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  Update October 21st 2008    Emma Bentley. Chess Diary.          CONTACT US

    Dr   Evan   Harris MB. Chb.  MP.    Endorses New Chess Training DVD out now.

Dr Harris states Chess it is well recognised for its place in education. He is an accomplished chess player and is seen below playing     Emma and filming the introduction. 

Emma  with Grand Masters, GM Raymond Keene OBE  & GM Nigel Davies play and analyse their games in this modestly priced DVD.

As well as the DVD release Emma's other news is she passed her GCSE Maths this June at 11 yrs of age. Which came first the Chess or the Maths.

    World Championship    Times India       

News article Sports  Section July 31st 2008. See here >>>> Derbyshire Times Sports Section

                

   New ECF Forum Web Site.   http://www.ecforum.org.uk

" Bishops on diagonals and Rooks on files, moving on the chequered squares in lighting time, cos this is a bullet match so get off the street,

 and come and play chess to the Hip Hop Beat."   © Emma Bentley 2007.

Emma had a mention in the Liverpool opening ceremony as youngest player and a line in the Liverpool Post.  Result  3 / 10.

Emma played 9 games with one bye in round 4. She travelled everyday 80 miles each way to be there. In the pairings she did tend to get the highest player left in the section but not quiet as bad as Martin Brown, grade 167 ECF  who at 15 years of age drew two GM's and one IM. All in all the event was excellent in every way. One of Emma's games lasted four and a half hours. The 3 / 10 does and doesn't reflect the standard of her play as the competition can be said to be the toughest in the UK ever.  An outstanding achievement by Prof. Robertson to organise such a success. David Howell flew the flag for England with some superb play and attitude and a fine 7 / 10.  A real roll model for young chess players.

Liverpool Chess International 2008    results.

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Links  GM Raymond Keene MA. OBE.  New   site.      Tiger Chess  Site of GM Nigel Davies. Coach & Author.

  GM Nick Pert   Just added site, 1st class read.              Emma's local club  Chesterfield Chess Club

Top Lady   GM Susan Polgar Blog.   SPICE Event  =  Susan Polgar Institute Chess Excellence. Texas Tech University. Lubbock Texas.

       Impala Publications             Wu Tan Clan Chess  . com.       The Hip-Hop Chess Blog

BCM Blog      Chessuk.com        Atticus Chess Club  + Forum        4ncl          IM Josh Waitzkin       Chess Master

  English Chess Federation  + Forum          Cheshire North Wales Juniors   + Competition coming up.      Sheffield & District Chess Association

  USA Chess Federation     The London Chess Centre    Chess Federation of Canada        Chess Direct     Chessmaze

New York Times Chess Blog      Staffordshire Chess Association      Yorkshire Chess Association      The Closet Grandmaster   

 Wu Tan Clan Chess  . com.      Play Chess - Rap Music -  Martial Arts.

News article Sports  Section July 31st 2008. See here >> Derbyshire Times Sports Section

 
       The Junior 4 Nations Chess League Junior Championships.

    The entry form :- Click  here      >>>      4ncl Junior Entry Form.   <<<

 Now becoming international as teams from other countries are taking interest.    A great opportunity for British Juniors  to play  International long play Chess in excellent surroundings thanks to Claire Summerscale and the board of 4NCL.

     Glorney Faber Cup. Liverpool July 2008.   U18's  Jessie Gilbert Cup.

                          

                                        Claire                              Hanna Dale  &  Emma                                     England Teams

" Bishops on diagonals and Rooks on files, moving on the chequered squares in lighting time, cos this is a bullet match so get off the street,

 and come and play chess to the Hip Hop Beat."   © Emma Bentley 2007.

Click photo >    Wu Tan Clan Chess    Adisa Banjoko    Leo Libiran

 Under 11 Girls  Eastern Region February  2008 and All England Gold Final Champion June 2008 

                    

                                                                                                                                                          Derbyshire Times July 31st Photo Bernard Jones

Polgar Under 11 Girls Open World Chess Champion. Score  5.5 / 6.     Las Vegas Chess Festival June 2007

  All England Girls U10 Champion. Score 5 / 5. June 30th 2007       All Englands Girls Eastern Region U10 Chess Champion.  Score 5/5  2006

        Eastern Region All Englands Girls Under 10 Championship February 2008.     All England Girls Gold Final U11 Champion June 2008

Sheffield U9 Chess Champion 2005 / 6.    York U11.   Lincoln U11.    EPSCA  Finals Nottingham U11 3/3.    2nd Nottinghamshire Championships  yr 6. 2007.

Playing board one for Ecclesall D all season 2007 - 2008. Sheffield District . Now  playing only Sheffield League and 4NCL.

Jack Rudd annotates

Jack annotates the game between Theresa Garrett and Emma Bentley    here.    4NCL      Sat May 3rd        Photo - Claire Summerscale >
Sunningdale  4NCL . Poisoned Pawns 2 wins one Draw. Emma  one win one loss.  

Why Emma will never attend a chess event without her parents:-    ChessVibes  »   Stunning story at World Youth in Turkey

GM Raymond Keene OBE - Times newspaper article March 11th 2008. Click on       >> Leonardo da Vinci Chess  <<

Parking tickets in London. Know your rights and fight back. >>   Civil Rights    Ticket Busters  

BBC TV Interview >   BBC interview.        . Click on >  Current TV Worldwide. <

                      

                     Hot day under TV cameras again.                                    Current TV Video Hip Hop Chess Federation

Current TV:- Emma at the Hip Hop Chess Federation Kings Invitational San Francisco doing 1st verse of her Rap Words on Chess.

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               RZA  Wu Tang Clan                       IM Josh Waitzkin   ChessMaster        Susan Polgar    Simul  Last Standing

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      GM. Susan Polgar  Las Vegas  June 2007      Hal Langland Pres. Calchess-White Cap.  Adisa Banjoko - Red Cap /  IM Josh Waitzkin gave commentary.             Interview with GE TV.

 Links >>>     GE TV Interview.     On The Mat     USCF Website       The Chess Drum      Baller Status      Domingoyu.com       Chess Magnet School   

       San Francisco October 13th       CBS TV 5 Video       Events - Commonwealth Club      The Hip-Hop Chess Federation Blog    Wishtank magazine

          On The Mat @ Hip Hop Chess            The Hip Hop Cosign            HHNLive.com - News - RZA Goes Undefeated           Leehiphopshow 

Missing in action was DJ Q-Bert who was scheduled to play 10 year old world chess champ Emma Bentley from the UK. From the looks of things Q-Bert would want no parts of this young lady as she is no joke on the boards. She easily disposed of famed UFC fighter ( Ralek Gracie ) in a chess match that resulted in most participants staying clear of her unless they wanted their feelings hurt. We also understand that this young lady is also very skilled in the martial arts world. No doubt she'll return back in February when HHCF holds the Queens Invitational to showcase and bring attention to women chess players.                    Quote from  Davey  D.   Hip Hop Cosign.

When 11 year old Chess Champion Emma Bentley’s original opponent dropped out, Ralek Gracie stepped up and competed in a one minute bullet match against the prodigy. Emma flew all the way out from England for the event. Emma is also a Tae Kwon Do champion and a budding musician, and about the coolest 11 year I’ve ever met from the United Kingdom. Although scheduled for a minute (chess time), Emma managed to defeat Ralek in four moves. She later confessed she “felt a bit sorry for beating Ralek so badly”, but Ralek smiled and took it in stride.  Quote OTM.

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At Doncaster  Inter Section  Feb 23/4th

Photo Patrick Senior

Dave Welch.  IM Malcolm Pein

Liverpool 2007

IM J Rowson & Emma  look on as WIM Houska - GM Jones &  GM Smeets play tandem chess.

Sunningdale May 3rd. 4NCL           Poisoned   Pawns   v   Bristol 1.  Div. 2

 


         

      Eastern Region Winners.  Feb 16th 2008   Claire Summerscale- U12   U11 winner.  Emma. John Crawley. Latifa Messam Sparks

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Photo by Tom  Chivers. Streatham & Brixton Chess Club- At the Staunton Memorial.                4NCL Poisoned Pawns 1 .   Div 2

GM Raymond Keen OBE playing Emma with the beautiful set received  by Emma as a prize from the Blackpool Congress 2007.

Mike--Seattle & Nick Buckawicki.  Gerry Walsh Pres. ECF.       Emma's dog TED   Hal Karlesson -Texas Tech.   Mum & Famous chess player in Victoria,  Canada.

                      

     Gerry Walsh at Hastings prize giving with Stewart Reuben.                          Friends at Wijk aan Zee    Kevin  & Romy

           Hastings  -  3/5  grading prize.  100/130 section.  

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                                             GM  Ivan Sokolov                         Mega Star  John Ohurley.  Spamalot at Wynn Hotel Las Vegas.

               After playing Ralek Gracie                     2  Photos,  John Winter. Wings Magazine          Last Standing at Susan Polgar Simul  Las Vegas 2 hrs 45min

                     

                                                 After playing Ralek Gracie                           2  Photos,  John Winter. Wings Magazine                                

Emma with Mum & Dad receives an achievement cheque from Derbyshire County Councillor Bill Pickford. Bill is 6feet 8 inches tall.

Emma at the Houses of Parliament on Monday. Welcomed by Bolsover MP Dennis Skinner and soon introduced to senior members of the government. Seen below with Solicitor General the Rt Hon. Vera Baird QC. MP.  Ex Home Secretary Charles Clarke MP. Many top English juniors were there with their parents. Charles Wood from Bradford brought the West Yorkshire girl champion Amy. Englands youngest GM David Howell also attended

Many good things are happening in Junior chess at the moment and things look even better for the future with Chess sets now being made available to schools free of charge due to the efforts of the English Chess Federation officials. Fergus Christie is seen in the photo below below with Emma and the Open World Championship trophy in the background. Emma with Latifa Messam Sparks and Jessica Thilaganathan

                       

           Emma & Ex Home Sec. Charles Clarke MP         G. Walsh.  Rt Hon Vera Baird QC. MP                                Coffee with   Dennis  Skinner MP                          Top Girls -  Latifa - Emma - Jessica 

                                          Rakaa Iriscience.  Dilated Peoples                 GM  Michael Adams       Chess master & editor Ray Cannon

Her next visit in the USA Emma is invited to play at  the Yahoo Head Office by Steve Rich ( The Rocket Science Guy ) and will play in California on February 2nd & 3rd. by invite from Dr Alan Kirchner  ( CalNorth Youth Chess President ) and then, Hip Hop Queens International 2008.

Peter Sowray Blog  Susan Polgar Blog  Emma Bentley Blog  OMOV Petition  English Chess Federation   Streatham & Brixton Chess Blog  The London Chess Centre

Petition to ECF.    One Member One Vote.   Click on   OMOV   link below.    Current TV interview..>>>Wu-Tang Chess Masters // Current TV UK

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Emma's efforts in the past week or two are a win on board one at Rolls Royce Derby and a win for her Derbyshire v Lincolnshire.

Saturday 10th inst. a win over 152 grade at the 4NCL.  Three wins for Nottinghamshire on Saturday. 

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 Links to Reports from Hip Hop Chess Federation. Chess Kings Invitational.  October 13th 2007. 

 YouTube - Official HHCF Chess Kings Invitational Video Mix!!      

YouTube - GETV145: Hip Hop Chess Tournament

In TV & Radio interviews Emma is instructed to state only the region in which she lives. Her own Hip Hop CD / DVD is in the pipeline for release shortly.

 

When 11 year old Chess Champion Emma Bentley’s original opponent dropped out, Ralek Gracie stepped up and competed in a one minute bullet match against the prodigy. Emma flew all the way out from England for the event. Emma is also a Tae Kwon Do champion and a budding musician, and about the coolest 11 year I’ve ever met from the United Kingdom. Although scheduled for a minute (chess time), Emma managed to defeat Ralek in four moves. She later confessed she “felt a bit sorry for beating Ralek so badly”, but Ralek smiled and took it in stride.  Quote OTM.

What a fantastic day at the San Francisco Design Centre. Probably around five hundred people there and top music stars and Martial Arts personalities to walk right up to and talk with.  Congratulations to Adisa and Meko Banjoko and Leo Libiran on an outstanding achievement.

Emma had the VIP treatment at both Circus Circus and the Wynn Hotels during her stay in Las Vegas and The Hilton at Sierra Point in San Francisco.

We gave RZA - GZA and Monk of Wu-Tang Clan a ride back to their hotel.

Facing each other are Emma and  Ralek Gracie ( pronounced  Halek ) MMA fighter & Ju Jitsu trainer before their game. Martial Art Master Ralek Gracie stood in at a moments notice when the original competitor Mr Qbert failed to show for their Bullet Match.  Mighty respect to Ralek.  At Chess,  Emma won on the day. 50 seconds five moves.         1. Nc3 e5  2.d3 Bc5  3.Nb5 a6  4.Na3 Qf6  5.e4 Qxf2 checkmate!

IM Josh Waitzkin  gave the commentary of the match watched by Hal Langland President, Dr Salman Azhar & Dr Alan Kirshner of Calnorth Youth Chess.        

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Emma is the North of England Tae Kwon Do Silver Medallist and plays Piano. Necessary qualifications for Hip Hop Chess.

Emma was invited to London on Wednesday to meet the Chinese Chess World Champion Xu Yinchuan.  After some instruction from Mr Jingfeng Wang and encouragement from those watching, a game was played. A great time was had by all.  www.worldmindmasters.com

Mr Xu Yinchuan, ( 2nd from left.) Xiangqi ( Chinese Chess )World Champion with secretary general of the Chinese Chess Federation.     

 ( London 19th Sept. 2007)

Sec. General of Chinese Chess Federation  Liu Xiaofang (2nd from right ).  Wang Fang 2006 World Champion ( left ) Xu Yinchuan ( 2nd from left ) Jingfeng Wang ( center )

               

 Emma with instructional help playing Xu Yinchuan. Game watched by GM Raymond Keene OBETV Crew at work for Chinese Television.

Photo Gallery  from Liverpool. September 3rd to 9th.

A great privilege to meet the Chinese team and their leaders. A special honour to meet Mr Gong. Consul General

                                 

                    Abigail Tian in Liverpool..                                           Mr Gong                                                 Emma's with 13 yr old GM  Hou Yifan

                                                      

             Hou Yifan & Team Leader.                                           Joe Morrison. Emma's Captain                                                Computer boss Dave Clayton, Liverpool

                           

                                                          Young Rising Stars of the Chinese team.                                                     Photo by Steve Connor ( I think )

Emma scored a respectable 1.5 points amongst the toughest competition you could imagine for a ten year old. Monday saw eight hours play in two games.  The first game lasting four hours fifteen minutes and the second three hours forty five. After the first draw against a 137 grade she was paired with a Fide master graded at 2066.Emma ELO 1365. That's tough for a junior and her only comment was " I have learnt a great deal this week." Of course being the lowest graded there means you only play stronger players. Emma is very grateful for the coaching and help given to her this week from almost everyone she played. Special thanks to Tony Blades, Alexandra Wilson and Ray Cannon.

                                                     Link to :-  Howard Staunton Photo Gallery

Photos from  The Staunton Memorial  held at  Simpsons On The Strand August 18th 2007.

                                    

   Eric Schiller. Legendary  Coach -Author - Arbiter - Organiser.     GM Mickey Adams. Winner  /  Photo by Steve Giddins.         Dutch  GM   Jan Smeets

                            

           Natasha Engel MP at  Houses of  Parliament                           Pumpkin festival Half Moon Bay                    Rt. Hon. Dr. John Reid MP. Home Sec.   

                         With Rt Hon Richard Caborn MP. Min of Sport     Emma playing IM Mike Basman in Lincoln      All England Eastern Region Championships. Winner

                                                 

    Cruiserweight World Boxing Champion Johnny Nelson     Grand Master.  IM. Bob Wade  OBE           Harry Gration at BBC TV Leeds

                                    

      All England Girls Winner & Claire Summerscale.     Gerry Walsh President ECF. GM. Mickey Adams.       Fredi Putra, General Manager at Wynn Hotel Las Vegas

                                     

      Bill  Pettigrew.  Sheffield. Card Trickster Extraordinary.       Nevada State Trooper, Hoover Dam.          Lynne Stringer. Fide Arbiter. Beach, Victoria, BC. Canada

                

         Emma with her Coach Julian Simpole        Brendan Ingle OBE. Trainer of 4 World Champion Boxers          Beach Victoria BC Canada                                    with Nadeem Siddique     That's right, boxing gloves and fights Tae Kwon Do.

Emma started playing chess in June 2005. Her first competition was at the Abbey Hotel Sheffield later that Summer in the Woodseats Cup. Organised and run by the Sheffield and District Chess Association secretary Bill Ward. Emma had never seen a chess clock at that time and had a crash course in their use five minutes before play commenced. She actually won one game out of six that night. Emma was introduced to the juniors at the SASCA Chess Club, Handsworth Christian School, Sheffield. She joined the Monday night club and by November she entered and won the Sheffield Under 9 Championship for boys and girls. Matches were played for Yorkshire in the Under 11 and Under 14 sections with outstanding success beating England players in the process.

In November 2006 Emma won the Eastern Region All Englands Girls Under 10 Championship. Again February 2008.

June 10th 2007 won the  World Open Girls Under 11 Championship. Las Vegas Chess Festival.

June 30th 2007 Won the All England Girls Under 10 Championship.  

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