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Liverpool Quadrangular
#1
The Liverpool Quadrangular takes place November 30 to December 2, 2012

Squads below in alphabetical order.

Under 16: Murad Abdulla, Daniel Deary, Lennart Koehn, Andrew McCusker, Carl Milton, Stuart Wynne

Under 14: Alexander Bond, Colin Howie, Moray Lennox, Anna Milton, Declan Shafi, Fergus Skillen, Caitlin Reid, Liam Richmond, Zak Roy, Leonardo Sani, Jamie Underwood

Under 12: Matthew Billcliff, Euan Dawson, Michael Doyle, Andrew Gillies, Craig Gillies, Darren Gillies, Euan Gray, Stuthi Hegde, Kirsty McCusker, Thomas Stidolph, Ben Volland.

Coaches

U16 GM Matthew Turner
U14 Jonathan Edwards and Calum MacQueen
U12 Alastair Dawson and Alex Gillies

Head of Delegation Paul MacDonald

ChessScotland officials Donald Wilson, David Congalton and Judy Milton.

Good luck to eveyone at this event and a special thankyou to Donald, David and Judy for the terrific job they have done in organising accommodation and transport amongst other things.

Robin.
#2
Good luck to all playing!
#3
Best of luck all! Big Grin
#4
All the players and parents have made it safely to the hotel.

Coaching after breakfast, then the first round starts at 13:30.

Won't know opponents or colours until shortly before the start.
#5
Round 1 has just finished against the Midlands:

U16s won 5-1
U14s drew 5-5
U12s drew 5-5

Round 2 starts in approximately 10 minutes. North of England next which on the face of it looks like it will be a tougher test. Final round will be Wales tomorrow morning. Donald will post board results later tonight when back at the hotel.
Growing old is compulsory, growing up is optional!
#6
Scottish results from Round 1 (v Midlands):

Under 16
Grade
Board Name Live Published
1 Murad Abdulla 1816 1746 W 1-0 Marcus Rose
2 Lennart Koehn 1707 1652 B 1-0 Sam Beardmore
3 Andrew McCusker 1691 1619 W 1-0 Karthik Selvan
4 Daniel Deary 1670 1649 B 1-0 Harry Bowman
5 Carl Milton 1601 1505 W 0-1 Dominic Taylor
6 Stuart Wynne 1406 1249 B 1-0 Michael Evans
5-1
Under 14
Grade
Board Name Live Published
1 Jamie Underwood 1530 1450 W 0-1 Akito Oyama
2 Leonardo Sani 1514 1072 B ½-½ Sam Herring
3 Alexander Bond 1498 1504 W ½-½ Owen Robinson
4 Declan Shafi 1464 1309 B 0-1 Matthew Fergusson
5 Anna Milton 1398 1327 W 0-1 Eva Ressell
6 Fergus Skillen 1312 1236 B 1-0 James Kearney
7 Zak Roy 1257 1246 W 1-0 Jacob Cartlidge
8 Colin Howie 1244 1286 B 1-0 Jack Healings
9 Moray Lennox 1146 1177 W 0-1 Alex Jarvis
10 Caitlin Reid 1014 871 B 1-0 Lewis Clarke
5-5
Under 12
Grade
Board Name Live Published
1 Euan Gray 1419 937 W 0-1 John Croasdale
2 Liam Richmond 1177 1068 B 0-1 Jacob Boswell
3 Craig Gillies 1058 867 W ½-½ Sahrin Ahluwalia
4 Michael Doyle 926 815 B 0-1 Helena Constantinou
5 Ben Volland 915 556 W ½-½ Andrew Fergusson
6 Stuthi Hegde 904 734 B 1-0 Ryan Reed
7 Darren Gillies 884 757 W 0-1 Sam Smith McGloin
8 Euan Dawson 882 778 B 1-0 Donald Flynn
9 Andrew Gillies 829 794 W 1-0 David Collyer
10 Matthew Billcliff 674 0 B 1-0 Travis Saperia
5-5


Round 2 results to follow shortly.
#7
Round 2 results (v North):

Under 16
Board Name Live grade Published grade
1 Murad Abdulla 1816 1746 B ½-½ Andrew Horton 194
2 Lennart Koehn 1707 1652 W ½-½ Jake Manton 169
3 Andrew McCusker 1691 1619 B ½-½ Miles Edwards-Wright 165
4 Daniel Deary 1670 1649 W 1-0 James Walsh 154
5 Carl Milton 1601 1505 B 0-1 Matthew Walsh 153
6 Stuart Wynne 1406 1249 W ½-½ Stephen Chung 143
3-3
Under 14
Board Name Live grade Published grade
1 Jamie Underwood 1530 1450 B 0-1 Daniel Abbas 182
2 Leonardo Sani 1514 1072 W 0-1 Jordan Lewis 155
3 Alexander Bond 1498 1504 B ½-½ Judd Bennett 153
4 Declan Shafi 1464 1309 W 1-0 Tim Chatys 138
5 Anna Milton 1398 1327 B ½-½ Alex Kitshoff 115
6 Fergus Skillen 1312 1236 W 1-0 Miles Hemingway 107
7 Zak Roy 1257 1246 B 1-0 Rohit Bagewadi 94
8 Colin Howie 1244 1286 W 1-0 Sam Hayman 93
9 Moray Lennox 1146 1177 B 1-0 Natalia Chatys 80
10 Kirsty McCusker 978 910 W 0-1 Josh Fernandes -
6-4
Under 12
Board Name Live grade Published grade
1 Euan Gray 1419 937 B 0-1 Zheming Zhan 161
2 Liam Richmond 1177 1068 W ½-½ Robert McLean 119
3 Craig Gillies 1058 867 B 0-1 Ashwin Krishna 89
4 Michael Doyle 926 815 W ½-½ Carmel Barwick 87
5 Ben Volland 915 556 B 0-1 Rohan Yesudian 87
6 Stuthi Hegde 904 734 W 0-1 Riyaan Yesudian 82
7 Darren Gillies 884 757 B 0-1 Sharon Daniels -
8 Euan Dawson 882 778 W 1-0 Sam Brennan -
9 Andrew Gillies 829 794 B 0-1 Neha Bagewadi -
10 Thomas Stidolph 660 667 W 0-1 Luke Cavanaugh -
2-8

Sorry about the lack of formatting - tabs in Word just disappear when text is copied to the board.

Wales tomorrow - could be tough, as they are improving fast.

I don't know thw scores from the other matches, but wins tomorrow for either the U16s or the U14s must put Scotland in contention for first place in those sections.
#8
Round 3 (final round) results v Wales:

Under 16
Board Name Live grade Published grade
1 Murad Abdulla 1816 1746 B ½-½ Luke Kostanjsek
2 Lennart Koehn 1707 1652 W ½-½ Robert Warrington
3 Andrew McCusker 1691 1619 B 1-0 Harsith Maruthireddy
4 Daniel Deary 1670 1649 W 1-0 Josh McKenna
5 Carl Milton 1601 1505 B 1-0 Charles Kett
6 Stuart Wynne 1406 1249 W ½-½ James Baker
4½-1½
Under 14
Board Name Live grade Published grade
1 Jamie Underwood 1530 1450 B 0-1 Ben Thomas
2 Leonardo Sani 1514 1072 W ½-½ Nicholas Evans
3 Alexander Bond 1498 1504 B ½-½ Rhys Bennett
4 Declan Shafi 1464 1309 W 0-1 Alyssa Wang
5 Anna Milton 1398 1327 B 0-1 Nyasha Katsande
6 Fergus Skillen 1312 1236 W ½-½ Owain Davies
7 Zak Roy 1257 1246 B ½-½ Owen Bennett
8 Colin Howie 1244 1286 W ½-½ Elliott MacNeil
9 Kirsty McCusker 978 910 B 0-1 Madeusz Sieduszewski
10 Caitlin Reid 1014 871 W ½-½ Jamie Bell-Thomas
3-7
Under 12
Board Name Live grade Published grade
1 Euan Gray 1419 937 B ½-½ Stephanie Du Toit
2 Liam Richmond 1177 1068 W ½-½ Daniel Siromani
3 Craig Gillies 1058 867 B 0-1 Imogen Camp
4 Michael Doyle 926 815 W 0-1 Ben Choo Yin
5 Ben Volland 915 556 B 1-0 Arjan Bolina
6 Stuthi Hegde 904 734 W 0-1 Joshua Williams
7 Darren Gillies 884 757 B 0-1 Mohammad Farhadi
8 Euan Dawson 882 778 W 1-0 Hugo Fowler
9 Thomas Stidolph 660 667 B 0-1 Chirac Guha
10 Matthew Billcliff 674 0 W 0-1 Arjun Balasahramaniam
3-7

Final Placings:

U16
1 North 14½ pts
2 Scotland 12½
3 Midlands 4½
4 Wales 4½

U14
1 Wales 20½ pts
2 Scotland 14
3 North 13
4 Midlands 12½

U12
1 Wales 17½
2 Midlands 17
3 North 15½
4 Scotland 10

I hope to post some comments about the tournament tomorrow, and then submit the grading data in a day or two, but I haven't time for more tonight - I'm not at home where I should be, I'm in a Premier Inn in Dundee (long story!) and have only 30 minutes of free wi-fi.
#9
Report from the Welsh. Their U14s have had quite a year!

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Growing old is compulsory, growing up is optional!
#10
The Welsh report David links to in the preceding post covers a lot of things I was going to say. I won't repeat them here, I'll just make some more general comments.

The selectors' decision to strengthen the Scottish U16 team by promoting Murad from the U12s and Lennart from the U14s clearly worked in getting us close to winning the U16 tournament - the North were a bit lucky to draw with us, even though they outgraded the Scots on every board.

But the good results for our U16 team came at the cost of two heavy defeats for our U12 team. I'll leave others to consider whether It's Scotland or Wales who are following the best course when deciding if anyone should play above their age group.

At any rate, the fact that of this year's Scottish U16 team only Daniel will be too old to play in next year's Liverpool Quadrangular (and that Murad will be eligible for another four years, and Lennart for another two years) suggests that we could be in real contention to win that event in the next couple of years.

Our U14 team scored well on the middle boards particularly, and in the end it was just unfortunate that Wales are so strong in that age group - the Wales-Scotland match was a lot closer than the 7-3 scoreline suggests, and also closer than you might predict from the grading differences:
Bd Scot Welsh
1 1530 1911
2 1514 1804
3 1498 1764
4 1464 1675
5 1398 1578
6 1312 1642
7 1257 1480
8 1244 1294
9 978 1402
10 1014 1267
(I know some people question the accuracy of Welsh grades, but they are not imaginary; and I have chosen to compare live Scottish grades with published Welsh grades to reduce the differences - but still most of the differences remain quite substantial.)

Our inexperienced U12 team was always going to struggle in this tournament, so nobody should be disappointed by the final score. The players have gained valuable experience, and we will see benefits in the future.

Away from the playing hall, everybody seems to have been happy with the way the weekend went - but I hope players, parents and coaches will post their thoughts here themselves (or express them privately to CS officials if they prefer to do that).


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