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Player Honours
Although we are very much a social chess club, our current squad features many talented individual players who do very well in local competitions. Here are some of the titles won by our current squad:
Name: Callum Abbott
Years: 2021-Present
HONOURS
-Thornaby Chess C Team Player of the Year (2022)
Name: Andy Austen
Years: 2018-Present
HONOURS
-Thornaby Chess Clubman of the Year (2023)
Name: Francis Batchelor
Years: 2017-Present
HONOURS
-Thornaby Club Champion (2019,2020-joint,2022,2023)
-Thornaby Club April Rapidplay Champion (2022)
-Thornaby Club Summer Rapidplay Champion (2023)
-Thornaby Club Blitz Champion (2023)
-CCA A Division Leading Scorer (2023,2024)
-Glasgow Chess Congress Challengers Section Champion (2008)
-Lothian Congress Stars Barred Section Champion (2009)
-Lothian Congress Major Section Champion (2008)
-Fife Secondary Schools Champion (2007)
-Edinburgh Chess Congress Major Section Runner Up (2007)
-Grangemouth Congress Challengers Section Runner Up-Joint (2007)
-Represented Scotland at Under 16 level (2006)
Name: Avaniah Batra
Years: 2024-Present
HONOURS
-Teesside Megafinal Under 18 Runner Up (2022)
-Teesside Megafinal Under 11 Champion (2019-joint)
-Teesside Individual Under 11 Runner Up (2019-joint)
-Teesside Individual Under 11 Boys Runner Up (2018-joint)
-Teesside Megafinal Under 10 3rd Place (2018-joint)
Name: George Butterworth
Years: 2023-Present
HONOURS
-Darlington Junior Chess Under 10 3rd Place (2022)
-Teesside Individual Under 11 3rd Place (2024-joint)
Name: Mike Creaney
Years: 2007-Present
HONOURS
-Thornaby Club Champion (2015-joint,2020-joint)
-Thornaby Club Championship Runner Up (2008-joint,2009-joint,2011,2019-joint)
Name: Brian Ellis
Years: 2008-Present
HONOURS
-Thornaby Club Champion (2015)
-Thornaby Club Championship Runner Up (2010,2012,2016)
-Cleveland Individual Minor Trophy (2014)
-Thornaby Club November Rapidplay Champion (2021)
-CCA Game of the Season (2022)
Name: Tristan Green
Years: 2022-Present
HONOURS
-Teesside Individual Under 11 Runner Up (2022-joint)
-Teesside Individual Under 11 3rd Place (2023-joint)
-Thornaby Village School Chess Champion (2022)
-Delancey UK Challenge School Stage Champion (2023)
Name: Sam Greig
Years: 2022-Present
HONOURS
-Blackpool Congress Minor Section Champion (2023-joint)
-Durham County Under 1600 Champion (2023)
-Thornaby Club Xmas Rapidplay Champion (2022)
-Thornaby Club Blitz Runner Up (2023)
-Thornaby Chess Durham League Player of the Year (2023)
Name: Freya Hind
Years: 2023-Present
HONOURS
-Teesside Megafinal Under 10 Girls Champion (2024-joint)
-Teesside Megafinal Under 10 Girls 3rd place (2023)
-Teesside Individual Under 11 Girls Runner Up (2024)
-Darlington Junior Chess Under 9 Best Girl (2023)
-Darlington Junior Chess Under 11 Best Girl (2024)
Name: Matt Jackman
Years: 2023-Present
HONOURS
-Thornaby Chess Club A2 Division Champion (2024)
Name: Tashil Lankapura
Years: 2023-Present
HONOURS
-Teesside Megafinal Under 8 Champion (2023)
-Teesside Individual Under 9 3rd place (2023-Joint)
-Teesside Megafinal Under 10 Runner Up (2024-joint)
-Teesside Individual Under 9 3rd Place (2024-joint)
-Darlington Junior Chess 7-8 Champion (2023)
-London Junior Chess Championships - Elstree qualifier Winner (2023)
-Scarborough Junior Rapidplay Under 9 3rd place (2023)
-Thornaby Club Easter Blitz Runner Up (2024)
-CCA D Division Leading Scorer (2024)
-Billingham June Rapidplay Champion (2024-joint)
Name: Zhuoyi Lin
Years: 2024-Present
HONOURS
-Teesside Megafinal Under 12 Champion (2024-joint)
-Thornaby Chess Club B Division Champion (2024-joint)
Name: Isaac Machin
Years: 2023-Present
HONOURS
-Darlington Junior Chess Under 10 Champion (2022)
-Teesside Individual Under 9 Champion (2023-joint)
Name: Joseph Machin
Years: 2019-Present
HONOURS
-Teesside Individual Under 16 3rd place (2022)
-Thornaby Chess Young Player of the Year (2022)
-Darlington Junior Chess Under 13 Runner Up (2022)
-Teesside Megafinal Under 14 Champion (2023-joint)
-Thornaby Chess D Division Player of the Year (2023)
-Thornaby Club Easter Rapidplay Champion (2024)
Name: James Mann
Years: 2023-Present
HONOURS
-Teesside Megafinal Under 14 3rd place (2024)
Name: Joe McGinnis
Years: 2019-Present
HONOURS
-Thornaby Club Championship Runner Up (2022,2023)
-Thornaby Chess B Division Player of the Year (2023)
-Thornaby Chess Game of the Season (2022)
Name: Janos Mehes
Years: 2020-Present
HONOURS
-Thornaby Chess Clubman of the Year (2022)
Name: Iain Mellis
Years: 2021-Present
HONOURS
-Thornaby Chess Newcomer of the Year (2022)
-Fantasy Chess Winner (2023)
Name: Aryan Nalawade
Years: 2024-Present
HONOURS
-Teesside Megafinal Under 18 Runner Up (2024)
-Teesside Megafinal Under 14 Champion (2023-joint)
-Teesside Megafinal Under 18 Champion (2022)
-Teesside Individual Under 11 Runner Up (2019-joint)
-Teesside Megafinal Under 10 Champion (2019)
-Teesside Individual Under 9 Champion (2018-joint)
-Teesside Megafinal Under 9 Runner Up (2018)
-Teesside Individual Under 9 Champion (2017-joint)
-Teesside Megafinal Under 8 Champion (2017)
-Teesside Individual Under 7 Champion (2016)
-Teesside Megafinal Under 7 Boys Champion (2016)
Name: Kaira Nalawade
Years: 2024-Present
HONOURS
-Teesside Individual Under 11 Girls Champion (2024)
-Teesside Megafinal Under 12 Girls Runner Up (2024-joint)
-Teesside Individual Under 9 Girls Champion (2022-joint)
Name: Rhys Orton
Years: 2023-Present
HONOURS
-Darlington Junior Chess 14-16 Runner Up (2023)
Name: Wes Park
Years: 2022-Present
HONOURS
-Teesside Megafinal Under 14 Champion (2023-joint)
-Thornaby Chess Newcomer of the Year (2023)
Name: Sagar Patil
Years: 2022-Present
HONOURS
-Teesside Megafinal Under 14 Champion (2024)
-Teesside Megafinal Under 12 Champion (2022,2023)
-Teesside Individual Under 16 Champion (2022)
-Darlington Junior Chess Under 11 Champion (2022)
-Darlington Junior Chess 11-13 Champion (2023)
-Thornaby Chess C Division Player of the Year (2023)
-Thornaby Chess Young Player of the Year (2023)
Name: David Pizzi
Years: 2022-Present
HONOURS
-Thornaby Chess Club B Division Champion (2023)
Name: Chris Ross
Years: 2019-Present
HONOURS
FIDE Candidate Master (2012)
IBCA Olympiad silver-medallist (2015)
Name: Matt Rowett
Years: 2023-Present
HONOURS
-Thornaby Chess Club B Division Champion (2024-joint)
Name: Will Rowett
Years: 2023-Present
HONOURS
-Thornaby Chess Club B Division Champion (2024-joint)
Name: Ajay Selvan
Years: 2023-Present
HONOURS
-Teesside Individual Under 7 Champion (2015)
-Teesside Megafinal Under 8 Champion (2016)
-Teesside Individual Under 9 Champion (2017-joint)
-Teesside Megafinal Under 9 Runner Up (2017-joint)
-Teesside Megafinal Under 10 Champion (2018-joint)
-Teesside Individual Under 11 Boys Runner Up (2018-joint)
-Teesside Megafinal Under 11 Champion (2019-joint)
-Teesside Megafinal Under 18 3rd place (2022-joint)
Name: Sam Stevenson
Years: 2023-Present
HONOURS
-Teesside Megafinal Under 12 Champion (2024-joint)
-Teesside Megafinal Under 12 Runner Up (2023-joint)
-Scarborough Junior Rapidplay Under 14 Runner Up (2023)
Name: Chris Swales
Years: 2019-Present
HONOURS
-Redcar Club Quickplay Champion (1998)
-CCA B Division Leading Scorer (2022)
-Thornaby Club June Rapidplay Champion (2022)
-Thornaby Club Easter Rapidplay Runner Up (2024)
-Thornaby Club Easter Blitz Champion (2024)
Name: James Urwin
Years: 2021-Present
HONOURS
-Northumberland Congress Foundation Section Champion (2022)
-Vince Skillcorn Trophy Runner Up (2022)
-Thornaby Chess Most Improved Player (2023)
Name: Jayden Wang
Years: 2024-Present
HONOURS
-Teesside Individual Under 7 Champion (2023)
-Teesside Megafinal Under 8 Champion (2024)
-Teesside Individual Under 9 3rd Place (2024-joint)
-Darlington Junior Chess Under 11 3rd Place (2024)
-Thornaby Chess Club B Division Champion (2024-joint)
Name: Harris Wilson
Years: 2022-Present
HONOURS
-Darlington Junior Chess Under 13 3rd Place (2022)
-Teesside Megafinal Under 18 3rd place (2024)
