Today saw our Under 9s compete in the latest online event organised by Barnet in place of the usual EPSCA over the board inter-county championships. The format was a fast and furious team battle – great fun, but not always the best thing for developing chess technique! Team manager Mike Forster was pleased with the …
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Many thanks to Angela Eyton and Barnet Junior Chess for organising a series of online inter-County events mirroring the over the board competitions run by EPSCA in normal seasons. In normal years Sussex Junior Chess select squads to represent Sussex in the prestigious EPSCA inter-County Championships. Typically each squad will have a friendly match against …
Sussex Under-11s vs She Plays to Win, Staffordshire, & Suffolk Thanks to Tim Kent and Edmund Player (Suffolk), Jonathan Blackburn (Staffordshire) and IM Lorin D’Costa (SPTW) for making this match possible. Congratulations to She Plays to Win Team for their victory, but we ran them close! In round 1 we were paired against Suffolk and …
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Thank you to IM Lorin D’Costa for making this match possible and congratulations to the She Plays to Win Team on a resounding victory. The format was a 28-board match, 2 games against the same opponent, time control 25 mins plus 5 secondss increment. We were up against some of the best girls in the …
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Crowborough Chess Club juniors, supported by several Sussex Juniors and Worthing Knights players have been competing in a fortnightly online Worldwide Junior tournament. In a very close battle top scorer Arjun Kolani led the team to first place by the very narrow margin of just 2 points. Mention also to Nayan Keats Rastogi who not …
The first outing for our new 2021 Under-11 squad was an inter-club friendly with St. Albans Early Knights which took place on Monday 26th January 2021 on the popular online platform, Lichess. Thanks to Matt Ball of St.Albans for making this match possible and congratulations to St. Albans on their 24-18 victory. The format was …
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The ECF recently organised the inaugural Online British Championships, featuring a bewildering array of events. Congratulations to Max Wilton and Arjun Kolani – the new British Online Under 16 and Under 14 Blitz Champions respectively. Arjun was also second in the Major Open. Our President, GM David Howell also won the recent Hastings Online championships
Crowborough Chess Club juniors, supported by several Sussex Juniors and Worthing Knights players have been competing in a fortnightly online Worldwide Junior tournament. Despite the competing attractions of the British Online Championships their tenacity has paid off resulting in a top of the table finish today (19th December). Any Sussex juniors are welcome to join …
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Crowborough Chess Club juniors, supported by several Sussex Juniors and Worthing Knights players have been competing in a fortnightly online Worldwide Junior tournament. After several weeks placing 4th in their division against teams from all over the world their persistence paid off on 7th November when they secured a place on the podium when they …
Following last Sundays pioneering event, this afternoon 10 more SJC juniors representing Crowborough online club and East Grinstead Bookshop had the opportunity to play over the board chess at an historic venue. Representing EGB: Cillian Nagy, Ann Tagg, Luke Freeman, George Tagg, Aidan BurnsideRepresenting Crowborough: Daniel Donaghy, Joseph Johnson, Rafe Chapman, Sorcha Chapman, Gregory DaCostaThe match …
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