The final of the Wernick Cup, played at Surbiton Chess Club on 17 September 2025
The Wernick Cup is tier 4 of the Surrey League individual championship, which takes place each summer. Fourteen-year-old Jaden Mistry, a promising Kingston junior, had swept through his qualifying pool, winning all eight of his games . He then defeated another of the four pool winners, Qutbuddin Syed, to reach the final against Epsom junior Maalav Chhaya. This is the game which secured Jaden his well-deserved title. The photograph above shows him receiving the (slightly battered) Wernick Cup from Ashtead captain and south-west London chess stalwart Bertie Barlow at the Richard Mayo Centre, United Reformed Church, Kingston on 3 November. Many thanks to Bertie for bringing the trophy over to Kingston and making the presentation to Jaden.
