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 18th May 2019 was via the CSC competition on 23rd March and Last Chance Saloon (April). Scoring 3.5 out of 6 in the MEGAFINAL qualifies you for Northern GIGAFINAL on July 19.
Check out the official website (this is where you sign up for the MEGAFINAL)- https://www.delanceyukschoolschesschallenge.com/
Challengers
Competitor | School | Signed Up | Performance |
Lawrence Moustafa | St James | Yes | 4 out of 6 (9th place finish seeded 24) |
Northern Gigafinal
Competitor | School | Signed up | Performance |
Nathan Li | Private | Yes (Sun) | 2 |
Ethan Lancaster | St Thomas | Yes (Sun) | 2.5 |
Alex Hollingworth | St Thomas | No | |
Lawrence Moustafa | St James | Yes (Sat) | 4 (Q) Challengers |
Dylan Crothers | St James | Yes (Sat) | 2 |
Lucy Lowe | St James | Yes (Sun) | 3.5 |
Patrick Shaw | St James | Yes (Sat) | 3 |
Austin Butterworth | St Thomas | Yes (Sat) | 3 |
Leon Li | Private | Yes (Sat) | 2 |
Sithun De Silva | Private | Yes (Sat) | 3 |
James Cooper | St James | Yes (Sat) | 3 |
Megafinal Results
Competitor | Yr | School | Available | Performance |
Nathan Li | 7 | Private | Booked | 3.5 (Q) |
William Hardman-Elliott | 6 | St James | Booked | 2.5 |
Patrick Shaw | 5 | St James | Booked | 3.5 (Q) |
Lucy Lowe | 5 | St James | Booked | 2.5 (Q) - U10 Suprema |
Lawrence Moustafa | 5 | St James | Booked | 4.5 (Q) 3rd |
Leon Li | 4 | Private | Booked | 3.5 (Q) |
Sithun De Silva | 3 | Private | Booked | 4 (Q) U8 Supremo |
Austin Butterworth | 5 | St Thomas | Booked | 4.5 (Q) 3rd= |
Ethan Lancaster | 6 | St Thomas | Booked | 3.5 (Q) |
Alex Hollingworth | 6 | St Thomas | Booked | 3.5 (Q) |
Dylan Crothers | 5 | St James | POD | 3.5 (Q) |
James Cooper | 3 | St James | Booked | 3.5 (Q) 3rd |
Ayaan Iltaf | 5 | St James | Booked | 2.5 |
NOTE - Austin Butterworth, Ethan Lancaster and Alex Hollingworth qualify automatically due to selection for the Oldham town team
LAST CHANCE SALOON QUALIFIERS RESULTS - SAT 27th APRIL
ROUND | |||||||||
Year | B/G | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Comments | |
James Cooper | 3 | B | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 4 | 4 | Q |
Jess Caton | 3 | G | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
Dylan Crothers | 5 | B | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Q |
Oliver Cheshire | 3 | B | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 3.5 | |
Ayaan Iltaf | 5 | B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3.5 | 4 | 4 | Q |
Challengers 27th Apr 2019
ROUND | |||||||||
Year | B/G | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Comments | |
Austin Butterworth | 5 | B | 0 | 1 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | |
Ethan Lancaster | 6 | B | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | |
William Hardman-Elliott | 6 | B | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |
Sithun De Silva | 3 | B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.5 | |
Leon Li | 4 | B | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |
Nathan Li | 7 | B | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |
Patrick Shaw | 5 | B | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | 2 | 2 | |
Lawrence Moustafa | 5 | B | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 |
CSC Qualifier - Sat 23rd March 2019
ROUND | ||||||||
Year | B/G | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Comments | |
Nathan Li | 7 | B | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 3 | 3 | Q |
Ethan Lancaster | 6 | B | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Q (town team) |
William Hardman-Elliott | 6 | B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3.5 | 4 | Q - Top yr 6 |
Alex Hollingworth | 6 | B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | WD | Q (town team) |
Dylan Crothers | 5 | B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | |
Ayaan Iltaf | 5 | B | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.5 | 2.5 | |
Lawrence Moustafa | 5 | B | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Q - Yr 5 (2nd) |
Austin Butterworth | 5 | B | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Q (town team) |
Patrick Shaw | 5 | B | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 3.5 | Q |
Lucy Lowe | 5 | G | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Q - Best Yr 5 girl |
Emily Winkler | 5 | G | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Otis Kershaw | 4 | B | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2.5 | |
Leon Li | 4 | B | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3.5 | Q |
James Cooper | 3 | B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
Jessica Caton | 3 | G | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Sithun De Silva | 3 | B | 1 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | Q - Best Yr 3 |