Congratulations to Arjun Kolani – runner up in the Terafinal Under 14 section. Following the national cancellations of over the board chess due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the UK Chess Challenge organisers moved swiftly to adapt the format – moving the Megafinals and Gigafinals online using the Lichess platform. The season came to its conclusion …
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Thanks to Mick Plumb of Bognor & Arun Chess Club for producing another fine round up of chess in Sussex for the 2019-20 season. Read our roundup of the season and find out about other chess clubs in the county – despite Covid-19 there was still a lot of chess activity.
Congratulations to Avyanna who finished as the ‘Top U8 Girl’ in the Delancey UK Chess Challenge Blitz tournament last weekend. The UKCC have been very pro-active in organising a huge variety of online chess events during the current Covid-19 situation. Avyanna took part in the U8 Mixed Blitz tournament which started with 99 players across …
This year, due to the Covid-19 restrictions, the Glorney-Gilbert Cup was hosted by England as an online event. Participating nations were Belgium, England, Ireland, The Netherlands, Scotland and Wales. Sussex’s Lucy Bennet-Stevens played top board in rounds 1-3, helping England to a 3-0 victory over Wales in Round 1; and contributing a very good draw …
Nearly 50 players represented our Sussex squad in the 5th online Inter-County blitz but it wasn’t quite enough to knock Kent off the top spot. Our campaign in this competition started in the 3rd Battle on 1st June – winning Division 2 and earning promotion to Division 1 at the first attempt. Following that, the …
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Thanks to Adam Raoof, Jonathan Tuck, Andy Mitchell and Anita McMahon for facilitating our first online yournament – a 5 round swiss on the Tornelo platform. An excellent entry of nearly 100 players and an extremely strong Under 18 Major section made for some exciting matches. Under 11 Minor Place Name Rating Score Tie break …
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Congratulations to our U9 team who came equal second in a very closely fought South Zone. They will now progress to the final in April. Team R1 R2 R3 Points Pos Wey Valley 8 10 9 27 1 Oxfordshire 7½ 9 8 24½ 2= Sussex 8½ 6 10 24½ 2= Somerset 6 3 2 11 …
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Exciting day for our U11 team as they win a very close zone by just half a point. Team R1 R2 R3 Points Pos Sussex 14½ 14½ 15 44 1 Wey Valley 14½ 14½ 14½ 43½ 2 Oxfordshire 13 14 16 43 3 Maidenhead 10 7½ 9 26½ 4 Somerset 8 8 7 23 5 …
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As a warm up fixture before their EPSCA team matches later this month, our U9 team challenged our U11 Girls to a 2-round match. At stake was the prestigious Sir Patrick Moore Cup. The result was one of the closest since this fixture began. Round Team Score Score Team 1 U9 Boys 6 6 U11 …
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Thanks to Richmond for relaunching this competition. This year there are 2 age groups – under 18, and under 14 (grade limited to under 130). In the U14 section, 7 teams have entered and have been split geographically into an East Zone (Essex, Kent, Middlesex) and a West Zone (Maidenhead, Richmond, Surrey & Sussex). The …
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