How
Worcestershire Winners Got On In The Gigafinal
Published 29 July 2010
Ibraheem Malik Wins Ultimo Title
Ibraheem added to Quinton's Tony Miles Checkmates Club honours by winning an Ultimo title in the Under-9 Gigafinals at Dukinfield, Cheshire. Ibraheem and another nine Worcestershire players are invited to the Terafinal and Challengers Tournaments at Warwick on 21 and 22 August 2010. The other Worcester palyers are: Sophia Emmanuel Andrew Fergusson and Matthew Fergusson (all Tony Miles Checkmates), Joseph Friar and James Friar (both Worcester Junior Chess Academy), Felicity Parker, Philp Purcell, Katherine Smith and Christopher Smith (all King Edward VI, Fiveways, Birmingham).
The Northern Gigafinal at Dukinfield attracted over 800 competitors including 29 from Worcestershire. Scoring any points in such elite company is a great achievement because they are the cream of over 70,000 who started in this great tournament. Worcester payers' achievements are shown below with those players whose names are bold being invited to the Warwick tournaments.
Under 8
Andrew Fergusson (Tony Miles Checkmates,
Quinton, Birmingham) 5 points; Amy Moynihan
3½ points, Aoife Woodcock 2½ points, Jamie
Sheehy 2 points, and Eugene Read 1 point
(both Our Lady of Mount Carmel; Redditch);
Eleanor Parker (Acocks Green Primary,
Birmingham) ½ point.
Under 9
Ibraheem Malik (Tony Miles Checkmates,
Quinton, Birmingham) 5½ points;
Judah Wood (River School, Worcester)
1½ points;
Jacob Hughes (Welland Primary, Malvern)
1 point; Alex Fennell (Clent Primary) ½ point.
Under 10
Matthew Fergusson (Tony Miles Checkmates,
Quinton, Birmingham) 5 points; Sean Atkinson
(Worcester Junior Academy) 4 points;
Cameron Westwood (Worlds End Primary,
Birmingham) 3 points; Xara Furniss (Worcester
Junior Chess Academy) 2½ points.
Under 11
Joseph Friar (Worcester Junior Chess Academy)
5 points; Luke Wellings (St Joseph's,
Norton, Stourbridge) 3 points.
Under 12
Luke Crowther 3 points and Marcus White-Bower
3 points (both Nunnery Wood High, Worcester);
Aldrich Miguel (King Edward VI, Fiveways,
Birmingham) 2 points;
Under 13
Joseph Friar (Worcester
Junior Academy) 5 points; Felicity
Parker (King Edward
VI Fiveways, Birmingham) 3½ points.
Under 14
Kyle Reed (King Edward VI, Camp
Hill, Birmingham) Birmingham) 3½ points.
Under 15
Philip Purcell (King Edward
VI, Fiveways, Birmingham) 4½ points; Katherine
Smith (King Edward VI, Fiveways,
Birmingham) 3 points.
Under 17
Unaat Krishna (King Edward VI, Fiveways,
Birmingham) 2½ points.
Under 18
Chris Smith (King Edward VI, Fiveways,
Birmingham) 4 points; Sophia
Emmanuel (Tony
Miles Checkmates, Quinton, Birmingham)
3 points; Matthew Watkeys (King Edward
VI, Fiveways, Birmingham) 2 points.