JUNIOR CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP ONLINE

JUNIOR CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP ONLINE
Updated: 18/08/24 – 10:20hrs

Season 2023-24

Congratulations to Matthew Hunter on becoming the Castlehill Online Junior Champion 2023-24! It was a long tournament and not all matches were completed, but Matthew was by far the best player in the tournament and the deserved champion! Well played also to Josh Dickson on finishing runner-up, followed closely by his brother, Noah Dickson in 3rd place!

Thank you everybody for taking part!

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We have 6 juniors, in an all-play-all format. Round 1 matches to be played by Sun 10th Dec 23.

Good luck!

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Entries are now being taken for this seasons ONLINE Junior Championships. Closing date for entries is Sunday 15th October 23.
Please checkout the revised & updated rules!

ENTRIES (so far)

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Season 22-23

Congratulations to Rishi Vijayakumar J11 on defending his Junior Online Club  Championship after winning 2 – 0 against Josh Dickson J12 in the final round!

Well done Haoqi Lui J11 on finishing runner-up after beating Noah 2 – 0 and the rest of the chasing pack not completing their matches! Fantastic achievement Haoqi!

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At last we have reached the last round of the Online Junior Club Championships 22-23! The defending champion and top seed, Rishi Vijayakumar is leading and looks odds on to retain his title after his nearest challenger, Scot Xu could only manage a ½ point in round 4 against Nhat Nguyen!

Still you never know what can happen in the last round, so we will just have to wait and see!

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It’s taking its time but the 3^rd round has now been concluded. Leader Scot Xu managed to take a point off defending champions Rishi Vijayakumar to keep himself top of the table by half a point! Nhat Nguyen moves along side of Rishi on 4 ½ points each after a 2 – 0 win against Josh Dickson.

The 4^th round will make or break some players. Scot Xu faces Nhat Nguyen and Rishi will be hoping for a 1 – 1 draw in that match as long as he can win 2 – 0 against Ramit Kanodia to take the lead!

Can Scott hold his nerve, or will Nhat spoil the party and give himself a chance of the title?

We will just have to wait and see!

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After 2 rounds we have a surprise leader in Scott Xu J14, who is the only junior on full points after defending champion and number one seed, Rishi Vijayakumar J11, dropped a half point against Nhat Nguyen J14! Still a long way to go and you just never know how it will all work out in the end. Round 3 could be a very important round as Scot & Rishi play each other!

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The first round is almost completed and the second round draw is now up on the website. No shock results just yet, but you never know!

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That`s it up and running at last! The first round draw is up and it could be the strongest Junior Club Championship ever! With 9 players taking part ranging from 10 to 18 years of age and UG to 1826 grading wise, we are in for a cracker I think!

Good luck to all players!

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Entries are now being taken for the Junior Club Championship Online 2022-23. Closing date for entries is 30th Sept 22.
ENTRIES (So far)

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SEASON 2021-22

Congratulations to Rishi Vijayakumar J10 on becoming the 2021-22 Junior Club Championship Online! Another title for this amazing young man! Well done also to Ramit Kanodia J14 who pushed Rishi all the way to finish Runner-up!

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2nd Round

Still a couple of matches to be completed but the result of the round so far is Josh Dickson J11 (880) with white winning against Rishi Vijayakumar J10 (1570)e!
This is a fantastic result by Josh and hopefully sign`s of improvement from Josh in such a short space of time. Ramit won both his games against Haoqi who seems to be stuck improvement wise. Hopefully once he starts playing OTB again we can change that! Still waiting for new junior Sean Lewis to start his campaign and see how good he is.

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First round completed and no major shock results as Rishi & Josh both won their two matches!

Early days yet and Ramit Kanodia has still to enter the fray!
Round 2 will take place on Thurs 7th April 2022 – 6pm

ROUND ONE – Deadline – Sun 10th Dec 23

ROUND TWO –  Deadline – Sun 21st Jan 24

ROUND THREE – Deadline Sun 18th Feb 24

ROUND FOUR – Deadline – Sun 31st March 24

ROUND FIVE – Deadline Sun 12th May 24

Deadline – Sun 2nd June 24

ONLINE JUNIOR CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP RULES – Revised & updated – AGM – 7th Sept 23

GENERAL

1. Participation in this event therefore means acceptance of the Club Constitution, General rules, Club Online Fair-Play rules (see relevant documents) and competition rules herein.
2. FIDE rules of chess apply except were amended herein by Castlehill Chess Club.
3. All matches will be played on an “Online Platform” designated by the competition organiser/committee.

ELIGIBILITY

4. All players must be paid up members of the club or a paid-up member of our online chess club only. The committee and competition organiser can grant an exception to this rule under certain circumstances (Example: new member joining late in the season?).
5. All players must be juniors as defined by our “Junior Membership Fee”.

GRADING

6. a) Chess Scotland published allegro grading; b) Chess Scotland live allegro grading; c) Another national association or FIDE grading, accordingly converted; d) Estimated grading given by the Internal competition organiser.
7. All online grading regardless of time-control go for Chess Scotland allegro grading.

FORMAT

8. The closing date for entries will be set by the competition organiser and these will be displayed on our website.
9. Players can still enter during the competition at any time.
10. The Online Junior Championship will either be an All-Play-All or Swiss event depending on entries.
11. Players will play two matches on the same night against the same opponent (black & white).
12. The draw will be made by the competition organiser and emailed to all players; published on our website and on the club notice board (if one has one!). In all rounds the first player named has white.
13. All matches in each round should be played either before or on the deadline date.
14. Any matches not played by the deadline will be defaulted by the offending player or players, unless an extension is granted by the competition organiser. If a player defaults for a second time they shall be withdrawn from competition and a report will be sent to the committee for possible further action if required.
15. When the draw is published, “BOTH PLAYERS” must make a serious attempt to contact their opponent or risk defaulting the match. In the event of any problems, players must contact the competition organiser.
16. In the event of an agreed date and time being set by both players, and a player does not attend/online that match appointment, the offending player shall be defaulted, unless their opponent wishes to reschedule, time permitting.
17. TAKE-BACK MOVES is not permitted, even after a mouse /hand slip!

CHALLENGING RULES

18. The competition organiser will inform you of the challenging rules depending on which online platform is used.
19. The player with white sets the time-control, colour, etc and makes the challenge, while black checks the challenge is correct and accepts the challenge if correct, or declines the challenge if incorrect and messages his opponent to sort out the issue before challenge is re-issued.

MATCH POINTS SYSTEM

20. The scoring shall be: Win = 1 point; Draw = ½ point; Loss = Zero points.

BYES

21. In a Swiss, any player may request a ½ point bye except the last round.

TIME-CONTROL

22. Time-Control used is 15 minutes, plus 10 seconds increments from move one, each player.
23. Matches should start at 7:30pm, unless both players have agreed a different time. In the event of an opponent not being present at the agreed date and time, their opponent “MUST” wait for 15 minutes after the agreed time before they can claim a default and leave.

PLACINGS

24. Players will be placed in highest point’s order, with the player(s) with the most points after all matches have been played (Swiss or all-play-all) becoming champion(s).

TIE-BREAKS

25. No tie-breaks in club championship (see trophies).

TROPHIES

26. Online Junior Club Champion only.

CONTROL

27. The competition organiser and/or committee may make amendments deemed appropriate to ensure the smooth running of the tournament.