Category archives: 2017-Misc

Amelie, Sophia and Thomas all in the prizes at the West of England Championships in Swindon…full roundup soon

Alex and Jonathan help the NCJS to victory in very close match in Saxony

GM David Howell took time out from his busy schedule to help out at our Hove training day

Congratulations to Theo Lawson who travelled to Liverpool for the EPSCA Rapidplay – the latest stopover on the NCJS qualification circuit. Theo scored 3/5 thus earning his 2nd U11 half norm qualifying him for the U11 Trial in April.

Tom Howeson in the prizes at the South of England Chess Championships at Yateley…plus several half norms earned

At the half-way stage of this prestigious congress we have some Sussex winners…

As usual a good turnout of Sussex players attended the LJCC Championships – roundup

Visiting the London Chess Classic today Edward was lucky enough to be selected to make the first move for GM Sergey Karjakin. Photo by Lennart Ootes, copyright The Grand Chess Tour https://www.flickr.com/people/grandchesstour/

Sussex juniors do well at the British Rapidplay in Ilkley: U12 Elizabeth Finn secured her invitation to join the NCJS; and U11s Ben Crosby, Joseph Leake and Maya McMahon all secured half-norms towards invitation to the NCJS U11 trial in April.

Over 70 girls played in this event hosted by Kent Junior Chess at Bromley High School today. Sussex was well represented – Amelie finished 3rd in U8s; Elizabeth came second in U12; Maya just missed out on the trophy positions; and Polina took 2nd place in U14s. All girls received a medal at prize giving …

Continue reading “ECF SE Girls Rapidplay Championship”