New ECF grades

The July 2014 ECF Grading List has been published. The grades for active Colchester players are:

Ref	Name	Age	Standard	Previous	Rapidplay	Previous
140673F	Barnes, Nathan		146D
250046C	Bellinger, Clive		139D	139D
155695C	Daley, Philip		123C	124D
227455D	Duff-Cole, John		90B	90B
292991A	Glenn, Samuel		121E	121E
139627E	Gooding, Ian		185C	176C
256466L	Goodman, Ed		71C	77D
150405J	Harris, Martin		120A	139D		89E
283272A	Harris, Peter	16	69E	57E		52E
297586F	Jaufarally, Nadia	10			80D
297619F	Jaufarally, Shazia	13			71E
293018D	Johnson, Mark		69D	49E
286563E	King, John		26E	26D
292992C	Kolomvas, Dimitrios		158E	158E
295637J	Lachinov, Eldar		198D
117812L	Remmer, Brian		110D	109E
213710A	Smith, Pete		123C	122B	113E	113E
120924D	Wagstaff, Michael		147D	145D
295877G	Welge, Alex	11			34D
290797F	Wood, David		19A	21A	43A	38A

There are also a number of other Colchester players - like Javier Ruano Marco, Aleksandr Orava, Mohammud Jaufarally, Rob Smith, Jake Stones and Luke Tatchell - who have played some graded games in the last season (but not enough to have a grade yet).

Several players appear on the list for the first time: Eldar Lachinov, Nadia Jaufarally, Shazia Jaufarally and Alex Welge.

A number of players have increased their grades - with Mark Johnson (+20) and Ian Gooding (+9) both improving their grade by a large margin. Ian scored 4/6 in NECL matches this year and 6.5/9 in the 4NCL (Four Nations Chess League) where he plays for Cambridge University. Below is a minature won by Ian in the 4NCL earlier this year.

Recent tournament results

Some of the club's junior members have been taking part in a few competitions in the last month and achieved good results.

• 7th Nadia Jaufarally 4/6 - Saffron Walden Junior U11 Section
• 10th Shazia Jaufarally 2/6 - Saffron Walden Junior U18 Minor Section
• 5th Nadia Jaufarally 4.5/6 - Delancey UK Schools Chess Challenge – Southern Gigafinal U10 Girls
• 9th Shazia Jaufarally 3/6 - Delancey UK Schools Chess Challenge – Southern Gigafinal U13 Girls
• 30th Tor Leijon 2/6 - Delancey UK Schools Chess Challenge – Southern Gigafinal U8 Boys "B"
• Nadia Jaufarally 3.5/5 - UKI Girls Chess Championship U10 (1/2 a point behind the winner)
• Shazia Jaufarally 2.5/5 - UKI Girls Chess Championship U13

If I have missed anyone out please let me know!

Colchester Junior Chess Tournament

Several Colchester Chess Club members took part in this tournament, part of the Essex Junior Grand Prix.

In the Under 18 Minor event Shazia Jaufarally won the grading prize for the best performance by an ungraded player with a score of 3/6, finishing in 6th place. Luke Tatchell came 16th in this event - he was one of the youngest competitors in this section.

In the Under 11 section, Alex Welge scored 3 out of 6 to finish in 15th and Nadia Jaufarally scored 4 out of 6 to finish in 6th. Nadia won the prize for best newcomer (for a player in their first Essex Junior Grand Prix event).

Club Grand Prix

22 players took park in the Colchester Chess Club Grand Prix - points are awarded for results in the club championship, Tony Locke Rapidplay and NECL matches. The top ten players this season were:

Position	Player	Points
1st	Eldar Lachinov (ungraded)	21.5
2nd	Nathan Barnes (ungraded)	18.5
3rd	Martin Harris (139)	12
4th	Peter Smith (122)	11
5th	Brian Remmer (109)	10.5
6th	Mark Johnson (49)	9.5
7th=	Phil Daley (124)	9
	John Duff-Cole (90)	9
9th	Mike Wagstaff (145)	8.5
10th	Clive Bellinger (139)	6.5