Newcastle Mini Congress U100

Newcastle Mini Congress U100 section

The top four boards in the last round saw an adults v juniors match with from the front Stuart, Carl, Arthur and Derek for the adults taking on respectively Alex, Joshua, Louise and Jack. The juniors won 2½ - 1½

Carl wins the posing prize for the U100 section, pictured here relaxing after his hard work is complete for the weekend. Amazingly one of his games didn't end in a draw.

Plenty of proper chess here, with no-one finishing in much under an hour and some games rivalling those in the higher sections for duration. Despite the youth of many of the field there was little evidence of playing pacman with the queens. Indeed I suspect rather more of the opening positions reached could be found in the standard works than is the case when the Rambling Rook is at work. Not surprising then that spectators found these games as interesting to follow as those elsewhere.

Alex and Joshua were quickest out of the blocks, being the only players to reach 2/2. Their round three head to head was indecisive, but on the Sunday Alex' play was the more penetrating, scoring two further wins to Joshuas draws.

Carl, one of the joint thirds in this eleven player section was also unbeaten, though his overall play lacked the zest of the juniors. With the leading places filled by juniors the junior prize was to be allocated elsewhere. Jack played an excellent final round game to draw level with Liam, but lost out on the junior title on sum of progressive scores. However with Jack winning the Kangaroo prize (others more mundanely call it the slow starter prize), he and Liam found themselves recipients of equally valuable envelopes.

No hints of tantrums or withdrawals, this group of players have the staying power to gain lasting satisfaction from the game - some will not be eligible for this section for long.

The Brat Pack Part I: From left Matthew, Liam, Alex, Joshua

The Brat Pack Part II: From left Jack, Jacob, Louise

Scores

 1  Alex Cartlidge    Cheddleton   64   5+   3+   2=   8+   7+   4.5   1st   
 2  Joshua Hollins    Hassell      85  11+   8+   1=   7=   4=   3.5   2nd   
 3  Liam Dimmick      Cheddleton   99  10+   1-  11+   4-   b+   3      
 4  Carl Mustafa      Fenton       98   9=   7=   b=   3+   2=   3
 5  Arthur Banks      Whitchurch  e85   1-   6=   b=  11+   8+   3
 6  Jack Healings     Cheddleton   62   8-   5=   b=   9+  10+   3
 7  Stuart Green      Meir        e65   b=   4=  10+   2=   1-   2.5
 8  Louise Brace      Spondon      78   6+   2-   b+   1-   5-   2
 9  Matthew Kelly     Hassell      65   4=  10-   b=   6-  11+   2
10  Derek Whitehurst  Fenton      e74   3-   9+   7-   b=   6-   1.5     
11  Jacob Cartlidge   Cheddleton   63   2-   b+   3-   5-   9-   1

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