NYCA U16 CHAMPIONSHIPS
Saturday 18th March 2000

Richmond completed a hat-trick of victories in the National Youth Chess Association Under 16 Championsihps. A poor second round left them 2½ points behind the leaders with one round to go, but a tremendous last round (9 wins and 3 draws) were just enough to catch up with Glamorgan. For the second week running a tie-break worked in our favour and we took the trophy home yet again.

Championship Table

Code	Team	R1	R2	S/T	R3	Total	Finish
A	Wiltshire	5	4½	9½	4	13½	8th *
B	Berkshire	4½	4½	9	2	11	11th
C	Richmond	9	5	14	10½	24½	First *
D	Cheshire / N. Wales	7½	5½	13	5	18	6th
E	Kent	8	6	14	9½	23½	Third
F	Hampshire	1½	4	5½	6	11½	10th
G	Essex	8	6	14	8½	22½	4th
H	Glamorgan	6½	10	16½	8	24½	Second
I	Buckinghamshire	5½	7	12½	3½	16	7th
J	Surrey	7½	7½	15	4½	19½	5th
K	Somerset	3	6	9	4½	13½	9th

Note: * = Decided on Board Count

Bd	Player	Grade	Score
1	Nick Kingston-Smith	158	1½
2	Michael Zoubaida	150	1½
3	Michael Healey	147	3 **
4	Thomas Nixon	146	2½
5	Jonathan Somekh	121	2½
6	David Zoubaida	120	1½
7	Jonathan Zoubaida	121	1
8	Edward Leung	94	2
9	Anna Partington	112	2
10	Adam Swersky	113	3
11	Eric Pollitt	72	2½
12	Timothy Seymour	72	1½

Note: ** = Player of the Match