Tournament Results

2023/24 Warwickshire Youth Grand Prix Champions

The 2023/24 Warwickshire Youth Grand Prix was contested over five tournaments held throughout the academic year: Sunday, 8th October, 2023 – Birmingham Junior Open at King Edward VI Five Ways SchoolSunday, 3rd December, 2023 – Warwickshire Junior Championship at Meadow Park School, CoventrySaturday, 20th January, 2024 – Warwick Junior Open at Warwick Preparatory SchoolSaturday, 23rd March, 2024 – Birmingham Junior Open at King Edward VI Five Ways SchoolSunday, 23rd June, 2024 – Solihull Junior Open at Light Hall School (results) Players were awarded points based on their results, and the top 4 scores across the five events determined the Champion. The final standings can be found here. The winners for 2023/24 are as follows:

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2024 Solihull Junior Open Results

The fifth and final leg of the 2023/24 Warwickshire Youth Grand Prix was held at Light Hall School in Solihull. 92 players participated. The full tournament results can be found here: Under 11: Group A | Group B | Group C | Group DUnder 18: Group A | Group B | Group C The final standings of the 2023/24 Warwickshire Youth Grand Prix can be found here. Photographs taken at the prizegiving by Andrew McCumiskey, one of the tournament staff, can be found at his Flickr account. The playing area at Light Hall School

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2024 Leamington Open Results

The third and final leg of the 2023/24 Warwickshire Championships was held at Warwick Trident College in Leamington. 124 players participated. The Open was won by 13-year old Elis Dicen. In addition to winning the tournament, her FIDE rating passed 2000 after her Round 3 win, which secures her the Women’s Candidate Master title once the June 2024 FIDE rating list. She becomes Warwickshire’s newest FIDE titled player since Richard Weaving in 2017. The Warwickshire Championship was won by 18-year old Finlay Bowcott-Terry, whose combined score of 8½ points from Coventry and Leamington put him a point ahead of Matthew Harborne in the standings. Elis Dicen won the Warwickshire Women’s Championship for the second time. The final Championship standings can be found here. The full tournament results can be found here: Open | Under 2000 | Under 1750 | Under 1500 Photographs taken by Brendan O’Gorman, a participant in the Under 1750 section, can be found at his SmugMug account. Finlay Bowcott-Terry2024 Warwickshire Champion Elis Dicen 2024 Warwickshire Women’s Champion2024 Leamington Open Winner The playing area at Warwickshire Trident CollegePhotograph used with the permission of Brendan O’Gorman

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