Wednesday 14 August 2013

New grades

The new grades were published at the end of July.   Below is a full list of all Suffolk Juniors who are included on this list.   'R' stands for a Rapidplay grade; otherwise the grade shown is for standard-play chess.

Top Junior Alan Merry is also the highest-graded English Under 17.   The greatest increase in grade, across all players, male/female, adult and junior, is by 9-year old Anita Somton, who gained 50 points between January and July 2013.

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NameBoy/GirlGradeClub
Alan MerryB227Bury St Edmunds
Adam TaylorB190Manningtree
Silas PeckB162Ipswich
Daniel SuchB125Woodbridge School
Emilia JewellG124Bury St Edmunds
Alex SheerinB121Ipswich
Anita SomtonG109Bury St Edmunds
Artem EmelyanovB101Woodbridge School
Clement WallaceB101RBury Knights
George HoranB100Bury St Edmunds
Sean CollietyB96Bury St Edmunds
Mario Saenz de VillaverdeB92Bury Knights
Hugo KellewayB91Woodbridge School
Alba Saenz de VillaverdeG83Bury St Edmunds
Alan JohnB82RBury Knights
William StarlingB68RBury Knights
Rufus EasdaleB65RBury Knights
Patrick GembisB64Bury St Edmunds
Bethany YoungG60RStowmarket
Sohan GowdaB53RStowmarket
Liya BabyG31Bury Knights

In addition to those listed above, 16-year old Justin Tan, a Fide Master (FM) from Australia, will be joining Woodbridge School in September.   He played in the London Classic last December and has a current grade of 229!