JUNIOR 4NCL (Nations Chess League) Round 4 report!
JUNIOR 4NCL (Nations Chess League)
Thurs 2nd March 23 – 6:00pm
Season 7 – Round 4
Division Three – Group B
A joint venture between Castlehill Chess Club Dundee and Dundee Chess Club.
RESULT
KEGS B (1208) 6 – 2 (960) Dundee City Juniors
Dundee City Juniors find themselves out graded team wise against almost all of their division 3, group B opponents and this match was no exception! Having said that, the experience gained will hopefully help them improve as players.
However we did have a couple of upsets on the night. Josh Dickson (786) on board 2 got a fantastic victory against his opponent graded 1182! Well played Josh!
On the other hand, Rishi Vijayakumar (1826), surprisingly lost to a 1282! Mind you junior grades can be fickle, but this was still an unexpected loss for Rishi. Having said that, Rishi redeemed himself later on that night in a TAFCA division one match for Castlehill A against league leaders, St Andrews with a fantastic draw against Euan Gray (2118) which helped secure an unbelievable win for Castlehill A! You just can`t keep him down for long!
Noah Dickson and Haoqi Lui were massively out graded on boards 3 & 4, but put up some brave resistance before both losing 2- 0.
This leaves Dundee City Juniors bottom of group B in division one after 4 rounds. Nobody said it would be easy! Time now for them to pick themselves up, dust themselves down and be ready to do battle in round 4! If nothing else, they are strong characters who will be ready for the battle and will give it their all when the time comes. Both chess clubs in the City of Dundee are immensely proud of our juniors!
For all the results and standings, click the link below.