EPSCA U11 Championship South Zone, 9th March, Leatherhead

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 …

Sir Patrick Moore Cup – Ireland vs Sussex – 9th/10th March 2019

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 …

U11 Girls’ Inter-County Match, 24th February 2019, Copthorne

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 …

BUCA Championships 2019

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 …