News just in…..fantastic result for our amazing U11 girls to finish in 2nd place! Results: R1 R2 R3 Total Essex 8½ 7½ 11 27 Sussex 8½ 7 9½ 25 Berkshire 7½ 8½ 7½ 23½ Barnet 9 6 8 23 Hertfordshire 5 10 8 23 Wiltshire 6 7½ 8 21½ Manchester 6 6 8 20 …
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News just in – our Under-9 team take Silver in the South Zone in Bath, Somerset today…more soon R1 R2 R3 Total Oxfordshire 11 9 6½ 26½ Sussex 7½ 9 6 22½ Wey Valley 5½ 5½ 11 22 Hampshire 4 5½ 6 15½ Somerset 6 4 2½ 12½ Berkshire 2 3 4 9 The …
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News hot off the press…despite suffering some last minute illness our U11 team have won the Zone, securing their place in the Final at Birmingham – well done all. R1 R2 R3 Total Sussex 15 15 16½ 46½ Oxfordshire 13½ 16 13½ 43 Wey Valley 10 9½ 12½ 32 Berkshire 11 9½ 9½ 30 …
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This fixture was reinstated in 2017 after a break of several years when the Irish Chess Union invited a delegation from Sussex to Dublin. Following the return fixture in Crawley last year Sussex once again return to Ireland to compete for the prestigious Sir Patrick Moore Cup. The venue was the Crowne Plaza, Dundalk. The …
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As a warm up fixture before their EPSCA team matches later this month, our U9 team challenged our U11 Girls to a 2-round match. At stake was the prestigious Sir Patrick Moore Cup. Results: R1 R2 Total U9 Boys 8 10 18 U11 Girls 13 11 24 Congratulations to the girls who won convincingly …
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Sussex organise an inter-County friendly match to provide some practice for our new Girls squad in advance of their upcoming National Final in Birmingham on 23rd March. Unfortunately the Berkshire team had suffered some withdrawals due to illness, but Kent and Sussex rallied round to share their players and the matches were all played in …
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Good to see some of our ex-juniors representing their universities at the British Universities’ Chess Association (BUCA) championships in Telford. The event features 4 divisions according to strength – the Championship, Plate, Bowl and Shield. In the Plate we have Jonathan Finn representing Nottingham 1 and David Liu representing UCL 2; in the Bowl Josh …
Congratulations to Elizabeth Finn, Alec and Tim Hedger, Polina , Solomon Mitchell and Leo Yu; all selected to represent the National Chess Junior Squad (NCJS) in Chrzanow, Poland. The trip features a mix of serious chess opportunities and sightseeing to salt mines. The chess activities included a simul against a GM – well done to …
First outing of the season for our new Under 11 squad…. Headline Results: R1 R2 R3 Total 1 Oxfordshire 13 12 11½ 36½ 2 Maidenhead 12½ 8½ 14 35 3 Sussex 9½ 10½ 8 28 4 Buckinghamshire 5 9 6½ 20½ The Team: Toby Appleton, Matthew Armstrong, James Bashford, Kit Blades, Sophia Blin, …
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Congratulations to Elena Currah who scored 3 out of 5, securing her second under-11 half norm. She will now join Abhi, Adam and Theo at the NCJS Trial in April.