Junior grades

Well done to all junior players who have all seen marked increases in their grades this year. Grading is done by the national organisation English Chess Federation and is designed to show the relative strength of players. You need to play about 15 games under match conditions with more than an hour for your moves to get a listing on the national grading list. The grade system is being revised next year and the New Grade listed below will be the starting point for that, although the old grades will be the official ones for this season. Name Age Club 2008 grade ('NEW GRADE') Louis Graham 15 Church Stretton 150 (174) Ieuan Fenton 16 Oswestry 125 (152) Alex Taylor 17 Newport 106 (133) Peter Mellor 14 Coddon 85 ( 116) Athar Mehmood 11 Newport 78 (127) Henry Graham 13 Church Stretton 60 (112) Mark Richards 12 Newport 59 (106) Huw Davenport 15 Newport 56 (99) Francis Rooney 13 Shrewsbury 49 (94) Jonathan Newey 13 Shrewsbury 49 (89) Christopher Lovejoy 15 Shrewsbury 48 (91) Matthew Best 12 Shrewsbury 37 (86) Jamie Allen 15 Newport 35 (75) Lauren Birt 14 Shrewsbury Sch 30 (rapid) (75) Joseph Mellor 15 Coddon 29 (85) Matthew Mellor 11 Coddon 23 (62) Katherine Lovejoy 13 Shrewsbury 16 (77)