Thirteenchildren from Manchester Junior Chess took part in an international chess matchwith children from Rybnik in Poland. The tournament was overseen by WGMAgnieszka Clement-Matras and her team from Szkoła Podstawowa, a Polish Schoolthat is one of the leading centres for Junior Chess in Poland.

The childrenplayed two matches and the games were hard fought. The final day saw an epicfinish between Jennifer Neil (Bolton Chess Club) and Wiktoria Cieslak (Rybnik)with Manchester needing a win to tie the series. Jennifer got the result an theoverall score over two games was 13-13. Scores.

Board

Score over two games

1

Smrek

Mateusz

0-2

Jennifer

Neil

Bolton Chess Club

2

Mateusz

Górecki

2-0

Georgia

Guilbert

Worsley Chess Club

3

Maciej

Białas

0-2

Tom

Green

4

Dominik

Janczak

2-0

Kevin

Ye

Plymouth Grove School

5

Jacek

Łuc

0-2

Mahima

Raghavendra

Atherton Chess Club

6

Sebastian

Skulski

2-0

James

Leese-Weller

Bolton Chess Club

7

Klaudia

Ryś

2-0

Emma

Hussain

Bolton Chess Club

8

Gabriela

Króliczek

1-1

Flynn

Saturley

Bolton Boys School

9

Bartosz

Krzyżanowski

0-2

Kavin

Velmurugan

Wigan Chess Club

10

Mateusz

Grzesista

1.5-0.5

Jonny

Shine

Bolton Boys School

11

Wiktoria

Cytryniak

1-1

Tom

Duxbury

Edgworth School

12

Mateusz

Grygar

0-2

Matthew

Cavaliere

Bolton Boys School

13

Jessica

Cieślak

1.5-0.5

Farrell

Saturley

Bolton Boys School

Julian Clissold

Manchester JuniorChess