Our events rely on the support of our volunteers so thanks are due to; Equipment Management, Set up & Cleardown: Simon & Claire Ralph Tournament Control: Chaski Patrick, Rasa Norinkeviciute, Eric Granzelius, Anita McMahon, Andy Mitchell, Mark Appleton, Mike Forster, Peter Finn, Rasa Norinkeviciute Catering: Helen Duggan, Keith and Thomas Martin, Debbie and Matthew Forster, Ed …
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Thanks to Adam Raoof for facilitating and arbiting our second online tournament hosted on the Tornelo platform. This time with an extra section for adults. The winners of each section win a coaching session with one of our top coaches. Under 11 Minor # Name Score Tiebreak 1 Aditya Gupta 4½ 13½ 2 Luke Freeman …
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Congratulations to our Sussex prizewinners at the South of England Championships – Samuel Merchant, Seha Konara, Austin Mitchell, Risha Jithendra, Abhi Jadav, Arjun Kolani and Oliver Manchester. Samuel won the U7 section on tie-break with 5½/6. Aditya Gupta scored 4/6 in the U8s, just outside the prizes. Seha was top girl in the U9 section …
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Results of Round 1 of the Schools Primary (U11) Cup are in……. This is our most popular Schools competition, usually attracting over 30 schools, some entering multiple teams. Invitations to compete are sent out to all Sussex schools in September with round 1 matches to be completed by the end of the Autumn Term. Round …
The draw for Round 2 of the Schools Butler Cup (U14) released…… Group Won Drawn Lost Match Points Game Points Place U1 Uckfield College A Brighton College A Windlesham House B Hurstpierpoint A …
Thanks to GM David Howell (SJC President) who spent the day with us, joining each training group, and giving an interactive masterclass on under-promotion. Sussex Junior Chess were thrilled that their president, one of the world’s best players, came along to the Aldrington training day to present the children with a masterclass. David began with …
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Congratulations to our new Under 9 team who came first in a four way inter-county match at Maidenhead. Thanks to Nigel Dennis of Maidenhead for organising, and Claires Court School for hosting. The team: Fiyin Balogun, Tofunmi Balogun, James Beecroft, Eliza Blin, Henri Blin, Luke Freeman, George Boxer, Niamh Grace, Aditya Gupta, Samuel Merchant, Edward …
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Thanks to our team of volunteers who make our events possible: Equipment Management, Set up & Cleardown: Simon & Claire Ralph, Mark Appleton, Keith Rogers Registration: Sharon Merchant Tournament Control: Chaski Patrick, Andy Mitchell, Mark Appleton, Gary McCulloch, Lael Page, Mike Forster, Peter & Catherine Finn Catering: Teresa Blades, Keith Martin, Tjadine Ullmann, Ed Chapman …
Sussex Junior Chess will be by holding our second Online Chess tournament on the Spring Bank Holiday Monday 25th May after the highly successful inaugural Online Chess tournament to celebrate VE Day FIDE International chess Arbiter and tournament organiser Adam Raoof will again be running the tournament for Sussex Junior Chess and is providing the …
Congratulations to Max Wilton, joint 1st in the Christmas A event which took place over the first weekend, with 3.5/5