Fairlop Primary School Chess Championship 2008
The 2008 Fairlop Primary School Chess Championship took place over the spring and early summer term during Monday Chess Club, 20 players entered and here are the top 4 positions.

1st Ruqayyah 20 points from a total of 21 wow!
2nd Ryan 18 points
3rd Sathiya 17 points
3rd Shagila 17 points
4th Max 15 points
4th Eleanor 15 points

Well done to all the players, some excellent chess was played and many of the games were very close.
But what a performance from Ruqayyah 6 wins and 1 draw from 7 games and the only undefeated player in the tournament.

Basildon 2008
Fairlop Chess championship 2008 came to a finish in April Ruqyyah became the champion with 20 points out of a possible 21.
Ruqyyah and the high finishers qualified (Ryan, Shagilan, Sathiya, Sam, Max, Liam, Nilaa, Joe b and Oliver) for the Essex County Championship held at Basildon.
Some great chess was played and while this year Fairlop did come away with an age group champion,we had 5 3rd places , 1 4th place and 1 5th place in various age groups.
Also 4 players Ryan, Max, Sam and Shagilan qualified for the National Finals.
Well done to everyone.
National Primary School Chess Championship 2008
In June Fairlop Chess team took part in the National Primary School Chess Championship semi-final at Pontins Holiday Camp Hemsby in Norfolk over a weekend.
We qualified for this by coming 3rd in the Essex team tournament in Colchester back in January.
In the semi-final was 40 Schools 35 of them private Schools, many of these teach chess as part of the curriculum so we knew this was going to be a very tough tournament.
Each School plays 6 matches against other Schools 5 boards a match.
1 point for a win ½ a point for a drawn game, so if your team wins 3 games and loses 2 games the match score is 3-2. You get 3 points the other team gets 2 points.
Fairlop played 6 private Schools and won 3 matches drew 1 match and lost 2 matches.
For the Fairlop team to compete at this level was a fantastic achievement our final position was 23rd out of 40.
The team Ryan, Ruqyyah, Max, Shagilan, Sathiya, and Liam.

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.

Chess Club Photos

Our Chess Club meet on Monday after school. We've been competing in some tough challenges together in preparation for the Chess Tournament in May. See message below for dates.

UK CHESS CHALLENGE tournament

During the Summer Term, Fairlop are running a qualifier tournament for the UK CHESS CHALLENGE.

The tournament comprises 7 rounds with a set points target needed for players to progress. The qualifying students from Fairlop will play children from all over Essex in county zone matches and could progress to the National Championships.

The dates for the Essex zone matches have been provisionally set for:

SATURDAY 10th MAY 2008 - under 12- under 18's
SATURDAY 17th MAY 2008 - under 7- under 11's

Any change of dates will be posted here. The venue is the same as last year, that is

Willows Primary School, Church Road, Basildon, Essex
SS14 2EX

In recent years, Fairlop has had some success in the Essex zone with many players progressing through to the National Championships and taking the runner-up position. Nilaa won the Essex Under 7 girls competition in 2006, following this up with another storming win in 2007 taking the Under 8 girls title!

First 2008 Chess Competition - Colchester, Essex

On Saturday 26th January 2008, Ruqayyah, Ryan, Max, Shagilan, Sathiya and Nilaa all travelled to Colchester, representing Fairlop, to play in the National Primary Schools Chess Tournament. Some of us had a tough day whilst others had a simple one but team captain, Ryan had more than a tough one after playing some of the most difficult players in the competition! After getting through a successful day, we found that we had qualified to the semi-finals which is to be held all the way in Norfolk in mid-June earning ourselves a gleaming medal! We all were overwhelmed with relief and excitement even our chess coach Richard. Just a special thanks to Richard from all of his team for all his hard work, effort and support which made his chess team into champions!