Chess News Update!
Ryan Smith and Max Carlstrom have been awarded Essex Junior Master title. This title has been awarded for strong play and points won in tournaments.
Ruqayyah Anwar plays board 5 out of 12 boards for Essex girls under 11. This year the girls played a County National qualifier in Oxford and finished 6th out of 14 counties.
Ryan Smith plays for the Essex under 11 boys team and in March they played a County qualifier and came 4th going through to the final in Liverpool in May.
Shagilan Jeevaresan plays for the Essex under 9 boys team. The under 9 team played a qualifier in March, they finished 3rd going through to the final in Kent. In the final they came 8th out of 17 counties.
Nilaa Subendren was picked for the Essex girls under 9 team but could not make the event.
Ruqayyah Anwar has just become Fairlop Primary school Chess Champion for 2008, going through the tournament undefeated. Ruqayyah scored 6 wins and 1 draw finishing 2 points ahead of Ryan Smith in second place.