sat 17th Feb 2018
ROUND | |||||||||
Year | B/G | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Comments | |
Jacob | 6 | B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
Adam | 6 | B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
Eleanor | 5 | G | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | |
Lucy | 5 | G | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3.5 | 4 | Qualified |
Maddison | 5 | G | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Qualified |
Alexia | 5 | G | 1 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 4 | Qualified |
Ethan | 5 | B | 1 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Qualified - 2nd Yr 5 |
William | 5 | B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 3.5 | |
Mustapha | 5 | B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | Qualified - 1st Yr 5 |
Alex | 5 | B | W/D | W/D | W/D | W/D | W/D | W/D | |
Dylan | 4 | B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2 | 2.5 | 3.5 | |
Ayaan | 4 | B | 1 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | Qualified- 2nd Yr 4 |
Lawrence | 4 | B | W/D | W/D | W/D | W/D | W/D | W/D | |
Austin | 4 | B | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | Had to draw last game to qualify but lost |
Patrick | 4 | B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2 | |
Lucy | 4 | G | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 3.5 | |
Anniyah | 2 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |