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Northern Counties Chess Union

Established 1899

A constituent unit of the English Chess Federation

 

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26/07/2026

Swinton Academy Junior Rapidplay

 ,

This was a 3-section 6-round rapidplay for juniors held on Sunday 26th July 2026 at Fletcher Hall, Vicarage Road, Swinton, M27 0WA.

 

The 3 sections were for Under-18s, Under-10s and Under-8s.

 

Players from different counties, one outside the NCCU, being as follows:

Gr. Manchester

26;

Cheshire

8;

Merseyside

3;

Yorkshire

2;

Lancashire

1;

Shropshire

1.

 

Advertised prizes were:

U18's

1st £120

2nd £70

Best Female £30

U10's yr 5 & 4

medal

medal

medal

U8's yr 3 & below

medal

medal

medal

 

Round-by-round games results, with final placings ordered by Sum of Opponents’ Scores (not necessarily used by the organisers), were as follows.

 

Under-18

No

Name

Grade

1

2

3

4

5

6

SPS

1

Matthew Grimley

1783

1

B

13

1

W

8

1

B

4

1

B

2

½

W

3

1

W

5

 

 

Burnley

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

3

 

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

20

2

Vehant Sharma

1569

1

B

8

1

W

5

1

B

9

0

W

1

1

B

4

1

W

3

 

 

Greater Manchester Juniors

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

3

 

 

3

 

 

4

 

 

5

 

18

3

David Otaryan

1522

1

B

12

½

W

9

½

B

5

1

W

7

½

B

1

0

B

2

 

 

Greater Manchester Juniors

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

14½

4

Joe Ledgerton

1537

1

W

15

1

B

6

0

W

1

½

B

10

0

W

2

1

W

9

 

 

Wallasey

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13½

5

Taarush Goel

1510

1

W

7

0

B

2

½

W

3

1

W

9

1

B

10

0

B

1

 

 

Swinton & Worsley Community

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13

6

Brandon Dao

1449

1

B

11

0

W

4

0

B

7

1

W

13

0

B

9

1

W

10

 

 

Stockport

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

2

 

 

3

 

10

7

Martha Galloway

0

0

B

5

1

W

12

1

W

6

0

B

3

0

B

11

1

W

15

 

 

Cheshire & N Wales *

 

 

0

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

2

 

 

2

 

 

3

 

10

8

Sam Bakhshian

1282

0

W

2

0

B

1

0

W

12

1

B

15

1

W

13

1

W

11

 

 

Wallasey

 

 

0

 

 

0

 

 

0

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

3

 

6

9

Shlok Maheshwari

1648

1

W

10

½

B

3

0

W

2

0

B

5

1

W

6

0

B

4

 

 

Swinton & Worsley Community

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10½

10

Joel Shijo

1292

0

B

9

1

W

11

1

B

13

½

W

4

0

W

5

0

B

6

 

 

Chorlton-Cum-Hardy

 

 

0

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10½

11

Karthikeya Mutya

0

0

W

6

0

B

10

1

W

15

½

B

12

1

W

7

0

B

8

 

 

*Leeds

 

 

0

 

 

0

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12

Seth Marks

968

0

W

3

0

B

7

1

B

8

½

W

11

0

W

15

½

B

13

 

 

Wallasey

 

 

0

 

 

0

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

6

13

Jack Signorini

0

0

W

1

1

B

15

0

W

10

0

B

6

0

B

8

½

W

12

 

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

 

14

Ivana Nesbeth Wilson

0

½

-

bye

½

-

bye

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*Manchester

 

 

½

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

15

Yau Chai Aiden Leung

1109

0

B

4

0

W

13

0

B

11

0

W

8

1

B

12

0

B

7

 

 

Stockton Heath Juniors

 

 

0

 

 

0

 

 

0

 

 

0

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

2

Under-10

No

Name

Grade

1

2

3

4

5

6

SPS

1

Lorenzo Michael Sahaya Michael Vino

1220

1

B

14

1

W

4

1

W

7

1

B

2

1

W

3

1

W

9

 

 

Cheshire & N Wales *

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

3

 

 

4

 

 

5

 

 

6

 

21

2

Roberto Mata

1025

1

-

bye

1

W

9

1

B

6

0

W

1

1

B

8

1

W

4

 

 

Leeds Junior Chess Club

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

3

 

 

3

 

 

4

 

 

5

 

18

3

Grace Yeung

810

1

B

12

½

W

8

1

B

15

1

W

6

0

B

1

1

W

7

 

 

Swinton & Worsley Community

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16½

4

Alex Yeung

804

1

W

15

0

B

1

1

B

8

1

W

7

1

W

5

0

B

2

 

 

Swinton & Worsley Community

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

3

 

 

4

 

 

4

 

15

5

Ayan Kumar

772

0

B

13

1

W

12

1

B

14

1

W

11

0

B

4

1

W

6

 

 

Greater Manchester Juniors

 

 

0

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

3

 

 

3

 

 

4

 

13

6

Taneesh Madeshwaran

830

1

B

9

1

W

13

0

W

2

0

B

3

1

W

12

0

B

5

 

 

Swinton & Worsley Community

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

2

 

 

2

 

 

3

 

 

3

 

13

7

Kevin Gilbert

586

1

-

bye

1

W

10

0

B

1

0

B

4

1

W

13

0

B

3

 

 

Greater Manchester *

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

2

 

 

2

 

 

3

 

 

3

 

13

8

Akasya Ryu Praditta

827

1

W

10

½

B

3

0

W

4

½

B

13

0

W

2

1

B

14

 

 

Manchester *

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

2

 

 

3

 

11

9

Jake Diver

0

0

W

6

0

B

2

1

B

10

1

W

15

1

B

11

0

B

1

 

 

Bolton School

 

 

0

 

 

0

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

3

 

 

3

 

9

10

Timmy Drake

0

0

B

8

0

B

7

0

W

9

1

-

bye

1

B

15

1

W

13

 

 

*Oldham

 

 

0

 

 

0

 

 

0

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

3

 

6

11

Bhuvan Vijay

576

1

B

16

0

W

14

½

B

13

0

B

5

0

W

9

1

-

bye

 

 

Greater Manchester Juniors

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

12

Callum Lin

0

0

W

3

0

B

5

1

-

bye

1

W

14

0

B

6

½

W

15

 

 

Altrincham & Hale

 

 

0

 

 

0

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

2

 

 

 

13

Zac Scoular

0

1

W

5

0

B

6

½

W

11

½

W

8

0

B

7

0

B

10

 

 

Greater Manchester Juniors

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

2

 

 

2

 

14

Akain Jeewandarage

714

0

W

1

1

B

11

0

W

5

0

B

12

1

-

bye

0

W

8

 

 

Cheshire & N Wales *

 

 

0

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

2

 

7

15

Ivana Nesbeth Wilson

0

0

B

4

1

-

bye

0

W

3

0

B

9

0

W

10

½

B

12

 

 

*Manchester

 

 

0

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

 

16

Jiwei Yu

1202

0

W

11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cheshire Junior Knights

 

 

0

 

 

0

 

 

0

 

 

0

 

 

0

 

 

0

 

0

Under-8

No

Name

Grade

1

2

3

4

5

6

SPS

1

Arlo Galloway

0

1

W

6

1

W

2

1

B

3

1

B

5

1

W

8

1

B

9

 

 

Cheshire & N Wales *

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

3

 

 

4

 

 

5

 

 

6

 

21

2

William Quilter

712

1

W

8

0

B

1

1

B

6

1

W

4

1

B

7

1

W

5

 

 

Cheshire & N Wales *

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

3

 

 

4

 

 

5

 

16

3

Indy Williams

0

1

B

7

1

W

4

0

W

1

0

B

8

0

W

6

1

B

10

 

 

*Manchester

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

2

 

 

2

 

 

2

 

 

3

 

12

4

Harris Martin

599

1

W

10

0

B

3

1

W

9

0

B

2

0

W

5

1

B

6

 

 

Cheshire & N Wales Juniors

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

2

 

 

2

 

 

3

 

11

5

Ada Quilter

546

0

B

9

1

W

8

1

B

7

0

W

1

1

B

4

0

B

2

 

 

Cheshire & N Wales *

 

 

0

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

2

 

 

3

 

 

3

 

11

6

Jorawar Singh

684

0

B

1

1

W

9

0

W

2

1

-

bye

1

B

3

0

W

4

 

 

Greater Manchester Juniors

 

 

0

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

3

 

 

3

 

10

7

Pravansh Karthi Paleti

501

0

W

3

1

B

10

0

W

5

1

B

9

0

W

2

½

B

8

 

 

Shropshire Junior

 

 

0

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

2

 

 

 

8

Riva Chavan

424

0

B

2

0

B

5

1

W

10

1

W

3

0

B

1

½

W

7

 

 

Swinton & Worsley Community

 

 

0

 

 

0

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

2

 

 

 

9

Elliott Pilkington

0

1

W

5

0

B

6

0

B

4

0

W

7

1

-

bye

0

W

1

 

 

Greater Manchester *

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

2

 

8

10

Jacob Lin

0

0

B

4

0

W

7

0

B

8

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

W

6

 

 

Altrincham & Hale

 

 

0

 

 

0

 

 

0

 

 

0

 

 

0

 

 

0

 

0