Leeds Junior Chess Club
Approved English Chess Federation Development Pathway Club
2024 Awards
Player of the year: Sri Sasikumak
Most Improved Player: Vidyuth Kavin Sudagar
Coaches Award: Ivan Shi
UKCC MegaFinal 2024 in York.
Well done to everyone who took part in the MegaFinal in York on June 9th. We had nearly 40 children from our club (that's over one third of the total entry) and we were very proud of everyone. Massive well done to Toby winning the U18 section, Sri who won the U12 boys, Sienna winning U11 girls, Sofia winning U9 girls and Abhiraj winning U7 boys. Also placed were Rafael, Samarth Mishra, Samiksha, Nivedik, Vidyuth Kavin, Roberta, Krishay and Nathan. The following all qualified for the next stage as well: Narita, Lucas, Tomasz, Aditya, Parin, Vedant, Christopher, and Ivan. That's 21 qualifiers!!
Grand Prix Event 3 Honours Board
Nathan Madzia 2nd Major
Vidyuth Kavin Sudagar Winner Intermediate
Amandeep Singh 3rd Intermediate
Samarth Mishra Winner Minor
Raphael Stamolampros 3rd Minor
Parin Mangal U14 Minor
Well done everyone - 21 players took part from the club.
Match with Ilkley Juniors
Thanks to all those who played in our match v Ilkley Juniors recently. An opportunity for players under 1100 to play in a match. Team of 20 players and 4 games each.
Final Score Leeds JCC 50 Ilkley CC 30
Leeds Junior Chess Club is National Club of the Year!
Our club has been named as the National Club of the Year by the English Chess Federation. An incredible achievement - well done to everyone. You can read the citation and all the awards here.