Amelie, Sophia and Thomas all in the prizes at the West of England Championships in Swindon…full roundup soon
Category Archives: 2017-Misc
Alec and Jonathan in Saxony with the NCJS
Alex and Jonathan help the NCJS to victory in very close match in Saxony
GM David Howell attends SJC training
GM David Howell took time out from his busy schedule to help out at our Hove training day
EPSCA Rapidplay 3rd February
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.
South of England Championships
Tom Howeson in the prizes at the South of England Chess Championships at Yateley…plus several half norms earned
Hastings International Chess Congress
At the half-way stage of this prestigious congress we have some Sussex winners…
London Junior Chess Championships
As usual a good turnout of Sussex players attended the LJCC Championships – roundup
London Chess Classic
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/
NCJS Qualification News
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.
ECF SE Girls Rapidplay Championship
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 …