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INSTITUTE OF CHESS EXAM RESULTS

Examinations are taken on a traditional supervised written basis. These are set and marked by the Institute of Chess. For further information about the Institute of Chess, please see the website www.instituteofchess.co.uk

The marking scheme at all levels is as follows:

  • 100%
  • Distinction: 80% - 99%
  • Merit: 65% - 79%
  • Pass: 50% - 64%

In cases where a candidate has not reached the pass mark, an individual advisory report is issued identifying areas requiring further revision.


FEBRUARY 2011

Level 5

Coach - FM Simon Brown
5 candidates: 2 Distinctions; 1 Merit; 1 Pass; 1 Fail

Distinction
  • Raunak Rao
  • Rohan Shiatis
Merit
  • Katherine Shepherd
Pass
  • Ella Seagrove

Level 4

Coach - GM Chris Ward
15 candidates: 1 100%; 4 Distinctions; 3 Merits; 5 Passes; 2 Fails

100%
  • Mary Scott
Distinction
  • Lucy Ayliffe
  • Rohan Datta
  • Girinath Haridas
  • Zakary Warsop
Merit
  • Anantha Anilkumar
  • Thomas Morton
  • Jessica Wen
Pass
  • Francesco Bernardini
  • Vittorio Codogno
  • James Elgar
  • Ianto Jones
  • Michael Petrick

Level 3

Coaches - WFM Ros Kieran and Toby Stock
22 candidates: 8 Distinctions; 7 Merits; 7 Passes

Distinction
  • Ryan Cherian
  • Imogen Duke
  • Adam Durbaba
  • Isabelle Gilbert
  • Michael Gilbert
  • Ammar Kisat
  • Ethan Staunton
  • Kartik Velayudham
Merit
  • Joelle Hakim
  • Jason King
  • Zeeshan Kisat
  • Richard Moulange
  • Sam Penollar
  • Ishaan Shukla
  • Jackson Wen
Pass
  • Eric Ambrose
  • Sam Barnett
  • Alessandro Codogno
  • Iona Fleming
  • Robert King
  • Andrew Martin
  • Varun Singh

Level 2

Coach - WFM Sabrina Chevannes
10 candidates: 2 100%s; 4 Distinctions; 4 Merits

100%
  • Neil Miners
  • Kiran Shiatis
Distinction
  • Oliver Cripps
  • Ben Gardner
  • Thomas Gardner
  • Charlotte Wistow
Merit
  • Vihaan Manghat
  • Dominic Norton-Reybould
  • Rakesh Paffey
  • Emily Wistow

Level 1

Coaches - William Jones and Robert Maguire
5 candidates: 1 100%; 3 Distinctions; 1 Merit

100%
  • William Yu
Distinction
  • Christopher Alabi
  • Jonathan Hua
  • Vincent Tang
Merit
  • Isabelle Wistow

The certificates will be presented before the start of GP4 at Gravesend Grammar School on Saturday 19 February.


NOVEMBER 2010

LEVEL 2

Coach: Sabrina Chevannes WFM
13 Candidates: 1 100%; 12 Distinction;

100%:
  • Thomas Hooper
Distinction:
  • Henry Ambrose
  • Paul Durbaba
  • Anton Edwards
  • Katie Gambier
  • Jason King
  • Robert King
  • William Kingswood
  • Ronit Nair
  • Sam Penollar
  • Shalini Subbiah
  • Danial Warsop
  • Edward Woollett

LEVEL 1

Coach: Laurence Jones
2 Candidates: 2 Distinctions

Distinction:
  • Thomas Gardner
  • Abirami Muthukumar

Certificates from the Institute of Chess will now be presented at Coaching Day 3 at Barming Primary on Saturday 8 January 2011. (This follows cancellation of the Family and Friends Tournament at Amherst on Sunday 5 December 2010 due to severe weather.)


FEBRUARY 2010

LEVEL 2

28 Candidates: 20 Distinction; 6 Merit; 2 Pass

Distinction:
  • Thomas Allen
  • Eric Ambrose
  • Madeleine Brown
  • Ryan Cherian
  • Jay Chitnavis
  • Alessandro Codogno
  • Adam Durbaba
  • Amber Everest
  • Sohan Gowda
  • Kyle Heslin-Rees
  • Sebastian Heslin-Rees
  • Henry Kerr
  • Ben Lewis
  • Andrew Martin
  • Oliver Meredith
  • Dylan Quiney
  • Adrian Santhipillai
  • Daniel Seagrove
  • Ishaan Shukla
  • Ethan Staunton
Merit:
  • Joelle Hakim
  • Matthew Martin
  • William Meredith
  • Siddharth Patel
  • Evan Quiney
  • Varun Singh
Pass:
  • Brian Chen
  • Theo Rumble Turley

LEVEL 1

Coach: Laurence Jones
9 Candidates: 8 Distinction; 1 Merit

Distinction:
  • Paul Durbaba
  • Anjali Kalairajah
  • Rebecca Maguire
  • Max Malone
  • Timothy Walters
  • Danial Warsop
  • Isaac Willatts
  • Morgan Wakefield
Merit:
  • Henry Ambrose

Certificates from the Institute of Chess will be presented at our Grand Prix 4 Tournament at Gravesend Grammar School on Saturday February 20th 2010.


NOVEMBER 2009

LEVEL 2 (Group A)

Coach: FM Desmond Tan
10 candidates: 7 Distinction; 2 Merit; 1 Pass
100%:
  • Edward Selway
Distinction:
  • Jack Gillings
  • Zeeshan Kisat
  • Henry Lewis
  • Stephen Lidbetter
  • Xavier Rodrigues
  • Nicola Smirnov
  • Jackson Wen
Merit:
  • Hussain Diab
  • Alexander Smirnov
Pass:
  • Sebastian Connor

LEVEL 2 (Group B)

Coach: Sabrina Chevannes WFM
7 candidates: 1 100%; 5 Distinction; 1 Merit

100%:
  • Hugh Selway
Distinction:
  • Joseph Agate
  • Sam Barnett
  • Imogen Duke
  • Ammar Kisat
  • Kartik Velayudham
Merit:
  • Nicholas Bergiers

LEVEL 1

Coach: Laurence Jones
8 Candidates: 2 100%; 4 Distinction; 2 Pass

100%:
  • Adam Durbaba
  • Neil Miners
Distinction:
  • Madeleine Brown
  • Theo Duke
  • Siddharth Patel
  • Shalini Subbiah
Pass:
  • Peter Knight
  • Theo Rumble Tulley

The certificates from the Institute of Chess and awards from the KJCA will be presented to those listed above immediately prior to the start (about 9.20 am) of the KJCA GP3 tournament at St Olave’s Grammar School, Orpington on Saturday 23 January.